How's Ken Cranes?
UTA
problem of any kind. I recently received the Sleepy Hollow LD from them. I
did cancel some other LDs I had on order but it wasn't Ken Crane's fault
that the discs weren't ever manufactured. Hopefully Bringing Out The Dead
will be available soon from them since some other stores apparently have
them according to this newsgroup. I generally do not pre-order, instead
waiting until they are announced as being in stock.
Lasernut23 <laser...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000924212637...@ng-cd1.aol.com...
> I've placed two LD pre-orders with Ken Cranes. I have a feeling that
they'll
> deliver the discs to me, but I would like to know what everyone else here
> thinks of the quality of their service? - Reinhart
Lasernut23
Lasernut23
>it didn't, I emailed to ask why, and then they said "oh dear, we're all out
>of those now."
>
I'm sorry to hear that. Did you ever get the LD, or at least, credit for
another purchase? I hope that the fact that I'm pre-ordering (first disc won't
come out until Oct. 17) with an order expedite option will help to get me the
disc that I paid for. Thanks for your story. - Reinhart
laserm...@my-deja.com
years ago for some LDs they had listed
that wound up being out of print. I
never received the titles, but it's hard
to really blame them. Their service on
my DVD orders has been uniformly
excellent. They are the only company I
choose to buy DVDs from on the internet.
Todd
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Before you buy.
Joe
it early. Regarding Kranes, I had to call regarding SLEEPY HOLLOW. The
first week, they said it hadn't been shipped because they were backlogged,
but it would ship the following day. A week later, with no LD delivered, I
called again and got the same excuse. This time, the rep went out and took
copies off the shelf and promised they'd ship the next day. And they did.
I'd suggest calling them when you hear the discs are out. Cranes is now
owned by Image, who wants nothing to do with laserdisc and it is certainly
not a high priority with the store.
"UTA" <outo...@nospum.accessld.nospamm.net> wrote in message
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> I've been mail ordering LDs from them since 1990 and have yet to have any
> problem of any kind. I recently received the Sleepy Hollow LD from them. I
> did cancel some other LDs I had on order but it wasn't Ken Crane's fault
> that the discs weren't ever manufactured. Hopefully Bringing Out The Dead
> will be available soon from them since some other stores apparently have
> them according to this newsgroup. I generally do not pre-order, instead
> waiting until they are announced as being in stock.
>
>
> Lasernut23 <laser...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20000924212637...@ng-cd1.aol.com...
Norman Wilner
They've always been reliable with my orders.
Norm Wilner
Starweek Magazine
http://www.chapters.ca/wilner/
Altair4
"Joe" <joe.r...@gte.net> wrote:
>Cranes is now owned by Image, who wants nothing to do with laserdisc
>and it is certainly not a high priority with the store.
Since Image (like any other business) is interested in being
profitable, their attitude is eminently sensible. :)
Jeff Rife
> I've placed two LD pre-orders with Ken Cranes. I have a feeling that they'll
> deliver the discs to me, but I would like to know what everyone else here
> thinks of the quality of their service? - Reinhart
If they are pre-orders, you should get them. Your best bet for lasers from
them is to use the www.dvdplanet.com site, which lists real-time inventory.
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Robert Morgan
>another purchase? I hope that the fact that I'm pre-ordering (first disc
>won't
>come out until Oct. 17) with an order expedite option will help to get me the
>disc that I paid for.
They don't charge you unless they ship you a disc. Unfortunately, with
back-ordered/delayed titles, that means that you have a potential charge
looming on your card unless you cancel the order. But, it's preferable to
charging, then giving the customer a "store credit" if it turns out to be
unavailable, eh?
One aside- I ordered Career Opportunities (mmm- Jennifer Connelly) from them
like a year and a half ago, and it was unavailable and OOP. Just got a
snail-mail from them the other day- they finally got it in and wanted to know
if I still wanted it. Nice service, I think.
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Anthony Agpaoa
>> Did you ever get the LD, or at least, credit for
>>another purchase? I hope that the fact that I'm pre-ordering (first disc
>>won't
>>come out until Oct. 17) with an order expedite option will help to get me the
>>disc that I paid for.
>
>They don't charge you unless they ship you a disc. Unfortunately, with
>back-ordered/delayed titles, that means that you have a potential charge
>looming on your card unless you cancel the order. But, it's preferable to
>charging, then giving the customer a "store credit" if it turns out to be
>unavailable, eh?
>
>One aside- I ordered Career Opportunities (mmm- Jennifer Connelly) from them
>like a year and a half ago, and it was unavailable and OOP. Just got a
>snail-mail from them the other day- they finally got it in and wanted to know
>if I still wanted it. Nice service, I think.
>--
>SIG alert... looking for a cheap Pioneer LaserActive, and a working RDI
>Halcyon.
>Maintainer of View-Master InteractiveVision FAQ; e-mail for latest version
>(2.0.1)
>.
I see a PIoneer Laseractive every once in a while in our local
recycler classifieds. You could do an online check at
www.recycler.com
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>recycler classifieds. You could do an online check at
>www.recycler.com
>
Thanks for the tip. It'd be funny if I ended up getting both the RDI and a LA
in the same time frame... ('bout 1 day to go on the RDI, and my bid still
stands *fingers crossed*)
Bojay1997
LD-700 with different logos. The complete RDI system is a separate computer,
headset, keyboard, cartridges, laserdiscs, overlays, power supply and
supplemental connectors. The laserdisc player is just a stock LD-700 with no
modifications other than the logos on front. When RDI folded, they had several
hundred LD-700 laserdisc players because Pioneer required a large minimum
order. As for the computer portion and other accessories, all of those were
hand assembled and so there are well less than 100 of them out there. A few
laserdisc shops in San Diego picked up the surplus Halcyon LD-700s and sold
them for several years. That's why they keep popping up on Ebay and at fleas.
Lasernut23
>back-ordered/delayed titles, that means that you have a potential charge
>looming on your card unless you cancel the order.
I forgot to mention this, but I sent the payment via cashier's cheque. -
Reinhart
Robert Morgan
>LD-700 with different logos.
Uhh... well...
Damn.
Oh well... still an oddity for my collection. *sigh*