Fred Meyer Sale: Yoshi's Island $10, 30% off Clearance (GBA Micro $56)

[amishler]

I was at Fred Meyer (108th Ave and SE 176th St in Renton, WA in case it's YMMV) last night and noticed a couple of really good deals. First, they had Yoshi's Island (GBA) for $10. The sale tag said the price is good through Saturday.

They also had signs all over the electronics department for 30% off the marked price for clearance items. One of the clearance items was a black GBA Micro; it was priced at $80, so it should ring up at $56.

Of course, this being Fred Meyer, they ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. You could also pick up a cart-only GBA copy of Donkey Kong Country 3 for the low, low price of $29.97. Despite the fact that it was in a large, GBA-box sized plastic container, they put the sticker directly on the back of the game. It didn't even appear to be on clearance.

[Riyonuk]

Is it the players choice version, of Yoshis Island?

[chakan]

Thanks, I'll have to check for Yoshi's Island.


edit:

Snagged a copy! I missed this when it came out on SNES, so I'm pretty excited. Thanks again, amishler!

[amishler]

Is it the players choice version, of Yoshis Island? It is, unless your Fred Meyer somehow has an older copy of it. All of the ones at the store I visited were Player's Choice. I know it makes a difference if you're collecting, but I was happy to find any version of it for such a good price. I'll be putting it in DS case with a custom-printed label anyway, so I'll never see the PC label again. :D

[RudyPants]

Yeah I remember them having a clearance "sale" recently with NBA Live 2003 for $29.97.

[highwaypatrolman]

i scored a couple of good deals from this sale:

star wars rogue squadron III: rebel strike (gcn) for $10.99
mechassault 2: lone wolf limited edition (xbox) for $9.99

one was from the fm in redmond, wa, and the other was from the fm in bellingham, wa.

[io]

Ha, I was wondering why I hadn't seen this posted yet. I saw it there a few days back and finally decided to pick one up today. It's a little steep for my cheap-ass tastes (especially if I'm not using trade-in credit), but everyone says it is such a great game I figured what the hell... It would actually be a bit cheaper at EB even at $19.99 (since my credit runs at less than 50% cost due to trade-in deals). The problem at EB is finding a non-gutted copy :roll:.

Target had the originals clearanced for $14.98 or so a few months back and I passed it up hoping for $7.48, but never saw them again.

What sucks about the $9.99 price is that you only get 1 Fred Meyer reward point (they come with $5 purchase increments, so it is 1 penny short!). So I bought an ink cartridge (which I will expense to my company) at the same time. Hopefully they won't mind the Yoshi's Island on my receipt when I submit it :rofl:.

Oh yeah, and the rest of their clearance prices were utterly craptacular, as usual. I was VERY surprised that they had a regular game on sale at 50% off though. All the other "sale" games are $17.99 for $19.99 games (several PS2 and GC games were like this). The $9.99 was kind of a shock. I went home to think about it and was worried they might sell out. The funny thing is there were 2 MORE in the case (4 total) when I went back!

[retro_killa]

good find i will have to go to lynnwood wa, to ee if there is any sales going on thx :)