DVD2Blu - Trade your DVDs for BLUs

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kylem785

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Sorry if this has been posted, didnt see it anywhere...
WB has rolled out a program to upgrade your current dvds to blurays!
http://www.dvd2blu.com/
There are about 79 listed as of now and most can be upgraded for just $5...you mail them your dvd, they send you the bluray new in packaging...pretty sweet deal!
I haven't tried it yet, but I probably will
Hope this helps some of you, I'd love to see it rolled out to other studios
 
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Damn, the titles for this haven't changed since December 2010. Maybe some of the new CAGs can get a deal out of this. Most of these can be found at the listed price in any store now.
 
[quote name='Invicta 61']Damn, the titles for this haven't changed since December 2010. Maybe some of the new CAGs can get a deal out of this. Most of these can be found at the listed price in any store now.[/QUOTE]

this should just be closed. Why keep resurrecting this?
 
After almost two years new titles have been added. The additions include all three Austin Powers movies, Appaloosa, 2001: A Space Odyessy, Caddyshack, Cool Hand Luke, Dog Day Afternoon among others.
 
I actually broke that threshold with my last order by a few movies. Chances are I will be finding out soon if they keep close records.

FYI many of these titles are in the dump bins at Wal-Mart for $7.88. If you spend over $35 (about 7 movies) to get the free shipping, you will be saving about $2.88 per title or just over $20 total. Not bad if these are some of the titles you are looking for.

Another thing to note, if you don't have any cheap DVDs to trade in, Wal-Mart also has the disc only DVDs in blister packs near the checkout for .96 each (picked up "Decent" with Rosario Dawson, that movie is fucked up!). Of course you're not saving as much, but it's still money in pocket.
 
About to try sending in multiple copies of Dollar Tree $.01 and $.25 DVDs, since I don't see anything in their terms about duplicates. We'll see how it goes...
 
[quote name='Indiana Jones']So, Invicta, any update on you breaking the 25 limit yet?[/QUOTE]

Nope, I kinda forgot about trying to send any in. :D I'll let ya know if I end up sending in for any. The company I work for is in the process of being sold, I'm not going to be spending on stuff like this like I normally do until things shake out.

[quote name='applecider']About to try sending in multiple copies of Dollar Tree $.01 and $.25 DVDs, since I don't see anything in their terms about duplicates. We'll see how it goes...[/QUOTE]

I sent in Dollar Tree DVDs a few years ago, you should have no problems. Not sure about sending in duplicates, though.
 
2001 was on the list a few years back, I wasn't aware it got removed/readded. =S I've sent in dollar general DVDs and with my 2nd order. On my 3rd order, I found a wonder book and video with misc. scratched DVDs for .25 each since dollar tree stopped carrying crap generic movies and began carrying actual movies.

Anyway, yeah, I broke the 25 limit earlier last year. They don't keep a record, go nuts. :D
 
Yep, they did add a few new ones. I wouldn't say 150 but a few, lol. They added a few older movies.

They now have all the Austin Powers movies, The Matrix Reloaded, National Lampoon's European Vacation, the 2nd Harold and Kumar movie, Falling Down (one of my personal favorites), the 2nd & 3rd Final Destination movies and they finally added in Oceans Twelve (for years they had just 11 & 13). I only mentioned the movies that caught my eye but I did see some other new titles that either I never heard of or are just old movies.

Not positive but I think that free shipping was lowered down to $35. Guess I'll make another order when I get my tax money back.
 
Never done this before. Two questions.

(1) Are digital copy only disks eligible?

(2) Are season set disks counted separately (e.g. have office season 2, will each of the four disks count separately when I send them in)?

Thanks
 
[quote name='dchrisd']Never done this before. Two questions.

(1) Are digital copy only disks eligible?

(2) Are season set disks counted separately (e.g. have office season 2, will each of the four disks count separately when I send them in)?

Thanks[/QUOTE]

You trade in one disc per title, so you can get four titles for The Office Season 2, or you can trade in all three discs (including the bonus discs) from Black Hawk Down to get three titles. It's also a good idea to buy $35 worth so you can get free shipping.
 
Do they care if u send in all of the same DVD? I seen some at the dollar store but they were all the same thing. If u can I would definitely get at least one group of blu rays. If not maybe I can see if I can find that bargain bin at my Walmart with those 50 cent DVDs without the case. Those would be good to trade in I think.
 
Does it matter which disc you send them? May sound stupid but I have some movies that have missing discs like one might have the movie but missing the special features disc or vice versa. I know they want discs only so I'm asking this because a few of my movies are just the bonus discs so would they take those and count a bonus disc as a movie or do they want/prefer the movie disc?
 
Any commercial DVD can be used. No porn or blanks (DVD R/RW). Dupes can be used. Special feature DVDs can be used, etc. Go nuts.
 
Ok, thanks. I did read their FAQ but wasn't sure since I didn't know if they'd have a fit about the content on the disc.

So what really do they gain by taking in our random discs? Especially if you got people like me who have been stuck with these bonus special features discs (lost the movie ones somewhere forever ago) and are looking to give them those? I don't see how they really profit in this asides from the money they get too.
 
[quote name='Navex']Ok, thanks. I did read their FAQ but wasn't sure since I didn't know if they'd have a fit about the content on the disc.

