Walmart Canada Thread

[rana09]

Originally Posted by faraz69

i just got the lady to pm the 3 disc combo pack for 19.77-8 dollar coupon for a total of 11.77
damn good deal for the 3 disc set wih the nice gold slipcover.

how & where did you manage to get the 3 disc version for $19.99?
i got lucky with mine caz i was able to use $8 coupon on 2-disc version however your transaction kills it.

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by rana09

how & where did you manage to get the 3 disc version for $19.99?
i got lucky with mine caz i was able to use $8 coupon on 2-disc version however your transaction kills it.

Not a real 'deal' per se, but just a one-off that got lucky with a PM. It happens.

I was in a major retail outlet yesterday and they had mispriced their new Star Wars action figures to $1.94. Wouldn't really call it a 'deal' though.

[rana09]

Originally Posted by GreatGreg

Not a real 'deal' per se, but just a one-off that got lucky with a PM. It happens.

I was in a major retail outlet yesterday and they had mispriced their new Star Wars action figures to $1.94. Wouldn't really call it a 'deal' though.

bro please read again what i said in my last comment, i didn't say i got a better deal or anything like that....
i said i got LUCKY with getting 2-Disc version however "faraz69" managed to get LATT 3-DISC version for $19.99 + he was able to use the $8 coupon. What i said was i wanted to know from which store faraz69 was able to get the 3-disc for such a good price caz i need to buy another copy of LATT for my sister.

So, I’m not sure if "faraz69" was just trolling about getting the 3-sic version because i had asked him yesterday about where & how he got the 3-disc version but he has not responded back... I’m probably going to go to SDM today and try to use the $8 coupon there and see what happens...
(Otherwise i still got another $5 coupon) just in case

[faraz69]

nah man i wasnt trolling i got in at the bowmanville walmart. Wasnt hard at all to PM plus i grabbed the 3 disc set with the gold cover which was the exact same picture listed on the coupon so really the only thing that had to be done was pm the movie. Which i just pointed out that the flyer said blu ray dvd combo which is what it said on the cover anyways so they did it. Also it definetly wasnt luck because i told my buddy who also went and did it the next day.

rana just point out that is the combo pack and you should be good at any walmart.

[chaingunsofdoom]

With the SDM flyer showing only the dark gray cover and "DVD + BR"... based on past experience it is going to be hard to even get the BR sized one at WM here for $19.99. Will try later though...

[bluballzz]

Does anyone have the coupon? Mine didn't print.

[chaingunsofdoom]

PM'd LatT @ WM last night with the SDM ad. Showed the younger guy the Ad and both sized packages and he said no problem to the BR one since they were both $26.97 in the system. Coupon got me down to $14.97 + tax.

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by faraz69

nah man i wasnt trolling i got in at the bowmanville walmart. Wasnt hard at all to PM plus i grabbed the 3 disc set with the gold cover which was the exact same picture listed on the coupon so really the only thing that had to be done was pm the movie. Which i just pointed out that the flyer said blu ray dvd combo which is what it said on the cover anyways so they did it. Also it definetly wasnt luck because i told my buddy who also went and did it the next day.

rana just point out that is the combo pack and you should be good at any walmart.

I am not judging, but what you PMed is not what you got at Walmart.

The SDM flyer clearly shows the two-disc and even has the words "DVD" next to the picture.

The product you PMed was the three-disc which sells for $3-10 more.

I just said you got lucky because the person at Walmart didn't care or couldn't tell the difference. Everyone here on this forum can.

I am just saying it is not the same as "The lowest price on this movie is $XX" because it was not, nor ever intended to sell the three-disc for that price. No retailer is offering that.

And rana, I totally disagree with your choice of avatar. I think what MIA did was totally uncool and unprofessional. I hope they nail her in fines.

[Neild]

Originally Posted by bluballzz

Does anyone have the coupon? Mine didn't print.

Worst case scenario you can go on support with the coupon company. They will try to get you to modify your computer in various ways to make their annoying embedded software to work. After much effort, if it still doesn't work, Disney can snail mail you a coupon with a later expiry date. Then you can go to various stores to try and find one that will accept it. Of course by then the initial sales will be over, so you probably won't save much.

This is how Disney treats their loyal customers - forcing them to use a sneaky software when they could easily just publish a PDF coupon that anyone can use on any computer.

[agoofykindasuperman]

Sorry Neild but I don't agree with that. Disney is by far one of the best companies out there for treating their loyal customers above and beyond what any other company does for theirs.

The coupon software provides no problems for me on my computers and is there to limit the amount of coupons each computer can print. If it were a simple PDF, nothing would prevent someone from printing 100's off. (Not that I could think of any reason why someone would do that!)

