If you buy either of the Pirates of the Caribbean Blu-ray movies you get a $15 gift card. The deal is supposed to be if you buy them both you get a $15 gift card but I bought both and got 2 $15 gift cards. They ring up in the system $14.99 with $15 gift card.

Nice, I bought through Amazon, but nice for anyone who hasn't purchased yet.

If you buy either of the Pirates of the Caribbean Blu-ray movies you get a $15 gift card. The deal is supposed to be if you buy them both you get a $15 gift card but I bought both and got 2 $15 gift cards. They ring up in the system $14.99 with $15 gift card.


cc=circuit city?? sorry if this sounds like a dumb question..i was going to go through Amazon but havent..

O RLY? I was planning on picking them up at Best Buy instead so I could get the $10 back immediately, but if anyone else can confirm this will happen at Circuit City I'll definitely go there instead. Both stores are side-by-side where I'm going anyways :D

I wonder if it was an isolated flub by the employee that rang you out. Hmmmm, would be nice if it works at my CC!

I was gonna buy them there tonight anyway. I'll report back if this does indeed work.

I work about 10 mins from a CC, so I popped in, grabbed both, and sure enough $60 total (29.99 each) with each getting a $15 dollar GC! SCORE! I recommend everyone go before word gets out on the glitch!

I enjoyed that sale this morning. :D

damn..Im going today..

My order from amazon is supposed to arrive tomorrow, If I refuse the package will they just give me a refund.

Oh man ! I just bought the movies right now from Best Buy and opened one of them to see a bit before going back to work (I work 5 minutes from where i live)
Impeccable timing guys :(

That pisses me off. I just went to CC on my lunch break (without knowing about this 2 gift card glitch) and I only got the 1 gift card. I guess you have to be lucky enough to get an idiot at the register. I do know the guy had a hard time ringing it up because it wasn't coming up right. I used to work at CC years ago and remember the same kind of problems with special promo packages ringing up.

Oh well, either way I will get $15 off Letters from Iwo Jima when I pick it up after I get my paycheck!

That pisses me off. I just went to CC on my lunch break (without knowing about this 2 gift card glitch) and I only got the 1 gift card. I guess you have to be lucky enough to get an idiot at the register. I do know the guy had a hard time ringing it up because it wasn't coming up right. I used to work at CC years ago and remember the same kind of problems with special promo packages ringing up.

Oh well, either way I will get $15 off Letters from Iwo Jima when I pick it up after I get my paycheck!

Well the other guys have made it sound like it was a computer glitch and that they're supposed to hand you 2 gift cards after the sale. So are you supposed to ask for the cards?

Well the other guys have made it sound like it was a computer glitch and that they're supposed to hand you 2 gift cards after the sale. So are you supposed to ask for the cards?

as an FYI, when she went to ring it up after she scanned, I mentioned "I think I'm supposed to get a $15 GC with each" to which she said "Yep, I'm scanning them as we speak."

Damn! I just picked up my copies at Best Buy which is right next door to CC.

>_<

Ah well congrats guys! I hardly ever shop retail anyways.

Is this gift card deal also available for online orders? I looked, but I couldn't find anything....
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Is this gift card deal also available for online orders? I looked, but I couldn't find anything....
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Online you only get one card for both movies...

Just got back from my local CC. They insisted I only get a $5 special POC gift card. I said "no thanks" and left.

Just got the first Pirates at CC and got the $15 GC without asking for it. Thanks for the heads up.

Online you only get one card for both movies...

Thanks - I'll probably stick with Amazon order then.
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got 2 of them! YES!!! thanks for the heads up..

Got 2 $15 cards with both.

But no copies of Flags of our fathers on BD.

Wow! The lengths to which some people will go to save a few bucks! Reminds me of those people that bought BR discs from BB on sale and "returned" or "exchanged" them at Walmart. :rolleyes:

it's $15 to $30 in this case, hardly a few bucks. very useful to use on May 27th.

Got 2 $15 cards with both.

But no copies of Flags of our fathers on BD.

2 $15ers for me too, but no The Fountain to spend it on :(

I got lucky with the Spidey bonus disc.

Have two Circuit Cities I could try in Tysons Corner, but I doubt I'd get that lucky.

I wasn't going to buy these, but with $30 in gift cards and my $5 rewards coupon to spend I'd definitely spring.

