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Joined on: Wednesday, 21st March 2001, 12:48, Last used: Wednesday, 21st March 2001, 12:48

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Recent Messages Posted:

RE: Cheap Criterions......Esp Brazil and Robocop.

I thought that these guys didn`t exist any more. No sign on the web.

Cheap Criterions......Esp Brazil and Robocop.

Please help, does anyone know where I can get these cheaper than £40 (don`t know if its posible for Brazil). I know Ringos did have some Robocops at £27 but I think they have sold out.

RE: X Files Season 1 £29.99 at www.hmv.co.uk

Yeah, I too got shafetd on the net order. But, I got up early, was late for work and got the one and only copy in my local branch in Glagsow...not sure what numbers the other stores had in though. You know, after the simplygames farce I`m getting used to this crappy treatment that we all seem to get. Please don`t tell me to stop whineing either, these companys need to be brought into line with the high street...if you advertise at the wrong price or more than you have available you MUST honour it. These net companies are just lazy...a little more care into pricing these things in the firsrt place and none of these problems would arise! OK, rant over...now to watch some X-Files....sorry guys, couldn`t resist it.

RE: Omen Trilogy - £15.99!!!

Here you go, the crappest letter ever. I`ve written them 6 LONG E-mails and I get this this morning, not even a personal letter. Pathetic. I`ll be responding, telling them to stick their new price (in a much more professional manner of course). Anyway, here is the letter:

Dear Customer,

We regret to inform you that we made the following pricing errors on DVD
products;

THE OMEN TRILOGY £15.99 CORRECT PRICE £26.99
2001 SPACE ODYSSEY £15.99 CORRECT PRICE £26.99

We apologise for any inconvenience that these errors may have caused you and
taking this into consideration we have decided to offer a price that is far
cheaper than any of our rivals.

Please let us know via e-mail if you wish to keep your backorder with us at
the new price. If we do not hear from you by 5 o`clock on Friday 29th June,
we will assume you want to cancel your order.

Many thanks

Simplygames.com

X Files Season 1 £29.99 at www.hmv.co.uk

I know this is on the previous threads but sometimes its nice to have it spelled out for you. I`d be quick though! www.hmv.co.uk

HMV Sale NOW ON online.

Go get it people, all the rumours are true!!!!

RE: X Files Box Set

Yeah, GET IT WHILE YOU CAN. There cann`t be that many left. 8 discs for £32 you gotta do it. But, don`t expect to be able to sell it on for a huge profit, it seems like every man and his dog is going for it at the moment. Just how many boxsets do these guys have?

RE: Omen Trilogy - £15.99!!!

Yep, I just sent number 6...a little more frank than myprevious messages. They may not be honouring the price but they could have the decency to let us know. Here is my last message:

Dear Simplygames,
I appologise if I am going on like a broken record but your complete lack of customer support is making me extreemly angry. I am refering to my order of last Wednesday for the Omen trilogy boxset. Since that time I have heard nothing from you regarding my order. As mentioned in my subject line this is the 6th E-Mail to you and as yet you have not responded. As a company I think you should look at your treatment of returning customers (yes I have ordeed from you in the past) and have the decency to at least keep them up to date with their order status. I belive that if yu go onto any forums (DVD-times and DVD-reviewer particularly) you will see what damage this whole episode is doing to your company profile. I like many others are sick and tired of being left in the dark over this whole affair. Both your phone lines and order tracking are not working, this seems to be very convienient.
Please respond to this E-Mail as my patience is beinning to run out.

Yours Sincerely,

Jonathan Peat

RE: Omen Trilogy - £15.99!!!

Well, 5 E-Mails down the line and I have yet to get a damb thing from them. This has put me off these guys for life! Did anyone else get an official E-Mail?

RE: Omen Trilogy - £15.99!!!

Well,I`ve sent them 4 E-Mails so far and so far have heard nothing. Their phone line is constantly engaged but I`ll keep trying. I cann`t belive they haven`t even had the decency to let us know what is happening, this is the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Anyway, if anyobne else wants to try their phone it is

020 8886 6855

Good luck

Dogma SE has arrrived!!!

