Very cheap DVD & Blu-ray boxsets @ Easons

Basq · 08-01-2019 5:01pm #1

Some absolute steals in here..

https://www.easons.com/custom-catalog/dvd-promotions/dvds/?inStock=true

Sam Hain · 08-01-2019 5:19pm

Basq wrote: »

Some absolute steals in here..

https://www.easons.com/custom-catalog/dvd-promotions/dvds/?inStock=true

Prices doubles when added to the basket on a lot of these making it far removed from a bargain. And most of them are shocking.

ButtersSuki · 08-01-2019 5:25pm

Basq wrote: »

Some absolute steals in here..

https://www.easons.com/custom-catalog/dvd-promotions/dvds/?inStock=true

Prices change when you put them in your basket to 50% of the listed RRSP, not the shown discounted price on the first page. :mad:

bromley52 · 08-01-2019 5:33pm

Are people still buying these?

tedpan · 08-01-2019 5:34pm

ButtersSuki wrote:

Prices change when you put them in your basket to 50% of the listed RRSP, not the shown discounted price on the first page.

Scroll down...

Sir Oxman · 08-01-2019 5:37pm

Sam Hain wrote: »

Prices doubles when added to the basket on a lot of these making it far removed from a bargain. And most of them are shocking.

Error on front page, clearly calculated at 75% off but is actually 50% when in basket

ButtersSuki · 08-01-2019 5:38pm

tedpan wrote: »

Scroll down...

To?

Sir Oxman · 08-01-2019 5:38pm

bromley52 wrote: »

Are people still buying these?

Of course!

tedpan · 08-01-2019 5:42pm

ButtersSuki wrote:

To?

When you add it to your basket it shows the full price. Scroll down and it shows the discount at the bottom of the page

Sam Hain · 08-01-2019 6:03pm

tedpan wrote: »

When you add it to your basket it shows the full price. Scroll down and it shows the discount at the bottom of the page

Thats nothing got to do with what people are saying on here. The discount price is still different to what it should be based on the first pages prices.

lawred2 · 08-01-2019 6:04pm

Wouldn't have anything to play these anyway

Brother in law has a wall full of DVDs and Blu-ray

Looks ridiculous at this stage

Basq · 08-01-2019 6:08pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Wouldn't have anything to play these anyway

No gaming console?

To be honest, I got rid of physical media last year, and then started buying vinyl.. go figure! :pac:

Regarding pricing issues, i just added 'Suits' and it's showing at the discounted price indicated on first page.

TerrorFirmer · 08-01-2019 6:17pm

Would've probably picked up a few for the sake of it but the prices advertised are completely different to the basket prices.....pretty bad own-goal by Easons, even if the prices are still decent, no-one wants to pay double what they thought they would be paying!

NIMAN · 08-01-2019 6:24pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Wouldn't have anything to play these anyway

Brother in law has a wall full of DVDs and Blu-ray

Looks ridiculous at this stage

imho, no such thing as a bargain DVD...awful waste of money they are.

TallGlass · 08-01-2019 6:44pm

False positive there.

Thankfully! I could have ended up spending some cash there!

Basq · 08-01-2019 7:18pm

Prices showing up fine for me..

Added Oz..

Kolido · 08-01-2019 7:26pm

Yeah but add that Audrey Hepburn one beside it, will come to 9.99 not 5. Says 50% off but priced at 75% off.

Some decent deals there if they were 75% off.

cletus · 08-01-2019 7:32pm

Was going to pick up the godfather bluray set for €6.25, but comes up as 12.50 at checkout. Pretty stupid

lawred2 · 08-01-2019 7:33pm

Basq wrote: »

No gaming console?

To be honest, I got rid of physical media last year, and then started buying vinyl.. go figure! :pac:

Regarding pricing issues, i just added 'Suits' and it's showing at the discounted price indicated on first page.

Nope..

Kolido · 08-01-2019 7:39pm

Kolido wrote: »

Yeah but add that Audrey Hepburn one beside it, will come to 9.99 not 5. Says 50% off but priced at 75% off.

Some decent deals there if they were 75% off.

Also this bargain was here last week and the same story. Surprised they havent sorted it by now, pretty bad form.

