icruise
10-11-2006, 04:02 PM
Yes, this is the same $10 off when using Google Checkout deal described in this thread (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109627), but before anyone screams "repost!" let me explain why this deserves a thread of its own.
As was mentioned in the previous thread, you can get $10 off at Gamefly's used game store by using Google Checkout. However, compared to the games available for renting, the games available for purchase are very limited. And their site only allows you to buy games one at a time. Since the Google Checkout deal requires that the total purchase be $30 or more (before shipping or taxes), this means that you are limited to those games that are over $30 (that makes maybe 15 of them). Not that exciting.
However, if you are a renting customer at Gamefly, you can choose to use the "Keep It" option for most of the games available for rent. Basically what it means is that you first rent the game and then tell them you want to keep it, so you pay for it and they send you the box and instructions. Most of the games on their site can be bought this way, with a few exceptions like rare games. Since you can use Google Checkout when paying for a "Keep It" game, you can get $10 off the already fairly reasonable prices (assuming the game is over $30, of course).
They have a free 10-day trial that you can join (which is what I did) and it will allow you to use the "Keep It" option for games. The only problem is that while paying members apparently get free shipping for the box and instructions, you have to pay for it if you have the trial. Shipping is $2.95 per game, so if you wanted to buy a lot of games, you might be better off going for the "$9.95 for the first month" plan instead of the free trial.
I've already got Okami and Lego Star Wars II for PSP coming. The "Keep It" price for these is $32.99 + shipping (and tax if you have to pay it). In my case, with shipping and tax these games would be $28.50 after the discount. Not too bad. Certainly better than the other places that you can use Google Checkout with. Okami seems to be $39.99 + shipping everywhere, so you're saving about $6 over what you'd pay at someplace like Buy.com.
Of course, the newer games are usually in the highest demand, so there's no guarantee that you can get all of the games you might want within the free trial period.
(By the way, these are "used" games but when you buy a newish game like this it's likely that not very many people have had it, and the box and instructions are never sent out to renters, so they are mint. I've bought used games from Gamefly before and they were in great condition.)
As was mentioned in the previous thread, you can get $10 off at Gamefly's used game store by using Google Checkout. However, compared to the games available for renting, the games available for purchase are very limited. And their site only allows you to buy games one at a time. Since the Google Checkout deal requires that the total purchase be $30 or more (before shipping or taxes), this means that you are limited to those games that are over $30 (that makes maybe 15 of them). Not that exciting.
However, if you are a renting customer at Gamefly, you can choose to use the "Keep It" option for most of the games available for rent. Basically what it means is that you first rent the game and then tell them you want to keep it, so you pay for it and they send you the box and instructions. Most of the games on their site can be bought this way, with a few exceptions like rare games. Since you can use Google Checkout when paying for a "Keep It" game, you can get $10 off the already fairly reasonable prices (assuming the game is over $30, of course).
They have a free 10-day trial that you can join (which is what I did) and it will allow you to use the "Keep It" option for games. The only problem is that while paying members apparently get free shipping for the box and instructions, you have to pay for it if you have the trial. Shipping is $2.95 per game, so if you wanted to buy a lot of games, you might be better off going for the "$9.95 for the first month" plan instead of the free trial.
I've already got Okami and Lego Star Wars II for PSP coming. The "Keep It" price for these is $32.99 + shipping (and tax if you have to pay it). In my case, with shipping and tax these games would be $28.50 after the discount. Not too bad. Certainly better than the other places that you can use Google Checkout with. Okami seems to be $39.99 + shipping everywhere, so you're saving about $6 over what you'd pay at someplace like Buy.com.
Of course, the newer games are usually in the highest demand, so there's no guarantee that you can get all of the games you might want within the free trial period.
(By the way, these are "used" games but when you buy a newish game like this it's likely that not very many people have had it, and the box and instructions are never sent out to renters, so they are mint. I've bought used games from Gamefly before and they were in great condition.)