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Old 06-08-05, 12:22 AM
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Also several other online and in-store coupons available (like another 10% off (expires 6-18) for members as well as non-members ones). One link lists the B&M coupon printables and the other is a discussion thread about and listing in-store and online coupons.

http://www.dealez.com/bn/bn_coupons_by_code.html

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/mess...hreadid=159931

some of which (like the 1-item off ones) may not be combinable - all I know, like someone else posted, is that the 10% off total member instore purchase coupon did work - it worked for me as well.

Enjoy them, especially during this sale !

P.S. Some of the DVD's online that do not have a "Free DVD offer" label ARE available in-store. I have not yet tried online if the deal works with those NOT having this label - does anyone know ?
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Thanks for that 10% off coupon, forumsmv! With that alongside the 10% off for multidisc sets, that puts it right at the price DDD would have it during their sale after I add in my tax.

I ran to a couple B&N's today, looking for one that had 3 Criterion boxsets, but couldn't find out. One store said they could order them and have them shipped to me, but they were in a different county where the tax is higher. I'm gonna go out a little later tonight and have them order me 3 of the boxsets, and they should come out to about $45.93 each. Also, the $40 Criterions (if 2discs) come out to about $23.00 each, which is exactly what they'll be at the DDD sale (when and if it comes).

I'm gonna go ahead and pick up 3 boxsets and then 3 of the $40 retail ones since they're the same price and I won't be kicking myself if DDD doesn't do a sale this summer (and yes, I know someone posted a date, but it's a rumour until the codes are out).
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Using the $5 off coupon previously listed in this thread, I purchased today:

I Love Lucy, Season 2 - $50.38
I Love Lucy, Season 3 - $50.38
I Love Lucy, Season 4 - FREE
Total with $5.00 off = $95.38 (Includes free shipping)

$31.79 per season set is a great deal! This beats a possible DDD 20% off sale by $2.53. Not a whopping margin, but nice nonetheless...Thanks OP!

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Old 06-08-05, 09:02 PM
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Well, I went back with the 10% off coupon. I got:

Carl Theodor Dreyer Collection: CC - 72.00 - 10% = 64.80 + 6.5% tax = $69.01
A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman: CC - 72.00 - 10% = 64.80 + 6.5% tax = $69.01
Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy: CC - FREE
Total: $138.02 = $46.00 each + $3.95 shipping (they didn't have Film Trilogy or BRD in stock)

Then they let me use another 10% off coupon for another set and I got:

The Rules of the Game: CC - 36.00 - 10% = 32.40 + 6.5% tax = $34.51
In the Mood for Love: CC - 36.00 - 10% = 32.40 + 6.5% tax = $34.51
I Am Curious: CC - FREE
Total: $69.02 = $23.00 each

The $40.00 titles came up to the same as the DDD sale to the penny, and the box sets came up a little more because of shipping, but at least I have one of them in my hands already.

to posting that 10% off coupon, it really made it worthwhile. If I shopped there more often, this would've been killer with the Member's card.
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Updated shopping list after another trip today. I included the retail prices (which is also the non-sale price at Barnes & Noble), the current lowest online price, the price during the DDD 20% sale, and the price I ended up paying before tax.

Scenes From a Marriage CC -
Retail: $49.99
Cheapest Online: $32.47
DDD 20% Sale: $28.77
I paid: $25.53

Solaris CC -
Retail: $39.99
Cheapest Online: $25.97
DDD 20% Sale: $23.00
I paid: $20.03

Naked Lunch CC -
Retail: $39.99
Cheapest Online: $25.95
DDD 20% Sale: $23.00
I paid: $20.03

The Magic Flute CC -
Retail: $29.99
Cheapest Online: $19.47
DDD 20% Sale: $17.25
I paid: $16.22

Band of Outsiders CC -
Retail: $29.99
Cheapest Online: $19.47
DDD 20% Sale: $17.25
I paid: $16.22

Withnail & I CC -
Retail: $29.99
Cheapest Online: $19.47
DDD 20% Sale: $17.25
I paid: $16.22

