Massachusetts' Cheap Ass Gamers Topic!

[cochesecochese]

But I likes my crabby friends!

Thanks for the heads up. I may just take a trip down there tomorrow morning (they close at 8 pm Sundays).

[livingshadows]

Do any blockbusters sell DS games?

[WeLoveDaisuke]

Viva Pinata Party Animals for $7.45 at Target (YMMV, I got 3 copies at Watertown Target, may or may not fly everywhere, some copies scanned at $15).

Before I Craigslist it, is anyone interested in a hard-drive-less and power-cord-less 5ish year old Dell Inspiron Laptop? Either I find someone to snag it for a few bucks (the LCD is still solid) for a DIY project like a thin client/picture frame, or I donate it for a tax write off.

[cochesecochese]

How much you want for it?

[cochesecochese]

There are a few Wii's floating around at Boston area Best Buys this morning. Call around and do it quick if you want one.

[guyd00dman]

I was at the Best Buy at Newbury St. and Mass Ave today, they have a pretty decent sized clearance rack. I mostly looked at the 360 games, I picked up Pirates of the Caribbean Worlds End, The Darkness, Beowulf, Hour of Victory, and DDR Universe for $5 each, and Sega Superstar Tennis for $20. They had Wii games too, I remember Dragon Quest Swords for $15, and a decent amount of PS2, PS3 and DS games. Not sure what is left now though.

[lordwow]

I picked up TR:Anniversary (360) off the clearance rack @ Newbury BB on Friday I believe, but there were only about 2 copies and it took them like 30 minutes to get it to ring up correctly at $10.

Everything else looked really meh to me. A lot of piss poor Wii games/shovelware.

[cochesecochese]

I wish I had known about the big memorial day sale at BB. I'll be hitting the locals up first thing tomorrow morning in hopes of snagging DQ Swords.

[Strider Turbulence]

According to today's Boston Herald, Good Times is closing on the 30th.

*sigh*

I think that's the last big arcade in the Boston area that's going away now.

[EXStrike]

Seriously?

Yeah, that's the last big one. Boston Bowl's arcade section ain't that big.

Oh and fuck yeah, go Celtics!

[ProtoEXE88]

I've been to Boston Bowl a few times, someone I know frequents/used to frequent there for ITG/DDR and whatever. I've never heard of that arcade, but a shame to see one close, the biggest arcade in the area that I know of is in Nashua NH, which is closer to me than going down to the Boston area anyways.

[lordwow]

According to today's Boston Herald, Good Times is closing on the 30th.

*sigh*

I think that's the last big arcade in the Boston area that's going away now.

Jesus, I gotta get over there and use my tokens.

I heard an IKEA is going in there.

[Synergy]

Aww, I loved Good Times!

I guess cheap Swedish furniture will have to be our cold comfort. Which is actually kind of rad, I hate driving to Stoughton and I'm moving in a month.

Anyone going to try and get the iphone? If so, think we'll have to camp out? Really hoping not, but I didn't do the iphone v. 1.0 thing, so I'm not sure.

[homeland]

Jesus, I gotta get over there and use my tokens.

I heard an IKEA is going in there.

Another Ikea? Strange they'd build another one with the one in Stoughton barely a few years old.

[lordwow]

Another Ikea? Strange they'd build another one with the one in Stoughton barely a few years old.

Looks to be accurate:

t is with regret that we must issue this notice regarding the closure of Good Time Emporium. Our building will soon be replaced with a furniture store. Although we had anticipated remaining in business for several more months, our landlord, Federal Realty Investment Trust, has just informed us that we need to vacate the building by June 30, 2008.

Management and staff of Good Time Emporium would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for your patronage over the past seventeen years. It has been our pleasure to serve the people of Somerville and surrounding communities. And, we are proud to have been able to support numerous groups who have benefited from our presence in the city.

To the many customers who hold unused redemption tickets and tokens, we urge you to visit our facility to redeem them as soon as possible.

[EXStrike]

Anyone go to the parade?

[guyd00dman]

Yeah, I've never seen so many drunk 16 year olds in my life.

[lordwow]

:lol: I was working (but I work near Back Bay) so I saw a ton of drunkards.

[WeLoveDaisuke]

Stoughton Ikea is so busy that it's mindblowing. They can definitely warrant putting another one close to Boston.

[lordwow]

Stoughton Ikea is so busy that it's mindblowing. They can definitely warrant putting another one close to Boston.

I was there on a Wed afternoon not to long ago, and it was DEAD inside. There were probably about 100ish people there. Not many at all. May have been the time of day though.

In other news, the clearance rack at the Newbury BB became lame. It's now Buy 1 Get 1 75% off or Buy 1 Get 1 50% off instead of 50-75% each game.

Of course, each game is retail price or near retail price for the buy 1.

[Hibiwa]

They won't move any merchandise with that non deal. It could mean a return to the straight up 50-75% like memorial day if they want that floor space back. I kind of regret not picking up the ps2 simpsons game for $10.

As for the the Somerville Ikea. It would/should have been the first one in MA if it weren't for those NIMBY neighbors holding things up for several years. Good TImes might've been spared too since IKEA had to agree to swap their original land to appease those dolts.

[ONEDEADLYVENOM]

I havent posted here in yrs n plzzz forgive me , anyways I 2 am from mass , stones throw from the Ikea in stoughton !

It's a sad day for Gamers if Good Times has to close it's doors cuz we have less n less places to go that celebrate the arcade life like the good ole 80's n such ! I weep at the idea , btw I will start posting deals on my end more often the canton, stoughton, avon , braintree , brocton , tuanton , etc ! Any 1 here into psp games ?

ODV out!

[caedeskhan]

I havent posted here in yrs n plzzz forgive me , anyways I 2 am from mass , stones throw from the Ikea in stoughton !

