POA movie, DVDs, and folk asking for money

[Dina Lerret]

I wasn't sure if I'd have time to go DVD shopping on Tuesday--I owe $$$ to
an HP slasher but couldn't stand in line all day at the PO to do an IPMO,
so had to walk out... Anyway, I did have time later in the evening and
went shopping for the POA DVD.

There's a shopping center that has a Barnes&Noble and CompUSA
side-by-side.  CompUSA had the POA DVD at $12.99 only on Tuesday (regular
price $22.99).  I had a $25 gift certificate for B&N but they were
charging $29.99 for the POA DVD, not including a 10-15%(?) discount.  Err,
I ended up picking something else at B&N and bought the POA DVD at
CompUSA.  If I couldn't have made it yesterday, Circuit City (for my area,
across the street from that shopping center) is charging $14.99 only on
Tuesday and Wednesday.  Though, I've heard Best Buy 'snuck' in some deals
on Tuesday with a lower cost of $12.50.

What did make me pause was the POA DVD (~$18.88) being sold at Sam's Club
(cheaper food)... It's *boxed* for just POA.  I know the DVD for Pirates
of the Caribbean (Depp, Bloom) was being sold at B&N (another gift
certificate) with and without a cardboard sleeve over the keepcase.  Hm,
I'm wondering if some copies of POA are being sold with sleeves.  I think
it looks odd how a 'series' of movies is packaged differently partway
through.  Also, it appears there's a number being watermarked on POA DVD
source that appears for about a couple frames during the Leaky Cauldron
talk between Harry and Mr. Weasley and under a Sirius Black poster.

And as another oddity, I saw a gal asking folks online to 'donate' money
because her mom and herself (bleh, grammar sucks) are about to be evicted
from their home--yet, I distinctly remember her referencing buying DVD
*sets* before and, less than a week later after making her plea, she
mentions saving enough money to buy the POA DVD. {quirks eyebrow}  Oookay.

Dina