Play to close down their retail business...what does this mean for UK steelbooks?

[jonpeat]

Sorry if this is the wrong place but as it directly affects steelbooks (especially exclusives) in the UK I thought it would be a good heads up.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-20953357

The news saddens me as Play were one of the best steelbook retailers. Their packaging and exclusives were second to none. I just hope someone picks up the baton........amazon I'm looking at you!

 

[apsmith21]

Talking about exploitating of loopholes, don't you think some of us benefit by selling OOS items but not declaring the income made in the tax returns?

Sure, but this is not the thread for that discussion.

 

[wolfmansgotnards]

It would be funny if we all panic buy the remaining play.com steelies then they say they wont stop selling

 

[CaptainCoffee]

Talking about exploitating of loopholes, don't you think some of us benefit by selling OOS items but not declaring the income made in the tax returns?

If you are making over £4000 a year selling your steelbooks then yes, you should be declaring it.

I wish I was in a situation where I had to declare my earnings from selling steelbooks.

 

[lgans316]

If you are making over £4000 a year selling your steelbooks then yes, you should be declaring it.

I wish I was in a situation where I had to declare my earnings from selling steelbooks.

I am pretty sure that there are few who make a living out of selling Steelbooks. Invest a reasonable amount of money, buy as much as you can and sell it when it goes OOS making more than what you invested. I am sure this is legal and might appear immoral to some but this could also be perceived as an explotation of a loophole caused by items going OOS.

 

[jayce20]

what means "loophole" ? pleaaaase

 

[Apinamakina]

I decided to order Ghost Busters and The Rock steelbooks before it's too late.

 

[jayce20]

I decided to order Ghost Busters and The Rock steelbooks before it's too late.

I need The Untouchables & Bad Boys

 

[Starling]

what means "loophole" ? pleaaaase

It means a gap in the wording of legislation, allowing others to legally exploit the meaning and intention of its purpose.

 

[Steelg33k]

Well it seems to me that the steelbook market for the early part of the year, judging by the posts in this forum, will be heavily foreign buys for me. Japan releasing a new wave, the Netherlands releasing a wave(although they may be IronPacks). Seems a shame that HMV or Amazon UK haven't taken up the baton so far. But....we are only two weeks into the new year.

 

[194444]

PLAY.COM

Bad news guy Play.com to close down direct retail business from march 2013 :tear:

 

[thewoe]

Bad news guy Play.com to close down direct retail business from march 2013 :tear:

We know there was already a thread on it

 

[Lone Crusader]

Bad news guy Play.com to close down direct retail business from march 2013 :tear:

Please perform a search before making a new post. Thank you.

 

[funkydamo]

the penny just dropped. there will not be a play.com bond series.
goldeneye will be the only bond from them.
and there will not be an iron man 3 play exclusive.
no 2nd wave of fox titles (i could almost smell independance day and kingdon of heaven, maybe castaway as play.com exclusives)
no predator 2, no uk versions of other paramount steels i.e eagle eye. disturbia, tropic thunder. i almost expected those to surface.
play.com will leave a massive hole.

 

[snooloui]

the penny just dropped. there will not be a play.com bond series.
goldeneye will be the only bond from them.
and there will not be an iron man 3 play exclusive.
no 2nd wave of fox titles (i could almost smell independance day and kingdon of heaven, maybe castaway as play.com exclusives)
no predator 2, no uk versions of other paramount steels i.e eagle eye. disturbia, tropic thunder. i almost expected those to surface.
play.com will leave a massive hole.

It's a really big shame

 

[Sir Hilary Bray]

Guess I'll be closing my "More Play.com Bond steelbooks" poll.

Play were the best.

 

[BluSteel2012]

I have a sneaky feeling we will eventually see more exclusives from Play in their new marketplace. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon!

 

[wolfmansgotnards]

This is how my latest steelbooks arrived. It looks like it is starting to go wrong. I feel so sad.

 

[BluSteel2012]

This is how my latest steelbooks arrived. It looks like it is starting to go wrong. I feel so sad.

Spoiler

Great. Don't tell me my Lawless will arrived smashed up and I won't be able to get a replacement?

Is there any bubblewrap or were they just loose inside the carton?

 

[Top_cat2]

Hi Guy;s,

Dont want to sound like the Grimm Reaper

Only concerned about the people who are gonna loose thier jobs as the UK is on its A$$ as it is with the influx of Polish Imigrants ?????(i hear)

I was starting to get sick of hearing that Play was releasing another steelie every other day !!

It was like Germany all over again :eek:

And , on another note , some of the guys in the UK , have made some ridiculous profit from selling the Play steelies

I saw some pics of IM & the stack must have been at least 50 high !! and they were just being pumped out on Evil Bay like there was no tommorrow

So where does this leave Play.com for the Future ??

Has any reason been announced as to the closure of that Arm of thier business ? apart from that crap I read in the link about 15 quid items

TC

 

[VRob98]

Is there any bubblewrap or were they just loose inside the carton?

As I said in the Lawless thread, I expect Play are running out - or have run out of - their bespoke steelbook packaging, so I expect that for single steels they'll just revert to normal amaray packaging (card envelope) from now on.

I think orders of multiples are still being bubble wrapped though.