B&N 50% Criterion blu-ray sale now live through July 30
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Just got up this morning and saw emails indicating shipment of all three of my Buy 2 Get 1 orders. It says they're coming USPS. I wonder if that means Priority Mail. (What other kind of USPS shipping could be considered expedited--not that their expedited shipping is ever that fast).
Also reserved the David Lean set at my local store. Might try the $8 off $40 with that one. Should bring it to $36.99.
Also reserved the David Lean set at my local store. Might try the $8 off $40 with that one. Should bring it to $36.99.
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Happily reporting that my order of 6 Criterions shipped last night. Outstanding deal.
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Ordered yesterday afternoon and got a shipping notice late last night:
The 39 Steps
Antichrist
Belle de Jour
Broadcast News
Fish Tank
Howard's End
Shallow Grave
Something Wild
The Thin Red Line
Tiny Furniture
Most of my order was titles I wanted to get during Criterion's own 50% off sale a few months back, but were out of stock on...plus a few newer ones I wanted, like The 39 Steps and Shallow Grave.
The 39 Steps
Antichrist
Belle de Jour
Broadcast News
Fish Tank
Howard's End
Shallow Grave
Something Wild
The Thin Red Line
Tiny Furniture
Most of my order was titles I wanted to get during Criterion's own 50% off sale a few months back, but were out of stock on...plus a few newer ones I wanted, like The 39 Steps and Shallow Grave.
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Wow, you got really lucky on that one. I've tried a number of times to pull that off, and was told that the item had to be listed in the system at 50% off to get it at that price.
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All five of my b2g1 orders shipped last night. Should hopefully get them before the week end. Only have about 2 or 3 more titles I like to get before the sale ends and before my membership expires July 13. Hopefully I can make it to a store tomorrow to use some of my surprise coupons to pick up the David Lean Directs Noel Coward set, and put in a ship to home order for the Last Days of Disco.
Anyway here is was I got coming in the mail and by UPS. All are blu-ray.
Order 1
Sommaren med Monika (Summer with Monika)
Shallow Grave
The 39 Steps
Order 2
The Gold Rush
Harold and Maude
My Life as a Dog
Order 3
The Rules of the Game
Solaris
À Bout de Souffle (Breathless)
Order 4
Fish Tank
Beauty and the Beast
The Lady Vanishes
Order 5
Certified Copy
The Phantom Carriage
A Night to Remember
Vivre Sa Vie
Metropolis (Kino)
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Anyway here is was I got coming in the mail and by UPS. All are blu-ray.
Order 1
Sommaren med Monika (Summer with Monika)
Shallow Grave
The 39 Steps
Order 2
The Gold Rush
Harold and Maude
My Life as a Dog
Order 3
The Rules of the Game
Solaris
À Bout de Souffle (Breathless)
Order 4
Fish Tank
Beauty and the Beast
The Lady Vanishes
Order 5
Certified Copy
The Phantom Carriage
A Night to Remember
Vivre Sa Vie
Metropolis (Kino)
M
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tight on cash, so i ordered only 1 just 20min. ago & already got a shipping notice:
Product Description: Samurai Trilogy
Quantity: 1
Expected Ship Date: 07-12-2012
Price: 34.99 / $37.18 w/ tax, but STILL cheaper than anyone else
Product Description: Samurai Trilogy
Quantity: 1
Expected Ship Date: 07-12-2012
Price: 34.99 / $37.18 w/ tax, but STILL cheaper than anyone else
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I'd heard of the occasional deal overlap with the B2G1 offer, but I don't think it's happened during the last few sales I participated in. Really sorry I missed out. What an unfortunate time to have been on vacation and away from my computer.
There has almost always been at least one non-member online coupon active during past sales (usually 20% off one item). I had been averaging $17.99 per title when buying in pairs. Without that little extra incentive, I'll probably just hold out for a better deal. There's no B&N store close enough for me to justify a membership fee.
