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Barnes and Noble is having a sale this week through Sunday of 40% off all DVDs and Blu-rays, so I wanted to catch up on some titles I've been missing. Plus if you have their card you get an additional 10%.
Prior to the sale I was told anything I special ordered would be discounted also, provided it was in store for pickup during the week of the sale. So I ordered a few oldies and was going to order Star Trek: The Next Generation the Complete Series box set.
Mind you, this was at THEIR suggestion since I would be saving close to $90 on the set. Now I order pretty regularly so I'm in their system and can always just pick up the phone, give them my list and they call me when they're in. The Trek set, however is pre-pay only I'm told. No problem. I say I'll order and pay for it when I pick up the other titles I ordered.
So I go pick up my other Blu-rays yesterday and try to order the Trek set...it's gone from their system. I'm told it's not available. "How can that be?" I ask. "It's a new release, and it was in your system just a few days ago. I saw it myself online, and was quoted a price."
Then I was quietly taken aside by one of their associates who I'm pretty good friends with and told the truth. Well it turns out when they have these 40% off sales, they REMOVE some higher priced items from their inventory so you can't buy them! I couldn't believe it...that is total BS. And to top it off, ALL Disney and Marvel movies are also excluded from the sale at Disney's demand. Because you know, Disney doesn't have ENOUGH money.
Prior to the sale I was told anything I special ordered would be discounted also, provided it was in store for pickup during the week of the sale. So I ordered a few oldies and was going to order Star Trek: The Next Generation the Complete Series box set.
Mind you, this was at THEIR suggestion since I would be saving close to $90 on the set. Now I order pretty regularly so I'm in their system and can always just pick up the phone, give them my list and they call me when they're in. The Trek set, however is pre-pay only I'm told. No problem. I say I'll order and pay for it when I pick up the other titles I ordered.
So I go pick up my other Blu-rays yesterday and try to order the Trek set...it's gone from their system. I'm told it's not available. "How can that be?" I ask. "It's a new release, and it was in your system just a few days ago. I saw it myself online, and was quoted a price."
Then I was quietly taken aside by one of their associates who I'm pretty good friends with and told the truth. Well it turns out when they have these 40% off sales, they REMOVE some higher priced items from their inventory so you can't buy them! I couldn't believe it...that is total BS. And to top it off, ALL Disney and Marvel movies are also excluded from the sale at Disney's demand. Because you know, Disney doesn't have ENOUGH money.
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