Weekly RoundUp 3/1/05 (1 Viewer)

[Bill Thomann]

Toys R Us does pricematch. They always take my ad and cut out the sale price. They never combine offers though (so if they are for example giving away a stuffed animal or such you won't get it with a pricematch).

 

[Jimmy M]

Bambi and Wonder Woman for me this week. Rent Spongebob and Flight of the Phoenix.



The only thing I wouldn't mind being added is Media Play, because I have their Replay card.

Thanks for the hard work you always put into this, Mike.

Jimmy!

 

[Michael Moulton]

Thanks as always Mike. Just Bambi for me this week.

As for your question, I like it the way it is. I've never shopped at DDD. Our Best Buy and Circuit City are literally across the street from each other, so my weekly routine is-- if Amazon has it cheapest, I order it just after reading the roundup. Otherwise it's BB & CC, whoever has the best price.

 

[Christopher_H]

Thanks for roundup Mike. I think I'm in agreement with the others. I like the Roundup the way it is, but would really like the addition of DDD. The only problem is they change prices mid-week on some of the new releases. I don't think it is necessary for you to edit the Roundup mid-week. After all, you do us a great service by getting this out every week and we really appreciate it.

 

[Ernesto.Morin]

Bambi!

 

[EricSchulz]

Bambi and Brady Bunch for me this week. As for the RoundUp, I say leave it as it is...for MOST titles, I shop at one of the B&M stores, otherwise I order online from Amazon for obscure stuff. DDD.com has been inconsistent with its service, so I don't usually take them into account. Great job!

 

[EricSchulz]

Target has some online coupons available for some new releases this week (but must be redeemed in-store):
Buy The Spongebob Squarepants Movie AND either Season One or Two on DVD and save $5.00
Buy Bambi AND Mulan 2 and save $5.00

The coupons are good until 3/14 and 3/19 and can be accessed here

 

[Stephen L]

Thanks Mike ,first thing I check on Sunday .Expensive week , I'm grabbing Hoosiers ,Bringing Up Baby , Bambi ,Sponge Bob and SCTV 3

 

[Marty M]

The BB price on Hoosiers really surprised me. I pre-ordered this several weeks ago when the lowest price was $19.95. I thought it appropriate that I pre-ordered it from a company in Indiana, though.

I might pick up Bambi. I remember seeing it with my, then 3 year old daughter, who thought the movie was over after the fade-out in the first scene. It was her first animated movie she had seen and was used to the shorter cartoons on TV.

 

[Jeff Meyers]

Mike – Thanks for your efforts each and every week for your hard work putting the Weekly RoundUp together.

Also, thank you Patrick for researching and listing all of the B&M catalog deals each and every week. It’s great to have these all listed in one location (I usually end up missing a title or two when I’m looking through all of the Sunday circulars on my own.)

Mike,

I can’t begin to imagine the time you already spend putting this together. That being said, I’m not sure that there’s a benefit for you spending additional time adding any additional e-tailers to the grid. It’s easy for any one of us to pop over to DVDPriceSearch.com and check the prices for ourselves at our own personal favorite e-tailer. In addition, release week pricing is not “static” at some of the e-tailers as pointed out in previous postings. I do like the idea of one e-tailer in the grid as a reference point. I’d recommend using the one (Amazon, DDD, or other) that has the largest selection, release-week static pricing, and is the easiest to obtain data / pricing from.

My suggestion: Use the new (last) column you added this week, along with a code or legend, for “non-regular” B&M weekly circular deals. This could be used for any non-regular CompUSA, K-Mart, Sears, Toys-R-Us, etc. new release deals. For example, the last column would look like (sorry, I can’t do that table formatting thing):

Round-Up Grid
Title 1 . . . $14.98 TRU
Title 5 . . . $13.98 K
Title 9 . . . $13.98 Comp

Below Round-Up Grid
Legend: Comp = CompUSA, K = K-Mart, S = Sears, and TRU = Toys-R-Us

Whatever changes are made, or not made, it can’t be said too many times what an invaluable resource this is – so Thank You again.

For me this week:
Definitely: Bambi SE
Considering: Flight of the Phoenix and Hoosiers CE
Catalog Titles: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang SE and Follow Me Boys! (Hope to pick-up these titles this morning at Target.)

 

[MattGentry]

Mike, once again, thank you for the RoundUp. Quite the useful resource...

For the second week in a row, nothing for me. Probably for the best, considering the amount of purchasing I'll be doing in the upcoming weeks.

 

[ScottR]

Bambi
The Brady Bunch
Wonder Woman

 

[Citizen87645]

Maybe Wonder Woman, but I'd be buying from CostCo, which means there's no rush to get the best price.

Thanks as always.

 

[Malcolm R]

Another great effort, Mike! Though I was also wondering about the Classic Comedies Collection set.

My only thoughts about the Sam's/Costco/BJs issue is that Costco and Sam's are both nationwide while BJ's is currently only east/northeast (from New England west to Ohio, south to the Carolinas). So to the overall membership, Costco/Sam's might be more useful than BJ's.

I'd love to be able to feed you Costco prices, but although I am nearer to Costco than BJ's ("nearer" being a relative term here in Vermont: 40 miles vs. 50 miles), I still don't generally get there more than once a month or so.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Okay...okay!

I missed it! I don't know how...but I missed it. It has been added to the grid! I think george is right. Find a good deal on the set and you are WAAAAAAY ahead of buying the titles individually.

EDIT** Just did the math (Frezon Lousy Math, Inc. at it again!).

The six titles at Amazon.com total $94 when purchased separately. $49 in the set. That's a $45 savings!

 

[Joseph S]

Definitely buying Dynasty this week.

 

[GlennH]

Does anybody know what Target's price is for Mulan 2? Target.com shows $22.49. That's a little too high for a direct-to-video Disney, but if it was $19.99 or below in-store then I might consider using that $5 coupon.

 

[EricSchulz]

Target.com's prices are different from in-store because it's run by Amazon.com (that's also why the coupons are in-store only). I'll check back with the prices later today, if possible.

 

[Adam_WM]

I read this thread every week. MOstly, though, it is for B&M prices... although, I would like to see AMAZON and DDD on there. Those are viable online alternatives.

Overall, a great thread. Can't live without it.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Eric: Excellent! I was wondering the very same thing as Glenn! Target already has an excellent price on Bambi...so, you might say that $5 coupon could be held against Mulan II. If Mulan II is clocking in at $19.99, that would mean $15.99 for Bambi and $14.99 for Mulan II and that would be a pretty darn good deal.