Back to school coupons at BB (30% off) Cracked!

thespeakerbox

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Didnt see this here yet.

Best Buy has back to school coupon booklets (Some have low % off, some have medium , and some have large % off) scattered all throughout their store. On the back of the MOST of the coupons, near the copyright symbol, there are printed numbers: 29528_1 . All of the coupons with numbers near the copyrights are duds with a low % off.

Look for a booklet with no numbers next to the copyright and youve got a high
%
off winner!


more info here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inju/tags/bb30off/
 

MosquitoControl

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What exactly are the coupons for.

And is that $200 500GB external drive this week? Seems like a decent deal itself.
 

fatdragondzc

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OMG u kno y this is so easy to crack? cuz its so hard to find i looked around the whole bb and found 1 coupon or 30% off cuz 90% of the coupons are with the code to the left of the copyright sign. but newais still nice coupon. i wanna try to use the coupon to try to buy the x1900 @ BB for 270. Im in MA so if any one knos a store where the manager doesnt care much let me kno =D
 

Thump553

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Originally posted by: fatdragondzc
OMG u kno y this is so easy to crack? cuz its so hard to find i looked around the whole bb and found 1 coupon or 30% off cuz 90% of the coupons are with the code to the left of the copyright sign. but newais still nice coupon. i wanna try to use the coupon to try to buy the x1900 @ BB for 270. Im in MA so if any one knos a store where the manager doesnt care much let me kno =D

My head aches from trying to interpret this geek-eubonics.
 

MX2

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Originally posted by: Thump553
Originally posted by: fatdragondzc
OMG u kno y this is so easy to crack? cuz its so hard to find i looked around the whole bb and found 1 coupon or 30% off cuz 90% of the coupons are with the code to the left of the copyright sign. but newais still nice coupon. i wanna try to use the coupon to try to buy the x1900 @ BB for 270. Im in MA so if any one knos a store where the manager doesnt care much let me kno =D

My head aches from trying to interpret this geek-eubonics.

Mine too:(
 

mzkhadir

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Originally posted by: MX2times
Originally posted by: Thump553
Originally posted by: fatdragondzc
OMG u kno y this is so easy to crack? cuz its so hard to find i looked around the whole bb and found 1 coupon or 30% off cuz 90% of the coupons are with the code to the left of the copyright sign. but newais still nice coupon. i wanna try to use the coupon to try to buy the x1900 @ BB for 270. Im in MA so if any one knos a store where the manager doesnt care much let me kno =D

My head aches from trying to interpret this geek-eubonics.

Mine too:(

 

AnyMal

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Originally posted by: MX2times
Originally posted by: Thump553
Originally posted by: fatdragondzc
OMG u kno y this is so easy to crack? cuz its so hard to find i looked around the whole bb and found 1 coupon or 30% off cuz 90% of the coupons are with the code to the left of the copyright sign. but newais still nice coupon. i wanna try to use the coupon to try to buy the x1900 @ BB for 270. Im in MA so if any one knos a store where the manager doesnt care much let me kno =D

My head aches from trying to interpret this geek-eubonics.

Mine too:(

Good frigging jeebus, kiddo! Please take into consideration that some people will actually read your drivel.
 
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This has been posted around for quite a long time, the coupons are getting harder to find because people are hoarding them.

But, if you find them, and you have a good BB to work with, there are two particularly nice deals this week:

You can score an ATI 1900GT PCIe graphics card for $196 and a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card for $70.

It depends heavily on what your store manager will approve as a "computer accessory", though. Some stick with bags, paper, stuff like that.

Mine is nice enough that I've used the coupon on the 500gb WD mybook ($140) and the above two items. First stuff I've bought at BB in ages, probably over a year.
 

Mloot

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I just got back from BB, and maybe I wasn't looking in the right places, but I did not see any of those coupons anywhere in that particular store (Houston, FM 1960 and Hwy. 59). I have gone to the store for the last couple of days hoping to score on of those nice, Westinghouse 19" WS LCD's that are currently on sale. They had been out of them until this morning, but just before I was to leave to go back and check again today, I ran across this thread. Luckily for me, they had one of the monitors in stock. When I got to the cashier, I asked her if they had any "back-to-school" coupons. She could not find them either, and she eventually called her CSM to bring her a stack.

