DMWV131242BR 1003496 O-821016 Transformers [Blu-ray] $33.51 2 1 $33.51

MHV61105012BR 1006972 O-821016 U-571 [Blu-ray] $23.24 1 1 $23.24

Shipment Status: Shipped - 8/19/2008

Both titles shipped before release, prices are in AUD and yes a touch dearer than Amazon but worth the bit extra to have them here eary

Yep I use them because their shipping is usually much quicker than Amazon, my latest order, not a pre-order arrived in 7 days.

quite reasonable freight rates (i use fedex with them) spread out the cost
over a few discs and it's here in 4 days

yorac did you have transformers on hdvdv? if you did I would be interested to see if there is any discernible difference in aq or pq. My reason is only to save myself buying it as I have the hddvd version.

I'm waiting for him to get it as I still have the HD DVD and want to put the two of them up against each other, I'd like to see if there's a difference also.

Yes I did, I would not imagine there to be any difference but will let you know and we will also do comparisons as Kazz has mentioned

thanks kazz, yorac I don't expect there to be any difference in pq but was curious if it would get a better audio track

Yes that's where my curiosity lies as well.

I'm a big fan of DVD Pacific too. At the moment I've got a load of titles on pre-order up to the release of Iron Man with Fed-Ex shipping :-)

Cant say any title is worth using courier!!

Celine

Ok, maybe that one.

Oh for sure. Better eary than ate.

I use the int'l priority armail option and ususally get them in 5 working days, longest wait i've had is 7 working days.

Hakka.

I wouldn't do it for one disc, but I've got an order of about 10 titles, which makes it only about $10 more for the courier than the standard mail and I'll get it in 3 days and know where it is at all times, which for me is worth the extra money.

I have been using DVD pacific for the last several months as well. My order consisting of Transformers and Starship Troopers (Both Blu-ray) was shipped two days ago and I am expecting them to arrive late next week sometime!

The Kill Bill's are due one week after Transformers. Has anyone ordered these yet? Perhaps its time to submit my order.

has dvd pacific ever had a 3-2 sale? or similar?

Not that i know of.

I was set to order Kill Bill discs but I think I might wait after reading mo's post on the release of a "super" version.

Yeah I read that one but im an impatient bugger. Im trying to resist though.

Impatience leads to the dark side

I think im already there.

I did resist kill bill though and ordered my copy of Transformers along with shooter and top gun.

Here is some informantion and my shipping experiences.

I use Amazon.com primarily for Boxsets as they charge a single shipping charge whereas DVDPacific and DVDPlanet whom I use charge on the amount of discs in a set so it can be more expensive to not use Amazon for these.

I primarily have been using DVDPlanet for a variety of reasons. They ship titles before release dates like DVDPacific (around 5-6 days before hand), they ship additional titles at no extra charge as they become available (which is excellent for Preorders), and they have coupons you can use.

The only downside and this goes for all 3 retailers Amazon, DVDPlanet, and DVDPacific is that for *standard* shipping times have blown out for all 3 retailers. I constantly have titles being shipped each week and I find that what use to take 12 days now takes 23-35 days (I have titles sent on July 26th from DVDPacific still in transit).

As I am not in a rush to receive my titles this has been frustrating but okay.

Now I see that DVDPacific now offers free shipping to US Customers and asked if there were any promotions for overseas customers (Australia).

I was told yes there was which I assume is being paid for with the Price rises with shipping to Australia that came into effect on Monday for standard shipping (i.e no 0.99c for additional titles).



This does not apply to Fedex shipping (I asked as I had dreams of courier shipments every week at no additional charge ) but does apply to both standard, and Priorty Airmail. As most of you have been using Priority airmail and have been receiving titles in around 7 days I am going to now switch from ordering most of my titles from DVDPlanet to DVDPacific and placing 12 Pre-Orders in each order and see how it goes.

I queried how that site still says when you choose the ship as available that you may be charged for additional shipments but I have been told to disregard this.

Anyway thought I'd pass on my experiences.

Well thats good news anyway Spero on shipping when available at no extra cost.

The only other thing that does keep me going back to Amazon on occasion is the fact that they will refund any price drops after you ship for 30 days. Thats a handy one...

Although where possible I will now only use DVDPacific, apart from boxsets and the like as you said.

Edit: I just had a look at the new shipping rates for DVD Pacific and not happy. Where by it used to be $0.99 per item across the board, its now the following:

International Standard: $2.49 plus $1.99 per title

International Priority: $3.99 plus $2.49 per title

Swedish Standard: $3.99 plus $0.99 per title

Swedish Priority: $6.49 plus $0.99 per title


CRAP!!

