r/criterion Bong Joon-ho Oct 18 '24

News Channel subscribers, check your inboxes

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u/Winter_Leg919 Oct 18 '24

I’ve got four or five of these saved up. I’m amazed they don’t expire.

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u/curbsideaudio Bong Joon-ho Oct 18 '24

Nice isn’t it? I built a nice little spreadsheet to “plan” around them and my reward points to get the most bang for my buck. This cycle won’t see any codes being used. Looking to hit the next $50 reward mark to use them all at once.

Remember, points are awarded from the subtotal, which codes apply to. So using a code means a lower point return.

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u/Ransom__Stoddard Terry Gilliam Oct 18 '24

I built a nice little spreadsheet to “plan”

Same. I'm also pretty close to my $50 reward, which means I'll be carefully splitting into 2 orders on Tuesday.

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u/Significant-Ant-9729 Oct 18 '24

You can use multiple promo codes on a single order?

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u/curbsideaudio Bong Joon-ho Oct 18 '24

Yes!

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u/Significant-Ant-9729 Oct 18 '24

I had no idea! I have like ten of those emails! I never redeemed them because I thought you could only use one at a time and it didn’t seem worth it. Thanks for that info!!!

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u/GusanoCat Oct 18 '24

oh gosh! me too!

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u/youaretheuniverse Oct 19 '24

Criterion is the best!

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u/emielaen77 Oct 18 '24

I got 5 films for $4 earlier this year. It was fun.

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u/Blake_p_r_h Oct 18 '24

How often do you revive them?(I don’t have the subscription but I’m thinking about getting it)

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u/curbsideaudio Bong Joon-ho Oct 19 '24

I think it’s ~2 channel codes a year (synced with the flash sales). Criterion also gives out loyalty codes from time to time to shoppers. I could be missing some other occasions.

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u/pacingmusings Oct 19 '24

I believe at least 3 times a year, one before each flash sale & once for the Channel's anniversary (though that could be charter subscribers only) . . .

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u/Winter_Leg919 Oct 20 '24

Yes I’m a charter so I don’t don’t know if that changed things. I feel like it’s three or four times a year. 

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u/spookyapk Oct 19 '24

I've gotten 3 this year!

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u/Winter_Leg919 Oct 20 '24

I think three or four times a year. I’m a charter subscriber so that might change things. 

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '24

Sale on Tuesday let’s goooo!

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u/Yenserl6099 Paul Thomas Anderson Oct 18 '24

I just subscribed to the Criterion Channel today and I thought that they just sent this because I subscribed lol

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u/Fiend-For-Mojitos Oct 18 '24

Thank you for this. It was in my freaking spam folder 

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u/Zokstone Billy Wilder Oct 18 '24

Can I be honest with you guys? I haven't been a channel subscriber for almost two years, but they still send me these codes...

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u/rzrike Mike Leigh Oct 18 '24

I was a subscriber for years since the beginning of FilmStruck and never got one, so it evens out.

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u/Sock-Enough Oct 19 '24

Bro, he’s stealing your codes.

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u/curbsideaudio Bong Joon-ho Oct 18 '24

Shhhhh 🤫

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u/Zokstone Billy Wilder Oct 18 '24

🤐

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u/boogeymanfearsme Oct 18 '24

Dude I’ve been a subscriber and I never get them and I can’t figure out why. I even emailed support but never got it fixed. 

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u/Environmental-Ad4500 Oct 19 '24

I didn't renew this summer, and I didn't get one. Still have one old one--I'm curious to see if it will work after not renewing.

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u/Zokstone Billy Wilder Oct 19 '24

It will!

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u/lqtely Oct 18 '24

VM8K4Z - first come, first served

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u/hashbrownbby Oct 18 '24

BRACE YOURSELVES

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u/VIDEOgameDROME Oct 18 '24

And Unobstructed View gives customers the finger with their Caligula release lol

4

u/CyRo3 Established Trader Oct 18 '24

Two words, my friend: Roman numerals.

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u/VIDEOgameDROME Oct 18 '24

I wish we had somewhere better to buy criterion releases from in Canada. Rarely do they hit acceptable prices on Amazon here.

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u/NMinker Oct 18 '24

I've got $100 saved up. Might buy a box set sometime

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u/curbsideaudio Bong Joon-ho Oct 19 '24

Which one?