It's a sad day for Gamers if Good Times has to close it's doors cuz we have less n less places to go that celebrate the arcade life like the good ole 80's n such ! I weep at the idea , btw I will start posting deals on my end more often the canton, stoughton, avon , braintree , brocton , tuanton , etc ! Any 1 here into psp games ?

ODV out!

Part of that is my area too and there are sometimes some decent sales going on, but I usually go more towards Waltham/Watertown.

[WeLoveDaisuke]

I always found the South Shore a bit weak for deals... the Wal-Marts and Targets would always have their clearance destroyed by Ebay spinners.

[caedeskhan]

Well..I may be a bit guilty of that. A few months ago I got a black label ff10 at Walmart in Walpole and flipped it on ebay for $290.

Outside of the big box stores there really isn't much in our area for game deals. Hardly any pawn shops.

[eznark]

hey guys, I was just wondering if there are any decent indy shops that sell games in the MA area?

[encendido5]

I havent posted here in yrs n plzzz forgive me , anyways I 2 am from mass , stones throw from the Ikea in stoughton !

It's a sad day for Gamers if Good Times has to close it's doors cuz we have less n less places to go that celebrate the arcade life like the good ole 80's n such ! I weep at the idea , btw I will start posting deals on my end more often the canton, stoughton, avon , braintree , brocton , tuanton , etc ! Any 1 here into psp games ?

ODV out!

I don't know if I'll miss Good Times all that much. I went there once and while it was fun, I just hated seeing it on the news as a trouble site...

[lordwow]

Good Times did have some rough times. The place did scream ghetto.

A lot of my friends and I would go there only because it was T-accessible (though getting stuck out there after the T stop running = epic fail). I did really enjoy the laser tag though. It was also cool to get a drink and sit down and watch a game after you played arcade games/etc. But I do have to say I felt the arcade selection there was really limited. By the 2nd time I went there, I couldn't find anything I wanted to spend tokens on.

[davisdj]

Any good game deals or news on a Gamestop 50% bonus trade in credit flyer?

[caedeskhan]

well i got a copy of the flyer from the dedham store, but I haven't seen them in the wild.

[davisdj]

well i got a copy of the flyer from the dedham store, but I haven't seen them in the wild.

I just saw the thread that has a printout for it. I'll be visiting Dedham real soon :)

[caedeskhan]

Just so you know, the Dedham store is far better than the Canton one. If you are going to use a printout avoid Canton (even though that is where I live during the summer!).

[PsovazHunter]

Any gaming tournaments going on?

[wildthing2022000]

Nothing much in a deal but on Aug. 16+17 there's no sales tax on games & such due to the tax break holiday.

[cochesecochese]

Shit, I didn't know about a tax break holiday. I was planning on making some big purchases this week but will wait since the tax break will save me some cash. Thanks for the heads up!

[lordwow]

Good Times is relocating to Brockton, MA, near Westgate Mall.

http://www.enterprisenews.com/business/x875594663/Good-Time-set-on-Brockton

[EXStrike]

:(

Good Time will also need a variance from the city’s cap of 35 arcade games per location to accommodate the 300 initially planned.

Wait, WTF?

[Kandal]

WHAT!? Good Times in Somerville is relocating?!

[classact]

Just wondering where there are flea market or pawn shops in the area

[homeland]

There's a flea market in Raynham/taunton.. But it sucks imo

[lordwow]

Just wondering where there are flea market or pawn shops in the area

Ya, Raynham (near the shaw's/Chilis right off of 44) is the only one I know of. There are none with T-range of the city.

WHAT!? Good Times in Somerville is relocating?!

It's already moved out. They closed last month. IKEA is opening there.

[caedeskhan]

The Raynham flea isn't that good anymore. I had some good finds there on some systems and other electronics, but games are bad. There are a couple of larger sellers, but they are close to retail.

There was one other huge flea market in Taunton I used to go to years ago, but I don't know if it still around. It had a huge outdoor and a decent indoor market (the only other detail I remember was that it had a long road leading into it).

There are some flea markets in Nashua, NH, but I've never been to them.

[Kandal]

Hello all my neighboring CAG-ers! I'm here to invite you all to my PS3 Sharing Group! I'm hoping to get it starting! I'm seeking 4 new members who are interested in a long term, well communicated group! We can get in contact via personal message, aol instant messenger, forum, etc.

How it works?
1) I make a brand new gamertag
2) We share detail of the brand new gamer tag within our group.
3) Take turns adding the same amount of credits into the account (additional funding option) <--- see below
4) Vote on a game we really want! (example: 3/5 = Deal)


Funding options:
- PSN CARD

Credit card: Once you log onto the account, add the minimum required, then go to account set up and remove your credit info.

PayPal: If you would like to paypal me, instead of paying with your credit card. You can send it to kandal_978@hotmail.com. Doing so will lessen the hassle of you removing your credit card info from the account.

We will be using the old CAG forum to keep up to date with game selection and voting. http://caggamesharing.aforumfree.com/index.htm (ex: group 3)

So if anyone is interested please, feel free to pm or leave a reply

[HowStern]

Yeah the Taunton flea market is gone. There was a fire or something and now it is a car auction lot, although the car acution lot might even be gone by now too :P . The raynham one is no good anymore like you said.
Those are the only 2 I can think of.

[Maromi]

I haven't been to the Rayham Flea in a while. I was going to go soon, but sad to hear it sucks now. Is there any good places to go in southeastern Mass to score decent deals/hard-to-find games? Everything seems to be north of Boston. :/

[caedeskhan]

I haven't been to the Rayham Flea in a while. I was going to go soon, but sad to hear it sucks now. Is there any good places to go in southeastern Mass to score decent deals/hard-to-find games? Everything seems to be north of Boston. :/

Southeastern MA has a large amount of competition, so it is hard to get deals. I talked to one woman today who advertised a yard sale with games, and some guy showed up the night before to buy them. People also showed up at 5:30 AM, several hours before the thing even started.

