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Assume that all of these are available to all customers unless specifically listed as member only.
Mini FAQ
Coupons should not work for PREORDERS , Criterions, Nook, Legos, Rosetta Stone, Digital, Gift Cards, Memberships, etc.
Free Shipping is $25 (before tax/shipping) or with membership.
Online only a single code can be applied to an order
Return period is 14 days after delivery though possibly it's 30 days now for most people though there is a discrepancy b/w the receipt and website.
Online ordered items can returned to a local store unless it's classified as a web-only item then it's at the store's discretion to accept
Single Item 15% OFF, but should be reusable in different transaction and if the Clerks will scan it more than once.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/promo...100045:K7K8F3B
Expiration 12/31/2020 and despite the coupon language is only good for In-store coupon Eligible items.
The long standing Free 60 day Trial Offer was discontinued in late May 2016
"New Member" Welcome Coupons appear to be discontinued at least for now
Mini FAQ
Coupons should not work for PREORDERS , Criterions, Nook, Legos, Rosetta Stone, Digital, Gift Cards, Memberships, etc.
Free Shipping is $25 (before tax/shipping) or with membership.
Online only a single code can be applied to an order
Return period is 14 days after delivery though possibly it's 30 days now for most people though there is a discrepancy b/w the receipt and website.
Online ordered items can returned to a local store unless it's classified as a web-only item then it's at the store's discretion to accept
Single Item 15% OFF, but should be reusable in different transaction and if the Clerks will scan it more than once.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/promo...100045:K7K8F3B
Expiration 12/31/2020 and despite the coupon language is only good for In-store coupon Eligible items.
The long standing Free 60 day Trial Offer was discontinued in late May 2016
"New Member" Welcome Coupons appear to be discontinued at least for now
Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
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Book prices? Most of my upcoming books lost their online discount recently. After checking, a lot of items I ordered earlier in the year did, too.
BN almost overnight wiped out a lot of online discounts. At least for some publishers.
Given how high prices have gotten to "price in" steep online discounts, that's not good. And prices are still going up. Even coupons don't help much.
BN seems to be in decline. The last thing I ordered used Narvar for tracking. I ran into this outfit last year with another retailer. They basically intercept your package tracking. Instead of getting a link to UPS, or USPS, the link is to their site. I don't know what value they possibly offer BN, since it's a useless service. Why BN needs to give my personal information to yet another third party is another issue. I don't understand why they can't just give me a tracking number without sending my information to a third party.
And, have you noticed most of the coupons now have a minimum purchase amount that is higher than the free-shipping threshold for everyone? Being a member is getting to be a worse deal every year.
BN almost overnight wiped out a lot of online discounts. At least for some publishers.
Given how high prices have gotten to "price in" steep online discounts, that's not good. And prices are still going up. Even coupons don't help much.
BN seems to be in decline. The last thing I ordered used Narvar for tracking. I ran into this outfit last year with another retailer. They basically intercept your package tracking. Instead of getting a link to UPS, or USPS, the link is to their site. I don't know what value they possibly offer BN, since it's a useless service. Why BN needs to give my personal information to yet another third party is another issue. I don't understand why they can't just give me a tracking number without sending my information to a third party.
And, have you noticed most of the coupons now have a minimum purchase amount that is higher than the free-shipping threshold for everyone? Being a member is getting to be a worse deal every year.
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re: the $10 for $75 gift card promo - keep in mind that typically after Thanksgiving they offer a similar $10 for $50 promo. Something to consider if you're not planning on using the gift cards right away.
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Yes, we have to thank Hari for his efforts, and Laser Movies before him, for making this forum work.
In fairness to BN, I was surprised by seeing online discounts disappearing overnight on a lot of books I had on my to-get list. I checked Books-A-Million (about whom I'd largely forgotten after they closed their store where I live many, many years ago) and their listings for these books don't have an online discount, either. Apparently, the publishers no longer offers discounts to retail outlets. This is not something limited to BN. Like I say, the cover prices have gone up dramatically over the past few years to "price in" the 20-40% discounts offered online, so this is a pretty dramatic increase to go to full cover price.
Update: One of the books I was looking at got its online discount back. Also at BAM. Wonder if this is some sort of new thing where the book is full price for a while after its release?
In fairness to BN, I was surprised by seeing online discounts disappearing overnight on a lot of books I had on my to-get list. I checked Books-A-Million (about whom I'd largely forgotten after they closed their store where I live many, many years ago) and their listings for these books don't have an online discount, either. Apparently, the publishers no longer offers discounts to retail outlets. This is not something limited to BN. Like I say, the cover prices have gone up dramatically over the past few years to "price in" the 20-40% discounts offered online, so this is a pretty dramatic increase to go to full cover price.
Update: One of the books I was looking at got its online discount back. Also at BAM. Wonder if this is some sort of new thing where the book is full price for a while after its release?
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I had something interesting happen to me in-store the other night. I was actually in there to buy a book off the bargain (remainder) tables up front, and I was going to use this week's 15% off coupon. Hey, every little bit helps, right?
So I took the book up to the register. It was supposed to be $4.98, but it rang up for $2.49! However, the coupon would not apply. The cashier gave me some BS about now coupons might not work on bargain titles. I got the book for cheaper than I had anticipated anyway, so that didn't bug me, but has anybody else had any problems using coupons on bargain or other discounted items? (And boy, has my local store started to have discount tables year round. It used to be after Xmas to reduce inventory, but now it seems to last all year.)
I don't think I see any exclusions in the fine print. Just another thing to keep an eye on and (maybe) be disappointed in from BN.
