Problem is, virtually NOBODY in the DVD distribution end of the biz pays up front. (And, to be honest, it's because the distributors have trouble collecting from the large bricks-and-mortar chains like GVA, Goalie, etc.)

We've been lucky in that we have always gotten paid by MP. However, I think every distributor on the planet is slow pay at least some of the time, and more than a few are mostly "no-pay"