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Lol overpriced much. For 50 bucks I could buy the whole deadwood series.

I'll wait for this to dorp to $20 or under. Anyhting over $30 is a rip off. I mean even the top shows of our time like mad men and breaking bad go for $10 now.

Originally Posted by masterchief2291 oh so its either direwolf or dragon? i thought it was wolf on the front and dragon on the back. a little disappointing but my decision is easy (direwolf!)

I'm kind of torn. I love dragons as per the username, but Viserys Targaryen is such an asshole so far in the book.

HBO always has their stuff priced higher than the others but I really cant blame them...they have the best quality shows IMO. After reading the book and watching this first season...I think this is one of the best shows I have ever seen. They followed the book so closely it was crazy and that made me enjoy it that much more.

Originally Posted by Capocci 007 Lol overpriced much. For 50 bucks I could buy the whole deadwood series. I'll wait for this to dorp to $20 or under. Anyhting over $30 is a rip off. I mean even the top shows of our time like mad men and breaking bad go for $10 now.

The show is too popular for it to be less than $30.

Damnit, now I need to call Best Buy CS to get the keychain added to my pre-order. I'm a huge fan of the books but have never seen the show because I don't have HBO. I'm burning thru the books again before reading the newest one. It's crazy how much I've forgotten, but it has been like six years since reading the first four books.

BTW thebob, that's some hardcore dedication.

And for all the folks that say that it's too expensive, remeber that this is the most expensive tv series ever. I love Mad Men too, but comparing the cost of it with Game of Thrones is just crazy.

Already preordered this for my wife for her birthday and got the keychain. For those that don't have it, it's actually pretty great. It's much bigger and weightier than I thought it would be. Since Best Buy's website lists $54.99 for the Blu as being "on sale," chances are that's going to be the final price. It's still cheaper than getting HBO for a year just to watch this show.

Originally Posted by Capocci 007 Lol overpriced much. For 50 bucks I could buy the whole deadwood series. I'll wait for this to dorp to $20 or under. Anyhting over $30 is a rip off. I mean even the top shows of our time like mad men and breaking bad go for $10 now.

Trust me, this isn't overpriced. If you want to see what overpriced looks like then go look at the Doctor Who blu-ray sets, or most BBC sets really. As for your second point, you're comparing series that have been out longer than a year to something that hasn't been released yet. The most recent release of the series you listed was season three of Breaking Bad, which was released in June of last year, hasn't dropped below $20. I can say with some certainty that none of those were sold during release week for $10 though.

I cancelled my Amazon pre-order and went with Best Buy, the keychain and Stark Direwolf packaging sealed that deal for me. I am hoping we'll see a sale price similar to Boardwalk Empire once we get closer to the release.

Wow, exclusive packaging and a keychain? Must have! I don't watch any TV normally (I don't pay for any TV subscription at all), but I did download these episodes to watch since I'm a fan of the books, and this will be the first TV series I ever buy...

Now I just need to find someone to trade me Best Buy credit for my $50 Amazon GC so I can preorder it.

Edit: I'm a noob to preordering anywhere other than Amazon, so forgive stupidity here. If I pay off this preorder with GCs and it was to drop in price (does BB ever drop preorder prices?) as the above poster hopes, how would they calculate the difference and how would I get it back?

Originally Posted by AkariK Wow, exclusive packaging and a keychain? Must have! I don't watch any TV normally (I don't pay for any TV subscription at all), but I did download these episodes to watch since I'm a fan of the books, and this will be the first TV series I ever buy... Now I just need to find someone to trade me Best Buy credit for my $50 Amazon GC so I can preorder it. Edit: I'm a noob to preordering anywhere other than Amazon, so forgive stupidity here. If I pay off this preorder with GCs and it was to drop in price (does BB ever drop preorder prices?) as the above poster hopes, how would they calculate the difference and how would I get it back?

I don't think you can pay it off early, just the 5 dollars to preorder it. I don't think they even have a full price sku in the system yet to pay it off even if you wanted to.

