On A Need To Know Basis.... - Blu-ray Forum

Lord_Stewie · 09-07-2007, 07:10 AM

hey guys,

awesome day for me today. I bought superman retruns, superman richard donor cut, cinderella man, how the grinch stole christmas, the hulk and the matrix trilogy. now i know that these films are on HDDVD, but here is the sweet thing about it. since i switched to bluray, i lost all my interest to HDDVD. I sold the player and most of the films i had, and all i had left the movies mentioned above and still in their plastic wrap. and here is what i did. i went to best buy's customer service today and told them that i got the films for my Birthday, and i don't own an HDDVD player. the customer rep. asked me if i have the reciept for them, and i replied i don't. "i didn't mention it before but i had these films for quite some time with the matrix being the most recent one 3 months ago. and superman, cinderella man being about 5 to 6 months now." she said, becuase you don't have the reciept i can return them but won't give you cash back, you will be getting a best buy gift certificate. so i got a total of 224.83 cents. picked up kingdom of heaven on BD and reservoir dogs. and i will be using the rest for BDs buy a thon on september 18.

the point is, on a need to know basis, if anyone of you has any HDDVDs still in their plastic wrap. this is a golden opportunity to retun them, and save up the money for sept. 18.

to any of you out there. do you have anything similar that falls under the THE NEED TO KNOW BASIS category, for us to learn about. EDUCATE US.

Blu-dock Saint · 09-07-2007, 07:13 AM

I've done this in the past with different items from memory cards to dvd's I didn't want but got in a contest or something, back when I did it they said without a receipt they can only do this once every 6 months or something like that, but hey money is money.

Lord_Stewie · 09-07-2007, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu-dock Saint

I've done this in the past with different items from memory cards to dvd's I didn't want but got in a contest or something, back when I did it they said without a receipt they can only do this once every 6 months or something like that, but hey money is money.

like you said money is money. and look whats gonna happen with this money. serious damage to HDDVD on sept. the 18th.

kotton247 · 09-07-2007, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by shadblz

like you said money is money. and look whats gonna happen with this money. serious damage to HDDVD on sept. the 18th.

you suck, someone give me some of those crap disc's so i can get some credit for 18th. I am so glad that I don't have a credit card or I would be in so much debt. I'll stick with the ole' debit card.

Lord_Stewie · 09-07-2007, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by kotton247

you suck, someone give me some of those crap disc's so i can get some credit for 18th. I am so glad that I don't have a credit card or I would be in so much debt. I'll stick with the ole' debit card.

LOL.

Zaphod · 09-07-2007, 07:54 AM

Best Buy doesn't openly advertise this...but as long as they carry the item in the store and it is factory sealed they will return anything at the current selling price of the item. So theoretically, not that I haven done this before

, but you could by stuff that they have a great sale on and return it the following week when the prices go back up and come out ahead.

Now keep in mind every one of these transactions are logged on some server somewhere and they can pull up every one of them buy your name. So if you abuse this they will eventually catch on to you.

kotton247 · 09-07-2007, 07:56 AM

i've got it. Buy a ton of the $5 dvd's at walmart. Take them back to bestbuy and get the $20 a piece best buy price for them.

Lord_Stewie · 09-07-2007, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Zaphod

Best Buy doesn't openly advertise this...but as long as they carry the item in the store and it is factory sealed they will return anything at the current selling price of the item. So theoretically, not that I haven done this before

, but you could by stuff that they have a great sale on and return it the following week when the prices go back up and come out ahead.

Now keep in mind every one of these transactions are logged on some server somewhere and they can pull up every one of them buy your name. So if you abuse this they will eventually catch on to you.

i know. this actually was the first time i pulled it off. and i don't see any problems occuring because of it. another thing, she didn't ask for my name or tel. number, so i believe i got away with the first one being a freebie if you know what i mean.

Lord_Stewie · 09-07-2007, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by kotton247

i've got it. Buy a ton of the $5 dvd's at walmart. Take them back to bestbuy and get the $20 a piece best buy price for them.

as long as the stickers don't say wal-mart on it.

however, don't drown yourself into trouble.

kotton247 · 09-07-2007, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by shadblz

as long as the stickers don't say wal-mart on it.

however, don't drown yourself into trouble.

what are they going to do? tell me no and send me away. Sure I could get arrested, but hey I'll be on the news and tell them i was supporting blu. Maybe then sony will send me free movies for my trouble. See no bad ending.

Lord_Stewie · 09-07-2007, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kotton247

what are they going to do? tell me no and send me away. Sure I could get arrested, but hey I'll be on the news and tell them i was supporting blu. Maybe then sony will send me free movies for my trouble. See no bad ending.

you are extremely optimistic my friend.

kotton247 · 09-07-2007, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by shadblz

you are extremely optimistic my friend.

yeah til' you made that edward scissorhand remark

Zaphod · 09-07-2007, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by shadblz

i know. this actually was the first time i pulled it off. and i don't see any problems occuring because of it. another thing, she didn't ask for my name or tel. number, so i believe i got away with the first one being a freebie if you know what i mean.