Can't imagine they'd be so stupid as to give you back 50% off the sale price just like that.

it's $15 to $30 in this case, hardly a few bucks. very useful to use on May 27th.
Refresh my memory what goodies are coming next week.

From the topic I thought this thread was going to be about a problem with the Closed Captions...

Refresh my memory what goodies are coming next week.

Remember it's not only good for BD.. I just used my 2 $15 + a 20 dollar off coupon (10 percent through AAA) to buy a Dlink DNS-323 NAS device I had my eye one. :D

I thought it read CG glitch, and was like "oh no"

I only picked up the first one and got the $15 gift card. I will return this one to Fry's and get my money back. All these deals that are based on screw ups are amazing. I picked up six HD-DVDs last week at the Phoenix Frys because they added those $13.99 HD-DVD titles to the Blu-Ray buy 2 get 1 free deal. I got six of them for 9.35 a piece. I picked up Ultimate Matrix Collection from WHV for $63 shipped. Picked up the smoking deal Best Buy gave on the HD-DVD Departed. And of course all those great Blu-Ray buy 1 get 1 deals several months ago. Oh yeah and the great Amazon sale. Too many deals to keep track of and I like it!

They ring up in the system $14.99 with $15 gift card.

So do you get to use the Gift Cards at the point of sale, making it $30 total for 2 movies?

For anyone in the Houston area, I went to the Galleria Circuit City and got the 2 free gift cards. Best of all, they ring them up as $14.99 for each movie plus 30 bucks for the gift cards. So you're only taxed for $29.98 instead of $59.98. :D

So this worked for me. I bought two sets and used the gift cards from the first set on the second purchase. Later this week, when I'm close by, I'll return the first set. Both movies for $30!!! Not a bad deal at all.

I just picked up both movies about 15 minutes ago and still got the two gift cards. Now I just need to get the $20 Matrix HD-DVD set I ordered from them. It's been a good week at CC for me. :)

Wow, Circuit City's really been getting screwed these last couple of days. First The Matrix glitch and now this?!

Here I thought I did good at BB this afternoon, then I read this thread.

Price matched Target online for both titles, and then got the $10 bucks off for buying both, making it $18.95 each.

Saved $11.01 per title

Got 2 gift cards from them here in Tulsa!

Still works in San Diego, got 2 free cards.

BTW, what The Matrix glitch?

For anyone in the Houston area, I went to the Galleria Circuit City and got the 2 free gift cards. Best of all, they ring them up as $14.99 for each movie plus 30 bucks for the gift cards. So you're only taxed for $29.98 instead of $59.98. :D

Got the same deal at First Colony (Sugar Land) store :)

Still works in San Diego, got 2 free cards.

BTW, what The Matrix glitch?

Due to a malfunction in our computer systems, some customers
were recently able to order the Complete Matrix Trilogy HD-DVD
gift set from our website for $19.99 rather than the correct
price of $79.99. In addition, some customers were able to order
the O.C.: The Complete Fourth Season 5-pc DVD for $9.99 rather
than the correct price of $39.99.

Because of this pricing error many customers chose to place
multiple orders for each of these items. We are allowing each
customer who placed an order at the erroneous price to purchase
one box set of each movie at the lower price, and we are
cancelling all multiple orders as permitted by our Terms of Use.
(Please see circuitcity.com - "Terms of Use” - Errors on Our
Website.)

Glad I ordered only one of the Matrix

Wow! The lengths to which some people will go to save a few bucks! Reminds me of those people that bought BR discs from BB on sale and "returned" or "exchanged" them at Walmart. :rolleyes:

That's the only way to get them to drop the price, by comparison shopping and going where the best deals are. I applaud their actions!

Got mine! I can justify getting both for $30 rather than just one of them.

That's the only way to get them to drop the price, by comparison shopping and going where the best deals are. I applaud their actions!I don't see a problem taking advantage of a good deal at a specific store, or shopping around for the best deal, but do object to people that buy something at one place and return it elsewhere to benefit.

Got in on this one AND the Matrix one. CC has been good to my Wallet today. :)

I just tried to buy both of them and it was 64.95 with no 15 cc card :(

These are going for $29.99 right? So say you get both, that makes it around $65 after tax, minus the $30 gift cards, total comes out to about $17.50 each. Not what I consider HUGE savings, especially since you can only use the gift cards at Circuit City.

scored 2 x $15 GC's

THANKS OP

These are going for $29.99 right? So say you get both, that makes it around $65 after tax, minus the $30 gift cards, total comes out to about $17.50 each. Not what I consider HUGE savings, especially since you can only use the gift cards at Circuit City.


