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post #7741 of 14823
10/30/09 at 11:23am
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Originally Posted by Steven Good View Post

New 15th Anniversary Stargate @ Walmart.com $9.86

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5555734

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Originally Posted by Flexx View Post

Is that the 15th Anniversary edition, or the previous release?

That's the OLD version, hence the lower price.
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post #7742 of 14823
10/30/09 at 11:26am
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Originally Posted by dashielm View Post

ordered on october 14th, checked the price in my order summary yesterday or the day before and it was still $27.99. when i saw the post stating amazon was matching best buy's 30% off, i went back to check the summary page and it was $22.99. i don't see any indication i've been granted an extra discount or credit from previously returned orders.

It looks like it hit $22.99 last week. It sometimes takes their system a few days to update the price on your order page, so it's possible it only showed it after the price had already gone back up.
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post #7743 of 14823
10/30/09 at 12:11pm
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Originally Posted by jaczor View Post

Hello, I'm going on a short trip to the US and I want to buy some bluray movies/concerts, what stores (brick and mortar) would you say that have the best deals and/or selection? Best Buy? Walmart? Target? I ask because I wont have enough time to shop around and figure it out by myself.

I will be going to Florida, near Miami.

Thanks.

Each of those stores you listed will have selected titles for $10-14.99.
Most will be catalog titles.
Newer releases will be around $22-29 at those stores.
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post #7744 of 14823
10/30/09 at 1:00pm
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Originally Posted by dashielm View Post

ordered on october 14th, checked the price in my order summary yesterday or the day before and it was still $27.99. when i saw the post stating amazon was matching best buy's 30% off, i went back to check the summary page and it was $22.99. i don't see any indication i've been granted an extra discount or credit from previously returned orders.

The Star Trek (2009) hit $22.99 at Amazon on October 19th. At least that's when I pre-ordered it.
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post #7745 of 14823
10/30/09 at 1:17pm
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Originally Posted by TiVoHD View Post

How long ago did you order it? Maybe the price dipped a while ago, which would have given you the lowest price if you had it on pre-order.

I believe the pre-order price dropped to $22.99 last weekend, but then was back up to $27.99.
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post #7746 of 14823
10/30/09 at 2:10pm
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Originally Posted by jaczor View Post

Hello, I'm going on a short trip to the US and I want to buy some bluray movies/concerts, what stores (brick and mortar) would you say that have the best deals and/or selection? Best Buy? Walmart? Target? I ask because I wont have enough time to shop around and figure it out by myself.

I will be going to Florida, near Miami.

Thanks.

Wal-Mart stores are hit and miss with Blu-ray titles and I wouldn't expect any concerts. Target seems to have more movies, but I don't remember concerts. Best Buy should have a decent selection of Blu-ray concerts. If there is a Fry's that would be your best bet.
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post #7747 of 14823
10/30/09 at 2:12pm
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Originally Posted by Smarty-pants View Post

That's the OLD version, hence the lower price.

I searched @ Walmart.com for "Stargate 15th Anniversary" and was so happy to see the cheap price, I was blinded to the fact that the search didn't return the correct version.

So sorry to get your (and my) hopes up...
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post #7748 of 14823
10/30/09 at 2:26pm
I just pre-ordered The Professional at Amazon for $13.99. This is less than I paid for the DVD version years ago.
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post #7749 of 14823
10/30/09 at 7:40pm
Cool, thanks for the advice guys.
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post #7750 of 14823
10/30/09 at 8:49pm
Amazon has dropped the price again of Pixar's UP on blu-ray to $22.99.

Buying together with Monsters, Inc. is now down to $37.48.
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post #7751 of 14823
10/30/09 at 10:43pm
I was checking out the prices on Bestbuy.com for next week's new releases (11/3) and everything is at $20.99, which is fantastic. But are these deals going to expire 10/31? Meaning, the only way to get these titles for that price is to pre-order?

If so, does the sale also work if you do a pre-order for in-store pickup?
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post #7752 of 14823
10/30/09 at 10:45pm
Yes, you can preorder and choose in store pick up on the release date if you want to lock in the sale price.
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post #7753 of 14823
10/30/09 at 10:49pm
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Originally Posted by giantchicken View Post

Yes, you can preorder and choose in store pick up on the release date if you want to lock in the sale price.

