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Mon 31/10/05 at 15:22
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Just went in today.

"Buy one get one free on DVDs" - they had a whole section devoted to this. Sounds pretty good yeah? Well it isn't all as it seems, they've just used crafty marketing techniques to short change the customer.

Luckily I wasn't fooled by this offer, mainly because I was clued up from visiting the store two weeks ago.

Sprited Away - £8.99

Today: -

Spirited Away - £19.99 (BOGOF)

So if you purchased two DVD's two weeks ago (at £8.99 each), you'd have to pay £17.98.

That means todays buyers are giving an extra £2.02 to pay the frankly rubbish employees wages.

Cheeky.
Tue 01/11/05 at 09:34
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I find that if you order stuff (that's not in store) through them you can get good prices (5.49 for an album etc) on things they don't usually stock.
Tue 01/11/05 at 09:21
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Ourprice used to be like that.

One guy started to ring through 2 things I'd bought as 2 for 10 quid offer until I pointed out that without taking advantage of the offer the two things came to £9 in total outside of using the offer.

No wonder they went semi-bust.
Tue 01/11/05 at 07:25
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Same here. Although I did find 'Box of Blood' for £19.99, which was a pretty good deal (Box set containing 5 Anchor Bay vampire films and a documentary on 'the real Dracula').

They have a 'sale' on at the moment. Their 'biggest ever sale', apparently. So how come the majority of the sale films are priced around £8.99?

And £8.99 for Resident Evil? Hmm...
Tue 01/11/05 at 00:17
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Del Rogeo wrote:
> Anyone who has a Silver Screen store near where they live will know
> just how horrific their prices are.

Absolultely!

They occasionally have some good offers on older films, but in general they sell at RRP. I was hoping, when our local one opened, to get some box-sets at reasonable prices. No such luck! Some of them were priced higher than RRP. Bizarre.
Mon 31/10/05 at 21:37
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I get discount at HMV :D
Mon 31/10/05 at 21:12
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I was in service station - 99p each or 2 for £2
Bah
What a con (not that that 2p would make me much richer)
Mon 31/10/05 at 21:00
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I once picked up a copy of the Red Tape album from HMV for £6.99 (a couple of weeks after it was released). Good stuff.
Mon 31/10/05 at 20:10
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HMV is like the lottery. Usually they're overpriced, but you can occasionally find amazing bargains.

For example, I got two albums, Ocean Avenue (Yellowcard) and a Hangover You Don't Deserve (Bowling for Soup) for £4.99 each.
Mon 31/10/05 at 19:58
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Anyone who has a Silver Screen store near where they live will know just how horrific their prices are. Think the most over-priced HMV DVD and then imagine a whole store with more-or-less every DVD at that price. Yes, even budget movies still cost £19.99.

And don't even get me started on the TV box sets:

Friends: £39.99 each (RRP. £19.99)
Sopranos: £59.99 each (RRP. £32.99)
Van Damme Box Set: £29.99 (RRP. 25p)
Mon 31/10/05 at 19:29
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HMV are lowering prices lately though.

So not all bad.

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