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3/22/09 at 9:12pm
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Re: Disney's Bolt Coupon

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I also have the $10 off coupon from Disney. From Mike, I know that Target accepts the coupon. Does Best Buy accept it? There's a Best Buy close to where I live and both Targets (brand new; opened this month) are farther away.

Is there any other retailer that accepts this coupon?

They're manufacturer's coupons which should be accepted by almost everybody.
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3/22/09 at 9:17pm
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Re: Disney's Bolt Coupon

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I also have the $10 off coupon from Disney. From Mike, I know that Target accepts the coupon. Does Best Buy accept it? There's a Best Buy close to where I live and both Targets (brand new; opened this month) are farther away.

Is there any other retailer that accepts this coupon?
The Best Buy by me took it but the register didn't recognize the bar code and he manually took the $10 off. They also matched Frys $24.99. Only funny thing is they charged tax on the $24.99; shouldn't it be tax after the coupon is applied?
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3/22/09 at 9:28pm
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Re: Disney's Bolt Coupon

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The Best Buy by me took it but the register didn't recognize the bar code and he manually took the $10 off. They also matched Frys $24.99. Only funny thing is they charged tax on the $24.99; shouldn't it be tax after the coupon is applied?

The fine print on the coupon says something about the purchaser being responsible for the tax.
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3/22/09 at 10:27pm
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Re: Disney's Bolt Coupon

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Originally Posted by Keith I
I also have the $10 off coupon from Disney. From Mike, I know that Target accepts the coupon. Does Best Buy accept it? There's a Best Buy close to where I live and both Targets (brand new; opened this month) are farther away.

Is there any other retailer that accepts this coupon?
The coupon is not retailer specific, so it SHOULD be accepted anywhere that the Bolt Blu-ray is being sold. However, I have read reports that numerous Toys R Us locations refuse internet / printed coupons. In my own personal experience, internet / printed coupons have been denied at my local Wal-Marts (even after escalating it to a supervisory person).

I used it at Best Buy today with no issues, and have used these same coupons at both Best Buy and Target on previous occasions.

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Jeff, thanks for the coupon on Bolt, it came in very handy today.
You're quite welcome.

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Target took the coupon tonight for Bolt on BD. $27 - $10 = $17.

I purchased the pasta at Target as well (so it's on the very same receipt for the rebate!) and I'll get that right in the mail tomorrow.

$17 - $4 = $13. That's awesome!

But still no $5 coupon at the register.
Your rebate may be denied as the effective period doesn't begin until Tuesday:


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Originally Posted by Jeff Meyers
And let's not forget the all-important product tie-in: Bolt and Pasta

Key requirement for the rebate offer:

Cash register receipt from your Bolt DVD or Blu-ray purchase imprinted with store name and dated between March 24, 2009 and July 31, 2009 with purchase price circled (photocopies acceptable).

So don't pick-up the Blu-ray on Sunday or Monday, along with your pasta, and expect for $4 back.
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Originally Posted by Phil Tomaskovic
The Best Buy by me took it but the register didn't recognize the bar code and he manually took the $10 off. They also matched Frys $24.99. Only funny thing is they charged tax on the $24.99; shouldn't it be tax after the coupon is applied?
Doh! I didn't catch that on my purchase at Best Buy either. I paid $27.99 + $2.17 tax and then the $10.00 coupon was applied. The $10 should have been deducted from the $27.99 prior to sales tax being calculated. I paid $0.78 more than I should have.

The funny thing about my trip to purchase the Bolt Blu-ray was that I was undecided on where to purchase it while en route because Best Buy and Target are in the same shopping center. I considered getting it at Target to try Mike's tactic and see if the register would generate a $5 Blu-ray coupon. The cons of getting at Target were: 1) it's a Super Target store and the Electronics / Movies section is at the back of the store which seems like a half-mile walk (each way); and 2) I thought that Target's price was $1 higher than Best Buy's price. The pros of getting it at Best Buy were 1) it's one of the newer, smaller Best Buy stores (for a quick in and out); and 2) it was $1 cheaper (in my mind). So I picked it up at Best Buy, spent $1.00 more than I could have (+ $0.78 extra in tax), and didn't get a Target $5 Blu-ray coupon! But at least it was quick.
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3/22/09 at 10:45pm
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Re: Disney's Bolt Coupon

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3/23/09 at 8:21am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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It's Bolt on Blu-ray and Lilo & Stitch SE this week for me....The Target deal plus the $10 coupon look to be the best bet on this..
It'll be interesting to see if Target will honor the $10-off Bolt/Lilo deal if you purchase the Bolt Blu-ray and Lilo and Stitch SD titles; I say this because the Target ad shows the Bolt/Lilo $10-off offer below a graphic of the Bolt SD cover. It would be a sweet deal if Target honors the offer on Bolt BD, as that would mean just $23 for both Bolt BD (includes both SD and digital copies as well) and Lilo 2-disc SD after Target $10-off offer and Disney Bolt $10-off coupon.
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3/23/09 at 9:30am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

I went to our local Wal-Mart last night, coupon in hand to get the Bolt BD and all they had was the two standard DVD versions. They definitely did not understand Disney's promo. I'll be lucky if they put it out this week.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

Geez. . .I wait all this time for a Lilo & Stitch SE and now I have to KEEP waiting because they didn't bother to put it out on Blu.

