Abob Teff

Blockbuster just put up a Fox promotion featuring select TV boxsets at $24.99. Includes Simpsons Seasons 1-5, Family Guy (just the first volume I beleive), and In Living Color. Will check tonight for a comprehensive list.

runner001

is this nationwide? is this for used or new, sealed sets? when does this start?

kenbenobi

Oooh, I was expecting you to list the same ol' Fox series we always see on clearance. I definitely want Simpsons 5 for that price, and am eager to see what else they have! I gotta check this out. I still have a gift card burning in my pocket from the $8 trade-ins last year...

roger_d

Do you think they will ever have that $8.00 trade in again? I have a bunch i would l like to trade in for that much money.

calhoun07

Even Ballsucker can't get this sale right. Other stores have been charing twenty bucks for some of these sets.

Gizmo

Really? Show me where I can get Simpsons Season 1-5 for $20 each.

GMLSKIS

Remember that $8 is in a gift card to only be used at Blockbuster where prices suck big time. I still have $65 from the last trade and don't know how I will ever use it. A new movie like Star Wars comes out and sells for $15 at say Best Buy while Blockbuster will wants $22, there goes the money you made on your trade in. I will never trade there again even if they bring it back some day.

peterm2

Yeah that's how I feel. I've still got $47.something left on my card doing nothing. The guy told me when I traded my stuff in that I could use the card online, but, big surprise, I can't.
The only movie I've been able to bring myself to get was Incredibles for $19 when I was on vacation and it came out.

kenbenobi

I wish! But I doubt it. That would be a nice Christmas gift indeed. I know it is only in-store credit, but you can get the occassional bargain there. For instance, Simpsons 2-5 are rarely found for $25. I'll jump all over those if my BBV has this deal...

Dabaomb

I still have like $600+ in credit.

jeffrey r

Wow. Just out of curiousity, what are you waiting for to spur you to spend some of the credit? I have a store a couple of blocks from me on the upper west side and I had no problem using my $200 in credit fairly quickly. I bought a bunch of pre-viewed's at around $7-$10 a pop, and then some new DVD's. Didn't want the credit hanging over me for too long.

Neuman

I had a few hundred dollars in credit too, and I couldn't use my gift card online either. I had them transfer the credit onto my account, and then transfer it back onto a card that I could use on the internet.

DJ_Longfellow

I have a GAMERUSH at my blockbuster, so my credit supports my gaming habit

Dabaomb

I use it on the 3 for $25 pre-viewed sales but there's not a lot I want there.

I started out with like $1400 in credit or something like that.

Jah-Wren Ryel

I'm still around at about the level. Since getting the credits I have bought like 3 discs at BBV. My intent was to double-down on some good PVD deals, but this 3/$25 is crap, I was really looking for B1G1F but I don't think that sale has been back for more than a year. In the meantime, the just expired HWV B1G1F coupon kept my average costs under $6 per movie, another disincentive to shopping at BBV.

Tarantino

So back to this deal, is this applicable to all Blockbusters? Is there a length that the sets will be this price?

= J

aspects

I checked my local Blockbuster last night and of the Simpsons seasons they only had Seasons 4 and 5. They were both priced for $39.99. I did not check Family Guy because I own it and I do not care about In Living Color.

dvd-fanman

Is the newest season of In Living Color, Season 4 included in this as well?

BlockbusterDude

Back to one of the original questions.... Where in the US has this sale been seen and what are the price differences across the country???

The Monkees

I work at Blockbuster and believe me, this will NEVER EVER come back. Blockbuster is going down soooo fast it's unbelievable!

Mark my words, Blockbuster will probably be gone by the end of 2006 or beginning of 2007

shawagg

Hey Monkee since you work at BB any idea if these prices are national and exactly what is on sale?

Abob Teff

Sorry guys, I've been burning some vacation time so I haven't gotten the complete list (I think that I did get them all the first time, but I'm not positive) . . . but to answer a few questions:

The sale was in our MAP (our weekly merchandising standards if you will) last week. So it should be at all (corporate anyway) stores.

Stores are supposed to have a sign that sits atop the boxset case announcing the sale, but to my knowledge nobody has received the sign yet. There was no other form of price change notification, so I can just about guarantee that no stores changed the price tags (and most stores probably don't even know about the sale since the Monday night closer is usually the only one who ever bothers to look at the MAP) -- which really, you shouldn't change the price tags for a sale (yet some people do).

runner001

so basically we should just grab a few sets and have them scan it to verify if

1) the store has them on sale
2) which specific sets are on sale

correct?

also, these are for NEW boxsets? are they even located where we can pick them up or are they behind the counter/glass?

Peep

Least informative bargain topic ever.

shawagg

The sets are ussually behind glass and the clerks get pretty snippy if you ask them to get it out just to PC.

I just want to know if:
-Simpson's s6
-In Living Color s4