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snooper
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19 Posts
6/03
Posted - Jan 27 2005 : 1:43PM
I noticed this a long while back, and checked again on it recently:

In the '90s when the first porn DVDs were coming out, everything was $20 and up. In 2000 most porn DVDs were still in the $20 range, and now here in 2005 I notice that both new DVD productions, and "'80s classics" converted to DVD, are STILL $20 or more!

My question then would be where do these DVD sellers get off still charging us $20 or more for 10 and (in the case of "'80s classics") 20 year old flicks?!

In the regular R-rated DVD world, old movies go into the $5 bin at the local Boxmart, so why aren't old adult titles at least $10 a pop? (And I don't mean the crummy compilation ones, either.) Seems like a huge gyp to me. When will the DVD porn price ever change? 2010? It doesn't look like it!


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Posted - Jan 27 2005 : 1:49PM
snooper - there are thousands of DVDs available for less than $10 and plenty for less than $5 - not just comps. we track pricing at adultdvdpriceguide.com - you can see how prices fluctuate.

look at bargain watch for some fantastic deals on titles from top studios.

check out our alert system to be notified when the titles you want are less than a certain price.

oatmeal
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Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Jan 27 2005 : 2:10PM
Steph you need to promote those features more, I never knew they existed. Put them in bold in the nav bar on the left?
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Posted - Jan 27 2005 : 2:55PM
oat - you're right. though alerts are on every price search results page and every review. and bargain watch is generally in the center of the homepage. i might do some dynamic stuff with the nav bar at some point to highlight different features of our site. or maybe i'll do something on the homepage. i'll think on it...

as far as priceguide - i would think only industry people care

lindi
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3205 Posts
9/02
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 1:35AM
There are also a lot of under $10 classics on the Recommended Bargains page. Between that page and the Bargain Watch page, I note movies under $10 in the Devil in Miss Jones series, the New Wave Hookers series, movies by Michael Ninn, Paul Thomas and Andrew Blake, etc.

I noted also that a bunch of John Leslie movies that were on my wish list about two years ago at a minimum of $16, are now as low as $9 (The Tease, Hate To See You Go, Curse of the Catwoman, The Chameleon) as is also the case with The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann.

 
snooper
Member

19 Posts
6/03
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 1:20PM
Good to see that a few classics and some decent John Leslie stuff have finally gotten more around the $10 level.

But you know what I'm getting at - they're few and far between, compared to the thousands of titles that are out there. Such bargains are rare, assuming you can always hunt them down - but they shouldn't have to be rare in the first place.

In other words, in 2005 I shouldn't have to be forced to drop down $20 for a DVD of a John Stagliano movie from 1995. Nobody should.

MLyons
Senior Member

1617 Posts
8/02
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 1:50PM
I don't understand the complaint. It's supply and demand. Maybe Evil Angel's got it wrong, but I'd sooner plunk down $20 for an old John Stagliano title from 1995 than I would the latest and greatest 2 Disc, Collector's Edition of Crap from Red Light District...

Maybe that's just me. I'm all for bargains, of course, and for getting the best price possible on a DVD, but one thing seems certain, porn's economic models don't necessarily follow those of mainstream--especially in terms of volume. I'm not sure it's useful to compare the two in this way.

Places like ADT have really made an impact on keeping porn prices down. You should have seen the way things were not too many years ago...

Edited by - MLyons on 1/28/2005 1:52:13 PM

TonyC
Comstock Films

2523 Posts
8/03
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 2:36PM
Forced? Buddy, you've got issues.

-T.C.

phatbasey
Senior Member

1390 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 3:33PM
I hope this is on the same theme. But it makes me wonder how Adult Bookstores stay in business charging as much as 2 1/2 times the amount for a DVD. I have seen the Virtual Sex titles for as much as $75! I never buy any movies in stores anymore, although I do want to support them I go in and buy AVN or other merchandise. Are people that afraid of buying by mail? That their wife will see the VISA charge? Is it that much easier to buy at a store?
CG_Gurl80
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Sexy Bitches
486 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 11:34PM
I concur, adult bookstores charge ridiculous amounts for movies that you can buy online for half price or less. Thankfully, we have great sites like ADT and ADM that help us find the best deals possible while allowing us to maintain discretion. For some people, it is really that hard to receive stuff by mail and it's unfortunate because of the implications of having to buy your product at such exorbitant prices. For those of us fortunate enough to be able to take advantage of the great deals available online, the due diligence makes it very worthwhile.

Cheers to Adult DVD Talk,AdultDVDMarketplace and BushDVD for their assiduosness. You all deserve much approbation and a pat on the back.

petemurphy
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226 Posts
8/01
Posted - Jan 30 2005 : 5:07PM
I'll second that pat on the back.

THANKS, ADT!

Bill All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jan 30 2005 : 6:37PM
Evil Angel is the one company, that I know of, that has never reduced the prices of their older titles to "catalog" prices. That's how they sold VHS. That's how they sell DVD's. But why should they cut their prices? Their old titles still sell as well as the titles that are only a few months old.

Walk into any adult video store and you are bound to see an "Evil Angel" section in that store. That section will be with as many older titles as newer ones. Why? Because they continue to be top sellers for the video stores at full price. There is no logical reason for them to cut the price of their older titles

oatmeal
Meat Popsicle

Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Jan 30 2005 : 7:24PM
I've found Online prices aren't too bad, especially if you live in the USA. If a merchant is really aggressive and wants to move stock they'll have sales or coupons.

My local Porn shop has incredibly inflated prices, about $35US a DVD. I even saw one shop that had DVDs up around $60US, you've never seen me turn around so fast (except for when I'm doing my John Travolta)

Try going into an HMV and see what they're charging for some of their older CDs... more than most porn DVDs, now there's a bunch of criminals.

a beautiful mind
Member

94 Posts
11/03
Posted - Feb 1 2005 : 11:33AM
Although I have a few Evil Angel titles in my library. I too find their dvds to be rather expensive. I understand supply and demand, yet it wouldn't hurt to have an annual sale.

I recently brought Evil Angel's Black Girls Get Nasty Too because I found it listed for $24.99, yet hot titles such as Invasian and Ass Worship 6 are rentals for the moment. Until the prices drop at my favorite online retail stores.

And MLyons it's not about plunking down $20. How about $30 dollars or more?

I totally agree though no one is forcing anyone to purchase Evil Angel product.

And yes thank goodness for ADT and its wonderful reviewers.

Note: I'm waiting for quite a few companies to have a sale just not Evil Angel. I do not want to give the impression Evil Angel is Evil or is the only porn company with higher prices neither is the case.

Empire Man
AdultDVDEmpire.com

165 Posts
12/00
Posted - Feb 2 2005 : 4:58PM
I appluad Evil Angel for standing by the quality of their product. They know they have good stuff, so why sell it for nothing? Anyone can start up a company and sell their DVDs for a few bucks less than the other guys, but then thats all you've got - lower priced product, not better product.
 
phatbasey
Senior Member

1390 Posts
1/05
Posted - Feb 4 2005 : 2:57AM
I agree that cheaper DVDs usually equals cheaper product point, but still have to agree with the majority of consumers, when they say they want to see major studios drop thier prices for older films. I believe that those movies that are new should be at the highest price point to captalize on the consumers who can't wait for Star X's latest movie,but there should be a reasonable drop off time. For the love of god, I have been waiting for what two years? to see "The Fashionistas" but the price point is still unreasonable to purchase.
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