I'm an escaped mental patient with a history of violence.
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Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed advertisements, the Sunday of the week of release (so as to catch any week-of-release sale prices). All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price. If a price is marked "$_N/A_" in the grid, it means that this title is not shown as available on that chain's website or perhaps in their ads...but it COULD still be in-stores!
$_"LP" means the advertisement says "Low Price", and $_"HP" means the advertisement says "Hot Price". Use of either of these in the Roundup grid indicates that I could not locate a definate price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds.
I only include the titles I feel like including. In fact, the titles are pretty much the ones I'm personally interested in, with few exceptions. I don't get paid for this, and I don't have time to devote to doing every DVD. I have a lovely wife and a five-year-old son I'd rather spend time with. Please don't complain. If there is a title not included in the Roundup that you want to see, just look it up yourself, and be nice enough to post and share the results with everyone...like I do!
Note that Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii.
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__________TITLE__________ _ _Amazon _ BestBuy _ CrcCity _ Target_ _ CostCo_ _ SamsClb
21 Days to Baghdad_______ _ $14.99 __ $17.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Anastasia (Fox Classics)_ _ $14.99 __ $14.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
The Babe_________________ _ $14.99 __ $14.99 __ $17.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
B. Streisand Gift Set____ _ $52.44 __ $_N/A_ __ $69.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $49.99 __ $_N/A_
Brighton Beach Memoirs___ _ $11.24 __ $12.99 __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Chaplin Collection Vol. 1 _ $67.44 __ $69.99 __ $99.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $64.99 __ $_N/A_
The Crimson Pirate_______ _ $14.99 __ $17.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Dr Who: Carnival/Monsters _ $18.74 __ $22.99 __ $19.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Dr Who: Resurrectn/Daleks _ $18.74 __ $22.99 __ $19.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
The Dream Team___________ _ $11.24 __ $ 9.99 __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Ed_______________________ _ $14.99 __ $14.99 __ $17.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Farscape 3.3_____________ _ $29.99 __ $24.99 __ $34.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Flight of the Intruder___ _ $14.99 __ $ 9.99 __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Fun With Dick & Jane_____ _ $18.71 __ $22.99 __ $19.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Gangs of New York________ _ $19.49 __ $14.99 __ $15.99 __ $15.99 __ $17.99 __ $_N/A_
The Gold Rush____________ _ $22.46 __ $22.99 __ $24.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
The Great Dictator_______ _ $22.46 __ $22.99 __ $24.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Guilty As Sin____________ _ $11.24 __ $_N/A_ __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
How/Lose A Guy In 10 Days _ $22.49 __ $17.99 __ $15.99 __ $15.99 __ $18.49 __ $_N/A_
I Love Lucy: Ssn 1 Vol 7_ _ $11.24 __ $ 9.99 __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
I Love Lucy: Ssn 1 Vol 8_ _ $11.24 __ $ 9.99 __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
King of the Hill Season 1 _ $29.99 __ $29.99 __ $29.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $27.99 __ $27.63
Knights of the Round Tbl. _ $14.99 __ $17.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
La Femme Nikita - SE_____ _ $18.71 __ $14.99 __ $17.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Limelight________________ _ $22.46 __ $22.99 __ $24.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
The Main Event___________ _ $14.99 __ $14.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
The Master of Ballantrae_ _ $14.99 __ $17.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Medabots Vol. 10_________ _ $11.24 __ $12.99 __ $10.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Modern Times_____________ _ $22.46 __ $22.99 __ $24.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Mr. Baseball (Reissue)___ _ $14.99 __ $14.99 __ $17.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Nuts_____________________ _ $14.99 __ $14.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
The Real Cancun__________ _ $20.23 __ $19.99 __ $19.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $18.99 __ $_N/A_
Renaissance Man__________ _ $11.24 __ $_N/A_ __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Scaramouche______________ _ $14.99 __ $14.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Start/Revolution W-out Me _ $14.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
The Tenant_______________ _ $ 9.99 __ $ 9.99 __ $ 9.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
T.S. (More) About Mary___ _ $20.24 __ $19.99 __ $19.99 __ $19.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Tuesdays With Morrie_____ _ $11.24 __ $12.99 __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
Up The Sandbox___________ _ $14.99 __ $14.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
What's Up, Doc?__________ _ $14.99 __ $14.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_
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* Yes, this week's Roundup took a long time for me to post. Thanks for being patient. In addition to 40 titles, and tons of markdowns, there was also the problem of Best Buy re-launching their website right in the middle of my gathering prices from them. After waiting for the new site to come up, it looked great but so far everything moves in slow motion there. So you might want to give them a day or two to work the kinks out.
* BE CAREFUL!
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days and
There's Something (More) About Mary are both available in both Widescreen and Fullscreen versions...get the correct one.
* Non-OAR discs are left off the Roundup, whenever they've been identified in advance. Example: Woody Allen's
Don't Drink The Water. This does NOT apply to markdowns, which are simply cut-and-paste from other lists.
* Target has a deal which lets you buy
There's Something (More) About Mary and save $5 when purchased with either
Office Space or
Shallow Hal at the same time.
