UPDATE-Gamerush/BBV-$13 Credit on ALL GAMES-

[gamer602]

Currently, this is ONLY posted on CAG-DO NOT PORT IT OVER TO RFD!


UPDATE:
STARTS-7/2
WILL LAST A FEW WEEKS!
Gamerush and BBV will be having a huge gaming sale.
All games, as long as they're in BBV's system wil have a minimum trade-in value of 13 dollars!
Even crap like Madden 2001 will trade in for 13 bucks.
Also, LOTS OF games will be on sale.

This is what the manager of my local store told me.

[Griptor]

Oooo, thanks.

[chimp69]

wouldnt telling people about trading in games for 13$ get possibly more titles in store to buy? wouldnt it be beneficial to tell people? get more titles traded in. im down for not putting it ont the other site, but is it cause there are gonna be massivly reduced prices?

[championchi]

thanks for this awesome tip!! lets keep this one off rfd please! also just wanted to ask, can you trade in Gameboy Advance GBA games for this as well? does BBV take old consoles liek Gameboy COlour COnsoles and and Gameboy COlour games tooo?

also ~ is the game sales only for blockbusters with game rush or ALL blockbusters even without game rush, cuz i checked their online store locator and its like some stores have the game rush (checkmark) and some dont

[Phorty Ounce]

...

What?

You have a link to this?

[Friend of Sonic]

Jesus Christ, I wish this was America.

[maigoyume]

okay we DEFINITELY need more information on this, unfortunately the vancouver locations don't do trade in's though

[Azumangaman]

ORGASM!
I'm rounding up every old sports game I have! Hells yeeeah!
Is this for real?

[Firestorm]

okay we DEFINITELY need more information on this, unfortunately the vancouver locations don't do trade in's though

Yeah, you gotta go out of your way. I go to one "near" metrotown. Get off at Metrotown station and then New Westminister Stn bus until I see BBV =/

[magiic]

This could be good, I dont have any old sports titles though amazingly lol :(

[maigoyume]

Yeah, you gotta go out of your way. I go to one "near" metrotown. Get off at Metrotown station and then New Westminister Stn bus until I see BBV =/i'll need a really good reason to haul my butt over there, at the least i have a upass, do you mind keeping me updated buddy?

[Phorty Ounce]

...

What?

You have a link to this?


^^^^^^^^^(#*$&6*(#^%*(%(*$#%*$&%(*$#&?????????????


Or is this just a verbal-to-verbal advertising?

[TheBigBoi]

Anybody know if they take games without manuals? I bought a used copy of Manhunt from them before and it didn't have one.

[Firestorm]

i'll need a really good reason to haul my butt over there, at the least i have a upass, do you mind keeping me updated buddy?

I probably won't be taking advantage of this since I don't like trading in my games =P I've just gone there for my Trade 3 for Free (WarioWare) and Trade 4 +$10 for Halo 3: CE.

[snotnose_colossal]

I dont know how you guys find time to do all this running around

[jonkaho]

thanks gamer!

i wonder if this will work for the trade 4 for Halo 3 deal?


yeah its a good idea not to port this deal over to RFD!

majongguy (whatever his name is?) will be all over this!!

i bet he will be posting non stop if he saw this!

i don't like putting game deals on there anymore because it will just add another 100 posts to his massive post count.

[magiic]

mahjong will find this and it will be all over RFD by tommorow morning is my guess

[jonkaho]

mahjong will find this and it will be all over RFD by tommorow morning is my guess

he probally lurks here!

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/member.php?u=89962


he will probally say he found out this deal himself and get all the credit for it!

