The Aviator, with bonus disc at Walmart - $14.77 YMMV
06-03-05, 01:16 AM
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i've got the 26min bonus disc, picked it up this past Sat night.....and was even able to sweet talk the CSM to price match CC's $14.99 price even though the Wal-Mart disc was an "exclusive".....they can always do what they wanna do, u just gotta convince them that they wanna do it for ya 
06-03-05, 07:29 AM
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Yes,
At least on my set, both the Aviator 2 disc and the 1 disc bonus DVD were each individually shrinkwrapped as well as group wrapped together.
So, some of you that already bought this elsewhere and have the idea of buying the Wal Mart set to get the bonus disc, then taking that sealed copy of the movie back wherever for a refund, can do so.
At least on my set, both the Aviator 2 disc and the 1 disc bonus DVD were each individually shrinkwrapped as well as group wrapped together.
So, some of you that already bought this elsewhere and have the idea of buying the Wal Mart set to get the bonus disc, then taking that sealed copy of the movie back wherever for a refund, can do so.
06-03-05, 11:31 AM
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It took a few moments for it to dawn on me, but is this why some people were asking if The Aviator was sealed separately underneath the shrinkwrap with the Walmart bonus DVD:
Some people had bought The Aviator somewhere else and opened it before they knew about the bonus DVD at Walmart, so if they later buy it at Walmart with the bonus DVD, open it up to remove the bonus DVD, they could then take the shrinkwrapped The Aviator and return it to the original store within 30 days with receipt? That sounds like it should be perfectly legal. I guess people would have to make sure the UPC codes on The Aviator match before doing it.
Of course that was never an issue to me. My dilemma was paying $13.99 (PM to Fry's) at Best Buy for the movie by itself vs. $19.44 at Walmart to get the bonus DVD. I may be weird and wrong (this bonus DVD may soon sell for a fortune on eBay), but I didn't think 26 minutes of material was worth $5.45 + tax. Considering the 2nd DVD of The Aviator is not entirely full, they could've (and in my opinion should've) easily put the 26 minutes on the 2nd DVD. However, the studio chose to withhold 26 minutes of material and sell it to Walmart for a bigger profit, and I'm not about to reward Walmart with an extra $5.45 for doing this. So on principle I bought it for $13.99 and passed on the bonus DVD. When a bonus DVD is included "for free" with a release (as Best Buy usually does) then I can stomach it better. Frankly I hate the whole exclusive content bonus DVD business because I think everyone who buys the same movie should get the same extras and not have to buy at special places to get more material. Yes I know it's a free market so that's the way it is.
Since these bonus DVDs don't get repressings and there's no more "revenue stream" on them, it's too bad they (the studios) don't make the bonus material available for free download online after a certain time period, but there are probably copy right issues or something like that even though when the bonus DVDs are all gone they can't make any more money on the bonus material (unless they repressed and sold them separately), so you'd think they wouldn't care about locking the bonus material away in their vaults. However, if they gave away the bonus material online, they'd kill the bonus DVD market on eBay where certain discs sell for $20-$30 each (twice the price of the original DVD) while other bonus DVDs barely get a buck or two. All I know is I could never predict which ones were going to become valuable so I never bought anything with the goal of selling the bonus DVD on eBay. Well, I'll get off my soapbox now.
Some people had bought The Aviator somewhere else and opened it before they knew about the bonus DVD at Walmart, so if they later buy it at Walmart with the bonus DVD, open it up to remove the bonus DVD, they could then take the shrinkwrapped The Aviator and return it to the original store within 30 days with receipt? That sounds like it should be perfectly legal. I guess people would have to make sure the UPC codes on The Aviator match before doing it.
