Zavvi now selling North American Steelbooks - Blu-ray Forum

blucraig · 05-27-2014, 09:28 PM

http://www.zavvi.com/offers/steelbooks/imports.list

neoz · 05-27-2014, 10:14 PM

There fixed the title for you.

Sky_Captain · 05-27-2014, 10:20 PM

Impressive.

BDestroyer8418 · 05-27-2014, 10:32 PM

Region 1 on listings

Fail

casperuk · 05-27-2014, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BDestroyer8418

Region 1 on listings

Fail

Buy a cheap armary. Thinking I should get a few of these

bantha11 · 05-27-2014, 10:57 PM

The thing most don't realize is that if a "friend" could obtain these for you they could be shipped for about 10-12£ using first class mail

Icemouth · 05-27-2014, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BDestroyer8418

Region 1 on listings

Fail

Caring about regions in 2014

super fail

brian9229 · 05-27-2014, 11:02 PM

Some of these work out to cost more than twice what they go for here. Case in point, just bought The Town Saturday for $9.99 at Bestbuy. All of these are going for $25 USD which is quite steep for these.

rickah88 · 05-28-2014, 12:26 AM

Does this mean US steelbooks are now legit? US steelbooks are now playing in the big leagues?

Petra_Kalbrain · 05-28-2014, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bantha11

The thing most don't realize is that if a "friend" could obtain these for you they could be shipped for about 10-12£ using first class mail

I know... right?!?!?!

Zavvi being greedy... again...

snooloui · 05-28-2014, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

I know... right?!?!?!

Zavvi being greedy... again...

You don't know how much Zavvi paid for the stock and I think we can be pretty sure that they didn't get a 'friend' to pick a few up from a US store. At the end of the day, if you want to buy these mostly crap American releases, then you are free to select whichever retailer is best for you. Some UK collectors don't want the hassle of importing and dealing with Amazon's horrendous packaging or don't have a 'friend', so for them it isn't a terrible option.

levcore · 05-28-2014, 07:21 AM

Don't know why some are moaning. I think it's pretty cool that Zavvi are selling some Import Steelbooks. And the prices are consistent with what Zavvi themselves charge for their own Steels.

YoreLore · 05-28-2014, 08:01 AM

That's pretty cool!

Sadly none of these are getting ordered though.

JimDiGriz · 05-28-2014, 08:07 AM

The Watchmen one is worth it if you only have the UK steelbook because it has all the extras that the UK steelbook doesnt. Thats why Ive got both.

Mind you - I bought the US one for far less than £15!

Petra_Kalbrain · 05-28-2014, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by snooloui

You don't know how much Zavvi paid for the stock and I think we can be pretty sure that they didn't get a 'friend' to pick a few up from a US store. At the end of the day, if you want to buy these mostly crap American releases, then you are free to select whichever retailer is best for you. Some UK collectors don't want the hassle of importing and dealing with Amazon's horrendous packaging or don't have a 'friend', so for them it isn't a terrible option.

LMAO!!! Well, you can bet that they didn't pay much more than what the stock is being sold for in North America. In bulk (more than 5), these could have been shipped to the UK for about $3 each. And, given the fact that the retailers are probably just trying to unload stock because they are no longer selling, do you really think that they decided to double the cost price for someone who actually wanted them? Highly doubtful. Let's be honest here. Zavvi likely got these for $15 each... shipped... TOPS!!! That's probably about £8 or £9.

They are definitely taking the "import" value too high on these ones.

Member-222782 · 05-28-2014, 09:42 AM

Sorry to say US steelbooks are some of blandest, dullest steelbooks around. Best Buy had some nice ones in their last wave but they felt like borrowed designs, like I've seen them somewhere, especially SAFE HOUSE. And now they have apparently abandoned them altogether excepting the occasional studio issue. Steelbooks are an afterthought in the US, unfortunately.

yeslek · 05-28-2014, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by brian9229

Some of these work out to cost more than twice what they go for here. Case in point, just bought The Town Saturday for $9.99 at Bestbuy. All of these are going for $25 USD which is quite steep for these.

not when you factor in shipping
the Jurassic Park steel, for example (the only one I had my eye on admittedly) is £14.49 to ship from amazon, so the Zavvi price is pretty fair assuming they are shipping from UK....