[mkrowe]

Funny I was just in Blockbuster after dinner tonight to trade in Crackdown ($30 vs $13 at EBG) and was browsing through the $2/30 (19.99 or less). I couldn't find anything and the guy asked me if I was looking for anything particular, and I said a better deal! He told me there's going to be a big deal going on soon, but he said not this weekend (?) and that there would be games going directly to sale as PPV, older games but new and some good prices. So I said thanks and said I'd be back... I guess I'll swing by this weekend after all in case he had his dates mixed up. Does sound like Blockbuster is up to something for us Canadian CAGs! :)

[magiic]

he probally lurks here!

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/member.php?u=89962


he will probally say he found out this deal himself and get all the credit for it!

I think he lurks under the name stooples2k3

[TheBigBoi]

Definitely going to stop by the Rogers nearest my work as I'm working on both the 1st and the 2nd (stupid RONA). Hopefully this will actually be true and I'll get some credit to put towards Madden 08.

[magiic]

I WORK AT RONA TOO lol

Money says I get screwed into working the weekend as well.

[Desibabu]

I can finally get rid of Gran Turismo 3 and NHL 2004.

[maigoyume]

anyone know if the games require manuals or not?

[Firestorm]

Will you idiots stop talking crap about other people?

1. stooples2k3 isn't mjm, he's just an imp/troll
2. mjm signed up to say stooples wasn't him
3. he's leaked 0 of our topics: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/search.php?searchid=5896010

CAG is a good community. Let's keep it that way by not bashing other users.

[TheBigBoi]

anyone know if the games require manuals or not?

I'm still waiting for that same answer myself.

[chimp69]

im gonna pull an rfd."why dont you pick up the phone and call blockbuster!!"

seriously though, they shouldnt care if it has the manual or not. I just asked the girl at customer service 2 days ago, and she reasured me, if anyone says they arnt taking them, tell them yes you are. She said, they sell their own rentals and 90% of the manuals get lost within 2 weeks of release. obviously she was exagerrating, but ive done trade without manuals, and will trade some more. maybe they might end up having some fine print for this sale specifically stating that game needs manual to get 13$ credit, but I doubt it.

So final word, no the manual is not required. straight from customer service. hopes this helps guys.

and on the mjm troll subject. he does post every second, and 90% of the time its post whoring, he still does contribute. Some people have free time(and if I had more time, id be on rfd all the time. How many videogame deals are found through this).

Just dont try to strike up a conversation with him or become friendly. You do that, and he gets all defensive and rude. He feels its ok to ask anyone anything trivial for his own knowledge, but not the reverse. he quoted something I said and was a little rude about it. I thought, i could get angry, or be the bigger man, and clear the air. I post in the thread again nicely and asked about a sale I had missed, just curious to see what other people had been able to get. And asked him what he got.
For someone who replied and quoted to like 100 things i posted, the 1 time i respond to him, and hes very rude to me. His rude responses involved "why dont you read through the 100+ page thread if your curious what others got, but why do you care what i got, get a life" and basically "dont post useless stuff". Me posting useless stuff? and isnt it some sort of rule on some sites to not bump threads pointlessly, especially if you just posted the last three posts, and adding a forth? dont people edit, when its still the last post in thread?

[Lone_Prodigy]

I agree with chimp69. 90% of MJM's posts are useless rhetoric. 10% are useful information: for instance, he'll say whether this product's been cheaper before.

And don't ever poke fun at him. Most of the time he'll laugh it off, but sometimes he'll be rude and stand-offish.

Interesting... this could be a good way to build up credit at BBV by taking advantage of RV's BOGO sale. I know of one RV where there are disc-only games for $4.99 and are eligible for BOGO. You're essentially getting $10 extra credit for every game you buy there.

Of course, the restriction "has to be in the system" is a downer of sorts, especially if you've got some rare games.

IIRC the Richmond BBV does trade-ins as well.

I wonder what EBG's July promotion will be.

[jonkaho]

i phoned BBV today and they told me that there is no deal like this going on! it might not be for all of Canada.






it seems that the majong guy always thinks he is right, and you are wrong.


what kind of post is this??

