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09-19-2004, 05:12 AM
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Roundup Gawd
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Weekly RoundUp 9/21/04 (FULL & COMPLETE)
I sense something. A presence I've not felt since...
–James Earl Jones as Darth Vader (Star Wars – 1977)   The Weekly RoundUp _____________TITLE___________ _ _Amazon _ BestBuy _ CrcCity _ Target_ _ Costco_ **Star Wars Trilogy 4-Disc_ _ $41.49 __ $42.99 __ $44.99 __ $44.99 __ $43.99 __ Other Brick & Mortar stores: Fry’s: $36.99 (TUESDAY ONLY!) CompUSA: $39.99 K-Mart: "Low Price" Eckerd Drug Store: $49.99 On-Line Retailers: Outpost.com: $36.99 ($4.83 Ground shipping) (1 per customer) DVDImport.com: $39.86 (free S&H) DeepDiscountDVD.com: $41.88 (free S&H) Walmart.com: $41.88 (5.89 S&H) Overstock.com: $40.99 ($1.40 S&H) BestBuy.com: $42.99 ($1.25 S&H) SamsClub.com: $44.88 Buy.com: $44.95 (free S&H) DVDSoon.com: $44.96 (free S&H) Circuitcity.com: $44.99 (free S&H) DVDPlanet.com: $44.99 ($1.80 S&H) The Laser’s Edge: $48.99 ($3.00 USPS S&H) Coconuts.com: $49.99 (free S&H)(SEE REBATE INFO BELOW!) Titles included in Collections listed in the above RoundUp: Star Wars Trilogy: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. **BE CAREFUL! The Star Wars Trilogy is available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one. Here’s a tip, Star Wars fans: Look for the black and silver box. Stay away from the black and gold box! --Amazon offers free shipping on purchases over $25. If you participate in Amazon’s “Share the Love” Program, the price drops to about $37 (free S&H). --Amazon.com is also offering a deal on the joint purchase of the Trilogy and THX-1138. Buy the Trilogy ($41.99) and THX-1138 ($18.89) for $57.88. $42 + $19 = $61. $61 - $58 = $3 savings. --FYE is offering a price of $35 – after a $15 mail-in rebate – BUT THE REBATE IS AVAILABLE ONLY ON A PRE-ORDER. It is also reported that FYE is offering a free Star Wars poster with the purchase. Coconuts.com…another TransWorld operation…is offering an even better deal. AND WHAT MAY TURN OUT TO BE THE BEST DEAL AVAILABLE!!! HERE is a link to Coconuts.com for the Trilogy. HERE is a link to the $15 rebate form. HERE is a link to a coupon for Coconuts.com which gives you 10%off your first purchase with them. If you’ve never made a purchase at Coconuts.com before…you can pay $50 up front…get 10% off bringing the price to $45…and then subtract the $15 mail-in rebate bringing the final price to $30. If you are willing to follow all the steps and dot the I’s and cross the t’s…you could do pretty well with this. For anyone with reservations about cutting up the packaging to send the UPC code to TransWorld for the rebate…that is NOT necessary. The price sticker on the cellophane wrap outside the packaging will suffice. --Best Buy is offering a free copy of Star Wars Insider Magazine. Minimum 160 per store. No rainchecks. Offer varies on-line. --bestbuy.com is offering a FREE copy of the mockumentary DVD R2-D2 with the PRE-ORDER purchase of the Trilogy. --Blockbuster Video is offering a deal to buy the Trilogy and get seven rentals for $59. --Toys ‘R Us is offering a FREE $10 gift card with the purchase of the Trilogy ($49.99) --Ya gotta know that Wal-Mart (and probably other stores) will be price-adjusting constantly to make this title a huge loss leader for them. --This post includes the actual in-store prices for the brick & mortar stores. They are posted in the abbreviated grid above.  The “Rest of” The Weekly RoundUp _____________TITLE___________ _ _Amazon _ BestBuy _ CrcCity _ Target_ _ Costco_ 500 Nations_________________ _ $52.18 __ $69.99 __ $49.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Andromeda Season 4.2________ _ $32.78 __ $25.99 __ $34.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Asylum of the Damned________ _ $21.72 __ $22.99 __ $24.97 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Battle of Algiers (CC)______ _ $34.96 __ $44.99 __ $39.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Carandiru___________________ _ $26.06 __ $_N/A_ __ $24.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Coffee & Cigarettes_________ _ $20.99 __ $15.99 __ $22.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Conan/Adventurer: Comp. Ser. _ $43.49 __ $36.99 __ $39.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ The Country Girl____________ _ $13.04 __ $_9.99 __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Epidemic (1988)_____________ _ $26.06 __ $24.99 __ $24.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Felicity: Season 3__________ _ $41.99 __ $69.99 __ $44.99 __ $44.99 __ $_N/A_ __ How To Draw a Bunny_________ _ $20.99 __ $24.99 __ $24.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ John Cassavetes 5 Films(CC)_ _$108.71 __$119.99 __$124.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ King Solomon’s Mines (2004)_ _ $13.99 __ $14.99 __ $17.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ La Dolce Vita: 2-disc SE____ _ $24.49 __ $29.99 __ $29.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ MADtv: Season 1_____________ _ $27.99 __ $29.99 __ $29.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ **Mean Girls________________ _ $20.97 __ $15.99 __ $17.99 __ $19.99 __ $_N/A_ __ Mr. Show: Season 4__________ _ $24.49 __ $27.99 __ $24.