The (old) GameRush/Blockbuster Thread

[maxfisher]

Did you pre-order Mass Effect, or were there copies available for everyone to buy? If the latter, what was the amount of copies available.

My store said they didn't do pre-orders, so they were just available to anyone. They hadn't even unpacked the box with Mass Effect yet, so they were opening stuff up and looking for it for me. I know I saw at least two more copies in the box, but am not sure if there were more than that. I'm doubting it, as they usually only get 1 or 2 copies of new games.

[stoned99]

All Pro Football 2K8 dropped to 8$, so I only broke even on my last copy :(

But on the bright side, I traded King Kong for 5$ (I now have it on HD)

I also picked up Rock Band and Mass Effect.

I tried to preorder Links Crossbow Training, and it's not in their system. Bummer ;(

[dinovelvet]

Darkness and HOV - GS B2G1
Gun - Best Buy $5

If you use the $5 off 360 game coupon, you must ring up TWO copies of the game and use the coupon ONCE. This will cause one game to be $0 and the other to stay $4.99. It will NOT work on one game- you must have SOMETHING else on the transaction (games always work). Theoretically, an employee can scan the coupon multiple times and apply it to the transaction multiple times, but YMMV on an employee doing that. If you want your game cheap enough, just buy two at a time with one coupon. $5 = 2 Gun. Like I said, possible to get 10 copies of Gun for $5, but VERY YMMV.

Ahhh...hmm, is GUN $5 at Best Buy already? Or does that not go into effect until Thurs? If that's the case, how much is it at Best Buy right now? If its $10, I'd probably pick it up.

[awp]

All Pro Football 2K8 dropped to 8$, so I only broke even on my last copy :(


Yep, it's only $14.99 used at BB/GR now.

[io]

All Pro Football 2K8 dropped to 8$, so I only broke even on my last copy :(


Wow, I'm glad I made it out there for at least one copy on the weekend. Still got $15 for it on Saturday.

I can't imagine trying to go to Best Buy on Friday just to buy Gun. Meh...

[gareman]

Darkness and HOV - GS B2G1


man, screw that GameCrazy has the HoV for 19.99 new, and I heard they adjust the prices on used games as well. So with my card they will be like 13.69 each if I find 3 of em' and get the third free. Use my measly 2 bucks I have left in credit. 27 bucks turns into over 90 bucks at blockbuster......

[vgc]

Hi, I checked some trade in prices while I was at Blockbuster/Gamerush getting my copy of Rockband. FYI, most of the stores in my area had Rockband available for people who pre-ordered it. I only pre-ordered my copy last week. We need to keep a list of the good flippers and where to find them as started above. Thanks to djkunai for the trade in prices.

Happy Feet - Wii - $26
Ice Age 2 - Wii - $23
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom - PS3 - $23 - GS/EB $17.50
Darkness - PS3 - $33 confirms previous post
Hour Victory - 360 - $32 confirms previous post


Games we need to check:

Jaws Unleashed - PS2
Jaws Unleashed - Xbox
Madden 2006 - 360- $8 - ? current price
Rayman Raving Rabbits - 360
Need for Speed Carbon - PS3
Motorstorm - PS3
Genji - PS3

**Does anyone know if Hastings is going to have some Black Friday sales?



Thanks,

vgc

[stoned99]

Don't forget Need for Speed Carbon PS3 and MotorStorm PS3, I think both will make money.

[Venent]

Are there any good exchanges from Gamerush to Gamestop. I want to get Orcs and Elves, and Warhammer for the DS, and I don't think Gamerush carries them.

[stoned99]

The best possible is Halo 3 if used as part of the +30% promotion.

35$ + 30% (Powertrade or trade 5) + 10% edge = just about break even.

My GR's are selling Halo 3 for 45$ used.

[djkunai]

There may be something with the coupon book GS is putting out on BF, but we've been looking for a credit-swapper for weeks.

[ViolentLee]

Traded in some stuff for Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed yesterday. Here's what I got in credit:

FIFA 08 PS2 - $12
Table Tennis Wii - $20
Bleach Wii - $30
NBA Live 08 PS3 - $30
Manhunt 2 PS2 - $15
Fantastic 4 RoSS 360 - $15
Tomb Raider Anniversary Wii - $23

[nlyonssmith]

I've complied a spreadsheet just for this weekend for the trade values we know and potential deals.

Remember: Buy 2 get 1 free on used games at EB/GS. This sale lasts all weekend I believe?


http://www.st.hmc.edu/bfflips.xls


If you have other information, please post it here and I'll try to update this throughout the weekend.

[djkunai]

I've complied a spreadsheet just for this weekend for the trade values we know and potential deals.

Remember: Buy 2 get 1 free on used games at EB/GS. This sale lasts all weekend I believe?


http://www.st.hmc.edu/bfflips.xls


If you have other information, please post it here and I'll try to update this throughout the weekend.

Green for you.

:360:
GRAW 2 - $20

:xbox:
Incredibles, Rise of the Underminer - $1.25

:psp:
EA Replay (need to check this, only $5 at Best Buy)

[nlyonssmith]

Green for you.

:360:
GRAW 2 - $20

:xbox:
Incredibles, Rise of the Underminer - $1.25

:psp:
EA Replay (need to check this, only $5 at Best Buy)




updated

[io]

Has anyone checked on Call of Juarez recently (which is $10 at CC tomorrow or online early this morning for those who got in on time)? Last wiki price (from Sept) is $35 ;).

[Masterkyo]

I wonder BB Game Rush have Black Friday Deal ??

[eraser813]

Nice spreadsheet! Thanks alot.

[djkunai]

Call of Juarez - $15
Madden 07 ps3 - $13
EA Replay psp - $3
Destroy All Humans 2 xbox- $1.25

[InvaderZim]

I wonder BB Game Rush have Black Friday Deal ??

No... they don't do BlackFriday...

[TMNT770]

anybody know how much credit u get when trading in Happy feet for the wii?

[io]

Call of Juarez - $15


D'oh! Oh well... Anyone want one? ;)

[nlyonssmith]

Updated, good luck to everyone tomorrow!

[edavis0780]

Call of Jaurez really dropped to $15 already? Damn that was quick. Anyone know if Happy Feet (Wii) is still getting $26? Thanks.

[ksuwild25]

Hour of Victory is 9.99 as part of Amazon's BF deals.

[edavis0780]

Hour of Victory is 9.99 as part of Amazon's BF deals.

Oh you've got to be kidding me. I don't even know whether I should order about fifty of them because (1) I'm sure GR is finally catching on to HOV and (2) I've already flipped a few at the local stores in my area.

[jdawgg76]

Despite the 1 per customer small print, BB sold me two copies of Gun for 360. Would not let me use a 5 off coupon because each game was 4.99. I told her I wasn't interested in getting that extra penny back, but no dice.

[Bezerker]

Hour of Victory is 9.99 as part of Amazon's BF deals.

Wow, thats a great deal. Only thing that is even with the prime 2 day shipping, it'll come tuesday (the saturday shipping on 6 copies is almost $30). I've been having bad luck with flips this week, which means if i did buy it, the value would probably drop that tuesday.

[gareman]

anyone still think its 32 trade in on HoV

[nlyonssmith]

anyone still think its 32 trade in on HoV

that is confirmed for this week. It is a slight drop from the 35 last week. I think Kunai confirmed that.

[djkunai]

that is confirmed for this week. It is a slight drop from the 35 last week. I think Kunai confirmed that.

Yes. Yes I did.

[ultramanJ]

The Best Buy by me sold me two copies of Gun, and I traded them in at Blockbuster for $12 each. Best of all my wife bought me a third copy while she was out.

[nlyonssmith]

I'm done for today, Kunai I don't know how you do this so much.

I bought 6x HoV from CCity/BBuy. I traded these in at GRush for $32 a piece. I also bought 6 copies of HoV from Amazon for $9.99 each, no tax (first time ever they didn't charge me tax and I'm in Cali), and free shipping.

6 copies of Madden 06 at GameStop (edge + B2G1F) cost me $19.36. All 6 copies flipped at $8 a piece.

2 copies of Happy Feet bought from CCity for $10.79 apiece, traded in for $26 apiece.


$101.83 spent for $292 credit. Not too shabby but I'm exhausted. I just need Amazon to ship me those 6 HoV so I can 'return' them to CCity/BBuy.

[doubledown]

I need to get some of these great trade deals. I guess the order at Amazon and return at Best Buy is a decent idea.

Anyone know what Medal of Honor Airborne (360) trades for?

[$hady]

Called about my preordered copy of Uncharted just after opening to see if it came in today and he said they already had um in stock so looks like they got them early for a change. Picked up my copy and took it to GS for a refund using the receipt from last saturday when I found out they started selling early.

I am completely out of GR credit now and it took everything I could muster to pay the remaining balance of $2 out of my own pocket. :bomb: Need to start building more $.50 on the $1 credit!



Anyone know what Medal of Honor Airborne (360) trades for?
1000 points (or a $60 new release game) on Goozex. :D

[MightySlacker]

Anyone with updates on Gamerush stock? Any Zelda/Nintendogs bundle sightings, or newer stuff like Contra 4, Revenant Wings, mario party DS?

Dave

[frankcastle]

i have seen contra 4 at 1 local GR. i would like to find a zelda ds bundle. let me know if anyone sees these.

[Dazz]

6 copies of Madden 06 at GameStop (edge + B2G1F) cost me $19.36. All 6 copies flipped at $8 a piece.

Am i reading this right? Don't you mean 07?

[nlyonssmith]

Actually no, GameRush is giving $8 per copy of Madden 06. Very strange.

This is actually a very easy flip for any CAGs that want to make a bit of credit. The EB/GS that I went to had 10+ copies of Madden 06. Just find enough blockbusters (2 copies of one game per store per day).

The B2G1F extends through the weekend I believe?

[kjauburn]

Damn 0 for 2 on picking up Mass Effect. Both stores only received 1 or 2 copies, due to lack of preordrers. Mean while they have about a dozen Rock Band each.

[Ragekod]

I just came back from a few hours ago with a friend and flipped some games from todays Best Buy AD. Oh and this was also my first time trading games in at GR.

