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Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 14:43
by romerojpg
I guess its like us and Scotland, thay aint part of us up the top of the country :D

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 14:51
by saltysam
bradavon wrote:
I'll keep that in mind though. I had no idea and I'd wage 99% of their customers don't either.
No offence Brad but for even a casual user of forums similar to this it's been common knowledge for a couple of years that Playusa supply Canadian releases. i'm sure Romero will confirm that. Did it not register that canadian exclusives like the Blade movies,The Others etc were on there and not at the likes of Amazon.com... :cool:

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 15:17
by bradavon
saltysam wrote:Did it not register that canadian exclusives like the Blade movies,The Others etc were on there and not at the likes of Amazon.com... :cool:
Except Blade 2 Canadian Blu-ray is on Amazon.com :D.
saltysam wrote:No offence Brad but for even a casual user of forums similar to this it's been common knowledge for a couple of years that Playusa supply Canadian releases.
If only we were all as clever as you :roll: .

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 16:17
by saltysam
bradavon wrote:
saltysam wrote:Did it not register that canadian exclusives like the Blade movies,The Others etc were on there and not at the likes of Amazon.com... :cool:
Except Blade 2 Canadian Blu-ray is on Amazon.com :D..
so it is...specs ".Format: AC-3, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Import, Widescreen" Product description "
Import Blu-Ray/Region A pressing"
saltysam wrote:No offence Brad but for even a casual user of forums similar to this it's been common knowledge for a couple of years that Playusa supply Canadian releases.
bradavon wrote:If only we were all as clever as you :roll: .
There's nothing clever about being aware that when you buy discs from a canadian based retailer there's a fair chance you'll receive canadian sourced discs.But your spectacular powers of supreme idiocy never ceases to amaze me.I salute you :clap:

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 16:21
by saltysam
gasteropod wrote:So what about the Canadian Blu-rays with 1080i.
can you tell the difference between a 1080i & p transfer? i'm yet to hear of anyone who can during normal viewing.

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 16:38
by bradavon
saltysam wrote:so it is...specs ".Format: AC-3, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Import, Widescreen" Product description ". Import Blu-Ray/Region A pressing"
My point was that American websites also sell Canadian Blu-rays!
saltysam wrote:But your spectacular powers of supreme idiocy never ceases to amaze me.I salute you :clap:
As I already said. The site is called PlayUSA not PlayCanada and nothing at all tells you it's a Canadian website, other than the contact details. Which in itself isn't sufficient to tell you they sell Canadian discs. Nor have you mentioned it before. How exactly was I supposed to know again?

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 17:18
by saltysam
why did you think they supplied covers with french text then? this thread was a couple of posts long before talk turned into play and their canadian stock!!

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 17:24
by gasteropod
saltysam wrote:can you tell the difference between a 1080i & p transfer? i'm yet to hear of anyone who can during normal viewing.
Not the point in my opinion, I expect 1080p like everyone else does, why would I import one without it?

bradavon wrote:How exactly was I supposed to know again?
Because on the site it says
If a title is out of stock it can take aboot 4 to 21 days for dispatch.
:lol:

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 17:34
by bradavon
gasteropod wrote:Because on the site it says
If a title is out of stock it can take aboot 4 to 21 days for dispatch.
:lol:
How on earth does that prove they're Canadian? :?

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 17:35
by gasteropod
Oh dear.

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 17:42
by bradavon
Oh. Got it :D.

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 17:53
by Markgway
saltysam wrote:You'd make a good point except for the fact the canadian Elm St disc was released in Sept 2008 and the USA one in April 2010....so how could the Alliance disc be a port of a usa release that didn't exist :lol:
Erm... THAT was my point. :lol:

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 18:50
by saltysam
Markgway wrote:
saltysam wrote:You'd make a good point except for the fact the canadian Elm St disc was released in Sept 2008 and the USA one in April 2010....so how could the Alliance disc be a port of a usa release that didn't exist :lol:
Erm... THAT was my point. :lol:
eh...you said people were "saddled" with a Canadian disc inferior to it's USA release.Your point would be valid if it'd been released in the usa at the same time. it's a totally separate release. As it was the only blu-ray release available at the time i'm not sure what point you are trying to make.using your logic we'd best never buy anything then because a better release will always surface in the future. i've had From Dusk Till Dawn canadian for 2 years.when it surfaces in the usa with extras have i been shafted?

