Toshiba A3 w/ free movies in store for $199

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gus6464

Audioholic Samurai
Best Buy just put up the A3 on sale for $199 and it comes with 300 and Bourne in the box but you also get 2 more movies in the store for free (under $35). Kind of a better deal than the walmart one as I was going to buy Batman Begins and Transformers anyway. Plus the 5 in the mail as well so its really 9 movies and an A3 for $199.
 
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iamnotaparkbenc

Junior Audioholic
I just checked the webiste. It is $299. Where did you get the information? is it still going on? I would go for the A3 since I can't get my hand on the A2 this morning :(
 
Adam

Adam

Audioholic Jedi
The website should say "On Sale Now: See price in cart." Add it to your cart, and it will say $199. It still worked for me when I checked before writing this.
 
darien87

darien87

Audioholic Spartan
Trust Gus. I went to Best Buy on my lunch hour and picked one up. I also got Transformers for free and The Matrix Trilogy for $50!!!
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
In store the price still said $249, but I asked the guy and he said it will ring up correctly for $199.
 
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iamnotaparkbenc

Junior Audioholic
Oh wow, I am not gonna get OPPO then. I'll just get the A3, better value hahahhahaha

what do you guys think? I think I am making the right decision
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
DO IT :D For all the free discs you get, I'd say it is the way to go. The ONLY thing you will miss out on are SACD and DVD-A with the 980, but I would say High Def is a better trade off.
 
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gus6464

Audioholic Samurai
Yeah when I went to BB the sales ppl had no idea what the hell was going on. I was talking to the Electronics Supervisor and he tried to BS me. I was telling him to go on the best buy website and add the A3 to the cart along with any 2 movies up to $35 and he refused to do it. So all I did was just take the A3 and the movies to the register and it packaged out. Got Bourne Supremacy and Batman Begins with the player.
 
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Romulus

Junior Audioholic
Hah.. I just bought one for 299. I guess I'll have to go back and get 100 refund.. wohoo
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
because they gave him credit for one of the movies as his "free" movie...
 
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Ben_in_COSpring

Junior Audioholic
Got this today. Don't believe Best Buy's website where they tell you what they have in stock. According to the web site, my store didn't have any A3's, but when I called they said they had 8 in.

I tried getting credit for the Matrix box, but they said it wouldn't ring up as part of the deal.
 
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NeverSeen

Audioholic
I am playing around on the BB site right now looking through movies (this has my finger on the trigger) and now it is claiming 8 free (3 instant, 5 rebate) plus 2 in the box. 10 HD DVDs ~$250 value free with this $200 player. I'm almost a fool not to do it.

What's keeping me from pulling the trigger:
I got a $400 gift card from Ccity when my 360 broke. I want to replace the 360 with a PS3 so i can have gaming and blu ray in one instead of getting a new 360 with HD DVD add on. I wasn't going to bother with HD DVD. Now, this deal comes along and its a WAY better deal than the add on for the 360.

So do i buy this player, and a PS3 with the GC and have both formats + a game system, and buy disks for both, and eventually just stop buying new disks once one format wins, or do i buy this player and another 360 and hope HD DVD wins or ARGH! i just don't know what to do. I'm not a gamer and i pretty much only buy gaming systems to entertain guests and the vast amount of kids in my extended family. I also have a Wii and an upconverting SD player.

Next thing you know i will hook everything up and find out i dont have any more inputs in my Onkyo 702. *sigh*

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Yeah, $215 for A3 w/ 2 movies in box, and 3 additional. The nearest location with a player is about 1 hour away. It also says while supplies last on the 2 free so that makes me not want to order it off the internet. Of course if i really wanted i could return it in store. but even the 3 dvd's is a very good deal... *sigh* if this is the deal 2 months before christmas... what will it be in the coming weeks???
 
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Johnd

Audioholic Samurai
So do i buy this player...but even the 3 dvd's is a very good deal... *sigh* if this is the deal 2 months before christmas... what will it be in the coming weeks???
You have to be kidding.

A 3rd gen player with ten (yes 10 hd movies that retail for $20-$25 per) for $200? You know the saying, if you gotta ask...;)

I took the dip and got the A3 with ten movies (after swearing I wouldn't feed into the frenzy until the war is over, but neither my 5803 or projector has hdmi. Oh well, off to do more shopping (I'm thinking the Onkyo 805 when it approaches $600 and a 50" 1080i plasma when they approach 1k). How can one ask such a question when 10 hd movies are included...that makes the hd/sd upscaling player free! Hmmph.

As a side note, I am not such a BB hater any longer (at least for the time being). As a courtesy for the hassle (phone call and internet ordering Friday), they're sending me a $50 coupon. Thus making the A3 uber free with 12-13 hd movies!!! Black Friday has indeed arrived early this year, and the buzz is that 60k + hd players have hit the street this weekend, with a potential of 150-200k this season. That is a big nail in the coffin for Bluray. Hopefully the studios will soon recognize this fact.
 
darien87

darien87

Audioholic Spartan
I tried getting credit for the Matrix box, but they said it wouldn't ring up as part of the deal.
Bummer, it worked for me. Funny thing was, I didn't even know about the 2 free in-store movie deal. I was just buying some movies to go with the player. When the guy was ringing me up he said, "Hmm, this one's free, (Transformers), and this one's $49 (Matrix)." I was like, SWWWEEEEET. :D
 
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Johnd

Audioholic Samurai
It was $79, then the register deducted $30 for the sale.
Yeah. The deal is now three free in-store movies (in addition to the five mail-in and two in-box for the A3+) up to $34.99 each...what a bargain!
 
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gus6464

Audioholic Samurai
Since I got mine on Friday do you guys think BB will give me another free movie? Not really a 30day price guarantee, but I guess it might fall under a 30day free stuff guarantee?
 
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Ben_in_COSpring

Junior Audioholic
Since I got mine on Friday do you guys think BB will give me another free movie? Not really a 30day price guarantee, but I guess it might fall under a 30day free stuff guarantee?
I am in the same boat. Let us know if you have any luck...
 
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