US trip: any good deals in B&M stores? - Blu-ray Forum

tezster · 10-17-2017, 05:27 PM

I have a short trip planned to the Washington DC area next weekend - I'm wondering if I'll be able to find any decent in-store deals for UHD/3D/steelbook titles while I'm there?

Just wanted to know generally what would be easy to find that might be cost a lot more to pick up/import from here?

agoofykindasuperman · 10-17-2017, 05:35 PM

I'll be going to the US next month and will also be looking for some US-only movies and deals. Too bad the week I'm going is the week before Black Friday! lol

Hayabusa85 · 10-17-2017, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by agoofykindasuperman

I'll be going to the US next month and will also be looking for some US-only movies and deals. Too bad the week I'm going is the week before Black Friday! lol

On the plus side you won't get trampled by people trying to get a TV nobody would normally want

agoofykindasuperman · 10-17-2017, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Hayabusa85

On the plus side you won't get trampled by people trying to get a TV nobody would normally want

My thoughts exactly. Always looking at the plus side of things!

chaingunsofdoom · 10-17-2017, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by agoofykindasuperman

Too bad the week I'm going is the week before Black Friday! lol

Depending on how many days your 'week before' starts, their promos/flyers start on Sundays, so Nov 19th should already start having decent deals.

chaingunsofdoom · 10-17-2017, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tezster

I have a short trip planned to the Washington DC area next weekend - I'm wondering if I'll be able to find any decent in-store deals for UHD/3D/steelbook titles while I'm there?

Just wanted to know generally what would be easy to find that might be cost a lot more to pick up/import from here?

You should check out the US thread "Movie and TV Deals". They regularly have store flyers for 1-2 weeks in advance.

tezster · 10-17-2017, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by chaingunsofdoom

You should check out the US thread "Movie and TV Deals". They regularly have store flyers for 1-2 weeks in advance.

I'll check out the flyers, thanks. The 4K versions of Spiderman/ASM, Logan, Martian, Magnificent Seven, Bourne series, Revenant, Lucy, are all on my wishlist

agoofykindasuperman · 10-17-2017, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by chaingunsofdoom

Depending on how many days your 'week before' starts, their promos/flyers start on Sundays, so Nov 19th should already start having decent deals.

I fly back home 6:30am on the 19th!

chaingunsofdoom · 10-17-2017, 10:52 PM

^ Find a 24 hour Walmart?

agoofykindasuperman · 10-18-2017, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by chaingunsofdoom

^ Find a 24 hour Walmart?

lol!

El Baz · 10-18-2017, 11:39 AM

I cross border shop often and never really find deals due to the crappy dollar.
They are a bit cheaper but in the end, you don't save much.

What I do like is the US exclusives. Over the summer, I was able to order a good 3-4 movies at walmart.com (and arrange store pick up...you have to time it perfectly) for several movies from the Warner Archives.

exolstice · 10-18-2017, 12:47 PM

I was down there a week ago and most movies were around the same prices but in US dollars (Best Buy, Target, Walmart), and the few sales I saw were negated by the exchange rate.

thatguamguy · 10-18-2017, 03:47 PM

There may be specific sales that time out right, but in general in-store prices in the US are not very good. But if you can find something on-line where the shipping cost to Canada is generally prohibitive, you could ship it to your hotel, you might find some good deals that way.

ziggy66 · 10-19-2017, 02:07 AM

Check out the Walmarts cause they have some exclusive 2/3 packs of UHD Blu-Rays. I grabbed the X-Men 3 pack(the last 3 X-Men movies) a couple of weeks ago....it was like $36ish US for the 3 movies.

Also, if you were able to get the stuff shipped, there's the 3 UHD for $50 offer on Amazon.com which has some titles like Pacific Rim, Mad Max, 3 of the Harry Potters, Sully, etc on it. You could always do a 30 day trial offer of Prime on the .com site if you had a place to ship it, that way it should arrive in time while your at your destination.

Also, download the Target Carthwheel app, as there's Blu-ray offers on there quite often. Last week they had a 20% off all movies offer on it.

10-17-2017, 05:27 PM	#1
tezster Expert Member Member since:Dec 2013 Location:Canada Home Theater Gallery:9 4K collection:135 Blu-ray collection:593 DVD collection:19 Timezone GMT: -5	US trip: any good deals in B&M stores? I have a short trip planned to the Washington DC area next weekend - I'm wondering if I'll be able to find any decent in-store deals for UHD/3D/steelbook titles while I'm there? Just wanted to know generally what would be easy to find that might be cost a lot more to pick up/import from here?

10-17-2017, 05:35 PM	#2
agoofykindasuperman Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Toronto, Canada Home Theater Gallery:27 4K collection:618 Blu-ray collection:2041 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:178 Timezone GMT: -5	I'll be going to the US next month and will also be looking for some US-only movies and deals. Too bad the week I'm going is the week before Black Friday! lol

10-17-2017, 10:52 PM	#9
chaingunsofdoom Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Calgary 4K collection:443 Blu-ray collection:2997 DVD collection:59 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:125 Timezone GMT: -7	^ Find a 24 hour Walmart?

10-18-2017, 11:39 AM	#11
El Baz Power Member Member since:Feb 2011 Location:Ottawa, Ontario 4K collection:305 Blu-ray collection:2012 DVD collection:171 iTunes collection:24 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:6 Timezone GMT: -5	I cross border shop often and never really find deals due to the crappy dollar. They are a bit cheaper but in the end, you don't save much. What I do like is the US exclusives. Over the summer, I was able to order a good 3-4 movies at walmart.com (and arrange store pick up...you have to time it perfectly) for several movies from the Warner Archives.

10-18-2017, 12:47 PM	#12
exolstice Senior Member Member since:Oct 2009 4K collection:56 Blu-ray collection:1017 DVD collection:25 Trading Score:5 Timezone GMT: 0	I was down there a week ago and most movies were around the same prices but in US dollars (Best Buy, Target, Walmart), and the few sales I saw were negated by the exchange rate.

10-18-2017, 03:47 PM	#13
thatguamguy Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2016 Trading Score:4 Timezone GMT: -5	There may be specific sales that time out right, but in general in-store prices in the US are not very good. But if you can find something on-line where the shipping cost to Canada is generally prohibitive, you could ship it to your hotel, you might find some good deals that way.

10-19-2017, 02:07 AM	#14
ziggy66 Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:British Columbia 4K collection:86 Blu-ray collection:853 Trading Score:8 Timezone GMT: -8	Check out the Walmarts cause they have some exclusive 2/3 packs of UHD Blu-Rays. I grabbed the X-Men 3 pack(the last 3 X-Men movies) a couple of weeks ago....it was like $36ish US for the 3 movies. Also, if you were able to get the stuff shipped, there's the 3 UHD for $50 offer on Amazon.com which has some titles like Pacific Rim, Mad Max, 3 of the Harry Potters, Sully, etc on it. You could always do a 30 day trial offer of Prime on the .com site if you had a place to ship it, that way it should arrive in time while your at your destination. Also, download the Target Carthwheel app, as there's Blu-ray offers on there quite often. Last week they had a 20% off all movies offer on it.

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