1600 Marketplace Points $4.99 With Game Purchase BB

[Escobar4Life]

My friends that works at BB says it won't work. He says they were notified that pre-orders won't work (GoW, F.E.A.R, COD3).

I'm still going to try. I got other stuff to buy. Besides, I really want that GoW shirt.

[scsg75]

My friends that works at BB says it won't work. He says they were notified that pre-orders won't work (GoW, F.E.A.R, COD3).

I'm still going to try. I got other stuff to buy. Besides, I really want that GoW shirt.
yes, I can't speak for the 2 other games you mentioned, but the GoW preorder has an actual 360 case (with the t shirt attached) that they scan unlike those other games you mentioned. As soon as the cashier scans both the GoW case and the 1600 points as long as it's in the same transaction (doesn't matter what order or when they scan what), the computer prompts them to accept the $15.00 off 1600 points promo. So it without a doubt works with the GoW preorder case as I and others here have done it.

[Escobar4Life]

Awesome! Thanks for the confirmation.

I really hope I can return the pre-order once I get the 1600 points. Of course, I'll return the pre-order the next day or something.

[philconners31]

For my online order, I preordered a game, and picked up the points at the store (charged $4.99 when I picked up the points). I later cancelled my preorder over the phone. The person on the phone just said "Ok, it's now cancelled." It worked! But wait.... now online my order shows points as

$4.99
item picked up

-$4.99 **showed up after I cancelled the preorder
item picked up

$19.99 **showed up after I cancelled the preorder
item picked up

Definitely wacky - I never "picked up" or authorized the $19.99 charge. Also the tax charged is not correct (still only charging me tax for $4.99). So I'm waiting to see if my card will actually be charged again. They didn't mention ANYTHING about charging my card more when I cancelled my preorder. I don't care if they wanted to charge me $19.99, just tell me. I would have either kept my preorder or purchased another game.

[otz]

For my online order, I preordered a game, and picked up the points at the store (charged $4.99 when I picked up the points). I later cancelled my preorder over the phone. The person on the phone just said "Ok, it's now cancelled." It worked! But wait.... now online my order shows points as

$4.99
item picked up

-$4.99 **showed up after I cancelled the preorder
item picked up

$19.99 **showed up after I cancelled the preorder
item picked up

Definitely wacky - I never "picked up" or authorized the $19.99 charge. Also the tax charged is not correct (still only charging me tax for $4.99). So I'm waiting to see if my card will actually be charged again. They didn't mention ANYTHING about charging my card more when I cancelled my preorder. I don't care if they wanted to charge me $19.99, just tell me. I would have either kept my preorder or purchased another game.


Did it make you pay for the entire game online (instead of just $5 down for the preorder)? Also, does anyone know if you can use BB gift cards online?

[stoned99]

I picked up the GoW preorder and the 1600 points, 10$ and change for both.

[otz]

Has anyone tried to cancel the preorder in store? Do they let you get your money back or do they make you switch the preorder to another game? And most importantly, do they give you any grief about the 1600 M$ points?

[HumanSnatcher]

Its tempting do what another CAG did: preorder GTAIV to get the points

[thrustbucket]

What I'm wondering is if I can come in with receipts for buying multiple GOW t-shirts and apply it as credit to another game?

[splintercell]

What I'm wondering is if I can come in with receipts for buying multiple GOW t-shirts and apply it as credit to another game?

Ditto. I guess that's the burning question now: what's the best thing to do with all the $5 GOW preorders? Keep them sealed and return them or just sit on them and later take them back to be hopefully used as credit for other games, even if each has to be applied to a separate game.

[Jedi1979]

ebay them when the game comes out...people will want it for the shirts and quite possibly may pay more then $5 for it


edit: from the looks of it you can ebay them now and make a bit of money off of it

[pinoy530]

For my online order, I preordered a game, and picked up the points at the store (charged $4.99 when I picked up the points). I later cancelled my preorder over the phone. The person on the phone just said "Ok, it's now cancelled." It worked! But wait.... now online my order shows points as

$4.99
item picked up

-$4.99 **showed up after I cancelled the preorder
item picked up

$19.99 **showed up after I cancelled the preorder
item picked up

Definitely wacky - I never "picked up" or authorized the $19.99 charge. Also the tax charged is not correct (still only charging me tax for $4.99). So I'm waiting to see if my card will actually be charged again. They didn't mention ANYTHING about charging my card more when I cancelled my preorder. I don't care if they wanted to charge me $19.99, just tell me. I would have either kept my preorder or purchased another game.

You can't do the cancel thing with an online order. Since it was a bundle discount, if you cancel one of the items, the discount dissappears off of the other item. So you paid $5 for the points since you preordered a game(and not charged anything for the game since it was a preorder) but since you then canceled the preorder, your $5 changed to $19.99 since you didnt qualify for the bonus.


You can probably do it B&m though with gears of war.

[Tron999]

I definitely went to BB today and picked up two sets (GoW demo/points). $20.98 was the total in VA.

[philconners31]

You can't do the cancel thing with an online order. Since it was a bundle discount, if you cancel one of the items, the discount dissappears off of the other item. So you paid $5 for the points since you preordered a game(and not charged anything for the game since it was a preorder) but since you then canceled the preorder, your $5 changed to $19.99 since you didnt qualify for the bonus.

You can probably do it B&m though with gears of war.
I'm not sure if I'm actually going to be charged more though, since my order was split (ship the preorder game, pick up the points card). My experience with pick ups is that they only charge you when you physically pick up the product. I had already done this (and was charged $4.99 +.25 tax). So now online it's cancelling out that part of the order and showing $19.99 + .25 tax, but also as having been picked up. Maybe it's just showing this online and it will never really process on my card. I might be hoping for too much, but at the very least their system is confused, because it should now be charging $.99 tax, but it's still only showing $.25.

[swolgam]

went to BB last night and picked up 15 preorders w/ 15 ms points for a total of $149.84 + tax! Hopefully i can return the preorders adn keep the points for a slickdeal

[hlb96]

The GGC works on the points b/c they are 19.99. So I got the t-shirt and 1600 pts for $5.xx.

[splintercell]

The GGC works on the points b/c they are 19.99. So I got the t-shirt and 1600 pts for $5.xx.

But wouldn't this be quite a bit YMMV, since at the time of purchase neither of the two items are 19.99, and thus the GGC would get shot down?

[orntar]

But wouldn't this be quite a bit YMMV, since at the time of purchase neither of the two items are 19.99, and thus the GGC would get shot down?

yes, ymmv.

that does not work a my best buy.

picked up another point card and gears tshirt btw. :D

[SteveMcQ]

went to BB last night and picked up 15 preorders w/ 15 ms points for a total of $149.84 + tax! Hopefully i can return the preorders adn keep the points for a slickdealSheesh.

[swetooth9]

went to BB last night and picked up 15 preorders w/ 15 ms points for a total of $149.84 + tax! Hopefully i can return the preorders adn keep the points for a slickdeal

you're kidding, right?

[thrustbucket]

you're kidding, right?

