Posted by Jeff Rife on 01/14/06 18:46
Justin (nospam@insightbb.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > Not so sure on either of those points. Iseem to recall when DVD's first came
> > out they were higher priced ($25-$30 or more for anything) whereas now adays
> > not uncommon to find New Releases for $19 or less.
>
> Not longer after DVDs first came out it was not uncommon to see the big new
> release that week for $9.99 at CompUSA. Many were $19.99 or so not on sale.
Likewise, with the insane online coupons (because of the dot-com boom), you
could find recent release DVDs for around $5 with very little effort. There
were many cases where the cost of the DVD after the coupon would be $1-3 and
was less than shipping cost ($3-5).
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