Yeah you definately lucked out I think. Ususally they always get your personal info so someone can't abuse the system. By the way which Best Buy did you go to because if they do that all the time I would have to take advantage of that more often!

Lord_Stewie · 09-07-2007, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Zaphod

Yeah you definately lucked out I think. Ususally they always get your personal info so someone can't abuse the system. By the way which Best Buy did you go to because if they do that all the time I would have to take advantage of that more often!

va. richmond. short pump best buy.

and if you aren't close by the area, i am sure there is one around you.

Zaphod · 09-07-2007, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by shadblz

va. richmond. short pump best buy.

and if you aren't close by the area, i am sure there is one around you.

Sorry...that was a rhetorical question.

richard lichtenfelt · 09-07-2007, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by shadblz

va. richmond. short pump best buy.

and if you aren't close by the area, i am sure there is one around you.

"Short Pump" Bestbuy. That is freaking hilarious. Is that intentional? Sounds more like you scored the big pump.

Lord_Stewie · 09-07-2007, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

"Short Pump" Bestbuy. That is freaking hilarious. Is that intentional? Sounds more like you scored the big pump.

it was luck. and i wanted to try my luck today. should have went for the megamillion lotto ticket. it was 246 million last time i checked. hopefully a BD supporter wins it, and go for it on Sept. 18.

atomik kinder · 09-07-2007, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Zaphod

Best Buy doesn't openly advertise this...but as long as they carry the item in the store and it is factory sealed they will return anything at the current selling price of the item. So theoretically, not that I haven done this before

, but you could by stuff that they have a great sale on and return it the following week when the prices go back up and come out ahead.

Now keep in mind every one of these transactions are logged on some server somewhere and they can pull up every one of them buy your name. So if you abuse this they will eventually catch on to you.

The last three times I returned stuff to Best Buy I didn't have receipts and they never asked for ID. They wouldn't have been able to track me...

Mr. Joshua · 09-07-2007, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by kotton247

i've got it. Buy a ton of the $5 dvd's at walmart. Take them back to bestbuy and get the $20 a piece best buy price for them.

Sneaky....

09-07-2007, 07:10 AM	#1
Lord_Stewie Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray collection:396 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	On A Need To Know Basis.... hey guys, awesome day for me today. I bought superman retruns, superman richard donor cut, cinderella man, how the grinch stole christmas, the hulk and the matrix trilogy. now i know that these films are on HDDVD, but here is the sweet thing about it. since i switched to bluray, i lost all my interest to HDDVD. I sold the player and most of the films i had, and all i had left the movies mentioned above and still in their plastic wrap. and here is what i did. i went to best buy's customer service today and told them that i got the films for my Birthday, and i don't own an HDDVD player. the customer rep. asked me if i have the reciept for them, and i replied i don't. "i didn't mention it before but i had these films for quite some time with the matrix being the most recent one 3 months ago. and superman, cinderella man being about 5 to 6 months now." she said, becuase you don't have the reciept i can return them but won't give you cash back, you will be getting a best buy gift certificate. so i got a total of 224.83 cents. picked up kingdom of heaven on BD and reservoir dogs. and i will be using the rest for BDs buy a thon on september 18. the point is, on a need to know basis, if anyone of you has any HDDVDs still in their plastic wrap. this is a golden opportunity to retun them, and save up the money for sept. 18. to any of you out there. do you have anything similar that falls under the THE NEED TO KNOW BASIS category, for us to learn about. EDUCATE US.

09-07-2007, 07:54 AM	#6
Zaphod Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2007 Location:A small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. Blu-ray collection:350 Trading Score:4	Best Buy doesn't openly advertise this...but as long as they carry the item in the store and it is factory sealed they will return anything at the current selling price of the item. So theoretically, not that I haven done this before , but you could by stuff that they have a great sale on and return it the following week when the prices go back up and come out ahead. Now keep in mind every one of these transactions are logged on some server somewhere and they can pull up every one of them buy your name. So if you abuse this they will eventually catch on to you. Last edited by Zaphod; 09-07-2007 at 07:57 AM.

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09-07-2007, 07:13 AM	#2
Blu-dock Saint Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Michigan Blu-ray collection:47 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:67	I've done this in the past with different items from memory cards to dvd's I didn't want but got in a contest or something, back when I did it they said without a receipt they can only do this once every 6 months or something like that, but hey money is money.

09-07-2007, 07:56 AM	#7
kotton247 Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:NC Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:25	i've got it. Buy a ton of the $5 dvd's at walmart. Take them back to bestbuy and get the $20 a piece best buy price for them.

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