awesome incident at best buy today

Paul0889 · 09-01-2004, 05:13 PM

ok so today i go in best buy to pick up the 2 disc lost boys. they had like 20 copies on the shelf all marked 27.99 except for 2 copies marked 9.99 next to each other so i quickly grabbed it and practically ran to the register. the dude rang it up and said the total was 29 something. im like the dvd said 9.99 so then the manager came and argued with the poor dude like he did something wrong. then he walked over to the shelf and brought back 4 copies marked 9.99 and replaced them all with 27.99. they gave me mine for 10 bucks thank god which was a kick ass deal. has anyone else had a previous experience like this?

17thJuggalo · 09-01-2004, 05:42 PM

I remember when I bought the Nightmare on Elm Street collection at Best Buy, there were 3 on the shelf. The first one was around 70 bucks or so, and the others were somewhere in the 90's. So naturally I took the one for 70 to the register and bought it. Best Buy can be great sometimes

Katatonia · 09-01-2004, 05:50 PM

I remember once saving about $25 on a software suite due to one on the shelf being mispriced.

I've seen things overpriced at Best Buy quite a bit too.

09-01-2004, 05:51 PM

Cool.......

By law, they have to give you the sticker price. I've seen a few DVDs that had different pricing, but it's all in the computer when they scan it. For me, I've always only been charged the lower price. In those cases, it's a price reduction, and they've changed their computer, but they just haven't changed all the stickers.

Katatonia · 09-01-2004, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy Ralph

Cool.......

By law, they have to give you the sticker price. I've seen a few DVDs that had different pricing, but it's all in the computer when they scan it. For me, I've always only been charged the lower price. In those cases, it's a price reduction, and they've changed their computer, but they just haven't changed all the stickers.

Heh, yeah. I got the Naked Lunch Criterion DVD set for $6.99 awhile back due to a misprice at another store. Also got the "V" TV-series boxset for $8.00 due to a pre-order misprice online. It rules when that happens!

RickMoe · 09-01-2004, 05:59 PM

The same thing happened when I picked up DELIVERANCE. That DVD is already pretty darn cheap, but someone had (obviously) placed a $7.99 sticker on top of the original $17.99 one. This new one was even placed upside down! And it was the only one on the shelf (about 7 in all) with the $7.99 sticker tag. This was at Future Shop, and even though it rang in first at $17.99, I mentioned the sticker said $7.99 so he altered the register to give it to me at the cheaper price. No big deal really... but I bet he figured that I was the one who ripped the $7.99 tag off of something else and stuck it to this DVD.

09-01-2004, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RickMoe

I bet he figured that I was the one who ripped the $7.99 tag off of something else and stuck it to this DVD.

Not so easy to change stickers at Best Buy. They've got the title printed on their price tags. At least they do in Canada.

RickMoe · 09-01-2004, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy Ralph

Not so easy to change stickers at Best Buy. They've got the title printed on their price tags. At least they do in Canada.

Yeah. This was at Future Shop with their older-style "circle" tags. But I've noticed that now they've switched over to the print-out tags that have the title, price, sku#, ect (same as Best Buy).

09-01-2004, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by RickMoe

Yeah. This was at Future Shop with their older-style "circle" tags. But I've noticed that now they've switched over to the print-out tags that have the title, price, sku#, ect (same as Best Buy).

Best Buy owns Futureshop...

My favourite was buying the two disc Manhunter at Futureshop and getting it for ten bucks cheaper than the sticker price...they had changed the price but hadn't changed the stickers yet.

09-01-2004, 06:35 PM

Yeah, Best Buy usually makes mistakes with the pricing. Now, I never buy a DVD from there without checking to make sure there isn't a lower price tacked on to an odd package or two.

Shannafey · 09-01-2004, 07:15 PM

The best misprice I ever got was at Suncoast. I found out about it on the www.dvdsavant.com bargains forum. They had the Firefly boxed set on pre-order for $19.99 when the list was $49.99. I didn't think they'd honor it when the dvd was released, but they did!! I was going to wait on that set, but at that price, I didn't, and I'm so happy I got it in my hands, since it's one of my favorite dvd sets! Loved that series and the boxed set offered never released episodes and a handful of extras and commentaries.

bigdaddyhorse · 09-01-2004, 10:13 PM

The best I ever did for a wrong price was at FYE in the mall. They had the John Woo 2 pack with Hard Boiled and the Killer, and one had a $14.99 sale tag on it. All others had no sale tag and were $39.99.
I took it up to the counter and told the clerk I doubt the sale was really on this, but he said if the sticker is there, then that's how much it is. I bought it and sold it to a friend for a couple bucks over what I paid since I have the criterion versions.
Those sale stickers at FYE are easy to remove and replace, if I wasn't an honest guy, I could get all my discs cheap as fuck!
I've found more than a few dvds with wrong price tags at BB as well, but only bought 1 or 2. I did get over on an extra copy of Big Trouble In Little China 2 disc. They had the single discs advertised on sale for $9.99 (Fight Club as well). I tryed to get both, but got denied on FC since it had different artwork on the cover. They wern't gonna give me BT either, but since the artwork was the same (except the SE banner), they caved in and did it after asking 2 managers.

aoiookami · 09-02-2004, 12:05 AM

For future reference. I'm curious what you guys say in this situation, how the conversation goes. Do they initially try to convince you out of it, or do they give in easily, as I myself am going to watch for mis-priced items now too...