Oh wow, BB exclusive cover? You lose Amazon.

Originally Posted by Capocci 007 Lol overpriced much. For 50 bucks I could buy the whole deadwood series. I'll wait for this to dorp to $20 or under. Anyhting over $30 is a rip off. I mean even the top shows of our time like mad men and breaking bad go for $10 now.

Prove to me where you could buy Deadwood: The Complete Series for $50. I'm sure everyone else would love to know where that would be.

Originally Posted by Jodou Oh wow, BB exclusive cover? You lose Amazon.

Actually, two of them:

Stark / Direwolf:
BluRay
DVD

Targareyn / Dragon:
BluRay
DVD

Keychain link page:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....at262800050008

Originally Posted by Jodou Oh wow, BB exclusive cover? You lose Amazon.

Think I'll stick with Amazon. Don't really care about the packaging, and hate my local Best Buy. Takes a great deal (like the current DVD trade in deal) to get me in there.

Originally Posted by dmaul1114 Think I'll stick with Amazon. Don't really care about the packaging, and hate my local Best Buy. Takes a great deal (like the current DVD trade in deal) to get me in there.

I have it in my Gold Box for $50.34 after the price drop to $52.99, so I'm curious to see how it'll work out on the final price.

We can only hope for a release week of $34.99 like we did with Boardwalk Empire S1, though that one was $46.99 up to a few days before release. I would think that we're probably looking at a $39.99 release week price.

The exclusive packaging isn't a bad option, IMO, though I wish it was a single SKU for DVD and one for BD with the two logos on the same package.

Makes it hard to pick one for the "exclusive" version.

Yeah, I'll of course keep an eye on the price incase it ends up cheaper somewhere else.

But otherwise I'll stick with my free prime shipping and triple points on my Amazon Visa vs. hassling with going to a B&M store.

Ugh... Best Buy customer support sucks ass. I can't even get a hold of someone to apply the free keychain to my order.

[Update] So I canceled my original order, and tried to do a new one. But now my gift card balance isn't working with the new order. *Anger rising.

I'll give it a day to refund my gift card balance, but if this is going to give me so much grief I might just go with Amazon, exclusive item and packaging or not.

Originally Posted by dmaul1114 Yeah, I'll of course keep an eye on the price incase it ends up cheaper somewhere else. But otherwise I'll stick with my free prime shipping and triple points on my Amazon Visa vs. hassling with going to a B&M store.

Set up a pricewatch on http://www.camelbuy.com and have it tell you when the price drops. It's the same as camelcamelcamel.com, though it's for Best Buy items.

Originally Posted by Blumpkin Ugh... Best Buy customer support sucks ass. I can't even get a hold of someone to apply the free keychain to my order. [Update] So I canceled my original order, and tried to do a new one. But now my gift card balance isn't working with the new order. *Anger rising. I'll give it a day to refund my gift card balance, but if this is going to give me so much grief I might just go with Amazon, exclusive item and packaging or not.

Give it three days before you try to re-order it with your gift card.

Originally Posted by dmdragon I don't think you can pay it off early, just the 5 dollars to preorder it. I don't think they even have a full price sku in the system yet to pay it off even if you wanted to.

Only way to pay it off in full is to buy online like I did. Pre order online, add the keychain to your cart and it'll be free. Choose a store to pick it up in and you'll be able to pick up your chain the same day if they still have it.

If your store is competent in the least, they'll have it ready for you and not make you wait while they argue with each other over the walkie talkies as to how they don't have anything to give me since the "game" doesn't come out till "may".

Originally Posted by shrike4242 Targareyn / Dragon: BluRay

I'm not a fan of CEs but that has me drooling, I really love that cover. I guess I'll be canceling my preorder at Amazon. If I wait for the week it comes out, will I still get the key chain?

OT and meant to post this yesterday but I bought this shirt off Teefury (now gone):

looks like the price has dropped to 52.99. does best buy have a preorder guarantee like amazon?