Comments on: Amazon’s Price War

By: Snowbound Shopping | The Big Picture

Snowbound Shopping | The Big Picture — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:16:20 +0000

[...] you get your shopping done. So far, I have tried to steer you away from Gift Cards and towards some price war items. I also suggested some sale items and other gift [...]

By: The Office – Complete BBC Edition ($19) | The Big Picture

The Office – Complete BBC Edition ($19) | The Big Picture — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:01:36 +0000

[...] mentioning here that the complete Curb Your Enthusiasm was at half price, I dawdled — and missed the $79 [...]

By: bookokane

bookokane — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:42:48 +0000

Quantum of Solace? Save the $10 and buy a bottle of South African chardonnay. I’m, just say’n.

By: JamesR

JamesR — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:23:20 +0000

You left out the great Channel 4 comedy, Peep Show: http://www.amazon.com/Peep-Show-1-David-Mitchell/dp/B000A2UBOS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259331320&sr=8-1
you can also find this on youtube, thru season 6. There is an American version planned, with Curb’s Robert Weide producing.

& how about a nice Nespresso?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DT0EWQ/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p79_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=18VS3VK1WTTYQMCV3SMC&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846
My Berlin hotel room, Swissotel, has one of these, very good coffee.

By: jonpublic

jonpublic — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:50:05 +0000

Hello Deflation! This stuff is ridiculously cheap.

The TV show Supernatural is a steal too, 12.99 a season at Amazon.

By: torrie-amos

torrie-amos — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:06:59 +0000

the real question is when does Barnes and Noble, and Borders go the way of the BlockBuster. I’m a huge book buyer, avg. 2k a year, I’m all amazon all the time now since 07, before then I spread it around cause I enjoyed the browsing, yet, now that Amazon has used books I can get twice as much or even more for my 2k so I buy more and do it all at Amazon. So, the big boxes most likely has lost at least half of there 80/20 equation, ie, 80% of profit comes from 20% of biz, hey, I’m the one who buys half of those weird educatin book with high price tags, lol………….

Looking at Ross Sorkins book, saw him on Charlie Rose yesterday along with Buffet, talk about collusion, lol, all these guys knew what the inside skinny was the whole time, talk about trading on inside information, even Buffet……….seems like all plans were at least run by the Don of Omaha.

By: M.G. in Progress

M.G. in Progress — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:51:52 +0000

Ican confirm Amazon has good prices in Europe as well. Amazon.fr seel Star wars toy Hasbro – 876292650 – Figurines – Clone Wars Vaisseau Deluxe At-Te 70Cm for 79 € when in toy and shopping malls is well over 100-150 €. Even in their own site they show such a difference in prices among shops.

By: How the Common Man Sees It

How the Common Man Sees It — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:27:24 +0000

From the December 24 (2003) Daily Variety. This is information from a chart that was published based on information from Merril Lynch. Keep in mind that this is strictly from finished/publishable title and does not include production, rights or non-direct costs.

DVD – Average Wholesale Price = $16

Marketing – $2.75
Duplication – $1.00
Packaging – $0.90
Distribution – $0.80

Total – $5.45

Gross Profit per Unit = $10.55

Source: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk-archive/337734-cost-produce-dvd.html

That’s gross alright. Anybody have updated numbers (is it conspiracy to only be able to find 3 year old or older numbers on Google?) now that the Chinese labor supply chain (pun?) is in full force?

By: Drewbie

Drewbie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:32 +0000

If you liked Couplings, you next step would be to take a gander at Peep Show, then move on to The Inbetweeners. If you’re still with us after that, you might be ready for A League of Gentlemen.

But then again, you may not be.

By: Mark Wolfinger

Mark Wolfinger — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:27:30 +0000

Is The Planet Earth the HD version. It does not appear to be.

Thanks

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BR: Its not Blu-Ray, but my understanding is all TV/Film DVDs are recorded at 1080 or better