Hollywood Video/Movie Gallery (B+M & Online) Used/New - Blu-ray Forum

XXXsdesdeXXX · 03-18-2010, 08:59 PM

Credit for the first post goes to Cinemaphile.

** note: There have been a VERY few instances of dvd's being shipped in place of BD's. 99% of users' orders from this sale have been fine. The problems are mostly due to errant listings in the sale. Note that any disc listed at $4.99 WILL be a dvd, not a blu-ray. **
I figured at over 100 pages and 2000 posts (actually it reached 150+ pages and over 100k views before it got reset) it was time to sort out the info so far. Especially since it would seem this sale may be going on for a while.

• Hollywoodvideo.com and Moviegallery.com (same company/database) is having a sale with all used Blu-Rays for $6.99 and FREE shipping
• Use promo code 25PV for an additional 25% off, making them $5.24+tax
* Code must be entered at screen following shipping/billing addresses. The earlier screen where you enter it is for estimating a total only and does not actually apply it to your order.

• Some do not come up when you select only Blu-Rays in your search. Best way to see the full selection is to include both DVD and Blu-Ray, and sort Price High-to-Low, 100 Items per page.
• Popular titles go out of stock very quickly. Restocks/updates happen with no pattern – random days and times; some minor, some major
* Blu-Rays listed at $4.99 are actually just mis-listed DVD's (based on all received instances so far). Blu-Rays will all be listed at $6.99
• Site often slow and crashing – downtime is only temporary though (they seem unprepared for the sheer volume of orders)

• Digital copies or 3-D glasses are usually NOT included

• Items are NOT on hold while in your cart. If you take too long to check out you could lose high-demand items. Early on when items went out of stock after being added to a cart, they would show up at $0.00 but some still shipped. This appears to have now been fixed so you can't check out with $0.00 items.
• During recent updates, many people have NOT received order confirmations, but orders ARE still processing and shipping

• Larger orders ship via USPS Media Mail. If you break your orders up into smaller orders (1-3 discs) they will ship via USPS First Class and will arrive slightly faster. Orders are shipped with Delivery Confirmation only, so you may not see in-transit updates.
• Some orders are shipping from multiple locations, so they may not all arrive together
• Orders seem to be shipping in random order, so later orders may ship before previous ones
• Discs are coming in Blu-Ray cases (mostly the locking style) with original artwork. A very few (less than 5%) have had reprinted/copied artwork, and a very few (less than 5%) have arrive still shrink-wrapped.
• In a very few rare instances, cases have come empty or with a DVD inside. Check titles upon arrival.

• Customer Service email for problems is help@websales.hlyw.com. Some people have also had luck contacting pamela@goindaba.com, pamela@elistics.com, or jordan@goindaba.com

Link to 165 Page Hollywood Video thread for informative purposes.

FULL LIST OF TITLES SEEN (so far) UNDER SPOILER TAG:
* This list is for reference only - most are currently unavailable and no telling which will come back in future updates. These are all titles seen over the course of the sale *

[Show spoiler]

XXXsdesdeXXX · 03-18-2010, 09:07 PM

Anyways, I finally received my refund from my first order. I think Hollywood Video does things all at once. They let all the people who wanted to return items accumulate and everyone was sent their mailing labels on the same day. Now, I assume, they are doing the same with the refunds.

HyperRealist · 03-18-2010, 09:12 PM

A refund just showed up on my card as well. Its been at least a week.

XXXsdesdeXXX · 03-18-2010, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

A refund just showed up on my card as well. Its been at least a week.

Yeah. I was told I would be refunded back on 3/2/2010. I first sent them an email on 2/26, but they never replied. I then sent the same message again on 3/2 and they responded within 30 minutes. Well it's good news that the refunds have begun.

jcs913 · 03-19-2010, 12:29 AM

Just tried to pop on the HWV site out of curiosity and its basically crashed. Cannot get on at all. Was there an update I missed, or one may be coming... By the way, the trade thread needs to be put back up. If a mod wants to sponser it, so be it, but putting it together with cinemaphiles own personal thread was not smart and not helpful to people trying to actually trade their movies acquired from the sale. Let's use some common sense next time before we do certain things.

Nick4Blu_81 · 03-19-2010, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcs913

Just tried to pop on the HWV site out of curiosity and its basically crashed. Cannot get on at all. Was there an update I missed, or one may be coming... By the way, the trade thread needs to be put back up. If a mod wants to sponser it, so be it, but putting it together with cinemaphiles own personal thread was not smart and not helpful to people trying to actually trade their movies acquired from the sale. Let's use some common sense next time before we do certain things.

Same here. I hope an update is coming.

