I tried using the E8W9P3H coupon and it says it is not valid. Has anyone else had this problem?

Welcome to the forum. Did you try to order a Criterion or a pre-order? Coupon codes won't work on either for online orders.

Oh, I tried ordering a Criterion. It was not apparent to me that the coupon was not good for Criterions--guess I missed it. Thanks.

It will say so on the product page on their website:

Note: This item does not qualify for coupons or promotional discounts unless expressly stated.

If anyone wants a 15% off in-store coupon (or online) that expires Sunday let me know. I'm waiting for the MasterCard one.

I could use 2-4 if you can spare. The ones Laser sent me do not have a bar code.

There seems to be a web site problem this morning. I checked a few other coupons I have using the email links directly and there were no barcodes. Only the online code is showing up.

Delete accountless_ from the URL and the barcode will appear.

Weird. I'm getting a barcode when I delete it but now it appears if it is covering over some of the fine print on the coupon. It appears if the barcode is lower and you can't read some of the date when the coupon is supposed to be valid.

I think it's back to normal now. I'm seeing a barcode when I click through the links.

Still messed up. When you print the coupon, the code is inside the barcode.

I did two different test prints and I'm getting a barcode with the coupon code below it. Looks like a normal coupon. Maybe all the glitches are finally straightened out.

I switched from aol to google chrome and all is well with the barcode. Thanks to Laser, hariseldon and BuckNaked for the assistance.

My new favorite BN worker was able to look up and see that my favorite store in STL is getting in 2 copies of the Zatoichi set and reserved one for me. Hoping there really is a good coupon (40%!) to sweetened the deal.

It would be awesome if they carry this in-store.


$224.99-50%-10%-40%-$5 off of $50= $55.75 plus tax.

Just curious, which STL stores do you fare best at? For me, it's now West County. Very helpful, and they take the coupons. Crestwood used to be the best, RIP.

Huh. I've used a few 20% off coupons at Union Square and had no trouble. I wonder if this is a recent development? I used one this sale a week or two ago with no trouble at all.

WC and Chesterfield are the only two stores I visit since they are the ones close to me, but I agree that Crestwood was the best (RIP indeed). I never had a problem with coupons at WC until this sale. Chesterfield is good too, but I think it's because they know me. I get a lot of "we aren't supposed to apply this" there, but they do. I never bring in more than one coupon though and am super friendly to them.

Yeah, I've never tried more than one coupon per transaction, although I used to ask for multiple transactions if need be. This sale, I haven't tried that yet. The friendly film buff clerk at WC was very helpful, but did shoot down the $8 off $40 coupon when I tried for the Fassbender Eclipse set.

I got shot down at the Carle Place, LI store when I tried to use a 15% non-membership coupon on "On The Waterfront" the last time they had this sale.

I wonder if this is more "Metro NY" centric than anything else?

Two questions: how definite is the generic-ness, would you estimate? And when will the actual coupon & details be released (i.e. how much before Friday)?

I'd now like to wait, but don't want to ignore the 30% Mastercard if the 40% might not pan out...

(First-world problems! )

Question. For the 20% off and 15% off coupons on the first page, are those YMMV in terms of workability or did B&N disable those codes for everyone?

I've had good success at my B&N in the past, so that's why I'm wondering.

They are definitely generic unless they decide to change them at the last minute. Generally coupons don't appear on the web site until about a day or two before they are released. Sometimes on rare occasions they can show up earlier like the Mastercard coupon, but that is not common. I'm not expecting to know anything further until at least a day or two before.

Saying that I wouldn't ignore the 30% coupon next week since you never know what may happen in the future. Maybe B&N may decide to place more restrictions with the future coupons online and at stores.

I would say any coupon at a B&N store is ymmv. Well the online codes on the first page are still live, so I would expect the store codes are also active. I've heard one person in the Criterion sale thread did have a bad experience at a store with the 20% coupon. Seems to be the same story every sale. Unfortunately you can't count on every store being the same, or having the same policy with coupons.

I have a couple 15% off codes I won't be using.

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7UFBGU4ZXR8L1

Here are some 15% codes I'm putting up for grabs before they expire. I also still have a few more if there are any last minute requests for store coupons. I have about 4 remaining.

TY67UFQSJZ951
5UX96X6JQ1BQ5
KNZN24AZB2Z5P
BD4GAFUZ4LN1F
WQTMAEYX66E8A
69U3WBGWF72VX
GQ61W1K24JAP1