Season SIX OFFICIAL TNG Blu-Ray Discussion Thread

[jimbotron]

There's all this talk about sales and if it's worth it to do DS9, but I really wonder what sales does CBS look for with these sets. I get maybe sending out limited supply, but I was looking in the Target ad (online, so I might have missed it) last night and there was no mention of Season 6 or Chain of Command. Then when you go to a store, there is only like 3 or 4 copies. Kind of hard to sell them when you don't have any to begin with.

When Target was advertising the previous seasons with the solo episode for $10, they had only 2-3 copies of each at opening time. If I didn't get there at 8:30AM, they'd already be gone.

Look around all brick-and-mortar stores - Target, Best Buy, the movie sections continue to get smaller and smaller entirely. It's not just TNG.

 

[tomalak301]

There's all this talk about sales and if it's worth it to do DS9, but I really wonder what sales does CBS look for with these sets. I get maybe sending out limited supply, but I was looking in the Target ad (online, so I might have missed it) last night and there was no mention of Season 6 or Chain of Command. Then when you go to a store, there is only like 3 or 4 copies. Kind of hard to sell them when you don't have any to begin with.

When Target was advertising the previous seasons with the solo episode for $10, they had only 2-3 copies of each at opening time. If I didn't get there at 8:30AM, they'd already be gone.

Look around all brick-and-mortar stores - Target, Best Buy, the movie sections continue to get smaller and smaller entirely. It's not just TNG.

I'm getting mine in the mail from Amazon later today. I was just making the point that I don't know what CBS expect in terms of sales when there is such a limited supply.

 

[jimbotron]

I don't know if it's CBS's fault though. The retailers decide how many copies they order. If this were Game of Thrones, they'd order hundreds. But TNG? Just a few.

Mine arrive from Amazon tomorrow, oh well. I don't order until the price drops. Had I ordered last week, I'd probably get them today. But not having to deal with any price drop snafus is worth a day's delay.

 

[BriGuy]

There's all this talk about sales and if it's worth it to do DS9, but I really wonder what sales does CBS look for with these sets. I get maybe sending out limited supply, but I was looking in the Target ad (online, so I might have missed it) last night and there was no mention of Season 6 or Chain of Command. Then when you go to a store, there is only like 3 or 4 copies. Kind of hard to sell them when you don't have any to begin with.

On a couple of the seasons Target had good deals when you bought both the season set and the standalone two-parter at the same time.

But, like you said, season 6 wasn't even in the Target ad.

Not much of a concern for me, since Target has a habit of pre-damaging things like this for you with their insane security boxes and spider devices.

I bought Season 6 at Best Buy today. I was literally the first person through the door when they opened at 10 a.m. The store had just two copies of the season set, that was it.

 

[BillJ]

This is what I got for every Best Buy in my area:

 

[Borjis]

same here. two best buys WAY out of town had copies.
but none anywhere near where I lived.

No target stores in my area have them in stock, but
they do have it for ordering on line.

 

[jimbotron]

Best Buys in my area (SF Bay area) are pretty bad as well. It shows as available in 2 out of 20 stores.

Last year, I went to Best Buy to buy the Indiana Jones Blu-ray set on release day, and not only was it unavailable, they didn't even have a spot for it yet.

 

[BillJ]

Best Buys in my area (SF Bay area) are pretty bad as well. It shows as available in 2 out of 20 stores.

Last year, I went to Best Buy to buy the Indiana Jones Blu-ray set on release day, and not only was it unavailable, they didn't even have a spot for it yet.

I remember going to the Florence, Ky. Best Buy for seasons one and two and they had twenty copies (IIRC) each time. I didn't have to go hunting for it or order it. I went to Target in Newport, Ky. for season three and "The Best of Both Worlds" and they didn't have any copies of the season set on release day. So I snagged those from Wal-Mart. When season four came out neither Target nor Wal-Mart had copies of the season set on release day. Season five I ordered from Amazon a few weeks after it came out.