So what really do they gain by taking in our random discs? Especially if you got people like me who have been stuck with these bonus special features discs (lost the movie ones somewhere forever ago) and are looking to give them those? I don't see how they really profit in this asides from the money they get too.[/QUOTE]

To get people to move from dvd to blu ray. Yeah, people who already have a bluray collection will take the opportunity to just add to it, but think about people who mostly have DVDs, they start trying out some blurays and next thing you know, they start buying the more expensive bluray than the cheaper dvd.
 
Wow. I did not think this thing was still going on. Do you need to include the case for every dvd?

[quote name='Navex']Ok, thanks. I did read their FAQ but wasn't sure since I didn't know if they'd have a fit about the content on the disc.

So what really do they gain by taking in our random discs? Especially if you got people like me who have been stuck with these bonus special features discs (lost the movie ones somewhere forever ago) and are looking to give them those? I don't see how they really profit in this asides from the money they get too.[/QUOTE]

They prevent your dvd from going on the open market. You get a discount and another person has to buy a new DVD or Bluray instead of your old dvd.
 
[quote name='J7.']Wow. I did not think this thing was still going on. Do you need to include the case for every dvd?
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No, that's the beauty of it - they don't want the cases, only the discs. I'm sure that's to save on shipping costs. I know if you spend $35 or more, shipping is free. They even pay for shipping the discs TO them (you print out a .pdf pre-paid shipping page).
 
Do I just get one of them yellow envelopes with the bubble wrap inside and put all the discs in there? I'm thinking about doing this in a couple weeks...
 
[quote name='Outlaw1986']Do I just get one of them yellow envelopes with the bubble wrap inside and put all the discs in there? I'm thinking about doing this in a couple weeks...[/QUOTE]

I stacked my discs and wrapped them in a cellophane to keep them together and put them in a bubble mailer, no problems.

As for going over the limit, I remembered that I actually went over the limit the last time I participated. Haven't participated this time around because the prices are not that different from retail plus Best Buy's trade and save deal gives me more options.
 
[quote name='Outlaw1986']Do I just get one of them yellow envelopes with the bubble wrap inside and put all the discs in there? I'm thinking about doing this in a couple weeks...[/QUOTE]

You don't even need a bubble wrap since they don't care about the condition. Just toss them into a manila envelope or reuse packaging from an item you received.
 
[quote name='Carlanga']Cool program, but only one of those DVDs I own, are there other programs like this?[/QUOTE]

You no longer have to trade the same movie to participate, any crappy DVD movie will do.

Best Buy has the upgrade and save program for a few weeks about 3-4 times a year which works pretty much the same way, except you get $5 vouchers for each DVD.
 
[quote name='Invicta 61']You no longer have to trade the same movie to participate, any crappy DVD movie will do.

Best Buy has the upgrade and save program for a few weeks about 3-4 times a year which works pretty much the same way, except you get $5 vouchers for each DVD.[/QUOTE]

Awesome, read the site fast and didn't see it was ANY DVD, Thanks! Will definitely have to take a look at their offerings more carefully since I have a couple of crap DVDs.

Yeah, w/ BB it always happens whenever I have an hectic schedule though! Thanks for the info! :cool: :bouncy:
 
Since Best Buy has their upgrade and save, what you really want to do for DVD2Blu is trade in 2 and 3-disc movies since you can get that many titles back instead of just one per movie at Best Buy. Also price compare before you take part in DVD2Blu because you can buy some movies like Cool Hand Luke for $5 anyway.
 
Kinda weird, I put in a $58.94 order on the 12th, they received my package on the 20th, then there's a $26.76 charge to my card on the 22nd, and a $5.35 credit on the 25th. Wonder what they are doing.
 
[quote name='FadeToOne']Kinda weird, I put in a $58.94 order on the 12th, they received my package on the 20th, then there's a $26.76 charge to my card on the 22nd, and a $5.35 credit on the 25th. Wonder what they are doing.[/QUOTE]

Some of the titles you requested may be back-ordered or there may be some other issue. There is a number on the web site that you can call with questions, but I remember others here receiving e-mails if there were delays. You might give them a call.
 
[quote name='Invicta 61']Some of the titles you requested may be back-ordered or there may be some other issue. There is a number on the web site that you can call with questions, but I remember others here receiving e-mails if there were delays. You might give them a call.[/QUOTE]

Sure enough, 5 of the blus arrived today. No idea why I got some money credited back though. Haven't received a single email since my purchase about it.

Hope it's not something like "oh we didn't have that blu-ray anymore so we took the cost off" after I've sent them a pile of DVDs...
 
Same thing is happening to me so far. Placed an order for 5 movies and just received a package with only 2.


Edit: Just received the rest of my movies yesterday.
 
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The credit I saw turned out to be a debit that the site was showing different because it was in the temporary list. So the 6th blue showed up late last week., and the debit for the final five showed up around then too.
 
I never had any issues with them except for the time that I accidentally gave them my old debit card number. I don't think they ever contacted me, I ended up calling them about it because I wondered where my order went and we got it resolved.

DVD2Blu/WB is infamously known for never contacting anyone about orders (problems, shipments, refunds, etc). You HAVE to call or else your order gets cancelled or problems happen without you knowing of them. It's just how they roll, and its stupid.
 
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