(2x) PSP EA Replay $3
(2x) X360 Gun $12

plus $5 per game via kunai's GR. I made out with $50 from spending $20


Thanks to
kunai for helping me get a few copies of these games, it was fun camping out with you and everyone else.

[mkernan]

Actually no, GameRush is giving $8 per copy of Madden 06. Very strange.

This is actually a very easy flip for any CAGs that want to make a bit of credit. The EB/GS that I went to had 10+ copies of Madden 06. Just find enough blockbusters (2 copies of one game per store per day).

The B2G1F extends through the weekend I believe?

Madden 06 for which system?

[nlyonssmith]

Madden 06 Xbox 360. Trade prices will change on Tuesday so flip them before that. Then we can check if the price changed and continue flipping if not.

[djkunai]

Thanks to
kunai for helping me get a few copies of these games, it was fun camping out with you and everyone else.

Next time you can wait in Porter Ranch. Thanks for holding my spot in the Geek Squad line while I grabbed all ten copies of Gun though, lol.

[$hady]

Next time you can wait in Porter Ranch. Thanks for holding my spot in the Geek Squad line while I grabbed all ten copies of Gun though, lol.

So do you think you two will have a second date? He seems pretty taken by you... How do you feel? Do you still get tingles when you say his name? How did the date end, were fluids spilt?;)

[nlyonssmith]

Seriously we need details. I wish I had a CAG buddy to abuse retail stores with.

[djkunai]

So do you think you two will have a second date? He seems pretty taken by you... How do you feel? Do you still get tingles when you say his name? How did the date end, were fluids spilt?;)

Ragekod is too fat for me. And I like girls.

[Ragekod]

Ragekod is too fat for me. And I like girls.
and kunai is too white for me, and I too like girls.

[nietzsche74]

Traded in today:

Conan (X360): $30 \\:D/

Over G Fighters (X360): $25 :applause:

Picked up 1 copy of Mass Effect of the 3 they had in stock. Didn't see any new copies of Assassin's Creed (for the 360).

[Segasonic01]

Trading Blazing Angels & Over G tomorrow. Might take R6: Vegas as well. Anyone seen Kane & Lynch or Zack & Wiki at BB? If I can't find em, I might get heroes S1.

[SGT Killjoy]

Got Kane and Lynch at my GR and have sold zero i believe. no zack and wiki. we got a display box for it, but no game.

[lyric706]

I found one Zak and Wiki at the 34th St. South store in St. Petersburg.

[dinovelvet]

Trade quotes on Sun 25th

X360 Spider-Man 3 : $19
X360 Cabela's Alaskan Adventures : $12 (down from $15)
X360 Hour of Victory : $32

[JJSP]

Is the Guitar Hero III (360) trade price still valid? I've gotten rather bored with it.

Question - since my copy came from the bundle, it's marked "not for resale" on it. Is that going to be a problem?

[stone1061]

Updates 11.26.07
Madden O8 $32
Gears of War $25
Burnout Revenge $15

All Xbox 360.

[djkunai]

Happy Dump Day Everyone!

Make sure to flip what you can today so you're not affected by potential price drops tomorrow. And Madden 06 still gets $8 on 360, so keep an eye out for it used at GS ($4.99). That may change tomorrow- good luck!

[doubledown]

Nice to see Madden 08 gets that much....I'm debating on dumping it as this so called "patch" is still pending.

I will update with Medal of Honor:Airborne later today.

I did not find any Hours of Victory this weekend...although, i didn't look that hard....oh well.

[TMNT770]

how much credit u get for

Medal Of Honor: Airbone - xbox 360
Darkness

[xdl]

Those holiday 3 packs for 360 should be good flipping as well. 19.99 at Amazon or BB with coupon for Cars, Open Season, and Fusion Frenzy 2 - wiki says 41 total in trade.

[djkunai]

Katamari Damacy - $7. With bonus that's $12 for me and the several copies I ordered through Amazon. I hear GS offers $12 to begin with, so we'll see how that plays out come tomorrow. I also picked up Revenant Wings today.

[jdawgg76]

Sweet. Already got the 3 copies of Hour of Victory from Amazon's BF deal today. Traded one to each GR by the house for 32 each. Neither will take two of a game at a time despite what the GR website says. Hopefully, the value holds tomorrow although it shouldn't drop too much if it does.

[dinovelvet]

Sweet. Already got the 3 copies of Hour of Victory from Amazon's BF deal today. Traded one to each GR by the house for 32 each. Neither will take two of a game at a time despite what the GR website says. Hopefully, the value holds tomorrow although it shouldn't drop too much if it does.

I dunno, I remember they dropped Enchanted Arms from $33 to $9(?) in one swoop, so watch out! I shoulda ordered some HOV from Amazon, but I figured they'd take about two weeks to arrive given it was the holidays. Oh well.

[Karuto]

Don't forget you can always buy from Gamefly and flip it back to BB if you're worried about all those GameStop stickers always covering the box (although I myself remove them before entering the store). I found The Darkness for $23 with free shipping, and if you have that $10 coupon as a member, that's $13, and since it trades at $32, you're getting a 246% increase on that sale. :)

Couple more things you could buy to get a nice chunky return (according to the most recent Wiki updates):

Buy Two Worlds at GameFly for $20, trade in for $35 (At $10, that'd be a 350% increase)
Buy Motorstorm at GameFly for $24, trade in for $33 (At $14, that'd be a 236% increase)

Here's to hoping Two Worlds is still at the same price. Does anyone know? I might just jump on it.

[jdawgg76]

I dunno, I remember they dropped Enchanted Arms from $33 to $9(?) in one swoop, so watch out! I shoulda ordered some HOV from Amazon, but I figured they'd take about two weeks to arrive given it was the holidays. Oh well.Doh! You're right. I'll cross my fingers although I'm still interested in actually playing this last copy despite the horrid reviews. What's wrong with me???? I have CoD4 to play. I'll cross my fingers that the trade value doesn't drop and I cna unload this sucker this week. I thought is would take a week or so for delivery, too, especially since that's what the confirmation email said. It was a cool surprise to get it on dump day. I guess Amazon couldn't wait to get rid of HoV.

[doubledown]

Medal of Honor:Airborne - $28.50 (360 on 11/26/07)

On a side note...aparently someone bought FIVE copies of Rock Band at my local GameRush....they even told the employees they will be selling on EBAY (all but one copy)

[nlyonssmith]

Kunai you live near Doubledown? lolz

[io]

On a side note...aparently someone bought FIVE copies of Rock Band at my local GameRush....they even told the employees they will be selling on EBAY (all but one copy)

How odd... I was at my Target Saturday (day after Black Friday) and they had a whole endcap full of Rock Band. Unless they intended to convert GR credit at a slight loss that seems like a bad idea. I'm sure shipping for Rock Band would make it highly unprofitable (and a pain in the ass) to make much off it on eBay.

[Karuto]

I'm sure shipping for Rock Band would make it highly unprofitable (and a pain in the ass) to make much off it on eBay.

Or be like most assholes recently on eBay and overcharge shipping by 2x. :P

[Tecumseh!]

I'd stopped doing any dealing with BB/GR for months until this past weekend. I took advantage of the EB B2G1 sale to get 5 copies of the Darkness and 1 HoV, using trades at EB for half of the cost. I then traded all of those in at 3 local BB's, getting about $205 bucks in store credit, which I used to pick up Rock Band and a 1600 point Xbox Live card.

Total actually out of pocket: about $52 bucks. The TIV for both The Darkness and HoV was $32.

Will be interesting to see if those two hold their TIV tomorrow...

[ksuwild25]

Traded in:

Shadowrun: $19
Call of Duty 2: $12 (was actually the GOTY edition, but she rung it up as the original since they don't have the GOTY in their system)
Hour of Victory: $32

[DisturbedZen]

Or be like most assholes recently on eBay and overcharge shipping by 2x. :P

I am not trying to attack you, but to be honest, I don't understand why people bash those on "high shipping costs" ebay.

If you do not look at shipping charges before you buy, you shouldn't buy. Charging higher shipping costs is a way to keep fees down, obviously those that charge $25 to ship a flash based Mp3 player from within the contiguous 48 states is unreasonable.

But a cost of $8 for first class doesn't seem bad to me. Which would be 2x the actual cost.

Higher shipping costs is a way of not allow ebay to eat ALL your profits. =X

Again, don't take it personally. Its just a matter of fact, I used to sell on ebay and fees continue to rise and shipping costs continue to rise. Competitors charged more shipping than I did and their final cost was higher than mine. But due to the horrible system, theirs outsold mine while we had comparable feedback/pictures/etc. Just a big flaw in the system, and as ebay raises prices, shipping costs will go up as well.

And to add to that, if anyone has taken their "shipping charge" test, its bull #$%^. They expect customers to pay EXACT cost of shipping when they know that PAYPAL eats a good 3-5% of our costs. Therefore, if we even considered charging exact shipping costs, we'd be at a loss. >_>

/end rant

Happy dump day to those that got in on the B2G1 @ GS, I completely ran out of time to snag any games.

[edavis0780]

I just wanted to make sure of a couple things before I proceed:

For those with GS/EB that have the extra fifty percent, does Halo 3 still trade at $35? I just want to make sure because with the extra fifty percent and edge card, I'm suppose to get (35+17.50+3.50) $56 which is actually more than what they sell the game for used. Has anyone actually traded in Halo 3 for $56 with success? Thanks.

[Karuto]

@ AzN - Oh, I totally understand that you want to cover the costs. I'm talking about charging $20 to ship out some pens or something. If they're worried about making such a big loss, then they should try someplace other than eBay. I mean, I've also sold items on there, but you have to take into consideration what you're getting into. Unless you're a reseller, I'd set the actual price higher or something like that than what you're expected to get, rather than forcing a fixed price down the consumer's throat.

I'm not saying all people do it, but the ones that do, do it so blatantly that it just puts a lot of people off, especially when you see the cost of shipping cause the price to be higher than if you got it from the actual offline/online retail giants themselves.

[Masterkyo]

I just wanted to make sure of a couple things before I proceed:

For those with GS/EB that have the extra fifty percent, does Halo 3 still trade at $35? I just want to make sure because with the extra fifty percent and edge card, I'm suppose to get (35+17.50+3.50) $56 which is actually more than what they sell the game for used. Has anyone actually traded in Halo 3 for $56 with success? Thanks.


