The (old) GameRush/Blockbuster Thread

[jdawgg76]

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.I wish I had GRs with cool managers. None of the close by stores will take more than 1 copy of a game at a time. Everytime I try trading more than one copy of a game I get the old kunai deny!

[Slim Gatsby]

Dropped two of each tonight at another BB for $142. They didn't give me the tax, though, so its the last time I'll be flipping there.

[doubledown]

Hmmm, I may get another tomorrow....what does the 360 version get again? That is the only one with movie cash I would assume as the PS3 had none.

[JJSP]

Hmmm, I may get another tomorrow....what does the 360 version get again? That is the only one with movie cash I would assume as the PS3 had none.
360 version gets $35 (plus $5 moviecash). PS3 gets $36.

I got the "where did you get two of these?" question yesterday when I traded in two PS3 copies. I told him that Ubisoft had a B2G1 sale on their website, and since they don't make much for the PS3, I picked up Assassin's Creed and two Beowulf's. :)

[nlyonssmith]

You trade games for your cousins, who are too young to have their own account.

[DisturbedZen]

Wow, I had no idea gamecrazy did PMs on trade in values.

I scored, just got $38 for my Xbox Beowulf because I had MVP.

Btw, does anyone know if MVP keeps track of the games you trade in? I want to flip a few more Beowulves. =X

[io]

Wow, I had no idea gamecrazy did PMs on trade in values.

I scored, just got $38 for my Xbox Beowulf because I had MVP.

Btw, does anyone know if MVP keeps track of the games you trade in? I want to flip a few more Beowulves. =X

Hey now, they aren't supposed to tack MVP on top of the price match guarantee! In fact, I didn't even think that was possible in their system. 'course it could just be that my local GC guys just told me that so I wouldn't get even more credit from the deal ;). I haven't done Beowulf yet but I PM'd the Forza 2 trade-in price a few months ago.

[djkunai]

Wow, I had no idea gamecrazy did PMs on trade in values.

I scored, just got $38 for my Xbox Beowulf because I had MVP.

Btw, does anyone know if MVP keeps track of the games you trade in? I want to flip a few more Beowulves. =X

Yes, they can track all your transactions.

[JJSP]

Actually, I had no idea GC matched trade credit either. I'll have to keep that in mind, as there's a lot more GC's than GR's near me.

[Manatee]

Score! I got to fill out all the paper work and was quoted a bunch of trade in values. Operation Ninja tool is a go-go.

[nlyonssmith]

You need a new Handle. I don't think a website address is appropriate.

[DisturbedZen]

Yes, they can track all your transactions.

Ouch, I guess I won't use MVP next time.

Plus I did think I got lucky with the MVP bonus. Its amazing, Beowulf for Xbox 360 regularly trades in for $6!

I'd like to flip a few more copies so... What may be the best method? MVP or not?

[djkunai]

Ouch, I guess I won't use MVP next time.

Plus I did think I got lucky with the MVP bonus. Its amazing, Beowulf for Xbox 360 regularly trades in for $6!

I'd like to flip a few more copies so... What may be the best method? MVP or not?

No, they track everything on an account. If you trade, they can track all trades (and purchases) on that account. Even if you don't use MVP (which is attached to your account) they still have your account history.

[DisturbedZen]

No, they track everything on an account. If you trade, they can track all trades (and purchases) on that account. Even if you don't use MVP (which is attached to your account) they still have your account history.

Give them a fake phone number? T_T But then they may ask for my address.

Oh well. Gamecrazy doesn't seem to be very restrictive... Hopefully.

[io]

Give them a fake phone number? T_T But then they may ask for my address.

Oh well. Gamecrazy doesn't seem to be very restrictive... Hopefully.

I've traded in several copies of the same game to multiple Gamecrazy's (much like many here do with their multiple GR stores) and they've never had a problem with it (note: never more than 1 copy at a time though). Also, unlike GR, I've never heard of anyone being banned from Gamecrazy for any type of trading practices. For one, they tend not to have the super-exploitable deals like GR has had in the past. But they also seem more reasonable with the trading business and the employees know a bit more about what's going on (so none of this banning because they think you are doing something fishy). That's not to say it couldn't happen, but if you were to spread 4-5 copies of Beowulf to 4-5 GC stores I don't see it being a problem at all. I would not do more than 1 to a given store, though, since you have to do the price match which draws a bit more attention to yourself, especially given the price discrepancy.

So Beowulf trades for $6 normally at GC, eh? I'll have to see how the guys at my store react when I bring in that BB trade slip tomorrow. Hopefully they aren't anal about it being from the day before.

[Slim Gatsby]

Which version of Madden 2006 is $5 at GameStop and trades in for $8 (is that correct?) at BlockBuster/GR?

[$hady]

Which version of Madden 2006 is $5 at GameStop and trades in for $8 (is that correct?) at BlockBuster/GR?
:360: It's $3.99 I think I remember it being less than I expected when I grabbed a few...

[Slim Gatsby]

Cool, thanks. I'll have to pick some up and flip today. =)

[renique45]

time to do some kunai'ing today i should come in with a wig and a fake mustache during diff hours and dump more shit kekek

[MightySlacker]

Give them a fake phone number? T_T But then they may ask for my address.

Oh well. Gamecrazy doesn't seem to be very restrictive... Hopefully.

They are. It's 2 per title - anything more than that needs DM approval. I don't think the DM would be very quick to approve the PM though. That changed last year.

And yeah, they had to manually put in the MVP, cause it normally won't stack

Dave

[djkunai]

They are. It's 2 per title - anything more than that needs DM approval. I don't think the DM would be very quick to approve the PM though. That changed last year.

And yeah, they had to manually put in the MVP, cause it normally won't stack

Dave

Yeah, it changed fairly quickly two years ago after I traded in 17 copies of Dragonball Sagas on Xbox which was $5 from TRU and got me $17 with PM to GR.

[gorgo]

Just traded:
PS3 Motorstorm $30 (I bought it there for $33 a few months ago!)
360 Table Tennis $8 (bought for $10 at BB!)

And... they had a copy of PS3 Rock Band in stock. This is the Lewisville, TX Gamerush on Main st. If anyone is looking. I'm holding out for the 360 version. I may try to kunai some Beowulfs to make up the price difference.

[djkunai]

Just kunaied 4 more 360 copies- was told they can't take anymore (they're at 20+). Will kunai the 8 others I have somewhere else.

[Ice2Dragon]

So im curious.. do they give you cash for them or what? im a newb when it comes to trading in things..

[$hady]

So im curious.. do they give you cash for them or what? im a newb when it comes to trading in things..
Store credit

Buy new for $18 @ EB using coupon trade to GR for $35/36 + tax credit if your store gives it + $5 movie cash I guess in the 360 version. I got PS3 versions gonna grab a few 360s though.

[io]

Just kunaied 4 more 360 copies- was told they can't take anymore (they're at 20+). Will kunai the 8 others I have somewhere else.

:rofl:

You are somethin' else, man...

Here I am all nervous about taking my second copy of Beowulf to GC for the trade-in price match after trading my first at Blockbuster yesterday.

[WKDCLWN]

More like scam artist

[JJSP]

More like scam artist
It's not a scam. Maybe questionable ethics, but it's no worse than buying low and selling high on the stock market. It's a legitimate deal and trade, and that's what CAG is all about.

[mrhappi79]

Just kunaied 4 more 360 copies- was told they can't take anymore (they're at 20+). Will kunai the 8 others I have somewhere else.

Kunai do you ever go to West LA BBs? Because I plan on kunaiing some Beowulfs but I wanna make sure you haven't hit those up yet. Specifically the one on Sunset and Virgil and then on Venice near Roberton.

[djkunai]

Questionable? Maybe.
Illegal? No.
Profitable? Yes.

[Ice2Dragon]

I wish they gave cash.. I need to dump my games I have here.. sigh.

[djkunai]

I'm strictly in the valley (Woodland Hills, Northridge, Reseda, Tarzana, and Sherman Oaks). Right now Northridge is flooded in Beowulf 360.

[cdeener]

Well, I found out that Tenchu Z 360 trades for $15 now.

[JJSP]

I'm strictly in the valley (Woodland Hills, Northridge, Reseda, Tarzana, and Sherman Oaks). Right now Northridge is flooded in Beowulf 360.
Ha, good. Stay outta Orange County! ;)

[stone1061]

Since we are 'marking' our territory, I got Toms River(2 BB's), Brick(1), Wall(1) and Asbury(1) New Jersey for me. All on my way to work or within a couple miles of home.

[Karuto]

Yup, I made some good profit today. Bought two copies of Beowulf, made $32 total (paid $40 for $72 in credit if you want that number), and then sold two copies of Madden 06 for the 360 for $8 for $16 in store credit, and used that money plus a little leftover credit for a brand new SIXAXIS controller.

Good stuff! From now on, I'm totally considering just trading in everything to Blockbuster until there's a good deal to transfer back to GameStop. GS completely raped me with Resistance: Fall of Man, so I will no longer be their fodder. :P

[evilsuperman33]

I went and traded in sonic the hedgehog, fantastic four 2, and MLB 2k7 for ps3 and got 16$ for each. I traded in Nascar 08 and Rainbow six Vegas and got 33 for each. I also saw like 5 copies of Rock band for xbox360 and Ps3. I was at the greenville, sc location though.

[io]

Whoo-hoo! I got $59 at GC after price matching $12 for Gun, $12 for Bionicle Heroes, and $35 for Beowulf (all 360). The normal GC trade-in price on all of those is $6! The guy couldn't believe it was only $6 for Beowulf and thought the system must be glitched (as the game just came out), so he had no problem adjusting it to the $35. Sweet...

[Rosco906]

I know the two are more or less the same thing, but can I do this at BB rather than GR? That's all I have in my area, and I'm pretty sure they accept trade-in's, but I'm not 100%, and I don't want to make the trip if it isn't certain.

[io]

I know the two are more or less the same thing, but can I do this at BB rather than GR? That's all I have in my area, and I'm pretty sure they accept trade-in's, but I'm not 100%, and I don't want to make the trip if it isn't certain.

That's all I have any more (the one GR location within 600 miles of me closed in March of this year). So, yes.

[Karuto]

Yup. There has never been a GR in Iowa ever, IIRC, so all I've been doing is trading it at the one down the street. They usually have a sign that tells you tha they accept trade-ins, and you're golden.

[djkunai]

Whoo-hoo! I got $59 at GC after price matching $12 for Gun, $12 for Bionicle Heroes, and $35 for Beowulf (all 360). The normal GC trade-in price on all of those is $6! The guy couldn't believe it was only $6 for Beowulf and thought the system must be glitched (as the game just came out), so he had no problem adjusting it to the $35. Sweet...
Great to hear, io! You finally got a place that has something good to spend your credit on.

[Slim Gatsby]

Woohoo! My dad lives 5 minutes away from a GR in FL, and they have 360's in stock! I'll be kunaiing some Madden 06es and some more Beowolfs today, then shipping him the gift card priority mail; he's going to head down when he gets it and send me the 360!

WIN

[chargeup45]

Flipwatch: Red Steel and Call of Juarez will both be $8 at Circuit City in next week's ad (12/16).

[renique45]

which beowulf version is everyone trading again?

[whymustiregister]

:360: for $35 credit & $5 Hollywood Movie Money (it's in the middle of the manual)
:ps3: for $36 credit

Trade in 2 of each to get the most out of each trip. ;)

[Slim Gatsby]

I'm up to $450 in credit, and I've got about ten Madden 06s and three more Beowolfs in the car.

I'm thinking about trying to PM one of each Beowolf at GC, since that credit is generally more useful...but regardless, I'm on my way to a 360! Wootsauce.

[jkircos]

Flipwatch: Red Steel and Call of Juarez will both be $8 at Circuit City in next week's ad (12/16).

How much does Red Steel get?

[Slim Gatsby]

Okay, I'm now up to $500 on one ValueCard and, since that means it is maxed out, I've got $40 on a second one...and about 8 Maddens to go...

