Let the buying begin... 2011 B&N Criterion sale (50% off) begins Tuesday, July 12

Schweet!!!

Time to make out my list.

Thank God.  Seems like FOREVER since the last one!

Yes indeed, that's #1 for me.  Fortunately, I've already acquired some other recent releases thanks to Amazon's sale a couple of months ago.  That takes some of the pressure off and lets me catch up on a few older items that have been on my list forever.

I noticed that Amazon has dropped prices on some Criterion titles this morning. Blow Out was a little over $20 when I looked this morning.

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Originally Posted by MattH. 

I noticed that Amazon has dropped prices on some Criterion titles this morning. Blow Out was a little over $20 when I looked this morning.

Thanks.  That is one of the titles on my list.  Robinson Crusoe on Mars and The Great Dictator round out the list.
 

Just look at my listing and I really don't have that many blu-ray titles from Criterion that I need in my collection.  Besides Kiss Me Deadly and The Great Dictator, I have to wait on preorders like Beauty and the Beast.

Crawdaddy

Online coupon codes do generally work for Criterion titles when it's *not* during their 50% Criterion sale.  They specifically tag all the Criterion titles for that sale so that online coupons won't work -- there are very few exceptions like Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

For those who won't have membership (to get the in-store membership discount, etc.) and are interested in the following few titles (marked at 30%-off MSRP), you might consider buying 3 of them online on one order using the above mentioned 10%-off-total-order coupon code w/ the current B2G1 sale, which ends today, instead:

* Solaris

* Diabolique

* Kiss Me Deadly

* Great Dictator

That would run you ~$16.80 each (before any applicable sales tax), and you'd qualify for free shipping whether you're a member or not.  You'd have to have B&N membership and shop in-store to possibly beat that during the 50% sale.

Also, if you have a Discover Card, you can get 10% cashback w/ it using their ShopDiscover portal.  There are probably other cashback/rewards deals you can do otherwise, eg. get double points for Best Buy's My Reward Zone via their shopping mall portal.

_Man_

the great dictator is not included as 50% off?

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Originally Posted by dana martin 

the great dictator is not included as 50% off?

Why do you ask that question?

Also, the sale doesn't begin until tomorrow morning.

Crawdaddy

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Originally Posted by ManW_TheUncool 

For those who won't have membership (to get the in-store membership discount, etc.) and are interested in the following few titles (marked at 30%-off MSRP), you might consider buying 3 of them online on one order using the above mentioned 10%-off-total-order coupon code w/ the current B2G1 sale, which ends today, instead:

 

* Solaris

* Diabolique

* Kiss Me Deadly

* Great Dictator

 

That would run you ~$16.80 each (before any applicable sales tax), and you'd qualify for free shipping whether you're a member or not.  You'd have to have B&N membership and shop in-store to possibly beat that during the 50% sale.

 

 

 

_Man_

 

this is why i was asking that,
 

That was only meant to be an alternative suggestion for a good deal on those specific titles right now (before the 50% sale begins), especially for folks who either are not B&N members or don't have a (adequate) local B&N store for the sale.

If you're not a B&N member, you probably won't be able to beat my suggestion for those titles in the 50% sale, assuming you'd actually want 3 of those.  You probably also won't beat that if you have to shop online since the 50% sale will preclude use of online coupons (and you wouldn't get the in-store member's discount either).

_Man_

Am I misreading, or are there no coupons for in-store use as well?  I prefer in-store shopping for Criterion because of the additional 10% discount they discontinued last year for online purchases.  But I've also benefited from a couple of additional coupons like the ones above. 

At the store I most often frequent for this, the salespeople have always gone out of their way to accommodate every coupon.  I'm kind of looking forward to driving over there tomorrow evening.

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Originally Posted by Chas in CT 

Am I misreading, or are there no coupons for in-store use as well?  I prefer in-store shopping for Criterion because of the additional 10% discount they discontinued last year for online purchases.  But I've also benefited from a couple of additional coupons like the ones above. 

 

At the store I most often frequent for this, the salespeople have always gone out of their way to accommodate every coupon.  I'm kind of looking forward to driving over there tomorrow evening.

 

If you're a member, there's at least a couple $5-off-$50 coupons you can use, which works ok if you plan on buying 3 titles (or 2 plus something else).

Also, some 10-to-15%-off (or better) coupon or two might show up before the sale is over as is often the case although it's hard to be confident about that since B&N seems to be making gradual changes to their promos over the past year or two.  For instance, I noticed they've been sending out some unique in-store *and* online coupons by email to non-member accounts again lately, and these seem a bit different from the previous unique ones of this type.  Not sure if this type will start replacing the old non-unique kind for in-store use.

BTW, looks like the sale is already in effect online now... and interestingly, looks like they might be accepting online coupons this time afterall...

_Man_

Well, I'm done with my six titles I ordered.

Crawdaddy