Amazon HD-DVD player purchasers - Check your email! $50 code!

[Pookymeister]

Dear Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/) Customer, As someone who purchased an HD DVD player from us before February 23, 2008,* you might like to hear about a special offer available from Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/).

New technologies don't always work out as planned. We at Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/) value our customer relationships more than anything and would like to support customers who purchased these players by offering a credit good for $50 off any products sold by Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/).** Just use code kjhlkjhliuhkhkhk when checking out. The code is valid through April 9, 2009, so you have plenty of time to use your credit. Purchases from third-party merchants on our site are not eligible.

[gkrykewy]

Come on, Circuit City! That's where I got my 360 player, way back when.

[Esoul]

gkrykewy, according to this thread, at CC you can trade in your HD-DVD player and get a gift card for your purchase price or you can trade it towards a blu ray player. Seems YMMV but one cag got it by having the manager of their store read the memo and honored the trade.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174552

Also got my $50 off future purchase from Amazon today for buying the Xbox 360 add on in February.
Here's some more exclusions:

** Offer cannot be used to pay for special-order titles, e-books or downloadable e-content, wireless service plans, gift certificates, gift-wrap, taxes, or shipping and handling charges. $50.00 promotional credit is per HD DVD player purchased prior to February 23, 2008--up to 10 units for a maximum credit of $500.00.

[LinkinPrime]

Amazon fucking rules...too bad I bought my :360: HD DVD Player from Circuit City. I have no plans in trading it in, just want free money like Best Buy and Amazon.

[gkrykewy]

gkrykewy, according to this thread, at CC you can trade in your HD-DVD player and get a gift card for your purchase price

That would be fabulous, but I eBay'ed the player ages ago. No worries - I'm making out okay with my Best Buy replacement unit.

[Cable387]

I think this is the first internet-only retailer to do this. I hope others follow suit though because I got mine from Buy.com.

[Yo Mama]

I wish I had loaded up on 10 of these 360 HD-DVD players now. I bought it for $50 on 2/25, still got the coupon, and hoping for the free HD-DVDs from the offer still

[KyleN]

Got my e-mail--I bought by 360 add-on back in Nov '06! What a great surprise!

[shrike4242]

Got my e-mail--I bought by 360 add-on back in Nov '06! What a great surprise!I did too, in August of 2007. I should be getting one too. Nice.

[fmills15]

hells yeah. i copped the 360 add on when it $50 and now I get my money back too. plus I sold the thing on ebay for $70..... today is a good day...

[Medium_Pimpin]

Wow this is awesome, i basically just got the hd-dvd add-on for free!

[DomLando]

Got my code. Probably use it towards GTA.

[Midnite]

Awesome got my code, will probably use it toward a PS3.

[animemaniac14]

SAHWEEEEt!!!!! $50 IS MINE! and what's EVEN MORE IRONIC is the fact that when i bought my Toshiba A30 player from Amazon...they had a price drop shortly after i bought it...and SOMEHOW...they refunded me $100 (it was marked at $220 when i bought it..and i guess went down to $120 on a price mistake O_o). So now thanks to the facebook $10 amazon app (which has now ended) i now have $60 worth of credit at Amazon, $100 worth of credit at BB (and i resold those 2 players i bought there for 150% profit each...and got Heroes Season 1 HD, Matrix Trilogy HD, Hot Fuzz HD, Bourne Supremacy HD, and Serenity HD all for FREE!) Too awesome...

[ryosnk]

Fuck I got mine at gamestop. They suck.

[flatliner718]

I saw this in my inbox, and was kinda happy, so the first thing I did was try to see if warehousedeals.com counts as amazon themselves, didn't see it as a 3rd party seller seeing as they shipped Prime 2-Day ship for most orders. However in the end didn't work but I have 50 dollars off a PS3 for the next year....here's hoping on a price drop, plus this stacked, or hell maybe a cheaper SKU seeing as how them and microsoft come up with new ones all the time

[sega_for_life]

Those of you that bought the X360 Add-On HD-DVD Player for $50, will probably not be getting the code, because:

Dear Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/) Customer, As someone who purchased an HD DVD player from us before February 23, 2008,* you might like to hear about a special offer available from Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/)

If you do.....then Rock On!!!

