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"Rich Clark" <> wrote in message news:<yuudnSZSiPVZBgTdRVn->...
> Their insistence on selling only fullscreen versions has been bad enough,
> but I never saw this before. Local Wal-mart puts "Last Samurai" FS version
> on sale for $15. Widescreen version is NOT on sale, costs $20.
>
> Further proof that they're not just ignorant and stupid, but actively evil.
>
> RichC

one nice thing rgarding dvs and walmart.

the La Scala version of GISELLE is op. Amazon sellers are selling it
for $130+. Walmart.com has it new for less than msrp. yay.

and the way they lock them up..so sad.

"Rich Clark" <> wrote in message
news:yuudnSZSiPVZBgTdRVn-...
> Their insistence on selling only fullscreen versions has been bad enough,
> but I never saw this before. Local Wal-mart puts "Last Samurai" FS version
> on sale for $15. Widescreen version is NOT on sale, costs $20.
>
> Further proof that they're not just ignorant and stupid, but actively
evil.
>
> RichC
>
>

Prot wrote:
> Our local Walmart actually has a posting showing differences between
> P&S and WS, showing you just how much you are missing on P&S. Kudos
> to the manager who made this decision to inform the uninformed that
> just because the picture fills your entire screen, you are not getting
> the whole picture.
>
>

I wonder if they were using the printout sheet that www.widescreen.org
offers for store vendors to download.

--
"Don't ask me, I'm just a girl!"
--Hilary Clinton

Grand Inquisitor
http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=Oost

Recently I bought some DVD at Walmart, which cost $6.88. It didn't play, so I
returned it. The clerk from the electronics department gave me a lot of mouth
saying they didn't normally accept returns because of "copyright issues." I felt
like saying ... "OK, this DVD costs $6.88 ... you sell blank DVDs for what ...
$5.00? Does it make sense that I would waste an hour of my time to return this
DVD to save $1.88?" (As it was, I was in the neighborhood anyway...)

Mr. Mike <> wrote in
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> you sell blank DVDs for what ...
> $5.00?

who the hell pays $5 for a blank dvd? even name brands are down to $2 each
and often a buck a piece on sale.

did you ask for another copy of the same movie or a refund? if another
copy, I don't see why they should give you a hassle. A refund, different
story (and most stores have a no return policy on opened dvds)...if you
claimed the dvd was defective, I'd have walked to the nearest player and
verified your claim.

Walmart is not doing this where I am. Both Last Samuri and Peter Pan had
the same sale price (14.8 widescreen and fullscreen. But the Walmart I
go to has a best buy, circuit city and media play nearby too.

Mike

Rich Clark wrote:
>
> Their insistence on selling only fullscreen versions has been bad enough,
> but I never saw this before. Local Wal-mart puts "Last Samurai" FS version
> on sale for $15. Widescreen version is NOT on sale, costs $20.
>
> Further proof that they're not just ignorant and stupid, but actively evil.
>
> RichC

"Mr. Mike" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Recently I bought some DVD at Walmart, which cost $6.88. It didn't play,
so I
> returned it. The clerk from the electronics department gave me a lot of
mouth
> saying they didn't normally accept returns because of "copyright issues."
I felt
> like saying ... "OK, this DVD costs $6.88 ... you sell blank DVDs for what
....
> $5.00? Does it make sense that I would waste an hour of my time to return
this
> DVD to save $1.88?" (As it was, I was in the neighborhood anyway...)
>

They should only be accepting returns for exchange of same title only. They
should never accept returns on any opened software titles, just exchanges
for defective copies.

"Michael Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Walmart is not doing this where I am. Both Last Samuri and Peter Pan had
> the same sale price (14.8 widescreen and fullscreen. But the Walmart I
> go to has a best buy, circuit city and media play nearby too.

The Walmart here caused the On Cue to close down. Walmart had the best
prices, but now theres no competition except a Blockbuster and they never
put anything on sale below $19, even new releases.


--
RnR Lesnar
It's True, It's True- Kurt Angle
Bush/Cheney 2004

>and the way they lock them up..so sad.

Not every Wal-Mart locks up DVDs; it's a decision made on a store-by-store
basis, based on theft and shrinkage activity at the store or in the area.

>If there's a sign that says the sale price, the store got it
>pre-printed from HQ. Now, it could be they lost the widescreen sign...
>

Wal-Marts get almost no price-point signs pre-printed from "HQ." They're
laser-printed on an as-needed basis by the department manager.

As for Wal-Mart as a chain having a preference for P/S or WS, whether in
stocking or in comping sales prices, it doesn't. Preference is store-by-store,
based on local sales, manager competence, etc. Considering the numerous things
a department manager has to do, (1) forgetting to flag a specific version of a
movie or (2) forgetting to put a specific version of a movie on sale with its
counterparts, indicates not an evil plan to **** off consumers nationwide, but
a local and simple error by a single person.

Why people extrapolate an experience at an individual store to mean
something's a chain-wide-enforced policy is beyond me.