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This is an unfortunate left over of "old-style" marketing. I've noticed this at BB as well as some other stores--leave the MSRP sticker on the product, advertise it much lower on the shelf with a price card and make the customer "feel good" at the "bargain". Unfortunately, with media (unlike big...

Keep in mind (for SD especially, as it is a "mature" format), economic uncertainty on the scale currently happening causes many manufacturers and retailers to be pessimistic about volume of sales, so they are more reluctant to offer razor-thin margins (thus, fewer bargains). A prolonged slump in...

Ok, I'll bite (have a few moments to spare and I'm about to prep a lecture on historical economics ;) ). "Back in the day", I did NOT pay 100$ for a laserdisc--couldn't afford it. So I lived with VHS--knowing that something better was available, but recognizing that I shouldn't distort my budget...

No sign of that from zip.ca (the Canadian equivalent)--and I've received both BDs and HD DVDs (they still rent them) in the mix with SD DVDs with no issues.

Mad Men, on the other hand, is a TV series that I bought on BD that was actually a few dollars cheaper than its SD counterpart (on the day I bought it--that could have changed in the interim). I don't buy a lot of TV series, but I am willing to pay, say, a 5-10$ premium for the BD version...