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Post by acousticwolf on Mar 7, 2016 18:33:45 GMT
Bbc.Co.Uk/shop ceasing trading on 29th March. Apparently US and Canada is staying (for now). News here: www.bbcshop.com/page/helpfaqNot a good day. Cheers Tony
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Post by andrew on Mar 7, 2016 19:23:10 GMT
I got the same email. Such a shame. Their prices were really competitive, especially if you waited till there was a discount code to use to get 10 or 20% off.
I had a sizeable order with them earlier in the year win me a free Doctor Who Lego set too. Which was nice.
Soon only be Amazon left. There are the specialist stores like Forbidden Planet etc but their ads in DWM suggest they can seldom afford to go much lower than RRP on new releases.
General message behind the BBC Shop closure seems to be the inevitable move towards things being download or stream only. On the day my series 9 blu-Ray steelbook arrived (from Amazon) I will mourn the day that shows I love stop getting physical releases.
Already had to come to terms with the stopping of Simpsons season box sets.
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Post by acousticwolf on Mar 7, 2016 20:04:25 GMT
General message behind the BBC Shop closure seems to be the inevitable move towards things being download or stream only. Yes it does and I would like to move towards downloads for dvds, but my biggest issue with them is you can't backup your purchases or watch them using the software of your choice. I buy DVDs and rip them to my media server, then the whole family can watch them without having to either be connected to the Internet or having to download for offline watching. The reason I still buy CDs is that generally they are cheaper than mp3 downloads, which I find ridiculous. I tended to buy my Who related stuff direct from the BBC Shop because of the price, deals and I would rather support them than Amazon. So much for me trying to move away from the big "A" . Cheers Tony EDIT: Just picked up Underwater Menace for £6.75 (a more realistic price imho) and a couple of other bits from their special offers. Every cloud and all that...
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Mar 7, 2016 23:45:25 GMT
Nice to see the BBC forcing digital downloads down our throats...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 6:37:11 GMT
Nice to see the BBC forcing digital downloads down our throats... No, we're just going to have to shop elsewhere for DVDs and Blu-ray, they'll still release them for popular programmes like Doctor Who.
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Post by acousticwolf on Mar 8, 2016 8:50:35 GMT
I wonder how much of this is actually to do with streamlining rather than streaming (pun kind of intended ). Cheers Tony
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Mar 8, 2016 10:32:04 GMT
Nice to see the BBC forcing digital downloads down our throats... No, we're just going to have to shop elsewhere for DVDs and Blu-ray, they'll still release them for popular programmes like Doctor Who. What if they stop producing the classic series DVDs, though? This could turn into a nightmare.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 11:20:26 GMT
No, we're just going to have to shop elsewhere for DVDs and Blu-ray, they'll still release them for popular programmes like Doctor Who. What if they stop producing the classic series DVDs, though? This could turn into a nightmare. I'm pretty sure they have stopped producing them. Bar any new discoveries there's nothing new to release and they've pretty much scraped the barrel dry in terms of ways of repackaging and re-releasing old titles that are already available. I'm certainly switching my focus to finishing my DVD collection from filling holes in my Big Finish back catalogue for a while. Second hand prices are still very cheap in the UK but they may not stay that way for ever.
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Post by muckypup on Mar 8, 2016 11:51:34 GMT
I fully understand this decision, and it probably has more to do with the BBC remit report and government interference, in the same way last time or was it the time before, they had to sell the magazine arm of the Bbc.
but guys we are going to have to face it, DVD and BLU RAY's ain't going to be around for too much longer who ever sells them.
but on the plus side physical sales still account for about 70% of the purchased film & tv market and second hand market on those is thriving.
so we have a while yet, and I suspect the reason the distributors are still backing the physical market is until broadband speed improve greatly a cross the world (I have 100mb broadband while my friend 4 miles away still as to use dial up!), people will still need them.
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Post by andrew on Mar 8, 2016 12:15:15 GMT
As Tony noted above there are already lots of bargain prices at BBC shop as they get rid of stock.
Perfect time for anyone to try to fill gaps in their Who DVD and book collections.
I've grabbed the Underwater Menace too to complete my DVD range, City of Death hardback too along with a couple of t-shirts and a few other tv DVDs.
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Post by andrew on Mar 8, 2016 12:38:55 GMT
Also bought an adorable little backpack with a Cyberman on it to give to my nephew as soon as my sister will allow it.
He's 2 which apparently isn't "nearly old enough yet".
