10% off Whole Order
HEYTHERE -- unknown exp


Watch for possible upcoming codes that MAY become active sometime in the next week or two

APRILSHOWERS

$5 Off Your Order of $30 or more
SPRINGFEVER
expires March 29, 2018 at 2:59am Eastern Time.

It looks like it's active again.

15% OFF Single Item
Online EASTEREGG or In-store F4F9T9N
Expiration 4/2/2018 2:59am ET

HAPPYAPRIL
10% off $35+ 15% off $60 or more
Expires April 6, 2018 at 2:59am Eastern Time

$5 off order 40-74.99 or $10 off $75+
APRILSHOWERS
Expires April 12, 2018 at 2:59am Eastern Time.

15% Off Single Item
Online Code STACKS or In-store D3H9D8U
expires April 17, 2018 at 2:59am Eastern Time online or end of Business store April 16, 2018

10% off Whole Order
SPRINGREADS
Expires April 19, 2018 2:59am ET

I don't know for a fact, but my impression over the past few months has been that BN has jacked up its prices on all releases of DVDs/blurays by a good 20% to 30% generally, compared to before. Consequently, even after applying the 15% or 20% coupons, there is hardly any disc to be found on BN whose price stays competitive with any number of retailers, let alone Amazon and Deep Discount.

As far as DVDs/blurays are concerned, I guess all BN is good for these days is the Criterion sale. Let's hope that that doesn't go away anytime soon.

B&N's DVD and BRs have always been MSRP.

I haven't noticed them charging a premium over MSRP.

As an avid CD consumer, I have noticed different pricing strategies on their music. They've weeded out many of the cheaper budget CDs from their inventory and generally are pricing new releases closer to full list these days. A year or two ago, they were actually fairly competitive on music pricing. It seems to have changed sometime around the Christmas shopping season when they decided everything would be near full price again.

At my B&N, they've pretty much eliminated CDs; they are pretty much relegated to one little corner. Most of the space in the music section is devoted to vinyl.

No, this is not true. Like many other retailers, BN also applies a discount to the MSRP on most releases. But what has happened this year is that this discount has been running 20% to 30% less than before. I've not been able to find a single release this year where BN's price is competitive even after using its coupons, while in past years I had always been able to find quite a few. This evidence is not based on searching just for a few titles, but literally 100's of DVD/bluray releases.

I'll give a specific example at the moment: The Wire bluray boxset, certainly a mainstream popular item, has a MSRP of $200. One can get it on Amazon for about $80, and on Deep Discount for about $150 (before the 15% discount currently available). How much is it selling on BN? A whopping $190. Who in their right mind would buy it from BN? An even more interesting question: why would BN even bother to sell it at that price?

Like many older retail chains, Barnes & Noble's entire strategy is aimed at capturing casual shoppers that don't know any better. It was a business model that worked fairly well before the rise of instant price comparisons could be accessed on the Internet through your smartphone. Borders had much the same model and failed several years ago. It has only been B&N's more refined branding that has enabled it to survive this long.

That is what has driven their profitability lower. Older consumers aren't quite as savvy to instantly check Amazon or whatever when they are out shopping. But younger educated professionals, once the core of their business, are not going to overpay $20 more for a DVD or book when it can be shipped to them much cheaper.

Until April 30th all PBS dvds are 50% off. 10% off for members as well and coupons are ok to use.

15% off orders of $50 to $99.99 and 20% off orders of $100 or more
GOFORIT
Expires April 24, 2018 at 2:59am Eastern Time.

This appears to work for some items like Books, but movies seem to be excluded though not listed on the coupon details.
Movies do seem to work as an add-on item

Get 15% Off Your Order
In-store L9B7P4C and Online Coupon BOOKMARK
Expires April 30, 2018 at 2:59am ET or end of business April 29 in-store

SPRINGTOIT
$5.00 off qualifying orders of $30.00 or more
Expires May 3, 2018 at 2:59am Eastern Time.

20% Off $100 or More Online Order
BNGILTCITY
Expires 5/7/2018 2:59am ET

Somewhat of an odd code since there doesn't seem to be a lower tier.
I;m somewhat unsure of the exp date, but I'm assuming a normal Monday morning exp

Things are tough all over:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/0...nes-noble.html

The editorial is suggesting the government should intervene to save uncompetitive businesses, but where would that end? It's basically asking the government to freeze time so nothing ever changes. Have you shopped at Sky City recently? Nope. Businesses have always failed, and new ones taken their place. Who do we complain about the most? The cable company, the post office - businesses that don't need to change to survive. Sure, I want B&N to succeed, but because it's the best, not because the government propped it up.

I check occasionally, and B&N has the best prices for the stuff I buy, even with its now diminished discounts. No one else is even close. I mostly buy books, and noticed many publishers erased their online discounts late last year. Not limited to B&N, but across the board, so B&N's coupons are still better.

Oh, and I got back on the member e-mail list last month after being removed in late 2013. Back when coupons were reusable, I didn't care that much, but now that they're not, I made an effort. The key seems to be persistence - I tried different things like online chat support and e-mail support, and finally got someone who actually fixed it. So if you don't get member e-mails, keep trying!

Also, I tried to get snail mail coupons again. This year, they've sent out two sets, and I didn't get either. So I tried to get back on that list, too. But I will not know if succeeded until they sent out another set of coupons, probably around the Fourth of July holiday.

One way B&N could improve is to treat its members better.

I don't think anyone complains much about the post office.

There are complaint threads desicated to Amazon and eBay here, though.

If any member wants to save money on a cheesecake (at the store cafe), I have a coupon I can't use:
$10 Off Any Whole Cheesecake
Expires: 05/13/2018
6FB2KCKE6WSZX
(Hari knows how to turn these codes back into their barcodes if you need the barcode.)
This is a one-time-use coupon for members only.

20% Off One Item IN-STORE ONLY (1)
Expires End of Business May 13, 2018


20% Off One Item IN-STORE ONLY (2)
Expires End of Business May 13, 2018

Would not take the coupons on sale items so I left the merchandise there.

10% off your online order
YESWAY
expires May 16 2:59am ET