Ohhh yeesss. Well after 6 months of pre-order it finally arrived this morning. The set looks great, the disc box is like a mocked up bible...the discs themselves have pics of buddy christ and the mooby the cow (cann`t remember if thats his name). Well, it looks like its going to be a fun day. Buy this set now, it looks great. Bye all, time to go kill the s*** monster all over again. Silent Bob is GOD. official

Maybe premature.........SimplyGames are Simply Bad

Hi all, I`m sure if you have been over at the bargain bucket section you will be aware of the SimplyGames fiasco. Now, I know that retailers do this all the time BUT they do normally send out an E-Mail explaining themselves. I sent two E-Mails yesterday and not one was answered..I then read that they have written a half-arsed thread on another forum telling us of their plans. This is not good enough!!!

RE: Omen Trilogy - £15.99!!!

It`s pathetic. I`ve E-Mailed them twice asking about this disc and they haven`t replyed. Did anyone receive an E-Mail today, I certainly didn`t. The thing that p***es me off the most is that I have used these guys in the past with no problems. But, look at their terms and conditions, they suck, we can basically do whatever we want!!!!!!!! Anyway, as you say £26.99 stick it up your jacksie. It would be nice to be told that they weren`t honouring their price though. I`m really ppeeeee`oooooddd.

RE: Omen Trilogy - £15.99!!!

Great find, I ordered mine at 2:00pm yesterday afternoon and I`ve just checked my order and it still says order in progress. This is slightly worrying `cos I`ve ordered stuff from these guys before and it is normally shipped on the same day as ordered (if you do it before 3:00pm). Something tells me that there is a problem.....I should probably wave goodbye to it right now. Sob Sob. We`ll wait and see but don`t hold your breath people.

Game are great, HHHOOORRAAYYYYYYY

OK, back on the correct forum!
So, once again there is a problem with a site offering a price only to say wooops, it was wrong BUT even though it was our fault we will just take it out on the customers. I mean, how much would it cost for these guys to hold up their hands, say sorry we made a mistake but give it to the people who have ordered at that price (after all they need us WE DO NOT NEED THEM). This is what made the Game deal on Road Trip so refreshing, they honoured their orders but then put the price back up...fine, everyone is happy. They gave me no hassle, just a straight forward order for a great price, because of this I`ll definately order from them again...but unfortunately at the correct price this time. You see, one happy customer who will be back. Who`s going to use Jungle, WHSmith, Tesco again.................NOT ME.

Web Sites that don`t honour prices.....wake up, take a leaf out of Games Book.

So, once again there is a problem with a site offering a price only to say wooops, it was wrong BUT even though it was our fault we will just take it out on the customers. I mean, how much would it cost for these guys to hold up their hands, say sorry we made a mistake but give it to the people who have ordered at that price (after all they need us WE DO NOT NEED THEM). This is what made the Game deal on Road Trip so refreshing, they honoured their orders but then put the price back up...fine, everyone is happy. They gave me no hassle, just a straight forward order for a great price, because of this I`ll definately order from them again...but unfortunately at the correct price this time. You see, one happy customer who will be back. Who`s going to use Jungle, WHSmith, Tesco again.................NOT ME.

RE: Road Trip for £7.94!!!!!! From Game.

Well, I just got a confirmation saying that it was on its way!! Result. If it was a mistake then at least some retailers will still honour the agreement. Take note WH Smiths. Hooorrayyy for Game.

Father Ted on Region 1 first....how did that happen!!!

I cann`t belive they are releasing Father Ted on reg 1 first. Also, is it actually out yet? Amazon.com say it is but their waiting time is crap. Play247 and futureent both deny its existense....whats going on!

RE: Dogma Special Edition

Yeah, I don`t think it matters. Its great that this is finally getting a release...I`ve had mine on order from futureent since January. Should be worth the wait though!!!