[RandyTsai]

Okay, I'm now up to $500 on one ValueCard and, since that means it is maxed out, I've got $40 on a second one...and about 8 Maddens to go...

You should spread out your credit on multiple cards, because if they find out that your flipping they might not allow you to use the card on any gaming systems.

[Slim Gatsby]

You should spread out your credit on multiple cards, because if they find out that your flipping they might not allow you to use the card on any gaming systems.

What do you mean? How does the card have anything to do with it?

Additionally, I have no GameRush in 500 miles. I'll have to mail the card to my dad in FL, he's going to pick up a 360 at a local BB/GR and ship it.

[RandyTsai]

What do you mean? How does the card have anything to do with it?

Additionally, I have no GameRush in 500 miles. I'll have to mail the card to my dad in FL, he's going to pick up a 360 at a local BB/GR and ship it.

Because the card is linked to your account and you were flipping multiple copies of the same game. They can be pricks and not allow you to use the card to get a system. But since your sending it out of state, you shouldn't have any issues.

[Slim Gatsby]

Because the card is linked to your account and you were flipping multiple copies of the same game. They can be pricks and not allow you to use the card to get a system. But since your sending it out of state, you shouldn't have any issues.

Really? That's weird; I specifically asked today about the Value Card and they said it wasn't linked to my account. o.O Maybe you're thinking of credit built at the store account?

[RandyTsai]

Really? That's weird; I specifically asked today about the Value Card and they said it wasn't linked to my account. o.O Maybe you're thinking of credit built at the store account?


trust me. if you flipped the games in the same district they will find out in a few days. and when you try to use the card on a system they wont allow it. But like i said since your sending the card to another state you have nothing to worry about.

[Slim Gatsby]

trust me. if you flipped the games in the same district they will find out in a few days. and when you try to use the card on a system they wont allow it. But like i said since your sending the card to another state you have nothing to worry about.

Wow, that sounds all kinds of illegal. o.O

[djkunai]

Wow, that sounds all kinds of illegal. o.O

QFT. The trade is a contract- you give them games, they give you credit. Once a trade is completed, GR cannot "undue" it or not allow you to use the credit they gave you (which would be stealing on their end, since they took your games without giving you anything). They CAN refuse to sell you a specific item (right to refuse service, etc.), however a value card is never linked to an account. You can use a value card without having an employee look up your account. Also, there is no way to stop someone using a value card unless you report it as missing or stolen and give them all those numbers on the back of the card (which are not printed onto receipts AT ALL).

Also, I kunaied the 8 :360: copies I had and picked up another 4 :ps3: and 2 :360: copies which will be kunaied soon enough. Kind of odd, the :360: copies I picked up from CC don't have the movie cash inside.

[MightySlacker]

I also picked up a few from CC and they had no movie cash

Dave

[chargeup45]

How much does Red Steel get?

I dunno, I was hoping someone else would pipe in with a quote. As of the last wiki update, it was 15. I have a feeling it's gone down since then, but who knows.

[io]

QFT. The trade is a contract- you give them games, they give you credit. Once a trade is completed, GR cannot "undue" it or not allow you to use the credit they gave you (which would be stealing on their end, since they took your games without giving you anything).

Well, I'm not so sure how it stands legally. You may remember my little incident last Fall with the last $5 bonus trade-in deal. It was not supposed to work with GBA games, but on one transaction one of the employees gave me the bonus on them. A few weeks later I discovered after going through all my receipts that I was $15 short on my credit. It turns out a few days after my trade, the GR manager deducted $15 (the bonus for 3 GBA games) from my account (and didn't even bother telling me about it). I eventually got it back but he had discussed it with loss prevention and they said it was perfectly acceptable for him to remove the credit (or so he told me). I would have been fine with "undoing" the transaction because I only got 75 cents or so for the games otherwise but he did even worse than undoing it since I didn't get the games back and would never have made the trade without the bonus credit I was quoted (without asking for it by the way). Anyway, so, yeah, possibly I could have sued over it (had I not gotten it back via persuasion ;)), but who's gonna bother with that.

[pcktlnt]

Just curious, if I use the value card or whatever they put the store credit on, would I have to pay tax?

[Slim Gatsby]

Just curious, if I use the value card or whatever they put the store credit on, would I have to pay tax?

In cash? No, its treated as a gift card. But there is tax on your purchase, yes.

[Slim Gatsby]

Okay, guys, as I said, I have no GR near me at all. What are there prices like?

I'm assuming the consoles are standard retail. I'll have $600 to spend on a 360 and games. How do you guys think I should divvy it up?

I have a year of free game rentals from BlockBuster, so more expensive games are out -- I'd much rather just rent a $60 game and, if I still like it down the road, pick it up for $20 or so used next year.

I'm either getting a Pro or an Elite, but I'm still undecided. If they only have Pros in stock, that's what I'll be getting.

So, here's the scenario: you have $600 to spend at GR on a 360 and accessories and games. What do you buy to stretch it the farthest while still getting quality games?

[JJSP]

Okay, guys, as I said, I have no GR near me at all. What are there prices like?

I'm assuming the consoles are standard retail. I'll have $600 to spend on a 360 and games. How do you guys think I should divvy it up?

I have a year of free game rentals from BlockBuster, so more expensive games are out -- I'd much rather just rent a $60 game and, if I still like it down the road, pick it up for $20 or so used next year.

I'm either getting a Pro or an Elite, but I'm still undecided. If they only have Pros in stock, that's what I'll be getting.

So, here's the scenario: you have $600 to spend at GR on a 360 and accessories and games. What do you buy to stretch it the farthest while still getting quality games?
There's a ton of great launch-era games you can score relatively cheap. Dead Rising, Oblivion, LOTR, Fight Night, Gears, etc. Most of them can be had for $20-ish used, with the probable exception of Gears. Still, if you're planning on renting all of the blockbuster new games, buying the greats from last year cheap isn't a bad way to go.

[ghozt]

didnt' know gc matched either. the bb around here hardly sell any games. ill have to look into this. thanks for the heads up

[Slim Gatsby]

didnt' know gc matched either. the bb around here hardly sell any games. ill have to look into this. thanks for the heads up

My GC didn't match, so YMMV highly on this.

[doubledown]

I still have to pick up a few more today hopefully to flip. I only actually traded in ONE PS3 copy....that was it. I may get one more of each, but the time available is just not there....OT at work is keeping me away from shopping for games.

I wonder if Beowulf will drop tomorrow ;)

[h2dk]

My GC didn't match, so YMMV highly on this.

It shouldn't be, per their website:

Best Deal on Trades


DO believe the hype, gamers. We WILL give you the best deals on trades. It's a guarantee. Trade in, trade up, trade upside down—at our fine game establishment, you will get more games for less cash by trading in your old titles. NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis, Dreamcast, PSOne: if you still got 'em, WE WANT 'EM, BABIES! If you have questions on a particular game or price, stop by or give a ringy ding to your local Game Crazy store.

[meesterjojo]

Okay, guys, as I said, I have no GR near me at all. What are there prices like?

I'm assuming the consoles are standard retail. I'll have $600 to spend on a 360 and games. How do you guys think I should divvy it up?

I have a year of free game rentals from BlockBuster, so more expensive games are out -- I'd much rather just rent a $60 game and, if I still like it down the road, pick it up for $20 or so used next year.

I'm either getting a Pro or an Elite, but I'm still undecided. If they only have Pros in stock, that's what I'll be getting.

So, here's the scenario: you have $600 to spend at GR on a 360 and accessories and games. What do you buy to stretch it the farthest while still getting quality games?


Oblivion Game of the Year (saves you from buying a couple of seperate, major, download add-ons); Dead Rising is hellafun for under $20; Rent COD4 if you have BlockBuster rentals free: I did, so glad I did- no co-op story mode, no co-op online, sucks. Bioshock is lots of fun; Viva Pinata for under $20...

My local EBgames has a ton of release-era Limited Editions, the ones in the tins, in perfect condition, real cheap. Like, Perfect Dark, Prey (both $14 in perfect condition), Gears of War (limited edition, perfect, was $29).

Orange Box is 5 games in one, including the game everyone is gushing over: Portal (nevermind you get a full version of HL2, HL2: Ep. 1, and Ep.2).

Guitar Hero 2 can be had cheap cheap too.

[Slim Gatsby]

Oblivion Game of the Year (saves you from buying a couple of seperate, major, download add-ons); Dead Rising is hellafun for under $20; Rent COD4 if you have BlockBuster rentals free: I did, so glad I did- no co-op story mode, no co-op online, sucks. Bioshock is lots of fun; Viva Pinata for under $20...

My local EBgames has a ton of release-era Limited Editions, the ones in the tins, in perfect condition, real cheap. Like, Perfect Dark, Prey (both $14 in perfect condition), Gears of War (limited edition, perfect, was $29).

Orange Box is 5 games in one, including the game everyone is gushing over: Portal (nevermind you get a full version of HL2, HL2: Ep. 1, and Ep.2).

Guitar Hero 2 can be had cheap cheap too.

thanks... Any idea how much these cost at GR, as I'm not going to be able to shop in person?

And should I buy XBL there? I do have a ton of 48 hour codes, and I can't envision myself playing online more than once a week

[stoned99]

I buy alot of microsoft points using my GR credit, it's the cheapest consistent way I've found (Considering the fact it's almost free money after all the trades)

[$hady]

Last 2 copies of Beowulf going 2 GR in a few minutes. Heres hoping for it lasting a bit longer which it should since the game is so new. Haven't flipped that many but I started with just my Halo 3 disc only at GS and have flipped it into over $200 in credit total at both stores.:D

[doubledown]

thanks... Any idea how much these cost at GR, as I'm not going to be able to shop in person?

And should I buy XBL there? I do have a ton of 48 hour codes, and I can't envision myself playing online more than once a week

You are only allowed 1 48 hour. You cannot stack them unless you keep creating new gamercards. I would HIGHLY suggest XBL...especially if you have $600 to spend.

[Slim Gatsby]

so should I have him pick up Xbl and points for me at a GR then? Sorry for the noobness, but how much do they run?

[$hady]

so should I have him pick up Xbl and points for me at a GR then? Sorry for the noobness, but how much do they run?
They cost the same as everywhere else. ;)

[falcon815]

Live Gold subscriptions and MS points are pretty flat pricing everywhere, random Target clearances aside. BB/GR's as good a place to get them as any.

Had some more Beowulf fun on Saturday... four more 360 versions + two more PS3 versions.

$120 in Gamestop credit -> $224.72 in BB/GR credit + $20 more movie cash to throw at my brothers-in-law. Woo.

Hopefully the price bottoms out tomorrow so I'm not tempted to do this again. Turning $240 in GS credit into Rock Band and enough credit for both me and my wife to get DS Lites has been quite a haul already.

[stoned99]

Same here, I'm feeling a little cheap after trading 10 in 2 days. I did spread them out to 4 different locations, but my EB credit is shot and I don't want to start using cash, so I think I'll wait for the next big thing.

I do plan on preordering a bunch of games today however, as I hate having 300+ credit on a little card that is easily lost.

I wish GR would have a B2G1 Free sale :)

[kojubat]

Moved some games between GameRush and Gamestop over the weekend. Thanks for the heads-up on the movie cash in the 360 version, I picked up a few more. I finished with what I had, but if the trade value holds tomorrow I doubt I can resist.

I actually went and saw Beowolf in Digital 3D over the weekend. The person at the box office couldn't figure out how to apply it properly, so just comp'ed the entire ticket at $12. That alone was movie, popcorn and drink for $5 cash, and moved $38.32 in GS credit to $70 GR credit. Nice.

In spotting news, I found at least one GR that had a Wii zapper with Link's Crossbow Training.

[doubledown]

Apparently my GameRush had a box of the Wii Zappers when I got mine. I'm upset at myself that I have not had time to flip games. Oh well....one was ok, a small boost in my credit.

[djkunai]

Happy Dump Day everyone!

I still have 4 copies of Beowulf that I need to kunai (which will happen in a little bit), and then I may stop by another CC to see if there's any way to squeeze the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube.

