How often does Amazon have BOGO sales?

[twarman17]

I started buying HD movies about 6 weeks ago from Amazon, and with all the BOGOs I ended up getting about 30 movies in that 6 weeks. Now, I don't want to buy any movies unless they are part of a BOGO. To anyone who has been shopping for HD movies since January 2007, does Amazon have those on a regular basis throughout the year or were all the BOGO sales the last 6 weeks just a holiday thing? Thanks.

[Johnnyma45]

I've seen at least 3...not including the Disney sale, which was just a sale, not a BOGO. Only took advantage of one though. It should be said that much of the same titles carried over, they just expanded the selection each time. For instance, I never saw Simpsons or Superbad on any BOGO, but 300 and Prestige and earlier movies on BR have always been there.

[twarman17]

I guess my question is going forward, should I expect to see BOGOs in the coming months on Amazon. The best indicator would be if Amazon did BOGOs last year between say February and May. Anyone know?

[Grimlok626]

i've only participated in this holiday BOGO but I imagine they would be quarterly until one format is the clear undisputed winner and the other pulls out of the market. They only do the BOGO to increase sales numbers/revenue to help backers choose the best format for the future.

[Grimlok626]

best buy, toyrsus, and circuit city have all been running HD sales more than ever lately

[Tokkie]

Originally Posted by twarman17

I guess my question is going forward, should I expect to see BOGOs in the coming months on Amazon. The best indicator would be if Amazon did BOGOs last year between say February and May. Anyone know?

Im pretty sure with the Blu-ray momentum were going to see less and less blu-ray bogos...but probably more sales. Such as $19.99-$24.99 for new releases or slightly older releases. But since HD-DVD and Blu-ray arent at war anymore (well not really) BOGOS to prop up sales are not needed.

[sotie]

It sounds like the original poster wants to know if there were Amazon bogos last year between Feb and May. I'd like to know also.

[twarman17]

Originally Posted by sotie

It sounds like the original poster wants to know if there were Amazon bogos last year between Feb and May. I'd like to know also.

Yes, that is what I would like to know.

[BluRayistheWay]

No they really started to happen when paramount switched to HDDUD but now that warner is blu, expect there to be a lot of HDDUD bogo, and maybe a few blu BOGO sales until the war is officially over and universal and paramount come to their senses...

[TheAnswerMVP2001]

I have both formats so I'm hoping the "war" continues as long as it possibly can. If Blu-Ray wins it all, forget BOGO's all together. The HD-DVD backers need to start pulling out some classic films here to try a revive this, I think it's time Gladiator & Back To The Future got released.

[grif32]

Complete list of Bogo's last year:

Note this is for BR only... Not HD DVD.

12/06 First BOGO for Blu-Ray movies at the end of Dec


1/12/07
BOGO @ Best Buy
House of Flying Daggers
Kung Fu Hustle
Black Hawk Down
Monster House
Click
Talladega Nights: Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Underworld: Evolution

2/4/07 – 2/10/07
BOGO @ Best Buy
CLICK
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION
MONSTER HOUSE
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
INTO THE BLUE
THE FIFTH ELEMENT

2/9/07 – 2/13/07
BOGO @ Fry’s
For $24.99
Click
Silent Hill
Underworld Evolution
Little Man
Monster House
The Benchwarmers
For $19.99
50 First Date
The Big Hit
House of Flying Dagger
THe Fifth Element
Hitch
A Knight's Tale
Into the Blue
Memento
Stealth
XXX
Black Hawk Down
Tears of the Sun*
SWAT
Resident Evil: Apocalypse

3/6/07
50% Off @ Amazon
47 Titles Including:
Alien vs Predator
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Resident Evil - Apocalypse
50 First Dates
Kingdom Of Heaven
Memento
Speed
Fifth Element
Entrapment
Phone
Behind Enemy Lines
Chain Reaction
The Marine
Hitch
One Last Thing



7/6/07 – 7/10/07
2/$25 @ Fry’s
Curse of the Golden Flower
Black Hawk Down
House of Flying Daggers
Hellboy
Layer Cake
Kung Fu Hustle
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Tears of the Sun
Identity
Stealth
Into the Blue
XXX
Big Fish
Memento
Donnie Brasco
Closer
Revenge
Hitch
Seven Years in Tibet
Cruel Intentions
Blazing Saddles
Full Metal Jacket
Unforgiven

10/01/07 – 10/20/07
BOGO @ FYE
Pirates of the Caribbean 1+2
Prestige
Apocalypto
Wild Hogs
Reign of Fire
Bridge to Terabithia
Déjà vu
GI Jane
Glory Road
Goal
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
King Arthur
The Queen
The Wild
Annapolis
The Lookout
Brothers Grimm
Casanova
The Great Raid

10/15 – 10/21
$9.99 @ Fry’s
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Fifth Element
Replacement Killers
A Few Good Men
Memoirs of a Geisha
Underworld
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
House of Flying Daggers
Hitch
Immortal Beloved
King Fu Hustle
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Tears of the Sun
Layer Cake
Curse of the Golden Flower
Donnie Brasco
Blackjawk Down
Hellboy
Wild Things
The Patriot