But I doubt you'll get anything.

[Fuzi0n]

Awesome, I ordered my HD-DVD addon from amazon February 25 and still got the code.

[sega_for_life]

Awesome, I ordered my HD-DVD addon from amazon February 25 and still got the code.


Rock On, Then!!!!!!!!!

[Capn Stabby]

Those of you that bought the X360 Add-On HD-DVD Player for $50, will probably not be getting the code, because:

Dear Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/) Customer, As someone who purchased an HD DVD player from us before February 23, 2008,* you might like to hear about a special offer available from Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/)

If you do.....then Rock On!!!

But I doubt you'll get anything.

I bought my HD DVD player for $79.99, price adjusted it to 49.99, got the email.

[blueboy]

Thanks Amazon. Just used my code to pre-order Star Wars: Force Unleashed for $6.99 from my Gold Box.

[Medium_Pimpin]

I bought my HD DVD player for $79.99, price adjusted it to 49.99, got the email.

Same here, didn't know they ever sold these @ $50

[sega_for_life]

I bought my HD DVD player for $79.99, price adjusted it to 49.99, got the email.


You Rock, too!

I'm jealous and getting worried that I won't get one. I ordered my Toshiba HD-A3 from Amazon on 12/27/07 for $179 and still NADA in my inbox.

[moonphrogg]

I bought my HD DVD player for $79.99, price adjusted it to 49.99, got the email.

Good. . .that means I can look forward to mine, then. . .still haven't received the email - I'll keep checking.

Edit: Emailed customer service, just got my code. Bought Bully: Scholarship Edition and still have a penny left over!

[iNCREDiPiNOY]

I haven't received mine.

[Pookymeister]

I think this is the first internet-only retailer to do this. I hope others follow suit though because I got mine from Buy.com.

I wouldn't mind buy.com doing this either since I got one there too. :)

[Trenchalicious]

This is why I love Amazon! Xbox 360 GTA IV Special Edition - $43.98 (One day shipping of course) :P

[toadielurks]

Fuck I got mine at gamestop. They suck.

Me too!!, why aren't these douches giving us store credit...

[geeknhard]

I woke up to this e-mail today, needless to say I'm happy as hell about it. :D I love Amazon, my favorite online retailer. :)

Time to go through my cart & see if there's anything I want now.

[Joda84]

I just got off the phone with Amazon... They told me the emails are still being sent out. I was told I should get mine by tomorrow.

[rcavictor1956]

Received my email today. Trying to decide what to buy. :)

[Capn Stabby]

Hmm, maybe I'll use mine to buy another HD DVD player.

Hey, wait a minute...

[LinkinPrime]

Anyone having problems with their code? My friend got one and it comes up invalid. I thought maybe they need a day or so to active...I figured he should try again later and if it doesn't work still call Amazon.

[jacknicklson]

:whee:Brightened my day!

[hardwo0d]

Aww shucks I bought mine on the 27th or the 28th of February; just missed the cut :(

[hardwo0d]

You Rock, too!

I'm jealous and getting worried that I won't get one. I ordered my Toshiba HD-A3 from Amazon on 12/27/07 for $179 and still NADA in my inbox.

Same boat Brotha! Ordered on 02/27/2008 from Amazon and still got nothing in my e-mail. Oh well.

[Sharp Katana]

i havent received the email yet.

[Deadpool]

Fuck I got mine at gamestop. They suck.

Me too, fuckers.

[Pookymeister]

Anyone having problems with their code? My friend got one and it comes up invalid. I thought maybe they need a day or so to active...I figured he should try again later and if it doesn't work still call Amazon.

