Quote Originally Posted by Groundbeef
No, it doesn't "reduce the price of your inital outlay". You PAY $399 + tax.

Send in coupon, and get 5 movies. Total cash outlay $399 + tax.

Now, if they sent you 5 FREE movies, and $100 cash, THEN your "total cash outlay" would be $300 and 5 movies.

This is why "Buy $100 of goods and get $25 off works so well." Consumers "spend more, to SAVE more" Its a marketing ploy, and it works pretty good.
It works quite well, because you're getting over 500$ worth of merchandise for 400 bucks
FOR that 400 bucks you're getting a player at retail for 499$, and over a hundred dollars
worth of movies.
Knock off the value of the movies and that puts the player at under 300 bucks.
This is what you are paying for the player.
This is why people do these things.
Its actually a better deal that I showed, go into most places and that player will set you back 499$, and the movies over 100$.
BUT you're only paying 400$ , and thats for a 100+ worth of movies and a player , which, when you subtract what the movies are worth comes out at less than 300 bucks.
Your argument is that the movies are worthless, which is silly.
I know you HDDVD guys are worried because the price diff is the only real advantage to buying HDDVD, and thats disapearing rapidly