Guest c4evap Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Just priced the complete boxed editions of all 5 Star Trek TV series at Bestbuy. Holy sh!t! VOY = $696.98 ENT = $407.98 TOS = $319.99 DS9 = $620.48 TNG = $620.48 Calling this highway robbery is being kind. The worst is TOS. This series is over 30 years old and they are still charging top dollar. Freakin' amazing! COSSACKS! No wonder we download. ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG... :mad: c4 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quosego Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 WTF, These hollywood people are getting weirder every day.... How can you expect me to pay such an large amount of money for a series..... We're not all Bill gate's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbosdell Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 they really are overpriced. the ONLY star trek dvds that are not are the special collectors edition movies which is why those are the only ones i have (well the TNG ones). If they priced each season at $50 or $60 i'm sure they'd make a LOT more sales but then you'd have people complaining about the prices being lowered so it'll probably never go that low (if you call that low). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c4evap Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 they really are overpriced. the ONLY star trek dvds that are not are the special collectors edition movies which is why those are the only ones i have (well the TNG ones). If they priced each season at $50 or $60 i'm sure they'd make a LOT more sales but then you'd have people complaining about the prices being lowered so it'll probably never go that low (if you call that low). I agree totally. $50 for a series? I'd own them all. As it stands now...I'll have to download what I want. They are forcing me to be a pirate! :p c4 B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFMF Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Yes - very overpriced - that's why Niteshdw is here! :D to save us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiggy Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 DVD's are only about 10p to manufacture........this is clearly aimed at robbing the fans. My suggestion is to go to Ebay and buy them from there second hand. If you can stomach VHS you can pick those for almost nothing......most shops are giving them away. My local gave me the Borg Boxed set! My Best of Both Worlds tapes are worn out.......lol I only own the films on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigR Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I'm only buying TNG and movies (have 5 seaons of TNG right now) The rest...I'll download until I'm rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ank329 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 the reason they can charge so much and get a away with it, is because there are enough fans out there that will buy it at the current prices. What's more, all of us are planning to one day spend that much money for them. if everyone would stop buying the dvd sets then prices would come down, but the problem is getting everyone to stop buying, and then wait for prices to decrease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 my solution to this partticular problem is simply to receive nites dl's and buy a tv out card and a big telly. i dont care about the format as long as i can watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebrae Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Sure it's overpriced... but then supply and demand mean that - perversely - the price is likely to rise the fewer units they shift. Of course, it's a downward spiral - company makes the product overpriced, people don't buy it, etc. That said - to go "a DVD costs only 10p to produce!" is hopeless oversimplification. Let's not forget that everyone wants a piece of the pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c4evap Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Sure it's overpriced... but then supply and demand mean that - perversely - the price is likely to rise the fewer units they shift. Of course, it's a downward spiral - company makes the product overpriced, people don't buy it, etc. That said - to go "a DVD costs only 10p to produce!" is hopeless oversimplification. Let's not forget that everyone wants a piece of the pie. A piece of the pie? Sh!t...next it'll be my firstborn! :p c4 B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob43434 Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Jeeze, in Australia you they charge no more then $200. And that's the extreme price. You can pick them up from some places for about $89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcroft Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 They are quite expensive in the UK too averaging about £80 per season regardless of series. I have always waited until shops reduce or start doing bogof's (buy one get one free). I picked up the entire series of TNG for £200 on DVD. Thing is I have still downloaded both Nite Shadows and other slightly higher capacity rips, as I don't want to wear down or damage the DVD discs. Plus its nice to have all the eps on the PC at hand. I do have over 3TB of harddrive space though, and a projector :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake34 Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 There's no way I'm paying that much for a season set. I'de love to own TNG and DS9 but definatly not at those prices. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShadow Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Hey c4evap check out this Scifiboxsets.com. Its actualy a pretty good site, they have DS9 and VOY for a fraction of what retail is. It is from over seas which is where i get my anime and it has worked out fine for me. Althought the covers are the Chinese and korean covers, its all in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorunNova Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Woo! Bootlegs! ^^ ... may as well download it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShadow Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Woo! Bootlegs! ^^ ... may as well download it. These are not 'boot legs'. these are legal... They just come from Asia, but they are in English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahaha Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Um, actually 90% of stuff in China, and Asia for that matter is bootleg. It's the only way they can afford it. I know, I lived there and went to the shops. It's rare to find ANYTHING on video that has been legally reproduced that comes from China, unless it's in Chinese and sold through a legitimate source. And considering there is hardly a market for anything related to Star Trek there, you have to wonder where they got the source material.. And if you read their website closely, and have an understanding of the intricacies of English, you will know. Anyway, isn't the DVD format outdated when some of these shows were in HDTV format? Personally, I'd stick with the downloads. At least you won't be disappointed if it's not up to your standards hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antipodean Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 In Sydney Australia theres this great chinese run dvd store in town, where I've now spent enough to have warranted a permanent 10% discount. They sell mostly asian movies and anime BUT they've got a range of boxed sets. I got myself the complete collection of all movies by Akira Kurasawa for $120.00 (aussie dollars) - talk about a bargain. Anyhow they had the 1st season of DS9 for sale for a similairly ridiculous price, so of course I bought it. Trouble is - at least half the episodes just get all glitchy freezing the DVD player. So yeah, I'd be wary about buying bootleg dvds. Mind you - that's the only purchase I've made from that shop that gave me any grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShadow Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 maybe that bunch of DVDs you got had trouble being copied, i dont know. But thats cool. i like shops like that, i dont have much trouble with them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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