[stoned99]

Moved some games between GameRush and Gamestop over the weekend. Thanks for the heads-up on the movie cash in the 360 version, I picked up a few more. I finished with what I had, but if the trade value holds tomorrow I doubt I can resist.

I actually went and saw Beowolf in Digital 3D over the weekend. The person at the box office couldn't figure out how to apply it properly, so just comp'ed the entire ticket at $12. That alone was movie, popcorn and drink for $5 cash, and moved $38.32 in GS credit to $70 GR credit. Nice.

In spotting news, I found at least one GR that had a Wii zapper with Link's Crossbow Training.

I took the family to see it over the weekend. Not a bad movie, was especially happy to see a NAKED!! digital 3D Angela Jolie. I saved a but load using those movie cash tickets, especially if you count the Free refills, and sneaking into watch Golden Compass as well :)

[ghozt]

was able to get game crazy to pm bb beowulf's trade in value. traded in 1 ps3 and 1 360 version and came out with $71 store credit. looks like my copy of unreal tournament 3 is going to cost me $40. not bad at all.

wondering if i should go for another 2 copies. anyone know if gamecrazy allows multiple copy trade ins?

[pinebarrens]

Traded in 4 Beowulf's this weekend for $38.75 apiece after taxes. That equals about a 45% discount off anything at BB. I think I may buy a couple DS Lites at BB and donate them to my local Child's Play Charity.

[io]

Arggh... Would you people stop saying you are going to buy DS Lites or 360 Elites or whatever at BB. Please say GR! 99% of BB stores don't carry such things (ie, those that are not also GR stores). Yeah, yeah, I know they are BB's too, but this is just a pet peeve of mine ;). Plus I feel like you guys are rubbing it in with your crazy flips and wonderful ability to actually purchase stuff with said flips as opposed to having credit sit on cards for no good reason (of course I know that you aren't - especially you pinebarrens as you say you are donating them to charity). At least if you say "GR" then I can gloss over those posts... I mean, maybe in your area every BB has a GR in it. If so, appreciate it and think of the rest of us without a GR within 600 miles of them :lol:.

I will probably be donating $150 of my credit to a charity (of sorts). I did this last year. My son's preschool has a charity auction and parents are required to come up with $150 in merchandise from local retailers. Since I find it MUCH MUCH easier to flip games than solicit donations from stores (and get rejected over and over), I just used my own BB credit. They make gift baskets out of all the little donated items that people can bid on - so I assume they just added the $50 gift cards I bought to those. That was better than 2 years ago when we just forked over $150 in cash. The only issue is if you get a cashier who won't issue gift cards using Value Card credit. Note that I wasn't doing this during the promo where you got an extra $10 (or whetever it was) for buying gift cards - just a straight up transfer of one card type for another.

Whatever happened to GR stores getting shut down or scaled back dramatically? It seemed that was imminent but now they seem to be back to getting new games in a timely manner (as far as I can tell from your posts - Rock Band coming in and all that). And weren't they going to convert the GR sections either to Fedex packing stores or delis or something? I swear someone mentioned both of those as rumors from their local stores.

[io]

There's been a separate thread going for a while about an upcoming Playstation 3 bundle package at Blockbuster. The OP of that thread (which can be found here: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162647) said a store near him (which was not a GR) store was offering this: $600 for the 80GB PS3, Surf's Up Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray remote, HDMI cable, extra controller, extra game of your choice, and a 20-week rental card. That would have been a pretty good deal. Now, however, it is on the Blockbuster web page and is not nearly as good a deal: all of the above except the extra controller and game. For whatever reason they claim you save $135 with this which seems overblown to me. By my calculations is seems you are paying about $60 for the rental card, which given that it is most likely a use-it-or-lose-it type of thing may or may not be worth it (I'm going off my personal sense of "value", not MSRP - so $10 for Surf's Up, $10 for the HDMI cable, $20 for the BR remote, then $60 extra to pay for the rental card).

http://www.gamerush.com/promos/promo_ps3Bundle.php

Still, a good deal for those with BB credit to burn, especially if non-GR stores carry these (there's some mention on the DVD Talk thread that stores that rent Blu-Ray movies may carry this in addition to GR stores). I guess I'd consider this if I could find such a store, though I don't have nearly that much credit - I'd need to get serious with the Beowulf kunaiing ;).

[Slim Gatsby]

Still, a good deal for those with BB credit to burn, especially if non-GR stores carry these (there's some mention on the DVD Talk thread that stores that rent Blu-Ray movies may carry this in addition to GR stores.

That's pretty much accurrate from the stores I've been to and employee's I've spoken to.

[pinebarrens]

Sorry, I didn't know you were so sensitive.:)

Ahem, this is all going down at GR!

[io]

Sorry, I didn't know you were so sensitive.:)

Ahem, this is all going down at GR!

Well, just look at all the wonderful kunaiing going on and people buying PS3's and DS lites and Rock Band bundles left and right and consider that some of us can only dream of spending our BB credit that way ;).

Here I am considering buying Harry Potter on DVD this week for $22 or whatever they charge for the handful of new DVDs they carry at my local BB.

[MightySlacker]

I wanted to get a DS with my credit, but they didnt get any Zelda bundles and I'm not paying $20 less for a gameless system in a color I don't want. They did seem to have some decent newer games though, like Revenant Wings, Mario Party DS and Contra 4

Dave

[abducted vision]

kunaied 4 Beowulfs this weekend at my local GR Bonus store (same one that djkunai goes to). Went to a different GR today to kunai two more copies. Some girl was doing my trade ins and told me I wasn't allowed to trade in two of the same games. Gave her a weird look and made her call a different GR. Got my credit and bought :360: Scene it and still have credit left over. Oh yeah, I also bought my Beowulfs from CC and it seems that the CC Beowulfs do not include the $5 movie cash.

[djkunai]

kunaied 4 Beowulfs this weekend at my local GR Bonus store (same one that djkunai goes to). Went to a different GR today to kunai two more copies. Some girl was doing my trade ins and told me I wasn't allowed to trade in two of the same games. Gave her a weird look and made her call a different GR. Got my credit and bought :360: Scene it and still have credit left over. Oh yeah, I also bought my Beowulfs from CC and it seems that the CC Beowulfs do not include the $5 movie cash.

Nobody wants to play Scene It with you. Let's get drunk after finals.

[SGT Killjoy]

cold chance in hell for GR to get the Zelda DS. We didnt get the black and red, we only got black, white, and pink.

[bassec]

I'm really quite confused. I have a Game Zone that I think is attached to a Blockbuster...is that the same thing as Game Rush?

[io]

A head's up: the EB/GS 30% bonus coupon is back for 12/11-12/13 so there's another opportunity to flip those Halo 3's back to EB/GS (assuming the $32 base value has held). I may have to venture out to the further BB as my local one only has scratched to hell copies left (I bought the only 2 good ones last week). Hopefully Beowulf holds up this week as well because I could swing by EB first. So who's going to report the first Beowulf price tomorrow? ;)

[$hady]

Arggh... Would you people stop saying you are going to buy DS Lites or 360 Elites or whatever at BB.

Ok I love my half price Wii and PS3 (and DS Lite) which GR got me. :D

Thanks for the heads up on the 30% trade credit coupon I hadn't saw that yet! Looks like i'll be getting UT3 tomorrow after all thanks to moving GR credit to GS assuming the Halo 3 credit holds. I was planning on waiting till friday at GR since I dumped all my GS credit into Mass Effect the other day so I could trade it for a Halo 3 Legendary Edition. :D

I love this site where else can you learn how to start with a disc only Halo 3 and kunai it into a pile of new releases plus the ultimate edition of the game you started the whole process with. :lol:

[gorgo]

Sweet... kunnai'd 2 copies of Beowulf to finally bring by GR credit up to $170, got Rock Band 360! On a site note, they were clearancing fake lobby cards for Grindhouse. 75 cents each, woot!

[doubledown]

So, it's CHECK day. I wonder if Beowulf takes a huge dump. Silly GameRush will probably keep these prices for one more week ;)

[Segasonic01]

I wanna trade 2 beowulfs for DBZ 3 (Wii), but none of my BB's got any in for sale :cry:

[sp00ge]

On the phonewith BB right now, checking the PS3 version. And the survey saaaayyyysss.............

$36 as of 10:15am EST

And the Kunai train keeps on a'rolling.

[kojubat]

On the phonewith BB right now, checking the PS3 version. And the survey saaaayyyysss.............

$36 as of 10:15am EST

And the Kunai train keeps on a'rolling.

And the 360 version holds at $35 as of 10:20 Eastern.

[djkunai]

Now let's hope Best Buy drops the price in the next 7 days.

[doubledown]

Nice, I knew Blockbuster would come through for another week. I will have to get some this week...only 1 last week.

[stoned99]

Anyone know what NFS: Carbon and Underground are fetching for 360/PS3 ?

[wolfpackgamer]

I think best buy did drop the price; could be wrong but its listed online as 19.99. Unless you mean lower than that...

[Slim Gatsby]

I think best buy did drop the price; could be wrong but its listed online as 19.99. Unless you mean lower than that...

Oooh. Any coupons that can be burned on this?

$15 for $35/6 in GR credit is much tasteir than $20 for $35/6, shifting it from a 75% payoff to a 100% or more payoff, depending on tax.

[djkunai]

Completely missed that drop at Best Buy.

Nice. One more final and then I'll kunai a bit more.

[mkernan]

Oooh. Any coupons that can be burned on this?

$15 for $35/6 in GR credit is much tasteir than $20 for $35/6, shifting it from a 75% payoff to a 100% or more payoff, depending on tax.

There's a $10 off any PS3 game coupon for BB over in the BB coupon thread:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160396

[doubledown]

Excellent about Best Buy....that $10 coupon, plus RZ points....nice nice nice deal :)

[pcktlnt]

I wish blockbuster around me had some games, there was a COD 4 for PS3 that when I went back to pick up was gone... :(

[Slim Gatsby]

BRB, going to go start jacking it to BeoWolf games...

[$hady]

Halo 3 trade price raised from $32 back to 35 @ GS that makes it $49 after 40% bump. I emptied my GR credit into two Halo 3s and a Wii Zapper at GR. Traded the games in at GS and then used a 10% off next purchase coupon and bought UT3. Nice to have a pile of credit where you can actually get games on release day.

[unforeseen]

Traded in:
Blue Dragon - $32 (12/10/07)

[Sulik2]

Some trade prices:
Forza Motorsport 2 - $32
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (X360)- $15
Need for Speed Most Wanted (X360) - $12

[falcon815]

...it held? Wow. I guess I can't resist another handful more, hm. I'll probably use a different value card, though... two GR employees made comments on the high value of my current one after it hit $200.

[Strider Turbulence]

Dear God I really wish I had the money to take advantage of this.

[Slim Gatsby]

$32 credit for Forza 2? Damn.

[wolfpackgamer]

I'm pretty sure the only people in the world who know about this are CAGs. I just called the local BB/GR and asked the woman if I can bring in multiple copies of a game to trade in and she replied with a bewildered I guess so as if no one had ever done that before.

[chargeup45]

Has anyone checked up on this Sunday's 7.99 games from CC?

7.99 Games:
Call Of Juarez >>>> 360
Red Steel >>>> Wii
Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia >>>> 360

[soriku]

ok so if i buy 6 copies of beowulf(at gamestop) and trade them in at different blockbuster locations i make 66$ ?

[mrhappi79]

Wow, I just caught wind of the $10 off coupon from Best Buy so I went over and tried to buy 2 copies using 2 separate transactions, the girl was staring intently at the coupon for what seemed forever. I was sure she'd read the part where it said 'original only' but she basically told me that I could only use one, since it's one per customer. I said I'd just come back later for the second copy.
So $10.81 spent for $36 is a spectacular Kunaii!!!! Can't wait to do this about 8-10 times.

[mrhappi79]

ok so if i buy 6 copies of beowulf(at gamestop) and trade them in at different blockbuster locations i make 66$ ?

You're better off buying 6 copies from Best Buy using the $10 off coupon and getting them for $10 a piece.