RE: SHREK - QUALITY MOVIE!!! (not a spoiler!!!)

Elephant Stone....can I ask how you get to see previews of all the big new films. I`m signed up to FirstMovies.com and I thought they were good but you see them a great deal quicker...how do you do it?

Road Trip for £7.94!!!!!! From Game.

Hi all, I know that this is burried at the bottom of the thread below but I thought that it deserved a bigger fanfar. Game (address www.game.uk.com) are selling Road Trip for £5.99 plus postage. It comes to under £8, get it while you can (or until they notice their mistake).

RE: Interferance through my Digitheatre Speakers.

Hi,
I`ve tried this but it doesn`t seem to work. I`ve since heard from some other people that they have got (or had) hum from their speakers. It gets worse once you turn the volume up. I`m using anologue leads as my DVD player (Samsung 709) does not have an optical port. Should I try changing the speaker cables? HELP ME PLEASE.

Are they MAD on e-bay?

Are the people who bid on e-bay mental...I`ve just seen Miss Congeniality R1 go for £19.50.....without P+P......you can buy it new for less than that! I`ve just sold a whole host of old videos...not for silly money but at least it means that I can buy a few more DVD`s. I think I`m going to get addicted...Money for old rope etc.
:)
My login name is funsterbunster if anyone wants to check out what I`ve got left...not much at the moment, all of its been sold...waaaahhhoooooooo.

Gameboy Advaced - Personal Import?

Hi, I`m thinking about trying to order a GBA from either America or Japan through the net, does anyone have any companies that they have used in the past for importing video games personally? I wouldn`t have even considered this before but seeing as places like DDDhouse can deliver DVD`s over here in 4 days I thought that it may be worth a try.

RE: Game Cube at E3. WOW!!!

OK, is it now that we can start a videogames debate. I must admit to be one of those who bought the playstation2. I`m not too sure if they are going to have it all plain sailing this time around. The gamecube looks good but then so did the N64 and that turned into a real turkey. The real strange one is going to be the XBox....I see they are releasing both machines within 1 week in the states, now thats going to be an interesting fight. But...I think that the sheer number of people who already own a PS2 (and the many more who will get one when the price goes down) may keep Sony on top, but its gonna be close. But hey, who cares, I`m just looking forward to GT3, Gran theft auto 3, getaway, res evil, crash bandicoot, wipeout......

RE: Stardvds - horray mines arrived !!!!!

Its becoming one huge joke this, its now Thursday and still it seems that no one has recieved their DVD`s. Call me a cynic but these May offers may actually go off before anyone has their discs, does that mean that they will have to pay full price? I must admit I`m waiting until I see that people are recieving their DVD`s bfore placing my order. It must be dead infuriating for you guys, I`m p****d off and I haven`t even placed an order.

RE: ebay - great for selling dvds!!!

Cheers dicanio, there I was willing to pay someone on ebay about 15 quid for audition and then I pick up a new copy for £8!!! Bargain. How long does delivery normally take from dddhouse? And why is it so cheap, a bargain but I noticed that things like CTHD were a lot more, wonder why? Anyway, on the subject of ebay I`m selling off all of my old videos bit by bit and I`m amazed that there are people out there who are actually willing to buy them.....nothing more queer than folk eh :).

Interferance through my Digitheatre Speakers.

Hi,
Hhas anyone else had a similar problem. I changed my tv recently to a JVC widescreen and ever since then when I put on the Dolby Digital decoding I get a buzz through my speakers. This is not present when I use the dolby pro logic decoding. Please help, its doing my head in. Do I need to buy new connectors or is it just a problem I`m going to have to live with?

Samsung 709 Multi-region question - will it play Charlies Angels?

Hi, I`ve got a Samsung which has been sucessfully hacked to be multi-region, so far I have not come across any problem discs but......I now hear that they have put a better encription device in some DVD`s (Charlies Angels to name but one), will my hacked player still be able to play it.
Please help