Originally Posted by DoverMath (Post 12936700)

Could this new development with Amazon cause BN to rethink charging members full list price at stores? We can hope! BN's stores are just not competitive. BN probably won't do anything until a new CEO is found, which I am thankful looks like it won't happen before Black Friday. Hopefully Black Friday will be Labor Day all over again.

http://www.geekwire.com/2016/amazon-...tail-strategy/

If there's a good coupon this BF, I encourage you to use it to the absolute max. I know the new exclusions can make that hard. But new management tends to want to change things, so we may be looking back at 2016 as the last golden age of BN.

The BF promotion hasn't been announced yet, but BN has always been late in announcing theirs compared to other retailers. (Their page is http://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/blac...r-monday-deals)

[BTW, I'm not sure Amazon's deal is too good. In my case, I mostly buy books, not movies, so YMMV, but.... you have essentially a $100 deductible when you buy Prime. You have to meet your deductible, meaning you buy enough books that the difference between list price and Prime price is $100. That's about 12 books. Most new hardback books are about $8 cheaper online, or 30% off. Once you meet your deductible, you get the online price, and start saving money, so you'd have to buy well over a dozen new hardbacks per year (or the equivalent) to save much money. (Can a bunch of people buy a Prime membership and share it?) BN's membership is only $25, not $100, so your deductible is lower. Online, the free shipping plus online discount plus a coupon is unbeatable. Amazon doesn't come close. In the store, you'd have to calculate the break-even point for saving $25. You'd save about $5 per book (with 10% member discount and a coupon), so you'd only need to buy about 5 hardbacks to break even on membership. You wouldn't save as much from then on, but you'd start saving sooner.]

Originally Posted by hariseldon (Post 12936823)

They're in the wiki of this thread -- not sure if you can see them on mobile maybe?

In store $5 off $50 Total Transaction Exp 12/11/2016

In store $8 off $40 Single DVD/BD Exp 12/11/2016

Sometimes you get better results with the 8/40 if you can get the clerk to type in the code rather than scan the barcode.
Just tell them you have a code for $8 off a Movie and let them enter it -- L4J7J7A

Love to know the results either way

Originally Posted by hariseldon (Post 12937475)

15% Coupon 11/3-11/67

Store Coupon 5W1561 and Online Coupon AUTUMN15

This coupon is valid at BN.com from November 3, 2016 at 12:01am to November 7, 2016 at 2:59am Eastern Time, and at Barnes & Noble stores from November 3, 2016 to November 6, 2016 at close of business.

Originally Posted by EinCB (Post 12938370)

So no coupons work for the Criterion Collection now?

Originally Posted by Lipid (Post 12938372)

Looks like barnes & noble wants to go out of business. I understand they lost profit on these sales, but profit is still profit. If they eliminate the coupons, no one has a reason to step foot in the store. We'd all just wait for the criterion flash sale or amazon sales. Not sure what they're thinking.

Originally Posted by EinCB (Post 12938978)

Since coupons no longer work, it'd be cheaper for me to order online, correct? No need to waste money going to the store.

Originally Posted by hariseldon (Post 12943639)

Veteran Day 15% off online/store, but explicitly has no criterions on it

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/promos....jsp?cid=6bec2

Originally Posted by EinCB (Post 12945559)

I just got back from the Barnes and Noble in Union Square in New York. I was told by a gentleman named Phil that they're no longer accepting coupons on the Criterions. With some people having success, I wanted to give it a shot. I'm going to guess that no Barnes and Noble in New York State are accepting coupons for the Collection.

They also didn't have Ikiru. :sad:

What I'm going to do is have Target price match and get cash back from a website. Unless there's a better idea I'm unaware of.

Originally Posted by Classic Films (Post 12946300)

I had success at Yonkers NY store but as I mentioned it was because the clerk manually entered the coupon. When originally scanned the message on the cash register was that the item(s) did not qualify for the coupon. If therewas a different clerk I may not have been able to use the coupon.

Originally Posted by DVDHound (Post 12946354)

After buying at every one of these sales over the years in NYC, I can make a couple of observations: You can never predict whether you can use a coupon at a brick and mortar. The Union Square store doesn't take coupons any time and they are nasty about it.