No HD-DVD blowout at my second CompUSA.

I'm guessing

1. It's a regional thing in Porno's area.
2. Some clerk mistagged the HD-DVDs by mistake (instead of the SD versions)

So did Amazon kill the a9 discount?

Nope. You probably didn't use a9 search enough:

"How often do I need to search using A9.com to get the A9 Instant Reward?"
While we are not revealing the exact criteria, they are minimal. If this is your first time at A9.com, you will be eligible after a few days of use. If you are already eligible, as little as a couple searches per week will keep you eligible. (We reserve the rights to change the eligibility criteria at any time.) The total number of searches is not important; your eligibility depends on your regular use of A9.com.

Well... I've been deactivated once... and the discount would say "Instant Reward Not Active"

Now the discount has completely disappeared.

It never worked for me...and I used the A9 quite often.

It always works for me. I use a9 once a day (I just type in garbage).

This is an example of a test order I just did:
Items: $23.95
Shipping & Handling: $2.98
Promotion Applied: -$2.40

Total Before Tax: $24.53
Estimated Tax: $0.00
Total: $24.53
Est.A9π/2% Instant Reward: $-0.39
Order Total: $24.14

DVDplanet.com has updated their hd-dvds with current new releases and some upcoming titles (none of the announcements from today or yesterday though).

http://www.dvdplanet.com/hddvd.cfm

For example...

Terminator 3 is $20.96
King Kong is $27.96
Waterworld is $20.96

For recent coupons...

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=261

Terminator 2?

Ha...freudian type.

Hmmm....link's not working for DVDPlanet. Anyone else having problems?

Yeah, doesnt seem to be working today for some reason.

Where's the bargain in this?

It was working yesterday. I swear on my A1.

No...i know. I saw the coupons. But how is it any cheaper than Amazon??

It may not be, but alot of us have sold back dvds to dvdplanet and have credit there.

Also, amazon doesnt have all the preorders right now that dvdplanet does.

ahhh ok. gotcha! just curious.

Amazon hasnt been super reliable lately anyways.

For significantly cheaper items, I buy from amazon (like MI boxset for $50 after 10% off), but im getting alot of things from dvdplanet using my store credit.

They buy back dvds at really good prices. I have about $600 total that ive sold/selling to them. Im planning to use most of it this fall for other hd releases.

But you have to pay for shipping to them, no? I've tried to sell a few and they don't even list them (like the Private Ryan boxed set).

Yes, you do, but its not alot......when I sell them back, I sell alot so it works for me.

Most batches that I sell range from $150-250 and shipping is about $12 or so.

Some titles are harder to find than others....especially season sets, they very well might be listed, but harder to search for. I would email customer support if you really want to sell it.

This is alot easier than ebay (which I was doing before). I get a tad less in money, but less hassle and no ebay/paypal fees.

Yeah, I just sent in $105 worth of trade-ins. Some titles are a good bit cheaper than Amazon such as Tokoyo Drift (I know - but I love shiney cars - what can I say). I spent $5 mailing those in, I do it because it is a lot easier than selling on half or ebay. Some things I still sell elsewhere, but most goes to DVDPlanet. A hint for searching for used titles - Find the item you want to trade with DVDPricesearch and then copy the title from the DVDPlante page - that way you are searching for it the way it is in the computer. Also, it should be pointed out that if ou have a bunch of PVD they often have barcodes that are different - I sell or trade these elsewhere - SecondSpin will take them.

Im considering preordering King Kong there, but im curious what amazon's price will be.

How do you even trade in DVDs at DVDPlanet.com? Its a poorly designed website and I see no mention of offering trade-ins.

Ok...figured out how to get trade-in values from DVDPlanet. I did a search but couldn't find any anaswers...

How long does it take for DVDPlanet to process you're tradeins and give you store credit? Are they picky over what they accept? If they don't accept a title for example do they send it back to you?

I'm using the system now, but most of the UPCs on my DVDs don't match what DVDPlanet has on file.

I would suggest just batch seelling them on Ebay. Yes if you sell each individual title on Ebay it can become a pain but I have sold batches of discs in the past in 10 Disc amounts that have sold every time and ended up selling for just about as much as they did individually. If you want an exapmle just go to Ebay and do a search in the lots sction in DVD's. Tons of people are doing it and almost all of the ones that have good titles have peole bidding. I am for getting as much money as I can for anything used I sell especially when talking about movies that I have boughtover and over again.

Trust me and try it. List a 5 disc lot or 10 disc lot on ebay and compare it to what you would have gotten trading them in. youll end up getting like 15-20% more on Ebay. That may not be alot if you only have a few titles to sell but with alot fo people on here that have a lot of regular DVD's that could end up being hundreds of dollars in difference.

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