Grayditch · 08-01-2019 7:50pm

Not sure why people think the physical medium looks ridiculous as if Netflix is the be all and end all of films.

Former Former · 08-01-2019 7:54pm

cletus wrote: »

Was going to pick up the godfather bluray set for €6.25, but comes up as 12.50 at checkout. Pretty stupid

Considering it's 24 pounds on Amazon, €12.50 is a great price, but yeah, when you've had your head turned by 6.25...

cletus · 08-01-2019 8:54pm

Former Former wrote: »

Considering it's 24 pounds on Amazon, €12.50 is a great price, but yeah, when you've had your head turned by 6.25...

Well, I'm a stubborn bollix. They said 6.25, so...

okidoki987 · 08-01-2019 9:29pm

Was going to pick up the godfather bluray set for €6.25, but comes up as 12.50 at checkout. Pretty stupid

+1.
Why advertise it at €6.25 for it to show at €12.50 at checkout?

eh i dunno · 08-01-2019 10:21pm

Does THREE15 give 15% off

rob316 · 08-01-2019 10:29pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Wouldn't have anything to play these anyway

Brother in law has a wall full of DVDs and Blu-ray

Looks ridiculous at this stage

My son got Thomas tank DVDs in his stocking at xmas, I had nothing to play them on. Had to bring them to work and copy them onto a USB key.

Former Former · 08-01-2019 11:28pm

okidoki987 wrote: »

+1.
Why advertise it at €6.25 for it to show at €12.50 at checkout?

It's an error.

Atlantic Dawn · 08-01-2019 11:35pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Wouldn't have anything to play these anyway

Brother in law has a wall full of DVDs and Blu-ray

Looks ridiculous at this stage

If your broadband connection goes down and you want to watch something it won't look so ridiculous

Austin Mayo · 08-01-2019 11:39pm

Isn't it about time useless replys like "who still uses dvds in 2019" were banned from this forum? It makes the place seem so unfriendly

OffalyMedic · 09-01-2019 12:01am

Really should have read the thread before I got my hopes up of getting a box set for 12.50. OH turning 30 so trying to pick up presents realting to it 30 rock box set ideal but not paying 25 for something that probably won't be watched

beauf · 09-01-2019 12:10am

Anyone contact Easons and ask what's going on.

ButtersSuki · 09-01-2019 12:10am

OffalyMedic wrote: »

Really should have read the thread before I got my hopes up of getting a box set for 12.50. OH turning 30 so trying to pick up presents realting to it 30 rock box set ideal but not paying 25 for something that probably won't be watched

30 Rock is a really great comedy series. It's currently £14.99STG on amazon which is an absolute bargain.

JP Liz V1 · 09-01-2019 12:15am

OffalyMedic wrote: »

Really should have read the thread before I got my hopes up of getting a box set for 12.50. OH turning 30 so trying to pick up presents realting to it 30 rock box set ideal but not paying 25 for something that probably won't be watched

30 Rock advertised at 12.50 but going in cart for 50 then down to 25, very confusing

scudzilla · 09-01-2019 12:19am

lawred2 wrote: »

Wouldn't have anything to play these anyway

Brother in law has a wall full of DVDs and Blu-ray

Looks ridiculous at this stage

Id have been all over this offer a few years ago, i was like your bro-in-law, then one day i thought fcuk it, packed up all my dvds and blu rays, apart from a few music/fight ones and took them down to CEX, had a large tesco shopping trolley full of them, got 525 store credit, bought a ps4 and a handful of games. Took them 5hrs to sort through them all :pac:

Not bought a disc since

MrMusician18 · 09-01-2019 12:28am

Grayditch wrote: »

Not sure why people think the physical medium looks ridiculous as if Netflix is the be all and end all of films.

Agreed. And Netflix is ****e for films.

Kolido · 09-01-2019 4:33am

Former Former wrote: »

It's an error.

But its been like this since last week, surely they know about it and can fix it.

Basq · 09-01-2019 6:06am

Austin Mayo wrote: »

Isn't it about time useless replys like "who still uses dvds in 2019" were banned from this forum? It makes the place seem so unfriendly

Gotta agree.. well, banning maybe extreme.. but common courtesy would be just to say nothing and move onto the next thread.