You'll spend $60 and get $216 of credit at Gamerush/Blockbuster

Or spend $120 (6 X $20) at GS/EB and get $216 at GR/BB

I think the first option is better....:)

[sp00ge]

I'm recycling my GS credit. Picked up 2 PS3 Beowulf and 2 360 madden 06 with GS credit for $44 after 10% coupon + 10% edge and tax. Traded them in for $88 credit at BB. Picked up 2 copies of Halo3 (both had the posters, one had the XBL Trial card) and they are going back to Gamestop later on for $98 ($35/each + 30% + 10% Edge).

This will bring my in-store credit to ~$200. Starting with an initial $40 investment (plus a few dollars to cover the difference on these last 2 copies of halo3) and a few crappy games.

[arthurRWD]

made about $250 is credit today thanks to Beowulf, will go for more tomorrow

[Rob26Smith]

how do you guys not get banned from trading so much? I got banned from 2 possibly 3 GR/BB back with the darkness/HOV deal. Good thing there are about 20 BB within 25 mile radius so I am set.

[mrhappi79]

how do you guys not get banned from trading so much? I got banned from 2 possibly 3 GR/BB back with the darkness/HOV deal. Good thing there are about 20 BB within 25 mile radius so I am set.

If there are that many BB around your area then there is no reason for you to have been banned. You just have to play it safe and trade a couple of copies of each game at different locations. I doubt you could make it to every location each day so by the time you've gone around a few of them you could start back at the first one and by then they won't remember you.

[mkernan]

Wow, I just caught wind of the $10 off coupon from Best Buy so I went over and tried to buy 2 copies using 2 separate transactions, the girl was staring intently at the coupon for what seemed forever. I was sure she'd read the part where it said 'original only' but she basically told me that I could only use one, since it's one per customer. I said I'd just come back later for the second copy.
So $10.81 spent for $36 is a spectacular Kunaii!!!! Can't wait to do this about 8-10 times.

Yeah, I just did that too. Well, I didn't try for two copies, just the one. Pretty awesome flip though, little over 300% return.

[DisturbedZen]

Sadly, I have a good number of BB and 2 GR within a 15 mile radius. All of which only accept 1 of each game. T_T Which makes me not want to frequent them.

[soriku]

when you do trade in does bb cheak you tradin history or someting like that?

[mkernan]

EDIT: whoops, saw the thread on page 2, its just closed is all. Anyway, now the details are here if anyone cares.

Btw, there used to be another thread talking about some upcoming PS3 deal at Blockbuster/Gamerush, and I know io said to talk about it here now, but I don't remember if anybody ever spelled out the details. So anyway, I saw a bunch of these bundles at two stores today so I figured I'd run down what's in it.

As a side note, I heard employees talking about how they thought similar bundles may be coming out for 360 and Wii, but not sure.

For $599, you get:

-80 GB PS3
-Motorstorm (packed in with the PS3, as per usual)
-Surf's Up on Blu-ray
-PS3 remote control
-an HDMI cable
-a 20-week games and movie rental pass (1 game or movie rental per week, for 20 consecutive weeks)

So you're basically paying $100 for the HDMI cable, Surf's Up, remote, and the rental card..... which means its sorta meh in my opinion. If you rent stuff frequently, then it might be worth it, considering game rentals are like $7 or $8 and movies are about $5. I could really care less about Surf's Up personally.

Anyway, that's the deal, just FYI.

[nakanenui]

I'm recycling my GS credit. Picked up 2 PS3 Beowulf and 2 360 madden 06 with GS credit for $44 after 10% coupon + 10% edge and tax. Traded them in for $88 credit at BB. Picked up 2 copies of Halo3 (both had the posters, one had the XBL Trial card) and they are going back to Gamestop later on for $98 ($35/each + 30% + 10% Edge).

This will bring my in-store credit to ~$200. Starting with an initial $40 investment (plus a few dollars to cover the difference on these last 2 copies of halo3) and a few crappy games.

just curious, but how much value are you placing on time and effort and gas into the equation. I see how you can turn $40 into $200, but one has to place a value on the time spent into the value of the return. For me, once I figured I was not getting a true 2 to 1 on my trading due to fruitless visits, the appeal just wore off. My intent isnt to be a downer, so as long as you think you are getting a good deal keep up with it.

I am thinking of doing a quick trade of a few beowulf each day for the rest of the week only because the BB/GR is next door to the GS so for about a 30min effort at $10/hr, the return of $19 to $36 seems like it is worth it to me.

added: and time spent here is not included.

[djkunai]

Just pickd up another 15 :ps3: copies with the coupon at Best Buy- 10 for me and 5 for the GR manager (who gave me his GC to pick up a few copies for him- turned his $55 into $180 GR credit). I already kunai'ed the 10 I picked up too.

So that was $108 into $360- making $252 and a powerful ally in two hours is definitely worth it me.

I double checked a few prices, and some :360: games stood still (Open Season, Fuzion Frenzy 2, Cars). I'm assuming no drops this week.

AV- I picked clean the Best Buy in Sherman Oaks, but Woodlad Hills and Porter Ranch still had at least 2 each (when I left).

[Slim Gatsby]

I double checked a few prices, and some :360: games stood still (Open Season, Fuzion Frenzy 2, Cars). I'm assuming no drops this week.

.

How much are these going for? I'm assuming this is the XB360 3-pack for $40 or so at GS?

Ah, tomorrow, I'm hitting up the BBuy with a BBuster across the street. I am going to go Wii Points crazy. $26 for 2x Beowolf 2x Madden = $86 credit = 8000 Wii Points to load myself up on VC games, and plenty to spare to send VC games to my friends every couple of days 'till x-mas. Nice!

[jdawgg76]

Just pickd up another 15 :ps3: copies with the coupon at Best Buy- 10 for me and 5 for the GR manager (who gave me his GC to pick up a few copies for him- turned his $55 into $180 GR credit). I already kunai'ed the 10 I picked up too.

So that was $108 into $360- making $252 and a powerful ally in two hours is definitely worth it me.

I double checked a few prices, and some :360: games stood still (Open Season, Fuzion Frenzy 2, Cars). I'm assuming no drops this week.

AV- I picked clean the Best Buy in Sherman Oaks, but Woodlad Hills and Porter Ranch still had at least 2 each (when I left).You sir have a serious addiction requiring an intervention:D Seriously, kudos on the major profit. I was already jealous that you had BB/GRs that would allow so much trading of multiple copies, but getting that "powerful ally" is a big plus. :applause: I'd do some serious kunaiing if I didn't have to take only one copy of each game to each BB/GR.

[paddlefoot]

Just pickd up another 15 :ps3: copies with the coupon at Best Buy- 10 for me and 5 for the GR manager (who gave me his GC to pick up a few copies for him- turned his $55 into $180 GR credit). I already kunai'ed the 10 I picked up too.

So that was $108 into $360- making $252 and a powerful ally in two hours is definitely worth it me.

I double checked a few prices, and some :360: games stood still (Open Season, Fuzion Frenzy 2, Cars). I'm assuming no drops this week.

AV- I picked clean the Best Buy in Sherman Oaks, but Woodlad Hills and Porter Ranch still had at least 2 each (when I left).

Did the GR manager give you any idea how long the trade-in value would hold? Does anyone else have any idea?

[io]

Just pickd up another 15 :ps3: copies with the coupon at Best Buy- 10 for me and 5 for the GR manager (who gave me his GC to pick up a few copies for him- turned his $55 into $180 GR credit). I already kunai'ed the 10 I picked up too.


Alright, now I'm starting not to believe your stories. You've got a GR manager in on the flipping with you which seems outrageous enough. But the ability to use 15 of those printed Best Buy coupons to get that many copies? That I have a hard time believing. Did you do that all in one transaction? My Best Buy will most likely deny even one attempt. :bomb:

[Slim Gatsby]

I am totally considering getting a PS3 simply because 18 Beo's @ $10 ea = $180 for $650 credit = PS3 + tax = ~ $200 for an 80 Gig PS3.

IF I can pull it off. And that's a BIG if.

[djkunai]

Alright, now I'm starting not to believe your stories. You've got a GR manager in on the flipping with you which seems outrageous enough. But the ability to use 15 of those printed Best Buy coupons to get that many copies? That I have a hard time believing. Did you do that all in one transaction? My Best Buy will most likely deny even one attempt. :bomb:
To be completely honest, I cut off the bottom of the coupon (right under the expiration date). No details listed, no questions asked.

If you still don't believe me, I have 15 individual receipts I could take a pic of when I get home. ;)

[mrhappi79]

To be completely honest, I cut off the bottom of the coupon (right under the expiration date). No details listed, no questions asked.

If you still don't believe me, I have 15 individual receipts I could take a pic of when I get home. ;)

As I stated earlier my Best Buy only let me use one. I'll try it your way, I'm assuming 15 separate transactions with 15 separate coupons?

[djkunai]

I'll try it your way, I'm assuming 15 separate transactions with 15 separate coupons?

Yes.

[stoned99]

I'm really concerned that your excessive trading is going to bring the heat down on all of us. Last time this kind of abusive trading occurred the DM's for GR pulled the trade history for the stores and started banning people who met the profile, especially when you're trading in the same vicinity as me So Cal. So my 10 trades spread out over 4 stores is suddenly going to stand out. Not like your's, but I bet I'll show in the top 20 traders for that item.

my concerned 2 cents!!

[Masterkyo]

Kinda $uck cos it's heavy ICES road in MO this week. I'll pickup 6 copies Beowulf tomorrow & Try my luck different 3 GR BB :)

[Bretts31344]

Wow, I haven't flipped games in a while. I will definitely hit up my BB and hopefully find some copies. I only have $20 credit at GR and Mass Effect is calling me, lol.

[abducted vision]

AV- I picked clean the Best Buy in Sherman Oaks, but Woodlad Hills and Porter Ranch still had at least 2 each (when I left).
Thanks for the heads up. I got the last two ps3 copies at Woodland hills and used the 10 off coupon on both with no problem. Converted $21.62 to $72

[djkunai]

Thanks for the heads up. I got the last two ps3 copies at Woodland hills and used the 10 off coupon on both with no problem. Converted $21.62 to $72

Dude, vodka.

[XxSmityxX]

I got 6 copies at best buy for ps3 $70.00 w/ $10 ps3 coupon... each where $10.60 after tax!!
Flipped them all at Blockbuster! LOL @ $36.00 a piece... for a total of $216. Then bought 4 used copies of halo 3 @ 44.00 per game...

Then traded those 4 used copies of Halo 3 at GS with 30% + 10 Edge for a total of $196 @ $49.00 LOL

I LOVE CAG

[bornrunnin31]

I'm short on cash right now, but this Beowolf deal is just begging to be taken advantage of.
I'll be hitting up the Lansing,MI area BB and BB tomorrow.

[MightySlacker]

I'm really concerned that your excessive trading is going to bring the heat down on all of us. Last time this kind of abusive trading occurred the DM's for GR pulled the trade history for the stores and started banning people who met the profile, especially when you're trading in the same vicinity as me So Cal. So my 10 trades spread out over 4 stores is suddenly going to stand out. Not like your's, but I bet I'll show in the top 20 traders for that item.

my concerned 2 cents!!

I think GameRush isn't long for this world anyways, so there's not gonna be many opportunities like this

Dave

[Slim Gatsby]

East Setauket, NY BB just got cleaned out of their whopping FOUR copies (although this seemed suspiciously low, compared to the 20+ of every other PS3 game; I even burned a $5 RZ credit so it was only $35 + tax. I'll drop by in a day or two to see if they've restocked). Two went to the BB across the street, + 2 Madden '06s, for $95.

[stone1061]

Hit the local best buy, got the 3 copies of PS3 Beowulf off the shelf using a $10 coupon on each. Grabbed a 360 version, used a $10 reward zone on it.
$40 flipped over to $143 at Blockbuster.
Blockbuster had a stack of Red Nintendo DS lites and a Guitar Hero 3 for PS2 on the shelf.
Looks like darling step daughter will get a new DS from Step Santa Claus, only costing 40 Beowulf dollars.
Need to get a few more to earn me that wireless guitar.

