Static Cling

Just wanted to get people's opinions on this. My store is all out of Gamer's Gift Cards... they were in short supply a few weeks ago, and now they're entirely gone. But in the Netflix trial boxes, there are plenty of coupons, including $5 off a video game or accessory and $5 off software. I'm probably on my fourth Netflix box or so... but after the second one, I found that if I give Netflix the same credit card and e-mail address, then Netflix doesn't sign me up for the free trial because I've already had one.

So the situation boils down to:

- Me getting coupons that I want and not having to worry about cancelling a Netflix trial before I get billed
- Best Buy getting whatever benefits they get from someone signing up for Netflix
- Netflix not losing any money, as far as I know... they don't even have to send me movies on a trial that I would've gotten for free, instead of paying them for the rentals

Is this a winning situation for all involved? Or am I doing something I shouldn't?

ClarkKentKY

My Bestbuy just let me walk out with the Netflix DVD cases. Sometimes they'd scan them, sometimes they wouldn't. You have the option at the register of just signing up at home.. Or so i was told. So i've never had a free trial of Netflix... but i've managed about 10 of the cases full of coupons. I have no issues about it whatsoever.

discostu1337

Ya, i just took the cases w/o signing up before as well...

Gallant Pig

The Best Buys I've been to are pretty clear about the Netflix trials only going to people who haven't already signed up to Netflix. They didn't seem to want people to sign up for it if you already have, at least the local ones here. YMMV.

Tarantino

Why do you ask? If you're doing it and don't have a problem with it, keep doing it. If you're doing it and feeling guilty about it, stop.

Simple as that.

Static Cling

Because if it's seen as unethical, then I'm not going to bring it up in other situations on the forums. I just wanted to see what the consensus was.
The last time I was at Best Buy, I was opening the Netflix case at the register before she had scanned it, and the cashier was like, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" "Um... these are free, right?" "Well, yeah... but I'm going to have to scan it and..." "That's fine." "Oh."
Okay, good to know... I mentioned that I'd done it before to the cashier at my local one, and she was fine with it. I don't know what the official line on this is, though.

sniper308

I don't see any issues with it.

DVDTalker002

I used to work for bestbuy. Take as many as you want they dont care. They penny out. Meaning they dont hold any value. So you cant into trouble if they question you anyways. They prob have a 1,000 in the back of the store mine does.

jw2299

I really don't see a problem with it.


So, those netflix boxes have coupons in 'em eh. You don't say...

Decker

I have an ethical problem with stealing merchandise from the store. Anything short of that (grabbing coupons, exercising coupon loopholes to get items fdor free, price matching compeditors, buying multiple items and then returning unwanted ones to maximize a discount, etc) I'm really OK with. Sorry, but it's true.

Static Cling

Oh, yeah. The ones I mentioned above off PC software & console games, plus some (not a lot) off CDs and DVDs, and I think also on an optical media folder and a portable DVD player carrying case (which I don't think is carried any more). The software & console game coupons are the big ones, though.

ClarkKentKY

The bottom Line is: No matter how hard we try with message boards, early advertising circulars, reward zone, pricematches, coupons, and prefferred customer weekends.... We'll never take BestBuy for as much as they've taken us.

So anything short of stealing.. is fair game.

Static Cling

They're in the money-making business... what do you expect?

cubanx

Not an issue.

kvrdave

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Personally, I guess I don't think it is a big deal.

Outlaw

If you have to think about like this, then its unethical, as a mod you should know better than that!

Tarantino

Outlaw

just want to clarify that i'm joking, I'm not sure I understand the dilemma here as I didn't read whole thread

nickdawgy

just ask for like 5 or 6 and say you have some friends that want to sign up

Static Cling

Yeah, but that's lying. What I'm doing doesn't even involve lying. The cashier knows I've signed up before.

Decker

In any case, I don't think it's nearly as ethically wrong as having a poll thread with 276 views and only 10 votes.

Static Cling

Ha! Eleven now. Maybe a lot of the views are "returning visitors."

sniper308

Well, we're your friends and we'd like to sign up. Next time you see me in person I'll grab the signup kit

nickdawgy

i didn't even notice the poll, lol.....

gcribbs

it is either ethical or not based on your values. What we think should not change your core values

I would be ok with it assuming netflix does not lose any money since this is no different than buying yourself a gc to get a coupon.