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Old 12-16-14, 04:52 PM
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Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

40% off sale begins on all blurays; (an additional 10% for members in store) til the 24th of December!

oh boy did I go overboard... none of them were for anyone but me ...
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re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

I don't think the sale is on all blu-rays.
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re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Originally Posted by DirkUSA
I don't think the sale is on all blu-rays.
They're not all 40% off on the website, but they should all be in stores.
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re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Use the code HOLIDAY14 for an additional 20% off one item online. Good until 12/17/14 2:59 AM Eastern time.
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re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

interestingly the one title I had problems getting the 40% off instore was 'Sleepaway Camp' - the system was reading it as a DVD - the manager did an override to correct it.

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re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

I looked at the little mermaid 3d and that's full price online. Always the one I am interested in isn't part of the sale.

Edit: The Wild Geese, The Medusa Touch (3% off) gggrrrrrrrrr and the new Godzilla 3D. I guess I am looking for the wrong blu-rays.

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re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Originally Posted by hariseldon
Wild Geese and The Medusa Touch certainly fall into the tiny distribution company release (Henstooth and Severin make Olive look like a Massive company). To get any deal on these you're likely going to have to get them to order for store pickup. There a slight possibility that they could arrange a ship to home From the store and see if the 40% applies, but I don't think without a manual override that would happen.

Little Mermaid 3D and Godzilla 3D much better chance for an instore pickup -- Godzilla should be in most stores, TLM surely would have to be ordered for store pickup.

Just not sure how far you are from a store to know if it's worthwhile.
Not too far away form one store. I might stop by there and check what they have on the shelf.
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re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Just curious, what is everybody looking to buy? I'm going to use my coupons on labels that barely get 50% off discounts like Cohen, Carlotta and Drafthouse. I want to get a few Kino Classics but a couple of films I want have suspect PQ (Mr. Majestyk and Topkapi).
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^ Nana nana nana nana, Batman!!!
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re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Rename to, Our "drop the price to everyone else's MSRP" sale!
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"Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2015)"

thanks for the early heads up.
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re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Originally Posted by Doug Schiller
Rename to, Our "drop the price to everyone else's MSRP" sale!
Technically not true and impossible. The MSRP is set by the manufacturer...that's the M in MSRP and it's the same for all sellers. I think what you mean is "drop the price to everyone else's regular price". Which is also not true for a large number of titles.
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Meh. I'll wait for the 50% off sale.
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

I don't think they ever have a 50% off all BD, do they? Just like 50% Criterion and 50% off British.
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

My wife was nice enough to order a couple of Kino titles ship to store for me (Great Train Robbery & Private Life of Sherlock Holmes), so hopefully I will see them in a week.
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Picked up Safe (Criterion) for $16.10 this morning. Had a great chat with the cashier who was happy to scan the coupon and even told me that this is what he does- since the employee discount doesn't allow stacking of coupons with his discount. He buys a membership and uses that with coupons to get the best deals.
He's an older fellow too, in his 50's or 60's. He even commented that these were the coupons "you can only use once, unlike the other other ones".

Such a breath of fresh air after dealing with the young cashier/manager at the other store who does everything he can to protect B&N's profit margin.
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

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You should have tried your luck with the $8 off of $40 coupon.
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Got Batman TV LE for $97.xx tonight. Used the 30% off coupon, membership, and a $5 off $50 coupon. Helluva deal. I know I don't need the extra stuff the LE has, but the price was right...
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Originally Posted by kenbenobi
Got Batman TV LE for $97.xx tonight. Used the 30% off coupon, membership, and a $5 off $50 coupon. Helluva deal. I know I don't need the extra stuff the LE has, but the price was right...
Did you have to buy a filler item to trigger the $5 off of $50 coupon?
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

His total was over 50,why would he need a filler?
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Originally Posted by whotony
His total was over 50,why would he need a filler?
Usually the system only allows for one coupon per item, so using more than one coupon tends to require addition items. Indeed, the only times I've seen it work are with a manual override - otherwise the computer just switches the discount from the first-scanned to second-scanned coupon.
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

I would like to pick up the Batman set, but I am going to wait for the eventual price drop. I may try and pick up the Vincent Price vol. 2 set($47.99 pre 25% coupon) and The Hobbit DoS 3D EE($33 pre 25% coupon). Neither are available at the store closest to me, but I should be going past one that does have both in stock this weekend.

Not really wanting to pay $25 for The Hobbit DoS, but The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey 3D EE has not come down in price since it's release. Luckily I picked that one up from GoHastings at a decent price. I haven't had the best of luck with them on the past couple of orders so I don't feel like dealing with them again anytime soon.
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

For those that have used multiple codes in one visit, do you do one transaction, or one per coupon?
Also, has anyone had a problem using a phone to show a coupon? I usually show it on my phone, but I'm gonna be stopping at a different B&N and want to make sure.
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Originally Posted by Sweet Baby James
Did you have to buy a filler item to trigger the $5 off of $50 coupon?
Good question. I did buy another cheap item at the same time, using a 25% coupon. It never occurred to me that you might need to buy multiple items in order to use it. All I know is when she first applied the coupon, it wiped out the 30% discount. She had to delete the item, re-add it, re-apply the 30% coupon, and then she got the $5 coupon to work. She commented "oh, the instructions are right here!" but I'm not sure what she did... It wasn't a manual override though...
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Re: Barnes & Nobles 40% Off Bluray Sale (Dec. 2014)

Are Disney 3D titles like Monsters Inc. 40% off? They are not discounted on the website.

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