[JolietJake]

What would happen if a store when out of business and you had credit left with them? I don't mean a single store either, but the entire chain.

[Agrippan]

Blockbuster had a stack of Red Nintendo DS lites and a Guitar Hero 3 for PS2 on the shelf.

Ahem, before io gets here, was this at a BlockBuster or GameRush store?

[sasukekun]

Man, I'm gonna have to start buying some ps3 version of Beowulf now. Hopefully the price sticks at blockbuster. I want to get a PS3 :D

[jdawgg76]

What would happen if a store when out of business and you had credit left with them? I don't mean a single store either, but the entire chain.My guess is SOL. I lost a game rental credit as soon as liquidation started when my local Hollywood Video closed last month.

[$hady]

Just pickd up another 15 :ps3: copies with the coupon at Best Buy- 10 for me and 5 for the GR manager (who gave me his GC to pick up a few copies for him- turned his $55 into $180 GR credit). I already kunai'ed the 10 I picked up too.

So that was $108 into $360- making $252 and a powerful ally in two hours is definitely worth it me.


I declare shenagins!

How the hell you got someone to let you use 15 coupons? I thought your store gave you extra $5 when you traded and damn 10 copies even between you and your girl who you said helps you trade that's still alot.... You trying to kunai us a fish story? :lol:


I'm gonna try to pick up a couple PS3 versions with the BB coupon then lay low for a bit. I live right near BB and i've got 4 GR/BB stores I usually flip at all very near my everyday travel routes so it's no biggie just 1 more at each. Even though i'd have to spend a little $42 cash into $152 (4 copies) sounds better than $36 GS credit into $76 (2 copies). :D

[sasukekun]

Nice, I just called 2 of the Gamerushs near me and they both sell 40g PS3s!

Definitely going to start kunaiing some ps3 copies.

[abducted vision]

Kunai'ed two more beowulfs (used 10 dollar coupon again) and got lost Season 3 for $39.99 at a different GR. I noticed they labeled it with the wrong price and were nice enough to honor it :D

Alright time to study for finals... >_<

[Slim Gatsby]

Kunai'ed two more beowulfs (used 10 dollar coupon again) and got lost Season 3 for $39.99 at a different GR. I noticed they labeled it with the wrong price and were nice enough to honor it :D

Alright time to study for finals... >_<

Haha, mislabeled it with the price everywhere else is selling it for. That's why no one buys new DVDs at BlockBuster...

[abducted vision]

Haha, mislabeled it with the price everywhere else is selling it for. That's why no one buys new DVDs at BlockBuster...

hahah yeah I know! I used my credit I got from the beowulfs.. so technically I could have bought just 1 beowulf for $9.99, trade it in, and just pay the difference of $5 for Lost. $15 For lost season 3.. you can't beat that!

[edavis0780]

As I stated earlier my Best Buy only let me use one. I'll try it your way, I'm assuming 15 separate transactions with 15 separate coupons?

I don't know how you guys did it, but I just did everything in one transaction (6 Beowulfs). They scanned the games first, and then scanned each coupon right after. I'm not sure it's really necessary to do separate transactions just to use to the coupon.

As for Kunai, I think he's flipping all these copies of Beowulf and cashing out the credit (using Rock Band, Guitar Hero 3, or Wiis) so that he can pay for counseling to help curb his addiction. Either that or he plans on buying a BB/GR one of these days.;)

[frankcastle]

anyone know of anything else thats halfway decent to flip from gr to gs using the extra 30% trade in? even if it loses a little bit thats ok. ive cleaned out all the used halo 3 from the gr around me!

[sirplue]

what's good to flip from GS to GR? I've got like 60$ in credit to burn. :D

[nakanenui]

what's good to flip from GS to GR? I've got like 60$ in credit to burn. :D

I guess people are doing $19.99 for PS3-beowulf to $36 at GR. I couldnt help myself since the time effort was negligible for me. Did 2 copies of each at 2 BB's today. 43->71 (x2) with 1 more run tomorrow isnt too bad. 129->213 isnt too bad, considering like most people here, the GS credit being used to buy the beowulfs are like $0.30 on the dollar. Too much math involved figuring out what the real dollar cost to credit is nowadays.

Turning credit into more credit is just soooo darn exciting. I am hoping to kunai some more beowulfs this week to turn my left over 195 at GS into hopefully 364 at BB/GR (for a total of 587 BB/GR credit). This is chump change compared to IO and kunai. I will be eagerly anticipating the next great deal once this one dies.

Can someone share how the GS HALO 3 deal is working out. I didnt see any coupons in the store today, and only saw the 20% bonus when preordering while they are giving $35 for HALO 3.

[io]

Turning credit into more credit is just soooo darn exciting. I am hoping to kunai some more beowulfs this week to turn my left over 195 at GS into hopefully 364 at BB/GR (for a total of 587 BB/GR credit). This is chump change compared to IO and kunai. I will be eagerly anticipating the next great deal once this one dies.

Can someone share how the GS HALO 3 deal is working out. I didnt see any coupons in the store today, and only saw the 20% bonus when preordering while they are giving $35 for HALO 3.

Hey, don't lump me in with him! I'm not even in his league. Hell, I'm not even playing the same game ;). I only have about $250 in BB credit right now, actually. I'll detail my exploits of tonight in a bit. It will be good to write it all down to see if it was worth it. (Note it will be nothing like djkunai's experience).

[mrhappi79]

Mr DJKunaii, I was wondering, and I'm sure I'm not alone, but is Kunaiing what you do full time? I mean you seem to spend so much time doing it I can't imagine you having time to do anything else. :)

[wolfpackgamer]

My god this is madness... I thought I was pushing it and felt like I was really ripping off bb/gr and bestbuy using one coupon... guess I might as well join in the bloodbath and buy out best buy tomorrow. BTW Stone I feel you man but a concerned post is just not gonna stop anyone from going for this much free money (store credit, whatever) without having to face any real negative legal consequence. Gamerush has terrible selection near me anyway (charlotte university area). I'll prolly just flip out again for GS cred.

[io]

Ok, here's my deal (skip to the bolded part below for the summary!)...

I'll start with having some BB credit to burn (I'm not going to go back to figure out how much that cost me, but on average it is about 40% of cost).

Last week I bought 2 Halo 3's and traded them in at EB/GS for $44.80 apiece. Over the weekend I bought 2 Beowulfs for $17.99 from GS and traded one at my local Blockbuster for $35 and one at Gamecrazy for $35.

So to this point, I've turned $89.98 of BB credit into $53.62 of EB/GS credit, $35 more of BB credit, and $35 of GC credit.

That leads me to tonight. I left around 6pm to head out to the closest GS. I could have picked up my 3rd Halo 3 from the local BB (1/2 mile from my house) but the last 2 they had were pretty scratched up so I passed. So I had nothing to trade at the GS but I did pick up a new copy of Devil Summoner (gutted, unfortunately) and a 360 Beowulf for $17.99 each after coupon. I then went to Best Buy where I bought 2 PS3 copies of Beowulf for $9.99 apiece. They only had 1 or 2 more so I couldn't have bought 15 even if I had wanted to :lol:.

Then I had to take a HUGE detour (like completely the opposite way around the city) because traffic looked bad the way I wanted to go. This led me to a hidden gem of a Blockbuster that I had never traded at before. For the first time in a long time I signed up for a new trade agreement and traded in 1 PS3 and 1 360 Beowulf for $71 total and bought another Halo 3 for $44.99 along with, get this, a Wii Points card! They also had Wii controllers. I couldn't believe it. The even had a Guitar Hero III, but I think for PS2 only. Some other new games; Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Lego Star Wars CT for PS3. Note this is NOT a GR store, which is why I call it a BLOCKBUSTER.

Then I hit up a CC ALL the way across town and got 6 clearance items (thus was able to use the $15 off $100 coupon). This has nothing to do with the flipping, just thought I'd mention I accomplished other things too ;).

Finally I get to another EB store and am able to trade in that Halo 3 for $49 this time (since the base went back up to $35 from the $32 it was last week). I also buy another Beowulf for $17.99 and a new, sealed, Touch Detective 2 1/2 for $19.99 (for some reason I didn't get the 10% coupon discount applied on it :cry:).

So now I have one more set of 360/PS3 Beowulfs. I head to yet another Blockbuster I have never traded at before (which also sells new games - it appears nearly all of them do but my local one!). I trade those in for another $71 and buy 2 nearly mint copies of Halo 3 (they had 6 or 7).

I high-tailed it over to the Mall on the hope that they were open till 10 this time of year and was right - made it into the Software Etc at around 9:55. I trade one of the Halo 3's in for another $49 and leave.

So, all told, I spent 4 1/2 hours (including drive time home) driving about 50 miles (used the little car so less than 2 gallons of gas for that). Note that I also made the CC trip and went to 2 other stores for unrelated shopping for about 45 minutes of that time. I still have a Halo 3 to take to GS and I may try bringing it in to the closest one (8 miles away) tomorrow evening and also take the boys out to dinner at the same time, so I won't count any further gas/time for that ;).

As of right now I have taken that initial $89.98 of Blockbuster credit (at an original cost of about $36) along with a $20 investment in Best Buy Beowulfs and turned that into the following:

- $35 credit at Gamecrazy
- A Wii Points card
- Shin Megami Devil Summoner
- Touch Detective 2 1/2
- $77.66 in EB/GS credit
- A mint used Halo 3 (which I hope to turn into $49 more at GS)
- and, last, and certainly least, $22.04 more in BB credit

[Edit - oops, made a mistake the first time...] See, this is why I wanted to write it out - it is kind of cool I ended up with just about $68 less in BB credit for all the stuff I got. So, really, my only expense was the $68 of credit at Blockbuster (obtained at an average price of about $27), $20 of real money at Best Buy, the gas (about $5) and my time (worthless ;)) and I ended up with $112 in credit (will be $161 if I get that Halo 3 in to GS tomorrow) at more useful places, a Wii points card, and 2 new $20 games.

For whoever it was who asked about the time commitment, it certainly is an issue. But it isn't like I'd be making money during that time. I would have been at home either messing around here on CAG, watching TV, or spending time with my family. Since I'd probably do all 3, and 2 of those 3 are worthless, it wasn't a big loss and certainly worth what I got out of it...

So in total I have traded 4 360 and 2 PS3 Beowulfs in (5 to BB and 1 to GC). That is really about as much as I can take, though perhaps I'll pick up one more set when I go to GS tomorrow (stopping at Best Buy on the way) as I should have all weekend to get those traded. I'd like to see djkunai's final numbers ;). If I wanted I could do this endlessly as well as there 4 or 5 other Blockbusters I have trade accounts set up at that I haven't visited in months and a few others I've never gone to - all within a 30 mile radius or so.

It was nice at these 2 new ones, though, as they had no issue whatsoever with accepting the 1 360 and 1 PS3 copy. They didn't even ask me about why I was doing that. It was nice... At the first store they said they rarely get any trades at all. At my local store they are always giving me funny looks when I come in to trade. , So I think I'll just stick with trading mostly at the outlying stores and continue to use the local store for the free Coke Rewards rentals!

In terms of basic profit, though, the $9.99 Best Buy PS3 Beowulf -> $36 in BB credit ranks up there as one of the all-time greats. It is hard to restrain myself from doing more than a few of those!

[Segasonic01]

Where is this BestBuy coupon everyone is speaking of?

[io]

Where is this BestBuy coupon everyone is speaking of?

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160396

[Segasonic01]

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160396
Thanks! :D

I am assuming when i take it up there, i have to hope the cashier reads the "no copies" part?

[stone1061]

Ahem, before io gets here, was this at a BlockBuster or GameRush store?
Blockbuster store, no gamerushes here in Jersey, that i know of anyway.

[Agrippan]

Blockbuster store, no gamerushes here in Jersey, that i know of anyway.

Really, I didn't know they had DS's at BB locations that didn't have GR stores. That should be good news for any NJ CAGs at least.

