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[QUOTE=chopin100;13706369]I thought this was an interesting post. It looks like the new owners aren’t treating their employees well during these challenging times. My heart goes out to these employees.


Just curious, have they closed the cafe's instore? I did not go last weekend so not sure if they roped off the seating area.
B&N needs to increase online coupons, hopefully membership 20% off. Stay safe!

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They really are being stingy with the coupons. You would think they would do everything to get people to buy items. Instead, they are doing the exact opposite.

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I bought a book recently and did curbside pickup. My order came with a coupon for $5 off a "buy online, pick up in store" order of $25 or more. The promotion code is PICKUP. Some exclusions apply, but I was able to use this code and get $5 off my next curbside pickup order. The offer ends on May 3, 2020.

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Are they doing Curbside pickup in New Jersey stores? I have recently ordered a few books online before my membership ran out, but it seemed like curb side was not available for the store I usually go to. Everything I ordered said not available for pickup, for new release books. I didn't bother to call because it's just easier to get it in the mail. At least you got coupon. I'm still debating to renew my membership, as I mostly used to at the cafe, as well as instore books and blurays with membership coupons.

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I think curbside pickup is available at certain B&N stores, but not all. Of the 3 stores near me in western NY, I think only two are doing curbside pickup. The other store is in a mall and the mall is closed. You don't need a paper coupon to use this offer. Just use the code PICKUP when you order online and choose "pick up in store." All 3 stores near me are closed to in-person shoppers, but as I said, two of them will bring your order out for curbside pickup.

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They really are being stingy. I receive promotional emails from them every day but haven't had a coupon in almost three weeks.

Just got a mother's day promotional email but no coupon. Sheesh.

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This is just speculation on my part, but because of the Lockdown, B&N are probably not making much money with only online sales. So coupons will be less of a profit for them. B&N has been struggling along time and now with new owners, this is not a good situation the longer the LOCKDOWN continues. I could be wrong:)

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It wouldn't surprise me if Barnes & Noble is one of the casualties of the pandemic.

They've been "on the edge" for years now, and this is something that could finally push them over it. :(

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It's definitely something I've thought about. The new owners were still figuring out how to turn the chain profitable when the extended lockdown hit from Covid-19.

I think it will end up depending on commercial real estate landlords and their leniency over the coming months.

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Are there any current coupons for online orders?

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None I've heard of.
I saw Welcome20 at one of the deals site as a one time 20% one item code, but it never worked for me. It's possible that's supposed to be a NEW MEMBER one time use code.

Memorial Day was never one of their big holidays anyway
Father's Day and Mothers Day tended to be bigger for them and MD got trampled, We'll see what they do for FD and the 40% Sale that normally runs that week.

Of the July Criterion is the big deal (or used to be) and the last couple year the Arrow US 50% sale has overlapped that sale.

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Not sure how old this post is but it is currently on the B&N website.

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Stores in the Dallas/Ft Worth area have reopened.

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I just purchased 3 clearance items at my local B&N and the transaction didn’t take the 10% off for all items for members. The cashier said that this is because the new policy is now that it will only take one discount, the one that gives the lowest price. Was anyone notified about this at all?

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I haven't read/heard anything about it, but there have been exclusions in the past on member discounts on certain sale categories - OTOH I haven't been in a store since early February. I remember a Christmas 50% Sale where none of those items allowed the member discsount so Clearance items that are already 50-80% off would seem to be a possible excluded category.

I'm going to guess the one discount rule isn't exactly the way it will work since so many items in store are 10-20-30% off regularly
If they are going to block 10% discounts on all sale titles like the 40 and 50% sales, then I'm going to somewhat regret re-upping last month b/c that leaves nothing.

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I don't know if this has recently been updated but here is the wording on the 10% discount now called everyday member discount per the B&N website.
If this mean the 10% discount can't be used with 40% off and 50% off blu rays or with coupons I will have no reason to renew my membership. The company was sold last year and we were expecting changes. Even when coupons weren't accepted, the 10% membership discount was. Now that doesn't appear to be the case.

2. CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

a) For the Everyday Member Discount, or other benefit to apply, the Membership account must be active and available at the time of purchase. Members will NOT be reimbursed retroactively for purchases made without an active and available Membership at the time of purchase.

b) The Everyday Member Discount is only valid on eligible purchases at any Barnes & Noble Store. The Everyday Member Discount is not available on products featured in certain designated promotions or sales, or on purchases of the following: products or services at BN.com; products or services at any Barnes & Noble College Bookstores or websites; Gift Cards; eGift Cards; NOOK devices; digital content (including but not limited to eBooks, digital magazines and periodicals); NOOK accessories; other hardware and electronics; software; Rosetta Stone product; downloadable audiobooks in MP3 or any other format; gift-wrapping fees; shipping and handling fees; Membership fees (new or renewal); or any printing costs associated with the Barnes & Noble Print Books on Demand service.

c) Where applicable, the Everyday Member Discount will be applied after all other eligible discounts and deductions are applied, except for coupons or where otherwise stated. Coupon discounts will be applied after the Member discount.

d) The Everyday Member Discount cannot be used in conjunction with any coupons or with any corporate or prearranged group discounts, unless specifically stated. Such exclusion includes the following, without limitation: Educator discounts; employee discounts; corporate or institutional discounts.