But ya I love Disney. They have the best transfers, and blu-ray packaging, plus offering coupons for all their big releases. And if there's any problems, they have an awesome customer support team too.

[faraz69]

Originally Posted by GreatGreg

I am not judging, but what you PMed is not what you got at Walmart.

The SDM flyer clearly shows the two-disc and even has the words "DVD" next to the picture.

The product you PMed was the three-disc which sells for $3-10 more.

I just said you got lucky because the person at Walmart didn't care or couldn't tell the difference. Everyone here on this forum can.

I am just saying it is not the same as "The lowest price on this movie is $XX" because it was not, nor ever intended to sell the three-disc for that price. No retailer is offering that.

im sayin it is a deal in the sense that everyone here can go try and do it. if it doesnt work whatever you can still get the 2 disc set for 14.77.

you will never know unless u try it, its worth a shot. for those that dont want to do that you dont have to im not pointing a gun to your head, im just pointing out an option that can be helpful.

[rana09]

Originally Posted by GreatGreg

And rana, I totally disagree with your choice of avatar. I think what MIA did was totally uncool and unprofessional. I hope they nail her in fines.

Happy now with my new avatar "GREG" lol i guess its OKAY for people like "Lt. Aldo Raine" to have a pornstar showing her ass as a avatar picture
but its offensive to have MIA flipping the bird on SUPERBOWL
As for Lt. Aldo Raine, man i gotta say ISIS TAYLOR is really something else

[Neild]

Originally Posted by GreatGreg

I am not judging, but what you PMed is not what you got at Walmart.

The SDM flyer clearly shows the two-disc and even has the words "DVD" next to the picture.

The product you PMed was the three-disc which sells for $3-10 more.

I just said you got lucky because the person at Walmart didn't care or couldn't tell the difference. Everyone here on this forum can.

I am just saying it is not the same as "The lowest price on this movie is $XX" because it was not, nor ever intended to sell the three-disc for that price. No retailer is offering that.

And rana, I totally disagree with your choice of avatar. I think what MIA did was totally uncool and unprofessional. I hope they nail her in fines.

Well in the bigger picture, there's little tangible justification for a price difference between dvd case vs bd case, nor is the incremental 5 cents for a DC disc and 5 cents for DC streaming worthy of a $3.00-$10.00 retail bump.

And at SDM, the clerk was insisting on the gold-bordered 3 disc BD case version instead of the 2-disc blu-bordered DVD-case version.

She was insisting the 3 disc was the one on sale for $19.xx, and that the other one was $31.99. I was tempted to accept her mistake as my good fortune, but stuck with it and waited while she got further confirmation that the cash register and what she'd been told by the supervisior was incorrect. So long story short, it is possible the other member was at SDM and had a similar encounter...

[Neild]

Originally Posted by agoofykindasuperman

Sorry Neild but I don't agree with that. Disney is by far one of the best companies out there for treating their loyal customers above and beyond what any other company does for theirs.

The coupon software provides no problems for me on my computers and is there to limit the amount of coupons each computer can print. If it were a simple PDF, nothing would prevent someone from printing 100's off. (Not that I could think of any reason why someone would do that!)

But ya I love Disney. They have the best transfers, and blu-ray packaging, plus offering coupons for all their big releases. And if there's any problems, they have an awesome customer support team too.

You can agree or disagree, but facts are facts. Disney uses coupon software that tampers with your computers registry without your fully informed consent. It secretly watermarks you and your equipment without providing an opt-out ability. It also 'phones home' via the unique link. This behavior matches some common definitions of malware. Just because you are fine with some company backdooring your computer doesn't mean the rest of us have to like it :-)

And just to let you know, the true reasons for the invasive coupon software is not to limit duplicate copies of coupons.

There's several ways to create as many coupons as you want, ways I'm not going to get into here though. And as you already mentioned, there's no actual reason or benefit to limiting coupons prints anyway. Everyone's mail is full of them and there's thousands at every grocery store entrance.

If Disney truly cared about customers' ease, privacy, and security, they could switch to .PDF style coupons tomorrow.

PDF style coupons would save them money on printing and distribution. If you're that concerned about duplicates, just insert the words '1 per customer' on the PDF file. The risk of someone using a coupon 100 times is dampened if they have to make 100 visits. And besides, the coupons expire in a week anyway!

As you mention Disney claims to treat their loyal customers better. But this sneaky coupon software mess is a real black eye that lowers their credibility and I hope one day when enough people know the facts Disney will abolish it.

