The Burning (Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]

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Release date: October 10, 2016
Purchase links: Arrow Films - Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £17.99

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Apart from relying on cancellations I see no reason not to order this from Movie Mail but as has been pointed out already if MM didn't order their stock from Arrow before it "Sold out" our orders will not be fulfilled and we'll either have to pay above retail on the secondary market, buy it unsealed (shock, horror) or just wait for the Amaray release which surely can't be too far away (?) and which is as always a top class product. nearly always with reversible artwork etc.
Regarding Movie Mail: Been with them since 2010 and never had a problem but in this case I hope they haven't bitten off more than they can chew as I've tried - without success - to get what I consider to be an appropriate and helpful response about whether they are offering a product for sale that they are actually going to have in stock by release date:-
PLEASE READ NO FURTHER IF EASILY BORED

Customer message: Dear Sir or Madam,
I believe this is now "Sold Out" across the retailers (Arrow, HMV, Amazon and Zavvi) and I was wondering just how good my chances are of receiving the copy of this steelbook ordered from your good selves on the 23rdAugust ?
Yours faithfully,
ORDER ID: MM2701702

Thank you for your email
Your order of The Burning" is currently listed as a pre-order with a release date showing of the 10/10/16. This means we are waiting for the item to be released before we can send it to you. We will dispatch your order as soon as possible on the release date.
Regards,
Jonathan


Jonathan,
Can you check with your superiors that Movie Mail did order stock of THE BURNING (STEELBOOK) before it sold out everywhere else?
Even though I placed my order for this item with you I don't want to get my hopes up only to have them dashed if you cannot fulfil the order or, in other words, did Movie Mail place a stock order BEFORE it sold out ?
I trust you can see what I'm trying to say.
Nicholas

Thank you for your email.
We are expecting a release date for this product on 10/10/16. We will not have the product in stock until the release date, after which we will dispatch the item to you as soon as it is made available. As far as we are aware we are still expecting stock to arrive and be sent out as normal.
You can see on the following link that we advertise the release date as being 10/10/16:
http://www.moviemail.com/film/blu-ray/the-burning
Regards
Jonathan

Jonathan,
Thank you for your reply.
Maybe I didn't make myself clear as it looks like we may have a misunderstanding . . .
To elaborate: my concern is related to the stock of this title that you may or may not have already ordered from Arrow Films and, as I'm sure you are aware if you have not placed your stock order with Arrow Films before the stock sold out, then my order will not be worth the piece of paper on which it is printed.
Yours faithfully,

Thank you for your email.
As mentioned in our previous email, this item is available to order and will be released on 10/10/2016.
If we can help with anything else please just ask.
Regards
Joseph

Customer Service

"If we can help with anything else" LOL.
 
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Just visited the movie mail homepage. There's nowhere mentioned that it's a steelbook. The picture is a steelbook but in the description is only blu-ray mentioned.
 
Just visited the movie mail homepage. There's nowhere mentioned that it's a steelbook. The picture is a steelbook but in the description is only blu-ray mentioned.
Arrow Video only have a steelbook Blu-ray getting a release

There is no standard amaray blu-ray release with Arrow Video so the movie mail listing is a steelbook


UK/USA is only getting a steelbook release

Arrow may decide to release an amaray version next year but for now they have only announced the steelbook version as a release
 
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If you missed out on getting the steelbook
Arrow Video are releasing the standard amaray edition on December 19th
Available to pre order now with Arrow Films and Amazon UK
 
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Apart from relying on cancellations I see no reason not to order this from Movie Mail but as has been pointed out already if MM didn't order their stock from Arrow before it "Sold out" our orders will not be fulfilled and we'll either have to pay above retail on the secondary market, buy it unsealed (shock, horror) or just wait for the Amaray release which surely can't be too far away (?) and which is as always a top class product. nearly always with reversible artwork etc.
Regarding Movie Mail: Been with them since 2010 and never had a problem but in this case I hope they haven't bitten off more than they can chew as I've tried - without success - to get what I consider to be an appropriate and helpful response about whether they are offering a product for sale that they are actually going to have in stock by release date:-
PLEASE READ NO FURTHER IF EASILY BORED

Customer message: Dear Sir or Madam,
I believe this is now "Sold Out" across the retailers (Arrow, HMV, Amazon and Zavvi) and I was wondering just how good my chances are of receiving the copy of this steelbook ordered from your good selves on the 23rdAugust ?
Yours faithfully,
ORDER ID: MM2701702

Thank you for your email
Your order of The Burning" is currently listed as a pre-order with a release date showing of the 10/10/16. This means we are waiting for the item to be released before we can send it to you. We will dispatch your order as soon as possible on the release date.
Regards,
Jonathan


