Tablets, eReaders, Media Players - 2016 - Page 43

GA Russell · 12-05-2016, 12:21 AM

Actually Katie, what I'm looking for are the sub-$10 single season boxes.

The current price of the single season of The Girl from UNCLE is $73!!!
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-U-N-C-L-...dp/B005JJCMO4/
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-U-N-C-L-...dp/B005JJCMPI/

I don't imagine Stephanie Powers is receiving much in the way of royalties at that price.

I also see that the fourth season of Maverick is going for $38.88.
https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Comp.../dp/B00CCYNYBO

That's for a black and white show from 1960.

AnemicOak · 12-05-2016, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by GA Russell

Actually Katie, what I'm looking for are the sub-$10 single season boxes.

The current price of the single season of The Girl from UNCLE is $73!!!
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-U-N-C-L-...dp/B005JJCMO4/
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-U-N-C-L-...dp/B005JJCMPI/

I don't imagine Stephanie Powers is receiving much in the way of royalties at that price.

I also see that the fourth season of Maverick is going for $38.88.
https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Comp.../dp/B00CCYNYBO

That's for a black and white show from 1960.

Both are not likely to drop much. Those particular shows aren't even regular pressed DVD's, but made on demand DVD-R's due to low demand. On average the on demand burned disc shows are higher in price than shows popular enough to get a regular pressed release (not always, but in general).

tubemonkey · 12-05-2016, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by GA Russell

Actually Katie, what I'm looking for are the sub-$10 single season boxes.

The current price of the single season of The Girl from UNCLE is $73!!!
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-U-N-C-L-...dp/B005JJCMO4/
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-U-N-C-L-...dp/B005JJCMPI/

I don't imagine Stephanie Powers is receiving much in the way of royalties at that price.

I also see that the fourth season of Maverick is going for $38.88.
https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Comp.../dp/B00CCYNYBO

That's for a black and white show from 1960.

Soon enough, the primary audience for these shows will be dead and then no one will be interested in buying them.

Manabi · 12-05-2016, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Amazon Add-on Items can be purchased through Alexa by themselves

I have found that if an add-on item has a subscribe and save option, it can ship that way without hitting the qualifying minimum. I had two add-on items I wanted in early September, so I tried putting them both in to see if it'd ship or not. Both shipped, in separate boxes oddly enough, without the total hitting the minimum. So that's another option to try, as long as you aren't in a huge hurry.

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Originally Posted by GA Russell

Not to be a Scrooge, but I just haven't seen anything for myself that has excited me this year.

Am I just in a funk this year, or do you folks feel the same?

No, the sales have been largely boring for me, too.

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Originally Posted by GA Russell

Two things I have noticed are...

1) The prices of DVD box sets of old TV shows have not come down.

2) The record companies have issued just a small number of new box sets of old ('50s and '60s) jazz records for me.

I have noticed in general that the TV/movie people vastly, vastly overvalue their products. They keep upping the prices they want for streaming licenses too, or just flat-out pulling them because they can't get the huge sums they want for them. It's really ridiculous.

The music people are pretty weird about releasing stuff from the 50s & 60s overall, unless it's from the big, popular artists. A good example would be my Christmas playlist. I have tons of vinyl rips of really old albums that have never been re-released. Good ones too, really good ones. But the rights holders can't be bothered to release them.

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Soon enough, the primary audience for these shows will be dead and then no one will be interested in buying them.

Yep, that's the point they'll regret over-pricing everything now. At some point it'll bring in nothing. If they made it cheaper and easier to access now, you'd have new audiences discovering it and wanting to buy it in the future too.

Barbara1955 · 12-05-2016, 05:20 AM

Check Walmart.... They have Tons of Older TV shows Not at all expensive.

tubemonkey · 12-05-2016, 06:15 AM

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04 Dec -- Deals on Toys & Games
05 Dec -- Deals on Home Entertainment & Media

Day 2 Featured Deal

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As a bundle, this price is even better than BF pricing (Fire $53 + Tap $80 = $133)
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cromag · 12-05-2016, 08:00 AM

A good place to go for inexpensive DVDs is Hamilton Books. I used to buy a lot of books there before I had an ereader. They specialize in closeouts, discontinued products, etc., so it's difficult to predict what they'll have, but it should be inexpensive. For instance, right now they have the first season of Bat Masterson (B&W Western TV series starring Gene Barry) for $3.95. Shipping and handling charges are pretty reasonable.

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/dvds

curtw · 12-05-2016, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by GA Russell

Actually Katie, what I'm looking for are the sub-$10 single season boxes.

There are a lot of those on eBay. Under $40 for the box with all five seasons of Twilight Zone, and single seasons near $10.

