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post #31 of 59
11/17/08 at 12:33pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by BrettB
I have a Best Buy GC so I'll be getting the 3-disc WALL*E BD there. Is there any chance of them price-matching Wal-Mart's online price?

Brett: There's always a chance. But I'd predict it to be slim-to-none. But if it were me, I'd ask. You never know what you might get at BB for a customer service rep.
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post #32 of 59
11/17/08 at 7:39pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by BrettB
I have a Best Buy GC so I'll be getting the 3-disc WALL*E BD there. Is there any chance of them price-matching Wal-Mart's online price?
Brett, I routinely price-match Walmart at my local Best Buy. I simply bring along a print-out of the Web page and give it to the cashier when I check out. I don't think I have ever had a problem. In fact, I know from looking over their shoulder when they key in the reason for the price-match that Walmart is one of the stores in their system. Now bear in mind, that my local BB also directly competes with three Walmart super centers in town. But, based on my experience, I think that as long as there is a Walmart in the same town as your Best Buy, the chances of you getting the price-match are good. One other thing, I always do my price-matching at a regular checkout. I never bother going through customer service. On occasion (depending on the price difference) the cashier may have to call over a supervisor to process the adjustment, but I can't recall when it's been an issue. Good luck!
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post #33 of 59
11/18/08 at 8:42am

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

Thanks guys, worked like a charm. Got the 3-disc BD for $24.86, got my WALL*E Rubik's Cube and best of all an employee took my name & number after I expressed interest in the 3-D cardboard WALL*E sitting atop the display.... fingers crossed.
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post #34 of 59
11/18/08 at 9:11am

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

Well, I have Wall E ordered from DeepDiscount. With their 25% discount the 3 disc dvd is $19.32. I'll have to wait a bit with taking the free shipping but that's preferable to the $30+ prices everyone is charging for it. Even CC is over $30 with tax added to their $27.99 price which is the lowest I've found.
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post #35 of 59
11/18/08 at 10:28am

WALL-E Blus at Meijer's

I'm curious if anyone had luck at Meijer's. I was up late and decided to run over a little after midnight. I saw WALL-E DVDs but no Blus. I finally found someone and asked but got a broken English reply of "Not in."

I went back this morning and they had a ton of DVDs but no Blus anywhere. I asked the clerk and he confirmed that they didn't get any Blus in either here or at the other local store. He told me they might get some later, but definitely before Thursday "because that's when the sale ends."

Then I went to Best Buy across the street and was able to get a price match for the $16.99 . And I was given the Rubik's Cube as well.

While I was doing this I had my wife call over to another nearby Meijer and while they had it in they quoted a price of $30, but that's the sticker price. So I still don't know if that was a legit price.
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post #36 of 59
11/18/08 at 10:31am

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

^ I stopped in on the way to work. The center aisle display had a good number of BD's with a big $26.99 label on them. I checked the ad insert sitting at the front of the store. There is *no* price on the Detroit-area flyers. No wonder I didn't notice it before...
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post #37 of 59
11/18/08 at 12:49pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by BrettB
Thanks guys, worked like a charm. Got the 3-disc BD for $24.86, got my WALL*E Rubik's Cube and best of all an employee took my name & number after I expressed interest in the 3-D cardboard WALL*E sitting atop the display.... fingers crossed.
I'm glad it worked out for you. I took my cue from you and price-matched Walmart at Best buy to pick up both the 3-disc WALL*E and Tropic Thunder Blu-rays (complete with Rubik's Cube and booty t-shirt!) Plus, I used a $5 Reward Zone certificate and a coupon for triple Reward Zone points, so it made a good deal even better!
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post #38 of 59
11/18/08 at 12:55pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

I may just give this a try...
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post #39 of 59
11/18/08 at 1:32pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by BrettB
Thanks guys, worked like a charm. Got the 3-disc BD for $24.86, got my WALL*E Rubik's Cube...

Same thing here, but for the SD 3 Disc set+Cube for $22.86. No issues at all (Cashier just needed a manager for their password to price match.)
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post #40 of 59
11/18/08 at 1:36pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

I did drop by Meijer (Indianapolis) hoping to pickup Wall*E on Blu Ray for $16.99 but no such luck - they had lots of copies but were trying to sell them (unsuccessfully) at $29.99 for the 2 disk.

