BigSue

Excellent! Hopefully, it'll still be there when I run to BB tomorrow morning. Thanks for the input. From your description, it does sound like it'll be something I'll enjoy

Sweet Baby James

Watch a few episodes for free and decide for yourself. I personally think that it's a great show.



http://www.hulu.com/channels/Animati...ort=popularity

speedy1961

I just got a set in the mail for use this weekend.

Sweet Baby James

It would actually be 55% off of list price.

Maxflier

Was able to score Samurai 7 Blu-Ray tonight, much thanks tonymontana 313. It was the Afro Samurai trick that did it. The cashier called the media guy over when it didn't ring up 50% off and he tried to c-block me claiming that it was only for DVD's and there was a Blu-Ray section and a DVD section and since I got it from the Blu-Ray section that is why it wasn't on sale. Even after I stumped him with "then why did Afro Samurai Blu-Ray ring up 50% off" he still wouldn't budge and told her to call the manager. Well the manager could have given a fuck, he just said "ok what's the problem, you know how to do this" and had her manually take the 50% off.
Also picked up Coyote Ragtime Show thinpack and Witchblade complete series. And of course I will be returning Afro Samurai since I already have it on dvd and the show sucks anyways.

And on a totally unrelated note, I also got The Orange Box for $10 bucks with the sweet ass RZ gamers club $20 off coupon.

Sweet Baby James

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I made use of the same trick to get Akira for $17.49. I've already returned Afro Samurai for a refund. I would also like to thank tonymontana.

That's the best 10 bucks that you could spend. I just started playing Orange Box last week and am still on the first game. A few dropped frames here and there, but an overall great game and there's still 4 more games to go.

preacher86

Thanks to everyone who posted here so far! I went looking for a few different things, and only got one - Vexille (Blu-ray). Nice bonus: Talked my way into Watchmen (Blu-ray) motion comic.

Hoping to get Akira (Blu-ray) tomorrow.

davidh777

Lame. I say either pull Afro, Miyazaki, etc. from the shelves during this sale, or restrict your sale to certain eligible titles (non-best-sellers, non-new-releases). But don't claim that the reason you don't want to discount specific things is because they aren't anime.

emachine12

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I agree with that one. Especially the Afro Blu-ray since the Canyon Springs, CA store seems to be run by non-customer service centric people.

I can go to the Riverside store and get so much better customer service. They don't argue, they don't fight, they know how to treat their customers. So why can't this store be on the list.

asianxcore

Also agree. Working retail for the past 4+ years in positions ranging from Associate to Supervisor, I would expect a little consistency from stores. I am aware that Retail Stores do have to be "inconsistent" for things such as returns, as it varies from customer to customer, but you really can't argue with a customer about misleading signage.

If there is an issue where in one day you are answering the 50% off Blu-Ray question for even more than 2 customers, it is your responsibility as an Inventory, Merchandise or Store Manager to do something about it. Either make sure all employees know they can manually change the Blu-Ray's or do what other posters have mentioned happening at their stores....add additional signage stating they are not part of the sale.

It's completely frustrating to see some posters spend up to nearly $300-400 in one go, only to be refused on some Anime Blu-Ray they wanted. Also working retail I've heard every bullshit excuse to not granted signing errors, but some of the inconsistencies are flat out lame.

FangsFirst

Interesting note: in-store kiosk ordering seems to work. My sadness at the absence of the fancy Samurai 7 set led me to give it a shot. It cost me yknow, $2.50 more for shipping, but what the hell.

Not all titles seem to be marked as 50% off, just ones that are (and maybe "could be") carried in that branch.

May amount to nothing, too, in the end, but we'll see...!

Sweet Baby James

Send BB an email via their online contact form and request a refund for the shipping. BB is supposed to be running a promotion where you receive free shipping if you place the order at the store. You're supposed to have an employee place the order from a different computer than the one at the kiosk. However, a number of people(including myself) requested a refund for the shipping charge and BB was kind enough to grant it.

fishman2020

would i be able to order miazaki movies that way and get them @ 50% off?

FangsFirst

Hey, cool, thanks!

I'll have to see if it actually ever ships, of course

Sweet Baby James

Yes. I know for a fact that Porco Rosso(the only Ghibli that I'm missing) was half off at the kiosk.

FangsFirst

I checked, actually, and SOME of them were available--Porco Rosso, Mononoke, Cat Returns, Howl, Nausicaa, Spirited Away....I forget how many, but I know a few were NOT 50% off when I was browsing the kiosk. Could be a YMMV thing, though, if it's based on "what the store carries" as I suspect it is...

