CompUSA Imation CDRs on clearance $.88 no rebates for 50 pack regular cdrs and 25 pack audio cdrs YMMV UPDATE: MORE SKUS

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
they had 4 left and they rang up for 88 cents each, the manager said i couldnt have them at that price.

I hope that you contacted your state's AG office, about deceitful business practices and the like. Here in MA, there was some court action over mis-scanned prices at grocery stores, so now it's pretty standard policy that if something scans incorrectly, you get the item for free. The stores don't want to get into any more hot water with the courts/AG over the issue.

Of course, they probably could argue in court that the issues wasn't a pricing error, but rather one of choosing to simply sell, or not to sell, the product, period. Though it might be difficult to prove that in front of a jury, if there were a shelf tag advertising the product for $19.99, that the $0.88 scanned price wasn't some sort of price-scanning error, and that they would be subject to the legal precedents concerning that.

 

[bleuless]

why are they priced .88 if they are not going to sell them?

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: bleuless
why are they priced .88 if they are not going to sell them?

They were discontiued, which is why they ended in an 88. At Compusa they have different endings depending on what the deal is with the item. .99 is normal price, .98 is a special order(if i remember correctly), .97 is normal hardware price, .88 means the item is discontinued, and i think .95 means that there was a price match. That way when you go back in with your reciept for something they know what the scoop is with the item. Compusa is a store full of computer stuff and when I worked in software/accessories we used to get a list every week of RTV (return to vendor). We were supposed to pull those products and send them back, but if they looked similar to others (as is the case with these cds) they could have gotten over looked. Occasionally you also get busy with a customer and forget about a product or what have you. The pricing on the items is sent electronically to all of the stores and then it automatically pops up at the register. The management in the corporate headquarters changed the price to .88 because they either wanted to get rid of the items, or they were supposed to be field destroyed. The only price changing that happens on a local store basis, is pricematching or adjusting for a mislabeled store tag. Corporate sets the price on everything else.

 

[unclebud]

so was the morrowind deal ($10.88) a discontinued item or price mistake? was wondering because i saw someplace else that had it on clearance also (i think). but the game just came out in june(?)... i have another question but it will have to wait until tomorrow when i can test for validity
thanks for the info

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: unclebud
so was the morrowind deal ($10.88) a discontinued item or price mistake? was wondering because i saw someplace else that had it on clearance also (i think). but the game just came out in june(?)... i have another question but it will have to wait until tomorrow when i can test for validity
thanks for the info

I dont know how long ago the game came out, but here is the deal. There are codes for everything. If an item is A01 then its regularly available and stocked. The game could have changed to either N or D status. When something goes to N or D status its price gets changed to end in an .88 but N status means the manufacturer is still makes the product but Comp will no longer be carrying it. D status means that it is no longer made by the manufacturer. Check with an employee, as when they look it up in the computer then can tell you what the deal should be.

 

[Broussard]

Has anyone had success with the 100 packs? If so, what is the sku # for the 100's? I did the 25's with no problem in Houston. I asked for a price check, and it said .88........"Hold on...I'll be right back".....came back with 7-25 packs.

 

[alexruiz]

I got 3 25 pack in Dearborn (Detroit) MI. I found also the 100 packs splindes at 32x, but guess what????

Those @$$holes relabeled the price with the same sku than the 40x, and they covered the UPC to avoid the scanning machine..... :| thus they have to use the upc and they ring at 39.99.....

 

[antilamr]

I was on my way to san diego sunday and stopped into a compusa down san diego way and picked up 7 25 pks and 8 50 pks for .88 each. Less than $15 for 575 cd's. I was feeling my oats and decided to hit the office depot accross the street and dropped another $30 on .88, .68 and .28 items. had all kinds of cables, games, phone batteries, calculators etc... If I wasn't so broke I'd almost feel guilty. Anyway, anyone verify that the 100 packs are actually .88 also? I never checked prices on anything but the first 2 skus in the origional post.
(and no, Im not greedy. I've got 3 desktops and one laptop with burners in them and 3 teenagers to help me use the disks!)
Happy Hunting All!!