It's pretty good considering the next alternative is amazon at $24 each.

For me, it comes out to $16.35 each after tax. Basically 1/3 off amazon's price, and around 1/2 off of MSRP.

Ugh, brought them up to the counter, and the lady knew it was 1 GC when you buy both. The thing that sucks is that it was confirmed on this thread that it worked at my other CC, but I went to the closer one so I could get back to watching Dancing with the Stars.

These are going for $29.99 right? So say you get both, that makes it around $65 after tax, minus the $30 gift cards, total comes out to about $17.50 each. Not what I consider HUGE savings, especially since you can only use the gift cards at Circuit City.

Well, if you buy them one at a time, and use the gc from the first purchase on the second one, you've already used one of them. So it's not that big of a deal that the gift cards can only be used at CC. Plus, since they are charging $14.99 for the movies and full price for the gc, you only pay tax on the $14.99. So it really does end up being a good deal. I wouldn't be surprised if the deal is dead by tomorrow though. I'm sure someone at corporate will notice the error.

Well, if you buy them one at a time, and use the gc from the first purchase on the second one, you've already used one of them. So it's not that big of a deal that the gift cards can only be used at CC. Plus, since they are charging $14.99 for the movies and full price for the gc, you only pay tax on the $14.99. So it really does end up being a good deal. I wouldn't be surprised if the deal is dead by tomorrow though. I'm sure someone at corporate will notice the error.


Yeah, unfortunately I'm at work, so I'll have to go down tonight.

I'm betting they'll move a fair amount of disks though! Good thing I didn't preorder from amazon.

Even if it's only 1 gift card, it still comes out $1 - $2 cheaper per movie than amazon. :)

Just want to report that I went to circuit city in SD (Mt. Carmel) location.They were still giving $15 gift cards.But I passed because the total for both movies cam out to $62 bucks plus tax.Also the outer box holders of both movies were already pretty messed up and their werent many copies left.

My alternative was this: I ordered both off buy.com with $10 off google check out and free shipping.Each movie came out to $17.87 after tax.Yes I did have to create two new gmail email accounts.But I'm not complaining.I got both altogether for $35.74 compared to spending $62+tax at CC.Also the free shipping says 7 to 9 buisness days for shipping but I ordered BD movies before from buy.com and have got them all within 3 days or quicker.

Scored 2 Gift cards at the Oxnars, CA location at lunch. Applied those two Scrubs Season 5 for a total price of .2 cents! Not bad!

Yeah, unfortunately I'm at work, so I'll have to go down tonight.

I'm betting they'll move a fair amount of disks though! Good thing I didn't preorder from amazon.

Even if it's only 1 gift card, it still comes out $1 - $2 cheaper per movie than amazon. :)
Still going strong in Sacramento...got to love these forums. I've finally purchased my first 2 BR. Personally I love these movies so for me there was no reason to pass them up at this price point.

It's a good time for High Def DVD, great way to start the summer!!!!!!!!

Wow, Circuit City's really been getting screwed these last couple of days. First The Matrix glitch and now this?!

There's more than that. Last Thursday, almost every single game was free on the site. They didn't honor the purchases, but gave out $10 gift cards. This is what happens when you lay off your senior staff to hire less expensive personnel.

I read this got up and went to CC and picked up both POC. Thanks fellows now I can get the Matrix trilogy for $30.00 off.

I enjoyed that sale this morning. :D

same here as well as matrix three movies collection in HD DVD for $20 :D .
(other CC stuff: xbox 360 HD DVD drive with king kong for $140 and some comp stuff reduced from $80->$35 :D :D )

Well the other guys have made it sound like it was a computer glitch and that they're supposed to hand you 2 gift cards after the sale. So are you supposed to ask for the cards?

all i did was walk to register, say hi, hand the movies over. nothing more. then she handed back two gift cards.

Ugh, brought them up to the counter, and the lady knew it was 1 GC when you buy both. The thing that sucks is that it was confirmed on this thread that it worked at my other CC, but I went to the closer one so I could get back to watching Dancing with the Stars.

two mistakes you made there :D

all i did was walk to register, say hi, hand the movies over. nothing more. then she handed back two gift cards.


