Wal-mart offers up HD DVD returns
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mr Stevo @ Apr 7th 2008 1:12PM
I wonder what they'd do with them. Hopefully not destroy them as they're perfectly working dvd players. Hopefully they'd donate them instead of sending them to one of those companies that sells returned or discontinued hardware.
Frank Furter @ Apr 7th 2008 1:27PM
Donate them to who? (Or is it whom?)
"Here ya go, USD 123, a brand new BetaMax!"
TrentD @ Apr 7th 2008 2:15PM
Um, Frank, it does play DVDs as well.
Evan @ Apr 7th 2008 11:45PM
Frank, what part of donate do you not understand. I don't think you make someone pay for something you donate...
Rob @ Apr 7th 2008 1:24PM
I took mine back yesterday (bought it Nov 2). It was worth it just to see the puzzled looks on the faces of the Wally Workers as I explained WHAT the device was and WHY I was bringing it back... lots of fun!
kyle @ Apr 16th 2008 1:18PM
how did you get them to understand what was going on? the walmart i just went to had no idea what i was talking about, and one woman was going on and on about how they're still making hd dvds. they also refused to call 1-800-walmart to confirm that this was legit.
WallyB @ Apr 7th 2008 1:35PM
Hmmm.
I bought an A2 on the pre-BF sale day for $98, but I'm not sure I want to return it. I have about 25 HD-DVDs, but I still have my 360 add-on. $98 towards another BR player would be nice.
Tough call.
Evan @ Apr 7th 2008 11:41PM
This deal actually worked perfectly for me. I am going to take that $100 bucks and put it towards the purchase of a Samsung BDUP-5000 on Amazon. They are going sub-$400 from Amazon Wholesale right now. This way I can continue to buy the really cheap HD DVDs of everything I want and when I finally have to, I'll buy my first blu-ray disc. I held out for as long as I could.
andy @ Apr 7th 2008 1:44PM
The real problem isn't the players that wal-mart sold for 100 bucks. It's the discs.
Why would I want to get rid of the player that gives me HD movies and upconverts my DVD's better than my TV can? For 100 bucks, it's still a deal.
Now if I could swap my movies, we'd be talking. But it just seems pointless to refund the players.
I would consider a swap for a blu-ray player, but a refund is a flat out loss for most customers.
harrijs @ Apr 7th 2008 2:09PM
For me it isn't a flat out loss. I owned a PS3 before the pre-BF sale and love it. I only purchased the HDA2 because there were some red titles I wanted to watch. I never purchased any movies, instead relying solely on Netflix. Since the format war has ended, I have had this feeling of waste in the A2, and now I can get that refund. This is going to work out wonderfully for me.
andy @ Apr 7th 2008 2:25PM
You didn't send in for the free 5?
harrijs @ Apr 7th 2008 2:49PM
I did, but never received them. Yet another reason I have no problems taking advantage of this.
stub2k2 @ Apr 7th 2008 3:09PM
Just keep watching the mail. i bought my 360 add-on way back in like october ot september and didnt recieve my 5 free till the end of january.
harrijs @ Apr 7th 2008 3:57PM
I sent my rebate in at the end of November. A buddy of mine sent his in the same week and received his 5 in January. I have given up on getting them at all. No big deal. The titles they made available weren't really good anyway.
Evan @ Apr 7th 2008 11:43PM
I don't know if theyt are still honoring the 5 free promotion, but if they are, go to HD DVDs website and find the number to call them. Once the alloted time was up I called and the HD DVDs made it to me the end of that week.
Geoff D. @ Apr 8th 2008 7:53AM
They are... If you haven't gotten it, call 1-800-405-7520--after 14 weeks, I called them and they gave me a song and dance about how I was approved but they hadn't shipped and it would be another 6 weeks, bla bla bla. I was ready to write it off, but 8 days after that call the discs showed up.
Geoff D. @ Apr 8th 2008 7:53AM
They are... If you haven't gotten it, call 1-800-405-7520--after 14 weeks, I called them and they gave me a song and dance about how I was approved but they hadn't shipped and it would be another 6 weeks, bla bla bla. I was ready to write it off, but 8 days after that call the discs showed up.
Tim @ Apr 7th 2008 4:40PM
Hey,
If anyone would like to sell me their wally world receipt for a Toshiba A30, let me know! :)
Patrick @ Apr 7th 2008 5:02PM
Deal
Tim @ Apr 7th 2008 5:27PM
Patrick,
Please email me at tstradling@ hotmail. com and we'll work out details.
Mitchell @ Apr 7th 2008 6:51PM
how about anyone for a A2??
Mitchell
longhairbilly @ Apr 7th 2008 10:28PM
My A30 works fine. All my HD DVD movies work fine. I thought they may stop playing after Blu ray won, but to my surprise they still work!! Why would I sell?
sn1per @ Apr 8th 2008 1:01AM
Well most people like to watch new releases, and with a bluray player you could get them in HD, so...
EEL @ Apr 8th 2008 12:03AM
I've got an A35 that I just love, so my original A2 being returned would be a plus since I'm in the process of gathering components to build a HTPC.
andy @ Apr 8th 2008 10:22AM
Ditto, I'm going to get that LG dual format BRD/DVD burner for 185.
I'm waiting for the new southbridge to go with the AMD 780 chipset so that I can get all of the new surround sound codecs out via HDMI.
Jason @ Apr 8th 2008 10:35PM
I was able to get my A3 refunded that I paid $300 for back in December. It took a little convincing as it kept showing up as $74 when they registered. I bought it as a deal they had with five movies off the shelf for free with purchase. They didn't even know about it. I printed the posted letter for them and a copy of the old ad I had purchased it under. It took the lady 20 minutes to talk it over with the store managere, but they approved the full refund.
Daniel @ Apr 9th 2008 9:36PM
so they screw over the people who bought the orgianl players when the they 500 bucks. oh well,