For example, i think drones are a huge waste of money, but you don't see me going into every drone thread and telling everyone that.

okidoki987 · 09-01-2019 10:31am

took them down to CEX, had a large tesco shopping trolley full of them, got 525 store credit,

Wonder what they cost you originally? :eek:

eh i dunno · 09-01-2019 11:12am

okidoki987 wrote: »

Wonder what they cost you originally? :eek:

Only get 1c for a dvd now in cex. Not worth the fuel of driving down

facehugger99 · 09-01-2019 11:41am

ButtersSuki wrote: »

30 Rock is a really great comedy series. It's currently £14.99STG on amazon which is an absolute bargain.

Lot of people complaining about the disc quality in the reviews - just saying.

mathie · 09-01-2019 12:07pm

Austin Mayo wrote: »

Isn't it about time useless replys like "who still uses dvds in 2019" were banned from this forum? It makes the place seem so unfriendly

It'd be good if people suggested the alternatives.

I found out from someone on here what Plex was.
Then I ripped all the DVDs and Blurays I had and I now stream them.

For me the major positives were
- freeing up shelves of space
- no ads and trailers
- faster to access movies

"But one mans meat is another mans poison."

Some people may not have Smart TVs or may enjoy having the library on the shelves or may not know how to / be bothered to rip films.

"Live and let live."

Jesus that's two clichéd phrases in one post.
Here's a third to round it out.

"Like a turd in the wind"

rubadub · 09-01-2019 12:23pm

mathie wrote: »

may enjoy having the library on the shelves or may not know how to / be bothered to rip films.

I prefer browsing through boxes than text on a screen. I do watch the extras on some films. I like reading the crap on some of the boxes too.

The compression effect on some stuff is terrible, especially if it is a really dark scene, it only has a few shades of black

Jofspring · 09-01-2019 1:20pm

I've rubbish internet as I live out the country. Streaming services outside of Netflix never really work. DVDs are still a great option for many people.

Disappointed to see they are priced wrong too. Had three in my basket ready to go and when I went through it said €75 so left it.

Hector Savage · 09-01-2019 1:46pm

Worth it for the Star Trek films boxset alone ! EUR25 on BluRay !! bargain!

HorseRadish · 09-01-2019 4:15pm

I contacted their customer service asking what the story was with the mis-pricing,they said they would refund the difference so getting the Chucky boxset for 24.99 and they will refund the difference on it so should get 12.50 back.

ButtersSuki · 09-01-2019 5:10pm

facehugger99 wrote: »

Lot of people complaining about the disc quality in the reviews - just saying.

I haven't watched the entire box set, just the episodes I missed on tv, but all I watched were fine TBH.....

cletus · 09-01-2019 5:48pm

HorseRadish wrote: »

I contacted their customer service asking what the story was with the mis-pricing,they said they would refund the difference so getting the Chucky boxset for 24.99 and they will refund the difference on it so should get 12.50 back.

Was that just a sop to you, or are the prices on the front page right, did they say

gmisk · 09-01-2019 6:02pm

7.50 for Deadwood on blu Ray, heard its excellent... So decided to give it a go thanks OP

Nigel Fairservice · 09-01-2019 6:15pm

Very tempted by Quantum Leap for €25. Miss that show.

shardylan · 09-01-2019 6:30pm

cletus wrote: »

Was that just a sop to you, or are the prices on the front page right, did they say

I emailed and got the same

Thank you for contacting us.
>
> I am very sorry the price that showed in your basket was different
> from the price shown on the website.
>
> These items were part of a promotional offer. The offer price was
> still showing on some search listing but the items had since returned
> to full price.
>
> Under the circumstances, we will honour the price that you saw
> advertised.
>
> If you would like to place an order and reply to this email with your
> order number we will refund the price difference to the value of the
> promotional discount.
>
> Thank you for shopping with us and please accept my sincerest

august12 · 09-01-2019 7:08pm

Same here, emailed them today and they will honour the price on the front page for dvd I am interested in, have placed order and they will refund the difference.
Very impressed with their customer service.

Very cheap DVD & Blu-ray boxsets @ Easons

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