50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
03-02-09, 06:26 PM
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03-02-09, 06:29 PM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
Someone mentioned that Afro Samurai Season 1 Blu-ray is automatically ringing up at half off($9.99). You can try and take up Freedom, Gunbuster and Afro Samurai to the register. You can then point out that the sale does apply to Blu-rays or Afro Samurai wouldn't ring up at half off. You'll have a good chance that they will manually apply the discount to the two Blu-rays that you want and all that you would have to do is return Afro Samurai. Worth a shot.
03-02-09, 07:33 PM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
I went yesterday morning to the Hadley, MA store and got Gundam Wing Complete Volume 1 for $19.99. Went back today after work around 3 to pick up Cowboy Bebop but all three they had yesterday are already gone. I may go back some time to get the Guyver complete collection, but I'm not sure if I want to bother. They had 6 copies so I'm not in a huge rush and I'd be totally ok with not getting it.
Is it possible the percent off will go up if things don't sell or will they just ship everything out to nearby stores that will still be carrying anime?
Is it possible the percent off will go up if things don't sell or will they just ship everything out to nearby stores that will still be carrying anime?
My understanding from the manager I spoke to yesterday about the anime is it's not going away. This is a sale to get rid of the excess anime. They are reducing the space and will only be carrying top selling items. He informed me they have not gotten any shipment for awhile now. The shelves looked very slim. He told me the sale just started and the shelves have alway looked like they don't have much. Now, the other stores have alot of product.
03-02-09, 07:44 PM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
So yesterday I went into a local BB and they had signs all over the section stating All Anime 50% off. I was able to pick up Robotech and Raxhephon. I made a small list of things I might want which I would check against other sale prices online including the Death Note LEs with Figures. Today when I went in the store, the signs were still up, but there was an orange sticker on the word all and a sign up that said "Select Anime 50% off" Each anime that was supposed to be 50% off appeared to have an orange sticker on it. Unfortunately a few of the Death Notes didn't have the stickers and rang up full at the register. The supervisor would not discount them either. So much for trying to get Akira...
03-02-09, 08:33 PM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
went to 2 stores today and got:
Jyu-Oh-Sei
Kashimashi collection
Death Note #8
Space Pirate Mito collection
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
School Rumble 2nd Semester (both sets)
Black Lagoon: 2nd Barrage #2+3
i didn't think about Akira, hopefully somebody will take me again and i can do Sweet Baby James' idea. i tried for Vexille but i'm not a good negotiator.
Jyu-Oh-Sei
Kashimashi collection
Death Note #8
Space Pirate Mito collection
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
School Rumble 2nd Semester (both sets)
Black Lagoon: 2nd Barrage #2+3
i didn't think about Akira, hopefully somebody will take me again and i can do Sweet Baby James' idea. i tried for Vexille but i'm not a good negotiator.
03-02-09, 08:47 PM
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03-02-09, 09:22 PM
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03-02-09, 11:15 PM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
Damn, I was going to use tonymontana313's Afro Samurai trick to score Samurai 7 (one of my faves also) on Blu-Ray, but sadly neither of the 2 Best Buy's within my range have it.
03-03-09, 07:04 AM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
I picked up Afro Samurai and Akira on blu-ray. Since Afro Samurai took 1/2 off they over rang Akria without me even asking. 
Thanks to whoever said to not go by what their instore locator said. I wasn't going to go. Afro Samurai was the title I was looking for and they only had one.
Thanks to whoever said to not go by what their instore locator said. I wasn't going to go. Afro Samurai was the title I was looking for and they only had one.
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03-03-09, 10:32 AM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
Went back to the Best Buy in Eastlake, CA and was able to score Black Lagoon Season 1, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Ergo Proxy complete boxed set, and both Afro Samurai Blu-Rays. After leaving I was regreting not picking up Bubblegum Crisis 2040 boxed set.
03-03-09, 11:00 AM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
This is unrelated but related at the same time- does Best Buy still have the 10% off dvd coupons? I haven't seen any lately, and I wanted to see if I could get 60% off.
03-03-09, 02:18 PM
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Returned to another Best Buy (Watertown, MA) for the sale today and picked up the following ...
Robotech (complete) - 37.50
Basilisk (complete) - 20.00
I'm still bugged though, only one Miyazaki film - Howl's Moving Castle (which I already own). Otherwise, the shelves were packed with plenty of titles to pick from.
Robotech (complete) - 37.50
Basilisk (complete) - 20.00
I'm still bugged though, only one Miyazaki film - Howl's Moving Castle (which I already own). Otherwise, the shelves were packed with plenty of titles to pick from.
03-03-09, 04:29 PM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
The Westwood, CA would not allow me to take the discount off of the blu-ray Samurai 7 set. However, I did notice something that might be of interest. After being shutdown for the Blu-Ray set I went back to the Anime section and picked up the dvd set that comes complete with a set of "guidebooks" that feature art and some interviews. The dvds are also housed in a digipack. The sticker price on this set is $79.99 yet it rang up as $19.99. My only guess is that Best Buy's system doesn't differentiate between this more expensive set and the cheaper Viridian Collection set.
Just something to keep in mind if you come across this set.
Just something to keep in mind if you come across this set.
03-03-09, 08:04 PM
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03-03-09, 09:22 PM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
Got shot down on getting half off on Afro Samurai: Resurrection even after Season 1 rang up for 9 bucks. They refused to budge and told me Resurrection wasn't considered Anime (even tho it's stocked in the Anime section on DVD).
03-03-09, 10:46 PM
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They do, but they don't send them out as often as they used to it seems. It has been several weeks since I got my last one.
03-04-09, 12:29 AM
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03-04-09, 01:47 AM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
If you're talking about Blu-ray, Amazon currently has Resurrection for $18.99. Also, Columbia House just came out with some Blu-ray BOGO codes. They have Resurrection for $29.96, so it would be under $15 with the purchase of another $29.96 Blu-ray. Unfortunately, there is currently no free shipping at CH. Hopefully they will add free shipping to this offer in the next couple of days. BTW, the code is 802168.
03-04-09, 02:35 AM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
I'm surprised they'd be selling the Miyazakis at 50% off. Seems like they'd be top sellers and appealing more to the family crowd than the typical anime crowd. Cool if you can get them, though.
03-04-09, 03:40 AM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
I agree with davidh777 that the Miyazakis should be best sellers up there with Disney. But the fact of the matter is that most people in the US have no idea what his films are like and have never seen one.
Which is good news for us deal hunters. I picked up Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle for 12 bucks a pop and will use these as birthday gifts for the inevitable parties my little girl will be attending. I can pretty much be assured that my daughters friends have never seen these films, and equally assured that their parents as well as the kids will fall in love with them.
Bottom Line: The Miyazakis are 50% off and we should be celebrating and snatching them up to gift our friends.
Which is good news for us deal hunters. I picked up Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle for 12 bucks a pop and will use these as birthday gifts for the inevitable parties my little girl will be attending. I can pretty much be assured that my daughters friends have never seen these films, and equally assured that their parents as well as the kids will fall in love with them.
Bottom Line: The Miyazakis are 50% off and we should be celebrating and snatching them up to gift our friends.
03-04-09, 08:06 AM
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Re: 50% All animae at sellect BB march 1-21
Here I am thinking "anime" was the correct spelling of the genre all these years...no local stores have the 50% off anyways :/
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