She took one and put the rest of the stack behind her register, so I did not have a chance to pick one. It turned out to be one of the 5-10-15% coupons. She tried to scan it, but her register would not recognize the coupon to apply it to the monitor. Instead of calling back her CSM, she just had me sign a small form and she rung up the monitor with the 15% coupon. Since I was already going to get the monitor anyway and was willing to pay the $170+ (taxes included) for it, getting it for $147.21 out-the-door was just gravy.

I assume this is a YMMV situation (I don't know if the coupons apply only to certain items or not). However, if you cannot find the coupons in the store, you may have to ask for one once you are ready to check out.
 

Trey22

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Originally posted by: fatdragondzc
OMG u kno y this is so easy to crack? cuz its so hard to find i looked around the whole bb and found 1 coupon or 30% off cuz 90% of the coupons are with the code to the left of the copyright sign. but newais still nice coupon. i wanna try to use the coupon to try to buy the x1900 @ BB for 270. Im in MA so if any one knos a store where the manager doesnt care much let me kno =D

Here's a 30% off coupon to an English class.
 

MikeTheBuzzsaw

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I found the coupon. Grabbed a stack.. I have 20 or so... :)

I tried to buy a 300gb Seagate and have them pricematch it with Frys, but they wouldn't let me use the coupon! BAH
 

bennylong

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Originally posted by: fatdragondzc
OMG u kno y this is so easy to crack? cuz its so hard to find i looked around the whole bb and found 1 coupon or 30% off cuz 90% of the coupons are with the code to the left of the copyright sign. but newais still nice coupon. i wanna try to use the coupon to try to buy the x1900 @ BB for 270. Im in MA so if any one knos a store where the manager doesnt care much let me kno =D

english, please
 

unclebud

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"english, please"

punctuation please, then!
people are so bored that, instead of thanking the original poster for creating the thread, they'd much rather waste their time insulting another member over something that's PURELY SUBJECTIVE ANYWAY?
that's what it looks like!
 

MosquitoControl

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Originally posted by: FranksAndBeans
Mine is nice enough that I've used the coupon on the 500gb WD mybook ($140) and the above two items. First stuff I've bought at BB in ages, probably over a year.



The one I went to didn't have 500 gb WD mybooks.
Although it had the 250 for $199.
The flyer didn't have the 500 gb mentioned, either.


Can you please give me more info on how you found this?
I'd pay $250 for one of those, easily.
 

cmbehan

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think this would work with a slingbox?

It would bring the price down to $140....
 
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The 500gb mybook was on sale (299 w/ 100 off IR) last week. I'm sorry but this week they updated the offers and the current good ones (imho) are the Radeon 1900gt and the X-fi card.

If you just need the drive then there is a 500gb Dell SATA/16mb drive on sale around $165. I'm not sure if it is posted here but details are around...

The coupons are good through September 9th so IF you have a BB that is liberal with the coupons, then there may well be many good deals over the next few weeks. Just keep an eye out for items that have an IR go from there.

I think the coupons are running out, and people are definitely hoarding them since they are good through September - there is no telling what things might pop up. It is totally YMMV though because the coupons 100% require manager over-ride and therefore there is a large margin of discretion about what falls within the coupon categories.

I have read reports of people getting things as diverse as Slingboxes. As I mentioned I have managed the mybook, ati card, and soundcard at my local store. It is possible, but not likely if your bb is full of bawl busters.

I'm sorry I did not post this earlier, I don't check this board nearly as often as I used to.

Originally posted by: MosquitoControl
Originally posted by: FranksAndBeans
Mine is nice enough that I've used the coupon on the 500gb WD mybook ($140) and the above two items. First stuff I've bought at BB in ages, probably over a year.



The one I went to didn't have 500 gb WD mybooks.
Although it had the 250 for $199.
The flyer didn't have the 500 gb mentioned, either.


Can you please give me more info on how you found this?
I'd pay $250 for one of those, easily.

 

skrilla

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Originally posted by: fatdragondzc
Oh my God! Do you know why this is so easy to crack? Because it is so hard to find. I looked around the whole Best Buy and found one coupon for 30% off because 90% of the coupons have the code to the left of the copyright sign.

But anyway, it is still a nice coupon. I want to try to use the coupon to buy the X1900 at Best Buy for $270. I am in Massachusetts so if anyone knows a store where the manager does not care much, let me know. :)

Fixed.


 

MosquitoControl

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Apr 25, 2005
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Well, I can always buy an external enclosure and make that 500GB internal an external.


Back to BB this week. Need to find those coupons, though. I looked through two large stacks, found only ones with numbers next to the copyright.