Originally Posted by hariseldon

Have you tried this sale yet? A couple folks said not only were they successful, but that the coupon scanned like any other. It's worth at least one shot. I still find it hard to believe given that I've had close to zero success with it, but given that not every POS computer seems to operate under the same rule even in the same city anything is possible.

Over the years a lot more folks were able to use 8/40 on pairs of Criterions which would put you right at $14. Not counting GC discounts, the only times I've been able to get below $14 was with the Nov/BF 25/30% coupons.

The B2G1 50% overlap glitch in 2011 (?) got me to 13.33+tax as a one-off sale.

With 20%, 15% (or mult uniq 20%), and 5/50 combinations which has just about been stopped in my local stores I was in the mid $13+tax area

Originally Posted by hariseldon

It depends -- are you member with a store that accepts coupons or are you going to buy all online.

For non members I can't think of any deal that's going to beat the current 20% or planned 25%. The best instore discount is going to 15% off.

The best deal online is the upcoming 25% code assuming you have $100 to buy and the coupon shows up functioning like the current 20%


For members instore:
1) Extreme YMMV The best deal instore for members always is IF your stores allows it is buying individual items with the 8/40 coupon -- 9.99+tax is hard to beat and hard to be a part of

2) Big YMMV Buying items with combination of coupons -- 20% and 15% off one for each item and adding a 5off50 coupon on top -- 13.30 -13.70 +tax ea if you can do them in groups of 4

3) moderate YMMV buying two 19.99 items with a single 8/40 coupon -- 14+ tax ea

4) Only dependent on having a coupon at checkout and a store that doesn't reject them completely-- 20% single itme 14.40, 15% 15.30e

Take any deal and Supersize it by purchasing with 10/15/20/30% discounted Gift Cards if you've been able to stock up on them lately.

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Not that it make much difference anymore the BNSUNNY Tiered coupon that started out looking decently promising 10 days has now been thoroughly gutted. I'm not sure why they're even going to bother to release it in a few hours.

Now it's listed as Excluding Movies and TV like the BNFIREWORK coupon did by it's final release. This language changed in the last few hours and seesm to be the 5th change for it since I first saw it. Maybe they're just screwing with me

A bit more bothersome is that the "$10 off 100" and 20%/$75 coupon slated for July 25th also have the Movies/TV exclusion language
No changes to the 20/60 or 25/100 yet that I can see

Originally Posted by hariseldon

If you aren't a member and don't think you'll potentially buy enough in a year to make the numbers work then online with the 20% is the best today. Those 2 also won't meet the $$$ amt to qualify for the potential 25% code on Tuesday though if you had a 3rd item to bump it to $100 then you could save a few dollars.

Assuming you're a US customer
With BNTropical that would decrease your price to 66 +tax

IF the "25% of 100 or more" BNSPARKLER works the way we hope (7/12 active date) and you get a another 19.99 title then you'd drop to 77+tax so the 3rd title you basically get for $11 .

In store your best price for those 2 items for a nonmember would be 70+tax, but you'd be able to check the box condition and not worry about shipping.

For members you MIGHT be able get it to the mid $50 range though $60-63 is more likely since I think I don;t think there will be many free 20% codes next week when the store coupons show up. In store coupons can get complicated (quite profitable though) just b/c so much depends on your store and clerk.

If you could potentially buy some of the discounted GC through GiftcardGranny or Cardcash then you could add another 10% of savings though they look pretty depleted for now. Weekend they don't usually add a lot so Monday might be the best bet to find some decent discount

Originally Posted by Dan

Thanks! I am a B&N member, but only signed up about a month ago when I picked up a record I wanted. I got the "new member" coupons in my email, but so far, nothing else.

I could definitely add another title or two to my list, so I'll have to think about which ones I want and go from there.

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Try to sign up your email in he Be In the Know then and add the return Welcome message to your contacts. Hopefully it's not too late to get on the mailing list for this week.

Originally Posted by hariseldon

We have liftoff with 25% code BNSPARKLER is open/active 25% off your whole cart with $100 or more purchase of eligible items. Preorders still seem to work when added after your qualifying order of at least $100 in normal eligible items.

Originally Posted by Kevy

For the non-members what is now the best option
online for the criterion sale currently?

Me and my GF each renewed our memberships about two to three
weeks ago. Neither of us received our snail mail coupons and or
our email coupons. We can return the memberships up to the 30
day. So we are both thinking of returning both our memberships
and getting our $50 back.

Originally Posted by hariseldon

OK. new store coupons are in and an odd mixture. about half are the usual 15% Single Item (ALL CUSTOMERS) like always, but about half of mine are $10 off $50 of more purchase. It sets up some easier deals for those who have trouble or don't won't to use a bunch of separate coupons and some interesting multi-coupon deals if your store allows you to apply more than a single coupon per purchase.

Criterion Online are completely blocked from coupons, but they do work for other items as do the other single item codes in the WIKI


I have extras that I think are ready to be go. If you need them just PM me and tell me how many of each type you might want