Jonathan,
Can you check with your superiors that Movie Mail did order stock of THE BURNING (STEELBOOK) before it sold out everywhere else?
Even though I placed my order for this item with you I don't want to get my hopes up only to have them dashed if you cannot fulfil the order or, in other words, did Movie Mail place a stock order BEFORE it sold out ?
I trust you can see what I'm trying to say.
Nicholas

Thank you for your email.
We are expecting a release date for this product on 10/10/16. We will not have the product in stock until the release date, after which we will dispatch the item to you as soon as it is made available. As far as we are aware we are still expecting stock to arrive and be sent out as normal.
You can see on the following link that we advertise the release date as being 10/10/16:
http://www.moviemail.com/film/blu-ray/the-burning
Regards
Jonathan

Jonathan,
Thank you for your reply.
Maybe I didn't make myself clear as it looks like we may have a misunderstanding . . .
To elaborate: my concern is related to the stock of this title that you may or may not have already ordered from Arrow Films and, as I'm sure you are aware if you have not placed your stock order with Arrow Films before the stock sold out, then my order will not be worth the piece of paper on which it is printed.
Yours faithfully,

Thank you for your email.
As mentioned in our previous email, this item is available to order and will be released on 10/10/2016.
If we can help with anything else please just ask.
Regards
Joseph

Customer Service

"If we can help with anything else" LOL.
LOL you should have just ordered it when pre-order went live instead of trying to save a couple of penny's hoping the price will drop! It was only £17.99 that's a great price for Special edition steelbook of The Burning!
 
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I would be wary of Movie Mail for Arrow Video Pre Orders
There is posts on Facebook that some members did not get some previous arrow video pre orders from Movie Mail when these releases were sold out with other retailers

They got a reply they tried to order but was not available
That reply suggests they don't provide arrow with a order before release date in time
 
Yes, I'm not sure how much confidence I have in my Movie Mail order and their replies don't do anything to inspire or to help.

What I think I'll be doing is re-ordering from Zavvi as soon as they put it back up for sale (after they cancel the multiple scalper orders) . . . unless, of course, they do something iffy with the price . . .

Regarding paying full price for an Arrow steelbook: I think I can honestly say that this will be the VERY FIRST time - out of the approx. 35 Arrow steels bought previously - that I find myself forced to pay full price or more for an Arrow steelbook.
 
If you missed out on getting the steelbook
Arrow Video are releasing the standard amaray edition on December 19th
Available to pre order now with Arrow Films and Amazon UK
Thanks. But i need this steel. Hopefully some cancellation become available from zavi, if so I'll cancel my mm order and recieve a damaged copy from zavi :naughty::ohno:
 
LOL you should have just ordered it when pre-order went live instead of trying to save a couple of penny's hoping the price will drop! It was only £17.99 that's a great price for Special edition steelbook of The Burning!
couldn't agree more. Not only is this a badass steelbook, but as we all know arrow titles come packed with special features, £17.99 is a bargain imo :thumbs:
 
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I finally got around to watching this last night for the first time on DVD. It was okay. The effects for its time were good and the production was far superior to that of Sleepaway Camp. Even picked up a few faces of people that became more known over time in Hollywood. The whole time i was waiting for the killer to remove his hat and show his face to be that of Jerry Seinfeld! :hilarious:
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Ordered this release in july together with The Hills have eyes, but today received an e-mail from zavvi that the order has been cancelled due to a problem with the payment from my Paypal account. Called to Paypal, appparently the reservation period is passed after 2 months. I sent a mail to zavvi to change my payment method, not possible! Someone any experience with this problem or any idea how to solve it? Getting very annoyed from the standard helpdesk answers at zavvi....Thanks...
 
Arrow Video only have a steelbook Blu-ray getting a release

There is no standard amaray blu-ray release with Arrow Video so the movie mail listing is a steelbook



UK/USA is only getting a steelbook release

Arrow may decide to release an amaray version next year but for now they have only announced the steelbook version as a release

not really true, the keepcase version was already announced:

http://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=the burn&product_id=873

;)

edit: sorry, just noticed that your post was from a month ago... and the moviemail listing now says "steelbook".
 
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not really true, the keepcase version was already announced:

http://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=the burn&product_id=873

;)

edit: sorry, just noticed that your post was from a month ago... and the moviemail listing now says "steelbook".
Yes that post was in August and I did post the announcement about the amaray release in this thread in September ;)
If you missed out on getting the steelbook
Arrow Video are releasing the standard amaray edition on December 19th
Available to pre order now with Arrow Films and Amazon UK
 
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