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Those sound like what I remember reading in the past. They've always had the language about certain promotions and the D section makes sense with the Educator discounts, etc already having a different type of member discount applied. It's how they decide what's
under the CERTAIN PROMOTIONS that always is a bit difficult. I don't really think we'll know until it gets here.

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If we can no longer get an extra 10% off of sales items, specifically Criterion, then there is no reason for me to maintain the membership. I can just get them directly from Criterions flash sales and save my points for the gift card. And to be honest I haven't set foot in a B&N since last years sale. I liked the Acorn and BBC sales but I can usually find them as cheap elsewhere if I look hard enough. We shall see.

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The Criterion Sale has been my secondary sale -- 10% + being able to use 10-20) (up to 35% last Christmas) still easily best Criterion Flash even with the 9% Loyalty Discount and no tax issues, but I could easily live with Flash Sales if I had to.
The last couple years I've bought most of my March to July and Nov items at B&N, but the Dec-Feb and Aug-Oct items I've moved mostly to the Flash sale EXCEPT the big boxsets which I like being able to pick off the shelf and not ship, plus
the extra GC discounts make a big different in OOP price.

Arrow sales are nice, but ARROW Uk is usually better
British TV sales are nice (esp when they hit 60%+ Member discount), but at 50% there are equal deals

The 40% Off Bluray sales have been my main sales the last couple years hammering on those items that never get discounts -- 40%+10% + plenty of coupons and the discounted GC ends up net $8-9 after tax on the WAC.
I have cleaned up on WAC, Sony and Universal MOD, some SHout items, etc.
WAC 4/44 come close, but the other MOD items never seem to go on sale anymore. The Dec sale raised some alarms bells with far less coupons (now apparently none) and 1/3 to 1/2 of the ALLIED Vaughn sourced discs weren't discounted at all.
If that's a new pattern or esp new order of things then that really cuts into my purchases. Without the coupons I could live pretty easily, without hte member discount it starts to hurt, but if nothing is going to be 40% off at all in that group then
it's back to square one -- 4/44 sales on the single disc WAC and hoping Deep Discount had a sale and promo code at the same time. .

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I still don't see anything on the terms of agreement that would have prevented me getting an additional 10% from the order. There's no wording about the discount not applying to clearance items.

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There;s a catch-all phrase unfortunately that can be used for just about anything: "The Everyday Member Discount is not available on products featured in certain designated promotions or sales"

FWIW, it is similar to deals and promotional discounts many other retailers apply to "Clearance" titles including Amazon Prime. I don't know if it's new policy, something on just the group of items you bought or something else.
Coupons have usually been blocked on such things and there have been groups/categories where the member discount hasn't applied in the past esp with remaindered books, 60-80% off sales, etc so it's not a huge leap

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Have the terms for the 10% coupon always said "The Everyday Member Discount cannot be used in conjunction with any coupons " ?
The only time I remember being denied a 10% off for members was when I ordered something on the website to pick up in store. They said that this was counted as an online order and the 10% off doesn't work online.. Is that still true when the stores are closed and curbside pickup is your only option at the store?

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I think (d) is about a specific type coupon designated for GROUPS, not a general coupon like seems to be implied in

(c) Where applicable, the Everyday Member Discount will be applied after all other eligible discounts and deductions are applied, except for coupons or where otherwise stated. Coupon discounts will be applied after the Member discount.

I'm pretty sure the language is D speaking about specialty programs has been in previou T&C -- or least something similar. I have been in line behind folks using the Educator Discounts and they've already been denied Member Discounts and
even use of std coupons. I have seen coupons which have been specifically ties to the Educator program as well which would not work with normal memberships

I don't have a copy of the 2016-2017 T&C to compare the exact language.

It all becomes problematic when you have so many disparate type Memberships or Groups within a sing;e retailer. It makes a T&C trying to make them all play nice together nearly impossible to write without making it an encyclopedia
I really don't think we're going to know how the things going to work until it gets here. Unfortunately it may be back into the 8/40coupon realm and the store to store or even intra-store manager/manager YMMV that those earlier Criterion Sales sometimes devolved into.

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Deal on B and N giftcards at Kroger stores. Load coupon at Kroger digital coupons until june 16

Save 10% off BARNES & NOBLE

when you buy ONE (1) BARNES & NOBLE Gift Card totaling $50 or more.

Offer excludes $10 BARNES & NOBLE Gift Cards. Product and offer may not be available in all states.

Limit of one coupon per household. Digital Coupons and paper coupons may not be combined on the purchase of a single item. Specially marked items, such as Clearance or Manager’s Specials may not be eligible for Digital Coupons.

Exp. Jun. 16

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More direct than a reseller but limited to one per account.

A different offer
I just ordered $100 Happy Teen card with an AMEX OFFER and the $15 rebate has already been applied -- twice this cycle. My card adn my wife's card had the offer and it worked for each. Had to order direct from HappyCards.com so need to wait for shipping, but it worked fine last year with the same offer -- just can't remember how long it took to get the cards, but I think around 10-14 days. I've done Happy Card deals with Kroger and Publix (5-15 off up to a $100), but I can't remember them ever doing a direct B&N Gift Card. If I had either of them nearby it would be nicer. I really miss the Family Dollar $25 for $20 Christmas offers, I used to load up of them in Dec, but no matter how mnay I bought I never had any left by the end of July.