09-02-2004, 03:23 AM

Great find!

I got the first season of Soap for 5.99. Ever since then, I always check the other discs to see if there are any lower priced tags.

09-02-2004, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by John Gargo

Now, I never buy a DVD from there without checking to make sure there isn't a lower price tacked on to an odd package or two.

That's exactly what I do. I always wonder if people think I'm a mental patient when they see me going through every copy of a single title.

09-01-2004, 05:13 PM	#1
Paul0889 Maniac Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 579	awesome incident at best buy today ok so today i go in best buy to pick up the 2 disc lost boys. they had like 20 copies on the shelf all marked 27.99 except for 2 copies marked 9.99 next to each other so i quickly grabbed it and practically ran to the register. the dude rang it up and said the total was 29 something. im like the dvd said 9.99 so then the manager came and argued with the poor dude like he did something wrong. then he walked over to the shelf and brought back 4 copies marked 9.99 and replaced them all with 27.99. they gave me mine for 10 bucks thank god which was a kick ass deal. has anyone else had a previous experience like this?

09-01-2004, 05:50 PM	#3
Katatonia Hellbound Heart Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 15,903	I remember once saving about $25 on a software suite due to one on the shelf being mispriced. I've seen things overpriced at Best Buy quite a bit too. __________________ "The machines are faster and the bombs are worse, as we're all sucked into this unholy curse." - Saint Vitus - War Is Our Destiny DVD Profiler Collection

09-01-2004, 05:59 PM	#6
RickMoe Stalker Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tromaville Posts: 452	The same thing happened when I picked up DELIVERANCE. That DVD is already pretty darn cheap, but someone had (obviously) placed a $7.99 sticker on top of the original $17.99 one. This new one was even placed upside down! And it was the only one on the shelf (about 7 in all) with the $7.99 sticker tag. This was at Future Shop, and even though it rang in first at $17.99, I mentioned the sticker said $7.99 so he altered the register to give it to me at the cheaper price. No big deal really... but I bet he figured that I was the one who ripped the $7.99 tag off of something else and stuck it to this DVD. __________________ "Lick it Up"

09-01-2004, 10:13 PM	#12
bigdaddyhorse Detroit Hi-on Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Under a rock Posts: 11,935	The best I ever did for a wrong price was at FYE in the mall. They had the John Woo 2 pack with Hard Boiled and the Killer, and one had a $14.99 sale tag on it. All others had no sale tag and were $39.99. I took it up to the counter and told the clerk I doubt the sale was really on this, but he said if the sticker is there, then that's how much it is. I bought it and sold it to a friend for a couple bucks over what I paid since I have the criterion versions. Those sale stickers at FYE are easy to remove and replace, if I wasn't an honest guy, I could get all my discs cheap as fuck! I've found more than a few dvds with wrong price tags at BB as well, but only bought 1 or 2. I did get over on an extra copy of Big Trouble In Little China 2 disc. They had the single discs advertised on sale for $9.99 (Fight Club as well). I tryed to get both, but got denied on FC since it had different artwork on the cover. They wern't gonna give me BT either, but since the artwork was the same (except the SE banner), they caved in and did it after asking 2 managers. __________________ "!" My Fucking DVDS

09-02-2004, 12:05 AM	#13
aoiookami Demon Fetishist Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Endsville, Canada Posts: 2,382	For future reference. I'm curious what you guys say in this situation, how the conversation goes. Do they initially try to convince you out of it, or do they give in easily, as I myself am going to watch for mis-priced items now too... __________________ "This is officially sick...." Now Playing: Zelda 3DS, Minecraft, Dead Space 2

09-01-2004, 05:42 PM	#2
17thJuggalo HackMaster Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,592	I remember when I bought the Nightmare on Elm Street collection at Best Buy, there were 3 on the shelf. The first one was around 70 bucks or so, and the others were somewhere in the 90's. So naturally I took the one for 70 to the register and bought it. Best Buy can be great sometimes

09-01-2004, 05:51 PM	#4
Crazy Ralph Guest Posts: n/a	Cool....... By law, they have to give you the sticker price. I've seen a few DVDs that had different pricing, but it's all in the computer when they scan it. For me, I've always only been charged the lower price. In those cases, it's a price reduction, and they've changed their computer, but they just haven't changed all the stickers.

09-01-2004, 06:35 PM	#10
John Gargo Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah, Best Buy usually makes mistakes with the pricing. Now, I never buy a DVD from there without checking to make sure there isn't a lower price tacked on to an odd package or two.

09-01-2004, 07:15 PM	#11
Shannafey Don't Monkey With Me! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: South Florida, But Far from the Hell that is Miami Posts: 6,370	The best misprice I ever got was at Suncoast. I found out about it on the www.dvdsavant.com bargains forum. They had the Firefly boxed set on pre-order for $19.99 when the list was $49.99. I didn't think they'd honor it when the dvd was released, but they did!! I was going to wait on that set, but at that price, I didn't, and I'm so happy I got it in my hands, since it's one of my favorite dvd sets! Loved that series and the boxed set offered never released episodes and a handful of extras and commentaries.

09-02-2004, 03:23 AM	#14
Luna Guest Posts: n/a	Great find! I got the first season of Soap for 5.99. Ever since then, I always check the other discs to see if there are any lower priced tags.

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