Tuesday, May 10, 2005

The Sunday Paper

Yes, I go straight for the ads that sell new music and DVD’s. I always pick out Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, and Nebraska Furniture Mart. These days we don’t make it to the Cinema as often as we’d like. I do like movies and I do have collector tendencies. If there was a movie that I would have liked to see, but missed out, now I can pick it up on DVD. Movies that slightly interested me I’ll rent. Anyway, I feel justified when the price of a DVD is cheaper than two tickets to the movie theater.

Here is the scope for the best prices for new releases on DVD:

Wal-Mart usually is the cheapest. They don’t have a Sunday ad.

Target, Circuit City, and Best Buy are pretty competitive, but once in a while one will break away from the others and be a dollar cheaper.

Lately, Nebraska Furniture Mart will have a one day sale (Tuesday) for new titles at $9.99. That is the best buy, but could be a bit of a drive.

This is what I do: Grab the cheapest ad (NFM) and drive to the closest Wal-Mart. See if you ad price beats Wal-Mart’s, if not Wal-Mart will accept the other competitor’s ad price. (Best Buy will also accept competitor’s prices although I heard they might discontinue that service, Target will not, and I am not sure about Circuit City.)

Recent purchases:
A Series of Unfortunate Events (9.99)
National Treasure (9.99)
The Phantom of the Opera (9.99)

3 comments:

shakedust said...

I hadn't thought about taking the NFM ad to WalMart. How close does a competing store have to be to WalMart for them to give the discount, I wonder?

f o r r e s t said...

Anywhere within the city for sure...I don't know about out of town. But honestly, the teenage clerk who checks you out doesn't give the ad a thorough investigation. They just look at the product and the price in the ad. They really don't check to see who the ad is from. It's Wal-Mart-the best prices in town.

windarkwingod said...

That's an awesome way to shop smart. I can see how the Sunday paper could become part of a larger hunt. The payoff is the DVD (9.99!) and the fun is wondering what titles will be on sale.