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5276153&postcount=62

[Phorty Ounce]

Of course, the restriction "has to be in the system" is a downer of sorts, especially if you've got some rare games.


If you have rare games, you should keep it.

No one in their right mind would trade, say, a copy of Earthbound for meagre store credit (I know the BBV deal doesn't accept old platforms, but I am just using an example).

[jonkaho]

i saw Mario Party 5 pre played at BBV for 14.99, is it worth it?

[tydude042]

i called bbv 5 minutes ago and all i got was "yes there will be a promotion"...when i asked more specifics i got a rude "call back on monday"

[TheBigBoi]

Just called my local store with a Game Rush (Meadowvale Town Centre in Mississauga) and the guy said he has no idea, and he asked other employees (unless he just put me on hold to make me think that he was doing so). I'm going to try another store and see what comes up.

[imcrazy]

Don't count on employees knowing about their own promotions until the day of.

And as for MJM, might I ask why that has been such a big topic here? I mean he doesn't even post on this board anyway, why should we care? Yes I know he has a high post count and that post count happens to be on another board. So can we please stick to the topic at hand?

[Lone_Prodigy]

If you have rare games, you should keep it.

No one in their right mind would trade, say, a copy of Earthbound for meagre store credit (I know the BBV deal doesn't accept old platforms, but I am just using an example).
By "rare" I meant "obscure" and "no one ever plays it". For instance: most kiddy games based on cartoons.

EDIT: we mention MJM because he is synonymous with RFD video game deals. We want to keep these threads away from RFD, because of all the lurkers/hoarders, and because MJM will litter the thread with mostly useless posts.

[jazzman]

Almost busted a nut, until I noticed this was only for you CANADIANS!

[TheBigBoi]

Don't count on employees knowing about their own promotions until the day of.



That's pretty true. The last two times we had a big sale at RONA, I kept having customers coming in and not asking me, but telling me that we were going to have "such and such" sale over the weekend.

[maigoyume]

Almost busted a nut, until I noticed this was only for you CANADIANS!well we never got those $5-8 clearance sales over here, i think this about evens it out ;)

[chimp69]

funny how his local bbv told him about the sale, and hes in vancouver. apparently there is a law(im sure we even discussed this) that forbids trade in in vancouver. gotta go to like burnaby or another suburb I was told. no one knows of this deal, and I think it might be bs?

[ragnar14]

From what I've seen of his posts he doesn't actually live in Vancouver, he's out in Delta or something (not that I'm stalking you guys...).

[magiic]

here is an odd one, my BBV is taking any four 360 games for the trade 4 for halo deal. Doesnt matter what the TIV is as along as they are complete. Games for other systems must have a minimum TIV of 14.99. This was from the store manager. This is the Langford BBV next to Boston Pizza

[Lone_Prodigy]

here is an odd one, my BBV is taking any four 360 games for the trade 4 for halo deal. Doesnt matter what the TIV is as along as they are complete. Games for other systems must have a minimum TIV of 14.99. This was from the store manager. This is the Langford BBV next to Boston Pizza

Kameo + PGR3 ftw! :D

[magiic]

Im trading in Live Unplugged x2, NCAA 07, MotoGP3

[maigoyume]

gamer602 lives in burnaby, which is why his blockbusters are allowed trade-in, they're paired with gamerush over there i believe, none of the vancouver locations will do trade in's according to the employee at the main and 15th store

[Azumangaman]

So I'll be calling today to find out whats really up (although I hope its like this, I'll even take $8 trade-in, I have like 6 old sports games :D )

[lisdoncca]

I am planning to buy cheap games using my EBGames credit (about 95$ in credit over there) in order to trade them in at BBV.

If BBV does not have the game in their system... is there a way to return the game to EB (considering I will leave the «seal» they put on used games)?

I read recently on a page at the cash registrer over there that they changed their return policy... but I didn't get into details.

[Azumangaman]

Deal is BS, according to my BBV. Apparently, NO SPECIALS for Canada Day.
Crap.