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Popular: Season 1___________ _ $41.99 __ $49.99 __ $44.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ The Rose Tattoo_____________ _ $13.04 __ $_9.99 __ $12.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Roseland (Merchant Ivory)___ _ $17.36 __ $14.99 __ $15.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Twentynine Palms____________ _ $26.08 __ $24.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ What Alice Found____________ _ $26.08 __ $24.99 __ $19.99 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Zero Focus__________________ _ $17.36 __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ $_N/A_ __ Titles included in Collections listed in the above RoundUp: John Cassavetes Five Films: Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night. Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed advertisements, the Sunday of the week of release (so as to catch any week-of-release sale prices). All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price. If a price is marked "$_N/A_" in the grid, it means that this title is not shown as available on that chain's website or perhaps in their ads...but it COULD still be in-stores! $_"LP" means the advertisement says "Low Price", and $_"HP" means the advertisement says "Hot Price". Use of either of these in the Roundup grid indicates that I could not locate a definite price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds. I only include the titles I feel like including (or the ones Unicorn tells me he's looking for ;o)). In fact, the titles are pretty much the ones I'm personally interested in, with few exceptions. I don't get paid for this, and I don't have time to devote to doing every DVD. So, please don't complain. If there is a title not included in the Roundup that you want to see, just look it up yourself, and be nice enough to post and share the results with everyone...like we do! Note that Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii. Also note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the standard Roundup: they set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is not a way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. When it comes to Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices mentioned at all, just remember that "Your Mileage May Vary". **BE CAREFUL! Mean Girls is available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one. --Amazon is still featuring free shipping on orders over $25. Restrictions apply. --Interestingly, there are many discrepancies this week between the prices posted at bestbuy.com and in the weekly Best Buy flyer. This leads me to believe there are going to be more differences showing up between prices posted on-line and those found in an actual Best Buy B&M store. --Best Buy is offering a FREE bonus “burn book” on-pack with the Mean Girls DVD. Minimum 60 per store. No rainchecks. --Target is offering a FREE fifteen minute phone card on-pack with the purchase of the Mean Girls DVD. Quantity limited. No rain checks. ------------------------- The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD: EFFECTIVE: September 21, 2004 (Studio/Titles/New SRP) None to report this week. Guess there was something else going on. Last edited by Freezer : 09-20-2004 at 04:32 AM. |
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09-19-2004, 11:58 PM
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Hapless Actor
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Walden Puddle.
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Thanks Freezer. CC with a BB pricematch for SW & Mean Girls.
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09-20-2004, 04:35 AM
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Roundup Gawd
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Hey guys, I updated the grid today to reflect a number of updates in the Circuit City prices. It seems like more and more often the B&M prices are coming in a lot different than the on-line prices for both Best Buy AND Circuit City.
Sorry for any confusion. CC still doesn't beat BB, though, on either SW or Mean Girls.  |
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09-20-2004, 10:05 AM
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Actor
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Albany, NY
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anyone know if any of these stores selling star wars at midnight?????????
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09-20-2004, 05:07 PM
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NotActor
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Spittin' distance from Washington, DC
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Re: Weekly RoundUp 9/21/04 (FULL & COMPLETE)
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09-21-2004, 04:55 AM
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Roundup Gawd
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Bookcase: I thought that was weird, too. HERE is a link to the set on bestbuy.com for $69.99.
The thing is...I'm starting to see more and more prices at bb.com and cc.com which are different (almost all higher) than what's turning up in the B&M stores. Maybe they're just trying to make my life difficult!  |
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