10/15/07 – 10/22/07
BOGO @ Deepdiscountdvd.com
Disney titles including:
Annapolis
Apocalypto
Bridge to Terabithia
Chicago
Chicken Little
Déjà vu
…and many more

10/15 – 10/21
BOGO @ Circuit City
INCLUDES:
Black Hawk Down
Finding Neverland
G.I. Jane
Haunted Mansion
House of Flying Daggers
Into the Blue
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
King Arthur
Knights Tale, A
Kung Fu Hustle
Layer Cake
Memento
Remember the Titans
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Stealth
Tears of the Sun
Annapolis
Apocalypto
Bridge to Terabithia
Brothers Grimm
Casanova
Casino Royale
Chicago
Chicken Little
Click
Dark Water
Deja Vu
Dinosaur
Eight Below
Enemy of the State
Flightplan
Glory Road
Gone in 60 Seconds
Great Raid, The
Guardian, The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Invincible
Ladder 49
Lookout
Open Season
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
Prestige, The
Primevil
Pursuit of Happyness
Queen, The
Reign of Fire
Rocky Balboa
Silent Hill
Sky High
Stranger than Fiction
Talladega Nights
Ultraviolet
Underworld Evolution
Wild Hogs
Wild, The

10/15 – 10/21
50% Off @ Best Buy
Invincible
Chicken Little
Wild Hogs
Eight Below
POTC 1 and 2
Gone in 60 Seconds
The Lookout
Pearl Harbor
Apocolypto
Deja Vu
Guardian
The Prestige
Enemy of the State

10/15 – 10/21
BOGO @ Amazon.com
Enemy of the State
The Queen
The Lookout
Pearl Harbor
Wild Hogs
Reign of Fire
Dark Water
Primeval
Dinosaur
The Wild
Eight Below
POTC: DMC
POTC: BP
Invincible
POTC: DMC
POTC: BP
…and more

10/15 – 10/21
BOGO @ TARGET
Wild Hogs
Apocalypto
Wild Hogs
Pirates 1 & 2
…and many more

11/9 – 11/15
BOGO @ Futureshop
20 Disney titles
Includes:
Ladder 49
Apocolypto
Déjà vu
Pirates 1&2
The Prestige
…and more

11/11/07
BOGO @ Fry’s
20 Disney titles
Includes:
Apocalypto
Deju Vu
Pirates of the Caribbean (both volumes)
The Prestige
Wild Hogs
…and many more

11/11/07
BOGO @ Amazon
72 Sony titles (including Casino Royale, Rocky Balboa)
40 Disney titles (including Apocalypto, The Prestige, Pirates 1 & 2)

11/15/07
BOGO + $10 Off @ FYE
40 Disney titles (including Chicago, Brothers Grimm, Apocalypto)

11/16 - 11/25/07
55% Off @ Fry’s
FOX titles
Day After Tomorrow
28 Weeks Later
Kingdom Of Heaven
28 Days Later
Night At the Museum
X-Men: Last Stand
Alien vs. Predator
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Fly
Eragon
Fantastic 4
Transporter
Transporter 2
Flyboys
Mr. Brooks
From Hell
Hills Have Eyes 2
(All $13.98 each)

11/16/07
$9.99 @ Fry’s
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Hollow Man
The Fifth Element (REMASTERED)
The Replacement Killers
A Few Good Men
Underworld
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The Patriot
Wild Things
Hellboy
Donnie Brasco
Curse Of The Golden Flower
Layer Cake
Tears Of The Sun
Black Hawk Down
Resident Evil: Apocolypse
The House Of Flying Daggers
Kung Fu Hustle
Stealth

11/19/07
55% Off @ Amazon

12/16
BOGO @ Best Buy
BOGO @ amazon

12/26
Up to 50% Off Blu-Ray
on many titles including
Ratatouille, Cars, Pirates

1/1/08 BOGO@amazon
96 Fox & Warner titles
including Harry Potters,
Die Hards, 300, 28 Weeks Later

[project-blu]

Grif, that's one hell of a quality post...but now I'm bummed at the ones I missed....

[dommie]

Fry's started having Blu-ray BOGO's at the end of October with Disney titles. Although, when you went to the register, you actually just got those titles for half price. You really did not need to buy 1 to get 1 free. At one point, I bought three titles and got all three at half off.

The Fry's BOGOs ran fairly continuous from the end of October to the end of the year with the last one being a group of Fox titles that were on the BOGO from Thanksgiving pretty much to the end of the year. Again, these were blu-ray. I do not remember seeing any hd-dvd BOGOs at Fry's during that period.

In addition, Amazon seemed to be running a new BOGO every week during that same two month period, November and December. The Amazon BOGOs jumped around with different blu-ray titles from week to week. They also had, I believe, at least one hd-dvd BOGO in December that seemed to last about a week or so.

There were announcements of other isolated BOGOs during this same period but it seemed to me that Fry's and Amazon were the most aggressive with them.

Sadly, it is very quiet right now. I hope that the BOGOs I noted above were not just holiday sales and we are going to see some new ones again soon. I also hope that the slow down in BOGOs is not due to retailers pulling back after the Warner announcement, thinking that they can back off on the aggressive moves to get more people on to the format. Only time will tell.