[sharanium]

Originally Posted by Neild

You can agree or disagree, but facts are facts. Disney uses coupon software that tampers with your computers registry without your fully informed consent. It secretly watermarks you and your equipment without providing an opt-out ability. It also 'phones home' via the unique link. This behavior matches some common definitions of malware. Just because you are fine with some company backdooring your computer doesn't mean the rest of us have to like it :-)

I'm curious about what exactly it does as you seem to have a lot of information about it, care to share your facts?

[antoinedoinel]

Originally Posted by faraz69

im sayin it is a deal in the sense that everyone here can go try and do it. if it doesnt work whatever you can still get the 2 disc set for 14.77.

you will never know unless u try it, its worth a shot. for those that dont want to do that you dont have to im not pointing a gun to your head, im just pointing out an option that can be helpful.

I think he's pointing out the fact that you intentionally misled the retailer to get it. It's not really a deal if it's dishonest.

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by rana09

Happy now with my new avatar "GREG" lol i guess its OKAY for people like "Lt. Aldo Raine" to have a pornstar showing her ass as a avatar picture
but its offensive to have MIA flipping the bird on SUPERBOWL
As for Lt. Aldo Raine, man i gotta say ISIS TAYLOR is really something else

No, it has nothing to do with MIA herself, and I have no issue with porn stars.

To me it is more about someone taking advantage of a friend's generosity and trust and using it for their own advantage to create controversy when there didn't need to be any.

Anyone can use anyone they want as an avatar, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by Neild

You can agree or disagree, but facts are facts. Disney uses coupon software that tampers with your computers registry without your fully informed consent. It secretly watermarks you and your equipment without providing an opt-out ability. It also 'phones home' via the unique link. This behavior matches some common definitions of malware. Just because you are fine with some company backdooring your computer doesn't mean the rest of us have to like it :-)

So just because the coupon software does this, does not necessarily mean there is malicious intent or anything shady going on.

Lots of software today do these things. In fact, unless you are running software from Win98, the majority of your software probably does this.

That does not mean there is any reason for alarm. Companies like to know how their software is being used and where and how often. A lot of it is benign information. However, you make the ultimate decision in deciding whether or not it is worth it to you to install the software and print the coupon! If you don't want anyone to see anything of what you do, you might as well cut up your credit and debit cards, disconnect yourself from the Internet and live 'off the grid'.

I think $8 off is worth it for me. Especially since I don't really have a very interesting life to investigate.

Does that mean that I don't believe in identity theft? Of course I do. However, there is always a measure of acceptable risk and just because software 'phones home' does not mean that they are stealing my credit card numbers.

Originally Posted by Neild

And just to let you know, the true reasons for the invasive coupon software is not to limit duplicate copies of coupons.

There's several ways to create as many coupons as you want, ways I'm not going to get into here though. And as you already mentioned, there's no actual reason or benefit to limiting coupons prints anyway. Everyone's mail is full of them and there's thousands at every grocery store entrance.

If Disney truly cared about customers' ease, privacy, and security, they could switch to .PDF style coupons tomorrow.

So the difference is that every coupon that the coupon software prints for you has a unique ID number. Not so with a general PDF.

And with the software phoning home, they could possibly narrow down where a particular coupon came from if they suddenly receive 1000s of the same coupon. A reasonable way to deter fraud, if you ask me.

[Steel Panther]

Was a success @ Walmart PMing + using $8 coupon w/ 2 Disc Set.

A Co Worker tried, and got denied, went to another Walmart and was granted a success at that one. (Which was the one I got it at).

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Neild

And just to let you know, the true reasons for the invasive coupon software is not to limit duplicate copies of coupons.

There's several ways to create as many coupons as you want, ways I'm not going to get into here though. And as you already mentioned, there's no actual reason or benefit to limiting coupons prints anyway. Everyone's mail is full of them and there's thousands at every grocery store entrance.

Before I start I will say "I hate printing coupons" they force me to use my colour ink and my paper to print a full page of ads.

But back on topic, you miss the point. It is for legal reasons. Does the FBI warning at the start of any film stop pirating in any way? no, but if they decide to go after someone they can say "it was there and he saw it and he knew it was CR and involved in a criminal activity", they can go to the shareholders and say "look we do what we can to stop piracy"...... Same here in order to have to coupons you definitely had to commit a criminal activity. But to go and buy two films with a pdf coupon you do not ("I bought one and my wife bought one, we thought that made us two customers", "I bought one on --/--/---- at --:--:-- from ZZZZ and one at **/**/**** at **:**:** from XXXX I thought that made me two customers".... It is much harder to pretend ignorance and go for that defence with SW that prints only one individual coupon.