Suggestion for VG deals forum: Stickied New MSRP/Universal Price Drop Thread

[Sofa King Cheap]

Do we really need to see 15 different posts for every different store/site that has the recent universal drops of the $19.99 DS games, $14.99 Cube games, and the $19.99 Bongo Bundles? I don't know how/who would maintain such a thread (no, you can't nominate me), but if it can cut down on multiple threads for items that are indeed MSRP and universal drops, then I'm all for it.

Of course, I don't expect everyone to know what item has a new MSRP/universal drop or not from just one store/site dropping a price on an item. Three sites or more, however, is a trend.

[CheapyD]

We used to do this...there are just so many damn stickies now.

[shipwreck]

This actually causes a lot of repost topics as well because people keep on making topics about finding the game(s) cheap since most people don't bother to look inside the thread to see what game(s) are in a specific "Price Drop" thread.

In theory, its a great idea, but in practice it just doesn't seem to be effective.

[Roufuss]

We used to do this...there are just so many damn stickies now.

Suggestions for stickied threads to kill:

Overstock Deal of the Day (I don't think anyone cares)

Gamerush thread (Honestly, why is this thread stickied, and not the Gamecrazy price drop list, or the EB trade - in thread? It makes no sense to have this be a sticky, espically for a regional store... at least sticky the EB / GS thread instead since that applies to 99% of most CAG's).

Sears Clearance Thread Summer 06 (This one is pretty much done with by now, just remnants of the clearance left at stores)

K-Mart Clearance Thread (Why are we sticking random clearances? The CC clearance wasn't stickied, neither was the Gamecrazy one, this makes no sense).


Keep the weekly ads, and the penny guide drop list and add something like the OP suggests.

[shipwreck]

There were mobs outside my house the last time I tried to unstick the GameRush thread.

[Roufuss]

There were mobs outside my house the last time I tried to unstick the GameRush thread.

Tell them to suck it up and deal with it... in all honesty, EB / GS has ever changing trade-in deals and that thread sees alot more action and hits almost every CAG, that should be the one that is stickied.

All the GR thread is right now is a list of price drops, there is no reason to keep that stickied unless we are going to sticky every other set of price drops. I just think it looks too cluttered with so many random threads being stickied.

[shipwreck]

I unstuck the Overstock one as I've had my eye on that one for a little while now, and I don't think the deals are great enough to be stuck.

[Roufuss]

I unstuck the Overstock one as I've had my eye on that one for a little while now, and I don't think the deals are great enough to be stuck.

Awesome, now confer with the other mod's and Cheapy about the rest ;)

[shipwreck]

Awesome, now confer with the other mod's and Cheapy about the rest ;)

:lol: Well, IMO if the GameRush thread goes, all of the stickies go. There's no need to have the weekly ads one as a sticky since not many people post or look at it once the ads are actually out and that would just leave us with a penny guide sticky that a huge portion of people are not able to get in on.

And I've already said my piece on the proposed "Price Drop" sticky.

[shrike4242]

I've unstuck the KMart thread, the Sears thread, the Target clearance thread and the GR thread.

I've left the penny guide thread (whenever the heck myself or someone else can do it over again) and the weekly deal thread as stickies.

[botticus]

I should have known you guys were up to something over here.

Honestly, the penny guide thread has just about as much need to be sticked as the rest did. Sure the content there is valid forever (I might find a 2 year old pennied guide tomorrow), but outside of the actual event of a penny drop, which happens a couple times a month if that, the rest is just people reporting finds of old penny guides.

I guess the only thing for it is it stops people from posting threads about penny guides. Feel free to debate.

And I'm not against the unstickying by any means, it makes the forum a lot less cluttered, allowing me to see most new posts in the first screen.

[allout1986]

I'll maintain the GS/EB Marketing thread if it is stickied. I've posted/updated the thread for the past few months.

[Roufuss]

I've unstuck the KMart thread, the Sears thread, the Target clearance thread and the GR thread.

I've left the penny guide thread (whenever the heck myself or someone else can do it over again) and the weekly deal thread as stickies.

Awesome.

I vote to make the EB / GS thread a sticky since they have deals all the time now and Allout does do an amazing job of keeping it updated.

[GizmoGC]

So nearly everything in unstickied now?!

So we keep the thread about YMMV Penny guides and this weeks ads (available in the Sunday paper and gets very little posts) but unsticky the GR thread, K-Mart thread, etc. which are often widley discussed in other topics to point out deals. Strange. What next, combine the Xbox and 360 forum?!(Hey...not a bad idea!)

