Amazon.com HD DVD price INCREASE!

[el presidente]

I checked on my cart today and I noticed that several of the hd dvd's I had in there went up a few bucks. I thought it was pretty strange. Any ideas why they would do that?

Here is a sample of the titles that increased:

Please note that the price of Elizabeth [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html/ref=gno_carthp/002-4448873-5942408) has increased from $13.95 to $14.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of Mallrats [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html/ref=gno_carthp/002-4448873-5942408) has increased from $13.95 to $14.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of American Gangster (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html/ref=gno_carthp/002-4448873-5942408) has increased from $17.95 to $19.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of The Kingdom (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html/ref=gno_carthp/002-4448873-5942408) has increased from $17.95 to $19.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of Inside Man [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html#s12) has increased from $13.95 to $14.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of 12 Monkeys [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html#s13) has increased from $13.95 to $14.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of Army of Darkness [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html#s16) has increased from $13.95 to $14.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html#s17) has increased from $13.95 to $14.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of Hot Fuzz (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html#s18) has increased from $17.95 to $19.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of Carlito's Way [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html#s19) has increased from $13.95 to $14.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of King Kong [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html#s22) has increased from $17.95 to $19.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Please note that the price of Children of Men (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html#s26) has increased from $17.95 to $19.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

EDIT: I undertand that this is not a deal but I figured that other CAG'ers would be interested in this.

[geeknhard]

Glad I picked up Bourne Supremacy & Elizabeth for about $10 a piece at Tower. I don't get why Amazon has constant fluctuations in their HD DVD prices, but I know it's frequent going by how often I get notified prices of items saved or in my cart change. I doubt this price jump lasts too long.

[GizmoGC]

BOGO, soon.

[gunm]

Not sure why this was made a thread--unless gizmo is right and they are just prepping a BOGO.

[mietha]

Not sure why this was made a thread--unless gizmo is right and they are just prepping a BOGO.

It's interesting enough for a thread to be made, but it certainly shouldn't be in the "deals" section.

[twanky]

I got king kong hd dvd for sell if you want it. A bogo would be awesome!

[kevzik]

Hopefully a bogo will yield a 5 dollar price point per movie.

[xcoax]

No joke, if a BOGO happened anytime soon, I'm fairly certain my head would explode from having so many movies.

[magiic]

I'd probably buy some stuff too. amazon will ship movies but not games to Canada. Go figure.

[blackhole82]

I've noticed that they have been changing the prices a lot lately too.

[lurknomore]

time to prep the credit card and 1-touch...

[Azumangaman]

I'd probably buy some stuff too. amazon will ship movies but not games to Canada. Go figure.
It's sad, isn't it...
Oh well, the second theres a BOGO, the party is on!

[javeryh]

It's probably because they are selling the HD-DVDs like crazy at the new lower prices and figure hey maybe we can squeeze an extra buck or two out of these nuts!

[Shimrra]

If anything just stop buying for a couple days and then Amazon will drop them even more when they figure out people arent going to jump on anything.

[GogoTheMimic]

I hope they're prepping for a BOGO but the last one they had on HD DVDs was AWFUL. Not to mention this is the 2nd fairly large scale price increase they've done since Toshiba pulled the plug, I'm a bit confused.

Even if they do a BOGO, titles are still going to be in most cases $10 or more each. Not sure if I'm willing to pick up 40 or 50 HD DVDs at that price yet.

[tysontomko]

my gut tells me they went up because theyre planning another bogo or b2go to not lose as much on the sale

[Snake2715]

Hmm well a bogo would be nice.

[linkmon]

OP by the way, lose the red text color.

[y2julio]

a BOGO or B2G1 would be nice.

[eliter1]

I got my HD-DVD add on and i am yet to open it because i am waiting for a good sale for HD-DVD's. BOGO PLEASE!

[Advocatus]

I think Amazon's system automatically detects when things are selling well and adjusts the price to make more money. Of course the system doesn't know anything what the item is, and that this is in fact a prolonged clearance sale. I suspect the prices will be reduced again soon.

[Kfoster1979]

Mine just went back down to 9.99-13.95

[SAGExSDX]

The Kingdom went back down to 17.95

[geeknhard]

All the movies I have saved went back to their normal prices, must've just been a temporary glitch or something.

[Britshady]

Yeah something must've went wrong with the system last night or something. I found it strange that all the HD were going back up as well and figured that even if they were selling well then they wouldn't increase the prices.

I mean they're trying to clear them out so if they're selling you wouldn't want to raise them so they'd quit selling would you? Still waiting for a bunch of them to hit 9.95 because I've already gotten the few that have.

[ogbaka]

can't wait for a bogo at $10price so it would be 5 for each movie :)

[TubeRacer]

A bunch of the $1 increases in my cart went back down to their previous prices earlier today.

[Kfoster1979]

Well now a few went back up, yet the thing is everything in my cart is 13.95. Could this be a good sign of a B1G1 sale if so my wife is going to kill me.

[bigdaddybruce44]

I've already picked up a bunch of HD-DVD movies from Amazon since getting the 360 add-on. The Bourne Trilogy, Mallrats, Payback, The Big Lebowski, and Clerks 2. If they have a BOGO and the prices are low, I'll probably be broke by the time I'm done ordering.