This is probably why my local best buy only had one points card in on sunday, and is still out.

[SpyderGT]

Picked up a copy of Burnout Revenge at Best Buy, and the $5 points. Wouldn't let me use a GGC, but I used $2 in BBBucks and a $5 reward zone cert. $30 total.

Then went to Circuit City and had them pricematch the points deal, with plans to return the copy of PGR3 tomorrow.

[Mr Peanut]

I picked up a GoW pre-order and a 1600 point card.

Had no problems.

[LinkinPrime]

Damn! I should have read this before I my stop at BB today. I got a card with a GGC for $15 but now that I know this, I'll have to make one more stop and pick up 1 or 2 more cards with the GoW shirts.

[JPRaup]

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[thrustbucket]

Damn hoarders.

[matowest]

Got in on this today as well with the GOW preorder. No problems whatsoever. Debating on whether or not to hit it again later this week. Thanks to the bright individual who figured this out!

[Justin42]

Damn hoarders.

No kidding. The BB near me is already out of points cards, I'm sure to 1 or 2 people.

Wish BB would've limited this, although people would've still found a way around it. (paying with cash or something)

Sigh... hope I can get in on this deal this week... (had to wait for my credit card to cycle)

[Michaellvortega]

No kidding. The BB near me is already out of points cards, I'm sure to 1 or 2 people.

Wish BB would've limited this, although people would've still found a way around it. (paying with cash or something)

Sigh... hope I can get in on this deal this week... (had to wait for my credit card to cycle)


Once this was posted on fattwallet the hoarders came out of the wood work. Thinking they were going to make a fortune on ebay.

[mick16]

I hit BB today at lunch and picked up GOW preorder and the 1,600 points for $10 and change. Sweet deal. Thanks to the OP.

[Mysteriouskk]

went to BB last night and picked up 15 preorders w/ 15 ms points for a total of $149.84 + tax! Hopefully i can return the preorders adn keep the points for a slickdeal
Did you have to make 15 separate transactions? or did it work altogether in one?

[HumanSnatcher]

Room mate just paid 20 bucks for just the card. Told him that for 5 bucks more you could get RR6, but he doesn't care for racing games...

[SteveMcQ]

Slightly OT, but is there a limit on the number of Best Buy Bucks you can use in an online transaction? I'm going to go for SC:DA LE at BB since TRU doesn't carry it.

[LinkinPrime]

Thanks to whoever figured out that it works with GoW preorder. Picked up 2 preorders with 2 points, no problems at all.

[HumanSnatcher]

Slightly OT, but is there a limit on the number of Best Buy Bucks you can use in an online transaction? I'm going to go for SC:DA LE at BB since TRU doesn't carry it.

200 same as B&M....BUT you can only enter 40 codes per transaction. So if you have the 60 BBB for the game, you can only use 40 of them

[Stingermck]

Got this today with Marvel UA. Sweet

[SteveMcQ]

200 same as B&M....BUT you can only enter 40 codes per transaction. So if you have the 60 BBB for the game, you can only use 40 of themThanks. I've only got 4 or five I think, but the wording on the piece and the game rules online made it seem like I could only get a maximum of $3 off a game purchase. As much as I want to get more BBB, I can't bring myself to eating all that McDonald's food. Ugh. Though I have to say, the Chicken Select stuff isn't so bad.

[Dijital]

Thanks OP this worked like a charm got (2) GoW pre-orders for $21.16 w/ 3200 points.

[ivanctorres]

Does anyone know of any BB's in the NYC area that have both the preorder boxes and miarketplace points?
I went to the BB in Long Island City and they had no gears of war preorder boxes nor did they have marketplace points.
The clerks were of no assistance. They ddint even know what marketplace points where.

[TheHiei]

Does Circuit City give CASH refunds on purchased games?

Or is it store credit...

Because if it's cash refund, I see no reason to NOT pick the games up, but if it's store credit... bleh.

[plastikpyro]

so basically if i pre-order GOW and get the 4.99 promo and then I can return the pre-order and get $5 back?! That's crazy! Even if I picked up the pre-order and 1600 points card for $10 and not follow through with the pre-order its still a good deal! and on top of that i get a shirt.

[swetooth9]

so basically if i pre-order GOW and get the 4.99 promo and then I can return the pre-order and get $5 back?! That's crazy! Even if I picked up the pre-order and 1600 points card for $10 and not follow through with the pre-order its still a good deal! and on top of that i get a shirt.

if you return/cancel the preorder, you have to give the shirt and stuff back...or you can just keep all that stuff for the $5, which is what i'm gonna do

[swolgam]

Did you have to make 15 separate transactions? or did it work altogether in one?

One big receipt! I advised im a business owner with several employees that i plan giving these out to for xmas (GOW). Also I plan on giving a few of the shirts away to charity

[swolgam]

if you return/cancel the preorder, you have to give the shirt and stuff back...or you can just keep all that stuff for the $5, which is what i'm gonna do

I plan on putting on the back of my GOW tshirts

"if you vote republican, this can be you on the front!"

[Michaellvortega]

Local BB took down all the GOW preorder packs......have they caught on?

[Weedy649]

Local BB took down all the GOW preorder packs......have they caught on?


oh no hope not. I was looking to get 2 more on thursday :(

[aw004g]

Picked up one GOW deal today. I have a question though. If I buy 12 preorders for GOW, can I apply each to the final price of 1 copy of GOW?

[thrustbucket]

"if you vote republican, this can be you on the front!"

Clever.

Or you could always put "If you vote Democrat, thousands of unborn babies will look like the front"
:bouncy:

[Milkyman]

Does anyone know of any BB's in the NYC area that have both the preorder boxes and miarketplace points?
I went to the BB in Long Island City and they had no gears of war preorder boxes nor did they have marketplace points.
The clerks were of no assistance. They ddint even know what marketplace points where.

i grabbed the pre-order box and points card from the BB on broadway in manhattan today. I grabbed the last points card but it was the end of the day so they may restock them tommorow. they still had plenty of the pre-order boxes. Does anyone know exactly how this pre-order works? They didnt take any of my info and i paid in cash so they dont know who I am, somehow I don't think this guarantees me a copy on launch day.

[MORT A POTTY]

gonna have to hit this up tomorrow. Still need an answer to if you pre-order multiple copies, can you roll them all into one pre-order by presenting all the receipts?

[neonglow]

i grabbed the pre-order box and points card from the BB on broadway in manhattan today. I grabbed the last points card but it was the end of the day so they may restock them tommorow. they still had plenty of the pre-order boxes. Does anyone know exactly how this pre-order works? They didnt take any of my info and i paid in cash so they dont know who I am, somehow I don't think this guarantees me a copy on launch day.

I think someone mentioned that BB keeps a count of how many preorders there were and when the game arrives, they bring that amount to the customer service area. You just have to hold on to your reciept and present it there when it's released.

[neudog]

Local BB took down all the GOW preorder packs......have they caught on?

If they have they're 3 days late.... moohahaha! :rofl:

[SOSTrooper]

Picked up one GOW deal today. I have a question though. If I buy 12 preorders for GOW, can I apply each to the final price of 1 copy of GOW?