Groge511 · 05-28-2014, 11:38 AM

Wow! Quite impressive Zavvi.
Will be interested to see what other titles (and ones from other countries too) they might get in the future. For now though I probably won't get any of these

YoreLore · 05-28-2014, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cine74

Sorry to say US steelbooks are some of blandest, dullest steelbooks around. Best Buy had some nice ones in their last wave but they felt like borrowed designs, like I've seen them somewhere, especially SAFE HOUSE. And now they have apparently abandoned them altogether excepting the occasional studio issue. Steelbooks are an afterthought in the US, unfortunately.

Have to agree with that. They are nasty.

levcore · 05-28-2014, 12:33 PM

Do the ones pictured with those blu borders actually have the border printed on the steel?

05-27-2014, 09:28 PM	#1
blucraig Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 4K collection:68 Blu-ray collection:691 Trading Score:34	Zavvi now selling North American Steelbooks http://www.zavvi.com/offers/steelbooks/imports.list

05-27-2014, 11:02 PM	#8
brian9229 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Vermont / Steelbook™ - 481 4K collection:411 Blu-ray collection:1553 DVD collection:71 Digital collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:12 Trading Score:59	Some of these work out to cost more than twice what they go for here. Case in point, just bought The Town Saturday for $9.99 at Bestbuy. All of these are going for $25 USD which is quite steep for these. Last edited by brian9229; 05-27-2014 at 11:05 PM.

05-27-2014, 10:14 PM	#2
neoz Moderator Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1664 DVD collection:8 Trading Score:84	There fixed the title for you.

05-27-2014, 10:20 PM	#3
Sky_Captain Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:17	Impressive.

05-27-2014, 10:32 PM	#4
BDestroyer8418 Power Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Chicago,IL 4K collection:728 Blu-ray collection:3254 DVD collection:3 Digital collection:427 iTunes collection:13 Trading Score:231	Region 1 on listings Fail

05-27-2014, 10:57 PM	#6
bantha11 Active Member Member since:Feb 2014 Blu-ray collection:750 DVD collection:61 Trading Score:12	The thing most don't realize is that if a "friend" could obtain these for you they could be shipped for about 10-12£ using first class mail

05-28-2014, 12:26 AM	#9
rickah88 Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:Columbia, MD 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:93	Does this mean US steelbooks are now legit? US steelbooks are now playing in the big leagues?

05-28-2014, 07:21 AM	#12
levcore Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Jun 2011 Location:Dryland 4K collection:306 Blu-ray collection:2616 Trading Score:3	Don't know why some are moaning. I think it's pretty cool that Zavvi are selling some Import Steelbooks. And the prices are consistent with what Zavvi themselves charge for their own Steels.

05-28-2014, 08:01 AM	#13
YoreLore Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:Dundee, Scotland 4K collection:129 Blu-ray collection:270 Trading Score:4	That's pretty cool! Sadly none of these are getting ordered though.

05-28-2014, 08:07 AM	#14
JimDiGriz Blu-ray Champion Member since:Oct 2010 Location:UK 4K collection:263 Blu-ray collection:646 DVD collection:142 Blu-ray reviews:11	The Watchmen one is worth it if you only have the UK steelbook because it has all the extras that the UK steelbook doesnt. Thats why Ive got both. Mind you - I bought the US one for far less than £15!

05-28-2014, 09:42 AM	#16
Member-222782 Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jun 2012 4K collection:645 Blu-ray collection:4556 DVD collection:474 Trading Score:140	Sorry to say US steelbooks are some of blandest, dullest steelbooks around. Best Buy had some nice ones in their last wave but they felt like borrowed designs, like I've seen them somewhere, especially SAFE HOUSE. And now they have apparently abandoned them altogether excepting the occasional studio issue. Steelbooks are an afterthought in the US, unfortunately.

05-28-2014, 11:38 AM	#18
Groge511 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 Location:Scotland Home Theater Gallery:175 4K collection:69 Blu-ray collection:446 DVD collection:284 Digital collection:33 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:7	Wow! Quite impressive Zavvi. Will be interested to see what other titles (and ones from other countries too) they might get in the future. For now though I probably won't get any of these

05-28-2014, 12:33 PM	#20
levcore Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Jun 2011 Location:Dryland 4K collection:306 Blu-ray collection:2616 Trading Score:3	Do the ones pictured with those blu borders actually have the border printed on the steel?

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