Nov 19
Surprise Surprise
At least a small part of me expected to be starting this post with something like “The epic continues…” but instead I have great news to report. This morning I decided to take action and put things back under my own control, so at 8am I headed off down to London. Two hours later I was picking up 3 boxes of DVD’s from a clearly overworked office! As I looked upon the DVD for the first time I was filled with a host of emotions, but all positive. I was most definitely impressed with how it’s turned out in both visual and tactile terms. It’s really good and so I can’t do anything but thank the DVD manufacturers for that. I stopped only for long enough to load them all in the boot, then jumped back in the car and headed back up to Derby.Once home I headed to a separate wing of unclesomebody’s offices, otherwise known as my gran’s house.
I was somewhat worried about the postal cost, as I’d been working on the lower of my estimates when I priced the DVD, but then found out that the DVD+envelope may well weigh over 100g. The difference between 100g and 101g is 50% of the cost, and that was something I hadn’t accounted for. This is why I had hand written every single envelope, because I didn’t want to risk a label adding even 1 gram to the overall weight! It was a good thing I did take all precautions, because when I put the envelope on the scales they maxed out at 100g. I couldn’t believe how lucky I’d been!
Now, I really want to thank the wonderful ladies at my local post office. I walked in there and told them I had about 250 DVD’s to send, and they didn’t even bat an eyelid. She gave me a whole sheet of airmail stickers, customs labels, and even lent me her “small packages” stamp. I headed back to HQ and packaged all the DVD’s, then back down to the post office where the 3 members of staff formed a production line with my DVD’s, each of them sticking on a different stamp! Local post office services in the UK are truly amazing, and even though the royal mail as a single breathing organism has major problems, the staff in these local offices really provide a wonderful service! One of them even bought a DVD!
So, everyone in the UK should be getting their DVD in the morning as they were all posted first class. Those in Europe can expect anything from 2 days to never arriving, depending on how lucky you are! Everybody who placed an order before 8am this morning has had their DVD despatched, and those who ordered today will have there’s sent tomorrow. From now on, all DVD’s will be sent the day after the order is placed. Also, the price of the DVD and HD download option will be going up to £19 as of tomorrow. I’m leaving it for 1 more day so people that perhaps put off ordering due to the pre—order can take advantage of the introductory offer.
I just want to thank everyone who has placed an order for showing plenty of patience, and I really hope you feel as though the wait was worth it and are pleasantly surprised when you tear open the envelope! Enjoy my friends!
November 19th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Wow, already 250 DVD-s sold ? How many were printed ?
November 19th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I’m glad it has all worked out for you, I’m looking forward to seeing it. Best if luck
November 19th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Fantastic effort all-’round. Great movie, amazing effort and brilliant blog. It’s how climbing movies should be.
Had to download the movie but might also purchase DVD just to show my appreciation.
Looking forward to the next movie already!
November 19th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
YEAH!!!
November 19th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Just saw the rest of the movie tonight, first half was relly great and second half is even better! Really fresh mood in this movie that i didn’t find in any other climbing dvd. For this movie i esitated for about 5min, i would buy the next film eyes closed.
Greetings from belgium!
November 20th, 2009 at 5:13 am
What about the States? 1 week?
November 20th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Woah
Great news Keith.
Can’t wait to get my claws into it
Glad everything worked out as you planned it!
Cheers,
Marv
November 20th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Awesome, amazing effort man. Can’t wait to see it, the wait will of course be worth it.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Great news Keith. Will be taking the DVD away to Sardinia for recreational viewing.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Amazing just received dvd from posty, wonder if I could get away with watching at work
November 20th, 2009 at 10:48 am
States will be between 2-5 days, according to the post office.
November 20th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Yay! Mine is here, can’t wait to watch.
Many thanks for all your efforts getting them out ASAP, you (and the lovely PO ladies) did good. x
November 20th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Heyyyy.. Well done you.. My copy is here & it looks great.. loving the artwork.. Have decided I now want the superpower of speed so I can get my chores done superquick & settle down with a cuppa & the remote.. Can’t wait to watch it!! xx
November 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
It’s a good job mine’s turned up. You’ve narrowly avoided a smashed face young man.
November 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
ha ha ha. If only the big man had ordered one! Hope you enjoy is Jasper.
November 20th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
If it’s half as good as the reviews then I’m certain I wont be disappointed.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Arrived this morning, watched it straight away. Great film and loved the outtakes. The Daim sweet was a nice bonus too
November 20th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Just wanted to say thankyou for your efforts and the sweet. I only have one criticism of the film and that is I was supposed to be having a rest day but now i’m going to have to train on my board… Good luck with future projects.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:01 am
Damn it! I can’t wait! 2-5 days. I refuse to watch the trailer. From what I’ve read, I don’t think I will be disappointed. Thank you for such an effort. And thank you for making a film that doesn’t remind me of every other climbing film out there (e.g. BigUps).
November 21st, 2009 at 7:19 am
I’ve watched the HD version four times. Eacj one is better than the one before !
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Just watched DVD awesome job, glad I got the download too as couldn’t of waited this long!! Enjoyed the extras, on a trainspotter note; what is the cool looking prow prob in the extras that the dready guy climbs?
November 27th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Thanks for the Daim Keith…
Iso