The Sears and Toys R Us in Dedham get a lot of traffic, and I know there is someone besides myself getting the clearance stuff in the Brockton TRU.

Heck, there is no Gamerush in our area, but I noticed someone already dumped a ton of FF: RTSS on the Quincy Blockbuster, since they do trades.

[HowStern]

There is a place in Middleboro, that in terms of rare/old stuff, has a lot. It's like a small little place in a plaza with a sign that just says "video games" but it's surprisingly expensive. Not really good for us CAGS. hah

[Maromi]

Southeastern MA has a large amount of competition, so it is hard to get deals. I talked to one woman today who advertised a yard sale with games, and some guy showed up the night before to buy them. People also showed up at 5:30 AM, several hours before the thing even started.

The Sears and Toys R Us in Dedham get a lot of traffic, and I know there is someone besides myself getting the clearance stuff in the Brockton TRU.

Heck, there is no Gamerush in our area, but I noticed someone already dumped a ton of FF: RTSS on the Quincy Blockbuster, since they do trades.

I'm on the Tiverton, RI border, so even Dedham and Brockton are pretty far north of me, though I do hit Brockton once in a while when I'm in Bridgewater. Most of the good yard sales aren't around here, but 40+ miles north, according to craigslist.

[dandragonrage]

Yeah the Taunton flea market is gone. There was a fire or something and now it is a car auction lot, although the car acution lot might even be gone by now too :P . The raynham one is no good anymore like you said.
Those are the only 2 I can think of.

Grafton? I haven't been to it in ~6 years though so I dunno

[bigl523]

Has anyone been to game universe in framingham? Are the prices/condition of their used stuff decent?

[WebScud]

For those that care, there's a two system-linked Tekken 6 machines at the Warwick Mall in Warwick, RI. They've had them for a couple of months, but I don't think it's been mentioned here yet.

I know it's a drive for some of you, but I figure those in/near Attleboro or live close to 295 might like to know.

[sharpedge]

For anybody on the North Shore of Boston, the Liberty Tree Mall Best Buy has a $9.99 clearance rack. I picked up:

:360: Avatar the Burning Earth
:360: The Golden Compass
:360: Need for Speed Carbon
:wii: Bee Movie

Before checking out I asked an employee if they were $9.99, he said yes. Not believing him I scanned them myself and they rang up as higher than $9.99. After I asked him again he put yellow stickers on the back so that the cashiers would know they had to manually adjust the prices down to $9.99.

[Chocolatejas]

Anyone with a Costco card? I need someone to pick me up a Harmony remote. I'm in Southern NH close to the Mass border.

[sharpedge]

I went to the Liberty Tree mall Best Buy again today (Peabody, MA). They still have a bunch of games on the $9.99 rack. Need for Speed Carbon, Superman Returns and a couple of sports games for the 360, Golden Compass for the 360 & PS3. Also lots of DS, Xbox and PS2 games, but I don't remember any titles.

[cochesecochese]

I would love a copy of Avatar but it's way too damn far for just one game. I will wait until Watertown clearances it out.

[WeLoveDaisuke]

I'm not sure if I've posted this here or not, but I'm selling my Dreamcast.

Incl:
Dreamcast System (plays burned/selfboot nicely, roommate said it was a Japanese market one, I can't/don't know how to confirm that).
2 Controllers
1 Memory Card
1 Light Gun
1 Keyboard/Mouse
1 Racing Wheel

Games:

Jedi Power Battles
Sega Flag to Flag
Sonic Adventure
Daytona USA
Sega Marine Fishing
House of the Dead 2
Time Stalkers
Crazy Taxi
Dreamcast Web Browser (lots of tutorials online on how to get this working w/ telephone cable into pc)
2 weaksauce cheat CD's

A pile of other shiny discs that may also include other things.

I'm in Brighton and would like to deal locally for cash if anyone is interested. I loved the crap out of this thing in college.

[hoi1ma]

i found 2 copy of warhawk w/bluetooth headset for $30 at newbury st best buy yesterday. i thought i bought the last one a month and a half ago.

[Ha429rout]

I'm from Burlington , Mass I will post when I find deals :)

[cochesecochese]

Watertown, MA Best Buy has Conan for 14.99. It rings at 19.99 but there is a sign over the clearance rack stating $5 off. After pointing it out, someone went and checked the sign and they gave it to me for 14.99.

Not a great deal for...not a great game but hey it's something.

[Shizim]

lynn, ma has a flea market every weekend. on the lynnway near walmart

[ProtoEXE88]

I went to the Liberty Tree mall Best Buy again today (Peabody, MA). They still have a bunch of games on the $9.99 rack. Need for Speed Carbon, Superman Returns and a couple of sports games for the 360, Golden Compass for the 360 & PS3. Also lots of DS, Xbox and PS2 games, but I don't remember any titles.

Skimmed it myself when I was down there on Wednesday, 99% of the time it's all crap though, so I usually just ignore them.

[kchiang]

Any good place to buy used games or cheap games in springfield MA

[caedeskhan]

Are any of you surprised that none of the MA stores are closing? At the very least I though Braintree would close. Its near South Shore plaza (thus high rents) yet is always empty. A new CC also opened in Brockton.

[dandragonrage]

Not overly. We're one of the bigger states as far as electronics go plus we don't have as much competition as some of the country (Fry's, etc.)

[theking20]

Has anyone found a store selling Gears of war 2 early in Boston.

[angelfly]

Anyone know of any mom and pop shops in the Taunton?

