walmart secret hd-dvd sale

[Existentialist]

this may be old news, but I used the search function and did not find it, also I would of posted sooner but my ether net cable was broke and this is the first chance I have had to post this.

Anyway, I come to work yesterday, 11/2/07, at wal-mart, and get thrown into this secret sale. It consisted of a Toshiba hd-dvd player for a whopping $98, no that is not a typo, $98, as well as some hd-dvds on sale for $14 dollars a peice. I don't know how this one slipped past my radar...

So of course as I am ringing people up for this crap, I just keep going off on how they are wasting their money buying dead technology and the whole works...of course all the people in line are speechless as I am ranting about what a terrible purchase they are making (I hadn't even had my first cup of coffee yet) Unfortunatly I wasn't able to make any of them put back their purchases. On the bright side, there were only about six sold when the sale started and I ony noticed two more leave after that and when I got off at five there was still three quarters of the pallet left. I forgot to take pictures before I left becuase the day was crazy (for other reasons) and I was in hurry to get out of there.

[GregBlu5]

Originally Posted by Existentialist

this may be old news, but I used the search function and did not find it, also I would of posted sooner but my ether net cable was broke and this is the first chance I have had to post this.

Anyway, I come to work yesterday, 11/2/07, at wal-mart, and get thrown into this secret sale. It consisted of a Toshiba hd-dvd player for a whopping $98, no that is not a typo, $98, as well as some hd-dvds on sale for $14 dollars a peice. I don't know how this one slipped past my radar...

So of course as I am ringing people up for this crap, I just keep going off on how they are wasting their money buying dead technology and the whole works...of course all the people in line are speechless as I am ranting about what a terrible purchase they are making (I hadn't even had my first cup of coffee yet) Unfortunatly I wasn't able to make any of them put back their purchases. On the bright side, there were only about six sold when the sale started and I ony noticed two more leave after that and when I got off at five there was still three quarters of the pallet left. I forgot to take pictures before I left becuase the day was crazy (for other reasons) and I was in hurry to get out of there.

I think what most of us are most curious about is how many DUD *disks* actually got sold? Otherwise, it's simply a total loss for those financially involved.

-Greg

[Grisle]

Careful man, I can appreciate that you want to brighten these consumers up, but can't you get in trouble if someone complains because you were going off on their purchase?

[Existentialist]

Originally Posted by GregBlu5

I think what most of us are most curious about is how many DUD *disks* actually got sold? Otherwise, it's simply a total loss for those financially involved.

-Greg

Well we only had in about 8 copies of the hd-dvds that were actually on sale and three of them were still there when I left. I did see one guy make a signifant purchase of HD-dvd's though, he had a stack of about 10 of them...other than that the hd-dvd section didn't look much emptier than normal.

[MOONPHASE]

but i heard that wal-mart has selected movies on blu-ray for like $14.88 or somrthing like that including X-Men 3, and Night at the Museum

[Go Blu]

I just noticed they had one of those endcap cardboard displays full of DUD. So now they have more DUD than Blu... They just refuse to go away!

[GregBlu5]

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

but i heard that wal-mart has selected movies on blu-ray for like $14.88 or somrthing like that including X-Men 3, and Night at the Museum

Yes. I bought both. And Windtalkers. Amazon matched the Night at the Museum price, last time I looked. Not X-3 though.