Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
#976
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
I'd be happy to discuss non-deal issues in another thread if there were a link on the first page of this thread for everyone to a thread about Amazon issues, but I don't know of one for general Amazon discussions. In the Store Forum there are only specific issues threads (like someone closed my account) that come and go about Amazon. Besides, I don't think discussing the risk of getting banned by doing returns is "bitching and moaning". It's more like "worrying and trying to find info". Again, I'd be happy to keep non-sale discussions in a separate thread if someone wants to make the Official Amazon General (Non-Sale) Discussion Thread and link to it here. I'm not going to do it because nobody will probably ever post in it.
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
Re: "Let Me In" BD at Amazon
As you can see I adjusted the phrasing in my previous response, -yes, a promotion was applied to the $19.99 price, though it doesn't say what it's for. Thanks to the original poster, by the way, - I hope this holds up, and I just wonder if the "promotion" works with any other title.
As you can see I adjusted the phrasing in my previous response, -yes, a promotion was applied to the $19.99 price, though it doesn't say what it's for. Thanks to the original poster, by the way, - I hope this holds up, and I just wonder if the "promotion" works with any other title.
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
Considering Lost In Translation went down to $15, I'd think so. Maybe not immediately, but it will.
Question:
I ordered LET ME IN on blu-ray by itself for $19.99 and somehow got a $10 promotional credit, making it $9.99. I can't figure out what the promotion could've been, though. Any clues?
Question:
I ordered LET ME IN on blu-ray by itself for $19.99 and somehow got a $10 promotional credit, making it $9.99. I can't figure out what the promotion could've been, though. Any clues?
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
I just figured out what must have happened, -at least in my situation:
A few months back I bought a Roku box, and with it I recieved a $10 credit for Amazon Video On Demand. I was thinking about using it the other day and the credit had disappeared. I called Customer Service and they told me there was an expiration date on the credit that I wasn't aware of. I didn't gripe or complain but the CSR very kindly restored the credit, -this time with a something like a nine-year expiration.
You can guess what happened, -it turns out the CSR gave me a general credit for $10 and when I placed the order for "Let Me In", I activated that credit (I checked my video account and it doesn't show the $10). In my case, the "Let Me In" order was just a coincidence, though it did tip me to $10 that I can apply to anything, which is far more useful to me than a video credit. I'm sorry if I helped confuse anybody, but I'm glad to have the information.
A few months back I bought a Roku box, and with it I recieved a $10 credit for Amazon Video On Demand. I was thinking about using it the other day and the credit had disappeared. I called Customer Service and they told me there was an expiration date on the credit that I wasn't aware of. I didn't gripe or complain but the CSR very kindly restored the credit, -this time with a something like a nine-year expiration.
You can guess what happened, -it turns out the CSR gave me a general credit for $10 and when I placed the order for "Let Me In", I activated that credit (I checked my video account and it doesn't show the $10). In my case, the "Let Me In" order was just a coincidence, though it did tip me to $10 that I can apply to anything, which is far more useful to me than a video credit. I'm sorry if I helped confuse anybody, but I'm glad to have the information.
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
I can say that neither of those things happened for me.
I did have a preorder for Let Me In from when it was a gold box ($1.20 off) that I cancelled and then immediately reordered for the lower $19.99 price... and for some bizarre reason, it gave me a $10 off promotional credit. No clue why. I'm not one to really email customer service and they only time I've ever gotten actual credits issued was for their huge preorder mix-ups with Dead Rising 2, but those credits are looong gone. So no clue. >_>
I did have a preorder for Let Me In from when it was a gold box ($1.20 off) that I cancelled and then immediately reordered for the lower $19.99 price... and for some bizarre reason, it gave me a $10 off promotional credit. No clue why. I'm not one to really email customer service and they only time I've ever gotten actual credits issued was for their huge preorder mix-ups with Dead Rising 2, but those credits are looong gone. So no clue. >_>
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
I actually had a $10 promotional credit applied yesterday when I purchased Arkham Asylum for PS3. I hadn't purchased a Roku, any digital media... Not sure why I got it either... But I'm not complaining...
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
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Legendary $18.99
Life as We Know It (Pre-order) $19.99
Due Date (Pre-order) $19.99
Hereafter (Pre-order) $19.99
Morning Glory (Pre-order) $23.99
Made in Dagenham (Pre-order) $23.99
Faster (Pre-order) $23.99
The Double Life of Veronique (The Criterion Collection) (Pre-order) $24.99
Broadcast News (The Criterion Collection) (Pre-order) $26.99
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Today's New Lows:
Legendary $18.99
Life as We Know It (Pre-order) $19.99
Due Date (Pre-order) $19.99
Hereafter (Pre-order) $19.99
Morning Glory (Pre-order) $23.99
Made in Dagenham (Pre-order) $23.99
Faster (Pre-order) $23.99
The Double Life of Veronique (The Criterion Collection) (Pre-order) $24.99
Broadcast News (The Criterion Collection) (Pre-order) $26.99
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
Due Date (Pre-order) $19.99
http://www.amazon.com/Date-Blu-ray-C...5714711&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Due-Date-Blu-r...5714744&sr=1-2
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
Thanks for the tip.
In cleaning out my "Recommendations" I found this:
Megamind (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
Blu-ray ~ Will Ferrell (February 25, 2011)
Recommended because you added Mesrine: Killer Instinct: Part 1 [Blu-ray] to your Shopping Cart
Makes one wonder about the algorithm Amazon uses.
"Hey kids, how about a double-feature for Family Fun Night?"
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
I got a surprise $10 discount too on a different item. I think mine was from a promotion they had starting in November where if you purchased $75 or more worth of toys from a Holiday list with a MasterCard you'd get $10 off sometime after the promotion ended. I had recently called CS because I'd gotten no notification of that discount and they tried to tell me I wasn't eligible for it, but gave me a $10 credit to my CC anyways. I know 100% that I was eligible for it, so this may have been it.
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
No $10 promo for me, but it is giving me free shipping for Let Me In for some reason. Haven't ordered yet...
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Today's New Lows:
NFL Super Bowl XLIV: New Orleans Saints Champions $10.49
Devil's Rejects / House Of 1,000 Corpses (Two-Pack) $12.99
Nowhere Boy (Pre-order) $19.99
NFL New Orleans Saints: Road to Super Bowl XLIV (Post-Season Collector's Edition) $22.49
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When Rome Ruled (Pre-order) $30.99
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Today's New Lows:
NFL Super Bowl XLIV: New Orleans Saints Champions $10.49
Devil's Rejects / House Of 1,000 Corpses (Two-Pack) $12.99
Nowhere Boy (Pre-order) $19.99
NFL New Orleans Saints: Road to Super Bowl XLIV (Post-Season Collector's Edition) $22.49
NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers - Road to XLIII $22.49
When Rome Ruled (Pre-order) $30.99
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
Tempted by the two Super Bowl sets, even though I don't need them or anything. But the Saints and Steelers are two teams that I've enjoyed seeing win.



