HomeThe HD DVD Fire Sale – Part III
In this third part of my articles on the HD DVD fire sales, I turn my attention back to Australia. Since my first post, Warner has started discounting their titles, and Paramount has started doing so today as well. I have received all of my ordered items from dstore.com.au, but my Playbox Zone and EzyDVD orders are still outstanding. Most of the B&M stores have sold out their stock, so online stores are the best choice. The only B&M store that still has stock is EzyDVD, although one wonders perhaps if they have waited too long to have their sale, since many people have already finished their buying. EzyDVD is said to have secured a lot of stock, perhaps all of the remaining stock, and will have one huge sale either this week or on the 28th. Prices are fair, but higher for certain titles.
Here are the additional orders I’ve made since my first post:
EzyDVD Order #3:
- The Ant Bully – $7.92
- Dog Day Afternoon – $9.92
- The Fugitive – $9.92
- Unforgiven – $12.92
- Shipping: Free
- Order Total: $40.68 ($USD 37.68)
DVDCrave Order #1:
- Disturbia – $12.95
- Shooter – $12.95
- Stardust – $12.95
- Top Gun – $12.95
- Shipping: $2.50
- Order Total: $54.30 ($USD 50.31)
That brings the total to $341.67 ($USD 316.64). The average is up, to $10.35 ($USD 9.59) per title including the box sets, which is still terrific value.
There are still 6 Paramount/Dreamworks titles that I want from EzyDVD, and possibly another 6 from Amazon.com, and after that, I think my HD DVD buying will be over (having already spent far more than I had planned). You might think that I’m only picking up these titles because they’re cheap, but there are tons of other titles that I haven’t bothered with as I’ve been pretty selective when it comes to my shopping (no buying movies I already have on DVD, unless it’s a favourite, and then only buying the titles that I want to watch). If I wasn’t selective, the total chould be easily over $600 now. With so many unwatched movies (most of the movies I’ve bought, I’ve not seen before, on DVD or elsewhere), I think that’s my movie shopping for the year done (unless there are further sales).
The somewhat short lived Amazon.com Universal sale from yesterday is a bit strange. Prices dropped to $11.95 (and $16.95 for combos), but has now risen back to $14.95 (and $19.95 for combos). Some suggest it might have something to do with Amazon’s 30 day price guarantee, where they will refund you the difference if prices drop within 30 days. Too many people must have applied for this when prices dropped, so perhaps they are now going to wait until the 30 day is over for most people (which will most likely be the 20th of March, 31 days after Toshiba’s announcement to drop HD DVD).
Stay tuned.