Best Buy Upgrade and Save 7/14 - 8/10
#426
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Anyway, picked up:
Men in Black 3 3D $9.99
Mud $12.99
Night at the Museum Collection $9.99
Prices after U&S.
Oh Yeah, I got the last copy of Mud. Out of stock the first day. I thought that was nuts.
#427
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So I made one last trip today. Took in 5 more crap DVDs
Lethal Weapon 1-3 (already upgraded to BD) Forgot that I still had them.
American Pie II (bought the BD last week)
Some crappy Chinese comedy from Hong Kong that I never bothered watching.
Picked up (after coupon):
Aftershock ($9.99)
Strike Back season 2 ($22.99)
Leon: The Professional ($4.99) - realized I never had this on BD
The Collector ($4.99)
Bourne Legacy ($9.99) - Movie was meh but had moments. I want to be a Bourne completest and that was the price I was willing to bite.
and the guy gave me back my coupon/receipt without marking any of them off. I guess he had no idea what he was doing. Shit, I didn't want to buy anymore. This Best Buy near my house is really dry on inventory. There is another one near my work, so the next time I'm in the office (this Friday), I'll make my final trip.
Lethal Weapon 1-3 (already upgraded to BD) Forgot that I still had them.
American Pie II (bought the BD last week)
Some crappy Chinese comedy from Hong Kong that I never bothered watching.
Picked up (after coupon):
Aftershock ($9.99)
Strike Back season 2 ($22.99)
Leon: The Professional ($4.99) - realized I never had this on BD
The Collector ($4.99)
Bourne Legacy ($9.99) - Movie was meh but had moments. I want to be a Bourne completest and that was the price I was willing to bite.
and the guy gave me back my coupon/receipt without marking any of them off. I guess he had no idea what he was doing. Shit, I didn't want to buy anymore. This Best Buy near my house is really dry on inventory. There is another one near my work, so the next time I'm in the office (this Friday), I'll make my final trip.
#428
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Re: Best Buy Upgrade and Save 7/14 - 8/10
Reward Zone Certs > Best Buy coupons (e.g. U&S coupon) > Manufacturer's coupons
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#430
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I just spoke with a friend and he said that he has seen them pack them up in boxes to ship them somewhere. He is not certain what happens to them from there. I'm thinking that there is a good chance that these end up being resold in some market. However, very few of the movies that we trade in have very much value in the used market.
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And concerning Mud - I bought it today, and the $3 coupon did indeed scan with an error message no matter which of the barcodes were used. The cashier just put in a generic $3 coupon.
#432
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Best Buy Community Forum
The latest in the never ending stream of Moderator posts over the last several years confirming this issue
July 2013 Thread U&S plus Manufacturers Coupon
Even better
Upgrade and Save special combinations
The latest in the never ending stream of Moderator posts over the last several years confirming this issue
July 2013 Thread U&S plus Manufacturers Coupon
Even better
Upgrade and Save special combinations
#433
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Every time I've gone to Best Buy, coupons from manufacturers like Disney are always manually deducted after sales tax is applied. As said, its used as a form of payment. U&S coupons are scanned before the cashier hits total.
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#435
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Give them the shoes but keep the laces. Don't they just trash the discs?
I just spoke with a friend and he said that he has seen them pack them up in boxes to ship them somewhere. He is not certain what happens to them from there. I'm thinking that there is a good chance that these end up being resold in some market. However, very few of the movies that we trade in have very much value in the used market.
I just spoke with a friend and he said that he has seen them pack them up in boxes to ship them somewhere. He is not certain what happens to them from there. I'm thinking that there is a good chance that these end up being resold in some market. However, very few of the movies that we trade in have very much value in the used market.
I always make sure any DVD I'm trading in is a mass market title with little to no resale value (last ones were the X-Men movies so I could get on Blu).
I certainly would never trade in a Criterion, no matter the title!
