$50 Best Buy Giftcard For owning HD-DVD player

Found this at the used shoebox forums

http://usedshoe.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=7879.0

An Important Message from
Best Buy for HD DVD Player Owners
For months, there has been much debate surrounding the two competing high-definition video formats: Toshiba's HD DVD and Sony's Blu-ray Disc. Recently, Toshiba announced that they will no longer produce HD DVD players, and movie studios have decided not to release new titles in the HD DVD format.

Exciting news if you bought your HD DVD player from Best Buy
As the owner of an HD DVD player, you may have concerns about these developments. At Best Buy, we are dedicated to making sure you always have the right technology for you. That's why we're offering you a complimentary $50 Best Buy gift card for each HD DVD player you purchased from Best Buy before February 23, 2008. (See details and qualifying models.) Use the gift card to treat yourself to anything you want in our stores or online. Most qualifying customers will automatically receive their complimentary gift card by mail in the coming weeks. If you qualify and haven't received yours by May 1, 2008, please call us at 1-888-BEST-BUY to verify your eligibility (have your receipt handy, if possible).

Good news (even if you didn't buy from us)
Be assured that your HD DVD player will continue to play existing HD DVD titles (and upconvert standard DVDs to near-HD quality) as it always has. If you purchased a Best Buy service plan with your HD DVD player, we will continue to honor it for the life of the plan. If, however, you wish to trade in your HD DVD player and HD DVDs, we offer a convenient way to do so via our Best Buy Trade-In Center. Beginning March 21, visit BestBuyTradeIn.com to get an instant estimate of the value of your HD DVD player and movies. See below for further information, along with additional resources that we hope you'll find helpful as you examine your options.

https://www-ssl.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat147600050717&type=category

[Post edited by DjfunkmasterG on Mar 19, 2008]

Good news for all the BB Shoppers... is beter than nothing.

I bought my A3 back in November. Will I still get the gift card? From what this says then I think that I will. I will use the gift card to purchase some more Blu-Ray movies. Hopefully they will have a nice BOGO soon.

That's their way to calm the angry mob in an attempt to prevent customers from returning their HD-DVD players to the store.

[Post edited by wii-lite on Mar 19, 2008]

Still cool though. I can use my $50 card to get some more cheap HD DVDs...sweet.


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Does anyone know if BestBuy Canada is doing the same?

That is actually pretty good. It is something that they did not "have to" do.

Wow, that's much better than that stupid "rewards" card they keep trying to suck me into everytime I purchase something. I laugh at their stupid get $5 off if you spend up to $200 -- are they f-ing kidding! Wow, $5 . . . I think I'll go to the movies . . . by myself . . . at the bargain theatre!

I have had the reward zone since it started and over that time I have received over $400.00 in rewards. But then again it used to be $5.00 for ever $125.00. So I would say it isn't that bad.

And I used my card when I bought new tv's and what not for our company too. So that helped

[Post edited by KungFuTaco on Mar 19, 2008]

It used to be $5 for every $100! But of course, you had to pay $5...those early days, oh, nice...

But still $50 for your HD DVD player? How desperate is that to stop selling HD DVD discs???