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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
BTW...my local Sunday newspaper (the Albany Times-Union) had a coupon printed in the cartoon section(!) for 40% off any USED DVD or CD at an F.Y.E. (TransWorld) store.
Them things is excellent!
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
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Well, Tony...let's not start a panic! 
I guess the point of my prior post was NOT to spark any sort of alarm...but sort of wonder aloud is anyone has thoughts about the RoundUp: which might include sections that are expendable. Like I said in that post, one of the places I've been thinking of cutting back is simply the number of titles I include each week. |
I think listing all the bonus deals could go away (i.e. "Get Market Pantry water with purchase of
Lawrence of Arabia etc.). That looks like a lot of typing and scrutinizing of the circulars.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
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Perhaps it's time to ask for some volunteers to come forward to help out with the Roundup. All of this work shouldn't have to be shouldered by just one or two individuals on a weekly basis. There probably needs to be a team of around 10 members working on this with some members specializing on just the research portion of the Roundup and others the presentation side. Perhaps the work could even be rotated among members on a weekly basis.
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Joseph,
Your comment (and Mike's detailed weekly workload) made me just a bit nostalgic for the days when I worked at Target. For the last several months that I worked there I was Mike's "insider" not only for the advertised titles, but for the DVDs that we carried that never made it into the circular. At that point, retailer "exclusives" just started catching on and I was able to give details on what they included. I felt I was "doing may part" to give back to the best thread on HTF!
I got so sentimental that I did a search on the last Roundup that I was able to help out with...
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...28-2006-a.html---almost two years ago to the week---to see the nice "tribute" I got from Mike!
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
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(i.e. "Get Market Pantry water with purchase of Lawrence of Arabia etc.).
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For all the kidding we do about that long-ago Market Pantry Water deal...a LoA tie-in would actually be kinda funny!
So, Malcolm...is that another way of saying you think the price table is the raison d'etre of the RoundUp?
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
Is there anything special about any retailers' version of Battlestar Galactica Season 3? Or is this the first time there's no Best Buy bonus disc or anything? (Thank goodness if so -- I've been tricked into buying from Best Buy twice in the hopes of receiving their exclusive bonus disc and never have. Bought them later on ebay but I freaking hate Best Buy now).
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I'm very tempted by At World's End, The Simpsons Movie and Live Free or Die Hard in that Target sale, but while trying to determine which two to get, I realized that all three are A+ Prime Candidates for future double-dips. . .
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
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So, Malcolm...is that another way of saying you think the price table is the raison d'etre of the RoundUp?
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I suppose. That's the part I usually check. I may skim the deals occasionally, but I'm mostly here for the prices (and the Market Pantry water jokes).
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
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...(and the Market Pantry water jokes). |
A priest, a rabbi and a parrot each walk into a bar. Each of the three is holding a bottle of Market Pantry Water....
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
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Bottom line: I have been thinking over ways to cut back my Roundup workload without eliminating the thing altogether--maybe less titles?
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Excellent idea. Starting next week, please include in your Roundup only those titles including the word, "Pokemon." It'll save us all a lot of time sifting through the chaff to get to the Weavile. Thanks!
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
Have I ever shared the time I had to attend Pokemon: The Movie in the theater with a group of young boys (@ a birthday party attended by my son)?!?
Only time I ever dozed off during a film. True story.
David: new forum name? Signature looks familiar...but I'm not placing the forum name.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
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David: new forum name? Signature looks familiar...but I'm not placing the forum name.
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Yep, new forum name here to match what I use everywhere else (used to be "John David T" here)... but still your same PokePal.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
Well, I'll send you an email each week telling you what titles I'm interested in, and you can only include those. Hell, lots of weeks you may not have any work to do.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
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Well, I'll send you an email each week telling you what titles I'm interested in, and you can only include those. Hell, lots of weeks you may not have any work to do. |
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ARE a selective one, George!
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Mike, you have my permission in a couple of months to get rid of the HD-DVD titles.
On another note, there have been a few times when I checked right at midnight and "BOOM!" it was there! I always pictured your finger hovering over the mouse while watching Saturday Night Live.
When I saw QGJ's question, I thought... Don't rock the boat! Anyway, you have my eternal thanks for as long as you are able to do this.
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Nah! There was nothing wrong with John's question. Really, I
love hearing ideas about how to make the RoundUp better. I'd probably implement all of them...as long as it doesn't make any more work for me!
I'll take that HD-DVD offer under consideration, Ric!
I wonder when the last titles will be. Most of my "new release" sources stopped listing them weeks ago.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
In another thread, Phil Tomaskovic is reporting that the 2-disc Bee Movie is $14.99 at K-Mart!
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I was expecting them to say it was a misprint and it was the single disc for the sale since the ad showed the 2 disc version which has a $29.99 price tag on it in the store. But it rang up!
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Dang! I just bought 3:10 to Yuma at BJ's for 24.99 yesterday! Thankfully its not opened yet. I need to find something to pair it with at Target's B1G1 sale! Trouble is... the rest of the pickin's are pretty slim!
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Hey, Ric. I'm in the same boat as you. Do they allow 2 copies of the same title for this deal? How 'bout we split the deal between you and me? You buy 2 copies of 3:10 to Yuma, and I'll buy one of them from you for $15 + tax + USPS shipping. How's that sound?
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
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AFAIK, you can purchase 3:10 and one of the other titles on the list, then head over to the customer service area and return the one you don't want for a $15 refund; receipt only states that you have to return BOTH if you want the full $30 refund--this is to prevent folks from trying to pull the "well since I was technically charged $30 for just one title and the other one was included for free, I should be able to return one of them for the full $30 refund and still get to keep the other one since it was free" ruse.
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Ooooh... really? Hmmm... Anyone actually tried this?
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
Actually, it'll probably be Bandai Visual - they've still got "Freedom 6" planned for June and "Freedom 7" tentatively scheduled for August, and they've apparently confirmed that they will release the entire series on DVD/HD DVD twin discs (single-sided but with both formats). Of course, since only die-hard anime fans are going to pay $40 retail for a disc with 20-30 minutes of content, those releases will fly well below the radar.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-18-2008
Sorry, everybody...but I had the wrong price on the BD of Enchanted at Best Buy. Instead of $24.99, it turns out to be $29.99.
I went to my local store expecting the former. When I saw the latter, I went to my FYE where it was $27.99.
Even though I had a $5 RZ certificate, I'll use that on something @ BB with a better price.
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I am absolutely aghast with the idea you made a mistake, Mike! Complete and utterly disappointed in you!
Actually, I'm kinda shocked no one mentioned it here. It is Thursday, after all.
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I am absolutely aghast with the idea you made a mistake, Mike! Complete and utterly disappointed in you!
Actually, I'm kinda shocked no one mentioned it here. It is Thursday, after all. |
Me, too!
Both that I made a mistake
and that no one pointed it out for me earlier!
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