Boxing Day/Week Sales

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by AgentBooth

Not a deal but Happy new year everyone. i wish you everything you are wishing for: health, hapiness, joy oh.. and killer deals on blu!

Take care!

Happy New Year too!

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by uther

Lucky. If the WM website is to be believed all the stores in my area are OOS on African Queen.

Originally Posted by Animatic33

I wish I knew what stores had African Queen, as In-store stock is not available during Boxing week.

AFRICAN QUEEN has become my white whale!

I've manually searched through about six or seven Walmarts in Southern Ontario and have seen pretty much every other title, except for AFRICAN QUEEN.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by GreatGreg

AFRICAN QUEEN has become my white whale!

I've manually searched through about six or seven Walmarts in Southern Ontario and have seen pretty much every other title, except for AFRICAN QUEEN.

Yes, I wanted to find The African Queen too as well with no luck.

[Traveler]

Originally Posted by GreatGreg

Never looked at the website. The prices are still valid in-store. I still found copies in Toronto and Hamilton -- but you have to look!

I happened to stop by the Walmart at Square One on the way home from work and picked up a copy of Killzone 3 for $19.83 as you said they were. I promptly returned my FS copy. Thanks, Greg!

[Neild]

Originally Posted by thecardman23

it was only the first 2-3 days of boxing week. i got a copy of GT5 for $19.83

where did you get that Platoon for $10? I was searching? If its Walmart the bastards labeled it wrong at my stores. Was priced at $15.

There's 2 editions of Platoon in the Walmart stores. One is Blu-ray + DVD for $15, one is blu-ray only for $10. Sometimes there's a slipcover, sometimes not, sometimes they're mis-tagged, sometimes not. Scan the UPC, you might be surprised it scans at $10 despite a $15 price tag.

The reality is that a great film like Platoon is just not a hot item with today's masses, so it ought to be available.

Try looking in the cardboard standups, Different Walmarts have different stock and also they refresh the stock. Some put these cheapies up near the express checkouts for impulse purchase.

Also check the regular shelves, sometimes there's cheap seasonal titles hiding out back there.

Even though the chances are low, ask someone in the area for help. Sometimes you luck out and they happen to recall where a certain movies was miscategorized into the kids movies or concerts or whatever. Sometimes it's sitting in their 'to be reshelved' basket.

[Traveler]

Originally Posted by thecardman23

where did you get that Platoon for $10? I was searching? If its Walmart the bastards labeled it wrong at my stores. Was priced at $15.

It was the single disc version that I found at the Walmart in Square One in Mississauga....I basically scoured all the cardboard shelves and lucked out with probably the last copy of it at that location...that sucker was really buried too.

[thecardman23]

Originally Posted by Traveler

It was the single disc version that I found at the Walmart in Square One in Mississauga....I basically scoured all the cardboard shelves and lucked out with probably the last copy of it at that location...that sucker was really buried too.

yeah.. checked at my local store today. only the 2 disc edition for $15.

will keep my eyes open for the other one now..

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by Traveler

I happened to stop by the Walmart at Square One on the way home from work and picked up a copy of Killzone 3 for $19.83 as you said they were. I promptly returned my FS copy. Thanks, Greg!

Glad to hear you found one. Square One was one of the Walmarts I visited on the 31st, and yes, I did see that, as well as PLATOON in the mess of movies.

There are still copies to be found at the Walmart at Markham & Steeles, and Brockville Walmart.

Also stopped by Pickering today, but missed DVDNGG. Made it as far as Best Buy, and then got hungry so found a really good Fish and Chips place near Westney Road. So stuffed from lunch, I didn't eat dinner!

Picked up HALL PASS for $9.99 at Future Shop Brockville. The girl at CS was soooo slow. The BDs were stickered with $35.99 or something ridiculous like that and I opened my stupid mouth and asked her if they were still on for $9.99. She said no and that it was only the DVD. She didn't scan it, but walked to the other side of the store to show me the DVD priced at $9.99.

I asked her why didn't she just scan it to check the price. She did and her jaw dropped. "I can't believe it is $9.99!"

Yah. Took about 10 minutes. I just paid and left.

Tomorrow, hopefully Ottawa...

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by GreatGreg

Canadian prices are great! They just don't all happen at Boxing Week. The Seiki was $55 during Walmart's Anniversary sale in September, and refurbished units are now at XS Cargo for $44.00. That's an amazing steal of a price.

I also buy online as well, so there are deals to be had everywhere. I think we just maybe had a kick-ass Black Friday, so the Boxing Week sales are lackluster if you have been keeping up with Anniversary sales and BF sales.

There were other sales which I did not see mentioned on here yet such as the 50% off all games sale at Sears or the $9.98 games at TRU. Too much shopping for me, I crashed last night right after the countdown.