[Scorch]

..i'll pretend this is the UPD thread then. Here's some from today

Black (PS2/XB) to $19.99
NFS: MW to $19.99, $29.99 on 360 (this game is AWESOME on the 360)
Over The Hedge (PS2/Cube/XB) to $29.99 (though this may not be universal)

[WhipSmartBanky]

I disagree with unstickying the weekly ads. That's the kind of information that shouldn't have to be hunted for if it doesn't get bumped.

[Ugamer_X]

I'm sorry but unsticky-ing everything is rather stupid. I could definitely understand the Overstock thread, as it is rarely used and holds little value. But the both the Target and Kmart threads are logical stickies because they are year-round, always changing deals. Unlike specific sales, such as the Circuit City clearance and the TRU big toy blowout. The Gamerush thread should remain stickied as well as it's the only store that has proven to has unique sales and trade-in deals year-round (despite the fact that this year has been rather slow). Granted, GRs are only not widely accessible, but it is still a national chain. I don't see the point in stickying a thread for Gamestop/EB just based on one decent trade-in promotion. They rarely have great sales and their trade-in "specials" are typically weak. Plus, Gamerush often has great trade-in prices on games that can be found cheap and easily at other stores. The threads that were de-stickied today deserved to be up there. It's not like it's impossible for anyone to scroll down a few inches to get to the normal threads.

[banpeikun]

i agree with ugamer_x

[shipwreck]

Awesome.

I vote to make the EB / GS thread a sticky since they have deals all the time now and Allout does do an amazing job of keeping it updated.

Umm... if the rest of the stores don't belong up there, neither does the EB / GS thread.

[Roufuss]

I'm sorry but unsticky-ing everything is rather stupid. I could definitely understand the Overstock thread, as it is rarely used and holds little value. But the both the Target and Kmart threads are logical stickies because they are year-round, always changing deals. Unlike specific sales, such as the Circuit City clearance and the TRU big toy blowout. The Gamerush thread should remain stickied as well as it's the only store that has proven to has unique sales and trade-in deals year-round (despite the fact that this year has been rather slow). Granted, GRs are only not widely accessible, but it is still a national chain. I don't see the point in stickying a thread for Gamestop/EB just based on one decent trade-in promotion. They rarely have great sales and their trade-in "specials" are typically weak. Plus, Gamerush often has great trade-in prices on games that can be found cheap and easily at other stores. The threads that were de-stickied today deserved to be up there. It's not like it's impossible for anyone to scroll down a few inches to get to the normal threads.

Gamestop / EB has had a hell of alot more promotions / deals than Gamerush lately... you even admitted yourself that "this year they've been rather slow". Unless you live on Mars. the Trade 3 deals at EB / GS are great, along with some other recent deals like 30% extra trade-in credit on PS3 games. GS / EB HAVE had deals all year round, I can't say the same about Gamerush.

Gamerush hasn't had a trade-in deal in a long time other than Trade 3 whatever deal, barely any one posts trade-in values, and most of that thread is just people discussing / talking about the store. It's just a list of price drops... why don't we sticky the Gamecrazy price drop thread, too?

I don't see why people are so anal about leaving that Gamerush thread stickied for the 9 people who use it on a daily basis.

[Roufuss]

Here's a suggestion: Add the penny guide master list to the CAGwiki and unsticky the thread.

Add a sticky for the CAGwiki so people know it exists, because it is an invaluable resource.

[shipwreck]

Gamestop / EB has had a hell of alot more promotions / deals than Gamerush lately... you even admitted yourself that "this year they've been rather slow". Unless you live on Mars. the Trade 3 deals at EB / GS are great, along with some other recent deals like 30% extra trade-in credit on PS3 games. GS / EB HAVE had deals all year round, I can't say the same about Gamerush.

Gamerush hasn't had a trade-in deal in a long time other than Trade 3 whatever deal, barely any one posts trade-in values, and most of that thread is just people discussing / talking about the store. It's just a list of price drops... why don't we sticky the Gamecrazy price drop thread, too?

I don't see why people are so anal about leaving that Gamerush thread stickied for the 9 people who use it on a daily basis.

One of the reasons the GameRush thread was stickied in the first place was so that there was just 1 thread that contained anything that had to do with GameRush. This made it easy so that you wouldn't have people posting deals about specific games at GameRush as their own threads and it makes it easy for people that don't have GameRush's to ignore it.