Regards,
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post #41 of 59
11/18/08 at 1:40pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by Nick T Robot
Same thing here, but for the SD 3 Disc set+Cube for $22.86. No issues at all (Cashier just needed a manager for their password to price match.)

Nick: How did you save those extra two bucks?!?

Walmart.com is showing the 3-disc for $24.86 and the 2-disc for $24.32.
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post #42 of 59
11/18/08 at 4:44pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Nick: How did you save those extra two bucks?!?

Walmart.com is showing the 3-disc for $24.86 and the 2-disc for $24.32.
Mike - Walmart.com has the SD 3-disc, the one Nick said he bought, for $22.86.

Although I would like to have gotten the puzzle cube, I'm more than happy with the price I got at Amazon, $18 and change, thanks to a B2G1 glitch they had a couple months ago. And it shipped today so hopefully I'll have it by Saturday so I can watch it this weekend. Otherwise, I probably won't be able to watch it for a few weeks.
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post #43 of 59
11/18/08 at 5:55pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by Scott_J
Mike - Walmart.com has the SD 3-disc, the one Nick said he bought, for $22.86.

Yeah, I'm still in the dark ages with my SDTV and DVD player.
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post #44 of 59
11/18/08 at 6:26pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

I went to Walmart itself with there internet print out and they did not honor the price. So I went to target and got the 2 disc version with a free tree to plant !!!
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post #45 of 59
11/18/08 at 10:32pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by Scott_J
Mike - Walmart.com has the SD 3-disc, the one Nick said he bought, for $22.86.

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Originally Posted by Nick T Robot
Yeah, I'm still in the dark ages with my SDTV and DVD player.

Oops. Must...pay...better...attention!

I had every intention of trying to do the WM.com price match gambit at Best Buy tonight (had the W-M.com page printed and folded in my pocket!) but didn't make it there in time before it closed tonight.

Instead, I ended up picking up the 2-disc Wall-E BD at my local FYE (TransWorld) store for $26.99--but they also have a $5 rebate...bringing the eventual price down to $21.99. I figure I wouldn't be able to do better than that and it was convenient for me...so that's what I did!

I know there have been regular RoundUppers extolling the praises of the FYE rebates. This will be my first time giving then a test drive. So far, the experience at the register was perfect. They printed me a specific rebate form for the disc and a second receipt to send with the form. I'll report in as the process continues.
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post #46 of 59
11/19/08 at 11:23am

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
I know there have been regular RoundUppers extolling the praises of the FYE rebates. This will be my first time giving then a test drive. So far, the experience at the register was perfect. They printed me a specific rebate form for the disc and a second receipt to send with the form. I'll report in as the process continues.
I haven't done a ton, but most seem to have worked out. I think one was rejected once, they claimed the purchase was "outside the rebate period," which I think was bunk. But I did pick up the 3-disc "Hellboy II" last week for an after-rebate price of $17.99.

The only downside for some folks is you have to cut the UPC code from the box to send in. Some people just can't bring themselves to do that.
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post #47 of 59
11/19/08 at 12:37pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

Well, I'd rather not have to cut the UPC if I didn't have to....but for $5, what the hell...

I actually haven't looked at the instructions on the rebate form yet.

I also plan to do the $5 rebate via Minute Maid that in the Sunday coupons in the paper. That'll bring the final costs down to $16.99! I was reminded of that because for THAT ONE I noticed I have to cut one of the proof-of-purchase tabs off the cover art.
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post #48 of 59
11/19/08 at 3:38pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

Mike:

I have heard from others that you don't need the UPC from the DVD case on FYE rebates, that just the price sticker from the package will do. Although, as you know, YMMV! Good luck!

FWIW, I had no issue with my steelbook Cloverfield rebate through FYE....

Anyone have an opinion on the various giveaways with Tropic Thunder this week? I am on the fence with this movie. Have heard mixed reviews.

--John
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post #49 of 59
11/19/08 at 11:59pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by SAhmed
I did drop by Meijer (Indianapolis) hoping to pickup Wall*E on Blu Ray for $16.99 but no such luck - they had lots of copies but were trying to sell them (unsuccessfully) at $29.99 for the 2 disk.