[ikariwarriors]

Blockbusters in the Winnipeg area also aren't doing this deal as well. No one seems to have heard of it.

Followed up on that Halo Trade 4 deal, which sounded like a waste of time at first (with EB doing the same thing with Trade 3). Works almost the same way: games have to be worth at least $7.50 to them, but can trade in ANY 4 from 360/Wii/PS3 towards it.

Like heck anyone will trade in that many Wii or PS3 games, but if you've got access to some cheap copies of The Outfit, Xbox Live Arcade, GRAW, heck maybe even the Burger King games (haha), these might all work!

[chimp69]

so no go on special?

[ikariwarriors]

Not on the $13 trade thing, in Winnipeg at least, nope.

[AgtGibb]

The deal starts on the 9th, and is ONLY on games that are NOT on their "Do Not Trade" list.

Madden 2001 is on the do not trade list.

[lisdoncca]

I suppose we need to go to the store to know if games are on their «do not trade» list...

[Kayden]

Goddamn You Canada!

=(

[Azumangaman]

The deal starts on the 9th, and is ONLY on games that are NOT on their "Do Not Trade" list.

Madden 2001 is on the do not trade list.
Crap. Well, minimum 13 is still awesome, I've got lots of crap to toss.

[maigoyume]

Crap. Well, minimum 13 is still awesome, I've got lots of crap to toss.me too, gonna go grab me some rogers b1g1 games while i'm at it

[Desibabu]

Crap. Well, minimum 13 is still awesome, I've got lots of crap to toss.

Hold on a second, what do you mean by minium 13?

[maigoyume]

each game is worth a TIV of $13

[Desibabu]

I called my local Blockbuster in Burnaby, and they informed me that the $13 trade in value only applies to Wii/X360/PS3 games.

[Azumangaman]

I called my local Blockbuster in Burnaby, and they informed me that the $13 trade in value only applies to Wii/X360/PS3 games.

Crap. Although I guess its expected. I only have a couple 360 games to ditch, lots of GC/PS2 though.

[TheBigBoi]

I called my local Blockbuster in Burnaby, and they informed me that the $13 trade in value only applies to Wii/X360/PS3 games.

Ultimate weak sauce.

[Lockescythe]

k welll as figured the deal is weak.

Who the heck would want 13$ minimum for anything other than a couple of 360 games.

[Azumangaman]

So wait, the OP was updated and nothing really changed,
so whats going on with this deal?
It can either be:
1. AMAZING
2. Great
3. Weak Sauce

[TheBigBoi]

My best guess is that it's YMMV and the OP's store is giving him a little slack on this one.

[jonkaho]

im gonna pull an rfd."why dont you pick up the phone and call blockbuster!!"

seriously though, they shouldnt care if it has the manual or not. I just asked the girl at customer service 2 days ago, and she reasured me, if anyone says they arnt taking them, tell them yes you are. She said, they sell their own rentals and 90% of the manuals get lost within 2 weeks of release. obviously she was exagerrating, but ive done trade without manuals, and will trade some more. maybe they might end up having some fine print for this sale specifically stating that game needs manual to get 13$ credit, but I doubt it.

So final word, no the manual is not required. straight from customer service. hopes this helps guys.

and on the mjm troll subject. he does post every second, and 90% of the time its post whoring, he still does contribute. Some people have free time(and if I had more time, id be on rfd all the time. How many videogame deals are found through this).

