Stupid shoppers in WHSmiths !
ma...@karman.demon.co.uk
should have modded my DVD and bought R1 or ordered it mail order and
saved 10p or whatever but it makes a change to actually buy something
over the counter.
Anyway on with the ranting. I had checked Woolies and they were
offering if for £16.99, buy one get the cheaper one half price except
the selection they have is rubbish. I stood and did a rough count say
25 on the generous side.
I did not even try HMV - hmmm plenty of choice but no offers what so
ever.
So off to Smiths, hmmm £19.99 or two for £30.00 (15.00 each). Well
although they have a better choice I did not really want to get
anything else.
There were a few "office" shoppers milling about trying to read the
side of the discs in those stupid security cases they now use. Being
a bit "pushy" I commented on the crap on offer and asked a guy who had
The Mummy to give it to me and we get the disc we want for £15.00 .
Would he do it, would he hell - he picked up the X Files movie and
tottered off to the till. Christ some people need sorting out.
So for the sake of letting me buy their copy three people went and
bought something they probably did not want. Nice scam on Smiths
part. You are not going to shell out £20.00 for one DVD when you can
get another and "save" money.
How many other DVD's have they sold on the back of newer titles ?
I appologise to the group for retail shopping , I promise to use
suitable mail order businesses in future and will get my 525 chipped
as soon as I can.
As punishment I will go and watch my Region Two/flipper copy of
Starship Troopers...... mmmmm Dina Meyer....
Sifly
chapter 12.
This is just after the layer change.
Anybody else having the same problems?
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<ma...@karman.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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MeKoN
wrote:
>I have a Samsung 709, latest firm ware, but the mummy won't play after
>chapter 12.
Do shop at WH Smiths as well, then ?
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SJM
ain't a flipper and has quite a few extras on it. I have a chipped 725.
Superb. You can then take your R2 version of Troopers to Smiths and exchange
it using the old "I bought this for someone as a present but they've already
got it and I simply CANNOT find the receipt anywhere but I can I exchange it
anyway?" ploy. Works for me every time!
Oliver Haslam
the only one ! Me and my mate have one (so Ok, there are two of us) but
everyone else either has never heard of the format, or are too thick to
understand it ! Anyway, I know this post is pointless, just bored. I work
in Meadowhall and the HMV selection is ace, shame they are som damn
expensive !
Again, sorry for my ramblings "
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Jason Waghorn
"Sifly" <news...@cwcom.net> wrote in message
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> I have a Samsung 709, latest firm ware, but the mummy won't play after
> chapter 12.
>
>
> Anybody else having the same problems?
>
Nope but I don't possess the R2 I've got the R1 and I saved 12p - none
of this 10p business - it's not worth it ;)
Jason
Oliver Haslam
FrMerrin
<oliver...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>Someone from Sheffield has a DVD player ! I was beginning to think I was
>the only one !
Well, I went to university in Sheffield, but that was in 1979, and the DVD
revolution was a long way off.
Mike
"OK, but if we do get to summon up the big daddy with
the horns and the forked tail, he brings his own bird,
his own booze and his own pot ..."
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pli...@my-deja.com
"Oliver Haslam" <oliver...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Someone from Sheffield has a DVD player ! I was beginning to think I
was
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pli...@my-deja.com
> So for the sake of letting me buy their copy three people went and
> bought something they probably did not want.
Did it ever occur to you that they might actually have wanted to buy
both those discs ?
Dave Adamson
<pli...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:876bfj$5v7$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> Christ some people need sorting out.
> > So for the sake of letting me buy their copy three people went and
> > bought something they probably did not want.
>
> Did it ever occur to you that they might actually have wanted to buy
> both those discs ?
>
Yes, I was just thinking that myself.. after all, one would imagine that
both The Mummy and X Files: The Movie (the case mentioned) would both have
been popular and, since the genre is similar (sci-fi/horror), praps the guy
was a sci-fi/horror fan...
Vince Williams
> > Did it ever occur to you that they might actually have wanted to buy
> > both those discs ?
> >
I agree, I bought The Mummy in WhSmith, saw the offer so I decided to buy
Titanic as well. I always wanted it but thought £24.99 was far too much,
this way I got both for £15 each and didn't get hassled by someone wanting
to go halves on The Mummy!!!
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Gareth Thomas
<ma...@karman.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I bought The Mummy tonight in WHS at Meadowhall (Sheffield). I know I
> should have modded my DVD and bought R1 or ordered it mail order and
> saved 10p or whatever but it makes a change to actually buy something
> over the counter.
> Anyway on with the ranting. I had checked Woolies and they were
> offering if for £16.99, buy one get the cheaper one half price except
> the selection they have is rubbish. I stood and did a rough count say
> 25 on the generous side.
> I did not even try HMV - hmmm plenty of choice but no offers what so
> ever.
> So off to Smiths, hmmm £19.99 or two for £30.00 (15.00 each). Well
> although they have a better choice I did not really want to get
> anything else.
> There were a few "office" shoppers milling about trying to read the
> side of the discs in those stupid security cases they now use. Being
> a bit "pushy" I commented on the crap on offer and asked a guy who had
> The Mummy to give it to me and we get the disc we want for £15.00 .
> Would he do it, would he hell - he picked up the X Files movie and
Just to clarify whether this fella really does need sorting out good and
proper....