LOL... no.

[Milkyman]

I think someone mentioned that BB keeps a count of how many preorders there were and when the game arrives, they bring that amount to the customer service area. You just have to hold on to your reciept and present it there when it's released.

thanks for the info neonglow, i've never preordered anything at bb before

[pinoy530]

I think someone mentioned that BB keeps a count of how many preorders there were and when the game arrives, they bring that amount to the customer service area. You just have to hold on to your reciept and present it there when it's released.

In my experience, the pre-order does absolultely nothing. They don't reserve anything for you and its not even at the customer service part, you have to get one and take it up to them. I've done 2 dvd pre-orders and they were both like this. It ultimately doesnt really matter though since big stores like Best Buy never sell out of big games/dvds the first week.

[Milkyman]

In my experience, the pre-order does absolultely nothing. They don't reserve anything for you and its not even at the customer service part, you have to get one and take it up to them. I've done 2 dvd pre-orders and they were both like this. It ultimately doesnt really matter though since big stores like Best Buy never sell out of big games/dvds the first week.

where do you live? I remember when final fantasy dawn of souls for gba came out the circuit city i went to was sold out 2 hours after opening that day.

[Enemy15]

is there a Free Shipping code I could use for this?

I'm doing GOW and the points online, No BB here. :-(

[splintercell]

LOL... no.

But could he apply 12 preorders to 12 different games, one each, without actually returning the whole unopened package?

[SOSTrooper]

But could he apply 12 preorders to 12 different games, one each, without actually returning the whole unopened package?

You know Best Buy would love that. But it's up to them how they want to do it.

[pinoy530]

where do you live? I remember when final fantasy dawn of souls for gba came out the circuit city i went to was sold out 2 hours after opening that day.

Houston, and Im not sure if I would classify remakes of 15 year old nes games/5 year old psx ports on a handheld system as big games. People have already played those games on nes/famicom, emulators, wonderswan, playstation, etc. I bet your circuit city won't sell out of Final Fantasy XII or Gears of War 2 hours after opening.

[SpyderGT]

Just picked up Marvel: Ultimate Alliance with free X-Men: The Movie game at Circuit City, and they pricematched Best Buy and gave me the 1600 points for $5. Then I picked up a GoW preorder at Best Buy and got another 1600 points. That makes 4 sets of points for me, 2 from CC and 2 from BB ;)

[Pootie Thang]

I got 3 GOW T-Shirts Pre-Orders and 3 packs of the 1600 Points today for $32ish w/ tax!

[mrbungler]

Damn. I tried to do the GoW $5 1600 point deal and they wouldnt do it.:cry:

It kept ringing up as $19.99. Bastards!!

[awp]

Has anyone actually cancelled their pre-order for this deal in B&M? Wondering if they were charged the full price for the points as a result.

I'm debating whether to wait until the pre-order expires (looks like 2-weeks after release they don't hold it for you and refund your money) or cancel now.

[doubledown]

Damn. I tried to do the GoW $5 1600 point deal and they wouldnt do it.:cry:

It kept ringing up as $19.99. Bastards!!

Hmmm, I hope this was just a glitch....as I wanted to do this later this week. Did you have them scan the GOW FIRST, then the points?

[spectreon]

Scored 2 more cards yesterday, one at BB w/GoW pre-order and 1 @ CC w/NHL 2k6. I was able to return my original GoW pre-order from last week w/out returning the shirt. Dont think I'll try with the second one used to get 1600 points card. 2 Shirts and 1600 points for $10 is a sweet enough deal.... Also returned NHL without any problems... I now have picked up 4800 points... Migth try this once more @ CC

[menikmati]

Scored 2 more cards yesterday, one at BB w/GoW pre-order and 1 @ CC w/NHL 2k6. I was able to return my original GoW pre-order from last week w/out returning the shirt. Dont think I'll try with the second one used to get 1600 points card. 2 Shirts and 1600 points for $10 is a sweet enough deal.... Also returned NHL without any problems... I now have picked up 4800 points... Migth try this once more @ CC

Hm how'd you return it w/o the shirt?

[Sacsquash]

Damn. I tried to do the GoW $5 1600 point deal and they wouldnt do it.:cry:

It kept ringing up as $19.99. Bastards!!


I bought 3 GoW pre-orders and 3 1600 points it rang up around $80 until final check out then it was $30 ish

[menikmati]

I bought 3 GoW pre-orders and 3 1600 points it rang up around $80 until final check out then it was $30 ish

Same thing with me yesterday, I was like "shit..." when the cashier said $25+, then a prompt popped up with the $15 off promo.

[swetooth9]

I was able to return my original GoW pre-order from last week w/out returning the shirt.

...how?

[mrbungler]

Hmmm, I hope this was just a glitch....as I wanted to do this later this week. Did you have them scan the GOW FIRST, then the points?

Yes. At first the guy said "This is just a T-Shirt it doesn't count as a game." I informed him that it was a pre-order so it was just like I was buying a game. He then scanned GoW and then the 1600 card. Card came up as $19.99. Who know, maybe he was an idiot.

[lawdood]

Between yesterday afternoon and today, someone wiped out all 10 or so GoW pre-order packs at my local BB in Sacramento. At first I thought they may have pulled them but then I could tell quite a few 1600 point cards were also missing from yesterday. Have a nice time with all that and thanks for wiping out the store. ass.

[swetooth9]

Yes. At first the guy said "This is just a T-Shirt it doesn't count as a game." I informed him that it was a pre-order so it was just like I was buying a game. He then scanned GoW and then the 1600 card. Card came up as $19.99. Who know, maybe he was an idiot.

did he push "total" or whatever you have to do?

[Richlough]

This is one of those deals that completely pisses you off if you didn't get hooked up .

I'm so happy I did .

[xraytd]

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter sold out the first day here in Los Angeles. And Dead Rising sold out in a few hours in the Culver City store, although I was able to get the last copy at another location.

Houston, and Im not sure if I would classify remakes of 15 year old nes games/5 year old psx ports on a handheld system as big games. People have already played those games on nes/famicom, emulators, wonderswan, playstation, etc. I bet your circuit city won't sell out of Final Fantasy XII or Gears of War 2 hours after opening.

[Sacsquash]

Between yesterday afternoon and today, someone wiped out all 10 or so GoW pre-order packs at my local BB in Sacramento. At first I thought they may have pulled them but then I could tell quite a few 1600 point cards were also missing from yesterday. Have a nice time with all that and thanks for wiping out the store. ass.

sorry to hear about that, there were like 10-15 GoW pre-orders at my BB today as well as some F.E.A.R. pre-orders I think those might work the same. Though I am not positive about the F.E.A.R. pre-orders can anyone confirm this.

[Michaellvortega]

sorry to hear about that, there were like 10-15 GoW pre-orders at my BB today as well as some F.E.A.R. pre-orders I think those might work the same. Though I am not positive about the F.E.A.R. pre-orders can anyone confirm this.


