First, thanks to everyone for sharing their opinions on this idea. I'd also like thank Midnite for taking the time to clarify some of the questions regarding the club agreement. I'll try to tackle some of the other questions that have arisen now...
The reason we state that the titles are not for resale is that we needed to add that language to exclude commercial accounts from obtaining exclusive club merchandise & marking that up for resale. On price, remember we also have to sell other MPI titles through the major retailers, so if we compete with them directly on a price basis, that could harm the relationship. I'd love it if we could always undercut their prices & provide the best deal, but sometimes that just isn't possible due to agreements. By structuring the offer in this fashion, technically customers would be buying their Collections at full price, so it's not a direct pricing competition with them since the 6th Collection would be a "free premium".
As for distribution...we will make the series available to club members initially...some of you have taken note of the way we phrased that. While we have no plans for retail distribution at this time, that does not necessarily mean that the title will never be available in retail outlets. It will remain a club exclusive for a while after its release to make sure DVD Club members' benefits are protected though...
Hope that answers some of your questions/concerns...if you have any more, please feel free to ask them & I will do my best to address them...