Official Hamilton Book Deals Thread

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by strumdogg

I don't use social media, but all of my friends know about the book/movie/cd deals at HB. Someone who's a particularly ravenous reader always checks for the updates there.

I think people in this thread sleep on the books too much. Some really awesome ones at HB.

I was pleased to see AKORIS also get the Humphrey Bogart book. I have no idea if it was because of my post or just a coincidence - I don't want to take credit - but either way, it looks fantastic.

And I believe this is still in stock.

Very handsome book, especially for the $6 or so I paid.

[HorrorBlu]

My order:

Marrowbone 4K
Hunt Her, Kill Her
Cuckoo
Crimewave
Criminal Law
Black Friday
Woman Of The Hour
Subservience
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days / No Strings Attached

[JupiterMission]

Holy cow. I was trying to take August off since I've overspent this year, but a deal is a deal!

American Gothic
Cyborg
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Forever Female
Home for the Holidays
Ninja III: The Domination
Phantom of the Opera (1989)

$46 after tax and shipping! Thanks, GoldenWheels!

[Blacknapkins]

Which shout titles would you guys recommend? I already have home for the holidays, which I love.

[briwas101]

Originally Posted by GoldenWheels

Guys I am just so sorry that every other month seems to be a roller coaster. I can't modernize this place fast enough.We have so many archaic "rules" built in about the way data is handled....it takes 4 of us sometimes to suss everything out when an error occurs.

I am hoping to have those titles back up in a few hours. So sorry!

(and I can't be too rough on the help....I work with my dad!!! )

I run 2 small businesses (small with lower case s), and I've reached the conclusion that running a business is simply a never-ending stream of problems to solve. That's really what business is. You try to solve customers' problems/"problems" and you have to solve your own internal problems that get in the way.
Mentally the only way I can keep doing it is by reminding myself that I'm always making some progress towards getting my businesses where I want them to be.

[Crispy Noodle]

I did an order last Thursday as I spaced the drop was only a few days away, did a small order last night after a few titles "sold out," and another this morning. A lot of stuff coming:

Order One:



and these books:

HOWARD THE DUCK, VOLUME 2: Marvel Masterworks Item #: 9105980
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Item #: 9157786
OZZY AT 75 Item #: 9207937
POE: Stories and Poems Item #: 9151362

Order Two (last night - Rangers a wish list price cut)



And order Three (just a bit ago - threw in another price cut):



Cyborg and Ninja are upgrades.

I did shoot an email to see if they could combine orders but not too worries either way; Hamilton Book has saved me so much money it hardly matters (or conversely has cost me so much money ).

(Sorry you're having a bad start to the week GW - don't let it get you down. We love Hamilton Book!)

[banjo!]

Originally Posted by playsignal76

As always, anything good in the drop is overpriced.

Placed another order in your honor!

[AllieFox]

I'm glad I checked. I didn't expect the ones I wanted to come back in stock, or that they actually didn't really go OOS. I hurried and did a very superficial job on the price cuts (most of which I haven't seen) which amounts to pasting the name into this site, scrolling to the last paragraph if a review exists, pasting the name into IMDB, glancing at the ratings and rejecting anything under 5. That ended up eliminating some of those cheap westerns like A Tale of Two Guns. I like good westerns, but so many of them have bad reviews, even a recent Nic Cage western whose name I forget. Proper research would take me at least 10 minutes each which I didn't have this morning, especially with the worry the ones I wanted would go OOS.

There are a lot of BDs in the $2.95 to $4.95 range that are BD-25 with few or no extras. This includes some of the recent $4.95 BDs, like I.S.S. and The Fabulous Four. To me that screams laziness, but at $2.95 it's more tolerable. I'll wait for those lazy $4.95 BDs to hit $2.95, especially since I've become squeamish paying $4.95 or $5.95 on minimalist BDs from RLJ, Decal, etc. because those usually get a price cut. You get burned enough times by price drops, you start to learn.

The only ones I paid $4.95 or above were the Shout/Scream Factory ones which appear to be popular and possibly OOP or likely to become that way soon. All the recommendations on The Resurrected caused me to buy that which was my most expensive one. The Killing Box and The Lodgers @ $1.95 had poor reviews so I skipped those. Yet I still bought too many $2.95 blind buys. The best part of a $2.95 BD is that HB can only drop those by another $1.95 to make me feel bad I bought too soon.

[OlDirty]

Glad I waited as well got my full order in...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The League S1-4
Pleasure
Death Wish 4K
Crimewave
Johnny Sokko Complete Series DVD
Body of Evidence
Robodoc
Gate II
Kung Fu Killer
Queens of Evil
The Resurrected
Vampire Lovers
GI Joe Renegades S1
Home for the Holidays

[Ishai]

Originally Posted by GoldenWheels

Guys I am just so sorry that every other month seems to be a roller coaster. I can't modernize this place fast enough.We have so many archaic "rules" built in about the way data is handled....it takes 4 of us sometimes to suss everything out when an error occurs.