 

[The_Dude8]

Originally posted by: antilamr
I was on my way to san diego sunday and stopped into a compusa down san diego way and picked up 7 25 pks and 8 50 pks for .88 each. Less than $15 for 575 cd's. I was feeling my oats and decided to hit the office depot accross the street and dropped another $30 on .88, .68 and .28 items. had all kinds of cables, games, phone batteries, calculators etc... If I wasn't so broke I'd almost feel guilty. Anyway, anyone verify that the 100 packs are actually .88 also? I never checked prices on anything but the first 2 skus in the origional post.
(and no, Im not greedy. I've got 3 desktops and one laptop with burners in them and 3 teenagers to help me use the disks!)
Happy Hunting All!!

anti, did you pick up your cdr @ the compusa in la mesa?

 

[cejay]

Dang DAWeing,

I posted this deal on "another hotdeals forum starting with "F".. (A day later than you :< ..)

but you didn't even give me props for the extra sku's that were on sale..
just cut/pasted my info..

I put the additional sku's including '290634 -100 pak 32x 80min' which i can tell is
from my msg because the 290634 is a typo.. it's 290364 , my bad.

cj
:>

 

[alexruiz]

Originally posted by: alexruiz
I got 3 25 pack in Dearborn (Detroit) MI. I found also the 100 packs splindes at 32x, but guess what????

Those @$$holes relabeled the price with the same sku than the 40x, and they covered the UPC to avoid the scanning machine..... :| thus they have to use the upc and they ring at 39.99.....

Guys, as I said in my previous post, there are several packs (30+) in a store. The difficulty to get them is that they covered the UPC with a piece of white paper and tape, and they relabeled the price with the same SKU than the 40x....... Do you think there is any chance if I try to take out the white paper and leave the upc uncovered???? Would that be legit??? What can I do???

 

[xWeston]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

I always think that's shorthand for "in the general manager's trunk".

I worked at a Compusa for 4 years and I can confirm that field destroy actually means field destroy. Ive seen HP and Compaq boxes smashed to bits. Why they wouldnt let you take home old computers was beyond me, but if you ever walk into a store and see a clearanced computer, thats priced way above what its worth, its probably gonna get field destroyed. Contrary to what everyone believes there is very little margin on hardware, only about 10% or even less. On about a 1200 box typically there was about 110 in profit. So when something would turn up 6 months after its shelf life was over, we didnt want to sell it for $400 or so even though that's what it was worth. The reason is that the cost of the computer is still in the system and we would be taking a $500-600 loss on selling it, which would kill the sales figures for the day. I think that field destroying the items is a way to write it off the books and not kill numbers. To give you an example of how important that is, I worked a day after thanksgiving where we made $7000 in gross profit on $250,000 in sales, thats less than 3.5% gross profit, so we actually lost money that day after paying for the employees and rent, lights etc. I always thought it was a dumb rule that employees couldnt even buy the FD stuff, but I guess that's a way that Comp helps itself out. And as much as people bash the store, it was a pretty good place to work, and damn near impossible to take a paycheck home, because when your tempted by all sorts of fun toys that you can buy at cost, well you can imagine.

One time we had a liquidator come when i worked at compusa and sold everything for like 10cents so for the few weeks before they came all of the employees built computers/etc with the liquidation parts. However, i have seen some mangled computers as well that were literally field destroyed (ie tossed 15 feet up in the wharehouse)

 

[Almighty1]

Originally posted by: xWeston

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

I always think that's shorthand for "in the general manager's trunk".

I worked at a Compusa for 4 years and I can confirm that field destroy actually means field destroy. Ive seen HP and Compaq boxes smashed to bits. Why they wouldnt let you take home old computers was beyond me, but if you ever walk into a store and see a clearanced computer, thats priced way above what its worth, its probably gonna get field destroyed. Contrary to what everyone believes there is very little margin on hardware, only about 10% or even less. On about a 1200 box typically there was about 110 in profit. So when something would turn up 6 months after its shelf life was over, we didnt want to sell it for $400 or so even though that's what it was worth. The reason is that the cost of the computer is still in the system and we would be taking a $500-600 loss on selling it, which would kill the sales figures for the day. I think that field destroying the items is a way to write it off the books and not kill numbers. To give you an example of how important that is, I worked a day after thanksgiving where we made $7000 in gross profit on $250,000 in sales, thats less than 3.5% gross profit, so we actually lost money that day after paying for the employees and rent, lights etc. I always thought it was a dumb rule that employees couldnt even buy the FD stuff, but I guess that's a way that Comp helps itself out. And as much as people bash the store, it was a pretty good place to work, and damn near impossible to take a paycheck home, because when your tempted by all sorts of fun toys that you can buy at cost, well you can imagine.

