Best Buy Offers HD DVD Owners $50 Gift Card

Stew4HD

That was the grey area I was wondering about.. the quote from the OP doesn't say that we have to return the player to BB, but CC says that we have to return the player.... sad, IMO that they'd insult us that way... more BD PR stuff.... to me, anyway.

Sure, let me return my XA2 for a whopping 50$

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UPDATE!!!: Sorry but I have to retract my statement!!!! Just received this from Businesswire!!

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With Blu-ray declaring victory over HD-DVD in the high definition movie format war, Best Buy, the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer, is giving $50 gift cards to customers who purchased an HD-DVD player or HD-DVD attachment from its U.S. stores before February 23, 2008. Customers will get a gift card for each player or HD-DVD attachment that they purchased. Through this program, Best Buy will distribute more than $10 million in gift cards to customers across the country.
"The DVD format war has divided our customers in a way we haven't seen since Betamax took on VHS more than 20 years ago," said Brian J. Dunn, president and chief operating officer for Best Buy. "At Best Buy, we understood and shared our customers' frustrations as they were being asked to choose one format or the other. Now that the format war is over, we hope these gift cards will reassure our customers that we will help them make a smooth transition into the right technology for their needs."
Most Best Buy customers won't have to do anything to receive their gift card. As a demonstration of its commitment to its customers, Best Buy will proactively mail cards to all customers that the company can identify as having purchased an HD-DVD player. Members of the Best Buy Reward Zone program, customers who purchased Performance Service Plans (PSPs) or who made their purchase on BestBuy.com should look for their gift cards in the mail by May 1. Other customers who may not be easily identified can call (888) BEST BUY to receive their gift cards with proof of purchase through a credit card or their Best Buy receipt.
"The beauty of this offer is that it doesn't require our customers to give up their HD-DVD player," said Barry Judge, chief marketing officer for Best Buy. "We know that many people who purchased these players have HD-DVD movies that they would like to continue to watch. We're telling our customers they can keep their players to play these movies as well as their older DVDs and use the $50 to treat themselves to anything else in our stores."
HD-DVD players can actually deliver greatly enhanced video performance with standard DVDs by upconverting the video resolution.
Beginning on March 21, customers who do want to get rid of their HD-DVD players can visit Best Buy's Online Trade-In Center at www.bestbuytradein.com. Visitors to the site will receive instant estimates of the value of their HD-DVD players and movies. Those who agree with the estimates can then ship their goods to the Trade-In Center free of charge by downloading a prepaid shipping label and will receive an additional gift card as payment for their trade-in. This service is open to HD-DVD owners regardless of where they bought their player.
For more information visit www.bestbuy.com/hddvd.

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loganhunter200

Not according to what Bestbuy.com is saying:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage...&type=category

The other part is a trade-in. But I'm pretty sure they'll give you 50 bucks free.

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bhampton

The trade in part is cool too.

https://www.bestbuytradein.com/bb/

I just learned about this yesterday and looked through some of the trade in values. I bought a spare Dreamcast at a garage sale for $4 in case mine died but have never had the need to use it,.. Best Buy will give me $10.50 trade in credit and provide a shipping label (so shipping is paid by them as well.)

I think I'm going to turn in the spare DC ... $10.50 seems worth it.

-Brian

loganhunter200

Skip the trade in part. Just sell you HD DVD player on Amazon. I got 100 bucks for my A2 about a few weeks ago. By the way, I just called in to the BestBuy center and should be getting my 200 bucks in about 2 weeks. You don't need to send in your reciept or any proof of purchase.

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Stew4HD

Ah, thanks! I bought my first A2 from them about a year ago and used my Reward Zone info to get it.. $50 to me. That is cool.

Brian, why the hell do you care if they accept trade-ins? .. More pot-stirring? You never owned an HD DVD player

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tomes

This is cool, I think I should qualify for 50 back from both the AO I bought first (and later sold, I'm thinking of giving the buyer half of money..) + plus my A3

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Superman

Cool. I bought my A3 from there. I assume a receipt is needed... I will buy more HDM.

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tomes

If you paid with a creditcard, or swiped your membership card etc, they should have your address and send it to you automatically. If you don't get it by May 1st, give'em a call.

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shadowsip

Just FYI I recieved mine today in the mail....

-Brian

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MikeRox

It does? Has the "spare" DC been opened? As the last sealed/unused DC I saw on Ebay went for $200.

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Farout777

Thanx for the share, should be getting my $100 bones soon, I hope.

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