Just dont try to strike up a conversation with him or become friendly. You do that, and he gets all defensive and rude. He feels its ok to ask anyone anything trivial for his own knowledge, but not the reverse. he quoted something I said and was a little rude about it. I thought, i could get angry, or be the bigger man, and clear the air. I post in the thread again nicely and asked about a sale I had missed, just curious to see what other people had been able to get. And asked him what he got.
For someone who replied and quoted to like 100 things i posted, the 1 time i respond to him, and hes very rude to me. His rude responses involved "why dont you read through the 100+ page thread if your curious what others got, but why do you care what i got, get a life" and basically "dont post useless stuff". Me posting useless stuff? and isnt it some sort of rule on some sites to not bump threads pointlessly, especially if you just posted the last three posts, and adding a forth? dont people edit, when its still the last post in thread?


this "thing" does really get defensive! :lol:

if you say something about him, for sure he will think of some sort of comeback to get back at you.

he did that to you in this post Chimp, i agree with Chimp that he restates everything everyone states. now he might win a prize on RFD for being a helpful poster!

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5298803&postcount=164

[MF GUTS]

Can anybody tell me if Blockbuster applies trade credit to purchases before, or after tax?

I recently traded in some games, and asked the guy behind the counter, and he replied that it was "before tax". Then when I used my $198 credit to buy a $200 HDDVD drive, I ended up paying something like $26 dollars in taxes and price difference. Clearly they applied my credit to the after tax total!

If anyone cares, I traded:

Cooking Mama (Wii) - $30
Dead Rising (360) - $30
TH Proj. 8 (360) - $30
F1 Champ. Ed. (PS3) - $30

and already had some credit from previous trades.

I had assumed when I was trading games into Bb that it was the same system as EB. Can anybody help me out? Thanks!

[lisdoncca]

EBGames system is before tax (if you pay with credit, they don't charge taxes).

BBV system is after tax (even if you pay with credit, they charge taxes).

However, BBV gives more TIV for games.

Typically, trading to BBV is better, but depending on the BBV, they have less game selection to pick (to use the credit) ,according to my experience.

[Phorty Ounce]

EBGames system is before tax (if you pay with credit, they don't charge taxes).

BBV system is after tax (even if you pay with credit, they charge taxes).

However, BBV gives more TIV for games.

Typically, trading to BBV is better, but depending on the BBV, they have less game selection to pick (to use the credit) ,according to my experience.

So with EB Games, if I have $20.00 credit, and I buy a game with a $19.99 price tag, I should have $0.01 left over on the card?

[lisdoncca]

Exactly.
I have bought some items at EBGames at different locations with store credit and they never charged taxes.

[Lockescythe]

Well I didnt ;pick up the phone and call blockbuster.

I went in person and asked to see their trade promotion binder thingys.

(Im well known at my blockbuster)

Anyway deal starts next monday.

Is 13$ and does include ps2 games.(not sure about cube I know they wanna get rid of cube games)

He said there may be a Do not trade list but if there was it would vary from store to store.

It did not say a Do not trade list applied and there was no * in the ad. So take that as you will.

[magiic]

Is the trade four for Halo still on?

[Azumangaman]

Thanks LS for the info. This is getting better guys :D, I'll have to walk in to mine on the 9th.

[lisdoncca]

Well I didnt ;pick up the phone and call blockbuster.

I went in person and asked to see their trade promotion binder thingys.

(Im well known at my blockbuster)

Anyway deal starts next monday.

Is 13$ and does include ps2 games.(not sure about cube I know they wanna get rid of cube games)

He said there may be a Do not trade list but if there was it would vary from store to store.

It did not say a Do not trade list applied and there was no * in the ad. So take that as you will.
What about Xbox games?

[maigoyume]

this "deal" is turning out to be a bigger pain than its worth, let me know if you guys manage to trade in anything

[magiic]

damn I missed trade 4 for Halo and am stuck with a bunch of crappy 360 game s:( lol

[ikariwarriors]

damn, the Halo thing's over? i wanted to hit that one too, oh well

[jarjarrick]

i just called two BBVs (Kanata), and both said Wii/PS3/360 games only. :cry:

[chimp69]

so its monday. does anyone know the deal yet?

[magiic]

I could trade all these games in at $13 a pop that wouldn't be too bad. Wonder if completeness matters or not.