One time we had a liquidator come when i worked at compusa and sold everything for like 10cents so for the few weeks before they came all of the employees built computers/etc with the liquidation parts. However, i have seen some mangled computers as well that were literally field destroyed (ie tossed 15 feet up in the wharehouse)

I have a question... For stores like CompUSA, Best Buy, CircuitCity, what do they actually do with the opened customer hardware returns? Do they actually repackage it and sell it as new or do they send it back to the manufacturer or do they sell it as Opened box item?

 

[cheetoden]

I've bought open box items at Best Buy for a discount with great success. If the item doesn't work, they'll take it back. I haven't had to return any of them yet.

 

[lokitech]

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I have a question... For stores like CompUSA, Best Buy, CircuitCity, what do they actually do with the opened customer hardware returns? Do they actually repackage it and sell it as new or do they send it back to the manufacturer or do they sell it as Opened box item?
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CompUSA, Best Buy and CircuitCity usually have an section of the dept that has all their open boxes.
Sometime you can find really good deals, just have to know the going price of an item. I've gotten open box items that were complete for up to 60% off retail. I know BB marks it down base on the current price when they get the return in, so if the item is on sale the mark down will be case on the sale price...
Best deal i've gotten is a 30 hour tivo open box for $20.00.

Yeah and all 3 stores have full return policy on open boxes so there is no risk

 

[Almighty1]

Originally posted by: cheetoden
I've bought open box items at Best Buy for a discount with great success. If the item doesn't work, they'll take it back. I haven't had to return any of them yet.

Hmmm, yesterday I went with my friend to BestBuy as he was going to get a HP DVD+RW DVD200e External Firewire/USB 2.0 drive. They were all out of the new ones so they had a opened boxed one which was missing all cables and the AC Adapter for $349.99. The problem is the manager said that there is a 14 day return policy but a 15% restocking fee. I never knew they charged any restocking fees unless it was a opened notebook computer, digital camera, camcorder or radar detector.

 

[Almighty1]

Originally posted by: lokitech
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I have a question... For stores like CompUSA, Best Buy, CircuitCity, what do they actually do with the opened customer hardware returns? Do they actually repackage it and sell it as new or do they send it back to the manufacturer or do they sell it as Opened box item?
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CompUSA, Best Buy and CircuitCity usually have an section of the dept that has all their open boxes.
Sometime you can find really good deals, just have to know the going price of an item. I've gotten open box items that were complete for up to 60% off retail. I know BB marks it down base on the current price when they get the return in, so if the item is on sale the mark down will be case on the sale price...
Best deal i've gotten is a 30 hour tivo open box for $20.00.

Yeah and all 3 stores have full return policy on open boxes so there is no risk

That's strange. I have went to CompUSA and don't see a open box section at all. I guess when they charge 15% restocking fees, they can always sell at 15% off the original price and still make money. As for BestBuy, my experience is different. Yesterday I went with my friend to BestBuy as he was going to get a HP DVD+RW DVD200e External Firewire/USB 2.0 drive. They were all out of the new ones so they had a opened boxed one which was missing all cables and the AC Adapter for $349.99. The problem is the manager said that there is a 14 day return policy but a 15% restocking fee. I never knew they charged any restocking fees unless it was a opened notebook computer, digital camera, camcorder or radar detector.