There has almost always been at least one non-member online coupon active during past sales (usually 20% off one item). I had been averaging $17.99 per title when buying in pairs. Without that little extra incentive, I'll probably just hold out for a better deal. There's no B&N store close enough for me to justify a membership fee.
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I'd heard of the occasional deal overlap with the B2G1 offer, but I don't think it's happened during the last few sales I participated in. Really sorry I missed out. What an unfortunate time to have been on vacation and away from my computer.
There has almost always been at least one non-member online coupon active during past sales (usually 20% off one item). I had been averaging $17.99 per title when buying in pairs. Without that little extra incentive, I'll probably just hold out for a better deal. There's no B&N store close enough for me to justify a membership fee.
There has almost always been at least one non-member online coupon active during past sales (usually 20% off one item). I had been averaging $17.99 per title when buying in pairs. Without that little extra incentive, I'll probably just hold out for a better deal. There's no B&N store close enough for me to justify a membership fee.
Unfortunately there are not many online codes at the moment, but B&N is running a surprise coupon offer starting tomorrow. If you are receiving coupon emails from B&N you should get a online or store coupon that is valid through July 15. I also expect a few more coupons before the Criterion sale ends.
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I'm surprised this sale is still so popular. Doesn't Amazon regularly have most CC Blu's around $20.00?
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Yes, but the added potential for savings with a membership and coupons piques interest (as well as a possibility for an overlap with a b2g1 sale, as happened this time).
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The only times I see them around $20 is in response to B&N's semi-annual. As already stated, with the membership discount and the frequent coupons, you can reasonably expect to be under $15 on the $40 MSRP titles.
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Originally Posted by starseed1981
Doesn't Amazon regularly have most CC Blu's around $20.00?
Amazon total at their all-time lows: $62.97 ($20.99 per title)
I paid $48.47 ($16.15 per title)
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All my tracking numbers are now working, and they show my B2G1 orders coming via Priority Mail. That should mean I will have them all by the weekend, which is awesome since I'll be away next week and would have had to get someone to collect them for me.
Planning on getting to the store tomorrow morning for the David Lean box I have on reserve, and will use the 8 off 40 coupon. That should do it for me this go-round, unless some awesome coupon shows up before the end. Not holding out much hope for the surprise ones, since I never get emails from B&N despite being signed up for them.
Planning on getting to the store tomorrow morning for the David Lean box I have on reserve, and will use the 8 off 40 coupon. That should do it for me this go-round, unless some awesome coupon shows up before the end. Not holding out much hope for the surprise ones, since I never get emails from B&N despite being signed up for them.
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Same here. I actually had forgotten about checking for it, but I was up late that night--watching a movie, of course--and jumped on the computer afterward and stumbled on the overlap in progress. After picking my jaw up off the table, I made three orders within forty minutes.
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don't forget. unless you get at least $25 in savings and order more for subsequent savings, you are not covering the $25 for the B&N membership. every dollar counts
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As others have said, using the term regularly is really stretching it. I would say it's not uncommon for some titles to get to in the range of $19.99 plus tax, not quite the 50% off but close. But the coupons offered from B&N along with the cash back options make a huge difference. And the titles that Amazon usually marks down are typically older releases; it's certainly not across the board. Some titles seem to never get a significant price drop.
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I can't speak for others but for me Barnes and Noble has enough sales each year to easily cover the cost of the membership: 2 Criterion sales, B2G1, British TV...and more. And of course the book sales.
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I get most of mine through USPS. In fact, the first order I placed after this bad boy went "live" early Tuesday, was on my from porch today. Two more will arrive tomorrow, with the rest due Friday. Only one title, Modern Times, is backordered.
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Well, damn! How in the hell are we supposed to know which service to search under? Also, some of my tracking numbers are around 16 digits long while others are over 20. And for some reason they broke up each of my 3 orders into 2 parts. I have no idea why the did this.
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Normally, I just Copy & Paste the numbers into Google. It'll automatically show the correct shipper.