HyperRealist · 03-19-2010, 01:29 AM

I just checked 6 other forums. Nothing happening.

wormraper · 03-19-2010, 01:31 AM

it's back up, no updates

kimjongill · 03-19-2010, 01:32 AM

Big update to dvds

No new blu at all

I was so excited...

rdodolak · 03-19-2010, 01:33 AM

The pages are periodically loading but nothing new has been added so far.

aboothlsu · 03-19-2010, 01:34 AM

Any idea why the other thread was locked, glad to see someone getting this one going.

Neurotripsick · 03-19-2010, 01:55 AM

Still haven't received a response to my refund for the Quantum of Solace/Quarantine mixup.

XXXsdesdeXXX · 03-19-2010, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neurotripsick

Still haven't received a response to my refund for the Quantum of Solace/Quarantine mixup.

I sent a message to all four known email addresses and received a response the next day. If you haven't done that, please try it.

help@websales.hlyw.com
pamela@goindaba.com
pamela@elistics.com
jordan@goindaba.com

bluerry · 03-19-2010, 02:02 AM

Site is running slow, could this mean something??

I havent seen this in weeks

Quote:

WHOOPS!
We're experiencing a brief moment of technical difficulty. Our programming team has been alerted. Please try again later.

csdot · 03-19-2010, 02:06 AM

aside from the crashing/slowness i just got an email from movie gallery about 25% coupon (as if we all didnt know about it anyway) this could be good....

kimjongill · 03-19-2010, 02:10 AM

oh, the internet,
please don't make me stay up for no reason...

Chloenator · 03-19-2010, 02:14 AM

I stopped by a Hollywood Video on Tuesday around my area that is going out of business. All of their used BDs are 50% off. I picked up two. I got Observe and Report for $9.99. I also got The Happening for $5.98. Original artwork was included for both, but both came in DVD cases. It's alright though. I ordered 5 Viva Elite BD cases for $7.25 from a seller on eBay. I'll have some extra cases for future purchases if I need them.

bluerry · 03-19-2010, 02:27 AM

Site loaded up, no new updates

Jesse757x · 03-19-2010, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by csdot

aside from the crashing/slowness i just got an email from movie gallery about 25% coupon (as if we all didnt know about it anyway) this could be good....

I just got the same e-mail. interesting..

Kainefu · 03-19-2010, 02:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XXXsdesdeXXX

I sent a message to all four known email addresses and received a response the next day. If you haven't done that, please try it.

help@websales.hlyw.com
pamela@goindaba.com
pamela@elistics.com
jordan@goindaba.com

I have actually gotten all my Blu rays perfect, but I ordered The Stranger and old Orson Wells joint they had for $3 and of course they sent me the Strangers, which I now have 2 copies on DVD and one on Blu ray. Luckily, they offered to send me an envelope to mail it back for a full refund. Great I get my $3 back. hahah

03-18-2010, 08:59 PM	#1
XXXsdesdeXXX Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2010 Location:San Diego, CA Blu-ray collection:325 Digital collection:925 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:396 Timezone GMT: -8	Hollywood Video/Movie Gallery (B+M & Online) Used/New Credit for the first post goes to Cinemaphile. note: There have been a VERY few instances of dvd's being shipped in place of BD's. 99% of users' orders from this sale have been fine. The problems are mostly due to errant listings in the sale. Note that any disc listed at $4.99 WILL be a dvd, not a blu-ray. I figured at over 100 pages and 2000 posts (actually it reached 150+ pages and over 100k views before it got reset) it was time to sort out the info so far. Especially since it would seem this sale may be going on for a while. • Hollywoodvideo.com and Moviegallery.com (same company/database) is having a sale with all used Blu-Rays for $6.99 and FREE shipping • Use promo code 25PV for an additional 25% off, making them $5.24+tax * Code must be entered at screen following shipping/billing addresses. The earlier screen where you enter it is for estimating a total only and does not actually apply it to your order. • Some do not come up when you select only Blu-Rays in your search. Best way to see the full selection is to include both DVD and Blu-Ray, and sort Price High-to-Low, 100 Items per page. • Popular titles go out of stock very quickly. Restocks/updates happen with no pattern – random days and times; some minor, some major * Blu-Rays listed at $4.99 are actually just mis-listed DVD's (based on all received instances so far). Blu-Rays will all be listed at $6.99 • Site often slow and crashing – downtime is only temporary though (they seem unprepared for the sheer volume of orders) • Digital copies or 3-D glasses are usually NOT included • Items are NOT on hold while in your cart. If you take too long to check out you could lose high-demand items. Early on when items went out of stock after being added to a cart, they would show up at $0.00 but some still shipped. This appears to have now been fixed so you can't check out with $0.00 items. • During recent updates, many people have NOT received order confirmations, but orders ARE still processing and shipping • Larger orders ship via USPS Media Mail. If you break your orders up into smaller orders (1-3 discs) they will ship via USPS First Class and will arrive slightly faster. Orders are shipped with Delivery Confirmation only, so you may not see in-transit updates. • Some orders are shipping from multiple locations, so they may not all arrive together • Orders seem to be shipping in random order, so later orders may ship before previous ones • Discs are coming in Blu-Ray cases (mostly the locking style) with original artwork. A very few (less than 5%) have had reprinted/copied artwork, and a very few (less than 5%) have arrive still shrink-wrapped. • In a very few rare instances, cases have come empty or with a DVD inside. Check titles upon arrival. • Customer Service email for problems is help@websales.hlyw.com. Some people have also had luck contacting pamela@goindaba.com, pamela@elistics.com, or jordan@goindaba.com Link to 165 Page Hollywood Video thread for informative purposes. FULL LIST OF TITLES SEEN (so far) UNDER SPOILER TAG: * This list is for reference only - most are currently unavailable and no telling which will come back in future updates. These are all titles seen over the course of the sale * [Show spoiler] Last edited by XXXsdesdeXXX; 03-19-2010 at 12:42 AM. Reason: Added link to closed thread for infomative purposes