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 18:54
by saltysam
gasteropod wrote:
Not the point in my opinion, I expect 1080p like everyone else does, why would I import one without it?


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Like i thought ,you are just being anal. you,like me wouldn't know you were watching a 1080i transfer if it jumped up and bit you on the ass.Anyway provide me with a day & date release that was 1080i in Canada and 1080p in the usa.Now incorrect aspect ratios,i'm with you there.... :)

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 23:41
by Markgway
saltysam wrote:eh...you said people were "saddled" with a Canadian disc inferior to it's USA release.Your point would be valid if it'd been released in the usa at the same time. it's a totally separate release. As it was the only blu-ray release available at the time i'm not sure what point you are trying to make.using your logic we'd best never buy anything then because a better release will always surface in the future. i've had From Dusk Till Dawn canadian for 2 years.when it surfaces in the usa with extras have i been shafted?
It's still being shafted. Anyone who bought the Alliance Elm St. BD got an inferior disc to those who waited for the Warner product. You shouldn't have to buy them twice given that Alliance sublet the materials and even used the same artwork. I take your point about From Dusk though...

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010, 23:56
by romerojpg
saltysam wrote:i've had From Dusk Till Dawn canadian for 2 years.when it surfaces in the usa with extras have i been shafted?
How many times have you watched it :D still I hold out for an upgrade over the Canadian disc, better picture and loads of extras (well I can hope). Still I wish I had just got the Canadian disc when it first came out :lol:

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 10 Jul 2010, 11:52
by saltysam
Markgway wrote:
. even used the same artwork..
are you sure? here's the original canadian release that i owned

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and the recent usa one

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maybe it's been re-released in Canada with the new cover and that's what you are referring to?

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 10 Jul 2010, 14:39
by Markgway
Turns out Elm St was released twice in Canada.

Once by Alliance (your version) and then reissued by New Line (USA port).

I mistook the new cover art for the old. My bad.

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 11 Jul 2010, 19:19
by bradavon
So it looks like the best of the bunch are, in no particular order:

http://www.amazon.com
http://dvdpacific.directtoustore.com
http://www.playusa.com
http://www.wherehouse.com
http://www.secondspin.com

Pricey but worth mentioning:

http://www.axelmusic.com
http://www.movietyme.com

Has anyone used DVD Pacific since their site re-design? They look really dodgy to me now. I'm wondering if they're trustworthy.

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 11:25
by HungFist
Stopped using pacific. Their "we'll be back in 48 hours" was there for more than 3 weeks... if they cared one bit for their customers they'd at least keep us informed. And I remember some people reporting problems with the new site, but I can't remember what.

Using cduniverse now.

I've used deepdiscount in the past as well, but not recently.

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 17 Jul 2010, 17:01
by bradavon
I'd forgotten about CD Universe, I've used them a bit too. They're generally quite pricey though. I've not see Deep Discount for ages. They used to have really good sales. Do they still?

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 20 Sep 2012, 19:02
by saltysam
Having used importcds a bit over the last couple of months i'd pretty much recommend them but with a couple of caveats-their postage is a little steep,they aren't customs-friendly and orders take 10-14 days to arrive. In their favour-they are by far the cheapest for pre-orders,even with shipping and they ship early.If you keep orders under the £15 limit then job's a good-un. I've had a shippnig notice today for Cyborg/Double Impact, less than £18 delivered for the two :thumbs:

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 20 Sep 2012, 19:06
by gasteropod
saltysam wrote:Having used importcds a bit over the last couple of months i'd pretty much recommend them but with a couple of caveats-their postage is a little steep,they aren't customs-friendly and orders take 10-14 days to arrive. In their favour-they are by far the cheapest for pre-orders,even with shipping and they ship early.If you keep orders under the £15 limit then job's a good-un. I've had a shippnig notice today for Cyborg/Double Impact, less than £18 delivered for the two :thumbs:
I've been using them for years, unfortunately I've been waiting for two Blu-rays from them for almost 4 weeks now though :( probably not their fault though.

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 10:48
by HungFist
Anyone used DVD Pacific recently? The dumbass I was, I missed amazon's discount for Zatoichi BD set... it was $157 last week, $202 now. Pacific is the only one that offers comparable price...

Re: Who're the best American online retailers?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 17:07
by saltysam
HungFist wrote: it was $157 last week, $202 now. Pacific is the only one that offers comparable price...
http://www.importcds.com/movies/2649548 ... -swordsman can only actually order it a month before release though