I took adv. Trade-in 2 games & get extra $10 bonus plus extra 30% off Rock Band. (2 copies Halo 3) $50.50 Each. Kinda sad i left my Edged Card at home that night :(

[doubledown]

How odd... I was at my Target Saturday (day after Black Friday) and they had a whole endcap full of Rock Band. Unless they intended to convert GR credit at a slight loss that seems like a bad idea. I'm sure shipping for Rock Band would make it highly unprofitable (and a pain in the ass) to make much off it on eBay.

It appears Rock Band is selling for $200+shipping on EBAY for some odd reason. I didn't think it was "limited" or anything....odd

I have no desire to buy it...play it maybe.

[chargeup45]

It appears Rock Band is selling for $200+shipping on EBAY for some odd reason. I didn't think it was "limited" or anything....odd

I have no desire to buy it...play it maybe.

I had heard that it might be tough to find, so I can see why it's going for slightly higher than retail on ebay.

I played it this weekend and it was awesome. Unfortunately, according to my friends, I can't sing but I'm pretty good at the drums. Damn them for giving me Sabotage as a tryout song.

[djkunai]

:hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot:

Hour of Victory - $32
The Darkness - $32
Madden 06 - $8

Go! Go! Go!

[grecianfox]

Jaws unleashed (xbox) down to $16 from $19 this week. Some others:

Forza 2 (x360) $32
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (x360) $15

[helloEric]

The Darkness is still $32?????

Wow, I almost feel bad trading it in.

[nlyonssmith]

I traded in Halo 3 at EB/GS today for $49 (30% coupon + 10% edge). I looked for any Darkness or HoV and saw none. Some madden 06 but I don't have enough BBGR nearby to trade in $49 worth of that.

[MightySlacker]

:hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot: :hot:

Hour of Victory - $32
The Darkness - $32
Madden 06 - $8

Go! Go! Go!

I assume the cheapest for these is GS B2G1?

Dave

[nlyonssmith]

Is the GS B2G1 not over? Wasn't that a last weekend thing?

[MightySlacker]

They have B2G1 coupons in that little book they were giving out

Dave

[djkunai]

They have B2G1 coupons in that little book they were giving out

Dave

Only for last gen, nothing for new gen.

[MightySlacker]

Shit, there goes my idea then. Guess that saves me some driving.

Dave

[Dazz]

Is that Madden o6 for 360 or the older systems?

[djkunai]

Is that Madden o6 for 360 or the older systems?


All 360.

[whymustiregister]

:wii: Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast - $30 (+ tax)

[Masterkyo]

I wonder GR BB have any X-Mas Sale or New Year Sale ??

[grecianfox]

There have been some rumors of a used game sale in December. Nothing concrete as of yet. The 30% trade in coupon at GS/EB is a good way to convert GR credit to GS/EB credit if you can find some copies of Halo 3 at GR.

[arthurRWD]

couple of price updates
(ALL 360)
shadowrun 19
C&C3 22
PSU 12
FarCry Instincts 19

[Rob26Smith]

There have been some rumors of a used game sale in December. Nothing concrete as of yet. The 30% trade in coupon at GS/EB is a good way to convert GR credit to GS/EB credit if you can find some copies of Halo 3 at GR.


How much is Halo 3 at GR? The trade value at EB/GS is $35 + 30% (coupon) + 10% (EdgeCard) = $49. Not bad. Thank you

[WeLoveDaisuke]

The BlockBuster near me (complete with broken letter so it says "BLO US VIDEO") doesn't do jack squat for games or movies, and doesn't do Total Access. Bummer.

[grecianfox]

Halo 3 is $44.99 at GR. As of yesterday it traded for 35 at GS/EB. Throw in the extra 30% trade in coupon and you can get 35 + 10.50 = 45.50 at GS/EB. You take a slight loss after tax but GS/EB credit is more valuable than GR credit imo.

[JJSP]

Any idea what History Channel: Civil War (360) trades for at GR? I assume it's not much, but it's $15 new at EB/GS.

[Rob26Smith]

Halo 3 is $44.99 at GR. As of yesterday it traded for 35 at GS/EB. Throw in the extra 30% trade in coupon and you can get 35 + 10.50 = 45.50 at GS/EB. You take a slight loss after tax but GS/EB credit is more valuable than GR credit imo.

I read the other thread and it looks like the edge card works so that's 10% more in trade in value therefore you can make a $5 profit as well. Anybody know how many copies you can trade at once of Halo 3?

[nlyonssmith]

Using the Edge + Coupon is not always 100%. Some managers wont allow it. Your best bet is to hand them the edge card then hand them the coupon. That usually works for me.

I got $49 for my Halo 3 copy yesterday and I may flip a couple more copies before that 30% coupon expires.

At EB/GS trading in more than 1 copy of a game at a time is YMMV. If you want to try more than that say that you are trading in games for your cousins who are too young to drive or have their own trade account. I use that line at GR all the time.

[awp]

Figured out a way to actually get a bit more cash at EB/GS for those looking to convert. LEGO Star Wars: The Original Trilogy for GameCube is $9.99 at GR and trades for $10 at EB, according to their website.

So that would make it $13 with the 30% coupon and $14 with EDGE. Not incredible but definately good for those wanting to convert credit.

[SubiDoobieDoo]

Where does one get this 30% coupon?

[elmyra]

Figured out a way to actually get a bit more cash at EB/GS for those looking to convert. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy for GameCube is $9.99 at GR and trades for $10 at EB, according to their website.

So that would make it $13 with the 30% coupon and $14 with EDGE. Not incredible but definately good for those wanting to convert credit.

That's LEGO Star Wars you're talking about, right?

[awp]

That's LEGO Star Wars you're talking about, right?

Yes, sorry. Not sure how I left that off.

[ave1]

Hour of Victory: $32

I ended up going to two Blockbusters to trade the two HOVs I got from Amazon in the mail today. Seeing $20 magically turn into $64 in trade credit almost brought a tear to my eye. . .

[thenockmlb]

nevermind, wrong thread.

[Rob26Smith]

Wow it worked. Purchased 2 copies of HALO 3 for $96.95 from GR/BB and traded them to EB/GS for $98 (40% coupon and edge card) for 1.05 profit not to mention credit EB/GS better then GR/BB.

[djkunai]

I need to check my stores for some of that Halo 3 lovin'.

[elmyra]

Meh, somebody cleaned out the Halo 3s at my GameRushes. There had been quite a few used copies a week ago. I guess I'm stuck with using my credit at GameRush.

Also, isn't Resident Evil 4 Wii $29.99 universally? I was quoted $49.99 for a new copy tonight at GR.

[DisturbedZen]

I need more GR Credit! Down to $43.xx after 1x Halo 3 and 1x DSL.

[Karuto]

Yes, it is $29.99 universally: http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=230095

It's actually $5 cheaper there. You're getting shortchanged. I recommend giving them the info that it's actually cheaper everywhere else and get an override.

[elmyra]

Yes, it is $29.99 universally: http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=230095

It's actually $5 cheaper there. You're getting shortchanged.

That's what I thought. :bomb:

I recommend giving them the info that it's actually cheaper everywhere else and get an override.

That'd be great, but it doesn't work at GameRush. No price overrides ever. I'm just going to have to keep checking back every week until they lower the price.

[DisturbedZen]

Anyone know value of Virtua Tennis 3 (PS3)? Its only $19.99 at GS if it trades in for $35, not a bad flipper.

EDIT: Bah, the Xbox 360 version is only $19. So probably not much hope.

[edavis0780]

Just moved all but $8 of my GR credit to GS/EB, and purchased this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/edavis/HPIM1181.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/edavis/HPIM1179.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/edavis/HPIM1178.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/edavis/HPIM1177.jpg

I happen to be near a few of the GS/EBs that are currently running the extra %50 on trades (stackable with Edge). Despite the fact that GS sells used copies of Halo 3 for $54.99, I was able to trade in three of them for $56 each. One store even let me trade in two at one time (highly YMMV). I also got lucky because one GS had the first party monitor cables mispriced for $14.99 instead of the usual $19.99 (unless things have changed recently). I finally traded in my copy using the extra %30 (didn't want to trade in 4 copies of Halo 3 between two stores). Needless to say, I think I'm done messing around with GR credit for a little while. It's not everyday that you can actually convert GR credit into (more) GS/EB credit, and I have a feeling that GS corperate is beginning to get the idea. So without further ado, if you've got GR credit and your BB/GR has Halo 3, what are you waiting for?

Oh, and almost forgot to add; Happy Feet gets $23 from BB/GR.

[elmyra]

Wii Zappers came in today, priced at $19.99. I also saw Ghost Squad for the Wii, but it was priced at $49.99. :bomb:

[doubledown]

Nice about the Wii Zappers....I cannot seem to find them locally. Hopefully they hav ethem there.

[SGT Killjoy]

Wii Zappers came in today, priced at $19.99. I also saw Ghost Squad for the Wii, but it was priced at $49.99. :bomb:

you should ask and check. that shouldnt be.

[sasukekun]

Trauma Center Second Opinion is still $49.99 at my local Gamerush

[guyinga]

This afternoon, I picked up Unreal Championship 2, Tecmo Arcade Classics, Sid Meier's Pirates & Jade Empire used for less than $25 total

EDIT: I also saw two copies of Halo 3 for (I think) $44.99

[$hady]

Just moved all but $8 of my GR credit to GS/EB, and purchased this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/edavis/HPIM1181.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/edavis/HPIM1179.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/edavis/HPIM1178.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/edavis/HPIM1177.jpg

I happen to be near a few of the GS/EBs that are currently running the extra %50 on trades (stackable with Edge). Despite the fact that GS sells used copies of Halo 3 for $54.99, I was able to trade in three of them for $56 each. One store even let me trade in two at one time (highly YMMV). I also got lucky because one GS had the first party monitor cables mispriced for $14.99 instead of the usual $19.99 (unless things have changed recently). I finally traded in my copy using the extra %30 (didn't want to trade in 4 copies of Halo 3 between two stores). Needless to say, I think I'm done messing around with GR credit for a little while. It's not everyday that you can actually convert GR credit into (more) GS/EB credit, and I have a feeling that GS corperate is beginning to get the idea. So without further ado, if you've got GR credit and your BB/GR has Halo 3, what are you waiting for?

