Barnes & Noble Semi-Annual 50% off Criterion Sale (1 Viewer)

[DavidJ]

David, you have provided an exceptional service during this entire sale. Thank You.

Yes, he has. Thank you, David!

 

[David Norman]

Thank you and I hope everyone got at least some of the what they wanted. It's been so unusual for so many reasons compared to the last 8 years it's really been hard to
keep up with the oddities and predict how anything should work. It's never been all that unusual to have coupons shut down online (or never allowed from Day 1), but to have
those astounding coupons than nothing was more than unusual. In store it's always had some YMMV, but nothing like this has ever been seen leading to more than a bit of
frustration.

The 1st 10 days it was teh Wild, Wild West with everything goes and the last couple weeks it been tighter than in any sale I can ever remember. Who knows what this will end up meaning for the November sale -- I guess always the assumption being there will be a November sale.

 

[Suzanne.S]

I made it in Saturday morning, since I left work late. I picked up Dr. Strangelove, Fantastic Planet, La Chienne, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Late Spring and the Silent Ozu Three Crime Dramas Eclipse Set. I may try a different store in the morning if I'm out late enough. I'm sure I can find more that I'd like to get.

 

[David Norman]

Further worsening of the online stock going into the last 23 hours. This is astounding to see such utter stripping of an entire collection,
OOS now at a new peak around 285 of the 420 BD. Therre are only about 45 of the BDs that have been in stock for the whole sale
Current list appears nearly 70% of the BD are OOS.

At this point even if a new coupons shows up barring some dramatic restocking in the next 12-16 hrs it seems that any last minute deals are
going to be in-store only.

12:01 pm ET August 1
OOS 285 Bluray titles Color/Bolded are most recent changes
Due to the length I spoilered both sections again

