What's you're best BLU deal since you started collecting? - Blu-ray Forum

Addi-blu-ction · 02-21-2014, 10:09 PM

I don't know if there is something like this already going, if there is I'm sorry. Merge it, delete it, whatever ya gotta do. Here's the deal...I just wanna hear about everyone's greatest deals they have ever gotten on a blu-ray. What I'm really trying to ask is, How jealous can ya make someone that's just been holding out for that perfect price and it never came but, somehow you found it?

Can't wait to hear some great stories!

xander · 02-21-2014, 10:14 PM

There's a lot of threads like this, but the winners are always people catching pricing errors and the company honoring them.

BaronVH · 02-21-2014, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by xander

There's a lot of threads like this, but the winners are always people catching pricing errors and the company honoring them.

Not for me. Movies are a subjective passion, and my best deal was Lawrence of Arabia Collector's Edition for $70. That may or may not be MSRP, but if there were a nuclear war and Blu-ray disks became the currency of the wasteland, I would not part with it.

jrsl76 · 02-21-2014, 10:28 PM

When Best Buy was doing the room contest and the polls for points. I used my earnings from part of that to buy Game Of Thrones Season 2 - Lannister cover for $5 on Day 1.

Also, I pre-ordered the Criterion BBS Story - America Lost & Found box set from Barnes & Nobles before it came out. They then lowered the price so I worked with them to match the price. Through complicated machinations, I ended up with 2 for the price of 1, so I got 1 for free which I eventually used to trade for an OOP Criterion DVD I wanted that was pretty pricey (Tokyo Olympiad).

Jett Rink · 02-21-2014, 10:29 PM

I was one of the few that got Boardwalk Empire S.1 for $9.00 ($3.99 plus shipping). It was a sale from ImportCDs. It was all about timing and many people had their orders canceled.

HyperRealist · 02-21-2014, 10:38 PM

That Goonies set for $6 was a good one.

Blu-Benny · 02-21-2014, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by HyperRealist

That Goonies set for $6 was a good one.

that one still hurts.

Buzz201 · 02-21-2014, 10:42 PM

Got this for around $23 from Amazon during Cyber Monday last year. Previously it had been assumed OOP and gone for about $60/70.

Love the film and the set contains the Ultimate Cut that was never released in the UK, as well as the Motion Comic which was DVD only in the UK and arrived mostly intact. So I was really happy with that.

master gandhi · 02-21-2014, 11:18 PM

I was really happy with Amazon's flash sale last year when they had several of Paramount's titles that were now being distributed by Warners, mostly priced at $1 each. I picked up 16 titles for less than $30 after tax.

Also, whenever movie money/cash is included, and the price of the Blu is the same as the value of that movie money/cash, or sometimes less. That's a good deal to me.

AgentOrange · 02-26-2014, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Jett Rink

I was one of the few that got Boardwalk Empire S.1 for $9.00 ($3.99 plus shipping). It was a sale from ImportCDs. It was all about timing and many people had their orders canceled.

I actually *JUST* got a shipping notice for this tonight. $8.98 shipped.

Can't believe it.

I couldn't even find the original thread about it, and I'd sort of forget all about even getting this. Saw an email from importcds and first though was "WTF is this - did someone hack my account?". Hopefully something screwy doesn't happen along the way.

Andrew-Kenneth · 02-22-2014, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by BaronVH

Not for me. Movies are a subjective passion, and my best deal was Lawrence of Arabia Collector's Edition for $70. That may or may not be MSRP, but if there were a nuclear war and Blu-ray disks became the currency of the wasteland, I would not part with it.

Well, I just received my region-free japanese "Mastered in 4k" copy of Lawrence of Arabia for $45 (4673 Yen). At double the bitrate and roughly half the price of your edition, may I conclude I struck a deal (about) four times better than you?

I also remember my hunt for "Ayan", a tamil blu-ray that was apparently sold out everywhere on the planet in the spring of 2013. => Unavailable with trusted webshops in India, the US and the UK. By chance I decided to search outside the anglo-friendly box and googled "Ayan france". Lo and behold a french website turned up and I could order this blu-ray from french web-retailer "Singing Cinema". After I had placed my order there I posted this info on blu-ray.com's India forum. Another blu-ray.com member also placed an order for "Ayan" with this web-shop, however it turned out that I had scored their very last available copy. (The other member got a refund) Knowing I own (about) the last available copy on the planet of "Ayan" gives me a rise.

Song from "Ayan" (for me to see in 1080p) =>

The cheapest blu-ray's I remember buying are "A.I", "Reservoir Dogs" and "Zack and Miri make a Porno" for 5 EUR each.

zbinks · 02-22-2014, 01:48 AM

Fright Night. $34.30 shipped from SAE.

JohnWayne · 02-22-2014, 01:59 AM

Do you guys remember this whole fiasco?

[Show spoiler]

Terrorfirmer · 02-22-2014, 03:06 AM

Best Haul Deal: Snow White and The Seven Dwarves, Fantasia, Antichrist (criterion), Deliverence Digibook, Rocky Horror Picture Show Digibook and Underworld Awakening 3D Steelbook for $40 all brand new...Best score at a pawn shop ever...

Best Single Deal: Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides 3D combo Steelbook for $5...priced wrong at futureshop and then i had them apply SCOP.

BLOFELD · 02-22-2014, 04:53 AM

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=219397

Last years Amazon's $1 price glitch sale w/ free shipping. I added 25 top tier films to the collection for only $25 bucks.

