Australian shop list & price search list

[The Driver]

Searching price: http://www.dvdplaza.com.au

I can recommend:

http://www.devoteddvd.com.au (my favourite -they will add extra protection for discs) -Always very helpful.
http://www.ezydvd.com.au
http://dvdcrave.com.au
http://www.fbo.com.au

Who else have you been using?

[Harry88]

As far as prices go I like http://blurayaustralia.com/

[collingwood01]

As far as I am concerned there are NO online stores in Australia (which is why I don't buy within)that sells Blu's cheaper than BigW, JB or KMart. These 3 always have them on special, which is a good time to purchase.

[Suntory_Times]

I no longer buy from Austrralia, unless it's as cheap as I can get overseas (usually the UK), or if it has only been released in Australia (or Australia has the best transfer). To stay on topic there is also www. jbhifi.com

For example I just boguth the follwoing on blu all for $190AU. That's $17AU per film (and is usually lower per film, but the two steelbooks up the price a little bit ).

Avatar (UK steelbook)
minority Report (UK steelbook)
Stranger Than Fiction
Black Book
Pan's Labyrinth
The matrix trillogy (and animatrix)
Sophie Scholl
and Let the Right Ine in

[Yautja]

Great thread, thanks for the lists

[McCrutchy]

The other thing that irritates me about Aussie BDs is how hard the stock can be to find. For instance, the Deluxe Casino Royale is apparently OOP for some reason, and the Studio Canal Collection releases (which are JB HiFi exclusives) can be very difficult to source.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

The other thing that irritates me about Aussie BDs is how hard the stock can be to find. For instance, the Deluxe Casino Royale is apparently OOP for some reason, and the Studio Canal Collection releases (which are JB HiFi exclusives) can be very difficult to source.

Agreed.

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

Agreed.

JB would be the only one I purchase from online (though I haven't being that the deals online have never been that good). All other online retailers are generally more expensive.

I just ordered 4 Disney/Pixar 2-disc titles from Amazon Uk for $49, which is less than JB wants to charge for two of them. Aussie online retailers simply can't compete and until they do I won't buy from them.

Devoted DVD used to be good back in the day, but since going Blu I haven't bought a single thing online from an Australian retailer.

[LordCrumb]

I have to say, The Warehouse beats JB-Hi-Fi most times for price here in NZ... whats The Warehouse like in Aussie?

[Harry88]

Our "warehouse" must be very diffrent to yours. Its like one of those bargin variety stores with nothing that you really want to buy lol

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by Harry88

Our "warehouse" must be very diffrent to yours. Its like one of those bargin variety stores with nothing that you really want to buy lol

Funnily enough it's the same Warehouse, they just sell more stuff. KaiGusto, your Warehouse prices are comparable or better to JB when the exchange rate is taken into account with some titles being super cheap. Unfortunately, our Warehouse does not sell Blu-rays (yet) and yours does not ship overseas. It's a pain because they always have good deals too! On the site they've got Eagle Eye and The Incredible Hulk in store for $10 NZD ($7.70 AU) which is insane.

I find the majority of my local purchases in store now are limited to extreme sales like the recent Kmart $12 titles or to new releases as our prices at release are generally quite good for bigger titles. Some new releases are still outright ridiculous eg The Box, which just came out and is a minimum $38.94 at Big W and $47.98 at JB!

[blu-bren]

Originally Posted by collingwood01

As far as I am concerned there are NO online stores in Australia (which is why I don't buy within)that sells Blu's cheaper than BigW, JB or KMart. These 3 always have them on special, which is a good time to purchase.

i go to jb or big W.. i been to a k-mart and the prices were no better than BIG W maybe higher than W

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by atexp80

On the site they've got Eagle Eye and The Incredible Hulk in store for $10 NZD ($7.70 AU) which is insane.

WTF that is crazy. They must be the last of the Paramount titles.. (the distributor of paramount closed down here in NZ).

[TERMINATOR T-800]

Originally Posted by collingwood01

As far as I am concerned there are NO online stores in Australia (which is why I don't buy within)that sells Blu's cheaper than BigW, JB or KMart. These 3 always have them on special, which is a good time to purchase.

thats it brother...BigW,Kmart,Target ALWAYS HAVE CHEAP BD's

Kmart from $12.00.....target around $15.00

[Deadbone]

I very rarely buy from Australian stores. Mainly only buy Australian releases like Dogz in Space, Wake in Fright etc.

2nd hand is my fave. Check your local spots on reg and you can save big dollars. Scored Friday & Departed for $12ea recently.

[kobeson]

Anybody know if/when the following titles will be released locally?:

Saving Private Ryan
Minority Report
Collateral