I take it you were going to do the honourable thing and let *him* keep the
receipt? Just in case his disc needed to be returned.
--
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ma...@karman.demon.co.uk
<gl.t...@virgin.net> wrote:
>> tottered off to the till. Christ some people need sorting out.
>
>Just to clarify whether this fella really does need sorting out good and
>proper....
>
>I take it you were going to do the honourable thing and let *him* keep the
>receipt? Just in case his disc needed to be returned.
>
>
>--
>Gareth Thomas
>
>
is the last thing anyone needs.....
He plainly did not want anything else same as the second person I
asked, cripes you try and help out someone and they give you the evil
eye.
Maybe they did want the other films, they sure as hell took a long
time to pick them out of the 95% dross they had.
I was half tempted to buy two copies and take one downstairs to HMV
and swap it for something else....tee hee.
I was going to get it from PC World but when I went in on Saturday
they had no DVD's at all (empty shelves). I went in today and they
were all back. I'll admit to buying The Long Kiss Goodnight for Ł9.99
- help me.. and upon asking where they had gone was informed that Head
office had them take them all off the shelves and put them into
envelopes. So the cases on the racks are empty and all the DVD's are
in the security office. Guess there are too many light fingered twits
out there who don't want a cover/case.
Mark
ma...@karman.demon.co.uk
<gl.t...@virgin.net> wrote:
>Just to clarify whether this fella really does need sorting out good and
>proper....
>
>I take it you were going to do the honourable thing and let *him* keep the
>receipt? Just in case his disc needed to be returned.
>
>
>--
>Gareth Thomas
>
Regarding The Long Kiss Goodnight - no 5/1 sound, only Dolby Prologic,
saw me coming down the tracks to buy that one. Have ordered it on
Region 1 for when my player is sorted and will be back at PC World
tomorrow giving them what for.
I know the film is not to most people's so selective tastes but hey it
takes alsorts.
Mark S.
G Bell
>From what I have read in the last few weeks in this group the reciept
>is the last thing anyone needs.....
>He plainly did not want anything else same as the second person I
>asked, cripes you try and help out someone and they give you the evil
>eye.
>Maybe they did want the other films, they sure as hell took a long
>time to pick them out of the 95% dross they had.
So you didn't want another film? if so then why didn't you order it
online Play247 had it for (UKP)14.99 so you would have saved yourself
(UKP)00.01?
Graham
Mark Evans
FrMerrin <fr.m...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:04:01 -0000, "Oliver Haslam"
> <oliver...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> >Someone from Sheffield has a DVD player ! I was beginning to think I was
> >the only one !
>
> revolution was a long way off.
I am a student at Sheffield at the mo - I've got a PC based solution...
Guess that makes 4 people...
Mark
Rich Pollard
branch last weekend to check out the offer, they had AP2 and about three
other titles and that was it!! I couldn't believe it!! How they expect to
compete with Virgin Megastore (where I went for their 2 for 1 offer,
fantastic choice!), HMV, MVC etc etc. I just don't know!
Rich
"Snootchie Boochies!!"
ma...@karman.demon.co.uk wrote in message
<3895f22f...@news.demon.co.uk>...
>I bought The Mummy tonight in WHS at Meadowhall (Sheffield). I know I
>should have modded my DVD and bought R1 or ordered it mail order and
>saved 10p or whatever but it makes a change to actually buy something
>over the counter.
>Anyway on with the ranting. I had checked Woolies and they were
>offering if for £16.99, buy one get the cheaper one half price except
>the selection they have is rubbish. I stood and did a rough count say
>25 on the generous side.
>I did not even try HMV - hmmm plenty of choice but no offers what so
>ever.
>So off to Smiths, hmmm £19.99 or two for £30.00 (15.00 each). Well
>although they have a better choice I did not really want to get
>anything else.
>There were a few "office" shoppers milling about trying to read the
>side of the discs in those stupid security cases they now use. Being
>a bit "pushy" I commented on the crap on offer and asked a guy who had
>The Mummy to give it to me and we get the disc we want for £15.00 .
>Would he do it, would he hell - he picked up the X Files movie and
>tottered off to the till. Christ some people need sorting out.
>So for the sake of letting me buy their copy three people went and
Mendez
<ri...@armless.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>At least Meadowhall WHSmiths has got some choice, I went into the Leeds
>branch last weekend to check out the offer, they had AP2 and about three
>other titles and that was it!! I couldn't believe it!! How they expect to
>compete with Virgin Megastore (where I went for their 2 for 1 offer,
>fantastic choice!), HMV, MVC etc etc. I just don't know!
The Meadowhall branch also has the £10 budget dvds stickered with 2
for £30... hmm sounds like a bargain :)
Mendez
Dan Owen
<geor...@bigfoot.com> writes:
>>At least Meadowhall WHSmiths has got some choice, I went into the Leeds
>>branch last weekend to check out the offer, they had AP2 and about three
>>other titles and that was it!! I couldn't believe it!! How they expect to
>>compete with Virgin Megastore (where I went for their 2 for 1 offer,
>>fantastic choice!), HMV, MVC etc etc. I just don't know!
My WHSmiths has a tiny four shelf carboard stand (with about 20 DVDs available
to buy). Right next door Woolworths has a three shelf stand - but it's
jam-packed with titles - almost 200, I think. Plus they've started the "Buy 1
get 1 half price" offer that's becoming popular.
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