So those prices are expiring before the actual release date, correct?
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post #7754 of 14823
10/31/09 at 12:28am
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Originally Posted by Neo_Reloaded View Post

So those prices are expiring before the actual release date, correct?

At this point I would assume so. For the things Amazon matched, I ordered there because I don't pay sales tax that way. So the only pre-order I ended up doing with Best Buy was for Star Trek because I figure it'll go back to full price Sunday.
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post #7755 of 14823
10/31/09 at 3:39am
UP $22.99 Amazon
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post #7756 of 14823
10/31/09 at 11:14am
Hey, a weird phenomenon happened to me the other day. On the same day that that I noticed Amazon lowered a ton of prices (I saw GI Joe for $20.99 and got really confused, lol), I went to re-order some of my previously existing orders because pre-order price change didn't happen yet, and I noticed that I got an additional 10% off. I then went and re-ordered everything that I plan on ordering through January. Not only did I lock in these great prices from Amazon matching Best Buy, I also got 10% off of everything I'm going to buy for the next 3 months. Here are some great examples:

Rocky 1-6: $47.24 (less than $8 per film)
Mel Brooks 9 Movie Set: $69.29 (less than $8 per film)
Harry Potter 1-6: $69.29 (about $11.50 per film)
Up and Monsters Inc together: $32.73 (like $16 each)
Gone With The Wind UCE: $40.94
Warner new releases like Hangover or Terminator: $16.19 each

It was so weird, as it was only that day (or night I should say, it was very late, maybe 1-2am). The next day a new pre-order popped up that I wanted, but the magical 10% was gone.

And another thing, why is Star Trek (2009) STILL $27.99? BB has had it up for $20.99 all week long, and I saw it at that price on another site as well. What gives? That was the only real dissapointment, in an otherwise wonderful sale opportunity.
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post #7757 of 14823
10/31/09 at 1:00pm
I had the exact same thing happen to me at around two in the morning Thursday, and I have no idea why. It was back to normal a few hours later, but I got a ton of preorders cancelled and reordered in that amount of time. I'm glad that I was up late.

How often do they have unadvertised sales in the middle of the night?
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post #7758 of 14823
10/31/09 at 1:17pm
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Originally Posted by Neo_Reloaded View Post

I was checking out the prices on Bestbuy.com for next week's new releases (11/3) and everything is at $20.99, which is fantastic. But are these deals going to expire 10/31? Meaning, the only way to get these titles for that price is to pre-order?

If so, does the sale also work if you do a pre-order for in-store pickup?

$21 for a movie is fantastic? Not to me.
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post #7759 of 14823
10/31/09 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by Jim McC View Post

$21 for a movie is fantastic? Not to me.

Best Buy + New Release + Below MSRP = Miracle
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post #7760 of 14823
10/31/09 at 2:51pm
GiantChicken,

I don't think it was a deliberate sale, probably more like some kind of accident. It was definately thursday night, and I think we were just in the right place at the right time to capitalize.

This brought back very fond memories of the 10% off all blu-ray / hd-dvd promotion that ran at the start of the formats. That was supposed to only last for a few months, but by some fluke I continued to get the discounts for about 2 years.

I really, really love Amazon. But come on already, lower that price on Star Trek!!!!
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post #7761 of 14823
10/31/09 at 3:06pm
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Originally Posted by TheCuze View Post

GiantChicken,

I don't think it was a deliberate sale, probably more like some kind of accident. It was definately thursday night, and I think we were just in the right place at the right time to capitalize.

This brought back very fond memories of the 10% off all blu-ray / hd-dvd promotion that ran at the start of the formats. That was supposed to only last for a few months, but by some fluke I continued to get the discounts for about 2 years.

I really, really love Amazon. But come on already, lower that price on Star Trek!!!!