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12 Angry Men
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini
3 Women
3:10 to Yuma
39 Steps
400 Blows
8 1/2
À Bout de Souffle (Breathless)
Ace in the Hole
Alambrista!
All That Heaven Allows
All That Jazz
Amarcord
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Anatomy of a Murder
Antichrist
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Autumn Afternoon
Autumn Sonata
Babette's Feast
Badlands
Band of Outsiders
Battle of Algiers
Ballad of Narayama
Beauty and the Beast
Being John Malkovich
Belle de jour
Big Chill
Big City
Bigger than Life
Black Moon
Black Narcissus
Black Orpheus
The Blob
Blow-Out
Bottle Rocket
Branded to Kill
Brazil
Breaking The Waves
A Brief History of Time
By Brakhage - An Anthology Volumes One and Two
Broadcast News
La Cage Aux Folles
Carlos
Carnival of Souls
Certified Copy
Charade
Charulata
The Children of Paradise
La Ciénaga
City Lights
Close-up
Complete Jean Vigo
Cronos
Crumb
Cul-de-Sac
David Lean Directs Noel Coward
Day for Night
Day in the Country
Days of Heaven
Dazed and Confused
Design For Living
Devils Backbone
Diabolique
Don't Look Now
Double Life Of Veronique
Down by Law
Dressed to Kill
Earrings of Madame De...
Eating Raoul
Eraserhead
Everlasting Moments
F For Fake
The Essential Jacques Demy
Eyes Without a Face
Fanny And Alexander
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fat Girl
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fish Tank
The Following
For All Mankind
Foreign Correspondent
Forgiveness of Blood
Four Feathers
Frances Ha
The Freshman
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Game
Gate of Hell
Gates of Heaven / Vernon, Florida
George Washington
Godzilla
The Gold Rush
Gomorrah
Great Beauty
Great Dictator
Grey Gardens
la haine
Harakiri
Harold and Maude
Heaven's Gate
Hidden Fortress
High and Low
House
Hunger
I Married a Witch
Ice Storm
Identificazione Di Una Donna
If...
Ikiru
Il Sorpasso
In the Mood For Love
In the Realm of the Senses
The Innocents
Insignificance
Insomnia
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Island of Lost Souls
It Happened One Night
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World .
Ivanovo Detstvo (Ivans Childhood)
Jetee/Sans Soleil
John Cassavetes - Five Films
Jubal
Judex
Jules and Jim
Kagemusha
Kes
Kid With A Bike
The Killing
King of the Hill
Kiss Me Deadly
Kuroneko
Kwaidan
La Dolce Vita
L'avventura
L'eclisse
La Notte
Lady Vanishes
The Last Emperor
The Last Metro
Last Temptation of Christ
Late Spring
The Leopard
Les Blank: Always For Pleasure
Letter Never Sent
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Life During Wartime
Life Is Sweet
Life of Oharu
Like Someone in Love
Lola Montes
Lonesome
The Long Day Closes
Lord of the Flies
Love Streams
M
Macbeth
The Magician
Make Way for Tomorrow
Makiola Sisters
A Man Escaped
Man Who Knew Too Much
Marketa Lazarova
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project
Medium Cool
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Ministry of Fear
Modern Times
Monsoon Wedding
Mulholland Drive
Music Room
My Darling Clementine
My Dinner With Andre
My Life as a Dog
My Own Private Idaho
My Winnipeg
Mystery Train
Naked
Naked Kiss
Naked Lunch
Nashville
The New World
Night and Fog
The Night of the Hunter
Night to Remember
On the Waterfront
Orpheus
Pale Flower
Paris, Texas
Paths of Glory
People on Sunday
Persona
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Pickpocket
Pierre Etaix (2pc)
Pina
Purple Noon
the Qatsi Trilogy
Rashomon
Red Desert
Red River
The Red Shoes
Repo Man
Repulsion
Revanche
Ride With the Devil
Rififi
Riot in Cell Block 11
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Rosemarys Baby
Rosetta
The Rules of the Game
Rushmore
Safe
Safety Last
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom -- who knows if it's in stock. every 10 minutes it's changing status
Samurai Trilogy
Sanbiki no Samurai (Three Outlaw Samurai)
Sanjuro
Sansho the Baliff
Scanners
Seconds
Secret of the Grain
Secret Sunshine
Senso
Seventh Seal
Shallow Grave
Shoah
Shock Corridor
The Shooting / Ride In Whirlwind
Slacker
Smiles of a Summer Night
Solaris
Something Wild
Sommaren med Monika (Summer With Monika)
Sommarlek (Summer Interlude)
Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Stagecoach
Still Walking
Sullivan's Travels
Summer Hours
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sweet Smell of Success
Sweetie
Tess
The Thin Red Line
Things to Come
Three Colors Trilogy
Throne of Blood
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Time Bandits
Times of Harvey Milk
Tin Drum
To Be or Not to Be
Tokyo Drifter
Topsy-Turvy
Touch of Zen
Traffic
Trilogy of Life
Two-Lane Blacktop
Umberto D.
The Uninvited
Vanishing
Vengeance Is Mine
Videodrome
Visiteurs Du Soir
Vivre Sa Vie
Wages of Fear
Walkabout
Watership Down
Weekend (Godard)
Weekend (Haigh)
Whit Stillman Trilogy
White Material
Wild Strawberries
Wings of Desire
World on a Wire
Y Tu Mamá También
Yi Yi
Yojimbo & Sanjuro: Two Films by Akira Kurosawa
Zazie Dans Le Metro

Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry (DVD)

