Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

I don't think it's so much Disney Blu-rays in general as much as this is not a very high profile title. I'm sure the new Tinkerbell and BatB which are coming out later this year will have better deals.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Yea, I just picked mine up at TRU for $10 after B&TB pre-order, and DMR coupon. Out the door for around $15. I was really hoping it would be $24.99 in-store like TRU has done in the past with new release Disney/Pixar Blu-rays.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

With the pre-order of B&TB, you could technically go back after later on and cancel your pre-order right?

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

You could but then you would go straight to hell. :)

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Semantics my friend, semantics! What you said is what I meant. -wink-

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Target online is $24.99 and the store reps don't usually ask questions, so I took a printout and they matched their online price minus the $10 coupon. $14.99.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

The $10 shouldn't affect the prices that stores put on their products. The $10 is cash to them. In fact, it should entice them even more to win people's business with the lowest price as they know the coupons will attract more purchases and they would want to make sure they get them. For that matter, it's not like the stores haven't known about these coupons. They actually promote them in their ads. A lot of times, they even promote the movie at at the after coupon price (of course, with the small print that the price is after the $10 coupon). As long as Disney keeps up with the coupons (as they seem to be), I expect to see good deals on Beauty and the Beast and Toy Story 3 later this year.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Had Best Buy pricematch their website at $24.99 - $10 MC = $14.99 before tax.

I'm happy.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

My copy was rung up and taxed then the ten dollars were taken off manually after the total was calculated. I know that this isn't how it is supposed to happen but I didn't feel like arguing as my daughter and I were tired and ready to get out of there.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

That is how it's supposed to happen in many (perhaps all) states.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

I know how manufactures coupons work, And yes it shouldnt affect them, but then again since they are trying to make money and they know they will get that 10.00 back (if they follow directons for reimbursment) then they might figure hey even with out us putting it on sale the AVERAGE person is still going to come in and buy it cause they see that save 10.00 so thats 10.00 free for us.

It all comes down to if corperate gets greedy.

Now i am pretty confident titles like Beauty, toy story, and christmas carol will have nice 19.99 type sales to drive in store traffic but less popular catalog titles such as james might not see any real big advertised sales, durring the time the coupons are valid.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

This.

My printer was just about out of ink, so the coupon printed really lightly (and with a few streaks of non-printed area), but it was legible for the most part and the barcode scanned...of course it wasn't in BB's system (as they never are) when the guy tried to ring it up, but he made it work in the end....

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

On prior purchases it has always been rung up, the ten dollars discounted and the remaining amount taxed.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Manufacturer coupons always come off after tax in my experience. They are treated as cash.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

That is the case at both Target and Best Buy. I'm looking at receipts right now. The Manufacturer coupons act like cash as part of the payment process.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

This is how it is treated where I live also. Luckily the cashier did not know how to get the coupon to work so he rang it up at a discounted price(16.99) as an open box item. Ended up saving me nearly $1 in tax. Not much, but I'll take it when & where I can get it. :)

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

In Connecticut, they take the $10 off and then tax the discounted price.:up: Obviously a YMMV depending on your state.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Does that work the same for cell phones? Here in CA, you can get a free phone and then have to pay the tax on the original price.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

I'm pretty sure that's how it's supposed to happen anywhere. If it was at Best Buy and you normally had trouble with coupons before, they may have just done a $10 discount on the item, which means you wouldn't have had to pay the tax on that $10, instead of ringing it up as a coupon. I, for one, have never had any problems with coupons at Best Buy (even printed ones), so I don't know.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

That sucks. I remember people complaining about that when Best Buy had a coupon to get iPhones for $50/$100 or even less. A lot of people were being charged the tax on $600 instead of the $100. Pretty lame. Most states don't have that, though, as far as I know. Even if you counted the coupon as cash (which it wasn't, as it was a store coupon, though many store coupons still ring up after tax in most places), you should still only have to pay tax on the discounted price (which was about $200, I believe). Plus the fact that they were refurbished phones (meaning that the value shouldn't be the same as a brand new phone) was an even stupider reason to pay tax on $600.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Most places here add tax before the coupon is applied. An exception is store coupons. Meaning, if you use a Target coupon at Target, it reduces the price of the item, instead of deducting the coupon later. TRU coupons do this as well. The same with Reward Zone certificates at BB, since it actually reduces the prices on the items. But manufacturer coupon practically always come off after taxes are applied (at least in my state)

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

BestBuy matched their online price ($24.99) for me but then told me I could not use the $10 off coupon as the item was on sale. I told them I had used $10 off coupons in the store at other times and had no problems and that the coupon had an expiration date of 8/17 so it was for use right now as the item was just released. In the end I used my 2 coupons and the cashier only charged me tax on one of the 2 sets I bought saving me about another $1.50.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Ditto here too.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Got the BB website price match and used the coupon. Sailed right through.

Re: $10 Coupon for James & the Giant Peach
 

Now go back the store, walk up to the customer service desk with your receipt, and tell them that you saw it was cheaper online, and you want to do a price match. They probably won't even notice that there was a coupon on your receipt. I've done this several times when they wouldn't let me do both in one transaction.