If you bought an HD-DVD player from Circuit City and it's less than 3 months old, you can trade it in. The news has been everywhere that Circuit City is offering a secret trade-in. They'll give you a refund, in the form of a store credit, if you bring back your HD-DVD player and want to swap it for/towards a Blu-ray player.
Here are details from Electronic House
March 05, 2008 | by Gordon Jones
For those of you "lucky" enough to have purchased an HD DVD player from Circuit City in the last 3 months, the chain is offering a "do-over" of sorts. In what looks to be a somewhat secretive program (you have to ask for it) the City will take that hidef player off your hands and apply its original purchase price towards a new Blu-ray player. Of course, you'll be paying the difference, which could easily be a couple hundred if not more.
And before anyone asks, no, this offer does not apply to discs. That's what eBay is for.
A lot of other sites have info as well, and I'll post links to those articles at the end. There's a part of me that wonders why Circuit City isn't hyping the trade-in offer. I mean, obviously it represents an expense to them because they're extending a return period, but the commitment to doing right by their customers that they'd show by having a massive announcement about it would be staggering. By going bigger they'd be able to make non-Circuit City customers aware that they're more pro-sumer than their competitors.
We'll see how it works out. Until then, just like they did at Gizmodo, I'm going to put out the call -
Has anyone tried the trade-in? How'd it work? Let us know!
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