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I picked up the Three Colors Trilogy, Solaris CC, and Battle of Algiers CC for $77~ total, worked out pretty well for me since I couldn't find Three Colors Trilogy on DDD.
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So, if it's not in-stock, do they order and you pay for everythng on the spot then you just come pick it up, or do you pay when it comes in? Also, will this work on preorders? I'm waiting to do this deal w/ Au Hasard Balthazar next week, but if that can be counted in now I'd go today and use it as part of my 3.
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Originally Posted by rbf1138
So, if it's not in-stock, do they order and you pay for everythng on the spot then you just come pick it up, or do you pay when it comes in? Also, will this work on preorders? I'm waiting to do this deal w/ Au Hasard Balthazar next week, but if that can be counted in now I'd go today and use it as part of my 3.
I don't know how it works for pre-orders, but for the sets I ordered last night (1 in stock, 2 weren't), they charged me for all 3, and are going to ship the other two directly to my apartment from their warehouse. I was charged a small shipping charge for this as well ($3.97).
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Originally Posted by rbf1138
So, if it's not in-stock, do they order and you pay for everythng on the spot then you just come pick it up, or do you pay when it comes in? Also, will this work on preorders? I'm waiting to do this deal w/ Au Hasard Balthazar next week, but if that can be counted in now I'd go today and use it as part of my 3.
You can't pay in advance for items they do not have in stock. I tried this with the Star Trek Original series. They had Season 1 but not 2 or 3. But I ordered them on a Monday night and they were in the store by Wednesday afternoon. I got them yesterday along with a bunch of other stuff (15 box sets total).

I got the Star Trek sets for a total of $63ea plus tax which imo is the best price you will find for years (unless you find a price mistake).

This has got to be the best deal I've seen for a very long time.
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You can order pre-orders as part of the promotion (according to the manager I spoke with), as long as they are scheduled to street before the end of the sale. I ordered Au hasard, Balthazar as part of my order yesterday. I was disappointed that a few companies are not participating in the promotion (i.e. New Yorker.)

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I made two more purchases with these coupons:

Purchase 1
Last Life in the Universe $19
Godfather Part II $15
Dogville FREE

Total : $34
Cost per DVD: $11.33

Purchase 2
Fear and Loathing Criterion $29
Band of Outsiders Criterion $24
House of Flying Daggers FREE

Total : $53
Cost per DVD: $17.66 (great price, esp for criterions)
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Ok, just back...ended up just ordering and having them shipped home, cause one was out of stock and the other was a preorder...

Used member card & 10% off coupon

Jules Et Jim Criterion- 29.14
Burden of Dreams Criterion- 29.15
Au Hasard Balthazar Crierion (preorder)- free

After $25 gift card and shipping for delivery, about $40 total...about $13 each for the 3 Criterions, awesome.
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Don't know if there's any teachers out there (K-12), but Barnes & Nobles offers an educator's discount card that gives you 20% off. I'm not sure if this is just for books, or if it can be used on anything, but that could further sweeten this deal. Sucks that I'm on the college level. I would've loved to get in on this.
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Love this thread, and the fatwallet link which threw me for a pleasant loop, as I had no idea my AAA membership would be useful for something other than helping out of a jam when I locked the keys in my car (I know...DOH!).

By the way folks, if you have a AAA membership and take advantage of the buy 2 get 1 free deal, you should be a very happy camper if you purchase the Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and Harry Potter boxed sets. With the offer going on and the additional AAA discount, it breaks down to $33.59 a set!! Safe to say you would be hard pressed to find any of the above sets for THAT good a price anywhere else (even if DDD held their infamous 20 percent sale tomorrow, the price per set would still not be as good as the one you can get from B&N). Even if you only want one of the above titles---eBay the rest of them, and you still can walk away from the deal happy.

I also picked up 6 sets of Combat for my mother (hard to beat a buy 6 pay for 4 deal).

Edited to add: Glad I took advantage of the deal on Sunday, I tried to pull the same trick today with different titles---but no dice. I added two $80 titles, then a third...which would show up as a freebie, to my cart, BUT the AAA discount for the other two titles would not go through...if I removed one of the three titles from my cart, the discount shows up, but of course the point of this trick is to get the AAA discount and the free dvd.

I wonder if my on-line account has been flagged, or if I was able to take advantage of a programming glitch that allowed to AAA discount to be stackable with the B2G1 Free deal. At least it looks like they are honoring the discounts I received with the three orders I placed during this deal.

Heck, I am not complaining, I was able to get two fairly hot box sets for 51 percent off retail, and a third for a bit more then 45 percent off retail...not bad, considering B&N is a mainstream e-tailer with established B&M stores, and I did not have to print out any coupons, worry about rebates, sign up for a club/membership, etc.