(off the top of my head, I know Castle of Cagliostro was NOT on sale)

fishman2020

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW I'm definately going back this week then... thanks for the heads up...

Any idea if Totoro or Kiki's Delivery Service can be gotten this way?

fishman2020

Also do all best buy's have the in-store kiosk for ordering? where are they usually located?

Sweet Baby James

Castle of Cagliostro might not be part of the sale because it's a Manga(Anchor Bay) release. The titles that are on sale were all released by Disney.

Maxflier

They have several of them scattered all over the store.

Sweet Baby James

You also have to go to a store that is having the sale. If you go to a store that is not clearing out their anime, the prices won't be on sale at the kiosk. Here is a comprehensive list of some upcoming titles that you can pre-order at half off(courtesy of WTK)-

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/9306140-post99.html

FangsFirst

I know I glanced at totoro enough to see both editions were still on there, but I can't for the life of me recall whether the 2 disc was on sale (I know the original single release was still 14.99, because that was what reminded me it was the old edition).

I saw Kiki in the Hayao Miyazaki search results I did, but I can't recall whether it was on sale either (sorry :\)

You might be right, good catch. I've only just snagged some ghibli stuff from closing CCs, never actually seen any (it's sitting in my wall-crushing "to be watched" piles--or, actually, shelves and shelves), so I know pretty much nothing about who released what.
However, I do know that plenty of Bandai titles ARE in the sale (I was planning on finally snagging Gundam Wing to fill one of the remaining R1 gaps in my Gundam collecton, for instance), but not all of them. It appears, say, Wing v2 is not in many (if any) stores, and so did not show up on sale at the kiosk, despite the fact that it was the same store I bought v1 from. The Big O, on the other hand, I need v1....it was on sale, inexplicably, despite not being present. Didn't understand the logic on those at all.
Also, Wing v1 was no longer listed as onsale there, despite the fact that I'd actually bought it on sale there. OK, well, pricematched after buying it the day before the sale started, so perhaps it never was. Hmm.

AWESOME. I was a little down that the DBZ broly movies were going to be post-sale. Though I pondered getting the old releases (since they're actually OAR and all), but decided I may as well go all out with my stupid widescreen cropped DBZ collection and have *everything* in it instead.

Also, good note, it does have to be a store running the sale, I should've mentioned that, as I knew that myself.

dullboy

Got Vexille Blu-Ray half-off using the Afro Samurai trick. Sucks that Akira wasn't there. The Samurai 7 set was there, but that's a lot of money even at half-off. Didn't find the 5 Centimeters Per Second dvd that someone on here mentioned is OOP...couldn't find it listed on the website, either.

HDTVGCL

Listen you guys, you killed my pocketbook. Once I read on this forum the BB 50% special, my kids had to see what titles were available.
Still a good deal w/o dealing with S/H and time. These were found between 3 BB's in No.Va area. Thanks for the heads up !

5 Centimeters Per Second
Air Gear Complete Series
Black Cat Complete Series
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan
Burst Angel Boxset w/OVA
Coyote Ragtime Show Complete (new)
Cyber Team Complete Collection
Divergence Eve Complete Series
Fate/Stay Night Complete Series
Final Fantasy: Unlimited Complete Series
Fruits Basket Complete Series
Fullmetal Alchemist - Season 1, Part 1 Box Set
Fullmetal Alchemist - Season 1, Part 2 Box Set
Fullmetal Alchemist - Season 2, Part 1 Box Set
Fullmetal Alchemist - Season 2, Part 2 Box Set
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Collection
Guyver Complete Series
Kasimasi: Girl Meets Girl Complete Collection
Kodocha: Season One Box Set
Lucky Star, Vol. 3 Limited Edition
Moribito: Guardian of The Spirit Two Pack
Mushi-shi: The Complete Series
Naruto Movie 3 Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
Negima!: Complete Collection
Negima!?: Season Two, Part One (Re-imagined and Uncut)
Phoenix Complete Collection
Rumbling Hearts Complete Series
Samurai 7 Complete Series
Shana Complete Series
Spirited Away (new)
Tenchi Muyô! RyoOhki: Complete Series
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Complete Collection
Trinity Blood Complete Box (new)
Vexille
Witchblade Complete Series
Xenosaga: Complete Series

Sweet Baby James

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You should pre-order Negima Season 2, Part 2 at the kiosk. I don't think that you'll find elsewhere for $21.49.