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[zeze]

Originally Posted by ran94

I picked up the Indy Jones collection today by trading in two games that were collecting dust. Did anyone else do this?

I'm planning to do this tomorrow. Hope they still have Indy in stock.

[Neild]

Originally Posted by falseidols

If you have noticed on the both FS and BB site they are now selling items like vitamins, mattresses, tools etc. I don't know for sure, but I assume these types of products are part of a drop shipping process with the manufactures (this is big in the US I believe). I see this going the way for music/movies in the not to distant future. It is an item that doesn't need to be demo'd or get a hands on experience with first.

What you are seeing is a direct response to Best Buy USA getting pounded by Amazon in recent years. Amazon sells everything from A to Z (that's where the name AmaZon came from) and has been experiencing massive growth.

Without rehashing info you could find on the last 3 years business news, Best Buy on the other hand has been shrinking and having other let's say 'issues'. They are trying to copy Amazon by offering vitamins, diapers, and whatever else. They are planning to shrink the store sizes also, and expanded the publicity of their low price "guarantee" as their strategy of competing.

Since BB Canada and Future Shop are governed by their US owner, that's why we see those same tactics here now. Specifically for movies the drop ship fulfillment you describe has been the norm for years now. Of course actually taking possession of inventory to store and sell it over time is a drag on any business. However they do seem to have separate allocations as a lot of movies I order will be pre-stickered with the respective company's brand mark, which wouldn't be possible if they were all coming from the same pool of stock.

[falseidols]

Originally Posted by Neild

However they do seem to have separate allocations as a lot of movies I order will be pre-stickered with the respective company's brand mark, which wouldn't be possible if they were all coming from the same pool of stock.

You would be surprised to know that even though those movies come with respective company stickers, they are in fact drop shipped as well from the respective studio. BD/DVD's would come in daily from the studios and at the end of the month they would issue call backs for certain titles. The FS/BB distribution center never acted as a middle man between studio and store.

[Neild]

Originally Posted by ran94

I picked up the Indy Jones collection today by trading in two games that were collecting dust. Did anyone else do this?

Past and present I've made observations on FS/BB service, including the weak points. Today I'll say the trade in for Indiana Jones was smooth and effortless. Reserve was confirmed and notification sent within a reasonable time. For the trade in, luckily they had a specialist with recent experience doing trade-in's for NHL 13 who could process it. Otherwise it wasn't looking good!

He knew what he was doing but the process did take a good 15-20 minutes. One glitch was he assumed I was trading for Borderland 2. It makes sense because Borderlands was flying out of there like crazy, I actually couldn't believe how many people were there to buy it. Only 2 Indiana Jones on the day.

[Belloche]

Originally Posted by ran94

I picked up the Indy Jones collection today by trading in two games that were collecting dust. Did anyone else do this?

One that was collecting dust and another I bought on the weekend for 15 bucks. That's a steal.

[Steel Panther]

Originally Posted by ran94

I picked up the Indy Jones collection today by trading in two games that were collecting dust. Did anyone else do this?

Traded in a (new) copy of Tiger Woods 13 ($14.98) and (new) Little Big PLanet 2: SE ($16.98)... after tax, $36.11 out of pocket.

[bdpf]

Originally Posted by Steel Panther

Traded in a (new) copy of Tiger Woods 13 ($14.98) and (new) Little Big PLanet 2: SE ($16.98)... after tax, $36.11 out of pocket.

Where did you PM TW13? It's 59.99 at FS, shouldn't the PM be 15.99?

[bdpf]

I went to 2 FS and 1 BB to PM Tiger Woods with SDM. None of them honored the PM saying that SDM has it described as "limited quantities" and therefore they don't PM I tried to get them to call SDM for stock but they still said that even if they have it stock they still won't PM because of the "limited quantities". How did the people that were successful do it?

[HTFUN]

Originally Posted by bdpf

I went to 2 FS and 1 BB to PM Tiger Woods with SDM. None of them honored the PM saying that SDM has it described as "limited quantities" and therefore they don't PM I tried to get them to call SDM for stock but they still said that even if they have it stock they still won't PM because of the "limited quantities". How did the people that were successful do it?

