Its probably a lost hope , considering the high recommendation and popularity of the ADVs, but its worth a try. Nope dont have an ebay or amazon account, and slightly hesitant about starting one but.... do have Universal's 12 disc BOTP complete series box set of entire 85 episodes. Swapsies for these elusive ADV's? If not, any suggestions how to procure, buy or steal said ADV's without having to go to Amazon or ebay myself?? Whimpersniff.....

Imi, try overstock.com. I got a bunch of the ADVs there super cheap. just make sure you buy the COLLECTIONS (not the volumes).

Imi darling dearest, I am surprised that an old internet hand such as yourself has not yet ventured into the world of Amazon and Ebay!. Its simple and easy and a hell of a lot more secure then it used to be. Just remember one thing! Never EVER respond to emails from Amazon or Ebay that you were not EXPECTING! Apart from that your pretty much safe *grinwink*

Assuming you're in the States, you can also check retail stores like Best Buy and Suncoast, both of which carried the box sets. Best Buy clearanced them out a couple of months back, so there's a good chance that you won't find them there. Suncoast usually still has them, though they're still at full retail price, not a discounted price like you can find through most online shops. James

*tremblyhalfsmile..* ok. if you say so, ill try to make an attempt but will so like to check out overstock.com as well . Thanks for advice on collections and site lola!

www.dvdboxoffice.com is based in Canada I think, and has free airmail worldwide. Not sure how the prices work out since I am too tired to do that kind of maths in my head.

Careful. I bought ADV's first box for my brother from www.deepdiscountdvc.com, or something similar. Great price, even after converting to Canadian money. Still good after shipping costs. Then it got stuck at the border for weeks and got additional duty added. End result, saved $2 and got four weeks aggravation. I've heard, though, that they're quite good for within the US. Definitely worth signing up for ADV's newsletter, www.advfilms.com. Every few months they have a huge sale, and you can buy the entire set for half the price. (Great discount on 1st disc, less on final, averaged to half price.) They shipped to Canada just fine.

I've never bought anything from deepdiscountdvd, but I have bought from dvdboxoffice. It's always worth checking for extra import duty before ordering. I made sure to keep my orders below the amount where UK import duty starts (having had a bad experience buying cels from the US over that amount). I bought my ADV dvds from a reseller on amazon.co.uk, where they were shipped in from germany rather than the US, meaning that I didn't have to pay any import duty on them.

Imi, I didn't realize that you were in Canada! As someone who remembers the days of cross-border shopping all too well, I feel your pain. Overstock.com seems to only have the volumes now... those are the individual discs without the extras discs. Go to www.dvdpricesearch.com and type in 'Gatchaman Collection'. That will give you the best prices on each item. It seems that DVD Pacific has the best prices right now. http://www.dvdpacific.com/search.asp?title=gatchaman+collection Of course, you'll pay for the lower prices in the shipping, but at least it's FedEx and guaranteed in 2-4 days. Make sure you adjust their prices to print out in CAD.

psst Imi's from Oz

Originally posted by Cep psst Imi's from Oz

Ah... I'm just all confused, then....

What's even more fun is that EST means Eastern Standard Time on both continents. 16 hours difference on a full moon and neep tide.

Originally posted by imaqtz *tremblyhalfsmile..* ok. if you say so, ill try to make an attempt but will so like to check out overstock.com as well . Thanks for advice on collections and site lola !

ummm...you're welcome?

Originally posted by Transmute Jun

Originally posted by Cep psst Imi's from Oz

Ah... I'm just all confused, then....

That's okay. It'll all sink in sooner or later. I thought a few posters were men when they were really woman. It took awhile form me to also learn everyone's different usernames on the different boards. I've only had two Lolabella and Zeta Cruz for RP-ing. I wonder if Cep can put our location from the User CP underneath our names?

I sure can

Originally posted by Lolabella That's okay. It'll all sink in sooner or later. I thought a few posters were men when they were really woman. It took awhile form me to also learn everyone's different usernames on the different boards. I've only had two Lolabella and Zeta Cruz for RP-ing.

I hear you on the different names! I'm trying to stick with Transmute Jun for all things Gatch related. I think that helps, somewhat.

I'm one of those crazy posters that have a different one for each site.... So far I haven't been two people on a site..