Oh, and almost forgot to add; Happy Feet gets $23 from BB/GR.


So you bought 6 PSPs???

You think we haven't seen one before? :roll:

:lol:

[edavis0780]

So you bought 6 PSPs???

You think we haven't seen one before? :roll:

:lol:

No, I didn't buy six of them. The first two pics are comparison shots between the phat and the slim, and the bottom two pics are of the same console. I know it probably belongs in the bragging rights forum, but I thought that people should really get the idea that turning GR credit into GS credit is a great idea.

[elmyra]

you should ask and check. that shouldnt be.
The clerk scanned it to check the price, since it didn't have a price sticker on it yet (I spotted it in a stack of new arrivals on the counter). Ditto for Resident Evil 4 Wii, it also scanned at $49.99. This was at two different locations.

[doubledown]

Well, I did get a Wii Zapper today....I was just saying they were sold out at Best Buy and other local stores before today. Now to shoot some Link ;)

[scott2hotcott]

The clerk scanned it to check the price, since it didn't have a price sticker on it yet (I spotted it in a stack of new arrivals on the counter). Ditto for Resident Evil 4 Wii, it also scanned at $49.99. This was at two different locations.

I think maybe GR accidentally has the price for Umbrella Chronicles there.

[$hady]

No, I didn't buy six of them. The first two pics are comparison shots between the phat and the slim, and the bottom two pics are of the same console. I know it probably belongs in the bragging rights forum, but I thought that people should really get the idea that turning GR credit into GS credit is a great idea.
LOL I didn't look that closely I just thought you took 6 pictures of the same system because you was ever so pround of it. ;)


Something is fishy with that RE4 Wii price I am almost certain i've seem it used for normal price at GR.

[doubledown]

LOL I didn't look that closely I just thought you took 6 pictures of the same system because you was ever so pround of it. ;)


Something is fishy with that RE4 Wii price I am almost certain i've seem it used for normal price at GR.

I saw RE4 used at GR marked $24.99 I believe.

[mkernan]

Since Madden 06 is getting $8, any idea about Madden '07? I'd call today, but I lost my voice.... stupid sickness.

[nlyonssmith]

Madden 07 was $13 a week or so ago I believe. Not quite as good of ratio as the 06 version.

[pandazn787]

hm..so i read in this thread that most gamerush stores require the cover arts.
well i just bought a bundled 360 with forza2 and marvel ultimate alliance and I really want to trade these in for CoD4. They come bundled together in one box. Do you think they'll still take this bundled box? Or would I have a better chance taking the cds out and trying to trade-in with just the 2 CDs?

[$hady]

hm..so i read in this thread that most gamerush stores require the cover arts.
well i just bought a bundled 360 with forza2 and marvel ultimate alliance and I really want to trade these in for CoD4. They come bundled together in one box. Do you think they'll still take this bundled box? Or would I have a better chance taking the cds out and trying to trade-in with just the 2 CDs?

I'd recommend taking in the discs seperately just keep the cover arts at home and stick the other one in some kinda case.

[djkunai]

Personally I just grabbed another dvd case and used the instruction booklet as the cover art. It's easier than making an employee print up a new cover, and all they have to is search for it in the computer instead of scanning it.

[Chitown021]

Is there a limit to the number of gift cards a customer can use on a single transaction??

[JJSP]

Here's to hoping The Darkness holds up at $32. I've got $65 in credit at EB, and I'd like to combine it with the $77 I have at GR.

[$hady]

Is there a limit to the number of gift cards a customer can use on a single transaction??
Why would there be a limit? I think I used 4 or 5 to pay for my $500 PS3 bundle. So bust um out and watch them wonder where you got um all from. :lol:

[Karuto]

Yeah, I made a 102% return from selling two used copies of Halo 3 back to GameStop. That leaves $30 in credit, which I'm giving away as a Christmas present.

[msdmoney]

Gamerush used to do periodic clearances of new games, has there been any recently?

[Chitown021]

Why would there be a limit? I think I used 4 or 5 to pay for my $500 PS3 bundle. So bust um out and watch them wonder where you got um all from. :lol:

I don't know. From reading earlier posts it seems like BB has some funky rules that pop up like you can't buy consoles with value cards.

I ask because I cashed in 3000 of my Coke Rewards pts for $300 in BB gift certificates. Only problem is it looks like I will get 20 x $15 gift cards.

[Warner1281]

I don't know. From reading earlier posts it seems like BB has some funky rules that pop up like you can't buy consoles with value cards.

I ask because I cashed in 3000 of my Coke Rewards pts for $300 in BB gift certificates. Only problem is it looks like I will get 20 x $15 gift cards.

If there is a limit to the number of cards you can use, it would be 20. But I've never had anyone try to use more than 10 giftcards, so I don't know.

In other news, the only price drop we had on used games this wek at our store was Carckdown (down to 24.99). Just a useless FYI.

[mkernan]

Gamestop is running the 30% extra trade-in coupon again, only from 12/4 to 12/6. So, if anybody is wanting to transfer credit over via Halo 3, they can again.

http://www.gamestop.com/30more

(copy and paste if it doesn't work)

[nlyonssmith]

Copying and pasting the link does work. Your best flip is probably Halo still, $35 -> $49 with edge.
(http://www.gamestop.com/gs/trade-ins/ebc3004108b.jpg)

[DisturbedZen]

I need to find a way to earn more GR credit! I'm shit OOS on credit!

[cheapkevin]

I'm sorry if I'm being a nuisance, but could someone tell me what exactly goes on in this thread? >_> I've only skimmed through a couple pages, and it seems like people buy used games at low prices then sell them at higher prices? Is that it? If so, does anyone have advice? I want to get an Xbox 360, and I guess this would be a good way to collect some money for it...

[blitz6speed]

Thanks to this thread, i took in F1 and Motorstorm for PS3 and paid an additional 4.62 cents and got a new sealed Uncharted for PS3! They gave me 30 per game credit! Blockbuster rocks!!

[Chitown021]

I'm sorry if I'm being a nuisance, but could someone tell me what exactly goes on in this thread? >_> I've only skimmed through a couple pages, and it seems like people buy used games at low prices then sell them at higher prices? Is that it? If so, does anyone have advice? I want to get an Xbox 360, and I guess this would be a good way to collect some money for it...


It's a thread for discussing all things Blockbuster/ Gamerush. Yes, there are discussions about games that can be purchased on the cheap from other stores but still have high trade values at BB. Also there's some general Q&A stuff like my question earlier about gift cards.

[mkernan]

Figure out trade-in values for games at Blockbuster/Gamerush. Find those games cheap somehow; oftentimes used at Gamestop w/ coupon or other promo. Then trade them in to Blockbuster at a profit. You can often get twice the trade-in credit for whatever money/GS credit you put into the process.

For example, I've been buying up every used copy of Madden 2006 for 360 at my area Gamestops. After Edge card, its like $3.60 per copy but trades in to Gamerush/BB for $8. Repeat the process a bunch of times and you're golden (preferably with higher-priced items though). that's the general idea.

[jdawgg76]

It's a thread for discussing all things Blockbuster/ Gamerush. Yes, there are discussions about games that can be purchased on the cheap from other stores but still have high trade values at BB. Also there's some general Q&A stuff like my question earlier about gift cards.They occasionally have clearance sales, but now that all or most last gen stuff is gone that's not as likely although a sale on used games is rumored.

Traded a Hour of Victory 360 for 32 as already confirmed this week.

Wiki still has 28.50 for Over G Fighters 360, but I was quoted 25. Spent 14 after tax so I may return it. . .

A Best Buy here had Sega Rally Revo 360 for 9.99 on a manager's clearance. I only got one copy and I'm keeping it, but I was curious what the trade in for it was so add SRR to the Wiki for $35 trade value.

[neocisco]

I haven't kept up with the thread lately. What's the deal with the Halo 3 flip to GS? Also, does the GS 30% bonus require a coupon?

[$hady]

I haven't kept up with the thread lately. What's the deal with the Halo 3 flip to GS? Also, does the GS 30% bonus require a coupon?
GR sells Halo 3 used for $44.99 and using the GS 30% bonus trade credit combined with your edge card you get $49 credit at Gamestop for it. People are just moving their remaining credit over to GS using this flip plus making a little at the same time.

GS coupon good only till 12/6: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162122

[io]

Man, I would definitely do the Halo thing but my local Blockbuster has never had a used Halo 3. They have 6 copies of Bioshock though :roll:.

In other news, I need to see if Bionicle Heroes or Gun (360) drops this week.

[gorgo]

Thanks to this thread, i took in F1 and Motorstorm for PS3 and paid an additional 4.62 cents and got a new sealed Uncharted for PS3! They gave me 30 per game credit! Blockbuster rocks!!

Still 30 for Motorstorm? I may have to take that in, thanks! : )

[egofed]

I've taken great advantage of the flips in this thread, and just wanted to say thanks. A local pawn shop has a few copies of Jaws for the Xbox at 4.99, and my Blockbuster can't/won't give quotes without the game present. Is this still holding at 19? Thanks again.

[mkernan]

No, it dropped to $16 last Tuesday.... could be less today though.

[frankcastle]

anyone have any info on hour of victory, darkness, or happy feet wii? wanting to do some flips if prices held.

[elmyra]

Man, I would definitely do the Halo thing but my local Blockbuster has never had a used Halo 3. They have 6 copies of Bioshock though :roll:.

I'm in the same boat. I've got about $550 in GR credit left, and I'd love to transfer it.

[djkunai]

No apparent drops today.

:wii:
Happy Feet $23

:ps3:
Darkness $33
Motorstorm $30
Warhawk $33
Untold Legends $20

:360:
Darkness $32
Hour of Victory $32
Over G Fighters $25
Open Season $15
Cars $8
Fuzion Frenzy 2 $8
Madden 06 $8
Madden 07 $8
Madden 08 $32

:xbox:
Jaws $16

:ps2:
Katamari Damacy $7
Jaws $16

Got hooked up with an employee discount for Superbad 2-Disc- just under $20 with tax (more like $10 because of flip credit).

[ShaJay]

You are the man for the update

[nlyonssmith]

Actually thats a drop in Madden 07 right? I believe it used to be $13 trade in?