If you hit up best buy online and pre-order Star Trek and add on another one of the older films in the current promo you can get Star Trek for 15.99 and the other movie for 12.49 so 28.48 plus tax.
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post #7762 of 14823
10/31/09 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by TheCuze View Post

Hey, a weird phenomenon happened to me the other day. On the same day that that I noticed Amazon lowered a ton of prices (I saw GI Joe for $20.99 and got really confused, lol), I went to re-order some of my previously existing orders because pre-order price change didn't happen yet, and I noticed that I got an additional 10% off. I then went and re-ordered everything that I plan on ordering through January. Not only did I lock in these great prices from Amazon matching Best Buy, I also got 10% off of everything I'm going to buy for the next 3 months. Here are some great examples:

Rocky 1-6: $47.24 (less than $8 per film)
Mel Brooks 9 Movie Set: $69.29 (less than $8 per film)
Harry Potter 1-6: $69.29 (about $11.50 per film)
Up and Monsters Inc together: $32.73 (like $16 each)
Gone With The Wind UCE: $40.94
Warner new releases like Hangover or Terminator: $16.19 each

It was so weird, as it was only that day (or night I should say, it was very late, maybe 1-2am). The next day a new pre-order popped up that I wanted, but the magical 10% was gone.

And another thing, why is Star Trek (2009) STILL $27.99? BB has had it up for $20.99 all week long, and I saw it at that price on another site as well. What gives? That was the only real dissapointment, in an otherwise wonderful sale opportunity.

is this new harry potter package are all ultimate editions?
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post #7763 of 14823
10/31/09 at 3:26pm
Best Buy has Waterworld for $13.99. Picked up a copy about 20 min ago!
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post #7764 of 14823
10/31/09 at 3:28pm
Yea, it's a good deal at Best Buy, but I was just hoping Amazon would match that price cuz then I have the 10% off as well. Also, I already own the first 6 Star Trek blu-rays and I don't care for The Next Generation, so I wouldn't want to pay extra for any of those.

As for the Harry Potter, these are not the Ultimate Editions, but simply a box set of films 1-6 in slim cases. It's got the exact previously released discs for 1-5 and the new double disc release of Half-Blood Prince. I sold my Years 1-5 box and purchased this new one, actually made a couple bucks on the deal.
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post #7765 of 14823
10/31/09 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by Jim McC View Post

$21 for a movie is fantastic? Not to me.

Here, I will clarify: $21 is fantastic for a new, non-catalogue, release on the release date.

If you're a bargain hunter that is certainly your prerogative but you must not get many titles on release date - which is fine of course if you don't mind waiting. But I don't want to wait.
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post #7766 of 14823
10/31/09 at 7:08pm
The Hangover at 17.99 (Amazon)
Inglorious Basterds at 19.99 (Amazon)

Both are showing up as release date arrival for me.
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post #7767 of 14823
10/31/09 at 8:54pm
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Originally Posted by Jim McC View Post

$21 for a movie is fantastic? Not to me.

I'm with you, $21 is not fantastic. However for certain movies that finally drop in price I'll spring for them at the price (Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Up) but they are the exception. And I still don't think the price is great.

I don't have to have on release date.
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post #7768 of 14823
11/1/09 at 3:44am
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Originally Posted by Johnny Angell View Post

I'm with you, $21 is not fantastic. However for certain movies that finally drop in price I'll spring for them at the price (Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Up) but they are the exception. And I still don't think the price is great.

I don't have to have on release date.

Your Lucky Day Bug's Life is 20.99 on Amazon.

SNSGUY
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post #7769 of 14823
11/1/09 at 4:42am
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Originally Posted by snsguy View Post

Your Lucky Day Bug's Life is 20.99 on Amazon.

SNSGUY

I know. I was listing movies that I'd recently ordered. I'm pushing the price envelope when I pay that much.
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post #7770 of 14823
11/1/09 at 6:53am
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Originally Posted by Johnny Angell View Post

I know. I was listing movies that I'd recently ordered. I'm pushing the price envelope when I pay that much.

Oh, Well you still have a chance to save even more if amazon will price match UP which at walmart is 19.96 right now.


By the way Terminator Salvation and Harry Potter and the Half blood are 16.86 at Walmart online right now.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=12518775

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=12534017

SNSGUY
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