Man, I was such a fool not getting a membership earlier and when last night, not trying to use both coupons. I went in tonight and luckily it was a different cashier and did pretty well.

I was able to use both the Member and Non-Member 50% Off Coupons. I got Doctor Who: Beneath The Surface (10% Off, 50% Off, Shipped-to-Home), Doctor Who: The Complete Specials (10% Off, 10% Off, 50% off), and Doctor Who: The E-Space Trilogy (Free). The total came out to $50.54, making them all $16.85 each. She even tried scanning the $8 Off coupon, but the computer didn't accept it.

It depresses me thinking how much more money I could've saved if I had just got the Membership on Day 1. Although, some of the other cashiers were hesitant about the coupons, so there's no guarantee they would've accepted all of them.

Forgot to mention that I was also denied the pre-order of the Star Wars with the 50% coupon... --Peter

The 30% code was most likely only usable with their email address. If they did post the code no else could use it. That was the type of coupons B&N sent out for this promotion. But it did appear as if B&N created a similar set of coupons without the email recipient restrictions. Those seem to be no where to be found. Here is the information for the 50% coupon. There is also a 30%, 20%, 15%, and 10% like it.

Anyone know a way around this? The closest Barnes and Noble to me is considered a college one. Surprisingly they take normal Barnes and Noble coupons but had difficulty processing this one because it is a surprise coupon (so they don't know what the percent off is even though I know what it is). Anyway around this. I wanna partake in the deal but this is the only B&N who has DVD's I can get too.

Was this possibly just an employee that didn't now what they were doing? I don't have any idea but you might be out of luck if they can't scan the coupon. Technically the fine print does say it is not valid at B&N college bookstores. The other store coupons say the same thing even though you mention they accept some of the regular ones. Can they order DVDs? Maybe a ship to home order would go through.

Guy sounded like he knew what he was doing. They aren't suppose to take these coupons but do by overriding and giving the person a discount from a BN coupon. They never scan the coupon rather just give you the percentage off of the coupon. I guess they do it that way cause scanning the coupon won't work he says. I don't doubt him cause it says on the coupon you can't use it there. Looks like I'm making a trip to NYC tomorrow and hitting up some B&N there.

Did you tell them you knew it was 50%? You sent it to a friend who used it at a different store and he confirmed it. Worth a shot.

Okay that explains it. If that is the scenario there is no way for them to know what the discount is supposed to be unless they take your word for it. I could understand them rejecting a coupon without a fixed percentage off to go by.

See: POST #3064!

Yea I mean I understand why he didn't take it, I'm trying to think of ays around it. I'm kind of interested to see if they would call another Barnes and Noble and tell them to type in the code. Wonder if they would do that over the phone.

You could ask them to do that. Worse thing they can say is no.

Congrats, sir!
Was the cashier your girlfriend? Or, if you're really a Professor, perhaps it was one of your students sucking up for a good grade?

Hopefully another reason you wouldn't do that is: to plan on cancelling a membership (in advance) would be unscrupulous.

Some states (including mine) have laws in place to protect consumers from unscrupulous merchants such as health clubs that promise much but don't deliver and then don't let you get your paid-up-front membership fee back or ... remember the days of of mom & pop video stores that charged "lifetime" membership fees when they really were talking about their lifetime, not yours?

So, for consumers to now take advantage of laws put in place to protect them or just merchants 'doing the right thing' is ... well hopefully 'nuff said.

I returned mine out of spite. I hope that's a good enough reason. I know Jerry couldn't return his suit for that reason, but dammit that's why I returned my membership...

Thanks for the info. I didn't know using coupons on a ship to home order would be YMMV. I figured if it were YMMV it would probably because the employees are unwilling to do it (or they don't know HOW to do it). I didn't see anyone mention shipping costs. Are there any or is ship to home free even for non-members?

Regarding the 10 mile round trip, the reason I complain about it is I HATE driving (especially when the trip ends up being a waste). I have a psychological problem with driving (and you may be thinking I have others as well), so I try to minimize it. Did you ever see the Goofy short about Mr. Wilson and Mr. Wheeler? While I'm nowhere near as bad as that of course, driving has a noticeable negative effect on me.

Depending how my day goes today I may give it a try (as it's the last day for the coupons) since it seems I have maybe a 75% chance of success.

Shipping is free on all orders if you have a membership. Without a membership shipping is free on orders $25 or more.

Haha, no not my girlfriend, but I did almost ask her out on a date! I turned on whatever charm I have and we got into a long conversation about films. By the time she rang me up, she was really in good spirits and didn't think there was any problem in applying both the 50% off and then $5 off of $20 coupon.

The BOGART set sold for $60 and I got it for $20 (including tax!) and even though it's OOP and selling for much, much more online, I am not going to flip it. I actually want it in my collection and was happy that all the chances I had to previously buy it, at $40 plus!, all fell through.

And being a gentleman, I bow back to your own couponal (?) triumphs during this latest maze of B&N discounting.

When I got the membership I had no idea you could cancel it and get a refund, but it's nice to know that they have that option. I've definitely got my money's worth, and there's bound to be other sales in the future, so there's no reason I would cancel it. But even that aside, when I've actually been able to take advantage of it, to cancel it, as you say, just seems an unsavory thing to do.

heads up on the 50% off coupon, some people on slickdeals have been saying that the code is not ringing up at 50% automatically and that they are getting the other random amounts. Seems like this one is dead or close to it.

Got shot down with the two coupons attempt today in store. I did use it to get 50% off on one title though, a criterion blu for $16.19 plus tax. Well, it was a good run these past few days.

I don't know if it's been mentioned before in the thread, but one of the sales clerks told me that the B2G1 deal ends tomorrow. They could be wrong, but figured I'd give everyone a heads up just in case.

I just got back from 3 BN's, usually doing two purchases at each (one in the DVD/music dept., one at the front to buy a book or boardgame). Didn't have any problems with any of my 50% coupons -- they all rang up correctly, both member and non-member.

I went to three different Barnes and Noble's and got shot down trying to stack the coupons. Really sucked. Also the mystery member coupon which was suppose to be 50% gave me 30% (barcode starting with 1). I ended up with Black Dynamite, Broadcast News and Social Network for a little over $40 which is great. Plus I got Kick Ass and Almost Famous from Best Buy for $27. Good haul just wish one of the three stores I went to would stack the coupons (even if it was a 50% and a 30%). I think they may have gotten wise to it.

was only allowed one coupon w/ Cronos, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest last night - but he took it off Cronos and gave me Girl free for around $50 total. not an OMGBBQ!!!!!!!!! deal, but decent nonetheless.

oh the humanity!! a ten minute car ride?!!?!? How do you survive?!!?!