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As a follow on to Howard's thread about why you buy DVDs, I want to know where you buy them :). Do you like to get a good look at the packaging and product before you buy, or are you happy to order the film online, knowing it's the contents of the DVD that matter, not what the box is like.
Play.com
W H Smiths
Tescos
HMV
That's about it.
online
95% Play.com, 3% Amazon.co.uk, 2% high street shops.
most of my DVDs were purchased from HMV but i'm using play.com a lot more now, and i keep my eyes peeled on the for sale forums! :)
HMV, as my partner gets 30% discount
play and movietyme is where i get mine
although sometimes when in town pick up some special offer dvds
Play.com
Whsmith (staff discount)
DVD.co.uk
Asda
play.com
local Woolworths if they have any decent offers on
secondhand off the forums
Also made the mistake off ordering from splashdvd.com 'cause i got given a discount code for them. I pre-ordered LOTR The Two Towers for £11.99p delivered and i'm still waiting for it to turn up...a guy off another forum told me one film he ordered from them took 3 months to arrive...
:(
i buy most of mine off *bay or a local second hand games/dvd shop in town
play.com mainly, or the occaisional good deal in hmv/virgin/sainsburys
17 from Virgin (high street)
3 from play.com
1 from Amazon.co.uk
I never have enough money to buy DVD's, the only way I can part with the money is on impulse, hence high street shopping. :p
play.com here its so easy and a few clicks its done and payed for
Most of my 73 DVD collection, including the ENTIRE Bond series (Upto The World Is Not Enough) and, at the time, all 4 Star Wars films were from China, for a measly 60p a DVD. That basically meant I spent £30 and got 48 DVDs!!!! all the quality is there, you just sometimes have to turn off some subtitles.
Nowadays I use play.com, cd-wow.co.uk (Check bargains threads for my suggestion), Baku (Explained below) and shops if they're going cheap.
Baku is a small town in Azerbaijian (Russia), a place I currently happen to be doing some work. There they have DVDs with perfect quality (And I do mean perfect) for US$4. Recently got myself Matrix Reloaded, Bruce Almighty and Charlies Angels 2 (Yeah, I have a weird taste in movies too).
They are normally an impulse buy, so high street mainly. And if I DO want something specific, I want it NOW! so.. high street wins again! :)
she said it /\......;)
Play for most things, although I keep an eye on the high street stores in case any real bargains turn up.
Thanks for the comments on splashdvd.com (Wipes bookmark off of browser) wont order from them then.. thanks :)Quote:
Originally posted by jon bda
play.com
local Woolworths if they have any decent offers on
secondhand off the forums
Also made the mistake off ordering from splashdvd.com 'cause i got given a discount code for them. I pre-ordered LOTR The Two Towers for £11.99p delivered and i'm still waiting for it to turn up...a guy off another forum told me one film he ordered from them took 3 months to arrive...
:(
I order from the internet..
www.play.com
www.cdwow.com
and from the highstreet when there are deals on.
whsmiths
Music box
About 60% play.com, 30% high street (MZTD prices are great) and the rest second-hand from the newsgroup uk.media.dvd
alt.binaries.dvdr ;)
only joking, HMV, mostly when they have a good sale on
I don't usually buy dvd's often, unless there are some really really good offers on - online... or I'm desperate to buy a dvd in a shop :)
I can only think of Blood: The last vampire which I bought in hmv as soon as it came out, cos I was desperate!
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play.com
online :) definatly not britania!
if i'm buying for my mom then a high street shop. if i'm buying for my dad then online so i can send it to his house.
Play.com everytime for me.
I always push play.com
well after having said www.play.com, i've ordered 28 DVDs today, and none were from play!
16 were from www.dddhouse.com and the remaining 12 from www.cd-wow.co.uk
so there :)
play.com 95% 3% amazon and some the last ones high street and various web sites
Play.com are brilliant but www.dvd.co.uk are also top notch, either one is usually a couple of quid cheper than the other for a film that you want.
Il be getting x2 soon and they are both selling it for £12/£13 :) im happy with that :)
www.cd-wow.co.uk have some amazing bargains, if you use a £1 off link and a £1.50 voucher you can get £2.50 off all titles, and coupled with their already good prices, especially on some R3 titles, well, let the prices speak for themselves, so far i've bought :-
Donnie Darko R1 - £5.49
City of God (dts) R3 - £5.49
Das Boot - Superbit R3 - £6.49
Hero (dts) R3 - £8.49
Shaolin Soccer R3 - £5.49
xXx - Superbit R3 - £6.49
Monsters Inc (thx) R2&4 - £7.49
X-Men 1.5 EE (dts) R2&4 - £7.49
Ronin R2 - £4.49
Apocalypse Now : Redux R2 - £5.49
Austin Powers 2 R2 - £5.49
Austin powers 3 R2 - £5.49
Bulletproof Monk (dts) R3 - £5.49
Black Hawk Down R2 - £5.49
top quality service from them as well. top marks! :)
www.dddhouse.com have loads of titles for the equivalent of about £2, some good stuff to, shipping adds quite a lot to the final price though. they just asked me to send them a picture of my credit card so they could verify my order as it was a 'large order' (it was 16 DVDs) and it's the first time i've ordered from them. so i sent that off and they e-mailed me back saying all was ok, and they were processing my order. as long as they come up with the goods and they manage to avoid import tax on them all i don't mind.
quite fancy a few of those off cd wow, got links for the vouchers?
i do indeed knoxxy, this is the £1 off link (everything displayed is already £1 off what you would see if you went through www.cd-wow.com) :-
http://www4.cd-wow.com/index.php?affid=12347&pp_nr=1
and here is your £1.50 voucher (you need to select DVD in the drop down box) :-
www.cd-wow.com/trustcard
and step by step instructions :-
step 1 :- get a voucher (only 1 per e-mail address)
step 2 :- activate the voucher using the link in the e-mail
step 3 :- enter the cd-wow site via the £1 off link
step 4 :- add the dvd you want to your shopping basket
step 5 :- press 'checkout'
step 6 :- press 'redeem gift voucher'
step 7 :- type in the voucher code you recieved in the e-mail into the e-voucher box and press 'go'
step 8 :- continue with your checkout as normal
you can only do this 1 DVD at a time, and only 1 voucher per e-mail address (ie. create loads :p)
happy shopping! :) don't spend £140 on DVDs in one day like i did, well, unless you've actually got the money that is! :p
oh, and if you're not able to create lots of your own e-mail addresses you could give http://www.mailinator.com/ a go.