On Apr 16, 5:25 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > I had it happen a few times. Release dates for media are usually on > Tuesdays, so some orders that use ground shipping or the old fashioned > USPS can be shipped a few days early in order to ensure delivery on > time. Since Saturday delieveries are being reduced and nobody deleivrs > on Sundays, sometimes the stuff arrives early. Having worked as a > manager at Barnes & Noble for a year, it annoyed me that I'd receive a > DVD or CD I'd really want into the store on a Friday or Saturday but I > wouldn't be able to buy it until Tuesday.
There was a CD/DVD store near me that made available for sale product as it arrived. Many times I bought a DVD set there on the Thursday before the following Tuesday release date. Unfortunately, the place closed down in '08. > > I wish more people would discover Ernie Kovacs. He was instrumental in > making television into more than just radio with pictures. He made the > visuals matter, and he experimented with the medium, paving the way > for a whole new creative art form. He does not get nearly enough > credit for his contribution. I posted this in the afl earlier today: Beginning the many testimonials in the included booklet is this: "Ernie Kovacs knew exactly what to do with television before television knew what to do with itself. It's 60 years later, and we still haven't caught up." -- Dave Letterman > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:15 PM, donz5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps a month or so ago, BH clued me into placing a pre-release > > order directly with Shout Factory for the upcoming release of "The > > Ernie Kovacs Collection." A purchase from them also got you a bonus > > DVD, "Buried Treasures." > > > The release date is this coming Tuesday, April 19, but both BH and I > > received our separate purchases in the mail today (he in Iowa, me in > > NYC). > > > Does that happen a lot -- pre-release orders arriving before their > > announced release date? > > > -- > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
