Harry Potter Ultimate Collector's Editions

[unicron73]

i bought the hogwarts collection for just £35 from entertainment store on ebay and sold the uv for £12 so i cancelled my order of ultimate collection.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Indiana Jonezzz...

I have a feeling it might have the new movie discs as it seems to be a cut down version of the Hogwarts Collection. Regarding selling the codes, that's what I was thinking, then if sell my standard set too, it should pretty much cover the cost. I'm a bit fuzzy on all the extras though, will I lose a bunch of stuff from the 3 bonus discs in the standard set or will the new 8 discs cover it?

I've got it locked in at £33.25 at Amazon UK, so might just go for it. Part of me can't really be arsed though, I'm perfectly happy with the set I have but the extended cuts would be nice to have.

EDIT: Oh wow, CEX buy the old set for £18 currently, so I'd probably make money upgrading after flogging the codes!

I haven't looked too closely at all the extras from the 3 discs in the standard set but I think I'm right in saying that When Harry Left Hogwarts won't be on this new set (it was included on the bonus disc for DH part 2 and a longer version on the bonus disc in the Hogwarts/Wizards collection) which would be a shame 'cause it's great.

[MifuneFan]

The new set is likely missing discs from the previous 8-Film collection. That one had 11 discs because of the bonus feature discs for some of the later movies, but with this set being 16 discs,and 8 of those being for the documentaries, the other 8 are just for the films. One step forward, two steps back. I don't see it including the extended cuts either.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

The new set is likely missing discs from the previous 8-Film collection. That one had 11 discs because of the bonus feature discs for some of the later movies, but with this set being 16 discs,and 8 of those being for the documentaries, the other 8 are just for the films. One step forward, two steps back.

Indeedy, but IIRC some of the content from those discs was carried over to the 8-part bonus discs, sadly WHLH wasn't one of them.

[Indiana Jonezzz...]

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I've watched that and it was excellent. See, this is making me wonder if I should bother with getting it again. I'm not a hardcore fan, but I really enjoyed the series so maybe I'll just stick with the one I have. I can barely keep up with watching the films I buy, let alone extras most of the time anyway. But those extended versions might sway me as I would like to have those, it's the films that count for me more. Decisions, decisions!

[DBofficial]

It surprises me just how little information they have given out on the new set. Amazon simply states that is has all the films... no word if the last two are the 3D editions or if the extended editions are involved.

I'm also surprised how difficult it is to simply get a set of blurays with all the extras, all the films including extended & 3d editions. Why do they keep getting excited about cramming 15 dvds in with it in the large sets?

[hammerman2]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

It'd be great if it has the updated movie BDs (inc. extended cuts) with the 8-part bonus documentary BDs. Might be worth buying for the UV code alone, flog that for £20+ and that's half the set paid for already. Not gonna get it now though, I'll wait for feedback about what's actually on there and if it's sound then I'll make a move when it hits £30.

I bought the Hogwarts Collection some time ago for £45 from Amazon.
I listed the UV codes on ebay and sold them for £20. A few days later Ebay emailed me to say that Warner Home Video had complained about the UV codes being sold separately so I got an official warning.
I asked them about the instantly viewable 250+ other UV codes being listed and they made no comment other than to say it is against ebay rules to sell UV codes on their own.
I suspect Warner came down on sellers for the Hogwarts codes as it was a substantial sale compared to the usual individual movies for under a fiver.

I sold Breaking Bad UV codes for a tenner prior to that without any problems

[Geoff D]

The codes for HP are still being openly sold (I count 14 bought in the last 7 days alone) as are UV codes in general, I've sold about 150 over the last few months and not heard a peep from eBay. What you don't do is put the word 'copy' anywhere in the listing.

[jono3000]

I sold my 11 disc set on eBay for £18, I expect the UV code will get £20, got my pre-order in at £35. A good upgrade for me [emoji1]

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[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by jono3000

I sold my 11 disc set on eBay for £18, I expect the UV code will get £20, got my pre-order in at £35. A good upgrade for me [emoji1]

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I just bought the Ghostbusters I & II double pack (had to rebuy after selling the UHDs) for £8 new, sold the code for £4 (net) on ebay. Lovely jubbly.

To go back to the Harry Potter set, if the 8-part bonus discs are indeed the same ones from the big bastard box set(s) then they do carry over most of the features from the 3 bonus discs that are in the 11-disc boxset...with the big exception of When Harry Left Hogwarts. I don't want to keep my old set just for one disc if I can come out even or perhaps ahead in terms of ££ for this potential upgrade (thanks to that lovely UV code ) so I'll have to, ah, see to it that I keep the documentary.

[hammerman2]

Originally Posted by jono3000

I sold my 11 disc set on eBay for £18, I expect the UV code will get £20, got my pre-order in at £35. A good upgrade for me [emoji1]

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I sold my 11 disc set for £35 on Amazon a few weeks ago and the 3D double pack for £15 which covered the cost of the Hogwarts Collection.
No need for me to get the new set.
I think mine sold in the gap between the others getting deleted and before the new set was announced- hence the better price

[hammerman2]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

The codes for HP are still being openly sold (I count 14 bought in the last 7 days alone) as are UV codes in general, I've sold about 150 over the last few months and not heard a peep from eBay. What you don't do is put the word 'copy' anywhere in the listing.