Hemmi · 12-05-2016, 08:51 AM

The Computers tab on Woot.com today has refurbished Kindle Fire HD 6 8GB for $29.99.

I'm not an Amazon person so no idea if that's a good price or not.

GA Russell · 12-05-2016, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

Check Walmart.... They have Tons of Older TV shows Not at all expensive.

Katie, I have had great experience with Walmart the past two Christmases, but I went yesterday and they had nothing to offer. Maybe I'll try another location.

BearMountainBooks · 12-05-2016, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by GA Russell

Katie, I have had great experience with Walmart the past two Christmases, but I went yesterday and they had nothing to offer. Maybe I'll try another location.

You might try shopping online. Since I became an affiliate there I noticed they have TONS of stuff that is online only. I was just out there looking for zippers and they ONLY ship the 4 and 6 packs. None in the store. Same with the bargain muslin. I have to order it online and go pick it up, but it's something like 2 dollars a yard that way if I recall. I could go on, but I'd bore you with the illusion that I can sew or something!

None of the fabric places I follow had good sales. The organiccottonplus had ONE decent sale on BF, but it was not "Blow me away." Their CM was meh.

Many of the things on my list just didn't go on sale. Maybe after Christmas or maybe not at all. A few places surprised me because they've done sales in the past (even the depositphotos "sale" this year was limited to email signups and it was nearly TRIPLE last year's price).

Thankfully I don't *need* anything really bad (except the socks I bought).

sadievan · 12-05-2016, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

I got a Carpet Shampooer & a Wet/Dry Vac.... Walmart. O yea Kevin snuck in $75 worth of EA Games gift cards. Target got 6 bright yellow Towels & Finding Dory. At Best Buy got movie for Kevin $9 but I had a $5 off coupon

& Kevin also got from amazon the BluRay TV show X-Files ALL seasons.

Tomarrow after I got to PT I have to go to Best Buy & TRY to pay off the Credit Card

I don't get here as often as I used to, so I just saw your signature about your dog. So sorry to hear that.

tubemonkey · 12-05-2016, 12:25 PM

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Alohamora · 12-05-2016, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Hemmi

The Computers tab on Woot.com today has refurbished Kindle Fire HD 6 8GB for $29.99.

I'm not an Amazon person so no idea if that's a good price or not.

That's a good price. But 8gb and no expandable storage is quite limiting. Fine if you just want one for reading, but too limited for music or video.

booklover6 · 12-05-2016, 12:48 PM

My favorite tablet....but I already have one! With 16GB.

12-05-2016, 06:15 AM	#636
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,763 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	Amazon 12 Days of Deals -- 04~15 Dec 04 Dec -- Deals on Toys & Games 05 Dec -- Deals on Home Entertainment & Media Day 2 Featured Deal $120 -- Fire Tab 7" 16GB + Amz Tap Bundle ($80 off) As a bundle, this price is even better than BF pricing (Fire $53 + Tap $80 = $133) . Last edited by tubemonkey; 12-06-2016 at 01:02 AM.

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12-05-2016, 12:21 AM	#631
GA Russell Ticats win 4th straight Posts: 7,694 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Actually Katie, what I'm looking for are the sub-$10 single season boxes. The current price of the single season of The Girl from UNCLE is $73!!! https://www.amazon.com/Girl-U-N-C-L-...dp/B005JJCMO4/ https://www.amazon.com/Girl-U-N-C-L-...dp/B005JJCMPI/ I don't imagine Stephanie Powers is receiving much in the way of royalties at that price. I also see that the fourth season of Maverick is going for $38.88. https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Comp.../dp/B00CCYNYBO That's for a black and white show from 1960.

12-05-2016, 05:20 AM	#635
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Check Walmart.... They have Tons of Older TV shows Not at all expensive.

12-05-2016, 08:00 AM	#637
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,311 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	A good place to go for inexpensive DVDs is Hamilton Books. I used to buy a lot of books there before I had an ereader. They specialize in closeouts, discontinued products, etc., so it's difficult to predict what they'll have, but it should be inexpensive. For instance, right now they have the first season of Bat Masterson (B&W Western TV series starring Gene Barry) for $3.95. Shipping and handling charges are pretty reasonable. https://www.hamiltonbook.com/dvds

12-05-2016, 08:51 AM	#639
Hemmi Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,590 Karma: 15987608 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Sonys, Nooks, Kobo Libra, Forma, Mini, Paperwhite	The Computers tab on Woot.com today has refurbished Kindle Fire HD 6 8GB for $29.99. I'm not an Amazon person so no idea if that's a good price or not.

12-05-2016, 12:48 PM	#645
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,545 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour	My favorite tablet....but I already have one! With 16GB.