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BrentLumpkin, errrr I mean Brent Lumpin, errrrr BrentLumkin

jough

Best Buy moved to regional pricing earlier this year. However, they often will have the same price in all stores. Evidently some regional stores are not offering this at a sale price?

Weird!

My local Walmart is really good about telling me what the price for discs the following week will be. They'll have it for $38.77 (Eddystone, PA).

Of course, I let my Amazon pre-order go through - it shipped on Saturday and should arrive tomorrow morning. I'll just wait, I guess, rather than go out two hours earlier to buy it, although I think Best Buy will be a fun place to be at 10AM (when they open) and all of the Star Wars geeks rush in all excited.

I'm still looking around for a place that will have it at midnight. That could be fun, too. If so I'll bring my laptop and pop the first disc in right as I leave the store.

Nothing in the Philly papers today, though, about it.

BenCJedi

Placed an order at cocounuts.com last night to net it for $32.69 AR shipped. Was curious about the Madden 2005 coupon book at Best Buy and picked one up today (sans Madden video game). Didn't anyone notice the expiration for the 20% off DVD coupon says 'expires 3/6/2004'? wasn't that last March? If I try to use it anyhow, Best Buy is gonna really scrutinize the coupon. They hire real register hawks at my location and act like the fine print says we're taking their first-born. I don't think I have a chance of getting it, so I guess I stick with coconuts.com. I have a plan with the rebate without having to cut up the box (if that is necessary). Basically don't include the UPC and when you get the rejection letter, send in a photocopy of the UPC and claim they must have lost it. I have had to resubmit other rebates with copies of the UPCs I scanned into my PC before mailing off those rebates. Never had a problem resubmitting with the photocopy of the UPC. That's my plan anyhow if the box has to be cut.

devynal

Kmart will have it for $39.99.

DJ_Longfellow

Yes, but the book came out AFTER 3/6/04. The book was released when Madden 2005 came out. I'm sure you could argue with a manager to say that you bought madden and got that book and the coupon was expired before you could even use it.

BenCJedi

I found the thread regarding the Madden coupon book and will use that argument with detail (if necessary) after what Best Buy corporate told the other guy that called them asking about it. Now I am kinda hoping that the coconuts.com order doesn't ship out for an extra day or so, I can cancel that order if I can get the 20% off at Best Buy. It's worth a shot anyway, even though I know how Best Buy acts in regard to their customer (always deny them the best deal, at least at my particular store in this area. I have been butt up the store manager arguing before)

DouglasRobert

I've used the coupon without any problems. Yes, the expiration date says it expires 3/6/2004.

However if you look at all the other coupons in the book, they are good from 8/1/04-12/31/2004. I would assume that this would mean that the coupon book was printed sometime shortly before 8/1/04. I would also assume that this was supposed to be the length of time that the 20% DVD Coupon was meant to be good for.

I would tell them to scan the coupon and see if the computer will accept it.

Bring the entire book with you to Best Buy and point out that all the other coupons have the same expiration date and that the one of the 20% coupon must be a misprint.

Captain Pike

Are any of the B&Ms opening at midnight to sell this thing? I'm a little suprised that I haven't seen midnight openings mentioned.

OldBoy

"look haaarder" ...
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=382559

Captain Pike

Yep. My mistake. Sorrrry.

jpdude

I just got off the phone with my local Sam Goody, and Wal Mart. Seems that SG will have it for 49.99 (a big rip-off), and WM's price here in town won't be much better, 48.xx. I saw screw it locally, i'm driving 60 miles to Best Buy, it'll be worth the drive. They have it for 42.99 and i'll use the Madden 05 coupon for 20% off that, which is 34.39...and i'll be picking up 3 copies of it, so total savings will be 43.80 (14.60 x 3)....enough to buy a 4th set if i needed to...and i'll be getting 3 copies of that Exclusive Star Wars Insider magazine issue....so me, my brother, and my boss will all be happy!

Class316

So what's the best price for Star Wars? $41.88 shipped @ DDD?

The Antipodean

This guy selling it on Amazon under the "more buying choices" button claims to be selling it for $23 -- don't know if I'd trust that though, he's a "new seller" with no previous record. $23 seems rather ridiculously cheap for a new copy of this set at this point.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/off...?condition=all

Class316

I had already tried that. But he's sold out.

reefa

For what it's worth, I just got my Coconuts order, shipped from FL to VA. The funny part is I cancelled this by email this morning, so now I've gotta frantically see if I get charged for this or not.

NCYankee

Heck, I tried cancelling two and a half weeks ago and it still came through - once the order is "Sent to the warehouse" it seemingly cannot be cancelled, but you can refuse the shipment and you will be credited (or return it to any TWEC store).

BenCJedi

Can you tell me if there's a sticker UPC on the outside of the box we can use for the $15 rebate or if it looks like we'll be cutting up our precious box set?

OldBoy

good question..i'm sure a lot want to know.

NCYankee

No - the box must be cut. The packaging is flimsy, the slipcover is not nearly as sturdy as the Indiana Jones Trilogy, and there is no paper liner with the barcode on it.

(I posted this over an hour ago on the TWEC rebates thread).

devilshalo

Well, I figure I can wait for it to arrive. Just ordered it from Amazon: $41.99 - STL + free shipping and a well timed $10 Vividence survey and I got it for $27.79.

OldBoy

there are other ways...no cutting will be required.

Class316

how do you do the Vividence survey ?

BenCJedi

Looks like plan B for me then.. (keep coconuts.com order in case BB won't honor 20% off coupon, then mail in rebate without UPC, get rejection letter and resubmit with photocopy of UPC off the box). That's crazy they want you to cut up the box for the most anticipated DVD release ever. It's a collector's item for many.

Are there any identifying stickers on the packaging (like "Includes best of ____", "for the first time ever", etc)? Maybe the rebate house would accept those instead, as I'm sure that type of sticker is not easily reproduced either.

Jackskeleton

care to make a suggestion?

devilshalo

http://panel.vividence.com/public/the+panel.htm