Well in my particular case I don't want the thing hanging around — in other words, I don't want a giftcard with $100+ on it just sitting there. Makes me nervous.

But there's another reason: I don't want to have to keep monitoring Blockbuster — a store I would otherwise go into about once a year. No, I'd prefer to be done with them and not risk my Giftcard getting lost in the vast, unexplored tundra of my purse.

PEACH

That's what this forum is for, so other people can monitor it for you!

I agree, though, I don't really need more bits of plastic in my wallet (no man-purse here), or more things to get lost, so I'll use mine fairly soon, even if it isn't the best deal ever.

You can credit it to your account if you're afraid of losing gift cards.

So if BBV monitors my store credit who will spend the time to monitor this forum for me?

The original price of the DVDs being traded in are a sunk cost. The $25 price of your "From Justin To Kelly vs. Predator" 4-Disc Criterion Limited Edition Gift Set is not a $25 value if it just sits there and collects dust.

actually I still had a few reciepts in my cases and there were some 3 for $20 and buy 2 get one free disks...so those I came out ahead on. I figure I had stuff on my shelf I wasn't watching and never would and I traded them for things i will watch. I'm also doing a trade with a $50 gift card for 5 VOTC star Wars figs......

What. Please. All of my dvds that I got from BBV were titles that are basically almost the same price as everywhere else. All of the box sets were no more than $5.00 at the cheapest place online. The Criterion discs were traded in ones, etc.

I traded in shit (dvds as gifts, $5.50 dvds that I got so long ago that the cost doesn't outweigh the benefit of keeping those dvds in my collection, etc.) I mean, it's not like I took all of my tv box sets and Criterions and just said give me $8 for these.

What Dabomb or whatever was getting as was that he couldn't believe people were already spending their credit and not waiting for some supposed sale at BBV.

Plain and simple.

I think you made my own point for me. People think of this money as "found" money and are blowing it way faster than if they thought about the fact that as soon as they turn a disc in $8 becomes $8 bucks.

Would have spent 8 actual dollars times however many trades that you did just as fast. Doubtful. That's how Blockbuster wins.

I am not trying to bring this to a full MSRP vs. lower price elsewhere thing, I was just trying to explain about benefit vs. cost.

But my main prob, is that I don't see why it justifies someone to believe that since someone spent all of their credit vs waiting for a sale are completely oblivious to what we constitute as a loss vs. a gain.

I still disagree, for the reasons i stated in my other post. There are also a few other considerations.

One, people are using the credit to buy 'steals' that they find in the PVD section that other people have traded in. That includes TV Box Sets, which a few people have gotten to work under the 2 for 20. No reason to wait for a 3 for 25 if you're buying something that may or may not be there when that sale comes around.

And two, there are people like me that are concentrating on buying mostly new DVDs from Blockbuster. In that case, there is no point in waiting with the credit, as there are never any new DVDs on sale. In that case, DVD's purchased near or around the prices found in other B&M's are just fine in return for getting rid of any 'junk' DVDs you owned.

I traded in 10 more DVDs and bought 'The Simpsons Season 2' and 'Bad-der Santa' {unrated version} at the 2 for $20 deal...

I don't know where the impression came from that I said that people should wait for a 3 for 25 Sale - I've never even mentioned such a thing. All I said was that I was surprised at the number of people spending their credit at close to full MSRP. I believe that I remember hearing somebody say that they didn't mind spending $100 credit for the Alien Quadilogy. "Found Money" or not, that's a bad price to pay for that set. I think that buying into the 2 for 20 sale, even if you stick with movies and don't luck into finding any TV box sets, is a whole lot more effective way to spend your credit. Or getting a fixed-price gaming system, if you have a lot of credit. Or joining their monthly rental program. Maybe even buying popcorn there.

I am the one that mentioned waiting for the 3 for $25 sales - and I obviously wasn't talking about people getting the boxed sets or the 2 for $20s which are almost as good a deal - but of course, my statement - "Wait until that $22 DVD is on sale used at 2 for $20 or even 3 for $25."- was taken completely out of context. (Of course, that doesn't apply to some of the SE re-releases which will probably not be BB rentals and thus never come out as PVDs).


Peep hit it on the head - the Alien Quadrilogy for $100 was the example I would have chosen.

