Wal-mart: Full HD DVD player refunds

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Wal-Mart Offers HD DVD Refunds

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Wal-Mart Offers HD DVD Refunds
The retailer joins Best Buy and Circuit City.
By Swanni
Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2008) -- Wal-Mart is now offering a full refund on any HD DVD player purchased on or after November 1.

The discount retailer was a popular venue for HD DVD shoppers during the 2007 holiday season after it slashed prices on some players to under $100.

However, Toshiba, the principal supporter of HD DVD, decided early this year to pull the plug on the high-def disc format, ceding victory to rival Blu-ray.

Wal-Mart says HD DVD buyers need only to provide the player and their original receipt to get the refund; it's not necessary to return the box in which it came.

The full refund offer is good until April 30.

Wal-Mart joins Best Buy and Circuit City in offering refunds or similar incentives for customers to return their HD DVD players.

 

[yaz96]

I don't want to return my player. I want $50 credit like BB and Amazon!

 

[dfergie]

I'm happy with my player...

 

[ripnbigc]

I'm happy with my player...

+1

 

[riffjim4069]

I bought 2 players, but mainly for the free HD DVDs. To be honest, one player is enough since we watch mostly BD. I may just take Wal-Mart up on this offer.

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

Wal-Mart joins Best Buy and Circuit City in offering refunds or similar incentives for customers to return their HD DVD players.

What is Circuit City doing?

 

[IcEWoLF]

At least it shows Wal-Mart cares about the rest of the people that don't have enough money to invest on both HD-DVD/Blu-ray.

 

[haertig]

If Walmart would sell off these used player returns for around $25, I'd buy two or three more. They are fantastic upconvertors. The only downside is they take longer to boot up than a normal DVD player. That doesn't really bother me much, but others might not care for it. Walmart would have to pay me double what I paid to get my A2 back, or offer me an even better upconvertor for trade (an Oppo perhaps). $98 was a great price for this A2 "upconvertor", even if it never plays another HDDVD.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Yeah, I was wondering what they will do with those players? Recycle them for scrap? I hope not.

Not giving up my HD DVD player; indeed, going to buy a second.

 

[ripnbigc]

Yeah, I was wondering what they will do with those players? Recycle them for scrap? I hope not.

Not giving up my HD DVD player; indeed, going to buy a second.

Me too, want a backup.

 

[enoree]

Got 2 a-3's and an a-30, got 1 a-3 from wal mart, gonna offer it to some guys at work for what I paid for it, if no takers will take it back and use the money to buy more movies, the 1 a-3 will be a back up unit, got the a-30 as my main unit.

 

[bhelms]

Yeah, I was wondering what they will do with those players? Recycle them for scrap? I hope not....

That's what I fear, but I doubt it will be WM doing that scrapping without some incentive to do so. Sony and the other BD producers want to remove/destroy any possible diversion/disincentive from paying full-price for BD equipment and DVDs. I would hope that equipment would be sold in some kind of aftermarket, but I'm not optimistic about that. My guess is that Sony et al will be paying a "bounty" of some kind for evidence of scrapped units...!