Best Buy Refunds $50 To HD DVD Buyers


	Best Buy Refunds $50 To HD DVD Buyers

David M Ewalt

3-19-2008 3:31 PM

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best buy, hd dvd, blu-ray, retail

David M Ewalt says:

This is a really smart move on Best Buy's part -- anybody who bought an HD DVD player is almost certainly an audio/video geek or compulsive early adopter. Give them a $50 gift card and they're likely to come and spend $600 or more on a Blu-Ray player.

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According the official release, Best Buy is giving $50 gift cards to "Customers who purchased an HD DVD player or HD DVD attachment from its U.S. stores before February 23, 2008." And owners of multiple HD DVD players can receive a gift card for each player or HD DVD attachment they purchased. Best Buy says it plans to distribute more than $10 million in gift cards.
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