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3/23/09 at 9:55am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

For what it's worth, the terms of the pasta rebate form says receipts dated between

March 1, 2009 and July 31, 2009. So they may honor the early purchasers.

 

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3/23/09 at 10:06am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

Unfortunately, Step 2 still says March 24 though I'm going to expect a little leeway on that issue since it makes no sense to offer it except for the 1st 2 days of Blu Ray release.

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3/23/09 at 10:35am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

Went into Wal-Mart early Saturday morning, and they already had Bolt and Lilo & Stitch both on display right inside the door.
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3/23/09 at 4:24pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Target took the coupon tonight for Bolt on BD. $27 - $10 = $17.

I purchased the pasta at Target as well (so it's on the very same receipt for the rebate!) and I'll get that right in the mail tomorrow.

$17 - $4 = $13. That's awesome!

But still no $5 coupon at the register.

Mike, I think the people that run the check-out coupon program at Target are the same ones that run the Reward Zone specials (that you NEVER seem to get)!
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

I never thought of that!

Maybe someone has implanted a chip in me or something!

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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3/23/09 at 6:36pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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Also, for those who may be looking to get the Bond BD exclusive set at Best Buy this week (the one with QOS, Man W/Golden Gun and License To Kill), apparently that is a misprint. The HDRoom checked with Fox PR about the set and they said that Golden Gun and License won't be released until May.
The information from HDRoom's source is incorrect. This set will be on sale with LtK and MwtGG included on 3/24/09. I went to my local BB today to confirm and these sets are ready to sell tomorrow . I actually had my hands on one after asking one of the store members, but, of course I couldn't buy it yet. I can't wait till tomorrow.

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3/24/09 at 5:00am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

Hi Troy,

Yeah, just checked with Best Buy online and all the stores in my area had it in stock. I should have added to my original post that they did get their info from the Fox PR department. Any PR department confirmation should be always be taken shaken, not stirred (and if not that way, then with a grain of salt).

As for the set itself, I really want Man with the Golden Gun, but that is it. License to Kill was a one-timer and I already have QOS on BD.
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3/24/09 at 10:17am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

And a quick (but heartfelt) HAPPY BIRTHDAY to longtime Roundupper Eric Schulz!


There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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3/24/09 at 11:31am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

FYI-

I was at Costco this morning and they have Quantum of Solace on Blu Ray for $25.99. They also had a new box set for all 10 films already out plus the new third wave for $159.00. This was frustrating because I hoped Costco would have the third box.

This box contains: QoS, Die Another Day, The World is Not Enough, For Your Eyes Only, Moonraker, Live and Let Die, Thunderball, Goldfinger, From Russia With Love and Dr. No.

If I had not already bought the first two box sets, this one would have been nice. As the box has each film in it's own case.
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3/24/09 at 12:17pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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Originally Posted by Nathan*W
[/indent]FYI, the pasta rebate form now says receipts dated between March 1, 2009 and July 31, 2009. So they've changed it.

Are you sure it isn't March 24 for the disc receipt and March 1 for the pasta receipt?

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3/24/09 at 12:50pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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It'll be interesting to see if Target will honor the $10-off Bolt/Lilo deal if you purchase the Bolt Blu-ray and Lilo and Stitch SD titles; I say this because the Target ad shows the Bolt/Lilo $10-off offer below a graphic of the Bolt SD cover. It would be a sweet deal if Target honors the offer on Bolt BD, as that would mean just $23 for both Bolt BD (includes both SD and digital copies as well) and Lilo 2-disc SD after Target $10-off offer and Disney Bolt $10-off coupon.

FYI

The Target I stopped at during my lunch break wouldn't even honor the $10 off for buying Lilo and Stitch with the deluxe SD of Bolt.

Took them to the register and the system didn't take the extra $10 off, so explained the offer to the cashier. Cashier then goes to look at the ad and then gets ahold of someone back in media who tells her to just treat it as a store coupon and take the $10 off, but she can't do that; I have to go to customer service and have them do it. So I do, and then get told by the guy over there that "no, the deal only applies to the single disc SD version, not the deluxe SD." Felt like arguing the point, but I'd already spent way too much time in the store already over the mess and needed to get back to work. May try another Target after work to see if I have better luck.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

After reading the last post I can understand better what I am about to post. A Target horror story.

