Get 'Up' and 'Monsters, Inc.' on Blu-ray for $11

Two Pixar classics on Blu-ray for just $11. How can you go wrong?

Here's an interesting deal for anyone who has:

1. Children
2. A Blu-ray player
3. A nearby Target store
4. A love of Pixar films

With a little coupon magic, you can score the "Monsters, Inc." and "Up" Blu-ray combo packs for $10.98 (plus sales tax).

Each bundle has four discs: two Blu-ray Discs (one with the movie, one with extras), one DVD of the movie (bonus!), and one disc containing a DisneyFile Digital Copy (for viewing on, say, a laptop or iPhone).

Start by printing this $8 off "Monsters, Inc." coupon. You'll need to install a small app called Coupon Printer, but it appears to be harmless.

Next, print this $10 off "Up" coupon. It also requires Coupon Printer.

Finally, head to this Hot Coupon World post, scroll down to the Expiring November 25, 2009, section, and enter a '1' in the field next to "Blu-ray movies: "Up AND Monsters, Inc. together." Then scroll all the way down, click "Get Coupons," and print the coupon.

Now hop in the car and drive to your local Target. I'm not 100 percent sure they'll take all three coupons, but a blogger over at Frugal Find (source of this nifty deal) reported they had success using it.

As someone who has children, a Blu-ray player, a nearby Target store, and a love of Pixar films (particularly these two), you had better believe I'm looking for my car keys. How about you?

[BBA60]

The deals sound great, but my Target store is advertising each at $26.99 so not as good a deal as what you're reporting. Even with all the discounts, it's still $25.98 before tax. Too much for me.

[rickbroida]

I haven't verified, but it sounds like the in-store price is lower than what's showing on Target's Web site.

[longveu]

I have both had and read about TERRIBLE experiences trying to uninstall 'Coupon Printer'. "Insidious" and "maddening" are two words which come to mind, so I would suggest proceeding with extreme caution.

I downloaded the "Coupon Printer" a long time ago, and I have never had any problems with it at all. I downloaded it on the site "Coupon.com". I print grocery coupons from this site, and it uses the coupon printer. It's easy and great to use.

[jake3373]

I am going to install Coupon Printer inside a virtual machine so I can restore it after printing the coupons. I do this with a lot of "iffy" software.

[AbnerDoon]

I tried from a VM, but the software gave an error saying that printing from a Virtual machine is not allowed. There is a registry hack, but if someone used it outside of a VM they could seriously damage their computer, so I won't be posting it. ProcMon quickly identified the RegKey for those who are really interested.

[goober_nut]

I was in my Target last night and saw "Up" Blu-Ray for $19.99. A tag was attached which read, "lower than advertised price."

A friend of mine emailed similar instructions on how she did it. The biggest difference I see is to grab a Best Buy ad on your way out. Best Buy sells Monsters Inc. for less so you can take advantage of Target's Price Match and save another $8 or so.

[stauggal]

Thanks Rick You ROCK!! Since this seems to be the forum on everything,,

FIRST: Please include some netbooks deals. I know an earlier post couple of months ago asked you to stop, but it is the Holiday Season now, and I am sure many other folks have this on their list!! I would very much appreciate some help.

SECOND: I have installed and uninstalled the coupon driver MANY times with no problems. My work laptop requires removal of this program anytime I work from home before I can connect to VPN, and it is a piece of cake to uninstall, I do it all the time. I have Windows XP, don't know fi that makes a difference.

Thanks for all your hardwork!

[davidina]

It works, but Monster's Inc was 26.99 at my Target...but hey, 18.98 for both plus the additional rebates on the source site, its still a heck of a deal.

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[thismirage]

Aren't any targets around me have Monsters Inc in stock. lame.

[poisonpjo]

I had an interesting experience with this one. I printed off the coupons with no trouble and headed out to my local Target store. Upon arrival I saw they were giving out rainchecks for the Monsters Inc. combo pack. After some prodding I was told they'd only sent 3 to each store. Major FAIL.

They were offering a rain check though so I thought maybe I could use that to get the deal. It didn't work out that way unfortunatly. The cashier entered the first two coupons (the $10 off up coupon and the $8 off Monsters Inc) and then the register failed to recognize the third coupon. She called a manager over and he pointedly told me I could only use 1 coupon and left.

I didn't want to leave empty handed so I told her I'd take the raincheck and UP, pay for them, and be on my way. However, for some reason, my total only showed 50 cents. She charged me 50 cents and out I went with a copy of UP and a rain check for Monsters Inc. at $26.99 (one I have no intention of using by the way!)

So while this deal didn't really work like it was supposed to work - it turned out pretty well for me in the end. Thanks Cheapskate! Keep the blu-ray deals coming!

I would go back to Target and request that honor ALL coupons. The target in Upstate NY had no problem at all.
They don't say they CAN'T be used with any promos. I'll even scan a copy of my receipt if it helps.