Fear preorder is categorized as a PS2 game :(

[Trakan]

Though I am not positive about the F.E.A.R. pre-orders can anyone confirm this.

FEAR doesn't work.

[gunm]

Glad I stopped by today at my local store. There were a few GoW preorders, but only 3 or 4 more point cards in the store. I picked up just one of each--$10 for 1600 points and a t-shirt, yay. I'm sure they will be sold out by Friday.

[phantomer]

anyone tried this deal with coupon? i got 10% off coupon that i wanna use with PSU.

[ZForce]

The guy at my Best Buy let me purchase a card for 4.99 when I showed him the receipt I had from buying Tiger Woods 07 last week

[SpyderGT]

Yes. At first the guy said "This is just a T-Shirt it doesn't count as a game." I informed him that it was a pre-order so it was just like I was buying a game. He then scanned GoW and then the 1600 card. Card came up as $19.99. Who know, maybe he was an idiot.
They have to hit Total, and then a message pops up saying the discount will be applied.

[panasonic]

i price matched at circuit city and got test drive unlimited

[heavy liquid]

This is such a great deal. Bought 3 GOW pre-orders + 1600 Marketplace cards yesterday and 3 more today. I'm currently at about 11,300 points. :) I'm going to hit up a couple more Best Buys tomorrow and hopefully pick up at least one or two more.

[harunim]

everyone seems to be loading up their points using this deal!

so you can get full refunds from the deal when you cancel the order or return it?

Anyone has actually confirmed this by returning/cancelling???

[xbox_mole]

everyone seems to be loading up their points using this deal!

so you can get full refunds from the deal when you cancel the order or return it?

Anyone has actually confirmed this by returning/cancelling???

If you order this online with a game and then cancel the game after you get the points you WILL be charged the full price for the points. While they don't charge your card until the pre-order ships, your card is authorized for the full price of the pre-ordered game and points. So if you cancel the game, there will be enough authorized credit on your card to charge you the full amount for the points and they will be able to do that. It says specifically that the bundle purchase return policy is in effect for the deal.

They also aren't going to let you get your $5.00 back from the pre-order without turining over the shirt as well and that will effectively void the deal too.

[neudog]

Yes. At first the guy said "This is just a T-Shirt it doesn't count as a game." I informed him that it was a pre-order so it was just like I was buying a game. He then scanned GoW and then the 1600 card. Card came up as $19.99. Who know, maybe he was an idiot.

Like others have stated the price is reduced when they hit Total/Enter. A huge grey box pops on the screen confiming the $4.99 MS points, so the guy basically fucked you.

[mcroa7]

Anyone willing to sell a card or trade a card for a 360 headset or 2 ? Pm me please, thanks !

[flashburn]

Can you do 2 preorders (say one for GoW and another for GTA 4) + 2 1600 cards at the same time? Or will the system not allow that?

[thrustbucket]

Man it sure sucks to have a best buy that never has any point cards on the shelf, but says they have them in stock. (ie huge internal theft problem)

Can't get a card all week :(

[mietha]

Can you do 2 preorders (say one for GoW and another for GTA 4) + 2 1600 cards at the same time? Or will the system not allow that?
There is no limit to how many the system will let you do. It's all up to the store staff. I picked up 6 today, my wife and I each buying 3. They weren't happy about it, but they really couldn't figure out anyway to stop me, since the system allows it, and they couldn't find anyone to tell them I couldn't do it. Assload of GOW preorder boxes left at the Hickory Hollow store in TN, btw. For the record, I did one legit as well with my purchase of Marvel: Ultimate Allicance today. I'm broke now, but dammit there's nothing quite like sticking it to best buy. I should have been wearing horns. :)

[MORT A POTTY]

i got six toda also :D

http://homepage.mac.com/me_mort/GearsBestBuy.JPG (56k = explode)

sweeeeet.

[Logain8955]

Not sure if this has been said, but this does NOT work with CoD3 pre-orders. (Tried that since my BB was out of GoWs. Knew I should have gotten more than one.)

[spectreon]

Hm how'd you return it w/o the shirt?

I lucked out I think and.or got a stupid cashier... I simply walked up to him w/ reciept and stated I was able to get a sweet trade in deal @ GS w/pre-order there and I didnt need 2 copies. I figured he would ask for the shirt, but on a whim I left it in the car to try and get away w/ an extra shirt. Figured I'd go get it if it was necessary. Guy looked @ my reciept and said 'ok, here ya go' and handed me my money, 'Have a nice day!':D

To clarify I DID NOT!!!! cancel my pre-order w/points card, just my pre-order last week when I wanted the shirt.

So now I have 2 GoW shirts for the price of 1.... sill BB:booty:

[cyberlian]

this deal is really going to inflate gow's preorder numbers

[mietha]

this deal is really going to inflate gow's preorder numbers
Yeah, I don't think anyone's really going to have to worry about their local best buy running out of copies of GoW. :) Hell, I might as well pick one of mine up, being as I have 6 preordered and all... :)

[MORT A POTTY]

yeah I'll pick one of my pre-orders up (why waste the five bucks?) Still wish I could combine them, but oh well, I'm still coming out WAY ahead on this one.

[Deefuzz]

Worked for me yesterday. One GoW preorder + one 1600 point card for 10 dollars. I may have to go get a couple more before the week is out, this deal is just too good.

[bullet ballet]

I bought four of the GoW preorders as well. I've been thinking if someone was so inclined they could buy all the games they preordered then return them to recoup the original $5 investment for the t-shirt. Though, honestly, I'm not sure how BB handles preorders enough to be sure it'd work. If so, you could then sell the t-shirts and either get the points for free or turn over a profit, I suppose.

[guyver2077]

anyone preordering call of duty 3 online.. looks like u can get the points as well plus the bonus pack.

ships free to and you can pick up the points in store...

sorry for not going through the entire topic... but for those of you that preordered something online and picked up card... where you able to cancel after picking up the points card?

may just get condemned...29.99.. been wanting that game for a while

[MORT A POTTY]

yeah but if you get CoD3 you have to purchase the game (since it's done online)

[pimpinc333]

yeah but if you get CoD3 you have to purchase the game (since it's done online)

Sure but a ton of people will be buying COD3 anyways.

[philconners31]

Guyver, I preordered a game online, picked up the card instore, but when I cancelled my preorder over the phone, they ended up charging my card the remaining $15.00 (they didn't tell me they were going to) - so it didn't work.

[MORT A POTTY]

yeah probly so.

and phil, if you'd read the rest of this thread you'd have known that would happen. That's why you just go to the store, buy a gears pre-order, and get the card + shirt and pre-order for ten bucks and change.

[guyver2077]

Guyver, I preordered a game online, picked up the card instore, but when I cancelled my preorder over the phone, they ended up charging my card the remaining $15.00 (they didn't tell me they were going to) - so it didn't work.

thanks for the info... theres so many games to get in november.. i know cod3 will be good but just dont know if i should buy retail..im spending way too much money this month and next for 360..

this month

sc da
marvel
psu

assuming i find the games.. should equal around 120

November

cod3- 60
gow- 60
hd dvd- 200
rainbow six vegas-60
smackdown- 60

fuck.. thats $440 in games in november alone

[alexandertyler]

i got six toda also :D

http://homepage.mac.com/me_mort/GearsBestBuy.JPG (56k = explode)

sweeeeet.