In fact, this is the reason many of those threads were stickied to begin with. Now it just looks like the GameRush thread is just for the weekly price drop and not a universal thread for everything GameRush. If I change the title of the thread, then it doesn't highlight what the latest deal is and then people won't know that there are new deals.

I wouldn't be surprised to find this restickied soon. It's a CAG staple and we're pretty much the only people in the world that know about the good deals that go on at GR.

[guinaevere]

There were mobs outside my house the last time I tried to unstick the GameRush thread.
No fear. We're currently outside Shrike's home. And we want our stickies back.

I vote to make the EB / GS thread a sticky since they have deals all the time now

Gamestop / EB has had a hell of alot more promotions / deals than Gamerush lately
I don't know what you qualify as lately or recent, but the close of summer just ended their trade 3/ extra $5 promotions. I know you're partial to EBGS and they are currently running a similar deal as their inventory quotas for the upcoming Christmas season is still lower than they desire. But retailers do not have to constantly run a promotion for a consumer to aquire a good deal.

Roufuss, something you need to learn is that just because you don't care for something, that doesn't necessitate that it's invalid to everyone.




Large stores who have at least seasonal clearances/major price drops ought to remain stickied. While I don't shop at each of these venues, the following are checked daily by a large number of CAGs: (alphabetically) BestBuy, BlockBusterGameRush, Circuit City, EBGameStop, GameCrazy, Kmart.

Target is very YMMV, so that is one reseller who is better for remaining unstickied at all times. Toys R Us and Sears threads (while I don't know of any Sears with a video game selection of more than 15 game titles) appears to garner traffic when they have an ongoing clearance, so that might be a candidate for fluctuating stickiness.

[Roufuss]

One of the reasons the GameRush thread was stickied in the first place was so that there was just 1 thread that contained anything that had to do with GameRush. This made it easy so that you wouldn't have people posting deals about specific games at GameRush as their own threads and it makes it easy for people that don't have GameRush's to ignore it.

In fact, this is the reason many of those threads were stickied to begin with. Now it just looks like the GameRush thread is just for the weekly price drop and not a universal thread for everything GameRush. If I change the title of the thread, then it doesn't highlight what the latest deal is and then people won't know that there are new deals.

I wouldn't be surprised to find this restickied soon. It's a CAG staple and we're pretty much the only people in the world that know about the good deals that go on at GR.

If the threads get restickied then you would also need to follow Guinavere's advice and sticky an EB / GS thread, a Gamecrazy thread, a Circuit City clearance thread (since there is an ongoing one), and probably some others I can't think of, since they have just as many deals and discussions as Gamerush. If that's the criteria for why and how things get stickied, then alot more things need to go up.

It's not that I don't like the store, it's just there are many more hotter / better deal threads that could be stickied... I mean, the suggestion for a universal price drop thread was a great idea, and then Cheapy laments the fact we have too many stickies. The stickies go away, people bitch, and now they are back again. I would much rather see a universal price drop thread then a thread on a clearance which has pretty much run its course, or a penny guide thread which only sees action roughly once a month (even longer, these days).

But it's funny, I don't see any bitching in any of the other threads that got unstickied, just the Gamerush one :roll: So we're back to having a billion stickies and an awesome idea like the OP's won't make it because there are too many stickies.

Everyone should just follow Scorch's advice :lol:

Bah, anyways, I'm done with this, not my site so I don't care what happens so I think this is my final word on the subject. I will add though that there should be a sticky somewhere in the deal forums for the CAGwiki so everyone knows it exists.

[LinkinPrime]

I disagree with unstickying the weekly ads. That's the kind of information that shouldn't have to be hunted for if it doesn't get bumped.

Ditto. On another note, I think that the current week as well as the upcoming week should be stickied. This way, we can easily look a week ahead to see if we should wait to buy something or not.

[shipwreck]

But it's funny, I don't see any bitching in any of the other threads that got unstickied, just the Gamerush one :roll: So we're back to having a billion stickies and an awesome idea like the OP's won't make it because there are too many stickies.

Everyone should just follow Scorch's advice :lol:

There's a reason why the "Universal Price Drop" thread died out in the first place. This is not a new idea.

Like I said, in theory it's great, but it doesn't work in practice. If you want to start a Wiki of what games have had universal price drops, that would be a great list for people to have as a reference.