[Lsgun1]

Woburn Target has Battlefield : Bad Company on clearance along with Golden Axe : Beast Rider and Civilization...they also have Warhawk bundles for $30

[Dream to Dream]

Any good place to buy used games or cheap games in springfield MA
I've gotten some cool stuff from the store on Belmont Ave., near Pho Saigon (can't remember the name of the place...). Mostly NES stuff.

Other than that, most of the best experiences I've had locally were at the GameStop in East Longmeadow plaza. Pretty cool employees.

[kchiang]

I've gotten some cool stuff from the store on Belmont Ave., near Pho Saigon (can't remember the name of the place...). Mostly NES stuff.

Other than that, most of the best experiences I've had locally were at the GameStop in East Longmeadow plaza. Pretty cool employees.


thx for the tips

[kchiang]

anyone want to team up and wait in line for BF, i hate doing it by myself

[Synergy]

anyone want to team up and wait in line for BF, i hate doing it by myself

What are you thinking of waiting in line for?

I haven't seen anything yet I'd wait around for, but maybe I missed something.

[kchiang]

What are you thinking of waiting in line for?

I haven't seen anything yet I'd wait around for, but maybe I missed something.

planning to wait outside Game Crazy for some cheap games lol

[Shizim]

i would have thought that the CC on Rte. 1 in danvers near the chili's would have closed for sure. that place is dead all of the time. combine that with the fact that there is a WAAAAY busier CC in Saugus a few miles down the road on the same highway.

[Lsgun1]

i would have thought that the CC on Rte. 1 in danvers near the chili's would have closed for sure. that place is dead all of the time. combine that with the fact that there is a WAAAAY busier CC in Saugus a few miles down the road on the same highway.

That one in Danvers is the WORST store I have been to. There is always a fat guy who is an ass when you ask for something.

[sharpedge]

If anyone's on the North Shore, Salem MA target has a ton of stuff on clearance.

They had at least 20 copies of Battlefield Company left for the 360 for $12.48 each.

For the 360, they also had 1 or two copies of:

Thrillville - $9.98
Pure - $15
Lego Indy - $12.48
Beijing 2008 - $12.48
Devil May Cry - $41.98
Chronicles of Narnia - $12.48
Pirates of the Caribbean - $9.98
+ some sports games I flipped past

They had a lot of Wii titles, couple of PS3 titles (GH: Aerosmith for $25), lots of Elite Beat Agents for DS for $7, and 5 or 6 copies of a Spyro game for the Gamecube for $7.

[CTDavis]

really Pure for 15 bucks, thats a nice pickup

[Soldermelons]

The Framingham, MA Target has Gears of War (the original) for the 360 on clearance, for $19.98. It's the one with the bonus disc with Gears 2 previews, etc. When I picked one up there were about 5 left. Marlboro reportedly doesn't have any, and Westboro has them for more like $30.

[Antic]

I ended up picking up today from Best Buy for $5 each...

DS
Arkanoid
Bomberman Land 2
Nanostray 2

Xbox 360
Ballers Chosen One
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
Lost: Via Domus
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty

Some of them got horrible ratings, but for $5 I will at least give them a try. I wish I had seen Battlefield: Bad Company for the price sharpedge. I would have easily bought it.

[sharpedge]

I ended up picking up today from Best Buy for $5 each...

DS
Arkanoid
Bomberman Land 2
Nanostray 2

Xbox 360
Ballers Chosen One
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
Lost: Via Domus
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty

Some of them got horrible ratings, but for $5 I will at least give them a try. I wish I had seen Battlefield: Bad Company for the price sharpedge. I would have easily bought it.

Which Best Buy? Did they have any more copies of Kane & Lynch and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty?

Cheers

[kchiang]

i wish they have cheap stuffs like these in my area

[HowStern]

I just got a sears gc
Anything good at any local sears'? I read in the clearance thread they had LAIR for ps3 for $6 but it was YMMV

[ONEDEADLYVENOM]

I miss the Gamestop buy 2 get 2nd game or item for free sale , did any 1 make it to that sale ?


I am in the Canton, Avon, Dorchester , Brockton area!

ODV out!

[Joe Sparxxx]

I picked up singstar for ps3 for 9.99 at sears in Salem, nh. And it even came with mics

[rscaramelo]

I'm down in Taunton and the used scene is terrible. The place in Middleboro has over-inflated prices. I'm not even sure they're still open. The Raynham Flea has a couple of stands but there's no deals to be had. They either have recent games at full price or older items at much higher prices than ebay. I think the main stand at the Flea is run by the same people from the Middleboro store. Short of driving to a Play n' Trade or a Game Crazy, you're out of luck. Also Craiglist is full of morons trying to get $120 for a phat PS2. I'm so jealous of some of the CAG's in other parts of the country.

RC

[HowStern]

Walmart in halifax is closing for 9 months or somethnig and they have a ton on clearance.

[bigdaddy]

Walmarts close?!?!

[HowStern]

Walmarts close?!?!

But only to make themselves bigger and more powerful! :evil:

heh..They are adding a frozen foods section. So, they are closing for like 9 months or something. They are almost cleaned out and a lot of the stuff they are sending to different stores instead of putting on clearance.

[colorado_wiz]

I bought a used Wii, and all the discs are scratched. Does anyone know any disc-buffing place around Boston? I don't want to drive all the way to Game Crazy in Rhode Island.

thank you .

Andy

[lordwow]

But only to make themselves bigger and more powerful! :evil:

heh..They are adding a frozen foods section. So, they are closing for like 9 months or something. They are almost cleaned out and a lot of the stuff they are sending to different stores instead of putting on clearance.

Ya, they did that to Raynham back in 2004. It's great now, I go grocery shopping there, mainly for stuff in grocery (not really meat/produce/deli/etc), it's way cheaper than even Market Basket.