This might be a dumb question but, did you get 6 T-shirts too?

Later,

Alex

[hambone30]

I was also thinking of using this deal when Blitz 360 comes out. Hopefully the deal won't be dead by then!

looks like bltiz 360 got delayed. i'm waiting for it as well!

[otz]

Not sure if this has been said, but this does NOT work with CoD3 pre-orders. (Tried that since my BB was out of GoWs. Knew I should have gotten more than one.)

You can preorder CoD3 in store and get the points. I did it twice the other day. Although it won't come up automatically in the register for some reason, the clerks manually corrected the price for the points. Based on the sale terms (w/purchase or preorder of any 360 game) CoD3 should have worked automatically in the register.

[pimpinc333]

This might be a dumb question but, did you get 6 T-shirts too?

Later,

Alex
The T-Shirts are shrink wrapped to the GoW case. So yes he got 6 T's also.

I went back today and grabbed 2 more. Thanks again whomever found this.

[heavy liquid]

Whoa. I guess you cant have more that 12,000 points.

I just bought another GoW preorder + card and tried to redeem it online, and got this:

"Cannot add points. Adding points would exceed the maximum points balance."

I guess I'll just have to make sure that I don't lose the card (and any others I might be able to find before the deal is over).

[MORT A POTTY]

The T-Shirts are shrink wrapped to the GoW case. So yes he got 6 T's also.

I went back today and grabbed 2 more. Thanks again whomever found this.
yep. I have the one opened (which is what the points cards and the rest of the pre-orders and stuff are on. the shirts as you said, are wrapped tot he cases (they're directly compressed behind them).

but yeah, pretty fucking sweet deal for sixty bucks :bouncy:

[hwong3]

yep. I have the one opened (which is what the points cards and the rest of the pre-orders and stuff are on. the shirts as you said, are wrapped tot he cases (they're directly compressed behind them).

but yeah, pretty fucking sweet deal for sixty bucks :bouncy:


I'm sorry, but let me make sure I'm clear on this.

Will Best Buy make you buy your pre-ordered GOW? Or can you buy a bunch of pre-orders for $5 and just never claim them? I thought that once you buy a pre-order, they automatically charge your card when it comes out. Am I wrong?

Just didn't want to end up with three copies of GOW on "Emergence Day." ;-)

[Nerbil]

I just bought Marvel:Ultimate Alliance for the 360 with the 4.99 Marketplace deal at Bestbuy.

I also pre-order Gears of War at Circuit City using the 15% off coupon from this months Xbox Magazine. I paid all of my money up front, to make sure I got the 15% off, and then the manager approved a match of the BestBuy Deal to get the Marketplace points for $4.99.

So, I was happy to get 3200 Marketplace points for the 9.98 (plus tax), as well as pre-order Gears of War for 15% off.

I am saving the other Circuit City coupon for 10% off of any video game for when Call of Duty 3 for the 360 releases in November.

It's always a happy day to buy something that I wanted for such a great deal.

[buttasuperb]

I'm sorry, but let me make sure I'm clear on this.

Will Best Buy make you buy your pre-ordered GOW? Or can you buy a bunch of pre-orders for $5 and just never claim them? I thought that once you buy a pre-order, they automatically charge your card when it comes out. Am I wrong?

Just didn't want to end up with three copies of GOW on "Emergence Day." ;-)

I don't think they charge you when the game comes out, you have to go pick it up and pay the remaining balance. Just pay in cash if you're worried about it.

[pimpinc333]

I'm sorry, but let me make sure I'm clear on this.

Will Best Buy make you buy your pre-ordered GOW? Or can you buy a bunch of pre-orders for $5 and just never claim them? I thought that once you buy a pre-order, they automatically charge your card when it comes out. Am I wrong?

Just didn't want to end up with three copies of GOW on "Emergence Day." ;-)

They don't. It's really not a pre order since they have no info on you whatsoever. All you do is bring your receipt back when the game comes out and you get the 5.00 off you already paid.

[Richlough]

I just bought Marvel:Ultimate Alliance for the 360 with the 4.99 Marketplace deal at Bestbuy.

I also pre-order Gears of War at Circuit City using the 15% off coupon from this months Xbox Magazine. I paid all of my money up front, to make sure I got the 15% off, and then the manager approved a match of the BestBuy Deal to get the Marketplace points for $4.99.

So, I was happy to get 3200 Marketplace points for the 9.98 (plus tax), as well as pre-order Gears of War for 15% off.

I am saving the other Circuit City coupon for 10% off of any video game for when Call of Duty 3 for the 360 releases in November.

It's always a happy day to buy something that I wanted for such a great deal.

I was told at CC if you pre-order Gears they will get the same number of faceplates as they have pre-orders for .

You might be getting an even better deal !

[Nerbil]

I was told at CC if you pre-order Gears they will get the same number of faceplates as they have pre-orders for .

You might be getting an even better deal !

Yeah, I thought that too. I asked about the faceplates and she said they wouldn't know anything until the game arrives. So, I'm hoping when I pick up Gears they will have a faceplate for me.

And yes, that will make it even a better deal.

[williams90]

Man that stinks... I pre-ordered at CC with the 15% off coupon and they wouldn't let me do the $4.99 points card because they said it was a special pre-order with the faceplate. I had to pay the full amount too so I could use the 15% off. Oh well...

[Corvin]

I'm sorry, but let me make sure I'm clear on this.

Will Best Buy make you buy your pre-ordered GOW? Or can you buy a bunch of pre-orders for $5 and just never claim them? I thought that once you buy a pre-order, they automatically charge your card when it comes out. Am I wrong?

Just didn't want to end up with three copies of GOW on "Emergence Day." ;-)

They can't force you to buy anything. If you are unsure, pay cash. What're they gonna do show up at your house and demand $55? No wait, they have zero contact info for you, so not. Best Buy doing preorders is a way for them to earn a little free money from people losing receipts or forgetting altogether. They don't take down any of your info, and the last time I pre-ordered they didn't even hold the game. I had to go to get one, and they just discounted it my purchase $5. Think of it as a rebate, people lose those all the time and retailers bank on it to make more money. This is the same thing.

I got it to work with the FEAR pre-order, snagged the bonus disc. They had to override it, but it clearly says Xbox 360 on the case despite not ringing up that way. They had no issue doing that.

[atane]

5 different Bestbuys I went to, and not one stinking 1600 Marketplace points on the shelf to be had. I would like to thank all the inconsiderate hoarders. Why the hell are people so greedy and why do they lose all self control anytime a sale happens? I just wanted one, just one. :(

[swetooth9]

are there any other good preorder goodies other than GoW's free tshirt thing?