Of course that was never an issue to me. My dilemma was paying $13.99 (PM to Fry's) at Best Buy for the movie by itself vs. $19.44 at Walmart to get the bonus DVD. I may be weird and wrong (this bonus DVD may soon sell for a fortune on eBay), but I didn't think 26 minutes of material was worth $5.45 + tax. Considering the 2nd DVD of The Aviator is not entirely full, they could've (and in my opinion should've) easily put the 26 minutes on the 2nd DVD. However, the studio chose to withhold 26 minutes of material and sell it to Walmart for a bigger profit, and I'm not about to reward Walmart with an extra $5.45 for doing this. So on principle I bought it for $13.99 and passed on the bonus DVD. When a bonus DVD is included "for free" with a release (as Best Buy usually does) then I can stomach it better. Frankly I hate the whole exclusive content bonus DVD business because I think everyone who buys the same movie should get the same extras and not have to buy at special places to get more material. Yes I know it's a free market so that's the way it is.
Since these bonus DVDs don't get repressings and there's no more "revenue stream" on them, it's too bad they (the studios) don't make the bonus material available for free download online after a certain time period, but there are probably copy right issues or something like that even though when the bonus DVDs are all gone they can't make any more money on the bonus material (unless they repressed and sold them separately), so you'd think they wouldn't care about locking the bonus material away in their vaults. However, if they gave away the bonus material online, they'd kill the bonus DVD market on eBay where certain discs sell for $20-$30 each (twice the price of the original DVD) while other bonus DVDs barely get a buck or two. All I know is I could never predict which ones were going to become valuable so I never bought anything with the goal of selling the bonus DVD on eBay. Well, I'll get off my soapbox now.
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06-03-05, 01:59 PM
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I agree with everything in the previous post.
My expeerience:
Several shelves in electronics dept. with wide and full displayed @ $14.99. Bottom shelf of the 3-disc bonus pack with no price tag on the shelf or the product itself.
Now, there was no signage anywhere to the effect of "we're beating a competitor's sale price by lowering our to $14.99", nor any special sale signage, either.
I checkout at elec. dept. and when it rings up @ $19.99, I ask why. Blank stare. I lead him to shelves and say that "bonus" implies something that is a free extra, yet they're charging $5 more for it. No intelligible response, except that the dept. head is not around to help. So I check out and head to customer service desk and explain my argument. She looks at the back of the bonus case cover, and printed plainly on it is that the disc is for promotional use and not for resale. She wonders aloud how they can charge more for something that isn't supposed to be "sold". She pages the elec. dept. head and after some back and forth, she hands up in a huff, ignores the dept. head's reasoning of it being exclusive, so they can charge more, and gives me the $5+ difference in a refund.
I knew my argument was shaky, but with no signage and a dept. employee who offered no help, I got what I wanted.
I wouldn't have paid full price for it, just on principle...
My expeerience:
Several shelves in electronics dept. with wide and full displayed @ $14.99. Bottom shelf of the 3-disc bonus pack with no price tag on the shelf or the product itself.
Now, there was no signage anywhere to the effect of "we're beating a competitor's sale price by lowering our to $14.99", nor any special sale signage, either.
I checkout at elec. dept. and when it rings up @ $19.99, I ask why. Blank stare. I lead him to shelves and say that "bonus" implies something that is a free extra, yet they're charging $5 more for it. No intelligible response, except that the dept. head is not around to help. So I check out and head to customer service desk and explain my argument. She looks at the back of the bonus case cover, and printed plainly on it is that the disc is for promotional use and not for resale. She wonders aloud how they can charge more for something that isn't supposed to be "sold". She pages the elec. dept. head and after some back and forth, she hands up in a huff, ignores the dept. head's reasoning of it being exclusive, so they can charge more, and gives me the $5+ difference in a refund.
I knew my argument was shaky, but with no signage and a dept. employee who offered no help, I got what I wanted.
I wouldn't have paid full price for it, just on principle...
06-03-05, 07:00 PM
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^u know, you are 100% right...when a promotional product is clearly labeled "not for resale", i would think that they can't legally charge you for the extra "bonus" or "promotional" disc.
06-03-05, 10:21 PM
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The Walmart closest to home (Mililani Hawai'i) has the FS version for 15$ and the widescreen for 20$ or so. What the deuce was my first thought. I was close to burning the whole place to the ground.
06-04-05, 10:53 AM
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Those extras don't interest me. Not to say that they aren't good, but I doubt I'd watch 'em more than one time. Getting a free film, on the other hand, is my idea of a great "extra." And I don't even care about the transfer. You get what you pay for, afterall.