[Game_Freak]

Im an MA gamer, Burlington CC has pretty much crap left, if anyone's wondering

[jaredmhm]

Friday I saw a few games @ Best Buy near Solomon Pond Mall...There was College Hoops2k8 & Euro Soccer & some other shitty games for $10 for the ps3, and there was Tom Clancy Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 for $36.

[Strider Turbulence]

Best Buy in Back Bay MASS had a lot of games marked at $7.49 Manager's special


The Simpsons (wii)
Nights
Jericho (360)
NFL Tour (36o)
Spiderman 3 (360)

Can't remember the rest, some decent stuff for the price. They also had buy 1 get one free with other games and PC games but I didn't get a good look at them.

[WeLoveDaisuke]

I would like to endorse the Brookline Gamestop. Dudes are all nice and let you stack/etc.

Way better than the Copley Mall one I used to go to.

[IXI Dragunz IXI]

Best Buy in Back Bay MASS had a lot of games marked at $7.49 Manager's special


The Simpsons (wii)
Nights
Jericho (360)
NFL Tour (36o)
Spiderman 3 (360)

Can't remember the rest, some decent stuff for the price. They also had buy 1 get one free with other games and PC games but I didn't get a good look at them.

Does that refer to the one in North Attleboro?

[cochesecochese]

I think he means the Best Buy in South Bay shopping center.

[Strider Turbulence]

Sorry, shoulda been more clear but I was rushing when I wrote that.


It's the Best Buy off Mass Ave and right next to the Hynes Convention Center train stop.

[cochesecochese]

How the fuck did I read that as South Bay?

edit: Watertown has no more clearance rack anymore. What a bummer.

[WeLoveDaisuke]

Watertown Clearance rack used to be the bomb. Now even south bay is getting slim. Anyone want to buy a Dreamcast with a bunch of games/accessories? If you're interested I can PM a full list of stuff. I'd rather not sell it over the internets (craigslist).

[jaredmhm]

(unlikely) anyone know a gs that has bf:bc 4 ps3 in stock?

[dandragonrage]

Anything good at Milford BB?

[Dokstarr]

I was wonder if anyone has tried the flea markets in East Boston or Lynn. I have gone to the one in Revere (the Squire Rd. Showcase Cinemas) and found only overpriced crap and I'm going to guess the games had been there a long time since they were actually getting sun bleached.

[jaredmhm]

I went to Newbury Comics in Shrewsbury the other day, and they had some great ps3 deals, and some good wii/360 deals too, but I mostly looked @ ps3.
I got Far Cry 2 for $20 and Battlefield:BC for $12. I was pretty stoked.:)

Some notable good deals (that I remember):
:ps3:Gran Turismo Prolouge $20
:ps3:NBA 2k7 $4 (old sports game, but any ps3 game for $4 is worth mentioning)
:ps3:MGS4 $25
:ps3:GH:Metallica 15% off (new, but I think it was a 1 day sale)
:ps3:Socom Confrontation w/ bt $30
:ps3:Oblivion $15 (new)

thats what I remember of it. fyi, the ps3 games are behind the register rather than in the video games section...but I will deff. be returning there for some good used ps3 deals.

[hopeunknown]

I was wonder if anyone has tried the flea markets in East Boston or Lynn. I have gone to the one in Revere (the Squire Rd. Showcase Cinemas) and found only overpriced crap and I'm going to guess the games had been there a long time since they were actually getting sun bleached.

It's not quite Boston, but to save you the time, don't ever go to Raynham Flea. Overpriced junk.

[Warri0r345]

Ugh...Who went to the Seekonk Best Buy today and stole my copy of DMC4? I went 15 minutes after it opened because I had to get a haircut and they were out of copies!! UGH!

[jcallina]

Did you try price matching at Walmart around the corner? Thats how I ended up getting Pure. I needed the flyer from BB.

[jcallina]

I bought a used Wii, and all the discs are scratched. Does anyone know any disc-buffing place around Boston? I don't want to drive all the way to Game Crazy in Rhode Island.

thank you .

Andy


Blockbuster will usually polish discs for $2.00

[jimijumper]

Here is my dilemma, my 360 Pro just died last night, got the replacement plan from BB but they are not getting any of the Elite GOTY bundles until May 17th!!!! I have a gift card with $370.00 approx on it just waiting to be spent on one of the new GOTY bundles but I hafta wait almost 3 weeks to get it! Damn, and the Gamestop at the Mall in Holyoke, MA has a bunch of these systems just waiting to be bought :bomb:....btw the GS website says that there are no Elite bundles within 100 miles of my Zip Code but I was just there and saw the bundles on sale myself so if anyone around here wants one tonight hit them up!

[HowStern]

The blockbuster in bridgewater center is closing and they have a ton of dvds for like $2-$4.

Prices on games are a too high IMO.

[hopeunknown]

The blockbuster in bridgewater center is closing and they have a ton of dvds for like $2-$4.

Prices on games are a too high IMO.

Ah, I remember renting Genesis and Sega CD games from there when I was a kid. :)

They were a franchisee store, who never sold new games or did any of the awesome promos (Attleboro, Taunton, Mansfield and East Providence seem to be like this too), so good riddance...

[lordwow]

Damn, I grew up there too. Didn't frequent that Blockbuster too much, but did frequent the Papa Gino's next door.

[HowStern]

Yeah I grew up there too. :) My mom still lives there. They really only had DVD's left. The only blu ray they had left was like larry the cable guy or something ludicrous.

The games were priced way too high. They wanted $25 for MLB08 the show used which was just $9.99 at best buy for that sale new.

[lordwow]

I seem to remember renting SNES/N64 games from a place right up the street on 18 towards the center that ended up being D.P. Dough and now is some Italian place.

