£5 off first order at Priceminister

[saltysam]

A New,Amazon Marketplace style site. register and order something,£5 off.Chocolate Blu-Ray for example can be had for 94p using the code might also be a useful site for selling unwanted dvds etc...code is AFFWELCOME5

http://www.priceminister.co.uk/info/home?t=1378140

[bradavon]

Free listings, is impressive but is it very heard of? No point, if no one goes to to. £5 off is a must though. I'll go looking. Thanks. Shaolin Soccer is also £5.98 too:

http://www.priceminister.co.uk/offer/bu ... u-ray.html

p.s - Postage looks to be Standard or Recordeded, so not free.

[saltysam]

Free listings, is impressive but is it very heard of? No point, if no one goes to to.

They are the 2nd biggest e-tailer in France behind Amazon.they've now decided to try and crack the UK and have just set up.Give them a chance Brad before saying "no point"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priceminister

[saltysam]

p.s - Postage looks to be Standard or Recordeded, so not free.

Standard delivery is free

[bradavon]

I thought it meant standard 1st class. Cool. Thanks.

[bradavon]

Thanks Salty. I went for Crouching Tiger BD for £8.90. Nice!

Chocolate is already under a tenner anyway.

[romerojpg]

Chocolate has been £6 elsewhere.

[bradavon]

I just said that, it's not been 94p though.

[grim_tales]

What subs does CTHD BD have?

[romerojpg]

What subs does CTHD BD have?

Hispanic and Germanese.

[grim_tales]

You know what I mean - R3 subs or dumbed down subs?

[bradavon]

Obviously dumbed down.

I'm going to check when I get mine but only the first batch or something like that of the UK DVD had the dumbed down ones. It's supposed to be a marked improvement in the AV department though. If they are dumbed down I'll keep the R3 DVD. I love the subs too much to get rid. As odd as that sounds.

[Shingster]

They're not "dumbed down" though, as Tom's old thread points out they are a more literal translation of what is being said in Mandarin, whereas as the "poetic" subs are simply transcriptions of the original English script.

There are no bad choices when it comes to English subtitles for CTHD, simple as that.

[bradavon]

They're not "dumbed down" though, as Tom's old thread points out they are a more literal translation of what is being said in Mandarin, whereas as the "poetic" subs are simply transcriptions of the original English script.

Whilst true, the newer subs definitely read more dumbed down. Literal translations are often the wrong choice when converting from one language to another.

There are no bad choices when it comes to English subtitles for CTHD, simple as that.

That depends if you prefer the newer or older subs. The older ones are much better in my and many other opinions.

[Shingster]

Oh do shut up Brad, my point is that both translations offer a reasonably accurate translation of what is being said on screen. Neither offer a "bad" translation.

I never said the Blu-ray subs were exactly literal, I said they're more literal than the original subs because the original subs are based off the English script. What is being spoken in CTHD is NOT the English script, it's a later Mandarin draft based on the original English script (as CTHD was written in English first) - ergo it makes more sense to translate what is being said on screen rather than what was in a script that never actually made it to the recording process. I'm not saying the original English subs have no merit, as they offer a more succinct translation, but it is completely unfair to refer to the newer/blu-ray translation as "dumbed down" if it's a good representation of what is being said on screen.

Dumbed down suggests they took Mandarin dialogue and westernised it for illiterate Americans and people as thick as Brad, in CTHD's case they wrote an English script and then translated/tweaked it into Mandarin. By all accounts the Blu-ray subs simply offer a decent translation of the end stage of that process. The old DVD/Theatrical subs simply offer the first stage of that process. The options boil down to personal preference not "right and wrong" or "good and bad". If Brad keeps blabbering on about this I emplore you to completely ignore him Grim.

To ignore the excellent Blu-ray release, which offers a significantly better presentation of the film than the DVD releases purely on the basis of which translation is being used would be what is truly "dumb"!

[saltysam]

Only on Bullets could a thread about a £5 voucher end up in a spat about Subtitles on a near 10 year old Chinese film

[bradavon]

It's all Grim's fault .

Oh do shut up Brad, my point is that both translations offer a reasonably accurate translation of what is being said on screen.

What part of "whilst it's true" don't you understand?

I never said the Blu-ray subs were exactly literal, I said they're more literal than the original subs because the original subs are based off the English script.

Gee thanks. I didn't quite work that one out.

To ignore the excellent Blu-ray release, which offers a significantly better presentation of the film than the DVD releases purely on the basis of which translation is being used would be what is truly "dumb"!

Mine shipped today.

[romerojpg]

Ohh yea forgot to add this site is on QUIDCO you get even more if you use thru quidco

£5 for your first purchase on PriceMinister. This first purchase has to be confirmed by PriceMinister as valid.
8% for a complete an online transaction. This transaction has to be confirmed by PriceMinister
£1 for listing your first item and activating your account. This action has to be confirmed by PriceMinister.

I used the £5 voucher, so I will see if I get the £5 cashback as well and the 8% off my first blu Ray (Midnight Meat Train for under £5)

[bradavon]

This first purchase has to be confirmed by PriceMinister as valid.

I just entered Salty's code and believe I've been charged minus £5. Simples!

There's no cash back, unless you're saying Quidco give you £5 + 8%?

[romerojpg]

8% of whatever you spend, so if you spend £10 you will get 80p etc..

I will find out if I get £5 back or not soon I guess in my Quidco account, doubtfull, but hey stranger things have happaned with Quidco.

[bradavon]

So Quidco give you £5 cash back, as well as the 8%?

[romerojpg]

So Quidco give you £5 cash back, as well as the 8%?

That is what I read it as, but until the cash hits my quidco account I will wait and see for that icon_suspect but I can hope.

If I see any quidco activity about this in my account I wil say so instantly

[bradavon]

If so, that's crazy:

1. £5 Off first order
2. £5 Cash Back
3. 8% Back

That's more than you've paid for the disc in the first place.

[romerojpg]

"If" it pays off who knows.

It just says that

for your first purchase on PriceMinister. This first purchase has to be confirmed by PriceMinister as valid.

I am just going from that short sentence, but it would be funny if I got £5 for spending under £5 (which has happened with other sites mind you, so it does happen). I will give it a while to track and get validated, hopefully not to long

[bradavon]

Surely it's referring to the £5 off, you get from "Price Minister"?