So much for their new philosophy to price matching. I don't think anything has changed. I've had similar experiences in the past and if the price diff is not that large as it is in this case, I typically don't even bother. Not worth the time and hassle.

[BLUCanadian]

Clearly states on the FutureShop/Best Buy websites

Our Price Beat Promise does not apply to Boxing Day prices, advertising errors or misprints, special educational prices, restricted offers, mail order offers, rebates, coupons, premiums, free or bonus offers, OEM products, limited or minimum quantity or limited time offers, close-outs, liquidations, clearances, and financing offers.

I also was rejected at Best Buy for this reason... Some people are just getting lucky!
Blame shoppers for putting limited quantities on their flyer!!!

[Terrorfirmer]

Finally got a hold of abbott and costello meet frankenstein tonight, used my $10 coupon, only dvd of sixteen candles which is just stupid, and no ed wood. absolutely hate the layout. think i'll be doing most of my purchases online now, i look forward to getting sixteen candles and harvey from ebay.

[theleadfarmer47]

Does anyone have scans of next week's FS and BB flyers yet?

[Steel Panther]

Originally Posted by bdpf

Where did you PM TW13? It's 59.99 at FS, shouldn't the PM be 15.99?

Shoppers Drug Mart has TW13 for $19.99

[HDmark]

Just got a notice that both versions of Prometheus have dropped $5: $24.99 2D / $29.99 3D

PS - Not looking good for that Avengers coupon! Kinda glad I preordered with the discount...

[El Baz]

For those of you wanting Tiger Woods 13 from FS and having issues with PMing, why not go to Walmart?

They have a pretty easy PM policy and never call for stock. As long as you have the flyer.

Sure you don't get the game for 10% of the difference but you still get it for $20.

[Caesu]

Originally Posted by theleadfarmer47

Does anyone have scans of next week's FS and BB flyers yet?

I was wanting to see it too for the Avengers SB, but they charged my card already, which surprised me actually (They obviously arnt like Amazon who charge the day of release.....). I was still mulling it over to go into store to grab it or get it online.

I guess it's online....hope they package it well.

Not sure why they have 2 Avengers Exclusives up. One is 39.99 and the other 36.99. I took the lower cost, only difference it says is bilingual.

[HDmark]

Originally Posted by Caesu

I was wanting to see it too for the Avengers SB, but they charged my card already, which surprised me actually (They obviously arnt like Amazon who charge the day of release.....). I was still mulling it over to go into store to grab it or get it online.

I guess it's online....hope they package it well.

Not sure why they have 2 Avengers Exclusives up. One is 39.99 and the other 36.99. I took the lower cost, only difference it says is bilingual.

They charged me 6 DAYS in advance of my JAWS and Hunger Games orders being shipped, which p!issed me off because FS had issued the $10-off promo after I had ordered JAWS, so I ended up buying it off-the-shelf at the lower price and then returning the mailed order when it finally arrived.

To their credit, packaging for the Hunger Games Steelbook was awesome: extra-big box with lots of padding; The JAWS digibook arrived (surprisingly) undamaged in a paltry padded envelope.

[agoofykindasuperman]

Ya my Avengers metal pack order says "shipping" but hasn't shipped yet... Hopefully it'll ship today and I could possibly receive it as early as tomorrow!
It's showing as in-stock and reservable at many stores. Somebody should try it out and see if it gets filled

Anyway, my preorder is for $30.99 for the set, which I think is still pretty damn high. Especially if there's no coupon then it's going to be one of the more pricier metal packs I've purchased and may have to reconsider buying them in the future now. My Cinderella Metal Pack is sitting at $31.49 currently, and that's after an online sale discount. Very sad trend.

[HDmark]

Originally Posted by agoofykindasuperman

... Hopefully it'll ship today and I could possibly receive it as early as tomorrow!
...
Very sad trend.

I agree with the trend comment... I wouldn't get my hopes up for an early shipment though -- although I . For the two orders I mentioned, I didn't receive a shipping notice 'til the night of the release day.

[space2001]

Manufacturers are wondering why 3d hasn't really taken off. Well lower the Prices of 3d Movies.

Some movies have a $15 or more difference between the 2d and 3d version. I have held off on so many movies because I will not pay more then I should for 3d.