As a sticky though, all it leads to is people reposting a specific game as being on sale at a specific store and then people coming in to say "This is a repost dumbass, look at the Universal Price Drop sticky".

[T234]

I'm sorry but unsticky-ing everything is rather stupid. I could definitely understand the Overstock thread, as it is rarely used and holds little value. But the both the Target and Kmart threads are logical stickies because they are year-round, always changing deals. Unlike specific sales, such as the Circuit City clearance and the TRU big toy blowout. The Gamerush thread should remain stickied as well as it's the only store that has proven to has unique sales and trade-in deals year-round (despite the fact that this year has been rather slow). Granted, GRs are only not widely accessible, but it is still a national chain. I don't see the point in stickying a thread for Gamestop/EB just based on one decent trade-in promotion. They rarely have great sales and their trade-in "specials" are typically weak. Plus, Gamerush often has great trade-in prices on games that can be found cheap and easily at other stores. The threads that were de-stickied today deserved to be up there. It's not like it's impossible for anyone to scroll down a few inches to get to the normal threads.
Paragraphs, Motherfucker do you use them!?

[shipwreck]

Ditto. On another note, I think that the current week as well as the upcoming week should be stickied. This way, we can easily look a week ahead to see if we should wait to buy something or not.

That's logical to me. If one is there, the other one should be there too as those threads are mainly looked at and commented on the week prior to them being in effect.

[shrike4242]

No fear. We're currently outside Shrike's home. And we want our stickies back.That's funny, the huge silent gap sounds like there's no one there.

That's logical to me. If one is there, the other one should be there too as those threads are mainly looked at and commented on the week prior to them being in effect.Sounded like a rational enough idea to me. Both of them are up there now.

And I think that the penny guide being retired to the Wiki sound like a great idea. Though, for the commentary about the upcoming guides and the like, wouldn't that necessitate a new thread?

EB/GS needing its own thread? I'm not really keen on this idea, since their stuff fluctuates on what's up for a deal or not. Gamerush is the same way, IMHO. Personally, I think the clearance threads end up being enough YMMV as it is, so they shouldn't be stickied up there any longer.

[Roufuss]

And I think that the penny guide being retired to the Wiki sound like a great idea. Though, for the commentary about the upcoming guides and the like, wouldn't that necessitate a new thread?


I think the penny guide drops should still be it's own thread, but if I remember right the main reason it was stickied was for the master list, since, at the time, there was no such thing as a CAGwiki. This way, the wiki editors will be able to add in new drops to the list very easily so the master list won't get quickly out of date and only one person can edit the OP.

So we keep the thread, people bump it like a normal thread, but the master list is on the wiki so no need to keep the thread stickied. In my mind, the wiki should turn into this all encompassing source of CAG knowledge this is up to date - all the trade-in prices are a good start.

[guinaevere]

That's funny, the huge silent gap sounds like there's no one there.
ssssssssssssssshhh!!! It's a silent protest. We're just sitting here peacably staring at you.


My biggest question at the moment is why we have two current stickied Target/BB/CC threads. Couldn't those be combined? It would entail a lot of work, cutting and pasting both Current Weeks promotions and Next Weeks promotions into the original post.

EB/GS needing its own thread? I'm not really keen on this idea, since their stuff fluctuates on what's up for a deal or not.
I took it that that was the desire behind having it stickied. It would make it easier for people to update their current price-drop/bump finds.

These would be far more meaningful and beneficial to the community than the 80 posts of "I am so buying that this week!" in the weekly advertised sale threads.

I think the penny guide drops should still be it's own thread
I agree. And you had a very good idea about adding the pennies to the wiki. Especially as the OP of the stickied thread was hardly ever updated, and CAGs had to resort to sifting through pages upon pages of posts to try and find a relevent update which included: Game title, Version, Date and Location of the Penny SKUs, and not people stating that they have XYand Z guides. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to hear you have a big collection and made a good haul... but I mainly come here seeking helpful and complete information.



Just my observations and opinions, obviously.

[Ugamer_X]

You know, I'm not going to even bother explaining it again. If you're so dense that you can't understand why some threads are stickied and some aren't, that's your own problem.
Paragraphs, Motherfucker do you use them!?
No.

Now disappear.

[T234]

You know, I'm not going to even bother explaining it again. If you're so dense that you can't understand why some threads are stickied and some aren't, that's your own problem.

No.

Now disappear.
IM ON UR FORUM SAYIN U NO SPEAKEY ENGLISH GOOD