[neocisco]

GR sells Halo 3 used for $44.99 and using the GS 30% bonus trade credit combined with your edge card you get $49 credit at Gamestop for it. People are just moving their remaining credit over to GS using this flip plus making a little at the same time.

GS coupon good only till 12/6: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162122

Thanks for the help.

[jdawgg76]

Just a heads up:

PS2 Jaws Unleashed is currently on clearance at Target at $10 (50%) right now. It should drop to 75% sometime soon at most stores so a $5 buy to $16 trade in (if the value holds) would be pretty sweet.

[Warner1281]

Beowolf can be had at GS for $20 (online only maybe??). Trades in for $36 at Blockbuster (PS3).

[Masterkyo]

Get Sears or CC pricematch with GS/EB and get Beowulf under $15.

[io]

From today (Tues):

:360: Bionicle Heroes $12 (d'oh! This was $15 before, so there's a drop that just happened. I forgot what it was when Iwas trading earlier. Oh well, only paid $4.41 for it anyway ;))
:360: Gun $12

And I just discovered that my local little Blockbuster DOES INDEED have used copies of Halo 3. Several in fact. They just kept them behind the register instead of out with the rest of the used games :bomb:...

Now I need to figure out how this coupon works and see if I can convert some of that useless credit!

[io]

Copying and pasting the link does work. Your best flip is probably Halo still, $35 -> $49 with edge.
(http://www.gamestop.com/gs/trade-ins/ebc3004108b.jpg)

Looks like Halo 3 dropped to $32 at EB/GS (according to a CAG in the 30% coupon thread) so the BEST you can do (coupon + Edge) is $44.80, and I could see my store denying the Edge stack. It is $45 at BB/GR, right? I may still do this but I have to admit the loss of $4 makes it just that much less tempting (considering also that I have to drive 20 miles round trip to the GS to do the trade by the 6th). It is really too bad BB didn't come up with the rumored used game sale in December - or at least not yet. 25% off or B2G1 free would have made a nice combo with the EB/GS coupon.

[TMNT770]

anybody know how much credit u get if u trade in Two World for xbox 360?

[nlyonssmith]

Most likely $35, that is still relatively new by GR standards.

[noone13]

Does anyone know the trade values of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Shrek 3, and/or Spiderman 3 for 360? Sorry to ask but my Blockbuster won't give out quotes over the phone. Also my Blockbuster will only let me trade in two copies of a game period? Is that odd because I see lots of you guys saying two a day is your limit. Its just a regular Blockbuster if that matters. Thanks for any answers/help.

[$hady]

Beowolf can be had at GS for $20 (online only maybe??). Trades in for $36 at Blockbuster (PS3).
WOW that shit already hit $19.99 new for 360 and PS3! That SHOULD make used copies like 16 or 17... Time to start building credit again. This time though i'm gonna try to do as much as I can before the 30% GS coupon dies and use Halo 3 to move Gamerush credit back over to Gamestop credit.

Thanks Warner very nice find. :D

Edit: Didn't even see the huge thread about this. Went in and first thing I saw was DJ talking about how many thousands of dollars he gonna make flipping this game! :lol:

[io]

An individual store is certainly able to make up their own restrictions and 2 of a title, ever, is reasonable. There are always other Blockbusters if you need to spread more around. I kind of make it a personal rule not to do more than 1 or 2 copies of any single game at one location anyway.

I did see an interesting thing today that must be new. When I did my game trades there was a new employee that she was showing the transaction to. Everything was pretty much as expected but then she told him that they were shown a number which says how many more copies they are allowed to take of that title. That must be a new thing. If not, it is nothing I've ever heard mentioned before. Maybe they are finally limiting the number of copies (total) of any given title so a store doesn't get swamped with something. If true, that is certainly overdue ;).

[edavis0780]

I did see an interesting thing today that must be new. When I did my game trades there was a new employee that she was showing the transaction to. Everything was pretty much as expected but then she told him that they were shown a number which says how many more copies they are allowed to take of that title. That must be a new thing. If not, it is nothing I've ever heard mentioned before. Maybe they are finally limiting the number of copies (total) of any given title so a store doesn't get swamped with something. If true, that is certainly overdue ;).

This is indeed disturbing news.

[blitz6speed]

Went back today and took Rainbow Six Vegas and Motorstorm (version that comes with the 80 gig ps3 this time). They wouldnt take Motorstorm because it has NOT FOR RESALE plastered all over the damn cover (going to print a custom cover and take it back to a different store), but they gave me 33 for Rainbow Six Vegas, and i got Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII and Dragon Quest VII for 10.05 after credit. Very satisfied! All i need left is God of War 2, Kingdom Hearts 1 and Disney Golf and ill own every single PS2 game i want in existance!

[cribbs542]

I did see an interesting thing today that must be new. When I did my game trades there was a new employee that she was showing the transaction to. Everything was pretty much as expected but then she told him that they were shown a number which says how many more copies they are allowed to take of that title. That must be a new thing. If not, it is nothing I've ever heard mentioned before. Maybe they are finally limiting the number of copies (total) of any given title so a store doesn't get swamped with something. If true, that is certainly overdue ;).

Been working at BBV for about 7 months. If a title is able to be traded in, the limit is 999. If its not able to be traded in, its listed as ---. Rarely do I ever see anything other than that, except when I traded in 3 copies of Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer for Wii (30 each) did it go down to 996.

[io]

Been working at BBV for about 7 months. If a title is able to be traded in, the limit is 999. If its not able to be traded in, its listed as ---. Rarely do I ever see anything other than that, except when I traded in 3 copies of Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer for Wii (30 each) did it go down to 996.

Interesting - but the mechanics are there for them to limit the number much more severely. She was showing the other guy and didn't tell me what the number was for Gun or Bionicle Heroes. I would have liked to know ;).

In other news, any idea what the 360 version of Silver Surfer trades for?

[dinovelvet]

In other news, any idea what the 360 version of Silver Surfer trades for?

I believe $15 was mentioned in this thread recently. If that still holds, I'll probably trade my $9 Target copy in, depending on whether I can be bothered to get those last few achievements...

[io]

I believe $15 was mentioned in this thread recently. If that still holds, I'll probably trade my $9 Target copy in, depending on whether I can be bothered to get those last few achievements...

Yeah, I thought I remembered that but wasn't sure if I mixed that up with Call of Juarez, which I also ordered around the same time as I picked up Silver Surfer. I'll probably just return my Silver Surfer though since it's less than a double.

[doubledown]

Anyone trade in WARHAWK? I know it has Not For Resale on the case, but I hav ethe big box also (just not the headset). Curious what it gets.

Beowolf seems like a nice opportunity :)

[jkircos]

Went back today and took Rainbow Six Vegas and Motorstorm (version that comes with the 80 gig ps3 this time). They wouldnt take Motorstorm because it has NOT FOR RESALE plastered all over the damn cover (going to print a custom cover and take it back to a different store), but they gave me 33 for Rainbow Six Vegas, and i got Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII and Dragon Quest VII for 10.05 after credit. Very satisfied! All i need left is God of War 2, Kingdom Hearts 1 and Disney Golf and ill own every single PS2 game i want in existance!

Which Rainbow Six Vegas? Xbox 360 or PS3?

Also my GR will not answer this over teh phone, but what is the trade in value or an Xbox 360 and PSP Fat?

[Warner1281]

An individual store is certainly able to make up their own restrictions and 2 of a title, ever, is reasonable. There are always other Blockbusters if you need to spread more around. I kind of make it a personal rule not to do more than 1 or 2 copies of any single game at one location anyway.

I did see an interesting thing today that must be new. When I did my game trades there was a new employee that she was showing the transaction to. Everything was pretty much as expected but then she told him that they were shown a number which says how many more copies they are allowed to take of that title. That must be a new thing. If not, it is nothing I've ever heard mentioned before. Maybe they are finally limiting the number of copies (total) of any given title so a store doesn't get swamped with something. If true, that is certainly overdue ;).

That number has been there for as long as BB/GR has accepted trades. It's a useless number to have though, because it is set to 999 for all titles that we accept trades on. The only titles we don't accept for trade (besides shit like the $1 movies they sell at Walgreens) are movies that we just transferred from rental to used movies and have like 100 copies. So yeah, unless a game has been traded into that store over 900 times, you don't have anything to worry about.

[$hady]

Hit a few places right near my house started with just my disc only Halo 3 and when I came home I have $14.40 GS credit and 4 Beowulf PS3 or $152 credit which can be flipped back to GS credit using Halo 3 and 40% coupon. Gonna go back out in a bit and dump those Beowolfs at the GR/BB stores in the other direction of my house. I <3 GR, glad I have so many near me. Getting Halo 3 back from Goozex since nothing decent ever comes available..... Used nearly free Medal of Honor Airborne to get that so yea good times! :D


Didn't ask about 360 version I assume it's $35 since thats how the Darkness was $36 :ps3: $35 :360: I'll probably do a couple 360 later I didn't want to spend anything at all out of my pocket so I just went with PS3 since it's a little more. Also just a \\:D/ to those who can't find any.....one of my GR stores has 6 more copies of Halo 3....

OH yea and don't forget the 10% GS coupon like I did!
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160071

[ViolentLee]

In other news, any idea what the 360 version of Silver Surfer trades for?
Got $15 for it Nov. 21. Gosh, io, if you don't read my posts detailing the credit I received, I don't think anybody does. ;)

[TMNT770]

i just got beowulf for 35 at gamerush

[Slim Gatsby]

i just got beowulf for 35 at gamerush

No, no, you should be trading it in at GameRush. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

[DisturbedZen]

No, no, you should be trading it in at GameRush. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

I think he meant to say he traded it in.

I don't think GR will give you $35 credit and sell it for $35 credit.

;)

[FoxHoundADAM]

No, no, you should be trading it in at GameRush. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.LOL someone needs to make a picture of a guy buying a game at BB with the tet "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG" on it.

[TMNT770]

i meant i just traded it there and got 35 dollars in credit for it. im going to buy some more so i can get rockband bundle

[sp00ge]

Damn you guys. I got sucked into the darkside. I picked up two copies of Beowolf from walmart for 19.82, took them to BB, along with several other games I don't play, managed enough credit for 3 copies of Halo3 with $10 credit left over.