The dwindling availability of the season sets may (may) point to brick and mortar retailers having issues moving the sets.

Closest Best Buy I could find with season six in stock was in Louisville, Ky. 104 miles away.

 

[Makarov]

Is it possible they just haven't scanned them in yet? My stores are all showing unavailable too, but I never had trouble finding the past seasons. Maybe I'll just go to the store and hope its on the shelf somewhere.

 

[BillJ]

Is it possible they just haven't scanned them in yet? My stores are all showing unavailable too, but I never had trouble finding the past seasons. Maybe I'll just go to the store and hope its on the shelf somewhere.

Possible. But it is pretty late in the day to not have scanned them in. I'll peek again tomorrow at the Best Buy website.

 

[BriGuy]

When I checked Best Buy availability this morning, it was marked as unavailable at my nearby store, too. But I went anyway, and there were two - just two.

Availability of these has always been poor in-store, despite being promoted in the weekly ad.

This morning it was marked available at a couple of the 10 stores that come up in my search area. Now, late this afternoon, it's "unavailable" at all of them.

 

[Borjis]

Is it possible they just haven't scanned them in yet? My stores are all showing unavailable too, but I never had trouble finding the past seasons. Maybe I'll just go to the store and hope its on the shelf somewhere.

haha, every time I've done that they were not in stock.

Target & Best Buy have great inventory tracking via their sites.
usually spot on accurate.

 

[Makarov]

Well I went and I was able to find Chain of Command, they had two copies out, even though it was unavailable online. But the s6 set was not there, probably sold out this morning. Went ahead and just ordered it on amazon. GET IT DONE!

 

[Doug Otte]

Has Amazon changed its policy?

I'm going to contact them anyway.

Oops. I tried to insert an image from their website. Here's the text:
"Amazon.com will price match eligible purchases of televisions and cell phones with select other retailers, including those who sell their items on our website. For all other items, Amazon.com doesn't offer price matching."

 

[jimbotron]

Has Amazon changed its policy?

I'm going to contact them anyway.

Oops. I tried to insert an image from their website. Here's the text:
"Amazon.com will price match eligible purchases of televisions and cell phones with select other retailers, including those who sell their items on our website. For all other items, Amazon.com doesn't offer price matching."

That's referring to price matching, not their pre-order price guarantee, which is always in effect.

 

[TheSeeker]

Well that was fast. I sent them an email this afternoon and the refund has already been processed!

 

[dg1379]

Looks like I got my refund as well.

Also, while watching Times Arrow p2, I noticed a very thin wire coming from the back of Data's head while Geordi was removing the iron filing. It's brief and at first, I thought it was a long hair stuck to the file until I followed it down Data's back. Pretty cool.

 

[Admiral Bear]

"Sons and Daughters", a DS9 episode involving a Klingon knifing another was edited once. Unless that was a US TV Network decision. Might've been both. The episode cut to begin with, and then cut again by a whole different set of authorities, before VHS/DVD.

Sons and Daughters and To The Death are both cut in the UK compared to the US. The former a fair chunk, the latter very little.

If memory serves, Sons and Daughters had 27 seconds cut for UK release. That and the removal of the neck break from To The Death, which the BBFC still slapped a 15 cert on, was more than enough reason to get the DS9 DVD sets from the US.

There also a sizeable paragraph in Terry Erdmanns' DS9 Episode Companion about the treatment To The Death received at the hands of US TV companies. Can't remember if LeVar said he had to cut a load out at the behest of Paramount or for US TV.

 

[Doug Otte]

Well that was fast. I sent them an email this afternoon and the refund has already been processed!

Hmmm. They refused mine. I guess I'll be returning it to Amazon and buying from Best Buy instead. Even with paying tax to BB, and paying for return postage to Amazon, it's still cheaper.

I used to be an Amazon cheerleader, but recent events have made me change my tune.

 

[TheSeeker]

That's strange. When did you pre-order it?