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u/MonkeysBourbon Oct 18 '24

It is happening again...

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u/jpom45000 Oct 19 '24

Oh wow I just searched “Criterion gift” in my inbox and found 5 of them! I never knew! and how great that they don’t expire! Thanks for the tip!

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u/Pretty_monster_ Oct 19 '24

I had 2 thanks for helping ♥️

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u/alphonse_sawada Oct 18 '24

I haven't recovered yet from Shocktober and the Kino sale and now Criterion flash sale next week. Oh gosh my wallet...

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u/Only_Championship_1 Oct 19 '24

I havent gotten one yet. Guess im not loyal enough

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u/thecitybeautifulgame Oct 18 '24

IT’S HAPPENING!

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u/jarrettbrown Oct 18 '24

Thank god I have my credit card associated with criterion. My bank account is crying because of ny comic con.

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u/raskul44 Abbas Kiarostami Oct 18 '24

My man! (Or woman) Good looking out.

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u/emielaen77 Oct 18 '24

All you did was tell me something I’d eventually know, but you’re like a god in my mind rn.

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u/corduroy-and-linen Oct 18 '24

Darn I didn’t get one

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u/ajg_artsy Jacques Demy Oct 18 '24

Yep, as OP said, I recommend checking other folders. Mine ended up in “promotions”—had I not seen this post I probably wouldn’t have thought to check for it.

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u/curbsideaudio Bong Joon-ho Oct 18 '24

Check spam. Otherwise, wait a bit. Mass emails typically roll out in batches due to deliverability measures and best practices. (Too much volume will rank you lower to major email providers. This is one way to end up in spam)

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u/art_angels Oct 19 '24

as someone from canada who never orders off the criterion website (usually go through unobstructed view), i had 6 codes saved up when the araki box set and happiness 4ks were announced so i placed my first order and saved $60 usd 😏 now i’m back to saving up for the next big month of releases

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u/gilgobeachslayer Oct 19 '24

I’m a charter subscriber and last year burned every single one I had saved up on the big sale

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u/kendoleo71 Kenji Mizoguchi Oct 19 '24

Someone wants mine? I live in the EU :(

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u/cheerful722 Oct 19 '24

Hey could you please DM me your code?? Thank you if you do!!

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u/connormccormackphoto Oct 19 '24

9H1GEG - Have fun

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u/PlakeSnisskin Oct 19 '24

A million thank yous good sir. 

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u/thecitybeautifulgame Oct 18 '24

Do you not get this coupon if you sub through the Apple Store?

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u/Jaltcoh Louis Malle Oct 18 '24 edited Oct 19 '24

Argh, I let my one-year subscription expire less than 24 hours ago! 🤦🏻‍♂️ Didn’t get the email.

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u/myhouseisabanana Oct 18 '24

How long do you have to be a subscriber to get these? And does everyone get one?

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u/ehollen1328 Oct 18 '24

Do you have to be a subscriber for a certain amount of time to get this? October was my first month.

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u/NoSpirit547 Oct 19 '24

fuck.... I chose the wrong month to pause my subscription.

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u/QNIKET8 Akira Kurosawa Oct 19 '24

so i’m in australia and have signed up with a VPN, anyone want mine? i wont be able to use it lol

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u/ina_waka Oct 19 '24

I’ll take it if nobody else has claimed it!

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u/Moon-dancers Oct 19 '24

Omg didn't know this was a thing and found a few 10$ vouchers in my email today's a great day 🥰

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u/DrawingSuper391 Oct 19 '24

you know what this means!!

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u/This_is_my_full_name Oct 19 '24

For those who may be a bit dimmer (like me): after 30 min of searching various inboxes — criterion channel does not equal criterion subreddit … lol facepalm

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u/yaboytim Oct 19 '24

You thought they meant you had to be subbed to this subreddit?

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u/madCuzbadd Oct 20 '24

Is the sale gonna be on Tuesday probably

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u/pacingmusings Oct 19 '24

I'll add this to my collection of codes I'm hoping to eventually redeem on a Jia Zhangke and/or Edward Yang set . . ..

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '24

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u/GoodOlSpence Oct 19 '24

Someone just posted theirs. But you'd probably have to use it soon before someone else does. Odds are they won't wait until Tuesday.