03-19-2010, 12:29 AM	#5
jcs913 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:576 Timezone GMT: -6	Just tried to pop on the HWV site out of curiosity and its basically crashed. Cannot get on at all. Was there an update I missed, or one may be coming... By the way, the trade thread needs to be put back up. If a mod wants to sponser it, so be it, but putting it together with cinemaphiles own personal thread was not smart and not helpful to people trying to actually trade their movies acquired from the sale. Let's use some common sense next time before we do certain things. Last edited by jcs913; 03-19-2010 at 12:31 AM.

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03-18-2010, 09:07 PM	#2
XXXsdesdeXXX Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2010 Location:San Diego, CA Blu-ray collection:325 Digital collection:925 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:396 Timezone GMT: -8	Anyways, I finally received my refund from my first order. I think Hollywood Video does things all at once. They let all the people who wanted to return items accumulate and everyone was sent their mailing labels on the same day. Now, I assume, they are doing the same with the refunds.

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03-19-2010, 01:29 AM	#7
HyperRealist Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:PA Blu-ray collection:110 DVD collection:96 Trading Score:48 Timezone GMT: -5	I just checked 6 other forums. Nothing happening.

03-19-2010, 01:31 AM	#8
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03-19-2010, 01:32 AM	#9
kimjongill Junior Member Member since:Mar 2010 Timezone GMT: -5	Big update to dvds No new blu at all I was so excited...

03-19-2010, 01:33 AM	#10
rdodolak Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 4K collection:880 Blu-ray collection:3733 DVD collection:939 MA collection:338 Digital collection:1099 iTunes collection:75 Prime collection:11 Trading Score:20 Timezone GMT: -7	The pages are periodically loading but nothing new has been added so far.

03-19-2010, 01:34 AM	#11
aboothlsu Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray collection:362 Timezone GMT: -6	Any idea why the other thread was locked, glad to see someone getting this one going.

03-19-2010, 01:55 AM	#12
Neurotripsick Active Member Member since:Jan 2010 Blu-ray collection:47 Trading Score:6 Timezone GMT: -8	Still haven't received a response to my refund for the Quantum of Solace/Quarantine mixup.

03-19-2010, 02:06 AM	#15
csdot Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Interzone Blu-ray collection:927 DVD collection:93 Timezone GMT: -5	aside from the crashing/slowness i just got an email from movie gallery about 25% coupon (as if we all didnt know about it anyway) this could be good....

03-19-2010, 02:10 AM	#16
kimjongill Junior Member Member since:Mar 2010 Timezone GMT: -5	oh, the internet, please don't make me stay up for no reason...

03-19-2010, 02:14 AM	#17
Chloenator Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Pittsburgh, PA 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:2 Timezone GMT: -5	I stopped by a Hollywood Video on Tuesday around my area that is going out of business. All of their used BDs are 50% off. I picked up two. I got Observe and Report for $9.99. I also got The Happening for $5.98. Original artwork was included for both, but both came in DVD cases. It's alright though. I ordered 5 Viva Elite BD cases for $7.25 from a seller on eBay. I'll have some extra cases for future purchases if I need them.

03-19-2010, 02:27 AM	#18
bluerry Active Member Member since:Jan 2010 Blu-ray collection:100 Trading Score:26 Timezone GMT: -6	Site loaded up, no new updates

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