Complete IN STOCK 125 BD titles

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
American Friend
Le Amiche
André Gregory & Wallace Shawn: 3 Films
And Everything is Going Fine
Apu Trilogy
Barcelona
le Beau Serge
Bicycle Thieves
Bitter Rice
Bitter Tears Of Petra Von
Black Stallion
Blind Chance
Blue is the Warmest Color
Breaker Morant
The Bridge
Brief Encounter
Brighter Summer Day
The Brood
Burroughs
Che
la Chienne
Christmas Tale
Chronique d'un été (Chronicle of a Summer)
Clouds of Sils Maria
Code Unknown
The Complete Jacques Tati
Complete Lady Snowblood
Complete Monterey Pop Festival
The Confession
Les Cousins
Cries and Whispers
Darjeeling Limited
Death by Hanging
Bob Dylan Don't Look Back
Downhill Racer
Dr Strangelove
Du Skal Aere Din Hustru (Master of the House)
Easy Rider
Emigrants/New Land
Every Man For Himself
Fantastic Planet
Fellini Satyricon
Fisher King
Five Easy Pieces
French Lieutenant's Woman
Gilda
The Graduate
Gray's Anatomy
Havre
Hearts and Minds
Here Comes Mr Jordan
Here Is Your Life
Hiroshima Mon Amour
A Hollis Frampton Odyssey
Honeymoon Killers
Hoop Dreams
I Knew Her Well
In a Lonely Place
In Cold Blood
In-Laws
Inside Llewyn David
Jellyfish Eyes
Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake Otis At Monterey
Kennedy Films Of Robert Drew
The Kid
The Killers
Last Days of Disco
Life Aquatic
Limelight
Manchurian Candidate
Master Builder
Merchant of Four Seasons
Metropolitan
The Mikado
Mister Johnson
Il Momento della Verita (The Moment of Truth)
Monsieur Verdoux
Monterey Pop
Moonrise Kingdom
Muriel ou le Temps d'un Retour
My Beautiful Laundrette
Naked Island
Night and the City
Night Porter
El Norte
Odd Man Out
Only Angels Have Wings
The Organizer
Overlord
Palm Beach Story
Paris Belong to Us
Phoenix
The Player
Poem Is a Naked Person
la Promesse
Quadrophenia
Richard III
Ride the Pink Horse
The River
Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
Room With A View
The Rose
Royal Tenenbaums
Seven Samurai
Silence de la Mer
Soft Skin
Special Day
Speedy
State of Siege
Sundays and Cybele
Sword of Doom
Thief
The Thin Blue Line
Tiny Furniture
Tokyo Story
Tootsie
Two Days, One Night
Valerie & Her Week Of Wonders
Vanya on 42nd Street
Vie De Bohème
War Room
Wim Wenders Road Trilogy
Yojimbo

 

[David Norman]

Just a heads up -- 1st announcement that November BN 50% sale s to start Nov 1. Announced on reddit by a BN employee who has been proven extremely reliable for these deals

No announced end date, but 11/28/Cybermonday would be the normal last day

Just saw the last post -- I checked today again and found nearly 410/420 BDs were in stock again based on BN inventory though the overlap isn't exact. It does seem to give a little clue for items that might be in short supply incl new releases Dekalog currently OOS at BN and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (BN only let me put 3 copies in a cart instead of 30 they other items aren't limited)
I think Alliance also handles the Criterion.com orders so might be important if the flash sale happens 10/4 or 10/6.

 

[Tony J Case]

Since the Scream! Factory sale seems to be a dud, I might actually have money for this!

 

[David Norman]

Since the Scream! Factory sale seems to be a dud, I might actually have money for this!

But will you be able to wait -- anticipating the Criterion.com Flash sale possibly 10/4 (or 10/11 or 10/6 in order of probability)

At least the Arrow sale has been pretty fun. Probably would have saved a small amt if the ArrowUK flash sale had started in early Sept, but most of the items I wanted I alreayd got from BN. A few things were cheaper at BN, many of the BigBoxes and 14.99 items were the same or cheaper at BN, the 39.99/19.99 level items would have been a little cheaper direct from Arrow, but 11 vs 12-16 evens the whole sale out in the end.

 

[Mike Frezon]

So, David...

I've got a couple 20% off coupons for B&N which were mailed to me. These stack with the 50% Criterion sale (along with the B&N membership discount), correct?