Took them to GS, with the wife's help, after picking up an Edge card, I ended up with $120. Picked up another copy of Beowolf from GS, back to BB for another $35, to take me up to $45 for another copy of Halo3. Back to GS to take me up to $145 in credit, with an initial $40 and some crappy games invested.

I'm gonna Kunai this until they change the trade value at BB or I get banned. :D I never go to that store anymore since I got rid of BB Online.

[jdawgg76]

Damn you guys. I got sucked into the darkside. I picked up two copies of Beowolf from walmart for 19.82, took them to BB, along with several other games I don't play, managed enough credit for 3 copies of Halo3 with $10 credit left over.

Took them to GS, with the wife's help, after picking up an Edge card, I ended up with $120. Picked up another copy of Beowolf from GS, back to BB for another $35, to take me up to $45 for another copy of Halo3. Back to GS to take me up to $145 in credit, with an initial $40 and some crappy games invested.

I'm gonna Kunai this until they change the trade value at BB or I get banned. :D I never go to that store anymore since I got rid of BB Online.Kunai just became a verb for the wiki! I've felt this to be the right thing to do for a while now, but I haven't had a chance to do ay Kunaiing yet. :D

[Slim Gatsby]

I'm getting on this as soon as I finish my term papers. Been locking myself in the library all week.

[io]

Got $15 for it Nov. 21. Gosh, io, if you don't read my posts detailing the credit I received, I don't think anybody does. ;)

Yeah, sorry about that. I should have looked back but I thought it was Call of Juarez that someone posted. In any case, I verified that it is indeed still $15 as of today. Forza 2 is still $32.

I guess djkunai is probably too busy Kunaiing to keep the Wiki updated ;). I had kind of been leaving that to him.

I looked through the Halo 3 copies they had and only one was in decent condition (and it looked unused - I'm assuming this was all rental stock and for whatever reason this one didn't get put out and they just decided to dump it as a used title - the girl their said they got 30 originally and they didn't sell any new copies there).

So I guess I'll head to GS this evening and flip my one copy. I can't see getting Beowulf and doing the ping-pong flip though.

[djkunai]

I'm gonna Kunai this until they change the trade value at BB or I get banned. :D
If you get banned you're not Kunaiing properly.

I guess DJKunai is probably too busy Kunaiing to keep the Wiki updated ;). I had kind of been leaving that to him.

I've been posting a lot from my phone recently- wiki is a pain to update that way.

[io]

I've been posting a lot from my phone recently- wiki is a pain to update that way.

Exactly - out kunaiing I presume!

[Slim Gatsby]

Is the term kunaiing in the wiki? ;)

[sp00ge]

Is the term kunaiing in the wiki? ;)

It will be, I'm sure. As long as I get credit for being the first to use it as a verb. :D And having only one BB in the region bit me in the ass. No more Beowulf trade-ins for me. :(

Time to recruit the wife. :D

[djkunai]

It will be, I'm sure. As long as I get credit for being the first to use it as a verb. :D
kunai
v. kunaied, kunaiing, kunais
1. To purchase several copies of the same video game for the sole purpose of trading them into another establishment for an impressive profit

"I kunaiied 20 copies of Beowulf and got $800 in credit at GameRush."

[cdeener]

kunai
v. kunaied, kunaiing, kunais
1. To purchase several copies of the same video game for the sole purpose of trading them into another establishment for an impressive profit

"I kunaiied 20 copies of Beowulf and got $800 in credit at GameRush."

But we were flipping years before you came up with this concept so I guess someone finally actually laid claim to a term to use for flipping.

Well, I guess it will take some time for kunai to get use to reffering to himself as a verb because he misspelled his own word in the example.

[jkircos]

Well nothing will ever match Drake and the 99 Dragons...less than $5 at most stores and I think it got $28 in credit. There were some others that were just as good. Its been so long since those amazing trade values. Io I think you need to put in the old classics in the 1st post

[jdawgg76]

But we were flipping years before you came up with this concept so I guess someone finally actually laid claim to a term to use for flipping.

Well, I guess it will take some time for kunai to get use to reffering to himself as a verb because he misspelled his own word in the example.He gets credit for doing it to an extreme level with an unabashed dedication above and beyond the call of duty. And I always find a little irony when somebody makes a misspelling when referring to a misspelling ;)


Also, for those that have a Target clearancing 360 Blitz, it's at $10 (50% off) now and if it hits 75% off at 5 bucks then it will make a great trade if the wiki value of 22 still holds. Personally, I'm looking to kunai four copies and keep one for myself!

[nlyonssmith]

I'd love to hear about the fantastic trades that preceeded me!

[io]

I'd love to hear about the fantastic trades that preceeded me!

Did you just start with GR in Mar 2007 when you joined CAG? If so, oh, man, there is a huge list...

The Drake one is pretty old - that is even before my time.

I was looking through old receipts trying to find something and recalled a few more recent ones. There was a period in January 2006 where you could buy Echo Night Beyond and Kuon for $10 at GS (I think) and trade them at BB for $24. And at the same time Flatout for the Xbox was available in piles at TRU for $9.98 and traded for $27. A few months before that you could get Galleon and Nightmare of Druaga from TRU for $7 and trade them for $19.

Then there was Red Ninja which I think was usually $10 at CC but for some reason I have it marked (on my BB trade-in slip) as costing me $7.80 - must have been a 25% off or something at CC. That traded for $27 for a while. I still see copies of that sitting at some of my local Blockbusters ;).

Here's some more: Marc Ecko's Getting Up was $7.96 at CC and traded for $24. Plus you got to keep the silver sharpie if you got the LE to trade. Geist was a $9.98 -> $24 conversion. I have Dead To Rights II for Xbox showing as $8.33/$9.97 -> $27. Exit for PSP $8.96 -> $23. Nightmare Before Christmas $8.96 -> $24. There was a time there when CC was a gold mine for credit building because the games you were trying to buy were not popular so they could be found easily and you didn't feel bad buying them up as no one else wanted them anyway.

More: Constantine was $9.90 at Fry's and traded for $23. Ooh, found an earlier receipt where I traded a $10 Echo Night Beyond for $30. Then there was Powerdrome which was cheap various places but I think I got some from Target for $2.48 and traded for $12. One of my best flips ever in terms of it coming out of the blue (as well as in terms of percentage gain) was a GBA Dora game I got at Kmart for $4. I actually got it for my son but it had a lame-ass password save so I took it to GR and got an astounding $17.50 for it. Got $23 for a $10 copy of PowerPuff Girls Relish Rampage for the GC. There's lots more ;).

And don't forget that during most of that time you could get a preorder fully paid for on any game for just $29.99 when you traded 2 games. There was nothing quite like trading in 2 games that cost you $8-$20 total and getting a $50 game preorder like FF XII or Zelda Twilight Princess paid off and an extra $10-$30 back in GR credit.

[io]

Oh, and to bring us back to current times, I was able to take that Halo 3 I got from my local BB to GS and got $44.80 for it, so a nice nearly-even exchange there. I was also able to take the extra Zelda Phantom Hourglass from my DS bundle (since I had the game already) and trade that for $28 at GS using the 30% bonus. Nice... That is really a conversion of Gamecrazy credit to EB, but I'l take it.

[doubledown]

Wow, all the great memories. I loved that Trade 2 get a Pre-Order for $29.99. I was lucky enough to Pre-Order 360 games with that deal...got about 6-8 games that way. They also had the deal trade 2 games in and get a Pre-Owned for $5. This could be an endless cycle of flipping.

I have't flipped really in a long time actually...although, I may get 1 or 2 copies of Beowolf....that would be ideal. Maybe at lunch, I have some errands to run.

[lyric706]

The Trade 2 Get a Pre-Owned for $5 was my personal favorite. And I seem to remember some PS2 college basketball game that was hot a few years ago as well — a $5 EB game for $24 in GR credit or something like that. Another note: I have some Blockbusters near me that, from time to time, put all their used games out for $14.99. I was able to pick up titles such as Zelda Twilight Princess, Super Paper Mario, NBA Street Homecourt (360), Oblivion (PS3) all on the cheap with GR credit, take them back to my GR, and trade them for more than I paid. So essentially, BB/GR was paying me to take their product from one store to another.

[JJSP]

I know it's typically a 2-game limit per store per day on same copies, but is it possible to kunai 2x PS3 Beowulf's and 1x 360 Beowulf on the same day? There's only one GR near me, and if I don't have to make two trips, I'd be very happy.

BTW, I like this "kunai" as a verb.

[sam1982]

You can. You can trade up to 2 copies of any game title per system per day. I traded 2 ps3 copies for 36.00 each and 2 xbox 360 copies for 35.00 for a total of 142.00 in one trip.

[nlyonssmith]

Unless you are friendly with your BBV employees or you have a really good recurring excuse, it seems to be asking for trouble trading in so many copies of a game, especially by abusing the per system factor there.

Good luck doing it, I get enough questionable looks as it is when I flip 2 copies of the same game at one store.

[stoned99]

The Beowulf thing is a sweet trade, it also gets the 5$ Movie cash, so looks like me and the kids get to see a movie.

[djkunai]

The Beowulf thing is a sweet trade, it also gets the 5$ Movie cash, so looks like me and the kids get to see a movie.


Wait what!? I've been trading it in sealed- is there movie cash inside!?

[io]

OK, I updated the wiki since djkunai is too busy with his kunaiing to do so...

So this Beowulf deal is $19.99 at GS now? I was there last night when I traded Halo 3 and of course it was marked $59.99. I didn't ask for a price check since I'm still unsure I even want to convert $20 in EB credit into $35 in Blockbuster credit. Seems not worth it to me, but maybe I ought to do just one ;).

[djkunai]

Also, on the topic of epic deals, GR had one in May or so of 2005.

Trade any 3 games, get any used game in stock for $4.99. Combined with a GameCrazy, this turned into:

Buy 3 games for $11 cash at GameCrazy (B2G1 Free on $4.99 and under games). Flip the 3 games for $6 in credit at GameRush. Buy God of War for $4.99 with credit. Take God of War back to GameCrazy, get $35 credit. Buy another 9 games from GameCrazy with that credit. Trade the 9 games to GameRush to get God of War, Star Wars Episode 3 on PS2, and Episode 3 on Xbox. Trade them into a different GameRush for $115 in credit. Pick up a copy of God of War.