[HowStern]

ah yeah I wanna say it was called called showplace or showtime or something. they went out of business shortly after BB opened up I remember.

[arcadegamer]

when to BB last Sun In Seekonk,MA the FYE across the street from BB plaza closed down. but they did not have games section since 2 years or less and after that i have not been there.

[lordwow]

ah yeah I wanna say it was called called showplace or showtime or something. they went out of business shortly after BB opened up I remember.

Yep, that was it.

[hopeunknown]

Yep, that was it.

I grew up in West Bridgewater and Raynham, so I'm around every now and then (I'm graduating from UMass Dartmouth in a couple weeks :O)

I liked that place more. I distinctly remember renting Vay, Phantasy Star II, and Shining in the Darkness from there. It's a pizza place now. IIRC the East Bridgewater one was way better. Shame how the East Bridgwater movie theater hasn't changed like, at ALL! I miss that restaurant that used to be next to it that was movie-themed.

Checked out the Bridgewater BB one today since I was in the area, games were B2G1 (as were most DVDs), picked up GOW2 (disc only), Pokemon Channel, and Eureka Seven Vol2 and some DVDs. The guy said all the ps2/xbox/gc stuff was $6.99. mostly crap, though. i imagine one of the taunton ones will be soon to go...

[HowStern]

haha oh yeah I remember that restaurant! It had a chucky doll on one wall that both scared the crap out of me and made me want to steal it.

Would be cool if the hollywood videos went out of business they usually have a lot of stuff that bb doesn't.

[josiskrazy]

The Blockbuster in North Attleboro is closing, B2G1 on all titles including videogames, prices range from 2.99 to 14.99.

just got 12 fairly new titles (including 3 blurays) for a lil over $60

ima rape it every weekend haha.

[lordwow]

I grew up in West Bridgewater and Raynham, so I'm around every now and then (I'm graduating from UMass Dartmouth in a couple weeks :O)

I liked that place more. I distinctly remember renting Vay, Phantasy Star II, and Shining in the Darkness from there. It's a pizza place now. IIRC the East Bridgewater one was way better. Shame how the East Bridgwater movie theater hasn't changed like, at ALL! I miss that restaurant that used to be next to it that was movie-themed.


I do recall the East Bridgewater place, as well as one in Raynham just off 44 by Friendly's.

[hopeunknown]

The Blockbuster in North Attleboro is closing, B2G1 on all titles including videogames, prices range from 2.99 to 14.99.

just got 12 fairly new titles (including 3 blurays) for a lil over $60

ima rape it every weekend haha.

hmm, my guess is that mansfield, one of the east providence ones, and the 2 taunton locations will probably close soon then as well. attleboro and bridgewater were both franchisee stores and so are these ones. i'll keep an eye on the taunton stores.

[Azarius]

i hit up the north attleboro closing blockbuster today and theres a decent amount of blu rays although not much for big name movies 90% are priced at 9.99 there are a ton of regular dvd movies too alot of new titles at decent prices also with b2g1 free i got 8 blu rays and 1 dvd for 50 plus tax

[Unwind23]

I swung by the North Attleboro Blockbuster last night, picked up 3 Blu-Rays (Milk, Stranger Than Fiction, Rocky Balboa) for $20. Also saw MGS4 (PS3) on sale for $24.99.

[hopeunknown]

taunton best buy has ddr supernova ps2 bundles for $9.99 (there were two left) and a bunch of wii fit accessories (like bottles, wristbands, etc) real cheap. dartmouth has a bunch of the same stuff they had before on clearance still (it's in the section).

[Ye0ldmario]

Haha, that guy from the Raynham flea market always posts ads on craigslist bragging about how "cheap" he is. Wonder how "cheap" he really is. Anyone check it out?

[hopeunknown]

None of them are. Raynham Flea Market is a waste of time for the most part.

[Antic]

I wish there was a decent flea market by me.

[xxaznxmattxx]

has anyone seen any collector edition ps3 games on discount at best buys in massachusetts?

[cochesecochese]

No but I will check watertown for you tomorrow

[lordwow]

I was in the Back Bay BB yesterday and didn't see (much of anything) on clearance. Just a bunch of terrible 360 and DS games.

[xxaznxmattxx]

thank you!, i went to taunton Best Buy at the mall and they had 2 warhawk with ear piece for 30 bucks, eternal sonata for 14 bucks(ps3) and lego batman for 20 bucks (ps3), i also went to the brockton but i couldnt find a discount section for games...

[Ye0ldmario]

I usually travel to new hampshire alot, there's also a 'video game exchange' up in plaistow new hampshire for all you retro lovers, I know the owner from years ago as he had a stand at a flea i frequently went to (almost every saturday) before they closed down. I live in the northern part of mass, anyway.

He uses an old copy of digital press for pricing, and has loads of atari 2600 stuff. Might have to go say hi and see if he remembers me.

website:

http://www.vidgameexchange.com/

[cochesecochese]

No CE deals at Watertown. Just the same sorry ass rack of Petz and Babiez gamez for ten bucks off. Booooooooo. To be fair, there were some crappy movie games on the rack as well.

I usually travel to new hampshire alot, there's also a 'video game exchange' up in plaistow new hampshire for all you retro lovers, I know the owner from years ago as he had a stand at a flea i frequently went to (almost every saturday) before they closed down. I live in the northern part of mass, anyway.

He uses an old copy of digital press for pricing, and has loads of atari 2600 stuff. Might have to go say hi and see if he remembers me.

website:

http://www.vidgameexchange.com/

I used to live like ten minutes from there and went all the time. The owner could be kind of a dick but man did he come through on requests. I got every SNES game I could have wanted (Tactics Ogre, Mario RPG, Earthbound, FF6, Harvest Moon, etc.) from him for pretty damn cheap around the time of the PSX era when people were trading in stuff for bright new 3d graphics.