[xDerekRx]

Anyone doing this at CC, do they pricematch deals? or do i have to get lucky

[Pootie Thang]

5 different Bestbuys I went to, and not one stinking 1600 Marketplace points on the shelf to be had. I would like to thank all the inconsiderate hoarders. Why the hell are people so greedy and why do they lose all self control anytime a sale happens? I just wanted one, just one. :(


That's what I thought when I got mines yesterday. They actually don't place them on the shelf at my store. They have a special place for them so the manager had to grab 3 for me.

[MORT A POTTY]

I'm sorry, but let me make sure I'm clear on this.

Will Best Buy make you buy your pre-ordered GOW? Or can you buy a bunch of pre-orders for $5 and just never claim them? I thought that once you buy a pre-order, they automatically charge your card when it comes out. Am I wrong?

Just didn't want to end up with three copies of GOW on "Emergence Day." ;-)
use cash and it's completely irrelevant. I'd hate to say one way or the other, but I know if you do it online they will charge you for each, but in-store not sure, but if you use cash it's un-traceable.

[xbox_mole]

I'm sorry, but let me make sure I'm clear on this.

Will Best Buy make you buy your pre-ordered GOW? Or can you buy a bunch of pre-orders for $5 and just never claim them? I thought that once you buy a pre-order, they automatically charge your card when it comes out. Am I wrong?

Just didn't want to end up with three copies of GOW on "Emergence Day." ;-)

In store you will just lose the $5.00 on the preorder when you don't pick it up. If you do the pre-order online and then cancel the game you WILL be charged the remainder of the card and they have every right to do so as is outlined in their bundle return policy.

[ivanctorres]

Does anyone know any NYC stores that acutally ahve teh GOW shirts? I went to the BB in LIC and I couldn't find marketplace points or GOW preorder shirts.
When I asked the clerk if they had any of the above he looked at me like I had three heads!

[LinkinPrime]

Damn, just came back from my BB who had about 20 point cards on Tuesday and its totally cleaned out, either that or the employees knew about it and hid it or took it for their own. I did manage to run into one on a random endcap so thats 3 for me.

[Milkyman]

what are you guys who bought multiple GOW preorders/xl tshirts gonna do when the game comes out? just consider it 5 dollars for a green keepcase and tshirt or pick up multiple copies of the game? or try to finagle it into store credit?

[Logain8955]

what are you guys who bought multiple GOW preorders/xl tshirts gonna do when the game comes out? just consider it 5 dollars for a green keepcase and tshirt or pick up multiple copies of the game? or try to finagle it into store credit?

There's a couple of options.

1: Return the pre-order GoW package. From a couple of other people in this thread that I remember, this worked. I plan on doing this on Sunday and hoping for the best. If they try to charge for the $15 bucks on the card, just keep the preorder.

2: Three weeks after launch, the $5 off coupon expires. In the preorder terms, available on BB's site (I think. Dont remember where I saw it), they say once the coupon expires, you may bring in your reciept for the $5 back, in cash. Just have to save the reciepts. This works even on a bundle (like the points card).

[swetooth9]

There's a couple of options.

1: Return the pre-order GoW package. From a couple of other people in this thread that I remember, this worked. I plan on doing this on Sunday and hoping for the best. If they try to charge for the $15 bucks on the card, just keep the preorder.

2: Three weeks after launch, the $5 off coupon expires. In the preorder terms, available on BB's site (I think. Dont remember where I saw it), they say once the coupon expires, you may bring in your reciept for the $5 back, in cash. Just have to save the reciepts. This works even on a bundle (like the points card).

for option 2, do you have to give back the shirt though?

[Michaellvortega]

Demon customers :roll:

[alexandertyler]

The T-Shirts are shrink wrapped to the GoW case. So yes he got 6 T's also.

I went back today and grabbed 2 more. Thanks again whomever found this.

My local BB had 11 Boxes/Shirts so I took 6 + 6 of the points cards and decided to leave the other 5 + 5 points cards for others. Funny thing is I really wanted to clear them out but figured that taking more than half was greedy enough. Hope whoever got the other 5 realize that!

By the way, my official pre-order is at CC with the face plate, I have the 15% off card as well, does anybody know if they are matching the BB points deal or is it a ymmv type of situation?

Later,

Alex

[pimpinc333]

My local BB had 11 Boxes/Shirts so I took 6 + 6 of the points cards and decided to leave the other 5 + 5 points cards for others. Funny thing is I really wanted to clear them out but figured that taking more than half was greedy enough. Hope whoever got the other 5 realize that!

By the way, my official pre-order is at CC with the face plate, I have the 15% off card as well, does anybody know if they are matching the BB points deal or is it a ymmv type of situation?

Later,

Alex
My BB had 4 of each the one day I went. So I grabbed 2 of each. Today when I went back they were restocked. 4 of each again. They barely had any room for these on the Selves so thats why mine only had a certain number out.

[msuna]

What size are these shirts? Any picture of what they look like? I need an XL at least..

[alexandertyler]

What size are these shirts? Any picture of what they look like? I need an XL at least..

They are XL with Red GOW logo on a black shirt.

Later,

Alex

P.S. One of the CAGers in this thread had a picture of the shirt, they are pretty cool.

[Logain8955]

for option 2, do you have to give back the shirt though?

I don't believe so. Look up their preorder stuff online, should be there.

[trunksx34]

i managed to get them to PM the TRU B2g1 Deal and also get 3 more 1600 point cards, 1 for each game. This is YMMV, as they said that they werent supposed to match the TRU deal, but its worth a shot.

[atane]

Does anyone know any NYC stores that acutally ahve teh GOW shirts? I went to the BB in LIC and I couldn't find marketplace points or GOW preorder shirts.
When I asked the clerk if they had any of the above he looked at me like I had three heads!

BestBuy in Noho has tons.

[atane]

That's what I thought when I got mines yesterday. They actually don't place them on the shelf at my store. They have a special place for them so the manager had to grab 3 for me.

Man, I canvassed everywhere and I was hoping they had them up front by the cashiers, no dice. I had them look in the back too. A clerk working there did say that earlier some people had multiple copies, and everyone was price matching the B2G1F deal from TRU, and get the free Xmen game with Marvel Ultimate Alliance from Circuit City, and apparently, some fucktard cashier was handing out 1600points for each game!! So, all those people that pricematched the TRU deal got 3 of them, unbelievable.

[A Happy Panda]

So, I've sifted through the thread. Has anyone cancelled their pre-order and gotten their $5 back? Also, did you keep the shirt?

[alexandertyler]

So, I've sifted through the thread. Has anyone cancelled their pre-order and gotten their $5 back? Also, did you keep the shirt?

Someone mentioned waiting for the pre-purchase to expire and then go and collect the store credit/cash. They can't just keep your money, bring in the receipt, someone said 3 weeks after launch and you can recoup it.

Later,

Alex

[MORT A POTTY]

What size are these shirts? Any picture of what they look like? I need an XL at least..
yeah I've got a pic

http://homepage.mac.com/me_mort/GearsBestBuy.JPG

it's kinda large (the pic) so if you're on dialup it'll take a sec.

but, they're all XL, and the complete design is shown (nothing on back, or sleeves, or nothing covered by the boxes)

[doubledown]

Well, hopefully I get a couple today after work....my first chance to hit up a Best Buy.