In the end I would have $115 credit to GameRush and a copy of God of War ready to go back to GameCrazy the next day for another 9 games. Lather rinsed and repeated over a week or two. Made $800 credit out of $11 cash. I didn't kunai properly and was banned from one store (the ban was gone by a year later).

[io]

Ok, so you were around for that deal then ;). Others above were talking about the same thing (they said 2 games, I was pretty sure it was trade 3 like you say). That was the deal that led to a lot of bannings and the deal was pulled early. After all, it invited epic abuse.

I never used it to flip, but I did grab a few things like Ep III for PS2, Republic Commando for Xbox, and a few others and eBay them to help pay for my GR trade fodder (I mean, I probably used the deal 4 or 5 times total). Although I had access to many Gamecrazy's the thought of doing the full kunai never occured to me ;). I could also only use it at my local BB as the GR store came up with the wierd restriction that the games traded had to be worth more than $15 each or something. I found out later they retracted that but by that time the deal had been cancelled.

[KrayzieKMF]

I wish Game Rush stocked DDR for the Wii.

[JJSP]

io, Beowulf 360 and PS3 is $19.99 at EB/GS regardless of what it's tagged at. Some stores restickered things early yesterday morning, and some are just lazy (typically, the high-volume stores at the mall). The same thing happened when Oblivion 360 dropped to $29.99 - most stores still had it tagged at $59/54, but the system rings it correctly. To the best of my knowledge, there's no manual price-changing at EB/GS - it's all handled internally on their network.

[sp00ge]

Wait what!? I've been trading it in sealed- is there movie cash inside!? Yup... $5 movie cash for admission or concession stand. I traded in 2 before I noticed it.

[Slim Gatsby]

Damn, really? Good thing I only swapped 2 of my 6! No one said anything about this! :-o

Thanks for the heads-up!

[io]

io, Beowulf 360 and PS3 is $19.99 at EB/GS regardless of what it's tagged at. Some stores restickered things early yesterday morning, and some are just lazy (typically, the high-volume stores at the mall). The same thing happened when Oblivion 360 dropped to $29.99 - most stores still had it tagged at $59/54, but the system rings it correctly. To the best of my knowledge, there's no manual price-changing at EB/GS - it's all handled internally on their network.

Well, yes, I figured that ;). But when I was in the store last night I couldn't remember what the deal was you guys were talking about and at the time it didn't help that they hadn't restickered. I wasn't sure if people were buying it new or used (sometimes one drops before the other and such). It probably wouldn't have mattered anyway as I didn't remember what you guys said it traded for at Blockbuster so I would have passed.

I can still get in on it this weekend (before any potential drop on Tuesday), obviously - just not the Halo 3 return flip unless another bonus coupon comes out. I may yet still pick up a Beowulf ;).

[Slim Gatsby]

So, the "Move Cash" changes this from $22 for $38 in credit to $22 for $38 in BB Credit AND $5 for the movies? Nice; every 4 of these I flip costs me $88; I get $144 in BB credit and a date gets paid for out of it? Kickass.

Hm...do you know of anyone who might be interested in trading $350 or so in BB/GR Credit for $300-350 in Amazon credit?

[djkunai]

Hm...do you know of anyone who might be interested in trading $350 or so in BB/GR Credit for $300-350 in Amazon credit?

No, but if you do give me their contact info!

I went back and asked the guy let me see the copies that I traded in. Got the cash from the 8 I traded, and gave him 1 that someone else had traded in (there were 3 total, and 2 were already taken out). Also, I only found the cash in the 360 version. So I have 8 already with another 12 on the way. $100 in movie cash. Hooray!

[io]

Also, I only found the cash in the 360 version. So I have 8 already with another 12 on the way. $100 in movie cash. Hooray!

TWENTY copies of Beowulf?? See, THIS is why we created a new verb for djkunai's flipping activity. And here I am going back and forth in my mind about doing just ONE copy.

[TMNT770]

i just traded in 6 beowulf

[theeipi]

Also, on the topic of epic deals, GR had one in May or so of 2005.

Trade any 3 games, get any used game in stock for $4.99. Combined with a GameCrazy, this turned into:

Buy 3 games for $11 cash at GameCrazy (B2G1 Free on $4.99 and under games). Flip the 3 games for $6 in credit at GameRush. Buy God of War for $4.99 with credit. Take God of War back to GameCrazy, get $35 credit. Buy another 9 games from GameCrazy with that credit. Trade the 9 games to GameRush to get God of War, Star Wars Episode 3 on PS2, and Episode 3 on Xbox. Trade them into a different GameRush for $115 in credit. Pick up a copy of God of War.

In the end I would have $115 credit to GameRush and a copy of God of War ready to go back to GameCrazy the next day for another 9 games. Lather rinsed and repeated over a week or two. Made $800 credit out of $11 cash. I didn't kunai properly and was banned from one store (the ban was gone by a year later).

Actually, Blockbuster has a buy 2 get 1 at the same time as they had the trade two get any one for $5 promo. One could kunai in this fashion:

(I'll do without tax to be easier)

Buy 4 Get 2 of cheapest games = 4 * $7 = $28
Trade 6 (1 credit each), get 3 games of most expensive = 15 - 6 = $9
Trade 3 (35 each), get 1 of most expensive = 5 - 105 = -100

$37 credit became 100 credit, plus a free game, which when traded in, gave you $35 of the $37 back.

[Slim Gatsby]

Acutally, would anyone with high feedback (20-30+) and a local GameRush be willing to spend my credit for me & ship me one or two things? And what would they want for their time? Thanks!

[djkunai]

Acutally, would anyone with high feedback (20-30+) and a local GameRush be willing to spend my credit for me & ship me one or two things? And what would they want for their time? Thanks!

Sure thing, just cover cost and shipping ($3). PM me.

On another note, I just kunaied 3 more 360 copies and another 8 PS3 copies. Will trade them in tonight/tomorrow.

[grecianfox]

Did you just start with GR in Mar 2007 when you joined CAG? If so, oh, man, there is a huge list...

The Drake one is pretty old - that is even before my time.

I was looking through old receipts trying to find something and recalled a few more recent ones. There was a period in January 2006 where you could buy Echo Night Beyond and Kuon for $10 at GS (I think) and trade them at BB for $24. And at the same time Flatout for the Xbox was available in piles at TRU for $9.98 and traded for $27. A few months before that you could get Galleon and Nightmare of Druaga from TRU for $7 and trade them for $19.

Then there was Red Ninja which I think was usually $10 at CC but for some reason I have it marked (on my BB trade-in slip) as costing me $7.80 - must have been a 25% off or something at CC. That traded for $27 for a while. I still see copies of that sitting at some of my local Blockbusters ;).

Here's some more: Marc Ecko's Getting Up was $7.96 at CC and traded for $24. Plus you got to keep the silver sharpie if you got the LE to trade. Geist was a $9.98 -> $24 conversion. I have Dead To Rights II for Xbox showing as $8.33/$9.97 -> $27. Exit for PSP $8.96 -> $23. Nightmare Before Christmas $8.96 -> $24. There was a time there when CC was a gold mine for credit building because the games you were trying to buy were not popular so they could be found easily and you didn't feel bad buying them up as no one else wanted them anyway.

More: Constantine was $9.90 at Fry's and traded for $23. Ooh, found an earlier receipt where I traded a $10 Echo Night Beyond for $30. Then there was Powerdrome which was cheap various places but I think I got some from Target for $2.48 and traded for $12. One of my best flips ever in terms of it coming out of the blue (as well as in terms of percentage gain) was a GBA Dora game I got at Kmart for $4. I actually got it for my son but it had a lame-ass password save so I took it to GR and got an astounding $17.50 for it. Got $23 for a $10 copy of PowerPuff Girls Relish Rampage for the GC. There's lots more ;).

And don't forget that during most of that time you could get a preorder fully paid for on any game for just $29.99 when you traded 2 games. There was nothing quite like trading in 2 games that cost you $8-$20 total and getting a $50 game preorder like FF XII or Zelda Twilight Princess paid off and an extra $10-$30 back in GR credit.

That is a preety complete list. I remember that Ghost in the Shell and King of Fighters(MI) ($10 at Meijer/traded for 25 was pretty popular). There were several other popular $9.98 TRU clerance games (Romance of the Three Kingdoms X and Fight Night Rd. 2 for the GC) that also traded for 25+. I always found it funny when I would walk into a GR and see 5-10 of some of those titles lying around.

On the preorder 2 for 29.99 deal I think I was getting games on average for about 12.50. There was a time that deal overlapped with a trade three get a used game for 9.99 deal. Good times.

[nietzsche74]

Traded:

F.E.A.R (Xbox360) - $15
The History Channel's Civil War: A Nation Divided (Xbox 360) - $19

[elmyra]

Yup... $5 movie cash for admission or concession stand. I traded in 2 before I noticed it.

I've never heard of this movie cash. Is it tied to a specific theater chain?

[whymustiregister]

Search for a participating theater at http://www.moviecash.com/locatorUS.php

[djkunai]

I've never heard of this movie cash. Is it tied to a specific theater chain?

Most theaters take it (especially big companies like Pacific, Mann and Edwards). There's a site where you can check to see if you google moviecash. It's good for $5 off admission to Beowulf or $5 off at concession. I'm now at $120 with them. Enough to take out a big group of friends with popcorn and soda to boot. Maybe an end of the semester party.

[kojubat]

Darn. I would have taken the dollar hit in trade value to get the movie cash for a family outing. Didn't even bother to look at the 360 versions.

Ah well. Four PS3 copies is probably enough to deal with this weekend anyway.

[io]

Search for a participating theater at http://www.moviecash.com/locatorUS.php

Cool, thanks! The best theater in the area accepts this stuff. Now I may have to get more than 1 Beowulf ;). I can probably get rid of 3 before next Tuesday... That will almost pay for a ticket for me and one of the kids.

Wait, is the admission only for Beowulf? But the food can be used at any time I assume? That's not quite so great since I usually stay away from the movie food anyway. I was hoping to use it to get into another movie (like Golden Compass).