Like I said, their deals aren't on titles I'm interested in. 39.99-41.49 for a Criterion BD is not a great price for me (and many others) from Future Shop, Best Buy, or Amazon.ca, especially when the same title's only about 20 bucks on Amazon.com, or slightly cheaper when you order them during a B&N 50% off sale.

Yes, Wal-mart had the Anniversary sale, yet there's no denying that the price has gone up on the Seiki. Also, I can't say I'm a fan of refurbs from XS Cargo, I, and several others, have had a few bad experiences with them.

[nathan_393]

I must be one of the lucky few who found a copy of African Queen. Cool!

[thecardman23]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Like I said, their deals aren't on titles I'm interested in. 39.99-41.49 for a Criterion BD is not a great price for me (and many others) from Future Shop, Best Buy, or Amazon.ca, especially when the same title's only about 20 bucks on Amazon.com, or slightly cheaper when you order them during a B&N 50% off sale.

Yes, Wal-mart had the Anniversary sale, yet there's no denying that the price has gone up on the Seiki. Also, I can't say I'm a fan of refurbs from XS Cargo, I, and several others, have had a few bad experiences with them.

yeah.. i wouldnt buy a refurb unit. especially since cargo's policy is NO REFUNDS. So your SOL if the unit is defective.

[antoinedoinel]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Yes, Wal-mart had the Anniversary sale, yet there's no denying that the price has gone up on the Seiki.

Actually, I'm pretty sure $78 is the normal price. I don't recall it ever being $75, just the original $88, and that one time anniversary sale price.

But yeah, XS Cargo for anything like this is a gamble. My first Seiki wouldn't play other region stuff, and there have been plenty of stories of defective units.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by antoinedoinel

Actually, I'm pretty sure $78 is the normal price. I don't recall it ever being $75, just the original $88, and that one time anniversary sale price.

But yeah, XS Cargo for anything like this is a gamble. My first Seiki wouldn't play other region stuff, and there have been plenty of stories of defective units.

I got mine for 75 from the Dartmouth Crossings Wal-Mart in May.

Originally Posted by thecardman23

yeah.. i wouldnt buy a refurb unit. especially since cargo's policy is NO REFUNDS. So your SOL if the unit is defective.

My brother bought a MP3 player from them back when they first became popular, and it went TU with 2 months. A co-worker bought a Pandigital novel, and wasn't aware of the no returns policy, but knew someone who worked there, and was able to return it somehow, and use store credit to get a refurbed iPad. He came very close to not being able to return it. Most people I know who have bought electronics there have not been happy with them because of numerous issues with them.

I refuse to buy refurbs from any place, including Future Shop and directly from the vendors themselves, as you can't guarantee anything.

[GreatGreg]

So for what it's worth, I went with my Dad to pick up a second Seiki at XS Cargo.

The boxes were all pre-opened and re-sealed, but while it is true there are no refunds, there is a 30 day exchange policy for the same item.

The day we went there were about 10 in stock, so after explaining the circumstances to him, my Dad would rather take the risk on a $44 refurb than on a $78 new model.

Took it home, and set it up for him right away. The batteries were missing, but other than that, it played and worked fine. Oddly enough, he had a bunch of spare Asian batteries.

A lot of people had remote control issues, but they were really battery issues. I imagine a lot of people didn't know this and just returned their unit to Walmart or whatever. With all of the extra units, I'm sure most of them are fine, although I still prefer to go with a new unit myself.

So short story is that the refurb unit we got was fine. If it wasn't you could still go back to XS and exchange it within 30 days, so don't buy the last model in the store.

In contrast, I bought two Seikis from Walmart as they have been on sale at $58 twice. The second time, I actually got a defective unit as it would not turn on no matter what I tried. I somehow got a returned unit sold to me as new from Walmart. I know this because the inside items were not wrapped in plastic and the batteries were already in the remote.

I did do an exchange and got a new working unit from Walmart.

[Caesu]

Stopped in FS on the way home. Wasnt looking to buy anything but walked out with Fantastic 4 and Rise of the Silver Surfer. 4.99 each before tax.....why not, even if the movies are ho hum.

[HD Canuck]

Still a pretty good selection at RCSS and Walmart. Picked up Oceans Eleven, Oceans Thirteen, Hulk, and Transformers Revenge of the Fallen 2-disc (with slipcover).

[HD Canuck]

Originally Posted by HD Canuck

Still a pretty good selection at RCSS...

It's Jan 15 and there's still plenty of good deals at RCSS. Picked up The Raven for $14. Also saw Chernobyl Diaries for $14 as well as other titles like Snow White and the Huntsman. I don't think there was as good selection as this during Boxing Week.

[GreatGreg]

I saw all of those titles on the morning of the 26th. YMMV for your store. Maybe some stores didn't put all of the stock out. $14.00 is not so hot of a deal though.