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Amazon "Exclusively For Prime Members" item. Except it's not...
« on: May 03, 2016, 03:04:09 PM »
Searched Amazon for Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Blu-Ray. They have it, of course, but it's marked "Exclusively For Prime Members". Okay, I can understand they might have a deal with the distributor for exclusive retail rights, or maybe an exclusive product bundle, and are trying to make a few extra million that way.

Except it's neither a unique product bundle nor an exclusive retail agreement...

Went to the bank at lunch and counted no fewer than ten places along two miles of road where SW:TFA is available. Same BR/DVD/DC bundle at roughly the same price (within a couple bucks). WTH? They're taking a widely available title in a non-exclusive configuration and making it Prime-exclusive? Really??  ???

I'm trying to wrap my head around the logic and just can't. It's not a unique product, it's not a sooper speshulness price, and it's available at virtually every street corner. It seems a good way to take a bunch of customers and tick them off (or lose them to other online retailers like Best Buy and Walmart). What am I missing?

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Re: Amazon "Exclusively For Prime Members" item. Except it's not...
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2016, 03:20:24 PM »
I ordered the Friday before it came out on video.  Got it in the mail that Tuesday.  There was an option to pay extra to watch it online that Friday.  I wasn't in that much of a hurry. 

I agree it isn't exclusive anymore and wasn't exclusive then.  However, make sure you are ordering just the DVD/Blue Ray and not online viewing.  They mix up the options sometimes. 
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Re: Amazon "Exclusively For Prime Members" item. Except it's not...
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2016, 03:22:34 PM »
It's the DVD/BluRay/Digital Copy bundle. It's been in my cart since the day pre-orders opened.

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Re: Amazon "Exclusively For Prime Members" item. Except it's not...
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2016, 06:06:53 PM »
Aaaaaand they did it again with Captain America: Civil War. Nothing like doubling down on the fail.

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Re: Amazon "Exclusively For Prime Members" item. Except it's not...
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2016, 09:52:17 AM »
Maybe they have only a small supply to sell, and so they reserve them for prime members?
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2016, 07:00:34 PM »
Just checked Captain America, looks like preordering is reserved for Prime members. Seems like an odd thing to do.
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Re: Amazon "Exclusively For Prime Members" item. Except it's not...
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2016, 07:08:36 PM »
I wonder if you are looking at the option to get online access prior to the release of the disc.  I can't see that it is prime only, but maybe because I am a prime member.
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