No, a *DVD* has left my hands, not money. A crap DVD that I will never watch again and that was just taking up room in my closet. It was a DVD that I was eventually going to get around to selling on e-bay. . . . someday. It is not an asset. It's a space hog, a waste of room on my shelf.

It is, in short, a DVD that I could give a rats ass about.

Now, BBV may make out in the deal, but to ME, it's worth taking the hit to get rid of some shit off the shelf. Its nothing that I would miss anyway, so I make out pretty damn sweet in the deal.

As for waiting for the best deals - I was price comparing to DDD against the blockbuster price. While yes, DDD was lower - it wasnt much more than 10 bucks or so (a bit more once you figure out shipping). I would much rather have the discs over the easy to lose piece of plastic any day of the week. I'm willing to spend a touch more for that piece of mind.

I didn't know I had Blockbuster credit. How much do they owe me?

i am going to be patient on this, after all i did originally pay for the dvd's i gave to BB...

Point: To JoserJerr! We breed them just a little itty bitty bit smarter here in the California Bay Area you see. This is universally accepted.

PEACH

The 12 DVDs I'm trading in were all Columbia House purchases during the 4-for-30 sale: $8.03 shipped, including the tax. But along the way I picked up $24 in Fun Cash — and got to see 8 movies I would have otherwise had to rent. At a minimum of $1 for each of those rentals, that's $8. So . . .

$24 (the value of my Fun Cash) + $8 (the value, to rent, of my never-before-seen DVDs) = $32

It isn't that Blockbuster is overcharging me so much as I will make it up with Columbia House — and (some of) the titles I'll get at Blockbuster will be ones that are not available at Columbia House in any event.

No, this is a fantastic deal any way you slice it. And if CH gets the two additional sale items I just ordered for $15.90, I can view them, resell them to Blockbuster . . . and net the $7.00 in Fun Cash that those two titles just generated.

In many ways, it's Columbia House that's picking up my overcharges at Blockbuster. I just hope Blockbuster does this again next year!

PEACH

Alien Quad is an extreme example of someone paying 30+ bucks more then they could elsewhere. I'd say most people are buying new items within 5 or less dollars of what they would at any other B&M store, which is negated by reasons i've already listed. While waiting for movies to hit the used DVD rack is 'more effective,' you could apply that logic to any new release. Why spend 15.99 when you can wait 1 or 2 months and get it used for 10?

One reason I myself am buying new stuff is that they are going to be used as gifts this holiday season and opened packages don't go over too well with the family. They probably think it's OK but I can't see myself purchasing PVD movies as gifts for family and friends.

This deal actually will help my wallet this holiday season!

Buy 2 get 1 free > 3 for $25

Exactly! (I always do that).

Really, what's the difference between paying $20 for something you can get for $15, and $100 for something you can get for $70? On a percentage basis, it is almost the same.

They don't seem to be having those anymore.

By ">", do you mean better deal or more expensive? The 3 for $25 is better on any $12.99 or higher.

Because there's a certain satisfaction and value for getting anticpated or long awaited titles immediately. It's a matter of "if you wait now, it'll be cheaper in the future." Well then, what's the limit? Why spend 10 dollars for a used DVD when you can get it new if you wait another 3 months? Why spend 4 grand on a DLP TV now when that too, will be cheaper in 6 months? Well in all these cases.... why wait, when you have the money to spend now?

As far as percentages being similar, for something as DVD's its been clear that consumers in general have an easier time spending smaller amounts of money at one time. Hence, people complaining when TV Box Sets are 60 bucks when there are 6 discs, which at 10 dollars a disc is pretty much on par. Or even Star Wars, where 45 dollars felt like a little much despite the fact that you're getting 3 movies.

EDIT: And most of all, don't forget you're on a forum of DVD Collectors, where people have dozens of DVDs that haven't even been opened or watched! (Not me, but still )

You have to put into effect that not everyone is going to buy that set at $100. But to those who do, if they don't really care about the dvds that they bought some time ago and the money is already made back (say from working overtime or something at work for example)...what is the deal with everyone believing that that person got in on a bad deal.

That user could have traded in 30 dvds that he received as Christmas presents from family and friends. To me, that is a good deal (than going and paying however much that set is at the lowest price at another B&M or online.