The B2G1 stacking has ended. I managed to nab 15 titles just before B&N corrected their mistake:

The 39 Steps
Being John Malkovich
Breathless
Close-Up
The Double Life of Veronique
For All Mankind
The Gold Rush
La Jetee/Sans Soleil
Last Year at Marienbad
Late Spring
The Magician
Pale Flower
Summer with Monika
Vivre sa vie
Yi Yi

I got their standard "scheduled to ship" e-mail; tomorrow will tell whether this actually goes through!

You lucky motherers.

Hope my 3 orders for that B2G1 doesn't get cancel. Did get the email that about the order confirmation.

Yeah I got in on the buy 2 get 1 free. I got the samurai trilogy, cronos, and last temptation of christ. I also was able to get a visa 15% off the highest priced item to work. Not a bad deal!

I put in 9 orders(!) last night on the B2G1. If they go through, they should cover most of what I want from this sale, other than the Samurai Trilogy (there weren't any other similarly expensive titles that I wanted, so holding out in hopes of a coupon for that one) and a few titles that aren't out yet which are being released during the sale. Got "scheduled to ship" messages for all of them, but no shipping notices yet, so we'll see...

Oh, you lucky bastards if you had the 50% off sale and B2G1 stacking on numerous orders and they don't get cancelled.

Originally Posted by electricsleep Did they remaster the Samurai Trilogy for blu-ray? I remember the audio and visual quality of the DVDs was pretty bad for Criterion standards.

Based on what I've read, they did remaster it and it is a great improvement.

Originally Posted by shrike4242 Oh, you lucky bastards if you had the 50% off sale and B2G1 stacking on numerous orders and they don't get cancelled.

Realistically, it wasn't a lot cheaper than it will be if they offer up a 20% off member coupon (+ member discount, of course) at some point during the sale, which they likely will. It was a whole lot less effort/time/gas, though, so that was nice.

Originally Posted by arcane93 Realistically, it wasn't a lot cheaper than it will be if they offer up a 20% off member coupon (+ member discount, of course) at some point during the sale, which they likely will. It was a whole lot less effort/time/gas, though, so that was nice.

I have a 15% coupon that they sent me via BN Buzz, though not sure if it's in-store or online. Have to check and see and use it in the appropriate location.

I think my wants this time around are a bit less than previous sales, mainly since I think I have everything I wanted from the Criterion 50% off sale, plus some random sales on Amazon.

Originally Posted by shrike4242 I think my wants this time around are a bit less than previous sales, mainly since I think I have everything I wanted from the Criterion 50% off sale, plus some random sales on Amazon.

Heh, yeah, I specifically held back on those other sales because I knew that waiting for the B&N sale would be a better deal. Means that I had a lot to pick up this time, though, since they seem to have really ramped up the blu-ray release schedule. Surprising too how few of them this time are complete blind buys, and how many are titles that I really specifically want.

There's some rumor over on blu-ray.com that there will be another "mystery coupon" promotion later this week (rumored dates are 7/12 to 7/15). So it might be worth holding off on buying too many for now. (Though if my B2G1 orders go through, I don't really mind having paid a bit more for them, because of the effort/time/gas saved.)

Originally Posted by electricsleep I picked up Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter and Sanbiki no Samurai all on blu-ray. Did they remaster the Samurai Trilogy for blu-ray? I remember the audio and visual quality of the DVDs was pretty bad for Criterion standards.

See for yourself: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare3/samuraii.htm

DVD:



Blu-ray:

Can't believe I missted the B3G1 stacking. I was totally countiing on that happening but forgot completely that this was starting today. I confused the dates with BB's Upgrade and Save :(

Originally Posted by ssjmichael Can't believe I missted the B2G1 stacking. I was totally countiing on that happening but forgot completely that this was starting today. I confused the dates with BB's Upgrade and Save :(

Same here. Oh well. Que sera sera.



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Any shipment confirmations yet? Mine are all showing that they expect shipment 7/10

Originally Posted by JP73 Any shipment confirmations yet? Mine are all showing that they expect shipment 7/10

Nothing yet. I've got a browser tab open to gmail, and I keep jumping every time a new message indicator pops up. All of mine say they should ship today too, but I've found in the past that I often don't get B&N shipping notification emails until late evening. So I'm not too worried yet.

Originally Posted by arcane93 Nothing yet. I've got a browser tab open to gmail, and I keep jumping every time a new message indicator pops up. All of mine say they should ship today too, but I've found in the past that I often don't get B&N shipping notification emails until late evening. So I'm not too worried yet.

Haha, I got the same thing going on. Logged onto MSN and everytime I get that message ding I hurry to my hotmail account. So far, it's a bunch of other crap. No I don't want 42 cent per pop Mexican Boner pills, I want my shipping confirmations, damn it!

I placed 5 orders, all for me, non of that gift crap. The 5th one I got 3 Essential Arthouse titles for 10 bucks each, so i had to find a 5 dollar book to get the free shipping. Didn't even know they were gonna be on sale.

Also, the Akira Kurosawa AK 100 Box Set is also on sale. Only 199. I already have it, but it is a really nice set and at a really nice price.

Just got my first shipment confirmation for one of my buy 2 get 1 free orders, including tracking number. This makes me hopeful that my other two orders will ship as well. So glad I was able to jump on this deal.

Here's what I ordered:

The Phantom Carriage 1 07-10-2012 $0.00
Island of Lost Souls 1 07-10-2012 $19.99
Kuroneko 1 07-10-2012 $19.99

Gojira 1 07-10-2012 $0.00
Sommaren med Monika 1 07-10-2012 $19.99
3 Women 1 07-10-2012 $19.99

(this is the one I got shipping confirmation for)
Sommarlek 1 07-10-2012 $0.00
Sanbiki no Samurai 1 07-10-2012 $14.99
The Letter Never Sent 1 07-10-2012 $14.99

I may pick up a couple of the more expensive box sets in the next couple of weeks if some good coupons come out. Namely The Samurai Trilogy and the Noel Coward set.

Son of a... I was at my computer during the glitch in the system, but wasn't even aware that the sale was live yet until just now . I would've grabbed sooo many releases that I wanted if I only knew... Oh well, I picked up The Samurai Trilogy with the 15% coupon code for now. I'm planning on grabbing La Haine, Being John Malkovich and possibly Shallow Grave, depending on whether or not this new mystery coupon shows up before the sale is over & if it's any good. I'm so jealous of those of you that got in on the B2G1 stacking lol.

I got two B2G1's along with 50% off. I quit, thinking they would likely get cancelled and I would be out of the liquidity for 2 or 3 days while they removed the pending charge from my CC. Wish I would have done the final 3 in my cart around 1:00am last night. Oh well, I still feel lucky.

They still may get cancelled. No shipping confirmation for either of my 5 orders.

As you can see, I'm quite the optimist