LION KING DVD $10 at Toys R Us

I wandered thru Toys R Us today and saw a bunch of preorder tags for
LION KING SE DVD for $10. I was tempted, but i didn't really like
that movie at all. Still, i thought people might want to know. There
didn't appear to be a coupon or anything like tha tinvolved; it just
said, "LION KING DVD $10"

Evil

You do you know what preorder means, don't you?

"Evil" <> wrote in message
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> I wandered thru Toys R Us today and saw a bunch of preorder tags for
> LION KING SE DVD for $10. I was tempted, but i didn't really like
> that movie at all. Still, i thought people might want to know. There
> didn't appear to be a coupon or anything like tha tinvolved; it just
> said, "LION KING DVD $10"

Zimmy

in article , Evil at
thus spake on 9/10/03 1:48 PM:

> I wandered thru Toys R Us today and saw a bunch of preorder tags for
> LION KING SE DVD for $10. I was tempted, but i didn't really like
> that movie at all. Still, i thought people might want to know. There
> didn't appear to be a coupon or anything like tha tinvolved; it just
> said, "LION KING DVD $10"


ToysRUs have been advertising DVD (and VHS) pre-orders for some time and it
can be quite misleading if you're not looking closely enough. Last time I
was in there, they were selling "Finding Nemo" preorders for $5. That's what
the tag says - $5. What that doesn't say (at least not in any way so's you'd
notice) is that that ain't the final price.....that's just a downpayment to
guarantee yourself a copy when they come in. You'll pay the balance of
$14.99 when you pick it up. A total of $19.99. Hardly a bargain.

All of which is only to say, folks should check what the final cost will be
if they feel the urge to take advantage of this "deal".

Neal
--
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He who cannot reason is a fool.
He who dares not, is a slave."
- William Drummond

Ray Tracer

On 10 Sep 2003 11:48:08 -0700, (Evil) typed:

>I wandered thru Toys R Us today and saw a bunch of preorder tags for
>LION KING SE DVD for $10. I was tempted, but i didn't really like
>that movie at all. Still, i thought people might want to know. There
>didn't appear to be a coupon or anything like tha tinvolved; it just
>said, "LION KING DVD $10"

Those are presell deposit. Check the backside of the tag, you'll see
the balance you need to pay when the DVD's available.
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Impmon

"Ray Tracer" <> wrote in message
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in article , Evil at
thus spake on 9/10/03 1:48 PM:

> I wandered thru Toys R Us today and saw a bunch of preorder tags for
> LION KING SE DVD for $10. I was tempted, but i didn't really like
> that movie at all. Still, i thought people might want to know. There
> didn't appear to be a coupon or anything like tha tinvolved; it just
> said, "LION KING DVD $10"


<<ToysRUs have been advertising DVD (and VHS) pre-orders for some time
and it can be quite misleading if you're not looking closely enough.
Last time I was in there, they were selling "Finding Nemo" preorders for
$5. That's what the tag says - $5. What that doesn't say (at least not
in any way so's you'd notice) is that that ain't the final
price.....that's just a downpayment to guarantee yourself a copy when
they come in. You'll pay the balance of $14.99 when you pick it up. A
total of $19.99. Hardly a bargain.>>

<<All of which is only to say, folks should check what the final cost
will be if they feel the urge to take advantage of this "deal". Neal>>


Any confusion might be the result of ToysRUs actually selling one of the
Star Wars DVDs (I think it was the first one) for $9.99.

Scot Gardner

Impmon <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> On 10 Sep 2003 11:48:08 -0700, (Evil) typed:
>
> >I wandered thru Toys R Us today and saw a bunch of preorder tags for
> >LION KING SE DVD for $10. I was tempted, but i didn't really like
> >that movie at all. Still, i thought people might want to know. There
> >didn't appear to be a coupon or anything like tha tinvolved; it just
> >said, "LION KING DVD $10"
>
> Those are presell deposit. Check the backside of the tag, you'll see
> the balance you need to pay when the DVD's available.

ok, thanks to all for the clarification.

Evil

Scot Gardner wrote:
>
> Any confusion might be the result of ToysRUs actually selling one of the
> Star Wars DVDs (I think it was the first one) for $9.99.
>
Clones was 10.99 at my TRU when it came out, and was promptly price
matched by everyone else locally, so I bought it at best buy and got a
free calendar with it.

dick

Dick Sidbury