So I took the book up to the register. It was supposed to be $4.98, but it rang up for $2.49! However, the coupon would not apply. The cashier gave me some BS about now coupons might not work on bargain titles. I got the book for cheaper than I had anticipated anyway, so that didn't bug me, but has anybody else had any problems using coupons on bargain or other discounted items? (And boy, has my local store started to have discount tables year round. It used to be after Xmas to reduce inventory, but now it seems to last all year.)
I don't think I see any exclusions in the fine print. Just another thing to keep an eye on and (maybe) be disappointed in from BN.
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I've never had a problem using coupons on discounted books.
I have, in the past, successfully stacked the Black Friday 30% off coupon with the 50% off Black Friday sale books like The World of Ice & Fire. But they could be tightening up their coupon policy like they did with Criterion titles last year.
I have, in the past, successfully stacked the Black Friday 30% off coupon with the 50% off Black Friday sale books like The World of Ice & Fire. But they could be tightening up their coupon policy like they did with Criterion titles last year.
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
15% Single Item
Store Coupon C9A7K7R and Online Code FALLNOV17
Expires November 13, 2017 at 2:59am Eastern Time online or at Barnes & Noble stores end of business November 12, 2017
Still excludes Criterions
Store Coupon C9A7K7R and Online Code FALLNOV17
Expires November 13, 2017 at 2:59am Eastern Time online or at Barnes & Noble stores end of business November 12, 2017
Still excludes Criterions
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Black Friday 2017
Watch this space:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/bla...r-monday-deals
No word on coupons yet, but last year they didn't have this page active so early in the season.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/bla...r-monday-deals
No word on coupons yet, but last year they didn't have this page active so early in the season.
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Anybody have any luck using the "other" coupons if you got the postal Member mailer? There are 20% coupons for children's picture books and mysteries as well as the two generic 20%s. I am a mystery reader and I tried using that one but it does say only on "eligible" titles, but it doesn't say what those are on the website. I think I'm going to try in-store this week with that one. I added something to my cart and the code wouldn't apply. Kind of a crappy way to run a sale if you have to work so hard to figure out what's eligible.
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I had something interesting happen to me in-store the other night. I was actually in there to buy a book off the bargain (remainder) tables up front, and I was going to use this week's 15% off coupon. Hey, every little bit helps, right?
So I took the book up to the register. It was supposed to be $4.98, but it rang up for $2.49! However, the coupon would not apply. The cashier gave me some BS about now coupons might not work on bargain titles. I got the book for cheaper than I had anticipated anyway, so that didn't bug me, but has anybody else had any problems using coupons on bargain or other discounted items? (And boy, has my local store started to have discount tables year round. It used to be after Xmas to reduce inventory, but now it seems to last all year.)
I don't think I see any exclusions in the fine print. Just another thing to keep an eye on and (maybe) be disappointed in from BN.
So I took the book up to the register. It was supposed to be $4.98, but it rang up for $2.49! However, the coupon would not apply. The cashier gave me some BS about now coupons might not work on bargain titles. I got the book for cheaper than I had anticipated anyway, so that didn't bug me, but has anybody else had any problems using coupons on bargain or other discounted items? (And boy, has my local store started to have discount tables year round. It used to be after Xmas to reduce inventory, but now it seems to last all year.)
I don't think I see any exclusions in the fine print. Just another thing to keep an eye on and (maybe) be disappointed in from BN.
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This looks like a competitor to Applebee's. All the Applebee's where I live closed recently. I am not sure BN needs to be in the casual dining space. It's not their expertise, and even people who know what they're doing have trouble in the restaurant industry. The cookie-cutter casual-dining trend seems to have already peaked. I commend them for not being static, and trying new things, but the low-margin, high-capex restaurant business doesn't seem like a good fit for a commodity entertainment business. But no one asked me. Hopefully in all this they didn't forget Black Friday was next week.
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Barnes & Noble is going to have to drop prices if they want to abandon coupons.
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Yeah - if there is a bad decision to be made, BN seems to make it. With Amazon starting to open brick and mortar stores, I think they need to accept the "new world" of media retail and compete using the same rules their competitors are using.
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People seem more willing to pay for overpriced food than overpriced books and videos.. I checked the Yelp reviews for the Folsom, Ca store and most were positive on the experience there.
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15% Off One Item excludes Criterions
Store Coupon P7F3D4C and Online Coupon LEAVES2017
Exp November 20, 2017 at 2:59am ET online , and at Barnes & Noble stores November 19, 2017 at close of business.
Store Coupon P7F3D4C and Online Coupon LEAVES2017
Exp November 20, 2017 at 2:59am ET online , and at Barnes & Noble stores November 19, 2017 at close of business.
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Activist investor draws up plan to take Barnes & Noble private: WSJ
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ba...-idUSKBN1DG2Q7
"(Reuters) - Sandell Asset Management Corp, an activist investor in Barnes & Noble Inc, has proposed a transaction that would take the bookseller private with the help of current shareholders and debt financing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. "
There's almost zero chance of this happening, of course, but the "and debt financing" part is what took down the Family Christian Stores bookstore chain and more recently Toys-R-Us, so no matter what state B&N is in right now, it's better off than in the hands of private equity raiders.
"(Reuters) - Sandell Asset Management Corp, an activist investor in Barnes & Noble Inc, has proposed a transaction that would take the bookseller private with the help of current shareholders and debt financing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. "
There's almost zero chance of this happening, of course, but the "and debt financing" part is what took down the Family Christian Stores bookstore chain and more recently Toys-R-Us, so no matter what state B&N is in right now, it's better off than in the hands of private equity raiders.
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no matter what state B&N is in right now, it's better off than in the hands of private equity raiders.
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