[chimp69]

but this deal isnt confirmed? Called stores and still have no idea.

[magiic]

ya I am still waiting for confirmation too

[chimp69]

ok, so called burnaby, and they said it was on wii 360 and ps3 games, but most games give you more?? what kinda deal is this?

[ikariwarriors]

Blockbusters in Winnipeg say it will start tomorrow on the 10th. Might not have their stuff together yet. And yeah, the clerks said it's only on 360/Wii/Ps3 games.

[Lone_Prodigy]

ok, so called burnaby, and they said it was on wii 360 and ps3 games, but most games give you more?? what kinda deal is this?

I guess it's $13 minimum? For instance, you won't expect anything for Kameo, but you'll get $13, whereas something else like Gears would net you more than $13 anyways.

[imcrazy]

For those who may want to know, Splinter Cell Double Agent has a TiV of 15 bucks. I also tried to get rid of my copy of Kameo with "Not for Resale" on the box, and they wouldn't take it. Apparantly M$ doesn't allow retailers to take those games in (or so the people working there said).

I never knew a free game could be so much trouble. Well I suppose I could try playing it....

[magiic]

I'll have to call mine and see if they've heard of it. Probably not though. My store sucks and has probably the worst CS ever.

[collector42]

Both locations in Sherwood Park say it will be only Wii/PS3/XBOX360. What a joke.

What. A. Joke.

:cry:

Is it time to update the thread title to "NEXT GEN ONLY"?

[babbayagga]

My blockbuster in Amherst NS, only offered me 10.00 for Viva Pinata.

[gamer602]

hmmm... my store has the signs up, and it's for All platforms, PS2, GC and XBX, and it will work on handheld, PSP DS games. BBV HQ havent loaded the $13 value into their computers yet, but the staff told me to come back tommorow, and if it's still not in the system by that time, he'll do a Manual Override. Maybe my BBV store is just that cool.

[Desibabu]

hmmm... my store has the signs up, and it's for All platforms, PS2, GC and XBX, and it will work on handheld, PSP DS games. BBV HQ havent loaded the $13 value into their computers yet, but the staff told me to come back tommorow, and if it's still not in the system by that time, he'll do a Manual Override. Maybe my BBV store is just that cool.

Which Blockbuter did you go to? Beacause I called the one in Burnaby and he specfically told me the trade in value only applies to Wii, PS3 and X360 games.

[maigoyume]

hmmm... my store has the signs up, and it's for All platforms, PS2, GC and XBX, and it will work on handheld, PSP DS games. BBV HQ havent loaded the $13 value into their computers yet, but the staff told me to come back tommorow, and if it's still not in the system by that time, he'll do a Manual Override. Maybe my BBV store is just that cool.i got a few gc games i need to unload, and this seems like the only place i'll ever get rid of them, which burnaby location is it?

[Corizzle]

Called the 4 stores that are within driving distance from me, they all said PS3, 360 and Wii only so it seems like that is the real deal and XBOX/PS2/GC is seriously YMMV.

Oh well, still a good time to get rid of King Kong that I bought for $9 just to get the 1000 achievement points:D

[gamer602]

i got a few gc games i need to unload, and this seems like the only place i'll ever get rid of them, which burnaby location is it?

hmmm.... oh, you guys think I live in Burnaby, WRONG! I live in Poco. There's only one store here, so search it on BBV's site.

[AgtGibb]

I traded in about 10 games to the Cloverdale location yesterday with success (Xbox, NGC, PS2)

Today I took some of my left overs to the Surrey location, and they said that the deal was an error.

I was also informed that you are only allowed to trade 2 of the same game EVER on your account.

Needless to say, Corporate is getting an email about that one.

This one seems dead in the water.

PS3/Wii/X360 games only.

[maigoyume]

hmmm.... oh, you guys think I live in Burnaby, WRONG! I live in Poco. There's only one store here, so search it on BBV's site.ugh..........even further............