Did he try to buy something or just put it in as a gift code to add to account balance? I don't think its going to work in the latter case.

[phantomfriar2002]

Haven't gotten mine yet but I ordered a whole bunch of players as gifts and apparently they will be crediting you $50 PER PLAYER up to $500! How sweet is that...

[Sporadic]

fucking awesome

I'm tempted to buy even more HD-DVDs :D

[h3llbring3r]

Funny. Still haven't got my BB one but I got the amazon.com one today! RAWK ON!

[hiamiyumi]

Got the code today. Sweet!
Thanks Amazon and $50 GC at BB.

[anomynous]

Dang it expires today though


So I used mine to buy the GTA 4 SE

[Sporadic]

Dang it expires today though


So I used mine to buy the GTA 4 SE

Um

The code is valid through April 9, 2009, so you have plenty of time to use your credit.

[Pookymeister]

Dang it expires today though


So I used mine to buy the GTA 4 SE

april 9th, 2009 :)

[anomynous]

april 9th, 2009 :)

Yay for reading on my part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But I still would have bought GTA 4 SE

[talonthrawn]

Sweeeet! Hmm.. should I go w/ a PSP or GTA SE... I <3 Amazon.

[jgressley]

I did not get the e-mail, but I called them with my order #, and they gave me a code over the phone. I had purchased the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on when it was selling for $180 with King Kong and 7 free HD-DVDs. Not bad!

[blk00civicsi]

Not sure if they aren't on top of this as best buy isn't but UPS left my first one on the porch and it was stolen, Amazon sent a new one and it did have a new order number. Wonder if i'll get two. "Fingers Crossed for errors"

[kevzik]

No code for me yet....Hmmm. I guess ill call them. Whats the email topic name?

[SteveMcQ]

I hope I get this. Does this apply to only the HD-DVD add on purchase or all HD-DVD player purchases prior to the February date?

[moonphrogg]

Wow. . .it just hit me. . .after all of this debacle. . .I've ended up with Heroes S1, Transformers and 300 on hd-dvd as well as 15 more free hd-dvds by mail, and 2 xbox 360 hd-dvd ad-ons for a net total of $20. (oh yeah - and 2 copies of King Kong on hd-dvd. . .)

[doubledown]

I wish Circuit City followed Best Buy and Amazon. I bought the 360 Add-On early on....I did get a good deal on it though. Oh well....at least my other one I got at Best Buy will give me a gift card :)

[bigdaddybruce44]

Amazon does it again! Bravo.

[kevzik]

Looks like us HD DVD supporters ending up winning after all....I mean, practically free upconvertering players and movies has to be some kind of win.

[shrike4242]

Emailed Amazon.com and they sent along a code in less than an hour.

[freshzen]

Oh wow I thought I had to use the code today.

I ordered Dark Messiah 360 and 3 $20 B2G1 blu-rays for a total of $20 out of pocket. Awesome considering I only spent $50 on the HD DVD add-on!

[kevzik]

Emailed Amazon.com and they sent along a code in less than an hour.

Amazing.

Looks like amazon.com will continue its #1ness in the CAG Polls.

[neonglow]

I emailed Amazon and they applied the code directly to my account. It's listed as HD DVD promotion.

[msu89dawgs]

Didn't get the email, so I emailed Amazon customer service with the order number from the HD-A1 I bought in November 2006, and they responded within 30 minutes, saying they had put a $50 credit in my account. Pre-ordering Batman Begins and National Treasure/Book of Secrets 2-pack Blu-rays, after 10% discount, cost me $3.95 total. Gotta love Amazon...

[Nana Komatsu]

Thanks! I emailed Amazon and got my code before the email.

[Toaster Driver]

i e-mailed them and they said it was in my account...and upon checking...it's not in my account :( great :( i've had a ton of hassles with their customer service but i know it's not their fault and i still order billions of dollars worth of crap from them anyways lol

[xbox_mole]

Got my email today!