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Bumped, cause this is the best all around deal going on at this time. We need to keep this on page one until this sale is over
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Don't know if there's any teachers out there (K-12), but Barnes & Nobles offers an educator's discount card that gives you 20% off. I'm not sure if this is just for books, or if it can be used on anything, but that could further sweeten this deal. Sucks that I'm on the college level. I would've loved to get in on this.
B&N won't let teachers use their discount on DVDs. However, they do have teacher appreciation days twice a year and offer 25% off anything in the store.
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Originally Posted by TimeandTide
B&N won't let teachers use their discount on DVDs. However, they do have teacher appreciation days twice a year and offer 25% off anything in the store.
Of course those days won't come by the time this sale is over. And 25% off retail is not nearly enough to want me to go look around. Even with an additional 10% off (coupon or membership) still doesn't match online retailers prices.
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I can't get enough of this deal. Went back today...

Reno 911 Season 2 - $29
Phantom of Liberty Criterion - $24
Memento LE - Free

Total - $53
Price per DVD - $17.66

Ridiculously great price!
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Does this work on books too?
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Does this work on books too?
No. Only DVDs.
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Hi, to the person who got the three original star treks sets for 63 each in md .....how did you do that? it looks online that they are elegible, but the price each is 129.95...no discount for multidisc, it seems, the best i figure with the member 10% discount (doing just for this, since it pays for itself in one transaction) and the additional 10% coupon (thanks guys), I come up with,
260-10%member=
234-10%coupon addtl=
212ish plus tax=
total 223 or so, divid by 3 I get 74-75 or so each

I got a store credit which will help some there, but would like some help getting your 63 price each......please help, I got the suckers on hold, and wanna get them home asap!! thanks
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Originally Posted by fitzcain
Hi, to the person who got the three original star treks sets for 63 each in md .....how did you do that? it looks online that they are elegible, but the price each is 129.95...no discount for multidisc, it seems, the best i figure with the member 10% discount (doing just for this, since it pays for itself in one transaction) and the additional 10% coupon (thanks guys), I come up with,
260-10%member=
234-10%coupon addtl=
212ish plus tax=
total 223 or so, divid by 3 I get 74-75 or so each

I got a store credit which will help some there, but would like some help getting your 63 price each......please help, I got the suckers on hold, and wanna get them home asap!! thanks
I'm not positive, but I believe since it is considered a box set you would get both the 10% off box sets discount, plus the 10% coupon, plus the 10% for the membership card (if you have one), and that would bring it closer to the 63.
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just called them, thts exactly right, just havent seen stickers like that for the multidisk thing at any of my local ones, but yeah, that makes it
260-10%=234
234-10%member=211
211-10%additional coupon=189ish (63 a piece, not bad, at all)
cheapest I seen them around here was costco for 86 or 89.....still kinda high................thanks mucho. 63 a piece is a nobrainer on those.
I also got about 36 in credit which will sort of pay for the membership, that sort of pays for itself, and might come in handy rest of the year. Too bad I dont know anyone with one.
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Originally Posted by fitzcain
just called them, thts exactly right, just havent seen stickers like that for the multidisk thing at any of my local ones, but yeah, that makes it
260-10%=234
234-10%member=211
211-10%additional coupon=189ish (63 a piece, not bad, at all)
cheapest I seen them around here was costco for 86 or 89.....still kinda high................thanks mucho. 63 a piece is a nobrainer on those.
I also got about 36 in credit which will sort of pay for the membership, that sort of pays for itself, and might come in handy rest of the year. Too bad I dont know anyone with one.
I was the one to get them at that price. I see that you are in Fredrick MD. I work in Laurel and buy at the B&N in Bowie. If you want to arrange a meet there I will be happy to save you the price of the membership and buy them for you on my membership card.

P.S. I am thinking about getting all of the others too. I don't have any of the other three series and this would be a great time to get them with this sale going on. The only problem is that all 21 other seasons will run to about $1131.96 which is alot of money to lay out all at once but really means that they are only 53.90 (plus Tax) a season which is an incredible price for these set when you think that most people paid at least 100 each.

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Really appreciate the offer, not sure if the drive is gonna save me much though. I work in bethesda, and am going right by the bethesda one (holding all 3 of them for me for a few days) til at least tommorrow night.
Is there a way to do it with just a phone number? like a giant discount card?
I'd give them a phone number and they find you in the system, or something? I was in one at lunch today (gaithersburg) and this guy kept talking to me and trying to sell me the membership, saying its linked to your phone number, and if you forget your card they just pop a phone number in and find you that way, or a girlfriend wants to use it and dont have a card, whatever. Just got a busy weekend and dont know how much its really gonna save me, driving out there. That trip would take me close to four hours round trip.
The very fact that you offered is quite cool, though. Thanks

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