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Originally Posted by Addi-blu-ction

I don't know if there is something like this already going, if there is I'm sorry. Merge it, delete it, whatever ya gotta do. Here's the deal...I just wanna hear about everyone's greatest deals they have ever gotten on a blu-ray. What I'm really trying to ask is, How jealous can ya make someone that's just been holding out for that perfect price and it never came but, somehow you found it?

Can't wait to hear some great stories!

UseY0ur1llusi0n · 02-22-2014, 04:57 AM

Patlabor 2 The Movie for $20 bucks Like New

TheWalkingDead · 02-22-2014, 05:08 AM

[Show spoiler]

BLOFELD · 02-22-2014, 05:26 AM

can anyone, since the inception of this forum top the deal we all got for simply being awake? I think NOT......................

a ebay buddy of mine got 40 copies of Zodiac for $40 factory sealed Brand New as well as a host of many others.

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Originally Posted by BLOFELD

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=219397

Last years Amazon's $1 price glitch sale w/ free shipping. I added 25 top tier films to the collection for only $25 bucks.

Jar Jar Stinks · 02-22-2014, 05:36 AM

Breaking Bad Barrel Set for $125 at B&N after 40% off coupon.

evoxturbo · 02-22-2014, 05:40 AM

Zatoichi Criterion Blurays for 71.25 after 40% off Barnes and Noble coupon.

02-21-2014, 10:09 PM	#1
Addi-blu-ction Senior Member Member since:Feb 2014 Location:Behind You... Home Theater Gallery:11 Blu-ray collection:611 DVD collection:51 Trading Score:1	What's you're best BLU deal since you started collecting? I don't know if there is something like this already going, if there is I'm sorry. Merge it, delete it, whatever ya gotta do. Here's the deal...I just wanna hear about everyone's greatest deals they have ever gotten on a blu-ray. What I'm really trying to ask is, How jealous can ya make someone that's just been holding out for that perfect price and it never came but, somehow you found it? Can't wait to hear some great stories!

02-21-2014, 10:28 PM	#4
jrsl76 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 Location:Glendale, CA 4K collection:316 Blu-ray collection:3240 DVD collection:637 Trading Score:66	When Best Buy was doing the room contest and the polls for points. I used my earnings from part of that to buy Game Of Thrones Season 2 - Lannister cover for $5 on Day 1. Also, I pre-ordered the Criterion BBS Story - America Lost & Found box set from Barnes & Nobles before it came out. They then lowered the price so I worked with them to match the price. Through complicated machinations, I ended up with 2 for the price of 1, so I got 1 for free which I eventually used to trade for an OOP Criterion DVD I wanted that was pretty pricey (Tokyo Olympiad). Last edited by jrsl76; 02-21-2014 at 10:32 PM.

02-22-2014, 04:57 AM	#16
UseY0ur1llusi0n Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2013 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:4	Blu-ray Patlabor 2 The Movie for $20 bucks Like New

02-21-2014, 10:14 PM	#2
xander Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Just Outside of the Alliance's Reach 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:720 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	There's a lot of threads like this, but the winners are always people catching pricing errors and the company honoring them.

02-21-2014, 10:29 PM	#5
Jett Rink Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:154	I was one of the few that got Boardwalk Empire S.1 for $9.00 ($3.99 plus shipping). It was a sale from ImportCDs. It was all about timing and many people had their orders canceled.

02-21-2014, 10:38 PM	#6
HyperRealist Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:PA Blu-ray collection:110 DVD collection:96 Trading Score:48	That Goonies set for $6 was a good one.

02-21-2014, 10:42 PM	#8
Buzz201 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Sep 2012 Blu-ray collection:486 DVD collection:48	Got this for around $23 from Amazon during Cyber Monday last year. Previously it had been assumed OOP and gone for about $60/70. Love the film and the set contains the Ultimate Cut that was never released in the UK, as well as the Motion Comic which was DVD only in the UK and arrived mostly intact. So I was really happy with that.

02-21-2014, 11:18 PM	#9
master gandhi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2013 Location:United States Trading Score:1	I was really happy with Amazon's flash sale last year when they had several of Paramount's titles that were now being distributed by Warners, mostly priced at $1 each. I picked up 16 titles for less than $30 after tax. Also, whenever movie money/cash is included, and the price of the Blu is the same as the value of that movie money/cash, or sometimes less. That's a good deal to me.

02-22-2014, 01:48 AM	#12
zbinks Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2011 Location:Illinois 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:3037 DVD collection:442 Digital collection:1 Trading Score:1	Fright Night. $34.30 shipped from SAE.

02-22-2014, 01:59 AM	#13
JohnWayne Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2012 Location:DFW 4K collection:48 Blu-ray collection:111 Trading Score:153	Do you guys remember this whole fiasco? [Show spoiler]

02-22-2014, 03:06 AM	#14
Terrorfirmer Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Apr 2012 Location:Canada 4K collection:53 Blu-ray collection:1037 DVD collection:282 Trading Score:11	Best Haul Deal: Snow White and The Seven Dwarves, Fantasia, Antichrist (criterion), Deliverence Digibook, Rocky Horror Picture Show Digibook and Underworld Awakening 3D Steelbook for $40 all brand new...Best score at a pawn shop ever... Best Single Deal: Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides 3D combo Steelbook for $5...priced wrong at futureshop and then i had them apply SCOP.

02-22-2014, 05:36 AM	#19
Jar Jar Stinks Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:246	Breaking Bad Barrel Set for $125 at B&N after 40% off coupon.

02-22-2014, 05:40 AM	#20
evoxturbo Power Member Member since:Jun 2010 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:1062 Blu-ray reviews:10 Trading Score:121	Zatoichi Criterion Blurays for 71.25 after 40% off Barnes and Noble coupon.

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