[djkunai]

Mr DJKunaii, I was wondering, and I'm sure I'm not alone, but is Kunaiing what you do full time? I mean you seem to spend so much time doing it I can't imagine you having time to do anything else. :)
I'm a college student, and I work at Starbucks in the morning (4:30-7:00am), which gives me a lot of time to CAG between work and school.

I live in the San Fernando Valley (the northern part of Los Angeles), so there are plenty of stores around me to go to, including 6 GameRushes (and another 6 Blockbusters without a GR), 3 Best Buys (they're building another one too), 3 Circuit Cities, 1 Fry's, 2 Wal-Marts (we defeated a proposed new one, we're getting Best Buy instead), 5 Targets, and 5 GameStops. And that's all within a 10 mile radius from my house.

If I need to bounce around to get a good kunai in, it takes me 2 hours from start to finish to hit up about 8 different stores. Looking at my receipts, it took me 1 hour to get from the first Best Buy, to the second Best Buy, and all the way up to the third (and the Best Buys are all the furthest out from me in all three directions- east, west and north).

Nobody can do what I do how I do it but me.

[XxSmityxX]

I'm a college student, and I work at Starbucks in the morning (4:30-7:00am), which gives me a lot of time to CAG between work and school.

I live in the San Fernando Valley (the northern part of Los Angeles), so there are plenty of stores around me to go to, including 6 GameRushes (and another 6 Blockbusters without a GR), 3 Best Buys (they're building another one too), 3 Circuit Cities, 1 Fry's, 2 Wal-Marts (we defeated a proposed new one, we're getting Best Buy instead), 5 Targets, and 5 GameStops. And that's all within a 10 mile radius from my house.

If I need to bounce around to get a good kunai in, it takes me 2 hours from start to finish to hit up about 8 different stores. Looking at my receipts, it took me 1 hour to get from the first Best Buy, to the second Best Buy, and all the way up to the third (and the Best Buys are all the furthest out from me in all three directions- east, west and north).

Nobody can do what I do how I do it but me.


WTF is the point of this post? Bragging rights? LOL

[Warner1281]

WTF is the point of this post? Bragging rights? LOL

Cause somebody asked him how he had time to do all of this. Try reading more than just the most current post.

[Slim Gatsby]

Cause somebody asked him how he had time to do all of this. Try reading more than just the most current post.

Owned.

[stoned99]

Ok, here's my deal (skip to the bolded part below for the summary!)...

I'll start with having some BB credit to burn (I'm not going to go back to figure out how much that cost me, but on average it is about 40% of cost).

Last week I bought 2 Halo 3's and traded them in at EB/GS for $44.80 apiece. Over the weekend I bought 2 Beowulfs for $17.99 from GS and traded one at my local Blockbuster for $35 and one at Gamecrazy for $35.

So to this point, I've turned $89.98 of BB credit into $53.62 of EB/GS credit, $35 more of BB credit, and $35 of GC credit.

That leads me to tonight. I left around 6pm to head out to the closest GS. I could have picked up my 3rd Halo 3 from the local BB (1/2 mile from my house) but the last 2 they had were pretty scratched up so I passed. So I had nothing to trade at the GS but I did pick up a new copy of Devil Summoner (gutted, unfortunately) and a 360 Beowulf for $17.99 each after coupon. I then went to Best Buy where I bought 2 PS3 copies of Beowulf for $9.99 apiece. They only had 1 or 2 more so I couldn't have bought 15 even if I had wanted to :lol:.

Then I had to take a HUGE detour (like completely the opposite way around the city) because traffic looked bad the way I wanted to go. This led me to a hidden gem of a Blockbuster that I had never traded at before. For the first time in a long time I signed up for a new trade agreement and traded in 1 PS3 and 1 360 Beowulf for $71 total and bought another Halo 3 for $44.99 along with, get this, a Wii Points card! They also had Wii controllers. I couldn't believe it. The even had a Guitar Hero III, but I think for PS2 only. Some other new games; Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Lego Star Wars CT for PS3. Note this is NOT a GR store, which is why I call it a BLOCKBUSTER.

Then I hit up a CC ALL the way across town and got 6 clearance items (thus was able to use the $15 off $100 coupon). This has nothing to do with the flipping, just thought I'd mention I accomplished other things too ;).

Finally I get to another EB store and am able to trade in that Halo 3 for $49 this time (since the base went back up to $35 from the $32 it was last week). I also buy another Beowulf for $17.99 and a new, sealed, Touch Detective 2 1/2 for $19.99 (for some reason I didn't get the 10% coupon discount applied on it :cry:).

So now I have one more set of 360/PS3 Beowulfs. I head to yet another Blockbuster I have never traded at before (which also sells new games - it appears nearly all of them do but my local one!). I trade those in for another $71 and buy 2 nearly mint copies of Halo 3 (they had 6 or 7).

I high-tailed it over to the Mall on the hope that they were open till 10 this time of year and was right - made it into the Software Etc at around 9:55. I trade one of the Halo 3's in for another $49 and leave.

So, all told, I spent 4 1/2 hours (including drive time home) driving about 50 miles (used the little car so less than 2 gallons of gas for that). Note that I also made the CC trip and went to 2 other stores for unrelated shopping for about 45 minutes of that time. I still have a Halo 3 to take to GS and I may try bringing it in to the closest one (8 miles away) tomorrow evening and also take the boys out to dinner at the same time, so I won't count any further gas/time for that ;).

As of right now I have taken that initial $89.98 of Blockbuster credit (at an original cost of about $36) along with a $20 investment in Best Buy Beowulfs and turned that into the following:

- $35 credit at Gamecrazy
- A Wii Points card
- Shin Megami Devil Summoner
- Touch Detective 2 1/2
- $77.66 in EB/GS credit
- A mint used Halo 3 (which I hope to turn into $49 more at GS)
- and, last, and certainly least, $22.04 more in BB credit

[Edit - oops, made a mistake the first time...] See, this is why I wanted to write it out - it is kind of cool I ended up with just about $68 less in BB credit for all the stuff I got. So, really, my only expense was the $68 of credit at Blockbuster (obtained at an average price of about $27), $20 of real money at Best Buy, the gas (about $5) and my time (worthless ;)) and I ended up with $112 in credit (will be $161 if I get that Halo 3 in to GS tomorrow) at more useful places, a Wii points card, and 2 new $20 games.

For whoever it was who asked about the time commitment, it certainly is an issue. But it isn't like I'd be making money during that time. I would have been at home either messing around here on CAG, watching TV, or spending time with my family. Since I'd probably do all 3, and 2 of those 3 are worthless, it wasn't a big loss and certainly worth what I got out of it...

So in total I have traded 4 360 and 2 PS3 Beowulfs in (5 to BB and 1 to GC). That is really about as much as I can take, though perhaps I'll pick up one more set when I go to GS tomorrow (stopping at Best Buy on the way) as I should have all weekend to get those traded. I'd like to see djkunai's final numbers ;). If I wanted I could do this endlessly as well as there 4 or 5 other Blockbusters I have trade accounts set up at that I haven't visited in months and a few others I've never gone to - all within a 30 mile radius or so.

It was nice at these 2 new ones, though, as they had no issue whatsoever with accepting the 1 360 and 1 PS3 copy. They didn't even ask me about why I was doing that. It was nice... At the first store they said they rarely get any trades at all. At my local store they are always giving me funny looks when I come in to trade. , So I think I'll just stick with trading mostly at the outlying stores and continue to use the local store for the free Coke Rewards rentals!

In terms of basic profit, though, the $9.99 Best Buy PS3 Beowulf -> $36 in BB credit ranks up there as one of the all-time greats. It is hard to restrain myself from doing more than a few of those!

IO, it looks like you're back in the BB/GR game. I just expanded my trade circle as well to a new BB, but what a fiasco that was as it was the DM who had to help set it all up, and he was a suspicious MF, especially when he saw my 300$ in ValueCard credit. And that was on my second attempt to trade there as the drones could not figure out how to setup a trade account. Hopefully djkunai can contain himself and not bring the wrath of BB corporate down on the rest of us. I think 2-3 copies of any one game at any 1 store is fairplay, beyond that it's just rolling the dice towards the inevitable.

[bornrunnin31]

Pulled a Beowolf today with the $10 off at BestBuy (I always get nervous they're gonne reject it when those coupons give them trouble) and it took the lady at BB FOREVER to set up a trade account for me because I don't have one at school where I'm at right now. The computer kept rejecting all this info and stuff, so I was starting to feel bad because there was a line of customers. But in the end, I got my $36 for $10 so I was happy.
And here's some quotes if anyones interested:
VF5 ps3 -- $16
Clive Barker's Jericho ps3 -- Not in their system, strangely

[maxfisher]

I'm a college student, and I work at Starbucks in the morning (4:30-7:00am), which gives me a lot of time to CAG between work and school.

I live in the San Fernando Valley (the northern part of Los Angeles), so there are plenty of stores around me to go to, including 6 GameRushes (and another 6 Blockbusters without a GR), 3 Best Buys (they're building another one too), 3 Circuit Cities, 1 Fry's, 2 Wal-Marts (we defeated a proposed new one, we're getting Best Buy instead), 5 Targets, and 5 GameStops. And that's all within a 10 mile radius from my house.

If I need to bounce around to get a good kunai in, it takes me 2 hours from start to finish to hit up about 8 different stores. Looking at my receipts, it took me 1 hour to get from the first Best Buy, to the second Best Buy, and all the way up to the third (and the Best Buys are all the furthest out from me in all three directions- east, west and north).

Nobody can do what I do how I do it but me.

I don't have the time you do, but can rival your store line-up. Within 5-10 miles of my apt., I have 3 targets, 3 best buys, 2 circuit city's, 1 fry's, 3 walmarts, 7 or 8 Gamestops/EB's, and around a dozen blockbusters, some with GR's, some without. I usually only 'kunai' if it's going to at least double my money. This year, I think I've done it three times. With a total of about 8 hours of running around, I've turned roughly $300 spent into $1200 in Gamerush credit, which has bought me a 360, 2 DS lites and a whole bunch of games. I never would've thought to do this if it wasn't for these threads, so thanks to djkunai and everyone else who participates.

[Slim Gatsby]

Did some major Kunaiing today.

Grabbed 3 Beo's from BBuy, headed to BBuster #1. Traded 'em along with 2x Madden '06 for $95 credit, used that with some previous credit to get Halo 3 x2, Wii Points Card x3, and a $50 GC for my Uncle for the holidays.

UPDATE: They had a stack of Black-and-Red DS Lites! Additionally, I recieved a $5 GC for purchasing the $50 GC!

Headed to the next one, traded the same 2x Beo and 2x Madden '06. Got another $94, bought two XBL 1600 point cards.

Went to GameCrazy across the street, and...

UPDATE: According to one of my friends who works at GC, a letter went out from corporate, at least DISTRICT, possibly CHAIN-WIDE that all stores must match trade-in prices.

Got $44 for a PS3 Beo and a Madden '06 @ GC.

Now I'm out of things to trade in! Except for those two Halo 3's... >:)

[arthurRWD]

well, after 2 straight days of kunaiing Beowulf, I ended up with a 80gb PS3 for $70 out of pocket at GS

there are no beowulf's left to be had at any Bestbuy in Chattanooga

[Slim Gatsby]

well, after 2 straight days of kunaiing Beowulf, I ended up with a 80gb PS3 for $70 out of pocket at GS

there are no beowulf's left to be had at any Bestbuy in Chattanooga

Nice! Congrats!

I'm thinking of doing the same ;D

Or maybe an army of DS Lites...hmm...

[Slim Gatsby]

UPDATE! Team FDOU's at the GameRush by my dad (now has GC in hard)! No elites though, but it'll be a Pro. I'll probaly skin it anyway.

$540 credit for a:

360 Pro $350
12-month LIVE $50
Dead Rising $25

$425 + 7% tax = 459 + $20 shipping; $80 in credit left over

Anything noteworthy to get him to buy, or should he just ship me the balance? GR's prices seem a little on the high side...