Regards,
I went to the Meijer in Naperville this morning. They had a copy of the $16.99 blu-ray ad with the $16.99 crossed out in pen and $26.99 printed next to it. So it was an ad printing error.
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post #50 of 59
11/20/08 at 12:39am

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by Phil Tomaskovic
I went to the Meijer in Naperville this morning. They had a copy of the $16.99 blu-ray ad with the $16.99 crossed out in pen and $26.99 printed next to it. So it was an ad printing error.

Phil - You're just around the corner to me. Try a price match at Best Buy. Sorry it didn't work out for everyone else.
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post #51 of 59
11/20/08 at 7:48am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by John Swarce
Mike:

I have heard from others that you don't need the UPC from the DVD case on FYE rebates, that just the price sticker from the package will do. Although, as you know, YMMV! Good luck!

John: Awesome! Thanks!

I just called my wife and had her dig through the trash for the cellophane wrapping (which I had just opened last night)! Boy, is she happy with me!

[10cc]...the things we do for love![/10cc]

Anyway, I DID look at the rebate info last night and it DID mention needing to send a UPC. So if the combo UPC/price sticker from the package suffices, that would be GREAT!

Has anyone else had experience with this? I know this issue has come up several times over the years in this space.
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post #52 of 59
11/20/08 at 10:11am

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
I just called my wife and had her dig through the trash for the cellophane wrapping (which I had just opened last night)! Boy, is she happy with me!
Tell her she can have half of the rebate. That'll make it all better.

I'm mailing my FYE Wall-E rebate today ($7 back on the 3-disc SD). On my package, there was a UPC sticker stuck on the outside of the shrink-wrap over the UPC on the box (different from the price tag on the front). They seem to have the same numbers, so I just peeled that off and am sending that rather than cutting up the box. We'll see.

If they reject it, I'll just have to consider ordering online. Looks like Amazon had the same price without any rebate hoops to jump thru.
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post #53 of 59
11/20/08 at 10:41am
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

Ooooh. We're having a "shared experience."



Yeah. This FYE purchase, for me, was all about the convenience. We'll see if it works out. If it does, it may just encourage me to do this more often.
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post #54 of 59
11/20/08 at 6:02pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

Let us know how you make out in a future Round-up, Mike! Glad I can help you save some money (and case destruction), 'cause God knows you have saved me a ton of money in the past!!!

I picked up Tropic Thunder Blu-ray @ BB tonight. Thought the t-shirt was the most "useful" of all of the extras. I think my wife got Wall-E, but I won't know until Xmas. I was told not to buy it........

--John
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post #55 of 59
11/20/08 at 8:07pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

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Originally Posted by John Swarce
Let us know how you make out in a future Round-up, Mike! Glad I can help you save some money (and case destruction), 'cause God knows you have saved me a ton of money in the past!!!

I picked up Tropic Thunder Blu-ray @ BB tonight. Thought the t-shirt was the most "useful" of all of the extras. I think my wife got Wall-E, but I won't know until Xmas. I was told not to buy it........

Thanks for the nice words, John!

Your wife probably just wrote a note to Santa telling him Wall-E would be a good gift idea for you. It all rests now on whether you've been a cotton-headed ninny muggins this year and ended up on his naughty list.
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post #56 of 59
11/20/08 at 8:28pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008



I'm always a good boy...it's my wife who is the naughty one!



--John
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post #57 of 59
11/21/08 at 1:59pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

Spotted today at Target in Delray Beach, FL:

$24.99 - Target Exclusive 3-disc set -- Kung Fu Panda WS SD-DVD, Furious Five bonus movie, and full PC version of the Kung Fu Panda video game.

$49.99 - Sold out of Tomb Raider for PS3 at this price; substitute item Metal Gear Solid 4. (No Nightmare Before Christmas sub at this store, though.)
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post #58 of 59
11/22/08 at 6:01pm

Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

Mike, just checked circuitcity.com & they have their full selection of dvd's back on their website. I don't know if it was a glitch or if they decided that eliminating dvd's from the website was not a good idea but I just checked and they are back.
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post #59 of 59
11/22/08 at 6:38pm
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 11-18-2008

Don't I know it, Bill...







I thought I was catching a break, but my workload increased back to what it was before. They've been back for a few days now. I had decided to be safe and check, myself.

All of CC's prices will be in next week's RoundUp when I post it later tonight.
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