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Old 01-22-2006, 05:43 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Weekly RoundUp 1-24-2006

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


The Cast (The Time Tunnel - 1966)


Jodie Foster (Flightplan - 2005)


George Carlin (The Aristocrats - 2005)


The Cast (Virgin Spring - 1960)


Barney Clark & Ben Kingsley (Oliver Twist - 2005)

The Prices

TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco
Address Unknown$18.74$19.99$19.99 -  - 
’Allo ‘Allo!: Complete Series 4$16.99$22.99$19.99 -  - 
The Aristocrats$20.99$19.99$19.99$19.99 - 
Benjamin Franklin (PBS)$17.99$22.99$19.99 -  - 
Cisco Pike$11.20$12.99$14.94 -  - 
Dallas: Season 4$27.99$27.99$27.99$27.99 - 
Down and Derby$18.99$24.99$27.00 -  - 
Educating Rita$9.71$9.99$14.94 -  - 
**Flightplan$19.49$16.99$14.99$16.99$18.99
**The Fog$19.99$16.99$14.99$16.99 - 
Ghost in the Shell/SAC: Season 2 Vol. 3$16.99$16.99$17.99 -  - 
Ghost in the Shell/SAC: S2 V3 Le$34.99$34.99$39.99 -  - 
Il Divo: Encore$9.99$12.99$12.99 -  - 
Initial D$14.96$14.99$15.99 -  - 
John & Abigail Adams (PBS)$17.99$19.99$19.99 -  - 
Missing: Season 2$35.98$39.99$34.99$32.99 - 
My Big Fat Independent Movie$14.98$14.99$15.99$14.99 - 
Nat’l Lampoon’s Barely Legal$17.47$19.99$17.99$19.99 - 
Oliver Twist (2005)$17.37$19.99$19.99$16.99 - 
Repo Man CE$13.99$14.99$17.99 -  - 
SNL: Best of Alec Baldwin$13.99$14.99$12.99 -  - 
SNL: Best of David Spade$13.99$12.99$12.99 -  - 
Streets of Legend$18.99$24.99$19.99 -  - 
Thumbsucker$16.18$19.99$19.99$19.99 - 
Thunderbolt (1995)$14.98$14.99$15.99$14.99 - 
Time Tunnel: Volume 1$27.99$29.99$34.99 -  - 
The Virgin Spring (CC)$39.95$34.99$34.99 -  - 
Vital$18.74$19.99$19.99 -  - 


(CC)after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.

The Disclaimer
Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed Sunday advertisements. All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price.

"LP" in the RoundUp table means a store’s Sunday flyer says "Low Price". That means 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, obviously, cannot include EVERY title released in a given week in the RoundUp. The titles included are those that I am interested in...as well as those which I consider will be of interest to a majority of consumers (and sometimes I’ll miss one!). I don't get paid for this, and I don't have the time to list 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!

Note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the RoundUp. They set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is no way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. And, as always, Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii.


The Specials

**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Flightplan AND The Fog are available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one(s) ! The OAR version of The Fog is available only in an unrated version. The MAR version of The Fog is only available in PG-13.

--I had trouble again this week securing a Best Buy flyer before posting the RoundUp :f …so I have culled the following information from a wide variety of internet sources.

--For members of its RewardZone Program, Best Buy is offering 15,000 bonus RZ points with the purchase of the following TV Shows on DVD titles:

Sex and the City Complete Series $189.99
Star Trek Enterprise: Season 1 $44.99
Star Trek Enterprise: Season 2 $44.99
Star Trek Enterprise: Season 3 $44.99
Thundercats: Season 1 Volume 2 $42.99
24: Season 4 $42.99
The Shield: Season 4 $39.99
Oprah: 20th Anniversary $39.99
Nip/Tuck: Season 2 $39.99
The OC: Season 1 $37.99
The OC: Season 2 $37.99
The Simpsons: Season 7 $32.99
Stargate Atlantis: Season 1 $32.99
Charmed: Season 3 $32.99
South Park: Season 6 $32.99
Party of Five: Season 2 $32.99
That 70s Show: Season 3 $32.99
Friends: Season 10 $29.99
Beavis & Butthead Collection Vol. 1 $27.99
Tales from the Crypt: Season 2 $27.99
Arrested Development: Season 2 $24.99
Family Guy: Season 4 Vol. 3 $24.99
Laguna Beach: Season 1 $24.99
Bewitched: Season 1 $24.99
Bewitched: Season 2 $24.99
Da Ali G Show: Season 2 $17.99
Blue Collar TV: Season 1 $14.99


--Best Buy is also advertising a free “Who Shot J.R.?” T-shirt packaged with its copies of Dallas: Season 4 ($27.99).

--Circuit City is advertising a FREE 88-page graphic novel “The Fog” with the purchase of the DVD The Fog at their store. In-store only. While supplies last. Minimum 10 per store.

--A tip of the hat to Eric Schulz for helping out—as he does most weeks—by supplying Target prices (many times above & beyond what’s listed in the Sunday flyer). :tu:

The Markdowns

The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:

EFFECTIVE: January 24, 2006 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)

None to report.

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Old 01-22-2006, 06:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Thanks for all the hard work, Freezer. I'm not going to get any new releases this week, but I just went and took advantage of one of Best Buy's other specials.

I know it's an older release, but I'd just like to point out that this week, they've got the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the 2005 Burton/Depp version) for $16.99...and it's the two-disc Deluxe Edition set!, clearly & obviously, with pricetag, right next to Flightplan in their flyer. Can't mistake it.

I've been holding off on it because I didn't have the money to fork over the $24.99 most stores were asking for in November when it came out, and I refused to settle for the barebones single-discer. If anybody else found themselves in a simmilar position -- this is the week to get it. Save used, you're probably not going to find it cheaper.
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Old 01-22-2006, 07:56 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 01-22-2006, 08:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks Freezer! Slow week for me. Eventually I'll pick up The Aristocrats and Flightplan, but I might wait a few months for the prices to drop. The Aristocrats was good, but not $20 good. I may pick up South Park S6 with the bonus reward zone points though. Wish they had season 4 (the only good one) of Enterprise for the cheaper price.
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Old 01-23-2006, 12:55 AM   #5 (permalink)
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go to best buy's website and it says Flightplan is 7.99
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Old 01-23-2006, 03:11 AM   #6 (permalink)
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go to best buy's website and it says Flightplan is 7.99
I don't see that anywhere on Best Buy's site, and I checked both the sale ad, the listings under movies and the Flightplan special offer page. Are you sure you're reading things right? They do have several other Jodie Foster films on sale for $7.99 this week.
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Old 01-23-2006, 03:22 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Thanks Freezer !

Those Enterprise sets -- wow ! I was there in a heartbeat and got the bonus disk ones too (had to goto 3 stores though).

Is the 15,000 bonus RZ's are PER or 1 bonus no matter how many you buy ?

The Atlantis set is would be great if that was the case too, but at any rate, I already have it and too late to return and the price diff including the tax would be too small to bother with.

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Just something to mention that I saw in Best Buy today.

Long shelf signs in the TV area showing that the following shows were $24.99 until 1/28:

*** Seinfeld S5 and S6
*** Newsradio S1/S2
*** Rescue Me S1
*** Stargate S8

Not all of the 3 stores I went into showed the Stargate sign. I think the rest were there for the others.

If the B1G1 sale was still on this would have been great for Stargate and Seinfeld.
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I don't see that anywhere on Best Buy's site, and I checked both the sale ad, the listings under movies and the Flightplan special offer page. Are you sure you're reading things right? They do have several other Jodie Foster films on sale for $7.99 this week.
It's gone now.

That's a shame. It had Flightplan for 7.99 and when you clicked on it, it said WIDESCREEN and FULL SCREEN 7.99.

I assumed it was a mistake.
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