Nidreu

For the B&N membership, i read this on their website:

"What if I join now but decide later that I no longer want to be a Member? Can I get a refund?

If you purchased your Membership at a Barnes & Noble bookstore, you may cancel the Membership at any store within 30 days of the purchase date for a full refund with the original receipt. If you purchased your Membership online at www.bn.com, you may contact the Member Service Center at 1-866-238-READ within 30 days of the purchase date for a full refund."


So does that mean I can get membership, use it, and cancel it within 30 days? Even if I've used the membership benefits towards the sale? Also, by full refund I assume they mean cash, and not store credit.

thanks for any help.

Corihor1

So does anyone have advice on what the best way to take advantage of the sale would be Member vs. NonMember.

For me as a Member I found that ordering 2 19.99 Blu-Rays using 1 15% off coupon, stackable with my B&N membership, and through Bing cashback yields me those 2 at 16.03 each after tax with free 3-Day Shipping. The cashback discount is also included in that price.

JoeStSteven

I was a bit confused.. just went with the 50% + 10% off of one item + bing (although it's not in my account yet). I managed to grab some stuff specifically that I wanted that DD doesn't carry.

Ran 1 07-14-2009 $19.99
Contempt 1 07-14-2009 $19.99
L'avventura 1 07-14-2009 $19.99
Au Hasard Balthazar 1 07-14-2009 $14.99
Beauty and the Beast 1 07-14-2009 $19.99
Criterion Collection: Ingmar Bergman Trilogy 1 07-14-2009 $35.99
Wild Strawberries 1 07-14-2009 $19.99
Knife in the Water 1 07-14-2009 $19.99
White Dog 1 07-14-2009 $14.99

Sub Total: $185.91
Shipping & Processing:
FREE

Tax: $12.55

Total Shipment Price: $198.46

Ralph Jenkins

I think Pierrot le Fou is great, but you might not like it if you're looking for a typical narrative. The film has a very improvised feel. It's based on a book, but the director and the actors probably came up with a lot of things on the day of shooting. It'd an odd mix of gangster, romance and musical comedy.

It's also coming out on Blu-ray. I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to upgrade my DVD.

Jaymole

I just called customer service and you can cancel before 30 days even if you make purchases using the membership. They will issue you a full credit, not store credit.

Jaymole

This might make me take the plunge as that price would work out to be around the same price as the B1G1 Free Criterion sale that DD had last year (and which I am hoping they may have again).

Nate the Great

I may have overlooked it, in the hype surrounding the upcoming 25% sale w/ DD, but when's the expected date of the BOGO Criterion sale for DD? I usually use that opportunity to snag at least two titles, and I already have my eye on two that I definitely would like to get in that sale.

Jaymole

There is no expected date. Last year they had it in July, one month after their June 20% off sale. They might have it again in August but ilast year was the first time they had that sale so it may not happen again.

for_reels

I went today to B&N hopting to pick up Bottle Rocket BD. No luck. I did go ahead and blind buy For All Mankind BD for $20. Heard it was pretty good.

dino88

Are the prices the same in-store?

cleaver

I paid $15.29 + tax online with membership + 15% off and $15.30 instore with the same.

dino88

Thanks, you saved me a trip.

Rizor

Picked up The Seventh Seal on Blu for $19.99 in store.

I'm thinking of ordering The Wages of Fear & The Last Metro on Blu, but I haven't seen them. Any recommendations?

macnorton

This is strange Seventh Seal and For All Mankind on Blu are still on the website at full price...what gives?

Mikael79

Online it's "select titles", but if you go into a B&M, you'll likely find that every title is part of the sale.

macnorton

Ah HA! So that is what select meant. Thanks for the clarification.

BigShemp

Interesting. I noticed THE HIT is on sale, but THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, which came out around the same time, is not.

so it goes

Thank you for the response. I tried again this morning after reading your post and it worked with the AAA discount and AAASUMMER9. I couldn't get another 10% code to stack, it seemed to take one or the other, but I was alright with that.
I'm not sure what the issue was last night, the only thing I did different today was going to AAA.com first instead of following the link from here, but it brings you too the same AAA login screen, so I don't see how it would be any different. It must have just been a small glitch or something.

mikelowry

I bought La Strada, Le Deuxxume Soufffle & If... I may add some more in the coming days.

conscience

I could be wrong, but it looks like the titles that came out in May and after are not part of the sale online.

The Hit came out in April and ..Eddie Coyle in May.

BigShemp

I think you're right. Thanks for the clarification. The DDD 25% off sale gives you the same amount (around $16.24) after the discount which is about what you'll pay in tax on these titles anyway.

ccfixx

It was on sale at the store I just left from in Rhode Island. All of the Criterions were on sale.

CC

Laser Movies

You can't stack multiple coupon codes. You can only use one per order.

I've used the AAA link posted on the coupon page and never had any problems before. In fact I placed an order from it last night and it seemed fine with the exception of the issue I had with the coupon with my members account. But apparently that's normal since when I reviewed the fine print it mentioned the coupon cannot be combined with a B&N membership. Maybe there was a glitch of some sort when you tried.

Rex Power Colt-Robot Man

I just have to say thanks to the OP for pointing this sale out. Just got home from raiding the local B&Nm Yojimbo, Spy Who Came Out Of The Cold, Ran and Last Emperor(BR) for 80 bucks plus tax. Not all of the on sale items are marked though. In fact, none of the ones I got were marked. Probably going back tomorrow to check prices on some others I was interested in, (i.e. the big Brazil set, Throne Of Blood.)

for_reels

At my B&N, which is pretty much brand new, they had a big sign up that said Criterions 50% off. They only had about 7 or 8 BD titles and they all had the big 50% off stickers on them. I looked at the SD's and they were not all tagged 50% off. The big sign said "Selected titles". I would think that B&M and website would be the same price.