I'm guessing it shows up at the register as

1 POTC

- 1 $15 card

1 POTC

- 1 $15 card


When It should be


1 POTC
1 POTC

- 1 $15 card

two POTC should trigger the $15 card, not one each.

Who cares why, as long as it works ;)

kinda cool that we get the 2 GC that is also a circuit city exclusive mini-disk. I put 1 in each box. Has a long trailer for pirates 3 and some wallpaper and a stupid aptitude test. I luv exclusive stuff with my movie collections. makes them just a little more special :)

Any idea if this works still today?

Any idea if this works still today?

if it doesnt work..return it..

if it doesnt work..return it..

I just don't feel like driving out there if it doesn't work.

Bump. Would like to know if this still works today or if it was just a release day offer.

if it doesnt work..return it..

They charge you $14.99 for the movies, and $15 for the gift card(s). I don't think you can return gift cards for cash, but I could be wrong.

If you're looking for the best way to use the GCs from this deal, I've had success price matching with printouts from Frys.com at CC. I did this yesterday to get Flags Of Our Fathers for a lower price than I've seen anywhere else. YMMV.

I went to CC yesterday.

Rings up as $14.99 for each movie, plus $15.00 charge for each card.

Total of $29.98 taxed, $30 untaxed. Good deal.

I was just at CC 10 minutes ago and bought both. Got two different $15 gc's. :)

(This is in Minneapolis - specifically Roseville.)

I was just at CC 10 minutes ago and bought both. Got two different $15 gc's. :)

Same here and worked like a charm :)

same here as well as matrix three movies collection in HD DVD for $20 :D .
(other CC stuff: xbox 360 HD DVD drive with king kong for $140 and some comp stuff reduced from $80->$35 :D :D )

How did you get the HD DVD drive for $140?

Does any body know if this works at Circuit City's on the San Francisco Peninsula? I called San Mateo yesterday and he said they are giving away a free t-shirt.

LOL, I just got back from a CC in Clearwater, FL and they didn't even have them; not sold out, not in the back. They just plain didn't get any.

WTF? That ruined my lunch break.

LOL, I just got back from a CC in Clearwater, FL and they didn't even have them; not sold out, not in the back. They just plain didn't get any.

WTF? That ruined my lunch break.

hehe

are you also in Clearwater?

thanks for the heads up, I might run over to the one close to Tyrone Mall

Where are my fellow Tysons Corner shoppers?

^^^ I'm here. But my order from Amazon already shipped. Too much hassle for me to refuse order upon receipt since Amazon has been good to me all year with the extra 10% off. I'll stick with the higher Amazon price of about 21.56 each. That's what I get for pre-ordering.

They're just giving the store away this week! :D

Didn't work at my CC, i had to show them the ad just to get one $15 gift card.

I ended up with both POTCs AND a $15 gift-card, out-the-door for $29.99 before tax at the Bellevue, WA location about an hour ago - they don't have any more of either title left. CC is slowly making its way back into my good graces with this and the Matrix Trilogy deal/mistake.

hehe

are you also in Clearwater?

thanks for the heads up, I might run over to the one close to Tyrone Mall
I work over here. That was the store just north of 19 & Sunset Pt. I'll give Dale Mabry a shot on the way home, otherwise I'm just going to PM the Target prices somewhere.

At $3+ a gallon, it's not worth running around :p

I ended up with both POTCs AND a $15 gift-card, out-the-door for $29.99 before tax at the Bellevue, WA location about an hour ago - they don't have any more of either title left. CC is slowly making its way back into my good graces with this and the Matrix Trilogy deal/mistake.

Whoah? You got them both for $30 and a $15 card on top of that?! That's insane. No wonder CC had to fire a bunch of people. They can't hold onto money for anything.:D

^^^ I'm here. But my order from Amazon already shipped. Too much hassle for me to refuse order upon receipt since Amazon has been good to me all year with the extra 10% off. I'll stick with the higher Amazon price of about 21.56 each. That's what I get for pre-ordering.
I figured there would be decent deals in-store. I haven't even seen the 2nd one yet, so I was in no hurry to order.

I'm tempted to try my luck, but otherwise I might just wait for a trilogy box set and see what kind of a deal I get then.

