JiM T

Thanks so much, worked like a charm! I ended up going with 3 $39.99 titles, which means only $5/$50 works. I've done that combo many times, and have yet to meet resistance at this particular store. Anyhow, the prompt reply is much appreciated!

hariseldon

15% Coupon 11/3-11/67

Store Coupon 5W1561 and Online Coupon AUTUMN15

This coupon is valid at BN.com from November 3, 2016 at 12:01am to November 7, 2016 at 2:59am Eastern Time, and at Barnes & Noble stores from November 3, 2016 to November 6, 2016 at close of business.

Kevy

Is this a one time use in-store for us with memberships or
is this a multiple use (ymmv) as long as the cashier keeps
letting you use it?

And are all the 20 percent member coupons that just came out
today unique one time use codes or are they multiple use (ymmv)?

Thanks in advance for any info on two coupons that came out today.

EinCB

So no coupons work for the Criterion Collection now?

Lipid

Looks like barnes & noble wants to go out of business. I understand they lost profit on these sales, but profit is still profit. If they eliminate the coupons, no one has a reason to step foot in the store. We'd all just wait for the criterion flash sale or amazon sales. Not sure what they're thinking.

Kevy

I was looking thru the small print on 7 different in store coupons I
currently have. 2 snail mail 20's, 1 store anniversary 20, 1 member
20, 3 non-member 15's and I noticed the following. That only two of
the store coupons (the 1 member 20 and the 1 non-member 15 that
showed up in my e-mail on 11-3-16 that are good thru 11-06-16 are
the only two that have excludes criterion collection in the small print.
The other five do not have that in the small print.

If any clerks try to say no coupons at all. They need to be shown the
small print. Only two different coupons put criterion collection in the
excludes list (it's inserted right after rosetta stone steries). All other
in-store coupons DO NOT have it on the excludes list.

jjcool

Why would Barnes & Noble excluding coupons on something that is a minuscule portion of their total sales, drive them to go out of business? That has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have read in a while.

EinCB

Since coupons no longer work, it'd be cheaper for me to order online, correct? No need to waste money going to the store.

hariseldon

If you don't think your store would accept those coupons that are available and you aren't a member then you might as well order online.

There is a 15% Cart coupon that went active a bit ago I was hoping might be able to use the workaround, but BN seems to have flipped that switch immediately rather than fixing it a bit later.

Take 15% Off $50 or More
BNNOV125 -- expires ?? 11/10 2:59am ET. Criterions/Preorder don;t work directly or as an add-on

DVDHound

Got two 20% coupons and a 15% via email. The coupons exclude Criterions but I didn't notice it. Printed them down and presented them at my local brick and mortar yesterday with no problem. Maybe the clerk wasn't aware of the exclusion but the register honored the coupons.

Classic Films

From reading the latest coupon restrictions it sounds like Criterions will no longer be discounted with coupons even when there is not a 50% off sale. There are other items excluded from coupons that are not currently discounted. Probably coming from Criterion, not B&N. So coupons probably won't work during 40% off all blu rays sale for Criterions. Of course you may get a clerk who will give you the discount.

I got an e-mailed coupon yesterday that I tried today. The clerk scanned it and got the same message you get when you try to order online ie the item(s) don't qualify for coupon. The clerk called over her supervisor asking if the coupon does not work on DVDs. The supervisor asked if it was a Criterion. She said it should work but that something is screwy with the Criterions and you had to manually do the coupon. She punched some keys and rescanned the coupon and I got the discount. So basically no more coupons on Criterions unless you get a nice clerk.

EinCB

I just got back from the Barnes and Noble in Union Square in New York. I was told by a gentleman named Phil that they're no longer accepting coupons on the Criterions. With some people having success, I wanted to give it a shot. I'm going to guess that no Barnes and Noble in New York State are accepting coupons for the Collection.

They also didn't have Ikiru.

What I'm going to do is have Target price match and get cash back from a website. Unless there's a better idea I'm unaware of.

cmleidi

Are there any % off entire order coupons floating about?

Classic Films

I had success at Yonkers NY store but as I mentioned it was because the clerk manually entered the coupon. When originally scanned the message on the cash register was that the item(s) did not qualify for the coupon. If there was a different clerk I may not have been able to use the coupon.

DVDHound

After buying at every one of these sales over the years in NYC, I can make a couple of observations: You can never predict whether you can use a coupon at a brick and mortar. The Union Square store doesn't take coupons any time and they are nasty about it. I was actually escorted out of the store when I asked to talk to the manager about why they wouldn't accept coupons. At other NYC stores, it's a crap shoot. Most times in the middle of the sale, sales people are told by managers not to except coupons for Criterions. Sometimes new coupons are issued which specifically excludes Criterions like the last batch. However, if the sales register software is not changed the coupons will work. At then sometimes, as noted above, when the coupon is scanned in it doesn't work but works when manually entered. The key then is get the sales person to manually enter the coupon to see if it works.

Over the years I've also found 1) buy everything you can with coupons at the beginning of the sale because they usually cut them off in the middle of it. This indicates to me that BN Corporate has some cap on the dollar amount of coupon loss they will accept for the sale; and 2) if you develop a good relationship with the sales people they will do everything to try to help you with the coupons (except for the trolls at Union Square). So I go out of my way to be nice and cordial with sales people (except of course for the trolls at Union Square).

skippy3elf

Ditto the reaction at Union Square. I tried using a 15% coupon (that had no explicit Criterion restriction on it) and was shot down. When I politely told the clerk I would pass on the purchase then, she gave me a very snide "so you're not even going to buy it now?"

skippy3elf

A little off topic - but can anyone recommend some good Arrow movies? I don't own any yet, and although I gather the brand is similar to Criterion in terms of the work that is put into the releases, the titles available on the BN website kind of look like 'B' horror flicks and 'sploitation' movies. I know they also have a release of Dekalog, but I don't see it on bn.com. What are people recommending from them that's available from Barnes and Noble?

hariseldon

New whole Cart coupon tiered coupon available though Criterions not allowed and I can't get the workaround technique to work for either preorders/Criterions/other ineligible items

BNFALL125
*10% off $35 to $74.99; 15% off $75 to $124.99; 20% off $125 or more.coupon is valid from November 11, 2016 at 12:01am to November 16, 2016 at 2:59am Eastern Time.

Lipid

I tried using a 20% off coupon. Guy tried to enter it but it sound it didn't meet the requirements. He didn't know why so he asked the manager who they told us you can't use them with criterions. I politely told them I didn't want it then and walked away.

EinCB

No point in trying to see if an in-store coupon could work if I have to spend six bucks to get there.

I think I'll be getting my Criterions from other places. I purchased Sweet Smell of Sucess brand new for $20.60 on ebay.

Why So Blu?

Tried using one of those 15% off codes in the wiki ^ and none of them worked online.

hariseldon

New email weekend coupons 15% nonmember generics and 20% member unique codes are out, but Criterions excluded as expected.


15% Single Item through 11/21/2016

Store Coupon K8B3V9N and Online Coupon BNBELLS Details:
valid at BN.com from November 17, 2016 at 12:01am to November 21, 2016 at 2:59am Eastern Time, and at Barnes & Noble stores from November 17, 2016 to November 20, 2016 at close of business.

Why So Blu?

Got a member 20% off coupon and it does not work on CC's.

DoverMath

First news about Black Friday I've seen from B&N... no word about any coupons yet...

http://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...oble-Announces

dead_precedence

Just received 2 snail mail coupons in the mail yesterday for the holiday season. Nothing in the fine print says the coupon excludes Criterions. So good news on that front!!