Yeah Chest that is what I said in my post. They gave free split delivery but made up for it with a large increase in their shipping costs if you get more than 1 title in an order. Swedish Post does not apply to Australia.

Previous-

International Surface Mail (9 – 20 days) US$3.99 plus 99c per item now $2.49 plus $1.99 per title.
International Priority Airmail (5 – 14 days) US$7.49+ 99c per item now $3.99 plus $2.49 per title.


Just calculating now and an order of 12 preorder Blu-Ray titles from DVDPlanet will cost me $278.50 w/split *standard* delivery OR $263.50 if I use a coupon which I always do.

DVDPacific will cost me $283.73 w/split *standard* delivery and $291.23 w/split Priority Airmail.

So a difference in the standard between the 2 with DVDPacific being $20.23 more expensive and not gaining anything for me and Priority Post which is what I would be using is $27.73 more than using standard shipping at DVDPlanet.

Therefore for Priority shipping I can take the extra expense w/DVDPacific as long as there shipping times for Priority stay at around the 7 day mark. If I was to use standard shipping then I will stick with DVDPlanet.

Guys we all know the real reason we use dvd pacific,its because of there "adult" section.

and its soooo cheap.



























so they tell me.

DeepDiscountDVD have also put up their rates.

They were-

$100.01 - $249 = $16.95
Over $249 = $39.95

now

$100.01 to $150.00 $16.95
$150.01 to $200.00 $23.95
$200.01 to $250.00 $29.95
$250.01 to $300.00 $37.95
More than $300.00 $99.95

I used to order at least 3 at a time from DVDPacific to make it worth the postage but now it's actually cheaper to buy them two at a time which I prefer to be honest.

old news though with DeepDelay !!


Added - ANY DEALS - such as the recent CRITERION Buy 1 get 1 free - have the SHIPPING PRICE CALCULATED on the original price BEFORE DISCOUNT. Therefore - in this example, the 2 Criterions were totalled up, shipping cost worked out, then the discount removed. TALK ABOUT BEING SCREWED !!


And as for DVDPacific - I, like others whom have posted here, HATE the per disc calculation - especially for 2 disc set DVDs. Though - their wording is a little 'confusing' - per TITLE as opposed to per DISC ?? WHAT GIVES ???

Are these region free discs? I want Transformers but the website says that they are region 1 discs 90% of the time.

Region 1 doesn't exist for Blu-ray, It's A, B or C so ignore any region coding information provided by retailers. There's a list constantly updated, and stickied, available in the Blu-ray forum, and if you can't find the title on there a quick google search could lead you to a region code information site. Transformers is region free.

Chesty some possibly good news. Just emailed DVDPacific to see if this policy has changed-



Looks like we can finally order Boxsets from there.

Finally they have woken to their senses on that one....

Well after querying their shipping charges I was sent this email:

I got that same email today, was a standard cut and paste job so they must be getting a few queries on it.

Yep, but I did get a more personlised one after that from Kath apologising for the increase. She said that the increases were way more than what was being passed on from the postal componies they use.

She also said to consolidate to one order now as they post when available and it obviously saves more on shipping as it calculated per order now and not per invoice.

The thing that pissed me off was that I ordered 3 titles including transformers and ticked to ship when all available. Now they've broken up the order holding back Transformers its about 5 bucks more than the original bill. Sure its only 5 bucks but still a bit rude in my book.

If you have ordered 3 titles and are paying the new rates then the other 2 should be shipping now and Transformers when they have it?

Isnt that how its meant to work?

They cant charge you the new rates and apply the old process???

I ticked the box to hold the order until all the titles are available then ship out the three at once. Now theyve split it, its costing me more than the original order stated.

Oh I see. Well that should not be the case then...

maybe you could change your name to Kazzty

Another of your worth while contributions i see...

Oi I resemble that remark.

(no offence Chesty)

That should not be the case. Send them an email. Was this order placed previous to Monday or after Monday last week? In either case you should not be charged.

Its all good because they've amended it now Ive raised it. cheeky buggers though.

Transformers is hereon BR

I was going to ask how it looked in all its 1080P glory but then remembered...

Based on a few opinions in previous posts (plus this one) ive pre ordered sex and the city for the missus from dvdpacific

Got to love DVD Pacific some times. A few of them over 2 weeks prior to release date!!





Although my Nightmare Before Christmas must be out of stock already..