#437
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What exactly does "recycle" mean in this context? To them it could mean putting them back on the market or it could be destroying them and recycling the plastic from the cases and the paper from the covers (if those can be recycled). Just curious! A friend of mine is going to look further into what happens to the trade-ins.
#438
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What exactly does "recycle" mean in this context? To them it could mean putting them back on the market or it could be destroying them and recycling the plastic from the cases and the paper from the covers (if those can be recycled). Just curious! A friend of mine is going to look further into what happens to the trade-ins.
Can't remember where I read that from.
#439
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Which always makes me shake my head especially when I'd say half of the Best Buy employees I bring it to, look at the back of the disc to check and see if it is scratched heavily. It is almost like why bother to look at that if it is going into a shredder somewhere. I've been told they recycle them too, but when they look so intently at them, I have to start and wonder.
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Define valuable. It is still in print and available on BD so getting $15 via U&S isn't far off from what you'd get for a used copy somewhere else. I got less than $10 on half.com when I upgraded to Blu.
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While it's clear that Beast Buy is cutting back on quantities, how much of the mehness over this sale is due to people being already stocked up on titles? I didn't go until last Saturday and had to scratch around to find 5 things to buy, most of them being upgrades from DVDs I've never watched. While it's nice to build the library for $5 a pop, after a while the piles of unwatched movies get to the point where it's hard to justify buying even more.
Looking at the first 100 BD titles priced $10 or less on the BB site, I've already got 46 on Blu and another 14 on DVD and since I've probably not watched any of those* why should I spend more, no matter how little, on upgrading to a BD that I won't be watching either?
* I have hundreds of DVDs/BDs of movies I've seen before (in theaters, etc) so I haven't revisited them on disc. Yet. (If I'll ever.) Of the 10 titles currently in my sig, I've seen them all but Romeo + Juliet and Breaking Bad.
Looking at the first 100 BD titles priced $10 or less on the BB site, I've already got 46 on Blu and another 14 on DVD and since I've probably not watched any of those* why should I spend more, no matter how little, on upgrading to a BD that I won't be watching either?
* I have hundreds of DVDs/BDs of movies I've seen before (in theaters, etc) so I haven't revisited them on disc. Yet. (If I'll ever.) Of the 10 titles currently in my sig, I've seen them all but Romeo + Juliet and Breaking Bad.
#443
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it should've been 5. But of course everybodys got their own set of values.
#444
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Went to a different store today and picked up the 10 film horror pack for $8. Also found the Scream Factory release of The Fog. I was hoping to find The Howling, but no such luck.
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I'm enjoying the banter about Brazil Criterion.
First, trying to unload the used copy wasn't going to get me even $15 - at least at the time. I looked around. Second, the third disc had a tiny crack in it even though it worked, so selling it would have been complicated anyway. Couple these facts with my newly purchased copy of Brazil BD Criterion and the amount of space that the DVD took up, I was elated to get $15 out of it.
First, trying to unload the used copy wasn't going to get me even $15 - at least at the time. I looked around. Second, the third disc had a tiny crack in it even though it worked, so selling it would have been complicated anyway. Couple these facts with my newly purchased copy of Brazil BD Criterion and the amount of space that the DVD took up, I was elated to get $15 out of it.
#447
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The woman who works at my local Best Buy claims that they are destroyed. Every time I do a trade in, she goes on a mini rant about how they should donate them to schools or something.
#448
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Yeah I was told they are ground up and destroyed. Because of that I try to keep any out of print, 2 disc sets that I still have.
#449
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Found a 10-pack of horror BD's for $12.99 BC. 4 children of the corn flicks, plus Cursed, Darkness, Phantoms, and 3 more. It was two BD cases shrinkwrapped together. I figured for 80 cents per movie, why not? There are likely no extras, and not necessarily great quality, but still...
Wish I had picked up the one containing Equilibrium as I don't have it yet.
#450
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I wasn't planning on getting in on this one, but ended up getting MIB3, the 3D version for 9.99. Someone posted that the 3D is cheaper than the regular Blu and that's true.