[hopeunknown]

thank you!, i went to taunton Best Buy at the mall and they had 2 warhawk with ear piece for 30 bucks, eternal sonata for 14 bucks(ps3) and lego batman for 20 bucks (ps3), i also went to the brockton but i couldnt find a discount section for games...

I'll have to stop by Taunton tomorrow for ES.

Seekonk and N. Dartmouth often have manager markdown stuff too. Brockton usually doesn't, as far as I've experienced.

[kevneerg]

i wanna get in on the target buy 2 get 1 free deal for PS3 games, but I don't have 3 games that I want to buy.

any cags in the area wanna get together and buy 1-2 games with me? all i want is infamous. i can do the target in everett, watertown or south bay boston.

price comes out to $42 a game after tax...assuming we get 3 games for $59.99

thanks.

[caedeskhan]

I was in Watertown and actually found the CE deals...not very good though. One section is in the middle of the cd/dvd area, the other near the registers. It was basically 30% off the sticker price of various games. They had Xbox 360 Saint's Row 2s for $50, Madden 09 CE for $30, BIA HH for $50, Fallout 3 for $60 (not 100% sure about this), Quantum of Solace for $60, and a couple others. Mostly 360, I only remember PS3 for some of the weaker deals.

[hopeunknown]

Braintree Best Buy had a silver Eyetoy for $5.99 and a bunch of Boogie bundles for $9.99, as well as a bunch of the GH 3rd party guitars by React, etc. on clearance.

Also just thought I'd put this here as a convenience, but the following Blockbusters are franchisee stores and don't get the POG/game deals: Weymouth rt 18, Abington, Taunton 138, Taunton 44, East Providence (I don't remember which one, but it was a standalone and not in a plaza), Mansfield.

[hopeunknown]

Taunton Best Buy had no more Eternal Sonata PS3s, several of those Warhawk bundles for $19.99 or $24.99 (they were the same, but some stickered differently), Final Fantasy Chocobo's dungeon or something for Wii for $14.99, Valkyria Chronicles for $24.99, DDR Supernova bundle PS2 for $9.99, Space Chimps 360 for $4.99, some Naruto PS2 3 pack for $9.99, some Dragon Ball Z 3 pack for $9.99 PS2, Naruto Path of Ninja 2 for $13.99, Blitz the League 2 for $9.99, DDR X for PS2 game only for $13.99, Lost in Blue wii for $14.99, Build a Bear Wii $9.99, Final Fantasy Tactics PSP $9.99, Mercenaries 2 PS3 $9.99, and a bunch of other things, but those are the only ones I remember offhand.

So for Best Buys I know of that have manager's sales: Seekonk, Taunton, and North Dartmouth (all Bristol county stores?). It's mostly the stores with smaller video game sections. It might be YMMV if trying to pricematch though, as they all seem to set their own price.

[dashrendar]

Westboro Target (on Rt 9) has about 3-4 copies of Farcry 2 (360) for $9.98 left. I found them at the bottom of $20 game endcap with the other $20 360 games.

[HowStern]

hope, did taunton BB have multiple copies of valkyria chronicles for $25?

[hopeunknown]

HowStern, I went yesterday to pick up a present for someone and there was still one copy left. It was on an endcap.

[HowStern]

^nice thanks! i'll swing by and try my luck :)

edit: Swung by today and had them PM tru's giftcard for ghostbusters so I grabbed both Valkyria chronicles and ghostbusters for a total OF $68 :) awesome deal thanks hope

[xxaznxmattxx]

if anyone wants it, i saw 5 copies of prince of persia for the 360 stickered for 29.98 but they ring up as either 14.99 or 19.99 (i bought pop and banjo kazooie at the same time and the titles are not listed on the reciept) did anyone see any copies of need for speed undercover or mk vs dc at target on clearance? (oh forgot to mention the pop is behind the glass case on the bottom near the xbox 360 consoles)

[ronfear]

50% rack in front of store in Worcester Best Buy. Noteworthy mentions are Madden 09 CE & End War at 44.99 after mark down. Brothers in Arms CE was there but no price. Animal Crossing w/ Mic. 360 Alone in the dark, Jerrico. PS2 titles as well.

[arcadegamer]

if anyone wants it, i saw 5 copies of prince of persia for the 360 stickered for 29.98 but they ring up as either 14.99 or 19.99 (i bought pop and banjo kazooie at the same time and the titles are not listed on the reciept) did anyone see any copies of need for speed undercover or mk vs dc at target on clearance? (oh forgot to mention the pop is behind the glass case on the bottom near the xbox 360 consoles)

yes i did saw one copy of 360 mk vs dc for about $30.00 last Sunday at target in Dartmouth in the clearance part. when they marked them down to $30.00 the other week they was none in the case.

[hopeunknown]

if anyone wants it, i saw 5 copies of prince of persia for the 360 stickered for 29.98 but they ring up as either 14.99 or 19.99 (i bought pop and banjo kazooie at the same time and the titles are not listed on the reciept) did anyone see any copies of need for speed undercover or mk vs dc at target on clearance? (oh forgot to mention the pop is behind the glass case on the bottom near the xbox 360 consoles)

Which target?

Best Buy in Seekonk had more 40% off clearance games, mostly what Taunton had (Valkyria, Brothers in Arms Hell's highway CE, Resistance II CE i think, Legendary, Pure, uhhh and some others. But a lot. they're all in the center aisle bin.

Also Brockton FYE at Westgate Mall has 75% off all new GBA/Xbox/GC. They have quite a bit of GBA/Xbox, nothing super notable, but worth a look. Not sure if other stores in the area have moved from 50% to 75% yet.

