[78-L] Amazon Quickie and death of DVD

[Michael Biel]

David Lennick wrote:
> I presume the scene looked something like this?
> http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/retail.asp
> (November 27th strip)
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> dl
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Actually the Beatles box set was an on-line transaction, but that might 
have been what Leah's apartment looked like in virtual reality.  Maybe 
they should call it "Black and Blue Friday" for more than one reason!  I 
just heard an All Things Considered report from an Ohio Target store 
where things like the smaller flat-screen TVs sold out in 2 minutes.  As 
for the Beatles on-line 3 minute sell out, the comments made by the 
successful and unsuccessful purchasers are here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/discussion/A3Q4OXNG0AX5R8/ref=cm_cd_ecf_tft_tp?ie=UTF8&cdForum=Fx20DX5GEB7TUX8&cdThread=Tx8BJODVMYWX9L


One person had a very good comment concerning that after they were sold 
out in three minutes at the sale price, they were still in stock at the 
regular price of $177.  That must have meant that there was just an 
ALLOCATION of sets to sell at the sale price.  For all we know it might 
have been ten sets!

As for my foray into WalMart, I was there at one in the afternoon and 
things had considerably calmed down.  My first venture out was at 11:15 
to Radio Shack a mile down the hill from my abode to get some blank 
CD-Rs and camera memory chips before they went off sale at 11:30.  I do 
admit the store was crowded, but it is a small store. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> Michael Biel wrote:
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>> Here's a nifty happening.  I was pulling up in front of the house and my 
>> cell phone rings from Leah.  She had seen an Amazon upcoming Black 
>> Friday listing saying a "fab deal Four you" that was going to open up in 
>> a few seconds.  She gave me a count-down as I got to the house.  I was 
>> wondering why she was insisting that she HAD to be there when it became 
>> available.  Now I know.  It was the Beatles Stereo remaster box for  
>> 99.99 down from 177.  I said "Yeah get it."  She clicks on it as I get 
>> in the door.  It's in the cart and I figured I'd check out.  She 
>> refreshes the page and says "Holy Crap!  It says 56% claimed!  Should I 
>> check out?"  She checked out and I was still logging in on my computer.  
>> THREE MINUTES after it went on sale it was Sold Out and I would not have 
>> gotten onto the page in time if she wasn't onto it already.  Talk about 
>> being TRAMPLED on Black Friday!  
>>
>> But here's another thing.  I just got back from, among other places, 
>> WalMart.  They had a Maganavox BluRay player for $78 in the early bird 
>> specials before 11 AM and it was sold out on-line.  I was there at 1 PM 
>> and our store still had over 20 of these and the price was STILL $78.  
>> Maybe people are not THAT interested?   (I didn't get one because  I 
>> need one that can be region code hacked.   The LG combo HD-DVD/BluRay I 
>> already have CAN be hacked, but now Leah needs a hackable one.)
>>
>> BUT, despite those machines not being sold out,  I think the 
>> tipping-point price of BluRay players has been met, and this is now 
>> official as far as I am concerned: THE DVD IS DEAD.  BluRay will replace 
>> it 75% in less than 2 years, and 100% in three.   Downloads might kill 
>> off both BluRay and CD in five.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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