[SpikeSpiegel]

I'm going to try to PM TRUs B2G1 today there. Think they'll let me walk away with that and $4.99 points?

[MORT A POTTY]

I'm going to try to PM TRUs B2G1 today there. Think they'll let me walk away with that and $4.99 points?
not a chance :p

[SpikeSpiegel]

not a chance :p Is it done manually or do the points automatically ring up $4.99 if you have a 360 game in your purchase? If so I might have a chance if I get a lazy and or dumb cashier.


BTW, you think walmart would be more likely to PM B2G1 than Bestbuy?

[lawyeron]

A screen pops up that says something like, XBOX 360 4.99 deal, yes or no. I told the cashier push Yes!!! She laughed so I think I was a little too excitable. I got the shirt and the points for 10 bucks. Shirt is pretty cool.

[Deefuzz]

here we go, I am pretty sure I am in the right thread this time:

Just got a second one today. Two GoW shirts and two 1600 Marketplace Point cards for $20! Awesome deal!

[MORT A POTTY]

Is it done manually or do the points automatically ring up $4.99 if you have a 360 game in your purchase? If so I might have a chance if I get a lazy and or dumb cashier.


BTW, you think walmart would be more likely to PM B2G1 than Bestbuy?
I think neither is particularly likely to PM it.

[MC Hampster]

Finally got to a Best Buy today. 2 GoW pre-orders left, but no points cards.

[doubledown]

I got the LAST points card at the Best Buy in Roseville, MI. Thanks for the head's up everyone.

[Zoglog]

wow I went to go pick up points and they're all out. Oh well no big deal.

Funny thing is "bb's research department" never got back to me. What a bunch of cockballs

[seanr1221]

Got two more today. One from Best Buy with GoW pre-order, and one from CC for 3.50

[PyroGamer]

Got two more today. One from Best Buy with GoW pre-order, and one from CC for 3.50
So this $5 Points deal work on pre-orders?

[Zoglog]

can you goto Circuit City and price match this deal there with a gears of war preorder there? I'd much rather do it for the faceplate than a stupid Tshirt.

[XMastaCrackaX]

can you goto Circuit City and price match this deal there with a gears of war preorder there? I'd much rather do it for the faceplate than a stupid Tshirt.
I had already grabbed the last shirt so i did the CC deal to get the faceplate and i price matched the MP card and it worked like a charm. They do make u put 10 bux down though(at least for the CE version) i didnt see any cards for the Reg edition.

[swetooth9]

I had already grabbed the last shirt so i did the CC deal to get the faceplate and i price matched the MP card and it worked like a charm. They do make u put 10 bux down though(at least for the CE version) i didnt see any cards for the Reg edition.

so wait...you pay the 5 (or 10) bucks to reserve GoW at CC (and guarantee a faceplate - or did they hand you it now) and they let you buy the card for 4.99? any tracking/obligation to pay the rest?

[ajh2298]

so wait...you pay the 5 (or 10) bucks to reserve GoW at CC (and guarantee a faceplate - or did they hand you it now) and they let you buy the card for 4.99? any tracking/obligation to pay the rest?


I think CC will only have the faceplates starting the day of release, so you are kind of obligated to pay the rest to get the faceplate.

[Zoglog]

I had already grabbed the last shirt so i did the CC deal to get the faceplate and i price matched the MP card and it worked like a charm. They do make u put 10 bux down though(at least for the CE version) i didnt see any cards for the Reg edition.

nice nice, I think i'll stop by after work

[deathb10w]

scored 6 tonight from gears of war preorders.

[seanr1221]

I'm really sorry I havn't read through this thread enough, because I'm sure it's been answered, but you guys picking up a bunch of GoW pre-orders, do you plan on just keep the t-shirts (so you are basically paying 10.00 for the points?) or returning the pre-orders or what?

[MC Hampster]

Ha! I just found out that there is a new Best Buy only a little further away from me than the one I went to earlier. When I went down there, I found out it was there very first day of operation! So they had plenty of the pre-orders and cards. I ended up gettiing 4 pre-orders + points cards.

[spectreon]

A co-worker wanted a GoW shirt and couldnt get out there to get one (teenagers, meh...). He said he'd pay for the shirt, so I thought hey.... I can score another $5 card. Went to a different BB since it was close by, scored a 3rd shirt and 4th card. May keep up w this reciept and try to get $5 back in a few weeks... doesnt hurt to try....

[exRounder]

Could someone please help me with the CC situation regarding this deal? I'm trying to sift through the thread to no avail about the method:

So people are PMing the bundle deal (Game/Preorder + Card) at CC? How? I keep finding errant posts about preordering a bunch of GOW's at CC and getting cards too. How do you get a CC to PM on preorders if it says on the BB ad that it's with purchase of a game?

Thanks.

[exRounder]

Additionally, for those who combined this with the Marvel UA plus XMen game deal, were you able to get 2 5 dollar cards? Thanks.

[Hardware]

Guyver, I preordered a game online, picked up the card instore, but when I cancelled my preorder over the phone, they ended up charging my card the remaining $15.00 (they didn't tell me they were going to) - so it didn't work.

Good For ya!

[Notomo]

I just did this deal online for the points, however they also have a deal for a Microsoft-Xbox Live 12-Month Value Pack at 20 bucks off with the purchase of a game.. which also comes with a 20 bucks off a xbox 360 game coupon in it... as well as a headset and 200 gamer points oh and the billiards arcade game "im thinking ebay since i have it already"

So I did
pre-order gears of war 59.99
Microsoft-1,600 Xbox Live Marketplace Points 4.99
Microsoft-Xbox Live 12-Month Value Pack 39.99

So saved 35 bucks pluss I am going to try and return gears without a reciept, then re buy it with the 20 bucks off coupon, or something to that extent.

would have to think thats about the best deal of the year.

[MORT A POTTY]

I just did this deal online for the points, however they also have a deal for a Microsoft-Xbox Live 12-Month Value Pack at 20 bucks off with the purchase of a game.. which also comes with a 20 bucks off a xbox 360 game coupon in it... as well as a headset and 200 gamer points oh and the billiards arcade game "im thinking ebay since i have it already"

So I did
pre-order gears of war 59.99
Microsoft-1,600 Xbox Live Marketplace Points 4.99
Microsoft-Xbox Live 12-Month Value Pack 39.99

So saved 35 bucks pluss I am going to try and return gears without a reciept, then re buy it with the 20 bucks off coupon, or something to that extent.

would have to think thats about the best deal of the year.
the coupon expired I believe in june.

[FirstInHell]

I got the last points card at the Best Buy in Norwalk CT. They took all of the Gears preorders and put them behind the counter, so I think they were wise to the exploit. I ended picking up Ridge Racer 6 for 19.99 and scoring the points for 4.99. Not a bad deal.

[Notomo]

the coupon expired I believe in june.

