Just got back from Best Buy.. They didn't even have these on the shelf yet, but there was a cart out. There were probably 30+ Howl's, 10 Totoros, and 2 Whispers (that I saw anyways).

Good news though about the Disney coupon that expired at the end of the year. I asked a manager if they would accept it since they were still selling the GC's in the store, and she said that since it's a BB coupon, they always honor them. So I guess the expiration is not really true, at least not at my local store.

So, my total was $43.97 + tax for the three, which is not bad at all.

19.99 Howl's Moving Castle
19.99 My Neighbor Totoro
19.99 Whisper of the Heart
- 6.00 for buying Howl's and another Miyazaki
-10.00 for the Disney coupon (buy 3 Disney titles, get $10 off)
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43.97, or 14.66 each

Cool. I think I'll try that deal over the weekend.

clerk at best buy didn't let me use the disney $10 coupon since it has "can't be combined with any other offer or promotion" stated on it. i guess it depends on who rings you up.

also, my wal-mart had only howl's moving castle, and it was $19.96.

My local BB won't let me combine $2 off when i used Disney coupon. I endup buy 4 Disney movies and Save $15. I'll return Lady and the Tramp tomorrow (alreay got it for $15 at local CC last week)

19.99 Howl's Moving Castle - $5 off
19.99 My Neighbor Totoro - $5 off
19.99 Whisper of the Heart - $5 off
19.99 Lady and the Tramp (I'll return it tomorrow)
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If you can stack coupons, you could instead get Howl's as your 4th rather than Lady and the Tramp and get another $3 off. Also they probably take $3.75 off each, rather than $5 off the first 3. If anyone has a receipt using the $6 off, is it $3 off each or $6 off both?

19.99 Howl's Moving Castle - $3.75 off - $3 off
19.99 My Neighbor Totoro - $3.75 off - $3 off
19.99 Whisper of the Heart - $3.75 off - $3 off
19.99 Howl's Moving Castle (return) -$3.75 - $3 off

You could theoretically get all 3 for $39.72 + tax.

At the very best, if they clump the discounts, you would keep the $6.75 off the 4th Howl's for a total of $32.97 + tax.

Please let us know what they do when you return Lady and the Tramp

Fuckin' Best Buy, they sold out of the TOTORO's early on, and I couldn't get there before 4:30pm. I only went because I had a $10 coupon burning a hole in my pocket, otherwise I would have just went with the Amazon.com deal (which I'm doing now).

At my local BB all 3 are on sale for 17.99 plus the $6 off. I got lucky and picked up the last copy of Totoro and Whisper so all 3 together incl. tax for $51 somenthing.

it's $3 off each.

Make sure you guys check the "New Releases" shelves... The anime/disney shelves only had a few DVDs left... but when I checked the New Releases shelves, there were a lot more of each title.

BTW: The Disney coupon for me did not work... Cashier said it was expired and would not scan it.

That was lucky. They also said $17.99 by me but rang up $19.99 and then subtracted off the $6. I didn't think there was any way I could argue both discounts so I left with what I expected.

I on the other hand couldn't find any Totoro or Whisper by the new releases even though there was plenty of space. Both were in Anime.

Same thing happened to me. I saw the 17.99 on the shelf (with the note that it takes 6 bucks off if you buy 2) and thought, great deal! But they rang up at 19.99. I suppose I can go in to customer service, argue that the 17.99 price cannot be with the six dollars off since 19.99-3=16.99, not 17.99, but I'm not sure the 2 bucks is worth the time and energy.

Also, I'm amazed at how few of both Totoro and Whisper of the Heart they stocked. The first BB I went to had none, and when we checked the stock, there were none in the store, none coming in on the next shipment, and none on order. They checked stock at a second BB, so I went over there, but even after looking through the back and getting some great BB customer service, they could only find Whisper of the Heart. At the last moment, as I was paying, the BB guy that was helping me rushed up and gave me a Totoro he had finally found. This was the best customer service I've ever had at a BB... he took the time to look on the shelf, open boxes in the back, and look through the cart, and even after I left to go pay he kept looking and tracked me down. I wonder if they have some kind of customer feedback form.

It was the same for me but I made him change the price to 17.99 and than toke off the 6 bucks because that's how they are advertising it on the self but he did it without complaining.

I checked every shelf in the place (BB), no Totoro or Whispers. They had well over 100 Howl's, though. Going to try another BB tonight.

I did the Amazon deal. They dropped the price a bit on Totoro so I ended up spending a little less than $33 for both shipped. I'll have to get Whispers down the road. I still need the DVDs from last wave as well, but hate paying over $20 for them.

All four of my local Best Buys are out of Howl's, but they said they should be in by the weekend - no Totoro either.

So on a whim I hit Costco. All three new titles plus a few others (Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa) all at $18.99 each.

Any "The Cat Returns" at Costco? I think that's the only one I'm missing...

Same here. No reason to have to hunt 'em down.

My Best Buy was out of Totoro, had one Howl's left, and one Whispers. Ugh. Was really going for Totoro.

My BB was out of Whisper, and Howl's and Totoro were without slipcover