Thanks for the heads up OP!

[neonglow]

i e-mailed them and they said it was in my account...and upon checking...it's not in my account :( great :( i've had a ton of hassles with their customer service but i know it's not their fault and i still order billions of dollars worth of crap from them anyways lol

It only shows up during the payment portion of the checkout. It won't appear under gift certificate amount.

[mick16]

Haven't received the e-mail yet, but I bought both the Xbox-360 Add On back in August plus the Toshiba A3 in December.

I'm not very patient, so I'll be e-mailing them right now asking for my $100. Good news!

[TripleH13]

awesome- I ordered mine a few days after Feb 23rd but still got it. Looks like i'll be getting GTA4 on release after all.

[kingchaos]

Thanks for the heads up!

[sociopharm02]

got my email, nice as hell:) I pre-ordered the new Grand theft Auto for 9 bucks. I am very happy.

[Toaster Driver]

It only shows up during the payment portion of the checkout. It won't appear under gift certificate amount.

i went all the way to the last step of checkout...no credit :(

[tokerblue]

Haven't got my email yet for a HD-DVD player I bought last November. But I'll give it until tomorrow. Still waiting for my 2 $50 gift cards from Best Buy too...

It's great customer service and a great customer friendly policy that these stores are following. So the next format war of Iridium Ray and Ultra-HD-DVD doesn't look so bad. :)

[geeknhard]

My e-mail was waiting for me when I woke up this morning. I'm gonna have to hold onto it, since I'm not exactly tingling at any of the deals I'm finding on Amazon currently. Awesome to have free $50 to spend on Amazon though. :D

[SteveMcQ]

Nice, Amazon. I guess this is an initiative most B&M stores are doing (Amazon being the first online retailer participating) in response since IGN just did a story on it. Wal-Mart is doing something similar, only suckier, giving you the $50 GC only if you return your HD-DVD player and you provide a valid receipt.

So can the code be applied to an existing pre-order? Anyone try that?

[RedvsBlue]

Its pretty obvious at this point that the rebates are coming from toshiba so is circuit city just gonna hang on to this rebate money or are they gonna actually man up and pass it back to the consumer like BB and amazon?

[DualDisorder]

Argh...no email yet. I bought my A-30 back in December. Gonna have to send Amazon an email.

[K_G]

Its pretty obvious at this point that the rebates are coming from toshiba so is circuit city just gonna hang on to this rebate money or are they gonna actually man up and pass it back to the consumer like BB and amazon?

Given that Toshiba lost something like $600+ million already on HD DVD, they are not ones behind this...$50 giftcards are not going to salvage their reputation in this matter. This is 100% marketing/goodwill creation by the retailers, not any kickbacks from Toshiba. While an expensive operation, these efforts are targeted at lucrative segment of CE buyers and is designed more to create the thought of 'retailer X is kick ass...I'm definitely buying my next -insert expensive item here- there'. So rather than spending a ton of money advertising some deal to huge number of people who will not be interested, they are spending a ton of money to small number of people who likely spend a ton of money at their stores to encourage them to spend more and make another visit. Amazon isn't doing this out the kindness of their heart, they are doing to compete with BB for the hearts and minds of CE consumers. I wouldn't expect that CC will follow, given they are hard up for both cash and customers already....Like Toshiba, $50 from CC isn't likely to improve their standing with most customers nor is not giving it likely to make anyone hate them more than they already do.

[Pookymeister]

i just sent an email to buy.com for kicks to ask them if they might consider matching amazon.com

[JShack]

they should offer massive discounts on software as opposed to rebates or $50

[blk00civicsi]

Had to email. Got it within the hour.

