Dark Force Entertainment Discussion Thread

[Katatonia]

Shipping is getting pummeled everywhere. I order from many places worldwide all the time., and several shipments have taken 2+ months to arrive to me. One 3 month old shipment is still MIA.

I did place one large order in Germany last month with a record company I often order from, and they will simply "hold" that order/items until they can ship again.

So that might be something to consider DF... you can accept orders but explicitly state that they will be held until "whenever" International shipping can safely resume. And of course that might be many months until possible, but it's a suggestion.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by Katatonia

Shipping is getting pummeled everywhere. I order from many places worldwide all the time., and several shipments have taken 2+ months to arrive to me. One 3 month old shipment is still MIA.

I did place one large order in Germany last month with a record company I often order from, and they will simply "hold" that order/items until they can ship again.

So that might be something to consider DF... you can accept orders but explicitly state that they will be held until "whenever" International shipping can safely resume. And of course that might be many months until possible, but it's a suggestion.

Holding an order places the burden of responsibility on them however. Now they need to keep track of orders that potentially could take months to ship out. Seems like needless work. Simply pressing enough copies AND keeping them up for sale seems like a much simpler plan. When international shipping is once again deemed safe folks can then order. Dark Forces doesn't need to keep track of months old orders, and folks overseas aren't waiting any longer than they would otherwise. Seems like a win-win to me. Even when the retailer is down the street from me I'd prefer to not have my money tied up for months on end.

As far as international shipping in general goes... I ordered 2 items from China in March. 1 never arrived while the other arrived just shy of 4 weeks from the point of order. I also ordered items from the UK, and Spain over the last few months and these items arrived in around 4 weeks as well... only slightly longer than usual. International shipping seems like less of an issue to me than incompetence at a few shipping hubs in the US. Namely, Jersey City for the USPS and Cincinnati for DHL. Avoiding these two locations seems to fix nearly all the problems folks have faced.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Holding an order places the burden of responsibility on them however. Now they need to keep track of orders that potentially could take months to ship out. Seems like needless work. Simply pressing enough copies AND keeping them up for sale seems like a much simpler plan. When international shipping is once again deemed safe folks can then order. Dark Forces doesn't need to keep track of months old orders, and folks overseas aren't waiting any longer than they would otherwise. Seems like a win-win to me. Even when the retailer is down the street from me I'd prefer to not have my money tied up for months on end.

If it's something limited from someone I've ordered from before, I really don't mind at all. The stuff I ordered from Germany was limited and sold out quickly, so I'm sure glad they at least continued to accept foreign orders and will hold them.

Diabolik have also done it with International orders since early May.

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

As far as international shipping in general goes... I ordered 2 items from China in March. 1 never arrived while the other arrived just shy of 4 weeks from the point of order. I also ordered items from the UK, and Spain over the last few months and these items arrived in around 4 weeks as well... only slightly longer than usual. International shipping seems like less of an issue to me than incompetence at a few shipping hubs in the US. Namely, Jersey City for the USPS and Cincinnati for DHL. Avoiding these two locations seems to fix nearly all the problems folks have faced.

DHL lost an Amazon UK package of mine a month ago, and it went through the Cincinnati hub fine. They lost it on the day it was "out for delivery" and it never resurfaced.

[Member-222782]

DHL, UPS and FedEx seem to be the only way to go if you order stuff from overseas and don't want to wait months for delivery. You'll probably pay through the nose if you choose expedited shipping but knowing you won't wait 1+ months is worth it.

[BarnDoor]

My order arrived today, having shipped on the 17th June, so that's really not bad at all. Didn't help that it sat in Heathrow for a few days for some reason.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

DHL, UPS and FedEx seem to be the only way to go if you order stuff from overseas and don't want to wait months for delivery. You'll probably pay through the nose if you choose expedited shipping but knowing you won't wait 1+ months is worth it.

Not entirely true. Zavvi uses Royal Mail which transitions to USPS.
Pre-pandemic shipping times were ~10days. Now it’s ~18days, for my steelbooks to arrive.
Also shipping is free.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Not entirely true. Zavvi uses Royal Mail which transitions to USPS.
Pre-pandemic shipping times were ~10days. Now it’s ~18days, for my steelbooks to arrive.
Also shipping is free.

I ordered 4 things from Base.com a couple of weeks ago, and surprisingly all 4 shipment packages (Royal Mail) arrived within about 7-10 days each. I was shocked by that speed. My previous several UK shipments that went out by Royal Mail each took around 2 months to get here.

I have a couple of Zavvi things that shipped a couple of days ago, so we'll see how fast they get here.

...but a paper magazine subscription I get from the UK is now 4 issues behind in delivery now.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Katatonia

I ordered 4 things from Base.com a couple of weeks ago, and surprisingly all 4 shipment packages (Royal Mail) arrived within about 7-10 days each. I was shocked by that speed. My previous several UK shipments that went out by Royal Mail each took around 2 months to get here.

I have a couple of Zavvi things that shipped a couple of days ago, so we'll see how fast they get here.

...but a paper magazine subscription I get from the UK is now 4 issues behind in delivery now.

Things have gotten a lot better, thankfully, for most services. I have a few items due in from China that have no updates for over a month. Hoping for the best.

[MadDrZbu]

Just curious: when is the Dark Force sale supposed to go live?

[bsend]

Originally Posted by MadDrZbu

Just curious: when is the Dark Force sale supposed to go live?

There is a sale coming?

[moviegeek1992]

Originally Posted by bsend

There is a sale coming?

[HorrorBlu]

Put Blue Monkey up for pre-order during the sale! It's supposedly at the pressing plant.

[whiteberry]

Dave meant July 4.....2021.

[Show spoiler]

[DaveyJoe]

Hopefully they kick off the sale with a Livestream.

[moviegeek1992]

From Facebook

AWESOME 70'S LOST VIOLENT ACTION FLICK COMING TO DRIVE-IN #10: The great Leo Fong stars in this ultra-violent kung-fu action flick that played many drive-in screens in the 70's. Dark Force was lucky enough to attain probably one of the only surviving 35mm grindhouse prints for the new HD release and does contain some print wear in spots. But it's great to see in high def as it is 70's drive-in exploitation at it's finest. Also known as THE KILL FACTOR and NINJA ASSASSINS there is no known existing negative on this title. Get ready for some fast moving brutal fun when the DARK FORCE DRIVE-IN SERIES CONTINUES THIS MONTH: Darkforcedvd.com

[xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx]

ATTENTION SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS:
We will not suspend international & Canada orders for the July 4th sale at the Dark Force store this weekend. HOWEVER international orders expect shipments can be DELAYED AS MUCH AS 8 WEEKS OR MORE! DO NOT PLACE AN ORDER IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO WAIT THAT LONG! Do not contact us one day short of 8 weeks asking about where your order is. If you do so we will enforce the suspension of all international shipments indefinitely. We have no control of the delays by the US post office on foreign shipments due to the COVID-19 crisis. For more information you can visit the US postal site as usps.com.

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[Dollar Colonel]

I don't use Facebook so all my news comes from this thread. Dark Force should send out marketing emails.

[DukeTogo84]

So do we know what the difference is with the new release of Death Rage or is there no differences?

[xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx]

The store is open.

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

So do we know what the difference is with the new release of Death Rage or is there no differences?

Haven't seen a post on fb about it. Probably no differences.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx

The store is open.



Haven't seen a post on fb about it. Probably no differences.

Well, that's weird. I thought they had to take it down to fix the subtitle issues in the first place.