You can do this. I currently have one and I used to have one back in December 2010. Use a different email and you should be fine.

I think they just closed the loophole that allows you to use a coupon more than once online. You can no longer enter the coupon before signing into your account.

I just came here to post the same thing. This will severely decrease my BN.com purchases.

I can't believe it lasted as long as it did. I thought B&N would have caught on sooner.

I suppose next they will figure out a way to compare our membership purchase/renewal date to coupon codes to prevent us from using the membership coupons ad infinitum.

If you opt out I don't believe they can legally send you any marketing offers.

This exactly.

However, I did try the 8$ coupon on the kurahara set tonight to much success at a store that denied their use in july (this store is closing in dec, so I think the employees are going to be less enforcement oriented). I'll definitely try and get it to pass on Fanny & Alexander and Leningrad cowboys. And if I keep having success with the 8/40 coupon I may blow past my budget and get three colors and carlos as well.

Actually, this is dead wrong. The terms & conditions for the online code and the in store coupon are different. See the first page of this thread. I don't really understand why so many are scared to challenge the acceptance of this coupon in store. The language is clear and simple and B&N has an obligation to honor the coupons they distribute as they are written unless there is a change. Since there hasn't been a change for years, it seems to me they don't plan to make one.

The only differences in the terms are to account for the member discount in stores that you don't get online, the fact that you can choose one item in-store but not online, and for possible shipping charges that could occur online.

Here are the terms for the online code:

$8 off one (1) DVD or Blu-ray with a minimum B&N Selling Price of $40. The B&N Selling Price is the price at Checkout before taxes and shipping and handling charges are applied. The $8 off discount will apply to the most expensive eligible DVD or Blu-ray in your Shopping Cart and will be deducted after all other discounts are applied.

And now the store coupon:

The $8 off will be one DVD of the Member’s Choice, with a B&N minimum selling price of $40-and will be deducted after all other discounts, including the standard Member discount, are applied. The B&N selling price is the price at the cash register before taxes and discounts, including the standard Member discount are applied.

These are the same coupons and thus the terms are the same. You can interpret them however you want but it still doesn't make you right. There's no point in discussing this further so I'm done and will get back to bargains. You'll interpret it the way you want and the rest of us will actually interpret it correctly.

It looks like you can't enter coupons until you sign in/checkout now.... I guess coupons will be 1 time use online from now on....

Just noticed this. Too bad

The 5%, 7%, and 10% online coupon codes on the first page toward the bottom of the coupon list should still be able to be used multiple times.

Did you miss the "before taxes and discounts...are applied" text in the B&N selling price definition for the in store coupon? It flat out states to use the price before discounts are applied, i.e. the full price. So I will interpret it correctly and continue to get the discount B&N offers to me.

I think I remember that B&N considers the 50% off a temporary price reduction, not a discount. This of course is semantics but it might be the justification for disallowing the coupon.

The information is in the barcode. If the employee scans the coupon and it's not eligible with what you're trying to buy, it will let the employee know. That employee (or a manager) likely could override it, but it would at least initially get rejected.

I used the coupon on the Kurahara set and on Carlos on different days. Both times the scanner read the coupon and applied the discount correctly.

The same result did not occur when trying it on $39.99 titles. One time required a manual overide, and the other time prompted a call to a dour Manager.

50% off code on facebook

EDIT: sonuvabitch, after you go through and claim the damn thing, it's only for a print book.

I got denied trying to use the 8 dollar off coupon on Carlos despite it being originally 49.99 and the manager wouldn't budge. He stated that the price had to be after discounts and all that jive. I knew he was wrong but if their mind is made up you are not going to change it.

Curious what his response was when you pointed to the 'before discount' part of the fine print? The poster above who said they sometimes call it a temporary price drop makes a good point. It's still complete BS on B&N part (temporary price drop is a discount), but I'm curious what excuse the manager at your store used.

The "excuse" I've heard is "it's not a discount because we don't have to enter a code to take the 50% off; it just rings up that way. A discount requires a code."

The only time I've been able to get an employee to bend on the price thing while trying to buy in store would be if the membership discount takes the sale price below the coupon's qualifying price.

Technically, you're wrong, but you know that of course.

It says the price "at the register" before discounts. So they easily have at least two ways to legitimately deny coupon use on most titles. One, it comes up as a promo price, not a discount. Two, it shows the promo price as $39.99, not the required $40.

Does it work much of the time? Sure. But my philosophy is that half off plus membership 10% is more than good enough, and the coupons are just bonus. So don't be a hard-ass and fight for technicalities on the coupon terms everyone. You're only going to get them to fix their POS system and ruin coupons for all of us eventually. Take what they'll give you without a fight, but don't rock the boat.

Any chance that someone might list the 50% off Book code from facebook? I'd love to be able to get that discount if at all possible.

It's a unique, one-time-use code.

Just printed my Facebook coupon. You have to LIKE B&N, but here is the link, for those who haven't found it already:
http://www.facebook.com/barnesandnob...01143516562748

Coupon expires at 3am on 11/7, so you don't have long to use it. It is good off of the LIST price of one book. Not the greatest coupon, but I'll use it...