[almasy82]

amazon rocks...I got mine:-)

[MorPhiend]

I bought one last summer. I didn't get an e-mail. So I just e-mailed them. Hopefully I will get either credited or an e-mail. This, coupled with my Amazon $35 GC from Christmas should enable me to pre-order Wii Fit. Now I just need to find a way to get Mario Kart as well. :)

[bob330i]

Guess I'll have to email them. Nothing yet.

[Fuzi0n]

I find it strange that I ordered my 360 addon after the February 23 deadline and even got one. More strange is that I got one before many of the people who ordered one so long ago...maybe they are going from recently purchased back to first available purchases.

[bob330i]

I find it strange that I ordered my 360 addon after the February 23 deadline and even got one. More strange is that I got one before many of the people who ordered one so long ago...maybe they are going from recently purchased back to first available purchases.


Dunno about that. I saw another person get one that bought in '06. However, I don't recall if they ended up contact Amazon or not. That might have been why they got theirs sooner.

[matrixadw]

Got $100 back :) My second hd-dvd player was purchased last month so I was kinda shocked they gave me the extra $50.

[grendel19]

Bought my 360 HD-DVD addon back in November of 06. Figured since many people were already receiving their emails and I haven't yet, I just emailed them directly. Got a reply back within an hour with a $50 GC promotional code.

[shadowrage]

I emailed them yesterday. I just got my promo code 20 minutes ago.

[mick16]

Got my $100 this morning around 1AM.

So I ended up spending $20 on the Toshiba A3 after the price matching and the $50 credit. Spent $130 on the Xbox Add On after the $50 credit. But also received 18 HD-DVD movies including the free HD-DVD deals Amazon was offering and the 10 rebate movies.

Sorry to see the format die, but in retrospect it doesn't seem like that bad of a deal when I consider that I spent $150 for an Oppo upconverting DVD player just a year ago.

[splattered]

I already miss the format tons :cry:

I did however spend the $50 on a Dualshock 3 controller. haha

Too bad it says it wont be shipping till beginning to mid may

wtf

[zman73]

Just got my code... and seeing how House of the Dead 2 & 3 was only 20 I picked it up along with DQM: Joker and the upcoming SNK Neo Geo Collection for about 3 bucks after promo... will use my BB card on Mario Kart Wii

[MrNEWZ]

Now to figure out what to use my $50 on...

[SteveMcQ]

Damn, it won't work on existing pre-orders. Chance missing out on the GTAIV LE goodies (license plate mainly) or use up the $50 and get that set for $39.99? Or just go with the regular version. Hmmm....

[Bullitt24]

I would go with the regular version

[shrike4242]

Now to figure out what to use my $50 on...Used mine for a $4.99 DualShock 3.

[Bezerker]

I had to email to get my $50. I used it on a pair of Sennheiser CX300's. Figure if i spent $550 on a mp3 player, might as well get some decent headphones for it.

[anomynous]

So I ordered the GTA 4 Special Edition with the coupon & cancelled it because I really do not need the extra crap, do you think I can get the coupon back?

EDIT: I sent them an email about it

[matrixadw]

anomynous,did you try putting something else in the cart again and going all the way to the final check out part? You should have the discount applied back again.

[anomynous]

yeah it worked

[rly723]

i got the email, but any idea where to apply the discount?

[Bezerker]

i got the email, but any idea where to apply the discount?

It applies automatically at checkout. You have to buy something thats sold & shipped by Amazon.com, not any of the marketplace sellers.

[dakidiznice]

Quick question. I placed an order this week with the promotion. Some items are ready to be shipped so I cant cancel that portion. If I cancel the rest will I get the 35 or so back or will it be lost? Really want COD 4

[BaronVC]

Got mine, bought a Harmony remote:applause:

[blk00civicsi]

Quick question. I placed an order this week with the promotion. Some items are ready to be shipped so I cant cancel that portion. If I cancel the rest will I get the 35 or so back or will it be lost? Really want COD 4

The balance should stay in your account until you are ready to buy another item.