Bah I hope not, will find out in a few mins I did in store pickup for the points and that so I will be picking it up in a little bit, will reply tommorow one way or another, possibly tonight if I get a chance.

[SOSTrooper]

Bah I hope not, will find out in a few mins I did in store pickup for the points and that so I will be picking it up in a little bit, will reply tommorow one way or another, possibly tonight if I get a chance.

I've seen the sticker on the 12 month kit yesterday, they still say expire june 2006. So I dont really think they have new $20 rebate coupons that have new expiration date.

[exRounder]

How do you get CC to PM the deal with their preorders?

[guyver2077]

picked up psu and the point card.. it didnt auto ring up though.. i had to let them know about the special...

i didnt see any gow preorders

[rumblebear]

So is there a form inside the promo case of GOW that will serve as the preorder slip, or is the receipt it? The receipt didn't really make it apparent that it is a preorder though.

[ghozt]

So is there a form inside the promo case of GOW that will serve as the preorder slip, or is the receipt it? The receipt didn't really make it apparent that it is a preorder though.

its the receipt you take back. im guessing its the part where it says ps-360. ps probably meaning pre-sale.

[Justin42]

Hrrrm, I ordered Tomb Raider and a 1600 point card for in-store pickup, then they called me today (after I got the confirmation email) telling me not to come in, the 1600 point cards were lost or stolen, and they will do what they can to get get another card in ASAP before the 8-day pickup window expires.

WTF?!?

[BREVITY]

Suprised when I went in today and found that there were 4 GOW preorder packs and 6 1600 cards. I grabbed two. Thanks OP.

[rumblebear]

Anyone know if we can use all the preorder money on just 1 GoW when it comes out? Would be less hassle than to cancel the rest after a few weeks.

[A Happy Panda]

Anyone know if we can use all the preorder money on just 1 GoW when it comes out? Would be less hassle than to cancel the rest after a few weeks.

Need some clarification. Why do we need to wait a few weeks to cancel it?? Why can't I just wait a few days and go "[insert excuse to not buy the game]" ?

[auralia]

my best buy wouldn't do it, tried to buy gears of war, even offered to pay in full as I do want it... wouldn't even do one preorder+points deal... anal retentive mannagers.

[rumblebear]

Need some clarification. Why do we need to wait a few weeks to cancel it?? Why can't I just wait a few days and go "[insert excuse to not buy the game]" ?

someone said you have to wait 3 weeks. any official confirmation on this? will they charge our credit card for the 15 bucks if we do cancel the preorder?

[PyroGamer]

When is this thing ending?

[MORT A POTTY]

Suprised when I went in today and found that there were 4 GOW preorder packs and 6 1600 cards. I grabbed two. Thanks OP.
you stole mossy's av, or he stole yours....

:boxing:

and yes the receipt is the pre-order part.

[HumanSnatcher]

When is this thing ending?

When BB closes tonight...

[Weedy649]

When is this thing ending?

Today

[topcube12]

I just bought 3 gow preorders and 3 1600 marketplace points at the ridgedale bestbuy in minnesota. There is still 8 marketplace points and some gow preorders there.

[ig88vsbobafett]

My best buy (concord nh) i got Gears of War preorder and Condemed for the 360 and 2 1600 MS points for $39.99 total (i comboed Condemed with the $5 GGC)

[xbox_mole]

someone said you have to wait 3 weeks. any official confirmation on this? will they charge our credit card for the 15 bucks if we do cancel the preorder?

If you bought the game online and then cancel the pre-order for any game you WILL get charged the extra money.

If you try to cancel the in-store pre-order the system should prompt them to collect the points card as well since it was part of the package. There's not enough money to collect back for the money that will be due for the points, so the system likely won't accept the return without the points.

[xbox_mole]

Bah I hope not, will find out in a few mins I did in store pickup for the points and that so I will be picking it up in a little bit, will reply tommorow one way or another, possibly tonight if I get a chance.

All of those rebates expired back in June. Gamepro had a coupon for BB a few months ago that gave you $20 off a live kit basically as a compensation for the rebate not being valid. BB was already selling the year gold kits for $10 less than retail so with that coupon you effectively got $30.00 off retail.

[jazzchamp]

you stole mossy's av, or he stole yours....

:boxing:

and yes the receipt is the pre-order part.

Always nice to "see a friendly face" (clichés , I'm full of 'em)

I just picked up Lego SW II for my son for his birthday and a card for me because I'm worth it! ;)

I also tried to use the Best Buy Gamer Gift Card coupon, but it wasn't happening. That whole 'cannot be combined with other offers' thing! Thanks for the heads-up OP!

[Corvin]

someone said you have to wait 3 weeks. any official confirmation on this? will they charge our credit card for the 15 bucks if we do cancel the preorder?

Don't cancel. Just don't pick it up. $10 for the points is still a great deal. It is illegal for them to charge your account without authorization. They would get in all kinds of trouble. Think of people using their debit cards, what if BB decides to throw that $55 charge on there on a random day when your account is low causing the charge to bounce? I just don't see it happening. The shirt is a promotional item, they got your $5 for it to cover their costs. If you pick up the game it is a bonus for them, if not, it's a wash. You authorized a $5 charge, not a $5 then a $55 one chosen at their discretion. It doesn't work that way.

As for returning it, that seems a bit shady to me. Give them away for Christmas as gag gifts. There's "cheating the system" and then there is "CHEATING the system" if you know what I mean. The system allowing the points to go through on pre-oders is one thing, but returning it just so you get the points for $5 stretches the ethical line in my book.

[BREVITY]

you stole mossy's av, or he stole yours....

:boxing:

and yes the receipt is the pre-order part.
Good to see you here Mort, I stole (asked first, then stole).

Back to the point. I have no plans to take mine back, there is no real loss on this so its cool.

[SOSTrooper]

Deal was good while it lasted.

[MORT A POTTY]

heh that's an understatement if I ever saw one...

half-off MS points cards
free t-shirt
free game case
five bucks off Gears of War if you chose to take advantage of that.

[paintballers]

good deal but most bestbuys either didnt have the points or the preorder.

[MadFlava]

Crap I forgot about this. I was planning on picking up Ridge Racer and a Card plus use the GGC. I don't own a 360 yet but it would have given me something that I could use right off the bat when I do get one. Wasn't really interested in Ridge Racer though, after playing Burnout Revenge, I don't think I could play any other arcade racer ever again. Well, I'll be on the look out for the next time point cards are offered on a deal.

[doubledown]

So, anyone return the GEARS OF WAR preorder for your $5 back? Do you need to bring the case or just a receipt?

[SteveMcQ]

If anyone has an extra GoW case from the preorders please PM me. I hate the LE disc holder.

[doubledown]

If anyone has an extra GoW case from the preorders please PM me. I hate the LE disc holder.

I'll let you know after I try to return it....I wonder if they need the pre-order case back so I can get my $5 back,

[orntar]

i had 2 pre orders with bb. i went into combine them, and the lady just did a return on one and then i applied it to the new purchase. so i think it is no big deal.

my receipt was with cash though. that might help.