* K-Mart's ad mentions that you can "Receive a $5 rebate by mail when you buy BOTH
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days on DVD AND on of these four titles on DVD:
Grease, Runaway Bride, Save The Last Dance, What Women Want between 7/1/03 and 11/1/03. Since this is a mail-in offer, I suspect that it is not limited to K-Mart purchases. But no other ad mentions it. K-Mart's price on the main title is $19.95, and the other four are $14.95 each.
* Circuit City has a different offer in their ad for
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days: Save $3 with combined purchase of that film's DVD & CD soundtrack. Available In-store only.
* And Best Buy has their own, different offer in their ad for
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days: Buy it and
Clueless at the same time for just $20. In a similar vein, but not about any new releases, they will also sell you the already-been-out Special Edition of
The Terminator together with
Legally Blonde for just $20. What do those two have in common? Well, someone pointed out that these are both MGM films that have sequels hitting the box office...and I must agree that this is the only reason that makes sense.
* I'm not sure what's going on with Sam's Club. Roundup readers from a couple of weeks ago will remember that I left Sam's off the Roundup entirely because there were no releases from that week listed at their website. Now their website, which has always listed DVDs under "Books Movies, & CDs", ONLY shows Books and CDs when you click on that link.
King of the Hill (listed in the Roundup grid) and the upcoming release of
The Two Towers are still shown in picture ads at the top, and the price is shown in a caption. But if this lack of price-showing at the site continues, I'll just drop them from the Roundup entirely.
The latest markdowns according to
VideoTropics web site (DVD Title/Old SRP/New SRP):
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• 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The $24.95 $19.95
• Advocate, The $24.99 $19.99
• Angels In The Outfield $19.99 $14.99
• Another Stakeout $19.99 $14.99
• Art of Action, The $24.95 $19.95
• Associate, The $14.99 $ 9.99
• Big Business $19.99 $14.99
• Black Mask 2: City of Masks $24.95 $19.95
• Color of Money, The $19.99 $14.99
• Crazy/Beautiful $19.99 $14.99
• Crew, The $19.99 $14.99
• Cry, The Beloved Country $24.99 $19.99
• Deep End of the Ocean, The $19.95 $14.95
• Eddie $19.99 $ 9.99
• Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The $29.95 $19.95
• Hollywood Knights $24.95 $14.95
• Holy Smoke $22.99 $14.99
• Homeward Bound II: Lost In San Francisco $19.99 $14.99
• Honey, I Blew Up The Kid $19.99 $14.99
• Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves $19.99 $14.99
• Lie Down With Dogs $24.99 $19.99
• Medicine Man $14.99 $ 9.99
• Month By The Lake, A $24.99 $19.99
• Music Of The Heart $19.99 $14.99
• Powder $19.99 $14.99
• Queen Margot $24.99 $19.99
• Quiz Show $14.99 $ 9.99
• Sinbad 3-pack (Golden Voyage/ Eye of the Tiger/ 7th Voyage) DVD $74.95 $59.95
• Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger $29.95 $19.95
• Stakeout $19.99 $14.99
• Telling You $19.99 $14.99
• Three Men And A Baby $19.99 $14.99
• Three Men And A Little Lady $19.99 $14.99
• Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams $19.99 $ 9.99
• V.I. Warshawski $19.99 $14.99
• What About Bob? $19.99 $ 9.99
The latest markdowns according to
DavisDVD (there may be some duplication of above, but read through it anyway):
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EFFECTIVE 7.01.03
Buena Vista The Associate, Eddie, Medicine Man, Quiz Show, Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams, What About Bob? 9.99
Buena Vista Another Stakeout, Big Business, The Color of Money, Crazy/Beautiful, Holy Smoke, Music of the Heart, Powder, Stakeout, Telling You, Three Men and a Baby, Three Men and a Little Lady, VI Warshawski 14.99
Columbia The Deep End of the Ocean, Hollywood Knights 14.95
Columbia The Art of Action, Black Mask 2, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 19.95
Other Markdowns Not Listed at the Above:
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NewSRP Title
$14.98 Cannonball Run
$14.98 Chris Rock 2, The Best of
$14.98 Chris Rock, The Best of
$14.98 Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker
$14.98 Exit to Eden
$14.98 Lightning Jack
$14.98 Meatballs
$14.98 Serial Mom
$14.98 Volunteers
$19.98 15 Minutes
$19.98 3-2-1 Penguins: Runaway Pride at Lightstation Kilowatt
$19.98 3-2-1 Penguins: The Amazing Carnival of Complaining
$19.98 3-2-1 Penguins: The Cheating Scales of Bullamanka
$19.98 3-2-1 Penguins: Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn
$19.98 Angel Eyes
$19.98 Devil's Advocate, The
$19.98 Driven
$19.98 Eraser
$19.98 Exit Wounds
$19.98 Fugitive, The
$19.98 Heist
$19.98 Interview with the Vampire
$19.98 Love and Basketball
$19.98 Menace II Society
$19.98 Miss Congeniality
$19.98 Perfect Storm, The
$19.98 Player's Club, The
$19.98 Proof of Life
$19.98 Space Cowboys
$19.98 Swordfish
$19.98 Twister
$19.98 U.S. Marshals
$19.98 Unforgiven
$19.98 When It Was a Game
