Best Buy Weekly Ad - Free HD DVD Player

[The Don]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

http://bestbuy.shoplocal.com/bestbuy...ncode=021008BA

Just giving it away with an audio setup. They just took a random product and said here, if you buy this, we'll give you a free HD DVD player. The caption under it states upconversion first, before HD playback. I guess this is how they have to get rid of these things, cause otherwise they come back.

this is smart....if they want to return the player, they have to return everything..

good way for them to get rid of these things for good..

[davidPS3]

Wow, guess that will move some inventory out. It will be interesting to see if they get a lift from this.

[stockstar1138]

monster HD DVD BOGO ad in their ad this week to. there is no doubt in my mind they are trying to liquidate stock.

[LeoneFan]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

monster HD DVD BOGO ad in their ad this week to. there is no doubt in my mind they are trying to liquidate stock.

If they wanted to get rid of the players why not just sell them for $60, instead of just giving them away. $60 is better than nothing at all.

[beavis667]

They should give away HD players with the purchase of any of the "last second before checkout impulse buy" items that you see just before the registers. If I could get a HD player with, I don't know, a copy of Rolling Stone magazine or something, I'd probably do that.

[jk1138]

Originally Posted by beavis667

They should give away HD players with the purchase of any of the "last second before checkout impulse buy" items that you see just before the registers. If I could get a HD player with, I don't know, a copy of Rolling Stone magazine or something, I'd probably do that.

I do not need an oversized door stop, and I certanly do not need something else to clutter up my workshop.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by LeoneFan

If they wanted to get rid of the players why not just sell them for $60, instead of just giving them away. $60 is better than nothing at all.

Because people will be able to return them if it's a straight out discounted purchase. As mentioned above, this way the only option to return the HD DVD player is to return their entire sound system.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by LeoneFan

If they wanted to get rid of the players why not just sell them for $60, instead of just giving them away. $60 is better than nothing at all.

open boxed hd dvd players aren't that much higher than that and its not like they aren't selling cheap players too. I think the problem is, people get home, and they realize what they got on their hands it it comes back to the store within 30 days. giving them away makes the consumer keep the player so its out of the store for good.

[razz]

Originally Posted by The Don

this is smart....if they want to return the player, they have to return everything..

good way for them to get rid of these things for good..

Exactly what I thought haha.

[jk1138]

Still not remotly worth it. If you buy any HD-DVDs then when you get a Blu-ray player the HDs become junk (or stay junk) because they will not work in a BD player, at lease SD will, so still a bad deal.