I am hoping to have those titles back up in a few hours. So sorry!

(and I can't be too rough on the help....I work with my dad!!! )

sorry we crashed your website, can't promise we won't do it again...

[trainreck]

Placed another small order with the "restocks." Considering I got 15 movies for like $80 I can live with a second shipping charge.

[jokercard]

Made two orders:

Order 1:


Order 2:

[Stanis]

Is there anyway to check stock amounts? I've never seen the Ambulance, but love Cohen but will wait for another buy next month if it sticks around

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by AllieFox

Proper research would take me at least 10 minutes each which I didn't have this morning, especially with the worry the ones I wanted would go OOS.

I've already gone into my research methodology in the past, some of which you rejected, but I will explain my specific process for the movies I ordered with this drop.

I try not to let "this is going OOP" or "this has no U.S. Blu-ray" (or whatever) FOMO influence me. If it's a movie that interests me and it also happens to fall into one of these other categories too, great, I'll grab it.

AFTER MIDNIGHT: Horror anthology. Looks interesting. Took a chance on it.

AMBULANCE: I like Larry Cohen, I like the cast, and I've been wanting to see it. I overlooked it in my first order because I assumed it was the Michael Bay movie. I've had this on my watchlist a while, and I was gutted I missed/overlooked it, so I was happy to get it in Round 2.

DEATH WISH: A $5 4K for perhaps Bruce Willis's last legit role (or at least one of his last) is a nice impulse bargain purchase.

FREAK SHOW: I had this in my wishlist - probably because of Queen Bette - and it dropped in price, so I took a chance on it.

GATE II: Sequel to a movie I already own.

ICE ROAD: Netflix exclusive (I think), no U.S. Blu-ray, and what looks like a fun Liam Neeson action flick - I left it behind last month but said to myself I'd probably get it if it stuck around for the next drop.

I.S.S. (RECOMMENDATION): I preordered this a while back for $12.99 because that was a good price for a new release. No regrets. I understand why you want to wait for another price drop. IF it lasts that long, you'll be getting a good score.

JOHNNY COME LATELY: James Cagney, interesting plot.

MR. MOM: I have the DVD, which is horrible (non-OAR, looks like shit, etc.), so this was an easy upgrade.

MY BROTHERS: Missed this in a previous drop years ago and it looks good, so I got it this time.

PRANCER: Christmas movie.

TRY AND GET ME!: I watched this on The Criterion Channel recently and enjoyed it. Thanks to jmclick for mentioning it in this thread a few weeks ago. He also watched it on the Channel.

WHATEVER MAY COME: $1 and looks interesting. I hope GW gives us at least one $1 movie in every drop.

WILLIE DYNAMITE: I watched this a while back and really liked it.

HUMPHREY BOGART: The Making of a Legend (BOOK): It's Bogie!

[G_MOVIES]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

I missed this one and totally would've gotten it for Larry Cohen, so nice score!

I'll also watch two unrelated movies back to back because they have the same name. I did that with Road House (1989, 2024, and 1948).

Hey, I think you were able to get The Ambulance, so that's cool. And, yeah, I sometimes can't figure out what to watch next so when I do stuff like watch movies with the same name it makes it easier.

How was the Road House remake?

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by G_MOVIES

How was the Road House remake?

It's...fine.

I like Jake G., I like the new Florida setting, I could have done with a lot less of Conor McGregor.

[GoldenWheels]

Originally Posted by Stanis

Is there anyway to check stock amounts? I've never seen the Ambulance, but love Cohen but will wait for another buy next month if it sticks around

Stanis....I can NEVER say what will happen when 3 per order limit falls off in a few days but...I have a lot of:

Death Wish
Prancer
Ambulance
Home for the Holidays

The best I can say is, they are the SAFEST to wait on....but everything is relative!

[GoldenWheels]

Originally Posted by Ishai

sorry we crashed your website, can't promise we won't do it again...

I'm sorry it runs like such a damn jalopy when you guys need it most!

[GoldenWheels]

Originally Posted by briwas101

I run 2 small businesses (small with lower case s), and I've reached the conclusion that running a business is simply a never-ending stream of problems to solve. That's really what business is. You try to solve customers' problems/"problems" and you have to solve your own internal problems that get in the way.
Mentally the only way I can keep doing it is by reminding myself that I'm always making some progress towards getting my businesses where I want them to be.

This is so correct. I used to think I bought and sold books. My main job now is actually "problem solving", and fellas this week we got a little bit of everything here!

[Stalker101]

Seems I forgot the drop yesterday but after looking at the thread I am glad I did and this way I didnt miss out on something I wanted. Here is what I picked up:
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
MOONAGE DAYDREAM
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
MR. MOM
OUT OF THE BLUE
and a book : THE 1988 DODGERS: Reliving the Championship Season