Where are you buying from?

[Thomas Wood]

You've forgotten e-books.

Yes and no. No publisher will release an e-book of a new work if they feel there's a market for the actual book. The e-book field is considered more as an extra to the publishers. They make more money on one, but the volume isn't there. For example I doubt you would see the next Stephen King book go directly to e-book. He tried it himself and while he claims it was successful, the fact that he never did it again tells you it really wasn't or at best marginal.

This shut down will also affect things for quite a while after things get back to normal. Releases will be backed up and need to bump other releases. Meanwhile, nothing is being filmed now, causing further delays. I can see buying or viewing new films to be slim for quite some time.

[fatboyslim142]

To get back to the original question. I still use the same sources but since almost everything I order is new, it really doesn't make any difference since, except for some small labels who have the discs made in states that haven't shut down everything, there won't be any new discs in the foreseeable future. Same goes for books also.

You've forgotten e-books.

[Headless Body]

Bull Moose is still shipping daily now.

[Thomas Wood]

To get back to the original question. I still use the same sources but since almost everything I order is new, it really doesn't make any difference since, except for some small labels who have the discs made in states that haven't shut down everything, there won't be any new discs in the foreseeable future. Same goes for books also.

[Thomas Wood]

OK, so I e-mailed VS about this and they assured me that they have a warehouse in Canada where their discs ship from. Not sure where you got your info, but thanks for making me paranoid for no reason, haha.

This is their warehouse: https://canadaprepandfulfillment.com/

True, they ship from Canada but the packages are prepared in CT.

[Matt H.]

There seems to be some confusion over VS shipping to Canada. They (VS) package the items in CT then pass them on to a company that imports them into Canada and are then mailed from the importer in Toronto. They still come across the border and go through customs but the importer has an arrangement that customs can inspect the packages if they want but almost never does.

OK, so I e-mailed VS about this and they assured me that they have a warehouse in Canada where their discs ship from. Not sure where you got your info, but thanks for making me paranoid for no reason, haha.

[Matt H.]

There seems to be some confusion over VS shipping to Canada. They (VS) package the items in CT then pass them on to a company that imports them into Canada and are then mailed from the importer in Toronto. They still come across the border and go through customs but the importer has an arrangement that customs can inspect the packages if they want but almost never does.

No shit? That fucking blows. I'll probably never get this order then.

[Thomas Wood]

I placed an order with VS during their sale, but that's only because they have an option for it to ship within Canada. Not sure how long it's going to take, but at least it doesn't have to come across the border or customs or anything like that. I'm not going to be ordering anything from the States for the time being; I don't want to be stressing out about packages.

There seems to be some confusion over VS shipping to Canada. They (VS) package the items in CT then pass them on to a company that imports them into Canada and are then mailed from the importer in Toronto. They still come across the border and go through customs but the importer has an arrangement that customs can inspect the packages if they want but almost never does.

[Scott]

After declaring a couple weeks ago that I was strictly region 1 I finally decided dip my toes into region 2. Being able to order discs cheap from Amazon in the UK helped. Now Amazon US isn't receiving shipments from Amazon UK, grrrr. So I've been ordering from third party sellers and eBay instead, but honestly since this ramped up I've tried to curtail any unnecessary spending.

[bgart13]

Some limited choices there.

Not for me.

[Matt H.]

I'm hoping this inspires some sort of sanity from the cult labels to finally offer a download option. They've cost themselves a fuck ton of money right now.

You're not wrong.

[Dom D]

I haven't been buying discs for a long time now but right now I'm locked in and my mail box is 2 kilometres down some pretty rustic road. Not that the postie would leave a parcel in the mailbox anyway. So even if I was of a collectors mindset it would be totally impossible to get discs in. It appears to be a gold rush for people offering films over the net at the moment as Disney rushes out the new Star Wars and Frozen 2 and current movies like Bloodshot go straight to video to take advantage of all us poor bastards who are locked in. I'm hoping this inspires some sort of sanity from the cult labels to finally offer a download option. They've cost themselves a fuck ton of money right now.

[Matt H.]

I figure I'll keep an eye on Amazon, but will be relying on indie sellers from eBay and then the other online stores like Diabolik, Grindhouse Video, Deep Discount, etc. And company-direct ordering too (Code Red, Ronin Flix, Mondo Macabro, Something Weird, VinSyn, etc.). Same will go for music releases I want.

Some limited choices there.

[bgart13]

I figure I'll keep an eye on Amazon, but will be relying on indie sellers from eBay and then the other online stores like Diabolik, Grindhouse Video, Deep Discount, etc. And company-direct ordering too (Code Red, Ronin Flix, Mondo Macabro, Something Weird, VinSyn, etc.). Same will go for music releases I want.

[Matt H.]

I placed an order with VS during their sale, but that's only because they have an option for it to ship within Canada. Not sure how long it's going to take, but at least it doesn't have to come across the border or customs or anything like that. I'm not going to be ordering anything from the States for the time being; I don't want to be stressing out about packages.