Will tv show box sets ever drop in price?

Do you think that in 5 yrs, things like smallville season 1 and simpsons season
2 (just to give 2 examples) will drop in price to $20?

Metlhd3138

Metlhd3138 wrote:
> Do you think that in 5 yrs, things like smallville season 1 and simpsons season
> 2 (just to give 2 examples) will drop in price to $20?

Well it's always hard to say what will happen, but as a precedent,
X-Files Season 1 was just about the first TV box set out there and it
hasn't dropped in price one cent yet.

Bill Binder

Bill Binder

In article <vCLwb.3679$ZE1.1906@fed1read04>, Bill Binder
<> wrote:

> Metlhd3138 wrote:
> > Do you think that in 5 yrs, things like smallville season 1 and simpsons
> > season
> > 2 (just to give 2 examples) will drop in price to $20?
>
> Well it's always hard to say what will happen, but as a precedent,
> X-Files Season 1 was just about the first TV box set out there and it
> hasn't dropped in price one cent yet.
>
If they drop the price too much, it would devalue the current sets
(with people waiting a few years to buy them, knowing the price will
drop).

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

Invid Fan

The thing to do if you're looking to save a few dollars is to pre-order... $50
sets of 'Buffy' often sell for $38 if you're willing to sign up for it on
amazon.com, say... and they don't charge you until the set ships, so it's not
like they're getting a free loan on your money until release.

Just an idea... I've waited for the X-File sets to come down since day-one and
I'm sure at this point it's never going to budge in price.

Wade365

(Metlhd313 wrote:

> Do you think that in 5 yrs, things like smallville season
> 1 and simpsons season 2 (just to give 2 examples) will drop
> in price to $20?

Could be. I'd rather have them now, though, at today's prices,
rather than wait for five years to get them for $20.

-- jayembee

jayembee

In article <>, Wade365
<> wrote:

> The thing to do if you're looking to save a few dollars is to pre-order... $50
> sets of 'Buffy' often sell for $38 if you're willing to sign up for it on
> amazon.com, say... and they don't charge you until the set ships, so it's not
> like they're getting a free loan on your money until release.
>
Or don't pre-order, and see what the local stores are selling it for.
Often Walmart or Best Buy have them cheaper then online for the first
week. That's what I tend to do nowadays.

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

Invid Fan

Bill Binder wrote:
> Metlhd3138 wrote:
>
>> Do you think that in 5 yrs, things like smallville season 1 and
>> simpsons season
>> 2 (just to give 2 examples) will drop in price to $20?
>
> Well it's always hard to say what will happen, but as a precedent,
> X-Files Season 1 was just about the first TV box set out there and it
> hasn't dropped in price one cent yet.

It's still $15-20 per disk to produce, and anything they can shave off
that for lack of extras--
If it's any hope, though, Fox recently started going back over "What
went wrong with 'Mary Tyler Moore: Season 1'?", and started blaming the
high box price, vs. the strong sales for the popular-priced M*A*S*H sets.

(Of course, WE know it's because nobody wanted the first season and just
wanted to jump to the later ones--and one or two execs even agreed--but,
just so long as they're on the right path in general...)

Derek Janssen

Derek Janssen

> If it's any hope, though, Fox recently started going back over "What
> went wrong with 'Mary Tyler Moore: Season 1'?", and started blaming the
> high box price, vs. the strong sales for the popular-priced M*A*S*H sets.

Speaking of MASH, Amazon is selling the first four seasons as a bundle pack
for only $89.99. That's like getting one season for free.

"Derek Janssen" <> wrote in message
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> Bill Binder wrote:
> > Metlhd3138 wrote:
> >
> >> Do you think that in 5 yrs, things like smallville season 1 and
> >> simpsons season
> >> 2 (just to give 2 examples) will drop in price to $20?
> >
> > Well it's always hard to say what will happen, but as a precedent,
> > X-Files Season 1 was just about the first TV box set out there and it
> > hasn't dropped in price one cent yet.
>
> It's still $15-20 per disk to produce, and anything they can shave off
> that for lack of extras--
> If it's any hope, though, Fox recently started going back over "What
> went wrong with 'Mary Tyler Moore: Season 1'?", and started blaming the
> high box price, vs. the strong sales for the popular-priced M*A*S*H sets.
>
> (Of course, WE know it's because nobody wanted the first season and just
> wanted to jump to the later ones--and one or two execs even agreed--but,
> just so long as they're on the right path in general...)
>
> Derek Janssen
>
>

Ray

On 25 Nov 2003 18:50:57 GMT, (Wade365) wrote:

>The thing to do if you're looking to save a few dollars is to pre-order... $50
>sets of 'Buffy' often sell for $38 if you're willing to sign up for it on
>amazon.com, say... and they don't charge you until the set ships, so it's not
>like they're getting a free loan on your money until release.
>
>Just an idea... I've waited for the X-File sets to come down since day-one and
>I'm sure at this point it's never going to budge in price.

While there's no reason to suppose the US are going to follow,at least
in the immediate future, the UK seems to be getting re-packaged
versions (released on 26 December) of the first six series of the
X-files with a much lower RRP (£34.99 as opposed to £89.99)

e.g.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000WST88
(£26.24 - RRP £34.99)
as opposed to
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004Y3O2
(£44.49 - RRP £89.99)

Willie





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PhantomWombat

Invid Fan wrote:

>>The thing to do if you're looking to save a few dollars is to pre-order... $50
>>sets of 'Buffy' often sell for $38 if you're willing to sign up for it on
>>amazon.com, say... and they don't charge you until the set ships, so it's not
>>like they're getting a free loan on your money until release.
>
> Or don't pre-order, and see what the local stores are selling it for.
> Often Walmart or Best Buy have them cheaper then online for the first
> week. That's what I tend to do nowadays.

And can't think of more than one or two boxsets I've ever *NOT* bought
from DeepDiscountDVD--
It's always been one of their trademark specialties.

Derek Janssen

Derek Janssen