When all's said and done I have no problem leaving the steelbooks in question if this policy extends to other high profile steelbooks and my desire to have every single U.K. steelbook of a film in my collection changed when I had to return 'T2' and 'Cinderella' because of issues with the spines.
The fact remains that Zavvi IS most definitely the home of U.K. steelbooks and JUST ABOUT the only retailer in the U.K. of steelbook exclusives in the U.K. and if you don't agree with that all you have to do is check out the figures included below, and these are just for this year so far:-
2015 STEELBOOK RELEASES
JAN = 6 released - 5 Zavvi exclusive
FEB = 15 released - 10 Zavvi exclusive (HMV 2 & E.S. 1)
MCH = 23 released - 19 Zavvi exclusive (HMV / EONE 1)
APR = 20 released - 15 Zavvi exclusive (HMV 1)
MAY = 27 released - 22 Zavvi exclusive
JNE = 23 released - 14 Zavvi exclusive (HMV 2)
JLY = 19 released - 17 Zavvi exclusive (HMV 1)
AUG = 17 released - 14 Zavvi exclusive (HMV / EONE 1)
SEP = 15 released - ALL 15 Zavvi exclusive
OCT = ?
NOV = ?
DEC = ?
These figures show that of the 165 STEELBOOKS RELEASED IN THE U.K. to the end of September - 131 have been ZAVVI EXCLUSIVES, 8 HMV / EONE EXCLUSIVES, 1 ENTERTAINMENT STORE EXCLUSIVE and 25 non-exclusives.
I'd say that gives Zavvi the right to do what the hell they want with their steelbooks / bundles and no amount of ranting and raving is going to make a jot of difference.
Anyway, many members can actually bypass Zavvi completely and buy those fancy-shmancy packages from abroad with the slipcovers, artc
ards etc. and also many of the same titles that Zavvi are selling here in the U.K. considerably cheaper from Amazon.It and elsewhere.