Overview of how to find the best movie
and music deals on the web.
Best Stores
See the
price survey
for a look at how these stores and others rank for the
average
delivered cost on 5 sample
CDs
and
DVDs
. This information is also summarized towards the bottom of
this site's
opening page
.
Amazon
: Great web site, customer service, no general use coupons.
Free US Shipping on $25+ orders.
Barnes & Noble
: a coupon is usually necessary to get a decent price, Free
US Shipping on $25+
orders.
Buy.com
: Ongoing coupons for new customers,
Coupons for all customers are rare, Free US Shipping for
most items on $25+ orders.
DVD Empire
: An occasional coupon. Free US
Shipping for orders of 3+ items.
Overstock
: Ongoing coupons for all customers. Coupons are not valid
on when ordering only music, movies, or games. US Shipping
is $2.95 per order.
Specialty Stores
These three stores feature CDs (& DVDs) that have been
produced for their particular stores to sell. You may have
seen the products advertised on TV. BBC and Time-Life
often have coupons.
These three stores connect independent sellers with you
the buyer. They are useful for searching for hard to find
(i.e. out of print) items. eBay, of course, also has
non-rare (in print) items for sale, and can be useful for
finding a low price on just about anything.
GEMM
(more than a million music titles, as well as movies,
books)
Resources
Use the
All Music Guide
and the
All Movie Guide
as great resources for researching what CDs or DVDs to
buy. The Guides feature reviews of albums and movies, and a
wealth of information about artists, filmmakers, genres,
and more.
Check out this site's
DVD Rentals page
for a table that compares several stores
that rent DVDs by mail.