I didn't.
Ebay will only remove the titles if they get complaints from Warner via the VERO setup.
All the studios seem to complain about something on an irregular basis.
Warner also had all the unofficial dvd discs of Mad Magazine removved too a while ago. Warner having a purge I think as they even had them removed from Ioffer and having anything removed from Ioffer is rare. It's hard to find genuine stuff on there in amongst the mass of bootleg material

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by hammerman2

I sold my 11 disc set for £35 on Amazon a few weeks ago and the 3D double pack for £15 which covered the cost of the Hogwarts Collection.
No need for me to get the new set.
I think mine sold in the gap between the others getting deleted and before the new set was announced- hence the better price

The 11-disc set is still commanding that sort of price on amazon though, I'll list mine for £30 and see what happens. (I never sell Blus on ebay)

[hammerman2]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

The 11-disc set is still commanding that sort of price on amazon though, I'll list mine for £30 and see what happens. (I never sell Blus on ebay)

The trouble is you can never tell whether items that appear over priced on Amazon are actually selling.
Now if someone does a search the new set will appear so why would anyone buy the 11 discer?
At least on ebay it's possible to see what things are going for

[jono3000]

Originally Posted by hammerman2

I sold my 11 disc set for £35 on Amazon a few weeks ago and the 3D double pack for £15 which covered the cost of the Hogwarts Collection.
No need for me to get the new set.
I think mine sold in the gap between the others getting deleted and before the new set was announced- hence the better price

Yeah I didn't list mine till the new set was announced, I've kept the 3D double pack for now.

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[jono3000]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I just bought the Ghostbusters I & II double pack (had to rebuy after selling the UHDs) for £8 new, sold the code for £4 (net) on ebay. Lovely jubbly.

To go back to the Harry Potter set, if the 8-part bonus discs are indeed the same ones from the big bastard box set(s) then they do carry over most of the features from the 3 bonus discs that are in the 11-disc boxset...with the big exception of When Harry Left Hogwarts. I don't want to keep my old set just for one disc if I can come out even or perhaps ahead in terms of ££ for this potential upgrade (thanks to that lovely UV code ) so I'll have to, ah, see to it that I keep the documentary.

Is When Harry Left Hogwarts not available elsewhere, on a single release of DHP2 perhaps?

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[Dalekbuster523Bluray]

I have the original 8-film collection and it's probably not going to be complete for much longer.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by hammerman2

The trouble is you can never tell whether items that appear over priced on Amazon are actually selling.
Now if someone does a search the new set will appear so why would anyone buy the 11 discer?
At least on ebay it's possible to see what things are going for

I didn't say it was guaranteed to sell but I've flogged a LOT of Blus on there over the past few years, and not for pennies either. Even when stuff like the Superman music box set was going for £80 on ebay I had someone pay £200 for it on amazon! Not everyone checks every single site that sells stuff when they want x product.

Originally Posted by jono3000

Is When Harry Left Hogwarts not available elsewhere, on a single release of DHP2 perhaps?

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Sure it is, it's on the 2-disc standalone BD. But I hate having redundant copies of movies just for a single bonus feature, and with all my chopping and changing of HP sets (this isn't my first rodeo ) it'd be great to have one reasonably-priced repository of all the HP goodness that I'd like to have. Then again, DH part 2 is available for £3 on amazon so I might as well grab it and tell my collector's OCD to STFU.

[hammerman2]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I didn't say it was guaranteed to sell but I've flogged a LOT of Blus on there over the past few years, and not for pennies either. Even when stuff like the Superman music box set was going for £80 on ebay I had someone pay £200 for it on amazon! Not everyone checks every single site that sells stuff when they want x product.

I didn't say it wouldn't sell.
I said its not possible to find out the going rate on Amazon like it is on ebay.
I list lots of things on Amazon because I know I won't get what I want on ebay.
But I usually take ebay prices into account even if I don't plan to list that low.
Anyone can list any item on Amazon at any price they want. Doesn't mean it will sell- this was in reference to you saying the 11 disc set still commands that price. But it might not. Just because its listed at that price doesn't mean anyone has purchased it at that price.
Listing it over priced means it might sit there long enough for the new release to become common knowledge in which case the 11 discer will become almost worthless ( until all Potter Blus are deleted again at least)

[Geoff D]

But I'm not "over pricing" it compared to anyone else who's selling it on there, geddit? So if some unsuspecting buyer happens across the listing for the 11-disc set and thinks "oh, I'll have that" (like I said, not everyone monitors every single auction/second hand selling website under the sun) then I've given myself a chance of making back a few quid.

If it doesn't sell, then so what? I'm taking a cheeky punt and seeing if it pays off, I've done it plenty of times before and I won't be crying into my cereal if it doesn't pan out. I won't be ordering/buying the new 16-disc set right now anyway, I'm waiting to see exactly what's in the set (and also for it to drop a few quid first ).