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    Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

    Originally posted by bmcnett View Post
    I went ahead and started a ticket for my Black Friday movies that had issues as well. Don't know if you can help with that too... 150107-000497
    I was able to help with most of theses.

    As for this case: 141112-000070.

    There isn't much I can do, the UPC's were changed to reflect a sales price and are not approved by the studio for the Instawatch service. I think most of these came with digital redemption codes as well.

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      Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

      Originally posted by RicksCafe View Post
      I ordered the African Queen Blu-ray (which I already own) this morning in hopes of adding it to my Vudu account, where it has not been available to purchase directly. I saw a couple months ago in this thread that others had success redeeming African Queen this way. So far I have not received any Instawatch confirmation, and I can't seem to find it listed in the Insawatch section on Walmart.com (though the page is not the easiest way to look, without searching or alphabetical listings.)

      I really wish Walmart or Vudu would publish an easy to use definitive list of eligible titles, without requiring customers to blindly buy titles and hope for the best.
      It's not as easy as it sounds. The UPC's are approved for Instawatch, not the title. If you don't see the Instawatch logo on the Walmart.com movie details page, then almost for sure it's not going to be added to your account with the service.

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        Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

        Originally posted by DanielH View Post
        It's not as easy as it sounds. The UPC's are approved for Instawatch, not the title. If you don't see the Instawatch logo on the Walmart.com movie details page, then almost for sure it's not going to be added to your account with the service.
        ...which is an insanely stupid and confusing way of doing things, with all due respect. Consumers purchase by title and NOT by UPC #.

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          Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

          Just look for the Instawatch logo.

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            Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

            Originally posted by DanielH View Post
            I was able to help with most of theses.

            As for this case: 141112-000070.

            There isn't much I can do, the UPC's were changed to reflect a sales price and are not approved by the studio for the Instawatch service. I think most of these came with digital redemption codes as well.

            Bummer. Unfortunately not a single one came with a digital code, which was my main reason for purchasing them. I had them on DVD but wanted to add them to my digital collection or else I'd have just kept the DVDs. Thanks for the help with the other issue. I appreciate it. I get how it works, however I agree with a previous poster that consumers purchase by title not UPC, so it makes it a little challenging. Not your fault though. Just some input. Again, thanks for all your help.

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              Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

              The one thing that I have noticed from every confirmed InstaWatch eligible title is they came with a UV/Vudu/itunes code sheet. Which is why hd copies of Terminator, Red Dawn and other MGM titles that didn't come with a Vudu promo code didn't receive an InstaWatch copy. While the ones that did come with one , are eligible. The MGM titles that have the IW logo Walmart 's site says it comes with an InstaWatch copy.

              At my Walmart, the only InstaWatch thing I have seen is one small triangular signage in one spot in the entertainment section. The InstaWatch stickers are pretty much non-existent in my store. So, I find it easier to narrow down the IW eligible titles by looking at the studios, that are listed in the InstaWatch webpage, that participate in this program and that it comes with a UV/Vudu/itunes code sheet with the movie title. However, many of the titles that come with a Vudu promo and aren't UV on Vudu don't seem to be eligible for IW.

              It would be great if Walmart made a feature in their app for the InstaWatch program where someone could scan the movie's UPC code in the app to see if the BD/DVD item is eligible or not. Especially, since this works by the barcode versus the title of the movie.

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                Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

                Originally posted by thewallb54 View Post
                The one thing that I have noticed from every confirmed InstaWatch eligible title is they came with a UV/Vudu/itunes code sheet. Which is why hd copies of Terminator, Red Dawn and other MGM titles that didn't come with a Vudu promo code didn't receive an InstaWatch copy. While the ones that did come with one , are eligible. The MGM titles that have the IW logo Walmart 's site says it comes with an InstaWatch copy.

                At my Walmart, the only InstaWatch thing I have seen is one small triangular signage in one spot in the entertainment section. The InstaWatch stickers are pretty much non-existent in my store. So, I find it easier to narrow down the IW eligible titles by looking at the studios, that are listed in the InstaWatch webpage, that participate in this program and that it comes with a UV/Vudu/itunes code sheet with the movie title. However, many of the titles that come with a Vudu promo and aren't UV on Vudu don't seem to be eligible for IW.

                It would be great if Walmart made a feature in their app for the InstaWatch program where someone could scan the movie's UPC code in the app to see if the BD/DVD item is eligible or not. Especially, since this works by the barcode versus the title of the movie.
                I agree. I haven't actually seen an instawatch logo in store, so I look online to see what's eligible and buy in the store. It works a lot of the time, but the few times it hasn't seems to be the titles that I REALLY wanted digital copies of.

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                  Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

                  I bought my first Instawatch title today. I bought it using the Walmart app on my iPhone. It took about 5 minutes, and the title showed up in my Vudu collection. Pretty cool.

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                    Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

                    Originally posted by jeffpn View Post
                    I bought my first Instawatch title today. I bought it using the Walmart app on my iPhone. It took about 5 minutes, and the title showed up in my Vudu collection. Pretty cool.
                    I have bought more than 50 titles from instawatch and since the first few weeks of it i have not had any issues most of the time they show up in my account before i even leave the parking lot.

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                      Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

                      You can watch it on the way home. Just don't text and drive. That's dangerous!

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                        Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

                        Originally posted by jeffpn View Post
                        Just look for the Instawatch logo.
                        Call me stupid (please don't) but I'm looking at the Wal-Mart website and I don't see any instawatch logo on any movie. Where exactly are you looking for and what exactly does the logo look like? Not that I use it...I buy from Best Buy mostly but every once in a while I find something in the $7.88 bin I need.

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                          Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

                          Originally posted by DanielH View Post
                          It's not as easy as it sounds. The UPC's are approved for Instawatch, not the title. If you don't see the Instawatch logo on the Walmart.com movie details page, then almost for sure it's not going to be added to your account with the service.
                          This is the post I referred to when I posted that. Somewhere at Walmart.com, you can find an Instawatch section. I guess it lists all available titles.

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                            Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

                            Originally posted by jeffpn View Post
                            This is the post I referred to when I posted that. Somewhere at Walmart.com, you can find an Instawatch section. I guess it lists all available titles.
                            I went here... http://www.walmart.com/cp/1228693 It does not list the titles. (If there is some other page, can someone please let us know.)

                            From there I clicked on several of the movies and did not see any logo of any kind.

                            Example, Fury... http://www.walmart.com/ip/41316280 No logo anywhere on the page.

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                              Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

                              On the iPhone Walmart app, select Shop/Movies/Instawatch. that's where I found it, anyway.

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                                Re: Walmart.com and Instawatch

                                Try this.

                                http://mobile.walmart.com/browse/Ins...OTZfMTIyODY5Mw

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