A funny story I learned in Barnes and Nobles

[EvolutionCherry]

I was shopping for Blu-Rays and I was told they are dumping the HD-DVD discs. They are not gonna even sell them at a discount. They are just gonna return them to the warehouse. Kinda messed up that they don't even wanna try to sell them off.

[Prometheus59650]

Mine has never had HD software for sale. Had a couple 50% off card member coupons and I had to order my stuff from the .com

Not that I cared. I still got the Spidey trilogy and the Die Hard quadrilogy for $75 total.

[PeechCobblerPie]

I think a lot of retailers will be doing this. If they send them back to the production companies they get their money back rather than selling them really cheap and losing money

[radagast]

Originally Posted by EvolutionCherry

I was shopping for Blu-Rays and I was told they are dumping the HD-DVD discs. They are not gonna even sell them at a discount. They are just gonna return them to the warehouse. Kinda messed up that they don't even wanna try to sell them off.

Look for them at Dollar General or Big Lots.

[u_nick]

Yeah, I would imagine trying to push them off on misinformed customers will really just ending up in the long run making a lot of customers angry when they find out what they were sold. I'm sure a lot of retailers are going to try to avoid this situation.

[EvolutionCherry]

Originally Posted by u_nick

Yeah, I would imagine trying to push them off on misinformed customers will really just ending up in the long run making a lot of customers angry when they find out what they were sold. I'm sure a lot of retailers are going to try to avoid this situation.

Hm That actually makes sense.

[blu-backer]

Originally Posted by EvolutionCherry

I was shopping for Blu-Rays and I was told they are dumping the HD-DVD discs. They are not gonna even sell them at a discount. They are just gonna return them to the warehouse. Kinda messed up that they don't even wanna try to sell them off.

I think the funnier part of the story is that you were shopping for Blu-Rays in a Barnes & Noble.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by u_nick

Yeah, I would imagine trying to push them off on misinformed customers will really just ending up in the long run making a lot of customers angry when they find out what they were sold. I'm sure a lot of retailers are going to try to avoid this situation.

Good point.

HD DVD is a sense has turned into a disease that almost no one wants to touch.

[EvolutionCherry]

Originally Posted by blu-backer

I think the funnier part of the story is that you were shopping for Blu-Rays in a Barnes & Noble.

And where I shop for Blu-Rays is relevant why?

[blu-backer]

Originally Posted by EvolutionCherry

And where I shop for Blu-Rays is relevant why?

Probably because Barnes & Noble (at least the ones I've checked) sells Blu-Ray (and other media) at MSRP. Why shop for BD there when there are other places that consistently sell BD for less?

[EvolutionCherry]

Originally Posted by blu-backer

Probably because Barnes & Noble (at least the ones I've checked) sells Blu-Ray (and other media) at MSRP. Why shop for BD there when there are other places that consistently sell BD for less?

Thanks for that info. Yet it's not explaining to me to why this is relevant to this topic at all.

[blu-backer]

[denrock]

Originally Posted by EvolutionCherry

I was shopping for Blu-Rays and I was told they are dumping the HD-DVD discs. They are not gonna even sell them at a discount. They are just gonna return them to the warehouse. Kinda messed up that they don't even wanna try to sell them off.

I'm actually surprised you found a barnes & noble that sells blu-ray or hd dvd in the actual store. I have three in my general are that have media sections where they sell dvds and cds and none of them have any blu-ray or hd dvd. I figured they were waiting it out longer to sell in stores instead of just on their website.

And as to the questioning of the original posters choice of buying at B&N, if you're a barnes & noble rewards member you always get 10% off whatever price they're selling a product for (even sale prices) and a couple times a month I get 20% or 25% of coupons in my email so it can actually end up being about the same price as a best buy and maybe even cheaper. And if you use your membership and coupon on their already lowered website prices you can get some pretty good deals from B&N - even better than amazon a lot of the time.

[danielpwnz]

Originally Posted by blu-backer

Probably because Barnes & Noble (at least the ones I've checked) sells Blu-Ray (and other media) at MSRP. Why shop for BD there when there are other places that consistently sell BD for less?

If you have a membership card or a coupon (or better yet, both), you can get a Fox title for cheaper than Best Buy would ever sell it. All DVDs $39.99 and up are automatically 10% off. Then you can apply a membership discount or a coupon (sign up for their e-mails and you'll get coupons just about weekly, even if you aren't a member) from this point. Ta-da, a Fox Blu-ray for a couple bucks cheaper than Best Buy.