[elmyra]

Search for a participating theater at http://www.moviecash.com/locatorUS.php

Awesome, thanks! I'm not sure if I really need more GR credit, but what the hell. ;)

[dracula]

i just traded in 6 beowulf


i havent traded anything to BB/GR in years, but i remember the drake deal a lot of guys got banned for this type of thing. Spread them out to 6 differnt stores.

this deal is good enough that it might just have to get me off of my cheap ass. but really there are easier ways to make money, and this is just GR credit you are getting, not cash.

[Slim Gatsby]

Um...reading the MovieCash, it looks like its only $5 off per ticket and only for Beowulf or concessions, if anyone can confirm otherwise, let me know.

[kojubat]

this deal is good enough that it might just have to get me off of my cheap ass. but really there are easier ways to make money, and this is just GR credit you are getting, not cash.
These days, GR credit spends just fine. I picked up Rock Band without a preorder, can get most of the big releases within a week at a significant discount, and now they have started discounting some new release DVDs to compete with Walmart/Target in the first week.

(And that doesn't even factor in the element of swapping Halo 3 and Beowolf back and forth, bringing the pennies on the dollar lower with each swap.)

Very handy with a major gift holiday coming up and at least four gamers besides myself on my gift-giving list, and plenty of DVD watchers.

[io]

Oh, yeah, no doubt if I had a GR around I'd be kunaiing this as much as possible. It's just that without one I think 3 is more than enough. I'm heading out to CC anyway and nearby is a Mall with 2 EB/GS stores, so I'm hoping to pick up another Halo 3 at my BB, head up there, hit up CC, hit up the Mall, then get dinner ;). The Beowulf trades will have to wait until tomorrow.

[JJSP]

Successfully traded in three copies of Beowulf today. Traded one of the PS3 copies at a Blockbuster near me, and one PS3 and 360 each at the local GR.

This deal has been wonderful for me. Bought GHIII bundle at Goodwill for $40, traded the game along with Fight Night R3 and Halo 2 to EB for $65 with the coupon, bought three Beowulf's, traded those to Gamerush for $107 credit + $5 moviecash.

[whymustiregister]

FYI, the vouchers in the :360: version are Hollywood Movie/Concession Money, not Movie Cash. Expires February 16, 2008.

http://www.hollywoodmoviemoney.com/

Enter Promo Code 32432 and your Zip Code to find a participating theater along with the showtimes.

The fine print on the back, bold/italics/caps straight from the text:

RESTRICTIONS: A. Certificates are valid at participating theaters for $5 OFF one admission to see Beowulf at any exhibition of, including those designated as "no coupons, no passes" in local listing guides. OR $5 OFF concession purchase. B. If lost, cannot be replaced. Void if resold. C. No reproductions will be accepted. D. Cast value 1/100th of one cent.

[falcon815]

These days, GR credit spends just fine. I picked up Rock Band without a preorder

Echo that; GR credit's good for big purchases around here. I flipped five 360 Beowulfs yesterday... turned $100 in GS credit into a 360 copy of Rock Band and $25 in movie cash for my movieholic brother-in-law (thankfully, he lives within a couple miles of a participating theater).

[frankcastle]

just got back from 2 GR, spent my credit and got 2 rock band bundles they just got in. check today they seemed to all get a shipment.
.

[SGT Killjoy]

These days, GR credit spends just fine. I picked up Rock Band without a preorder

Echo that; GR credit's good for big purchases around here. I flipped five 360 Beowulfs yesterday... turned $100 in GS credit into a 360 copy of Rock Band and $25 in movie cash for my movieholic brother-in-law (thankfully, he lives within a couple miles of a participating theater).

did one store really take all 5? thats crazy, the limit is 2.

[SGT Killjoy]

Successfully traded in three copies of Beowulf today. Traded one of the PS3 copies at a Blockbuster near me, and one PS3 and 360 each at the local GR.

This deal has been wonderful for me. Bought GHIII bundle at Goodwill for $40, traded the game along with Fight Night R3 and Halo 2 to EB for $65 with the coupon, bought three Beowulf's, traded those to Gamerush for $107 credit + $5 moviecash.


how the frack did you get GHIII at goodwill

[falcon815]

did one store really take all 5? thats crazy, the limit is 2.

Nah, there are seven GRs between my work and my house, so I just made a few extra stops on the way home.

[io]

did one store really take all 5? thats crazy, the limit is 2.

Nah, there are seven GRs between my work and my house, so I just made a few extra stops on the way home.

:drool:

I wish I just had the 1 back ;).

Anyway, I was able to stop by my local BB last night and pick through the Halo 3's again and find the least destroyed one (one had a giant ring etched into the disc surface near the edge!) and take that to EB last night. Got my $44.80 and then bought 2 copies of Beowulf for $35.98 (used the 10% off coupon). I'll trade one back into my local BB and will have to save the other for the one in the next town (that carries a few new games too - will have to see what they have now).

So, anyway, 2 copies is about all I could handle of this - one to each of the closest 2 Blockbuster stores. I just couldn't see taking more credit away from a useful place and putting it into a useless place, even at nearly a 100% profit.

[mrhappi79]

I plan on Kunaiing some copies of Beowulf but I wanted to know if anyone has encountered any problems when buying multiple copies of the same game from GS/EB? The reason being is that sometimes they specify "no dealers/resellers" or something.

What's the safest number of copies I can buy from GS/EB at one time?

Also the wiki doesn't show the trade in value for the PS3 version but I'm guessing its $36?

[dinovelvet]

So I see there are new $16.96 games at Circuit City, including 360, Wii, and PS3 titles. Could be some good titles in there for kunaiing...I figure at least one of those PS3/Wii games still gets $33 at GR!

[nlyonssmith]

I plan on Kunaiing some copies of Beowulf but I wanted to know if anyone has encountered any problems when buying multiple copies of the same game from GS/EB? The reason being is that sometimes they specify "no dealers/resellers" or something.

What's the safest number of copies I can buy from GS/EB at one time?

Also the wiki doesn't show the trade in value for the PS3 version but I'm guessing its $36?

Tell them you are buying them for your cousins, to donate to children, or both.

Or tell them that they are for your college class next semester where the teacher wants to compare Beowulf the game, the movie, and the book and see the differences.

Be creative, you are smarter than they are.

[io]

So I see there are new $16.96 games at Circuit City, including 360, Wii, and PS3 titles. Could be some good titles in there for kunaiing...I figure at least one of those PS3/Wii games still gets $33 at GR!

I thought about it briefly, but didn't think the slight possibility of $17 -> $33 was worth the hassle. I'm sure there's something that trades well though. I doubt any of the Wii games get that much, and many of the 360 games are cheaper ones anyway but BB/GR is always full of surprises and I'm sure there's a good one there somewhere. Probably one of the soccer games I ignored :lol:.

I just took one copy of Beowulf along with Gun and Bionicle Heroes in so I could get a printed quote of $59 total ($35/$12/$12). I then traded just Beowulf in for the $35. I'll take my second copy to Gamecrazy along with the other 2 games for their trade-in price match guarantee. That way I win (as in it is somewhere I can actually spend the credit).

[djkunai]

Grabbed two more 360 versions today, also got my GS.com shipment of 12 360 copies- will kunai them today through Monday.

[MightySlacker]

You can get these for 17.99 at Circuit City with their gamer card (which if you've been kunaiing these it would have paid for itself already), plus theres a $15 off $100 coupon floating around. Be a little less than $100 for 6 copies

My Gamecrazy is gonna shit a brick when i come in to pricematch GR's trade-in value.

Dave

[doubledown]

Traded just ONE copy of the PS3 version in today...I may get a 360 version for the movie cash. My friends actually LOVED this movie (they saw it in 3D though).

[io]

You can get these for 17.99 at Circuit City with their gamer card (which if you've been kunaiing these it would have paid for itself already), plus theres a $15 off $100 coupon floating around. Be a little less than $100 for 6 copies

My Gamecrazy is gonna shit a brick when i come in to pricematch GR's trade-in value.

Dave

Are you doing 6 of them there? ;)
I'm going in with just the one. Do they sell it for $19.99 new now too, or have they not caught up yet? I was just wandering, because GC may have a native trade-in value of $33 or so (plus MVP) on it anyway if they haven't adjusted their prices yet. I guess I'll ask first to be sure. Also, I got the printed quote today - I hope they will accept that tomorrow or do you think I should drag myself in there tonight?

[mrhappi79]

Should I unwrap the copies of Beowulf PS3 before trading them in?

Second, are there any other games besides Halo 3 that are good for buying at BB and kunaiing them over to EB/GS?


Would I be able to trade 5 copies of Halo 3 into GS/EB for the extra 360? Or do they all have to be different?

[io]

Should I unwrap the copies of Beowulf PS3 before trading them in?

Second, are there any other games besides Halo 3 that are good for buying at BB and kunaiing them over to EB/GS?


Would I be able to trade 5 copies of Halo 3 into GS/EB for the extra 360? Or do they all have to be different?

1) I always unwrap them but some people don't. I just figure it raises more suspicion if you trade them in unopened but it really depends on the employees. Also, that way I can swap out the new cases for old ones I have on my own games or from used games I buy. I have a huge stack of new cases for all systems that I can use when I buy a used game somewhere.

2) It is pretty rare to find anything that you can take from GR to EB for even money or better. Halo 3 is a bit of a fluke because GR is selling it for less than usual ($45 instead of $50 or $55) and EB/GS is giving more than usual ($32, was $35, instead of $25 or so) AND has a coupon (the extra 30% - now expired) or promo deal (30% on 5 games - still running).

3) Unfortunately you will most likely have to come up with 4 filler games to trade with each Halo 3, which may not make it worthwhile. Maybe another 30% bonus coupon will pop up. At best you could get away with 2 copies, maybe. 95% of EB/GS stores will let you trade 5 Halo 3's in on that promo.

[djkunai]

Just kunaiied another 8 copies. I told the manager at my bonus store where I got the copies from and he picked up 4 copies for himself to kunai.

It's not stealing if you kunai it.

[io]

Just kunaiied another 8 copies. I told the manager at my bonus store where I got the copies from and he picked up 4 copies for himself to kunai.

It's not stealing if you kunai it.

:lol:

They huffed and puffed at me for trading my ONE copy (and getting the trade quote) because I've been in there, like, the last 3 days either trading other games or buying Halo 3's. I wouldn't dare trading any more there :lol:.