Oh, and Swansea TRU has several copies of Advance Wars DoR, Bangai-O Spirits, Singstar Vol 2 standalone, and a few of the PS2 buzz bundles. No Singstar bundles or Buzz tv left, though.

[xxaznxmattxx]

sorry, it was the one at taunton near the galleria mall

[EXStrike]

Newbury Street Best Buy has Mushroom Men Wii for $7.49

[hopeunknown]

sorry, it was the one at taunton near the galleria mall

Ah, ok. I saw MCvDC at Easton Target but it was like $34.98 i think.

[Antic]

My BB in my area has had some pretty good clearances in the past ($5 new games), but nothing good lately. If I find any markdowns though I'll post and see if anyone is interested.

[ronfear]

10 copies of Fear 2 360 in Worcester, MA Target for $24.98. I might have to buy a 360 just for the deals.
360 50cents $34.98. Left 4 Dead $34.98, Smackdown 09 $?

Wii Tiger Woods All Play 09 $24.98

[caedeskhan]

Checked Stoughton Target yesterday. No R&C or GT5 even though it showed 4 in stock. I also had the associate check the stockroom.

The only stuff on clearance was overpriced Wii and DS shovelware, a copy of leftover copies of GH3, and some Fear 2 (Xbox 360) for $35.

[hopeunknown]

Went to Wal-Mart and K-Mart in Fall River today. K-Mart had 3x DDR Universe bundles at $12 and several of the RockRevolution and GH Aerosmith/III bundles. Wal-Mart there had probably 15-20 of the classic controller glove/2000 point Wii cards for $15, and two brand new GC Platinum systems for $49.00, as well as some PS2 Singstar bundles down to $19.99

[KaijuFan27]

Is that small game store in the Garage at Harvard Square still around? I swear I've been in that mini mall multiple times without ever seeing it.

[cochesecochese]

What was it called?

[Mako1215]

I will most def be hitting up some stores for some stuff I can't find in KY when I visit Attleboro.

[xxaznxmattxx]

theres Newbury comics at the Garage that sells some games...and also Tokyo Kids that has a small selection of old games, but its more of an anime store

[Dokstarr]

theres Newbury comics at the Garage that sells some games...and also Tokyo Kids that has a small selection of old games, but its more of an anime store

I haven't bothered going into Tokyo Kid for a long time but in regards to CD's they use to only sell overpriced Son May and EverAnime bootleg soundtracks as legit for pretty steep prices.

So even though its harder to sneak by bootleg games, etc. In case you do go there be away that there may be some boots if you are checking out any "import" dvds, soundtracks, figures, etc.

I will be honest that I have been in Tokyo Kid for a couple of years now so maybe they cleaned up.

[WeLoveDaisuke]

The used/retro game kiosk at the Garage has probably been gone for 5+ (maybe even 8) years now. Huge bummer. Tokyo Kid doesn't carry much if anything in the way of games anymore, as well.

RE: the Watertown Target CE deals. I snagged Madden/Head Coach for $20 (33% off $30) during that sale. About as much as I'd be willing to pay for it. Most of the good stuff was gone by the end of that day.

p.s. there was a clearance sighting of the elusive Lips 360 mics bundle at South Bay Target for $25. Not there now. Keep your eyes peeled.

[hopeunknown]

I'm going to be out in western MA for a month for my summer camp job at Smith College. Anyone know of some good stores to check out in that area?

[xxaznxmattxx]

has anyone seen any copies of NFS undercover or Mk vs DC at Targets??

[HowStern]

Does anyone want an xbox 360? I think I'm going to sell mine because I don't have LIVE so I never play it. Always playin the ps3.

I'd prefer to sell it locally to avoid shipping costs and figured I'd check here first before I throw it on craigslist.


It's got a 20gb HDD, wireless controller and a headset I never used, battery pack and quick charge battery pack charger. Barely played because I never subscribed to live and then bought a ps3. Here's my CL listing
http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/ele/1242870507.html
I wrote $200 on there but I'd be willing to give it to someone on here for like $150.

[WeLoveDaisuke]

Is that an HDMI Xbox? If so I might have peeps who would be interested.

[HowStern]

edit: 360s been sold. managed to get $200 for it off craigslist.

are there any good places for pc games? like mom and pop type places?

[Trikip]

Has anyone been to the Seekonk Speedway Flea Market? If so, how is it and do you really have to get there at 6 am?

[arcadegamer]

didn't know they have one

[arcadegamer]

went to Toysrus a few and they had nothing i want as expected the game like casual ds junk , some sports games army mens kids wii, sega sambo game, wii The Tale of Despereaux wii for all the games are $10.00

[redsox786]

I have a PSP for sale if anyone is interested.
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/vgm/1279355970.html

[xbox360please]

I'm selling some DS, Gamecube and Ps2 games. My prices tend to range between the Gamestop TIV and the lowest amazon offers. https://accounts.craigslist.org/post/shwpst?pii=1287817727&db=lv

[dashrendar]

Blockbuster on Rt 20 in Marlboro is going out of business and selling off everything.

New release DVDs for $9.99
all other DVDs for $3.99
Blu-rays as marked
Video games for $19.99 (didn't see anything special)
TV seasons for $12.99

[Ye0ldmario]

haverhill MA target had a shit load of 1TB hd's for 99.98 maybe they'll drop em if they sit around for a while

[equax]

Bump, caring is sharing. I hope I can contribute to this thread soon, so we can all benefit from finding cheap games.

[Ye0ldmario]

I didn't think there were many people from Mass on here. I've been hunting for clearance stuff carefully whenever I've had the chance to but haven't seen much lately.

[riskzero]

Hey Mass CAG'ers. I'm new to Mass and I was wondering if anyone could give me a heads up on some mom and pop stores that sell video games? I live about 10 mins North of Boston. Thanks for the help!