Want the LOTR:FOTR DVD for free? (sort of)

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  • Burke Strickland
    Moderator
    • Sep 2001
    • 3161

    Want the LOTR:FOTR DVD for free? (sort of)

    If you have two DVDs in your collection that you are willing to get rid of and an Electronics Boutique in your area, check with them to see if they are participating in the 2-DVD swap for a preordered copy of Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Rings. If they are, simply take in two acceptable used DVD titles and fill out the form and the LOTR: FOTR DVD will be yours next Tuesday!

    To find stores in your area, click on http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/default.asp# and then click on "Store Locator" in the lower left hand part of the screen and go from there. In Houston, at least three of six locations are participating -- Galleria, West Oaks Mall and Greenspoint Mall, two are not and I couldn't get through to the sixth.

    They are accepting mainstream movie discs only, which is mostly what most of us have anyway. No documentaries, porn, anime or titles that have a "special edition" announced-but-not-released are being accepted (although they do not seem to care about Criterion releases being announced -- just follow-up releases by the original studio.)

    Since this applies ONLY to preorders, the deal must be made before August 6th, 2002, but to be safe (to make sure the store has enough copies on hand to fill all the preorders), it makes sense to get in as soon as possible to get it done.

    Also, it is advisable to call ahead and make sure the movie DVDs you want to trade are on their "acceptable" list. The folks at stores in Houston will look up titles for you while you wait on the phone -- but I found it necessary to give them spelling hints on a couple of them. :>) But they looked up eight titles for me and five were "OK". Also they say they will not take duplicates of the same title from a given customer (so if you have two copies of "Showgirls" and "Battlefield Earth", you can only get rid of one each.) :>).

    This is for the theatrical release widescreen version DVD, not the extended version due out in November. This provides an ideal way to get both without having to plunk down cash for both, and cull out a couple of "loser" titles from your collection in the mean time.

    Good luck!

    Burke

    What you DON'T say may be held against you...
  • David Meek
    Moderator Emeritus
    • Aug 2000
    • 8938

    #2
    Thanks again Burke!

    I took care of this last night at the West Oaks Mall store. Traded in Lethal Weapon 2 and 3 (which I already had in the Director's Cut versions, too). I called them up before going out there and they'll tell you if the movies you want to trade in are acceptable or not.

    Yeah!




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    • P-Dub
      Office Moderator
      • Aug 2000
      • 6766

      #3
      Works in Canada as well.




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      • Burke Strickland
        Moderator
        • Sep 2001
        • 3161

        #4
        David -- You're welcome! I can see why you went to West Oaks -- the Electronics Boutique at the Galleria sure is hard to find. (It would help if the Galleria had installed a few store locater maps like they used to have before all the remodelling.) Anyway, it's a done deal now and I know where to find them on Tuesday. :>)

        Paul -- I'm glad the deal works in Canada too!

        Burke

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        • Lex
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          • Apr 2001
          • 27461

          #5
          I will try Sunday, I reckon if I can find 2 movies they will accept that I will accept.

          Lex
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          • David Meek
            Moderator Emeritus
            • Aug 2000
            • 8938

            #6
            Just one more day! ;h Yeah!




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            • Burke Strickland
              Moderator
              • Sep 2001
              • 3161

              #7
              When I picked up my copy of LOTR: FOTR earlier this afternoon, one of the EB dudes told me that the next "trade in 2 used DVDs for a preorder new DVD" promotion will be for "Spider Man" which they will announce sometime later this month even though the DVD isn't due out until November.

              Also this Thursday only, to celebrate the grand opening of their 1000th store, they will give $10 store credit for ANY DVD that scans into their system up to a limit of 10 DVDs ($100).

              Burke

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              • David Meek
                Moderator Emeritus
                • Aug 2000
                • 8938

                #8
                That's excellent Burke! :T Guess I'll get rid of a couple of my old Rambo's or Die Hard's if they'll take 'em.

                P.S. Ran in and picked up my LOTR: FOTR yesterday on the way home. Didn't get a chance to watch it as I had a Board of Directors' of the homeowner's association meeting. Maybe tonight. . .




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