All these deals that are based on screw ups are amazing.
I guess that's what happens when you fire off all your experienced sales people and bar them from reapplying for their job. Greed and ignorance FTW! :eek:

How did you get the HD DVD drive for $140?

someone posted an image of a $40 coupon somewhere on this site a few months back and i printed it out, as did many, and they accepted it :D .

Update. I just went to Circuit City and the $15 gift card came with each movie.

No wonder Circuit City is having financial problems. The Matrix Trilogy for $19.99. 2 x $15 giftcards for the purchase of two Blu-Ray movies. And those aren't the only mistakes a few SD TV series were mispriced the night The Matrix was, they went for $9.99 instead of $49.99. Have fun :cool:

Works at Skokie, IL

Is there a specific ad which has the POTC $15 Gift card promotion? Anyone have a URL or copy of the ad?

Thanks

Is there a specific ad which has the POTC $15 Gift card promotion? Anyone have a URL or copy of the ad?

Thanks

Try this: http://circuitcity.shoplocal.com/circuitcity/default.aspx?action=detail&flashbrowse=y&storeid=2396885&rapid=399121&pagenumber=15&listingid=-2093332333&ref=%2fcircuitcity%2fdefault.aspx%3faction%3dbrowsepageflash %26storeid%3d2396885%26pagenumber%3d15%26rapid%3d399121%26pr vid%3dCircuitCity-070520

Page 15 of the weekly Circuit City Ad (upper right-hand corner):

http://circuitcity.shoplocal.com/circuitcity/Default.aspx?action=browsepageflash&storeid=2396885&rapid=399121&pagenumber=1&prvid=CircuitCity-070520&promotioncode=CircuitCity-070520

Thanks for the heads up. I was going to skip on PotC 2 but since I got $15 off both PotC 1 and PotC 2 I went ahead and picked both of them up. :)

DENIED at the Pasadena CA location...the clerk knew it was specifically only one $15 card w/purchase of both movies.

This seems very variable. The first CC I stopped in on was very specific that you only get 1 card if you buy both. The second one I visited game me a card per each. Plus the card is a cool CD rom thingy. I haven't tried loading it up yet.

Are there special gift cards? I just got two normal cards...probaly left over from valentine's day since both were filled with hearts... :rolleyes:

The clerk also wouldn't let me use the cards for that purchase.

yes they are special pirates of the caribbean gift cards. It's a minidisk with content on it. kinda cool, i put one on each of my movies.

Was able to get the $15 card on each. So 1st Pirates was $29.99, second was $14.99 (1st card applied) and had the 2nd card for Matrix.

CC has the Matrix for 79.99 (complete version), so price matched with Target ad, comes to $63 plus 10% off (price match) and $15 gift card, total for the Matrix was $42 + tax. Sweet deal.....


BTW: This was at the Newhall (CA) location.

Denied as well....

Fresno, California store. Clerk was only giving out 1 card if both movies were purchased.

Bastards............

got mine... bought 1 movie got my 15$ gift card

thanks

Well, finally picked up the both of them from the CC in Clearwater, FL. They were savvy to the two gift card trick, so I instead PM'd both to Target's price of $23 and still got the one $15 GC.

Works out about the same, not bad!

Well, finally picked up the both of them from the CC in Clearwater, FL. They were savvy to the two gift card trick, so I instead PM'd both to Target's price of $23 and still got the one $15 GC.

Works out about the same, not bad!


I had them PM target for 23 and got two $15 cards. used them after that transaction for Apoctlaypto for $2.30 out of ocket. not bad. Both pirated and apoc. for under $50 out the door!

I had them PM target for 23 and got two $15 cards. used them after that transaction for Apoctlaypto for $2.30 out of ocket. not bad. Both pirated and apoc. for under $50 out the door!
Not bad at all!! :D

So Circuit City price matches? Not sure I've ever done it there.

How'd you get them to match Target? It's not in this week's flyer?

So Circuit City price matches? Not sure I've ever done it there.

How'd you get them to match Target? It's not in this week's flyer?
The price on Target's website is $23.99 (http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=8-2/qid=1180035338******sr_8_2/601-3239668-3632110?ie=UTF8&asin=B000N6UERU) for each Pirates Blu-ray. I just brought in the print-outs and voila!

Don't go to the Circuit City in Trumbull, CT.

They don't even give you 1 $15 gift certificate, let alone 2. And I checked the ads for this location, and it's not listed. If you're willing to travel further away though to either the Norwalk or Milford ones, they have the gift certificate promotion.