Sent my mother to Target with a list & $5 coupon for BOLT (easier for her to get there, I'm in a wheelchair) & she came back with the $15 savings BUT they gave her the one disc BOLT along with my Lilo & Never Say Never Again. So she goes back & they refund the whole order but don't want to give her the $5 coupon savings because she no longer HAS the coupon (they do). Eventually they manually take $5 off of the 2 disc BOLT but when she comes home I notice that I no longer have the $10 combo savings. I called and talked to a manager & she's on her way back there with the intention of getting the order reporcessed so I get the $5 coupon AND the $10 off for Lilo & BOLT sd dvd (ad does NOT say only the one disc). If she comes back & they don't give her the savings I'll wheel there in my van and "There Will Be Blood".
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3/24/09 at 2:14pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

I hate stories like those.

They really tick me off because they are SO unnecessary.

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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3/24/09 at 2:36pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

What's really sad is when the customers understand the deals better than the store staff. No Target stores anywhere near me, so I can't test them here.

I've given up trying to get stores to honor their own coupons and deals. I just buy online now.

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3/24/09 at 2:47pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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I never thought of that!

Maybe someone has implanted a chip in me or something!

I had a feeling you'd enjoy that!
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3/24/09 at 2:49pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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And a quick (but heartfelt) HAPPY BIRTHDAY to longtime Roundupper Eric Schulz!


THANKS!!!!
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3/24/09 at 3:27pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

Manager REFUSED to give mom the $10 savings so she brought my dvds home and I immediately went to the Better Business Bureau online site & filed a detailed complaint. I had to do it twice with BestBuy.com when they didn't send a promo item that was supposed to be part of an order & both times they gave me a $10 gift card. I am so mad I could chew nails. The computer will only give the $10 for the 1 disc but the ad DOES NOT say that. Last I checked there is just blu ray & sd dvd (since hd-dvd died) & this should get the $10 savings. They PENALIZE you for spending $7 MORE for a better sd dvd????????
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3/24/09 at 4:46pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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Manager REFUSED to give mom the $10 savings so she brought my dvds home and I immediately went to the Better Business Bureau online site & filed a detailed complaint. I had to do it twice with BestBuy.com when they didn't send a promo item that was supposed to be part of an order & both times they gave me a $10 gift card. I am so mad I could chew nails. The computer will only give the $10 for the 1 disc but the ad DOES NOT say that. Last I checked there is just blu ray & sd dvd (since hd-dvd died) & this should get the $10 savings. They PENALIZE you for spending $7 MORE for a better sd dvd????????


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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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Are you sure it isn't March 24 for the disc receipt and March 1 for the pasta receipt?
I was looking strickly in the fine print, which makes no such distinction. It is only in the main text that it gives different dates.

 

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3/25/09 at 8:21am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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Manager REFUSED to give mom the $10 savings so she brought my dvds home and I immediately went to the Better Business Bureau online site & filed a detailed complaint. I had to do it twice with BestBuy.com when they didn't send a promo item that was supposed to be part of an order & both times they gave me a $10 gift card. I am so mad I could chew nails. The computer will only give the $10 for the 1 disc but the ad DOES NOT say that. Last I checked there is just blu ray & sd dvd (since hd-dvd died) & this should get the $10 savings. They PENALIZE you for spending $7 MORE for a better sd dvd????????

Well, I had no better luck at the 2nd Target I went to than the first I posted about yesterday. As with Bill's experience, the Supervisor refused to honor the ad because the computer wouldn't deduct the extra $10. She understood where I was coming from in how the ad is written up, but she claimed she could do nothing about it, which is a bunch of BS as I've seen them make price corrections before. Of course, at both Targets they tried to then get me to buy just the single disc version, but I refused saying I could go to another store and get a better deal for what I really wanted.

Actually ended up being able to get the same exact deal at Toys'R'Us. Unfortunately, neither the Lilo and Stitch or the Bolt 2-disc SD are on sale at Toys'R'Us, or I could have actually made out even better. They are both regular price, $19.99 and $24.99 respectively. However, I was able to find a copy of the 2-disc SD Bolt that had a coupon attached to it for $6 off if you bought it and Lilo and Stitch together, which got them down to the Target sale prices. (YMMV on getting the $6 coupon as only 4 out of the dozen or so Bolt 2-disc SD had it attached to the slipcase.) Of course, I also got the Toys'R'Us discount of $10 for buying both and then also used my $5 coupon for the SD Bolt, so ended up paying $23.98 before tax. So, in the end I was able to still get the discs for the same price, but Toys'R'Us got the money instead of Target, although still ticked about so much time wasted at Target trying to get them to honor their advertised deal.
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3/25/09 at 1:30pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

Is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service actually out...?

I went to Best Buy and Target yesterday and neither had it.
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 3-24-2009

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Is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service actually out...?

I went to Best Buy and Target yesterday and neither had it.

Albert: Probably just one of those common cases where B&M stores just don't carry the catalog title you want.

Amazon's got 'em "in stock."

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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