[abducted vision]

I was able to convert some of my credit into cash at BlockBuster. I was returning a DVD box set (had an extra Lost Box set) that I bought with my store credit and the assistant manager told me that they CAN'T give back credit... only cash. wtf? can someone comfirm this? He just asked me why i was returning it and I just said I found a better deal. handed him the receipt and gave me cash :D Perhaps this is a way to convert to cash? YMMV?

also picked up mass effect, cod4, and beautiful katamari. going to see if I can kunai some more today.

[DisturbedZen]

I'm curious, for those than kunai heavily, are your BB/GR busy? It seems at my local BB/GR it would be suspicious if I was to flip 1 game a day, they even denied me awhile back for Happy Feet because I had already traded it in a few days ago...

Maybe its San Gabriel Valley Area.

[elmyra]

UPDATE! Team FDOU's at the GameRush by my dad (now has GC in hard)! No elites though, but it'll be a Pro. I'll probaly skin it anyway.

$540 credit for a:

360 Pro $350
12-month LIVE $50
Dead Rising $25

$425 + 7% tax = 459 + $20 shipping; $80 in credit left over

Anything noteworthy to get him to buy, or should he just ship me the balance? GR's prices seem a little on the high side...
What city did your father buy this in?

And yeah, GR's prices are kind of high.

[arthurRWD]

also, I had a question to those who have tried; i did a search and found nothing

I'm thinking about trading in my free copy of Motorstorm, NOT FOR RESALE is plastered all over it. Will BB take this for trade? Or should I try a manual/disk only type trade?

[djkunai]

also, I had a question to those who have tried; i did a search and found nothing

I'm thinking about trading in my free copy of Motorstorm, NOT FOR RESALE is plastered all over it. Will BB take this for trade? Or should I try a manual/disk only type trade?

Take the coverart out and replace it with the manual. Then trade it in and make them look it up.

[mkernan]

also, I had a question to those who have tried; i did a search and found nothing

I'm thinking about trading in my free copy of Motorstorm, NOT FOR RESALE is plastered all over it. Will BB take this for trade? Or should I try a manual/disk only type trade?

Like he said, yeah just take out the cover. However, one of my local stores refuses to take games without cover art, so if that happens, just go to a different location.

[Slim Gatsby]

What city did your father buy this in?

And yeah, GR's prices are kind of high.

He didn't buy it yet (tonight supposedly), but the guy told me over the phone that the one he put aside for me had TEAM FDOU on it. ^_^

They had a few more Pros and Arcades too.

[Slim Gatsby]

Like he said, yeah just take out the cover. However, one of my local stores refuses to take games without cover art, so if that happens, just go to a different location.

Or print one from the Video Game Covers Project.

[stoned99]

I'm curious, for those than kunai heavily, are your BB/GR busy? It seems at my local BB/GR it would be suspicious if I was to flip 1 game a day, they even denied me awhile back for Happy Feet because I had already traded it in a few days ago...

Maybe its San Gabriel Valley Area.

Mine are typically empty at lunch when I go in.

So for those of you with credit to burn, you can convert 50 into 55 by buying gift cards. They have a +5$ for every gift card purchased. Don't tell them you're using Value Card credit first though, as they may balk at converting the credit, and don't try to buy more than 2 at a time, as that is sure to make the clerk nervous.

[edavis0780]

I know this borders on highly immoral but one can theoretically continue to flip between GS and GR/BB almost infintely. Of course, this can only last as long as the extra 30% coupon (which means tomorrow).

1.Start at Best Buy and buy some Beowulf's for $10.
2.Kunai Beowulfs GR/BB and purchase Halo 3.
3.Trade Halo 3s to GS and purchase either Beowulf, Darkness, Hour of Victory, or Madden 06.
4.Kunai those games to GR/BB and repeat by purchasing Halo 3.

Another limiting factor would also be the amount of Halo 3 available.

I've managed to Kunai 6 copies of Beowulf today, and hope to Kunai 3 more tomorrow which should leave me with about $340 in GS credit (after Halo 3 flip). The question that's really bugging is whether I should sit contently with my more valuable GS credit or convert it back into more (but less valuable) GR/BB credit. Theoretically, if I used $340 in GS credit to buy a ton of Beowulfs (assuming I could both find that many and Kunai the game again to local GR/BBs), I would end up with $612 in GR/BB credit.
Decisions, decisions, decisions.:-k

*I also forgot to mention that such a flip would basically turn $94 into $612, a more than %600 increase. This is quite possibly the most exploitable flip since the days of trade 3 get any used for $5.

[sasukekun]

Just kunaied 5x :ps3: Beowulf. Ended up with $180 split over 3 gift/value cards. Still have to kunai 3 more copies. Will end up with $288 in gift/value cards once I trade these 8. And still need about 4 more copies to get my 40g PS3 :D

Hopefully I can find some more :ps3: Beowulfs but I cleaned out Riverside, and both Moreno Valley CA BestBuys.

[edavis0780]

Just kunaied 5x :ps3: Beowulf. Ended up with $180 split over 3 gift/value cards. Still have to kunai 3 more copies. Will end up with $288 in gift/value cards once I trade these 8. And still need about 4 more copies to get my 40g PS3 :D

Hopefully I can find some more :ps3: Beowulfs but I cleaned out Riverside, and both Moreno Valley CA BestBuys.

If you come down to Orange County, don't try the Fullerton Best Buy; cleaned out;).

[jkircos]

Ok since everyone is trading in crap like crazy, can someone find out how much they will give for a PSP fat and a Xbox 360?

[djkunai]

Ok since everyone is trading in crap like crazy, can someone find out how much they will give for a PSP fat and a Xbox 360?

There was an issue with Blockbuster obtaining the pawn shop license for taking in things with serial numbers. No stores around me take consoles (or accessories, but that's another issue).

[nakanenui]

How are people getting beowulf at GS for 17.99 vice 19.99, I bought 3 copies of each XBX360 and PS3, so I might go back for a price adjust, return rebuy using the coupon when I decide to kunai 9 more PS3 copies... lol. Damn GS didnt even mention the 30% coupon nor the discount on beowulf for 17.99. Such uninformed workers, hehe.

[Masterkyo]

If u live closed BB in Independence, MO & Lees Summit, MO cos i cleared all Beowulf (PS3) version on both locations. I trade-in 4 copies today $155.12 after taxes. I'll trade-in 2 copies left tomorrow and hope the trade-in price is now SHRINK :) Yay! New PSP Slim will be mine tomorrow :)

[io]

Hehe, I wonder if Best Buy corporate is going to wonder why sales of this game have been so good. I bet they attribute it to the $40 price drop ;).

[stoned99]

How are people getting beowulf at GS for 17.99 vice 19.99, I bought 3 copies of each XBX360 and PS3, so I might go back for a price adjust, return rebuy using the coupon when I decide to kunai 9 more PS3 copies... lol. Damn GS didnt even mention the 30% coupon nor the discount on beowulf for 17.99. Such uninformed workers, hehe.

Used vs New.

[sasukekun]

Ya, I cleaned out the 3 bestbuys near me, I might have to buy 4 more copies at $17/19, instead of the $9.99.

Will spend an extra $40 but still gets me a 40G PS3 for about $175 vs $130. Still a great deal though.

[io]

Used vs New.

Actually, I was getting new copies for $17.99 using the 10% off coupon at GS. None of the stores I've gone to have even had used copies.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162802

[goengland]

I know this borders on highly immoral but one can theoretically continue to flip between GS and GR/BB almost infintely. Of course, this can only last as long as the extra 30% coupon (which means tomorrow).

1.Start at Best Buy and buy some Beowulf's for $10.
2.Kunai Beowulfs GR/BB and purchase Halo 3.
3.Trade Halo 3s to GS and purchase either Beowulf, Darkness, Hour of Victory, or Madden 06.
4.Kunai those games to GR/BB and repeat by purchasing Halo 3.

Another limiting factor would also be the amount of Halo 3 available.

I've managed to Kunai 6 copies of Beowulf today, and hope to Kunai 3 more tomorrow which should leave me with about $340 in GS credit (after Halo 3 flip). The question that's really bugging is whether I should sit contently with my more valuable GS credit or convert it back into more (but less valuable) GR/BB credit. Theoretically, if I used $340 in GS credit to buy a ton of Beowulfs (assuming I could both find that many and Kunai the game again to local GR/BBs), I would end up with $612 in GR/BB credit.
Decisions, decisions, decisions.:-k

*I also forgot to mention that such a flip would basically turn $94 into $612, a more than %600 increase. This is quite possibly the most exploitable flip since the days of trade 3 get any used for $5.

How much is Halo3 in Blockbuster?

[rocawear1114]

looks like i'm a have to hop on the beowulf flip but here are some trade in values for the wiki

Rainbow Six: Vegas: $18
Crackdown: $15
NBA 2K7: $8

All 360 titles

[Warner1281]

Since I work at Blockbuster, I've been hesitant to hop on the flip train, but this was too good to pass up.

4x Beowolf at Best Buy = $40 + tax (using $10 off coupons)
Traded into various Blockbusters= $36 x 4= $144
Bought 4x Halo 3= $45 - 20% employee discount - 10% discount (employee appreciation week)= $31.67 x 4= $126.68
Traded 3x Halo 3 to GS= $147 credit

overall I spent $40 for:
$147 in GS credit
$17 BB credit
Halo 3 (will trade tomorrow)

[Torch]

1st of all, I would like to thank the people of this thread/forum for informing me of this amazing deal. (Rock Band+360 Pro+Halo 3+2 Gold DSes for under $300!)

2nd of all, of the 4 GRs we went to today, 3 flat out refused to accept Beowulf trade-ins, (2 of those we had never even been to) it's starting to look like the gravy train is leaving the station, here. Not that I mind, we pretty much bought out every BB of their PS3 Beowulf stock.

[elmyra]

2nd of all, of the 4 GRs we went to today, 3 flat out refused to accept Beowulf trade-ins, (2 of those we had never even been to) it's starting to look like the gravy train is leaving the station, here. Not that I mind, we pretty much bought out every BB of their PS3 Beowulf stock.

Where are you located?

[Masterkyo]

Hehe, I wonder if Best Buy corporate is going to wonder why sales of this game have been so good. I bet they attribute it to the $40 price drop ;).

Well, if GR BB no longer take Beowulf & BB corporate will suprise lots BEOWULF return :)

[djkunai]

Well, if GR BB no longer take Beowulf & BB corporate will suprise lots BEOWULF return :)

I'm going to be honest- I understand what you say only half the time.

[TMNT770]

what do i say when i hand them 5 dollars movie ticket that comes with beowulf?

[djkunai]

what do i say when i hand them 5 dollars movie ticket that comes with beowulf?

"Here."

[Warner1281]

what do i say when i hand them 5 dollars movie ticket that comes with beowulf?

"Hi" usually works. Perhaps you could throw in a "how's it going" too?

[TMNT770]

they gonna ask me whats this and what 2 do with it

[Warner1281]

they gonna ask me whats this and what 2 do with it

It should tell them everything they need to know right on it. If not, just tell them it was in a game you bought and it said it was $5 off a movie ticket. Seems pretty self explanatory.

[Slim Gatsby]

Apparently my account got frozen at some point today. o.O

Oh well...I already have my 360, some games, $150 worth of points and Live cards, and credit to spare.

[sasukekun]

Apparently my account got frozen at some point today. o.O

Oh well...I already have my 360, some games, $150 worth of points and Live cards, and credit to spare.
How did you find out? Went to the store and couldnt trade-in at all?

[stoned99]

Looks like your DM caught on. I traded another today, couldnt resist, but I have 3 more halo's to trade back to EB, so I'm happy.

[Slim Gatsby]

How did you find out? Went to the store and couldnt trade-in at all?

Tried to trade in, "Uh, I don't know how to do trade ins..." *click click click* "Uh, did you trade at another store today? Apparently your account was frozen."