 

[lokitech]

The compUseLessA in south miami has a steel cage with their open box items in to with prices all listed. The other compusa has a bunch of open boxes at the front by the cash register. The Best buys keeps the open boxes in each deptment, but usually all the open box items would be on the bottom shelfs... CC usually has a special area in each deptment that they have all the open boxes for that area on display.
At least down here all three stores has a 100% refund policy on open box items. I was told the restocking fee at CUSA only applied to new sealed items.


on a different note (what this thread is about)

The .88 Cents cd is still around. You just have to hunt for them. Usually loacted in the most hard to reach area of where they stock the CD media
The UPC for the 20 pak 16x with slim case is 051122412196 (I found a 8 of them on thursday, also found 7 spindles of the 50 pak)
The UPS for the 10 pak 32x with slim case is 051122158032 (I found a 6 of them today)
( the 4x CD-RW imation is NOT on sale

I have gone over the 5 compuselessa in so.fla they are now pretty picked over so good luck...
Trick is to look at every imation cds on the shelf.
Combine with the bunch I found at the other location earlier in the week, I am set for blank media for the next 4 months... :>

 

[DAWeinG]

Originally posted by: cejay
Dang DAWeing,

I posted this deal on "another hotdeals forum starting with "F".. (A day later than you :< ..)

but you didn't even give me props for the extra sku's that were on sale..
just cut/pasted my info..

I put the additional sku's including '290634 -100 pak 32x 80min' which i can tell is
from my msg because the 290634 is a typo.. it's 290364 , my bad.

cj
:>

Sorry, I was afraid the thread might be locked or something, but I did edit now

 

[josephc1]

lokitech, which south florida stores did you go to?

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: theshamu

Originally posted by: LiLRiceBoi
Whats the difference between an audio cdr and regular?

I think the audio/music CD-Rs have license to copy a CD priced in, so they are more expensive. But if you make a copy of a CD with one of these, it's considered fully legal.

Naw, thats in Canada Here in the USA there's no license fee built in to any blank CDs. But I remember something about a Canadian law that was going to do that. Did that pass, or was it just talked about?

 

[JeffMD]

#1 field destroy has to be the most retarded thing ive ever heard of. Not only are you directly feeding landfills, but your throwing away equipment that you could still have gotten money on. My guess is some pencil pusher convinced the head honchos that selling old stuff at dirt cheap prices would keep people from buying the high priced new computers, since they would rather wait for the year old models to go on a big time sale. And of compusa seriusly makes only $110 on a $1200 computer, they need to find a new supplier, the crap in those computers can be baught and put together for HALF the price easy (The motherboard, cdrom, ram, heatsink, case are often dirt cheap oem stuff).

#2 music cdrs. Music cdrs are of slightly lesser quality, they also have lower max write speeds (I havnt seen any above 24x). The lower max write ensures that youll get a better burn then if you burned at 32 and 40x. Most burners with a catalog in its firmware will know the cd music models and lock the burn speed in (I belive "just link" based drives can turn this feature, aka quality control, off. Not that I would advise it). Im not sure HOW low in quality they are, but there is generaly a reason why they are cheaper then normal cdr.

 

[alexruiz]

Originally posted by: JeffMD

#2 music cdrs. Music cdrs are of slightly lesser quality, they also have lower max write speeds (I havnt seen any above 24x). The lower max write ensures that youll get a better burn then if you burned at 32 and 40x. Most burners with a catalog in its firmware will know the cd music models and lock the burn speed in (I belive "just link" based drives can turn this feature, aka quality control, off. Not that I would advise it). Im not sure HOW low in quality they are, but there is generaly a reason why they are cheaper then normal cdr.

Cheaper???? I have always seen them as more expensive.....

 

[BostonRedSoxx]

Deal is dead at the Comp USA store in Manchester, CT. Did get a 50 pack 40x spindle of Imation for $12.99 w/ a $10.00 mail in rebate though, so 2.99 for 50 cd-r's isn't too shabby. Would much rather pay 88 cents out the door, but I was a little late. $10.00 rebate is only good until 10/5/02.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Devistater

Originally posted by: theshamu

Originally posted by: LiLRiceBoi
Whats the difference between an audio cdr and regular?

I think the audio/music CD-Rs have license to copy a CD priced in, so they are more expensive. But if you make a copy of a CD with one of these, it's considered fully legal.

Naw, thats in Canada Here in the USA there's no license fee built in to any blank CDs. But I remember something about a Canadian law that was going to do that. Did that pass, or was it just talked about?

Uhm, that's not just in .ca. Have you read about the AHRA, the Audio Home Recording Act? Music CDRs definately have an additional tax/fee imposed on them as part of the price.