Is it me or are the prices at Bestbuy not as competitive anymore. We went in there over the weekend shopping around and their prices seemed overly high.
Any opinions on this?

I went there the other day and they wanted 54 dollars for season 1 of Smallville.

I don't think they ever were competitive. If you take out the loss leaders in the weekly ads the rest of their merchandise is sold at msrp. Hardly a best buy.

some prices are, and some are not. But cc or wal-mart arent always beter.

Seems pretty much the same to me.

The Best Buy that just opened down the street from my workplace is in no way competetive price-wise with the Circuit City across the street...even the loss leader stuff they advertise in the weekly newspaper inserts is almost always more expensive. Plus their stores suck...or maybe it's just this store?

Nahhh...

I am still looking for their weekly loss leaders. Seems to me there are very few of them anymore.

Same here. I think it also has to do with where your BB is located. The ones in my old city had better pricing than the one in my new city does. I'm seeing things for $14.95 range that were normally $9.95 at the 'other' BB stores.

If you check many of their hardware prices (non-DVDs), they price them at $2-4 over MSRP, while their website shows them at MSRP.

It's just another way for them to boost profits hoping people won't care.

I think you are 100% right...The stores in Orlando were much cheaper than what they were in Ocala and Gainesville, with both those being cheaper than the stores in NYC.

People still shop there, so what do they care?

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I noticed their rising prices as well. The other day, I was in and noticed that 24 season 4 was marked at $57.99. I looked at the other seasons and, except for season 1 marked at $48.99, they're the same price. I know for a fact regular price used to be $44.99 for these series, as I've bought multiple copies of multiple seasons as presents for friends and family over the past couple years. I've seen some other box sets climbing as well. Seems like they're giving up on trying to compete with online pricing.

It's not just you. I've noticed this trend for about the past two years or so. There was a time their CD and DVD prices were very competitive with on-line sources. Not even close anymore.

Prices are hit and miss. None of the stores have great prices on non loss leader release items or non-sale items IMO.

CDs seem to be $13-15 and DVDS $15-25 at BB, Circuit City, Target etc.

Though I have noticed that Best Buys loss leader release week DVD prices have tended to be a buck or two above Circuit City lately. Which works for me as I used to live near a BB, and not a CC, but moved and now it's just the opposite.

Their prices are usually higher than Circuit City re: movies, etc. But their selection is the best of any b&m I've ever been in. They still run the 2/20 deals, etc. Plus, their online store has better prices on several different dvds. Always be on the lookout for that. For example, the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection is listed as $84.99, but their instore price is $98.99. Also, don't ever have them "price check" on the website from the store...they have it setup somehow to where that store's specific prices are reflected, not the true online price.

Reward Zone still helps.

ditto.

Anime DVDs went way up about a year ago. Some studios are full MSRP. For a while we were buying a lot of anime at BB, as it was only a little more than DDD.

It's been back to shopping at DDD lately.