[mrennhack]

Waiting for more feedback before I try...

[joecandido]

yeah i don't like the cash registers they got at that store... I was buying my tv there (32 inch 1080p vizio $483) so first the credit card didn't work then the check didn't clear. Apparently you have to have some sort of customer history in order for them to accept a check that size. So I went back the next day with 500 bucks in my wallet, grabbed my tv and never looked back.

Pretty sweet deal on the vizio though right? Yeah I thought so.

[QueSeraSera]

I got the same Vizio for 287 dollars out the door. You paid almost 200 dollars more than me.

[wilsoncyleung]

Good luck finding the Monsters Inc Blu-Ray in SF Bay Area Targets. All out of stock or "limited availability." I went to the San Jose Story Road store and the clerk couldn't find it listed in their inventory. Go to Target.com to find it in a store.

[xzibit007]

What you can try is use the Up coupon for $10 off which is advertised as $26.99 but rang up for $19.99. Then go back to Target at the Return counter and tell them you found another coupon for both Monster's Inc and Up together. Just show them the first receipt for Up as proof and they will charge you for Monster's Inc using the dual movie coupon for $10 off and at that time give them the Monster's Inc coupon for $8 off. Voila you now just got two movies for $11.

why wouldn't you have used all the coupons together?

[edaztek05]

I just went to my local Target and they did not have Monsters - BUT you can go to Best Buy and they'll take all the coupons. My Target was the same - $26.99 for each 4 disc set (have to get the 4 disc sets). At Best Buy after tax it was $18.63. Not too horrible I guess for what you get. Remember to always look for other fliers to price match against!

[unkempt_sock]

Just did it, got out there for 21 bucks. Awesome.

[wilsoncyleung]

BestBuy Milpitas Ca store wouldn't honor the $10 target coupon.

[IceN9ne]

Think about that for a second.

[IceN9ne]

that's great but UP is by NO means a kids movie. hell in the first 5 minutes the main character's wife DIES! The rest of the movie is about him missing his dead wife! Next you'll tell me you let your kids watch Coraline too?

[billeeyum]

Have you seen Lion King? The main character's father is murdered withing the first 20 minutes. Why should a children's movie have to be 100% happy the whole time. Life has tragedies. The lesson we should be teaching kids is not to let the bad stuff in life keep them down. BTW, I haven't seen up, i just don't think that children should be taught that there is no sadness in the world. Many classic kids movies don't ignore this fact of life. Old Yeller?

[AbnerDoon]

So, no Bambi for your kids either?

[Beer-Gut]

I guess Finding Nemo is a no no in your house too.
Better not watch the WIzard of Oz either - they kill 2 Witches in that one.... (sorry for the spoiler)

Im happy that Disney and some other studios actually address these issues in family films. It makes for a good forum to discuss these things with our children.
It beats trying to expalin it, if they should see it on TV, the news or a non-kids movie.

[ccmike72]

Up is a film for the whole family. I loved it and I don't even have kids. Very well done movie with a great message regardless of your age. Unless you have bubble kids, and don't want them to know about real world what so ever. (if you are one of those people you might wanna skip the puppy buying or grandparent visiting also. Just FYI)

[Januss331]

Oh man, I got it to work: barely. My target is manned by very unintelligent or cheap employee's. They were actually ringing up at $19.99 a pop and but the sign said $34! Another sign in another part of the store said $26! Finally, we managed to get the manager to say yes, give it to them at $19.99 and THEN we got the coupons out and were like.."we also have these coupons.." They also had Monsters vs Aliens for that price as well. I'm pretty sure though that afterwards they changed the prices in the system.

[naughtypirate6868]

Thanks for the head up! I did get both Blu-Rays at Target for $12 with the coupons, even though it was not easy.
The first Target I went to was sold out of Monsters, Inc. I was directed to a second store that I was told had 5 in stock. After going to that store, there were no Monsters. Inc. out on the floor. After assistance from a salesperson, I was told that the Blu-Rays were still in the stock room. After a few minutes, a salesperson provided me with a copy.
I went to the register and paid by credit card. I reviewed my receipt while walking out and realized I had been charged $22 rather than $12. I then had to go back and talk to a manager who then directed me to customer service for a refund.
It is a great deal even though it took a lot of time and effort.

[rsperez]

Thanks for the heads up! I went out over lunch and got both Blu-Ray discs and they took all three coupons. Sweet!

[WulfTheSaxon]

Coupon printers generally aren't as innocuous as they sound...

[WulfTheSaxon]

To elaborate, coupons.com breaks TrustE rules by transmitting pseudo-anonymous data unique to your PC and leaves a tracking number in your registry. There are much simpler ways to make sure nobody prints a coupon twice (namely cookies and IP address logging).