Star Trek fan collection at Wal-Mart , at Best Buy . Simpsons seasons 1-6 at Wal-mart each, at Best Buy each. Appaloosa at Wal-mart , at Best Buy . Why is there such a huge price difference on DVDs at Wal-mart vs Best Buy? Okay I know the quick answer is to say that Wal-mart demands lower prices from manufactures which is why everything there is so cheap. But there are two problems with this answer.
1. Wal-mart actually has very expensive prices on other products when comparing them to other stores, just look at the price of collectible trading card games at Wal-mart then compare it to prices at a Gaming store. Look at the price of a lot of Wii, PS3, or X-Box games and compare them to a store like Game Stop. Even groceries at Wal-mart are expensive compared to grocery stores that strictly sell food. Do you see the pattern here? Specialty stores that sell just one type of item usually sell it cheaper than Wal-Mart, certainly Best Buy qualifies as this type of store so it should follow the same pattern and sell cheaper DVDs and Blu-Rays.
2. I once asked a Wal-mart employee why it was cheaper to buy the three Jurassic Park movies separately than it was to buy the same three movies in a bundled pack. (The same is true for several movies series sold at Wal-Mart.) She told me that the prices are not decided by Wal-mart but by the manufactures of the movies. So the manufacture of The Simpsons decided it would be better to sell there DVDs for at Wal-mart and not Best Buy?
Don't get me wrong I think Best Buy is a great store but who is responsible for deciding their prices and how does a consumer like myself let them know how I feel? (The people who work at Best Buy do not care, it's obvious when they themselves suggest I check out Wal-Mart first for a price comparison.)