Weekly RoundUp 9/14/04 (1 Viewer)

[Zen Butler]

Thank you Mike!

Happy to say that THX 1138: Dir. Cut SE will be my only Lucas purchase this month.

 

[Dillon*G]

My local Wal-Mart has Scooby 2 for 15.99

 

[Nick T Robot]

Did you know Star Wars (Episodes IV, V and VI) are coming out next week?

 

[Zen Butler]

That was tongue-in-cheek right?

 

[Phil Tomaskovic]

outpost list THX for $14.99. Funny they have same price for 2 disc and 1 disc versions.

 

[Nick T Robot]

Yes, (hence the winking icon) I can't imagine anyone who goes online could not know about the Star Wars DVD set. Also Lucas hasn't direct many movies, so unless there was a special American Graffti DVD coming out soon (Is that on DVD, BTW?) you had to be referring to SW.

I guess you are not accepting the fact that the original version of the SW Trilogy isn't included.

 

[Zen Butler]

Oh yeah, it does wink, after a while. Talk about short attention span.

 

[Scott_J]

That would be the one, Mike. Never seen the cheese crackers before. May have to look for them.

 

[Mike Frezon]

I take great pride in introducing new people to the wonders of Keebler crackers merged with a fictional great dane.

 

[Nick T Robot]

That stinks, I saw it at best buy (I have yet to see the 1 disc version) but everything said 19.99 so I went to Costco.

Last week Clerks X was 19.99 when rung up while listed as 24.99 in the ad and in the store. (Found that out while using a 10% off coupon)

Is this a new trend at Best Buy? Secret Savings?

 

[Chris Harrison]

My THX 1138: Dir. Cut SE rang up for $19.99 at Best Buy:frowning: However I did use my 20% off coupon so I ended up getting it for $15.99

 

[willyh]

Fry's Electronics is advertising THX1138 SE for $16.99 in today's paper. That's the lowest price I've seen so far.

 

[Will_C]

I just started coming to the coupons and bargains section. I saw that the CC price for L&O-S14 and L&O SVU-S5 was $4 cheaper for each set. I always go to BB for convenience and the Reward Zone benefits. I went to BB customer service and they gave me the CC price plus 10% extra off. I ended up saving $8 on each set from BB's original sale price. Saving that $16 means I got to buy another dvd! THANK YOU Mike! HTF rocks!

 

[Mike Frezon]

Wow! They did it right?!?! That's excellent! And, unfortunately, rare. We hear story after story here about employees who don't understand price-matching policies at their places of employment. Ran into it myself the other day. I price-matched a DVD and couldn't get the employee to understand the 10% of the difference of the two prices, etc. ADD TO THAT your story about how you frequent BB and probably would consider yourself to be a "valued or preferred customer" and that their treatment of you during this transaction seemed to reflect that, right? That's the way it oughta be.

Thanks for reporting-in, Will!

 

[Will_C]

Glad to buddy! Alot of the BB people have come to know me well. I spend alot of money on dvds there and I'm in there nearly every week. HT is one of my passions. I take it seriously and fortunately, my local BB takes my business seriously. They've always been really cool to me.

 

[Nick T Robot]

I've found BB to be good about price matching (except one time over the Indiana Jones Set, I've just posted the story in the "Who has the best star wars deal" thread) they have always given me the 10% which is usually not that much, but the fact they stick to the policy is good. Indy was a big difference and that was a nice 10% bonus savings!

 

[Chris Wagner]

outpost.com
THX 1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut [2 Discs] [Special Edition]

$14.99

New low!

 

[NeilO]

My local WalMart did not have either edition of THX: 1138. I then went to BJ's wholesale club and they only had the 2-disc edition. I bought it there for $17.99 + tax.

Neil

 

[Dome Vongvises]

THX-1138 for me.

Thanks, Mike.

 

[John W L]

"quote:
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please both the purists and Blockbuster
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Blockbuster has no problem stocking unrated films, so it wasn't done for them."
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The quote above referred to Blockbuster's stocking an R-rated version of "Young Adam," instead of the NC-17 theatrical version.

But it does have a problem stocking NC-17's.

Blockbuster has apparently gone back to its previous odious policy regarding NC-17's -- while still having reams of "Unrated! -- The version you couldn't see in theaters!!!" teen trash (& other) flicks. Even though their shelves still carry fairly obscure and foreign NC-17 and "Unrated" versions, Blockbuster chose not to carry the NC-17 (theatrical version) DVDs of "The Dreamers" and "Latter Days." Instead, it has Blockbuster-ready "R" versions.

Before Blockbuster's Rewards program (they pay you to rent from them: 12 free rentals for $10), I hadn't been in one in years -- since they started banning NC-17 and Unrated films. Thanks to Netflix (which has the missing NC-17's), there's no need to go back.