I've been waiting for the sale as I've realized that I have never upgraded my copy of Seven Samurai to Blu. So, with their everyday price of $49.99...it should be reduced to $25.00. A 20% coupon should then bring it down to $20. And then my 10% member discount will bring it down to $18. That sound right?

 

[TonyD]

Hold on a minute, hold on.....

You never got those BB coupons that everyone got but now you say
you get the BN coupons in the mail that no one gets?????

 

[TonyD]

Also yes to that question you asked.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Question about the B&N sale that starts on the 1st...

Are preorders included or just in-stock items?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Hold on a minute, hold on.....

You never got those BB coupons that everyone got but now you say
you get the BN coupons in the mail that no one gets?????

My, how the tide has turned!

 

[Robert Crawford]

Question about the B&N sale that starts on the 1st...

Are preorders included or just in-stock items?

Just items that are released and in-stock during the sale.

 

[David Norman]

So, David...

I've got a couple 20% off coupons for B&N which were mailed to me. These stack with the 50% Criterion sale (along with the B&N membership discount), correct?

I've been waiting for the sale as I've realized that I have never upgraded my copy of Seven Samurai to Blu. So, with their everyday price of $49.99...it should be reduced to $25.00. A 20% coupon should then bring it down to $20. And then my 10% member discount will bring it down to $18. That sound right?

They're are supposed to stack with the 50% sale, but with the way the items and coupons were handled last time I don't think anyone knows until it starts whether they will work online and/or instore at all. In the past even when codes were blocked online they still worked instore (in addition to the 10% member discount too) -- last sale even some of the mailer codes wouldn't work though many stores would go ahead and manually apply it anyway since the cards don't specifically exclude Movies/Criterions. It seemed to be dependent on how friendly your stores work

A lot less codes seems to be available at the outset and they have changed the way they list preliminary codes after several years so I don't have any insight on upcoming codes.

The mailer codes are supposed to work once only online or in-store, but most of these mailer codes (like most current BN codes) will work multiple time online even after you use it in store. BEWARE if you are going to use it in both - you must use it instore first and then try it online. If you use it online first then it will come up used why you try it in-store.

 

[David Norman]

Question about the B&N sale that starts on the 1st...

Are preorders included or just in-stock items?

Just items that are released and in-stock during the sale.

Correct the Nov Items will be listed 50% off usually on Day 1 of the sale, but no extra codes will be allowed until release day

 

[PMF]

Correct the Nov Items will be listed 50% off usually on Day 1 of the sale, but no extra codes will be allowed until release day

Does the B & N 50% sale include all of their in-stock non-Criterion BD's, as well?
If so, then I'm gonna get me that Marx Brothers set, too.
Or, as one of the brothers Marx would say...[paraphrase]
"Sure, that comes with an extra code and two pair of pants.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Does the B & N 50% sale include all of their in-stock non-Criterion BD's, as well?
If so, then I'm gonna get me that Marx Brothers set, too.
Or, as one of the brothers Marx would say...[paraphrase]
"Sure, that comes with an extra code and two pair of pants.

This is a specific Criterion title sale!

 

[B-ROLL]

This is a specific Criterion title sale!

but buying the Bros Marx set would qualify him for free shipping if he only wanted one Criterion single movie title (if he was not a B&N member) ...

 

[Robert Crawford]

but buying the Bros Marx set would qualify him for free shipping if he only wanted one Criterion single movie title (if he was not a B&N member) ...

As long as he understands it doesn't qualify him for 50% off non-Criterion titles.

 

[David Norman]

Does the B & N 50% sale include all of their in-stock non-Criterion BD's, as well?
If so, then I'm gonna get me that Marx Brothers set, too.
Or, as one of the brothers Marx would say...[paraphrase]
"Sure, that comes with an extra code and two pair of pants.

The 50% off is specifically a Criterion sale. There is a 40% off all Bluray in Decmeber normally though it tends to be all BD instore (excpet Disney often) and 2/3 of their titles online