Boutique Sales Megathread: Complete List of Current/Upcoming Sales

[kruse56]

Originally Posted by mike1990

I'm not a Criterion Channel subscriber and I got one. I've also only ordered directly from Criterion once

Same here. I've only ordered once from Criterion and I got the code. It came in an email on December 10 with the subject line:
"Criterion Holiday Sale! ��"

[matt1618]

Due to popular demand, we’re extending the sale for another week, the sale will now ends High Noon, Monday December 23rd!

KLSC WINTER WONDERLAND SALE! (Over 650 Titles)
https://kinolorber.com/collection/wi...land-sale-2024

And don’t forget our ongoing WHILE SUPPLIES LAST SALE! (Almost 100 Titles)
https://kinolorber.com/collection/wh...lies-last-sale

• Free USA Shipping: Orders of $60 or More!
• WW Sale Ends after Monday, December 23rd – @ Noon!

[matt1618]

If you don’t know we have several sales this week. The first is our 12 hour used flash sale. 30% off any used movie. A day later will be a partnered @vinegarsyndrome sale. More details to come.
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https://www.orbitdvd.com/collections/used-movies
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#orbitdvd #vinegarsyndrome

[SurlyGnome]

Originally Posted by matt1618

If you don’t know we have several sales this week. The first is our 12 hour used flash sale. 30% off any used movie. A day later will be a partnered @vinegarsyndrome sale. More details to come.
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https://www.orbitdvd.com/collections/used-movies
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#orbitdvd #vinegarsyndrome

Any additional details for this one? I tried putting a used movie in the cart and proceeding to checkout, but the discount wasn't applied. Is there a code? --Thanks!

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by SurlyGnome

Any additional details for this one? I tried putting a used movie in the cart and proceeding to checkout, but the discount wasn't applied. Is there a code? --Thanks!

The sale doesn't start until Noon EST later today.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by Katatonia

The sale doesn't start until Noon EST later today.

Anyone seeing a discount?

[SurlyGnome]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

Anyone seeing a discount?

I'm seeing it appear on some items but not others. It seems to be loading in batches...? I was waiting to see two others on my wish list updated to the sale price so I could add them and get free shipping. In the meantime, the main thing I wanted sold out Oh well, probably saved me from an impulse purchase

[dullboy]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

Anyone seeing a discount?

It's showing up on some of the used items, but not all. Seems to be slowly processing each discount.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by SurlyGnome

I'm seeing it appear on some items but not others. It seems to be loading in batches...? I was waiting to see two others on my wish list updated to the sale price so I could add them and get free shipping. In the meantime, the main thing I wanted sold out Oh well, probably saved me from an impulse purchase

Yeah, I'm still waiting on three of my five titles to hit the discount and sweating out my other two selling in the meantime. Too bad they couldn't just discount everything at the same time.

Two titles from my list sold out from under me while waiting for others to discount. Stupid way of doing a sale.

[jephdood]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

Two titles from my list sold out from under me while waiting for others to discount. Stupid way of doing a sale.

Same. Too frustrating. Pass.

[MrTwoArms]

Yep, things just kept selling out as I was waiting for the 2 I wanted most to drop. One of those 2 just sold even though it wasn't showing the discount in my cart (I don't know if the person who bought it got the discount or not). Looks like I'm skipping this sale.

[Professor Echo]

Wow, what an effed up sale! I waited for one title in my cart to show the discount and meanwhile three of the five sold out while I was waiting. So now I don't have enough for free shipping anymore and even so that particular title has still not been discounted. Good riddance to this sale, it worked like shite.

[MrTwoArms]

I wasted a lot of time going through all their used movies last night

[surfinhank]

I was expecting to be in the same boat as you guys but I guess I lucked out. The titles I was after were dropping one at a time so I wound up splitting my list into 2 orders and managed to get everything. Kinda surprised the site didn't freeze/ slow down (that's what I was really worried about).

[xxnomad]

I remember during their last used sale, everything went on sale immediately. I guess for some reason the prices trickled in this time.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by MrTwoArms

I wasted a lot of time going through all their used movies last night

Even though I gave up, one of my titles is still in the cart and it still hasn't gone down in price. I don't think Orbit understands how a sale like this should work.

[MrTwoArms]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

Even though I gave up, one of my titles is still in the cart and it still hasn't gone down in price. I don't think Orbit understands how a sale like this should work.

They should have just added a promo code to get the discount, especially since free shipping is automatic now. That way the people who were ready/prepared for the sale could have gotten what they wanted.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by MrTwoArms

They should have just added a promo code to get the discount, especially since free shipping is automatic now. That way the people who were ready/prepared for the sale could have gotten what they wanted.

You would think that's how they would have set it up, but instead it didn't work much at all. The only way to get something would have been to have the items already in your cart all be discounted at approximately the same time. Otherwise, whomever else wanted it could grab it as soon as the discount hit. Not a fair way to have a sale at all and probably one of the most frustrating I have ever tried to participate in. I like ORBIT a lot, but this was amateur hour as far as how sales should work.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

You would think that's how they would have set it up, but instead it didn't work much at all. The only way to get something would have been to have the items already in your cart all be discounted at approximately the same time. Otherwise, whomever else wanted it could grab it as soon as the discount hit. Not a fair way to have a sale at all and probably one of the most frustrating I have ever tried to participate in. I like ORBIT a lot, but this was amateur hour as far as how sales should work.

It's strange that this sale was botched. Orbit have had "Used" sales in the past like this, and I don't recall there being any problem then.

I didn't really know of anything I needed however, so I didn't even tune in when it went live today.

[jmb1381]

I put in 2 orders. Only missed one thing that I wanted. I actually ended up paying full price for one item but was refunded the 30% discount a little while later.