mikerobrewer

I have $9 in Fun Cash that I would like to use. So I log into my account and I see that I get free shipping on every DVD that I buy. Except that free shipping does not apply to DVDs bought with funcash so my $9 is really $6. Okay, I'll still take $6 off a DVD that I want.

So I am looking at the 2nd Season of Tales From the Crypt set and think it is a pretty good deal for $23.97 which is the Special Price that requires no additional purchase (list price is $39.90). So I put it in my FunCash cart and the price jumps to $29.96! Huh????

So I can either buy it for $23.97 & get free shipping or buy it for $20.96 and pay $2.99 shipping for a total of $23.95. Wow, a whole 2 cents off!

The funny thing is the other set I am interested in (Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 1) has a Special Price of $29.96 and the price does not jump when I put it in my Fun Cash cart.

Does this look like a bug in the web page or is this CH being inconsistent?

viking99

It's "normal" for CH. Fun cash is rarely worth anything; unless there is a special promotion where you earn double/triple/bonus funcash on your fulfillment order that is enough to cover a 14.95 or higher DVD. That way, your "free" DVD only costs $3.

Bill Needle

Fun Cash purchases are made at the normal selection price, for box sets that is typically 25% off list price (the first price you mention is 40% off list price). This did not used to be the case, but yes, Fun Cash has deteriorated dramatically in value over the years. It's barely worth the trouble any more.

consoleman

I have over $30 FC in one of my accounts, but can't find anything worth getting with it. Even applying it to the boxsets, after adding the humongous shipping cost and tax, I could get it for about that much anyway somewhere else. I'm thinking of just closing my account and not even using the FC, unless someone's got a good way to spend it.

Bill Needle

You could look at picking up a $21.95 title that is not yet available as an enrollment. But you will pay a couple bucks for shipping, and could get it later as an enrollment anyway. So your $22 fun cash will net you about $3 in value.

Yakuza Bengoshi

Transfer your funcash to a ch.com account and use it to reduce the price of boxsets. All boxsets are at least 40% off and shipping is always free.

island007

You could grab a Criterion too. (8 1/2 or Third Man). I doubt they will ever be enrollments.

EL_Cangri

How long does it take for fun cash orders to be processed?

I had 130 dollars in fun cash and got 6 movies(5 for 22 and another for 20) and it came out to 130. So I didnt have to pay for anything since I get free shipping.

Bill Needle

About the same as a normal order. A few days to a week and you should have it.

llars

Yeah, I had 23.00 in funcash which I was trying to figure out how to spend. My fist thought was, hey I'll pick up the three disk Wizard of oz. Well that did not exactly work out. I could only apply 10.00 (as it was a 3 disk set) and after applying the 10.00 in funcash the set ended up being more than it would if I had bought it without using funcash!

I ended up buying the Naked Gun trilogy and the Ghostbusters box set.

Subtotal for the box sets: 12.17. Shipping: 7.98. BLEGH!!!

mikerobrewer

I didn't think that free shipping applied to DVDs purchased with Fun Cash, at least for me it didn't.

sotra

only with a ch.com account (formerly dv2). They have free shipping on everything and some people have successfully managed to transfer their funcash from a regular DVD or TV club account to ch.com accounts.

consoleman

I don't think too many people has had luck transferring their Funcash to their ch.com accounts. Believe me, I've tried, and it hasn't worked yet.