I am actually Cep or Cepeleon pretty much everywhere on the net

lol! And Im sorry I got Transmute Jun confused with Lola! Hey! Blame it on Metaliants Special Cuppa..(well thats the story and im sticking with it! *grin* so thanks TJ! As for time diffs and locations, well hey Im confused where I am most of the time, tho its surprising my Aussie Accent didnt give me away! *grin* And please dont even mention the gender confusion we can have on here on the site. Blame it on names and avatars and the constant "role-playing " of our personas on nearly every thread we walk into! I had strippedsearched Cep and Metaliant to make sure of their manliness! ( of course all done without their knowledge while they were sleeping *evil grin*) As for diff sign on names, I wont budge from here, as I nearly went out of my mind and into crazed overload net addiction years ago when I did venture into other gatch fandoms. so I wont ever have a prob being recognised as just Imi/Imaqtz/condor. Heck its bad enough trying to deal with personas and near schitzophrenia in here to even try to deal with diff sign on names! So hats off to you G-girl! As for Cep..hmm...are you sure you only stuck to your name only? Im pretty sure I saw you sign on as "manintrenchcoat" on some porno site...

Imi I think it's the multiple pesonnalities inside that each want to be heard.... Still must say my Condor side has totally began to take over... just ask TJ and Springie...

Grin. I can imagine! lol! Ah yes,,I recall the times my condor side overtook me at the weirdest places, like driving my kids to school at neckbreak speed yelling at my watch to birdgo cursing a mean streak as to why my '89 camry stationwagon wasnt transmuting into the g2 sleek condormobile! And heaven help the hapless person who tells me to ever wait in a queue! and yes hon I dont have to imagine the RP's you guys would be endlessly playing on MSN. Many brilliantly written fanfics have been created this way! You go girl! Give 'em hell I say! Its a damn Condor's duty to do so! Grin!!

Imi have you checked out ebay lately??? I was there yesterday and they had the whole set for around a hundred.... but that was not the box sets..... Also they do have some of the box sets too.... May want to look into it if your interested.... Hope you get what ya want...

ooh! Thanks! checking out now!

Darn it. only Disc 2 Box set and Disc 3. I know beggars cant be choosers but I will keep my eye out for the 3 disc box set .. Thanks for the heads up however...Awesome pick up and keen eye G Girl! You definately have the Condor surveillance thing down pat!

Thanks... not sure if you would want to jump on the whole 18dvd set or not... or it may not have even been a listing when you looked...

Here's a seller who has the first 6 box sets on eBay. The auctions for them end on the 29th, and the seller will ship worldwide. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZgandjenterprise I hope this helps! James

Cool deal James.... hope Imi see's it in time....

Just saw it. whoever this lamarra person is., they are one smooth customer. They shot the price from $7 to $9 for the fist box collection and the 2nd collection is sitting at $17! And there are still 2 days to go. Watch how it will shoot up in price in the last 30 mins of this auction! Nah,I dont even have an ebay account and the conversion from US to Aus dollars is gonna do my head in. Im going to save my pennies and check out Kings comics or sidle up to some kid that goes to the Sydney University Anime Society, and see what they can come up with. With postage and handling costs, I think it a far easier deal at much the same price to just see if I can score the DVD's Down Under. wont stop me from checking out how this auction is gonna end!

Ah, I see, you want them cheap and local. Well, to be fair, isn't that we all want? Well, it may not help with the local part, but the earlier suggestions of waiting until ADV has one of their sales might be the best way for the cheap part. Since they usually hold their sales around holidays, I'd guess their next one will be at the end of May, which is Memorial Day weekend here in the States. I don't know if they ship outside the U.S., but if they don't, you'll can probably find someone up here who can act as the middleman to get the discs from ADV to you. James

Blink? Blink? *huge Grin* Tatsunokofan!! Missed ya and your amazing inside information! ok..so wait till Memorial Day weekend at the end of May and see if I can find middleman to get discs for me!! Yes! That sounds like an even better plan and time to score those ADV's. Well its how I scored the BOTP box set that only came out in the UK a couple of years ago! Through the help of FB ( a member here) was able to telegraphically transfer money from Aus bank to Uk bank and within 10 days it was in my hands! Ok will sooo be on the lookout for this sale. Thanks for your precious advice Tatsunoko! *hugest Grin*!

I used to have a chart just to keep it all figured out. Been a few blunders knowing when I wasn't supposed to, and vice versa. Very confusing.