Yet he's old enough to watch Postman Pat, a show where every scene in the Post Office with Pat and Mrs Goggins is rife with sexual tension.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Mar 8, 2016 15:01:54 GMT
Damn, i didnt see this coming
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 19:55:48 GMT
Very little stock left on their classic DVD page now. I'm still tracking the price of a couple of sets to see if they hit my buy price before selling out - I don't think they will somehow, stuff is going quick.
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Post by mrfuggleboppins on Mar 9, 2016 16:48:27 GMT
but guys we are going to have to face it, DVD and BLU RAY's ain't going to be around for too much longer who ever sells them. Well, they are. Just as Big Finish aren't going to stop producing CDs anytime soon. They're just going to become increasingly more niche (and by extension more expensive.)
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Post by sexbombsimon on Mar 9, 2016 18:03:28 GMT
Loads of bargains to be had just bought two books (the most recent ones too Royal blood and Deep Time) a couple of mugs and a T-shirt for under £15 plus free post.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Mar 9, 2016 23:50:51 GMT
What if they stop producing the classic series DVDs, though? This could turn into a nightmare. I'm pretty sure they have stopped producing them. Bar any new discoveries there's nothing new to release and they've pretty much scraped the barrel dry in terms of ways of repackaging and re-releasing old titles that are already available. I'm certainly switching my focus to finishing my DVD collection from filling holes in my Big Finish back catalogue for a while. Second hand prices are still very cheap in the UK but they may not stay that way for ever. I meant as in printing new copies of already existing classic series DVDs.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2016 6:39:49 GMT
I'm pretty sure they have stopped producing them. Bar any new discoveries there's nothing new to release and they've pretty much scraped the barrel dry in terms of ways of repackaging and re-releasing old titles that are already available. I'm certainly switching my focus to finishing my DVD collection from filling holes in my Big Finish back catalogue for a while. Second hand prices are still very cheap in the UK but they may not stay that way for ever. I meant as in printing new copies of already existing classic series DVDs. Yes, I don't believe they d reprint titles. I believe they let titles go out of print and have done for some time. For example, even Amazon don't have any new copies of the Beneath the Surface box-set. You can only get it second hand (even those heing sold as new are second hand, if unopened). What they do, is look for creative news ways of repackaging the same old titles in new ways (Bred for War box set, which while seeming to be just like Beneath the Surface was all titles already available separately, or the monster collection DVDs, which put a classic story and a modern one in the same box. Since those seem to be the last things to sell out in the sale that didn't seem to go so well. I think the conclusion the BBC draw is that the market for Doctor Who DVDs is a fairly static one and that while new fans do come along and start collecting, the second hand market is more than adequate to service that level of demand. I don't know if you're UK based but we have a decond hand company called CEX. Their website actually lets you check stock levels of how much product they have available to purchase online. Older titles typically have 10-24 copies in stock at present.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2016 7:59:34 GMT
Explains why my Death To The Daleks CD been cancelled.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Mar 10, 2016 9:45:19 GMT
I meant as in printing new copies of already existing classic series DVDs. Yes, I don't believe they d reprint titles. I believe they let titles go out of print and have done for some time. For example, even Amazon don't have any new copies of the Beneath the Surface box-set. You can only get it second hand (even those heing sold as new are second hand, if unopened). What they do, is look for creative news ways of repackaging the same old titles in new ways (Bred for War box set, which while seeming to be just like Beneath the Surface was all titles already available separately, or the monster collection DVDs, which put a classic story and a modern one in the same box. Since those seem to be the last things to sell out in the sale that didn't seem to go so well. I think the conclusion the BBC draw is that the market for Doctor Who DVDs is a fairly static one and that while new fans do come along and start collecting, the second hand market is more than adequate to service that level of demand. I don't know if you're UK based but we have a decond hand company called CEX. Their website actually lets you check stock levels of how much product they have available to purchase online. Older titles typically have 10-24 copies in stock at present. Yeah, I'm from the UK but I don't like to get things second-hand if I can help it. Problem with CEX-type second hand stuff is you don't know how well they work, how many scratches on the disc etc... Having said that, I got The Simpsons Movie on DVD for £2 from CEX once and they admitted it had a lot of scratches on it and put it through this machine. Still works perfectly.
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Post by andrew on Mar 10, 2016 17:07:54 GMT
Anyone still thinking of taking advantage of the closing down sale should do so soon. Not only are items going out of stock quickly they're now unable to honour orders they've already taken. Just received an email to say some of the items in the two orders I placed are now unavailable. I'll get a refund and details of which items in a further email to follow.
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