I ran into a friend of mine at BestBuy and told him about it, and gave him my spare PS3 coupons (that BB caps all sales at 3 of a product per person). He must have gone to BlockBluster right after me and done something stupid. :roll:

At least he works at GC and will definitely PM the BB trade-in price for me there.

[Bretts31344]

Well, back to Gamerush to return Mass Effect and buy Halo 3's tomorrow. Then to GS, and then back to GR to rebuy Mass Effect later in the day, along with COD 4. $hady, I left one copy of PS3 Beowulf at BB. I took one, and left one for you. I almost took both when I remembered you got in on the buy 5 used games for $25, then reconsidered. I figured I would spread the wealth, lol.

[sasukekun]

Tried to trade in, "Uh, I don't know how to do trade ins..." *click click click* "Uh, did you trade at another store today? Apparently your account was frozen."

I ran into a friend of mine at BestBuy and told him about it, and gave him my spare PS3 coupons (that BB caps all sales at 3 of a product per person). He must have gone to BlockBluster right after me and done something stupid. :roll:

At least he works at GC and will definitely PM the BB trade-in price for me there.
That sucks, I'm trying to rack up credit ASAP so I can get my PS3 and be done with this kunaiing ;)

[$hady]

what do i say when i hand them 5 dollars movie ticket that comes with beowulf?

Fuck you

they gonna ask me whats this and what 2 do with it
Tell um it's none of their damn business!


Thanks for posting I literally LOL.

[$hady]

Well, back to Gamerush to return Mass Effect and buy Halo 3's tomorrow. Then to GS, and then back to GR to rebuy Mass Effect later in the day, along with COD 4. $hady, I left one copy of PS3 Beowulf at BB. I took one, and left one for you. I almost took both when I remembered you got in on the buy 5 used games for $25, then reconsidered. I figured I would spread the wealth, lol.

HAHA sweet but you should have grabbed both though since I probably would have... I'm not used to sharing GR flip stuff. I don't think the other local CAGs are hip to the scene or at least none of them post. Hope it's still there I was planning on going yesterday but never got around to it. I'm gonna stop in early this morning though and try to grab $10 Beowulf while I pick up some cdrs.

Oh yea and if you looking to flip back to GS as of tuesday GR on Turfway had at least 2 more copies of Halo 3 after I picked up my 2 copies. Also bought the the impossible to find Wii Zapper there for my boy at work. Last one they had though....

[Bretts31344]

HAHA sweet but you should have grabbed both though since I probably would have... I'm not used to sharing GR flip stuff. I don't think the other local CAGs are hip to the scene or at least none of them post. Hope it's still there I was planning on going yesterday but never got around to it. I'm gonna stop in early this morning though and try to grab $10 Beowulf while I pick up some cdrs.

Oh yea and if you looking to flip back to GS as of tuesday GR on Turfway had at least 2 more copies of Halo 3 after I picked up my 2 copies. Also bought the the impossible to find Wii Zapper there for my boy at work. Last one they had though....

The one in Union had one Wii Zapper, but I probably will pick that up tomorrow. Thanks for the other info.

[djkunai]

Oh yea and if you looking to kunai back to GS as of tuesday GR on Turfway had at least 2 more copies of Halo 3 after I picked up my 2 copies.

Fixed.

[JJSP]

If you come down to Orange County, don't try the Fullerton Best Buy; cleaned out;).
You dirty, dirty, dirty bastard.

[unforeseen]

Ya, I cleaned out the 3 bestbuys near me, I might have to buy 4 more copies at $17/19, instead of the $9.99.

Will spend an extra $40 but still gets me a 40G PS3 for about $175 vs $130. Still a great deal though.

Damn you, could of saved one or two for the rest of us in the IE.

[sasukekun]

Damn you, could of saved one or two for the rest of us in the IE.
Sorry, but I wanna get my PS3 ASAP. The Riverside one had at least one copy left since they wouldnt let me buy more than 3 copies. I havent touched Corona store and probably wont. But I'll probably pick up my last 3 copies at Gamestop.

But I had success using the $10 off ps3 title coupon.

[DisturbedZen]

Hmm, I wonder what happened with Slim Gatsby's transaction...

I've always been cautious about flipping, IE, flipping only when its different cashiers, never 2 identical games at one time and especially 1 per store, even at a GR.

I will try two tomorrow, hopefully they don't get anal about it since I did read their sign and it says "two". Strange how it was only posted at this one GR out of the two GR and 6 BBs.

[unforeseen]

Sorry, but I wanna get my PS3 ASAP. The Riverside one had at least one copy left since they wouldnt let me buy more than 3 copies. I havent touched Corona store and probably wont. But I'll probably pick up my last 3 copies at Gamestop.

But I had success using the $10 off ps3 title coupon.

Don't sweat it. There will be others. Plus, I do not want to be banned from GR. Moderation is the key.

[$hady]

Someone posted in the GS Beowulf thread they got banned. They traded multiple sealed copies though and the manager thought they were stolen and called other stores to warn them and that's where he got caught again. http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3705086#post3705086

[io]

Went to GameCrazy across the street, and...

UPDATE: According to one of my friends who works at GC, a letter went out from corporate, at least DISTRICT, possibly CHAIN-WIDE that all stores must match trade-in prices.

Got $44 for a PS3 Beo and a Madden '06 @ GC.


Must not be chain-wide because I went to a GC Weds night that I don't do much trading at and got shot down for the price match (in fact, I think a CAG works there and may have been the one to turn me down - he didn't know it was me obviously, not that it would matter ;)).

They said they don't match trade-in prices, and especially not for that game because it only sells new for $19.99. So, which is it guys? You don't price match or didn't want to in this case? However, they DID tell me they price match sale ads like a Best Buy ad. This is wierd because the GC I normally go to USED to do that as a pilot program and recently stopped doing it. They have always matched trade-in prices though.

Then the GC guys got dumber and told me Gamestop matches trade-in prices so I should try there. Yeah, right :roll:...

Anyway, I just took the 360 and PS3 Beowulf's to the Blockbuster right down the street from them and it worked out better anyway as they had no less than FIFTEEN copies of Halo 3! So I got my $71 and then bought 2 Halos for $90, but it was hilarious - the guy pulled out a stack of discs just one on top of the other and I was able to extract 2 obviously unused discs. They said they got 15 for rent and only 3 ever got rented out. In fact, I may go back there after again next week and buy one for myself (since I've never played a Halo before). Basically getting a mint complete copy with an untouched manual for $45 in BB credit is not a bad deal. I'm really hoping for some sort of used game sale first though - I may hold off for that as those copies aren't going anywhere. It is too bad we didn't have a Buy 2 Get 1 free going on with used games at Blockbuster during all this ;).

Then I went up the road to the mall with 2 EB/GS stores in it and traded both of those Halo 3's in (1 at each store). So, anyway, instead of $71 of Gamecrazy credit I ended up getting $98 in EB credit (after pitching in the difference of $19 in BB credit to buy the Halo 3's after the Beowulf trades) which is better anyway.

I also bought 2 more 360 Beowulf's from EB and 2 PS3 copies from Best Buy. So now I have 2 more sets to get rid of this weekend, hopefully. I know one store I can take them to but will have to find another for the second set - somewhere I haven't traded at in a long time would be best.

[io]

Well, if GR BB no longer take Beowulf & BB corporate will suprise lots BEOWULF return :)

Translation: If Gamerush/Blockbuster stores no longer take Beowulf in for trade, then BEST BUY corporate will be surprised with a lot of PS3 Beowulf returns in short order.

I think that's what he was saying. I'm assuming it was in response to what I said earlier about Best Buy corporate probably being shocked at the huge amount of Beowulf they've moved over the last few days. So maybe that's why I understood him ;).

[Bezerker]

Someone posted in the GS Beowulf thread they got banned. They traded multiple sealed copies though and the manager thought they were stolen and called other stores to warn them and that's where he got caught again. http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3705086#post3705086

Honestly, thats what he gets for trading in sealed games. I'm suprised he didnt leave the $19.99 price tags on them.

[stone1061]

Got 5 more PS3 Beowulf's at Best Buy.
The fine gent at the register even put 2 on the same receipt with two coupons.
Will have to make some rounds this morning to start dumping these.
Also noticed they have War Tech for PS3 for 9.99, would they be free with the $10 coupon or not valid?

[mkernan]

Does anybody have an updated quote for Call of Juarez for 360? The wiki value is from September. Would be good to know since it'll be $8 at CC on Sunday.

Monster Madness and Red Steel will be $8 also, but I can't imagine those would be worth it..... although, seems like I saw a stupid-high price on a copy of Monster Madness at GR recently.

[Snake2715]

You guys suck... too bad I got region banned for nothing a while back. I mean I tried to trade in my second PS3 darkness and got shot down (its buried in this thread).

I am going to be picking up a PS3 and would love to have grabbed Drakes Fortune on the cheap with flipping.

Oh well, I better just stay out of this thread to not get myself upset.

Good luck everyone.

[doubledown]

I will have to try and get some beowulfs at Best Buy....maybe tomorrow. I have just been way too busy the past two weeks to really take advantage...only 1 copy traded thus far....1 lousy copy ;)

[awp]

Hope BB doesn't ban the Beowulf trades. Planning on getting in on the action today, but have to stop home to print off a Best Buy coupon (can't get to the image website here at work :( ).

[wolfpackgamer]

Interesting that Best Buy allows multiple buys using 10 dollar off coupon. I cut them out and chopped off the bottom under the expiration as kunai suggested earlier and had no problem buying four and two at different best buys in one transaction. However idk how well it would work if the cashier had to read fine print if I had included it. Also of note was the fact that my coupons didn't scan. They had to manually ender the SKU number on each one, which was harrowing for me because I worried they would turn me down and the transactions took so long. Anyway thanks for this info kunai or whoever started it; I'm saving up to eventually buy a Wii from GS (even if I can't get one before xmas).

[stone1061]

Just back from Blockbuster, got rid of beowulf again, have 4 to drop around town later.
Got a DS Lite and 2 mint copies of used Halo 3.
Cost 70 Beowulf dollars.
Both Halo 3's headed to different Gamestop(s) today with the 30 % extra coupon.
Going to trade in my Old PSP and Halo 3 credit earned for a new model.

May try for a third Halo 3( i have 3 gamestops around), using the last one to trade for more beowulf.

[grecianfox]

Call of Juarez trades for $15
Monster Madness (X360) trades for (drumroll please)...... 28.50.

Have fun shopping at CC on Sunday gents.

[mkernan]

Call of Juarez trades for $15
Monster Madness (X360) trades for (drumroll please)...... 28.50.

Have fun shopping at CC on Sunday gents.

Damn, that Monster Madness trade value is hot. No coupon needed or anything.... and like 300% return. Nice.

Also, keep in mind you can take the CC ad over to BB for a price match and get Reward Zone points (double points if you've selected that option and shop before 11am).

[mkernan]

Damn, that Monster Madness trade value is hot. No coupon needed or anything.... and like 300% return. Nice.

BTW, pricegrabber has a $5 mail-in rebate on Monster Madness, so if you send in the copy of the receipt and UPC and write a review of it, you can even get $5 back via mail.

Only one per person, only the first 25 that request the rebate form get it.

(Call of Jaurez has a $5 pricegrabber MIR too)

[$hady]

Big thanks to Bretts who left me that $10 Beowulf PS3 at BB I got it this afternoon. :D Was gonna ask if they had more in the back but they were packed and I was running late so didn't bother.

Thanks for the heads up on the CC games next week. I had already planned on going in to get myself a copy of each to play but damn looks like i'll be hurrying through the game to trade it back in! :D

[stone1061]

Circuit City starting Sunday has all 19.99 games on sale 2 for $30. That would be another opportunity for more Beowulf dollars at $15 a pop.

[wolfpackgamer]

The deals just keep getting better and better. Soon all Gamerushes will have to close because too many CAGs have raped them.

[ghozt]

anyone know if accounts are linked to all gamecrazy stores? i traded in at two different gc, but my account wasn't in the system at one of the stores.

[Torch]

Where are you located?

Southeast Michigan. North of Detroit.

Looks like Monster Madness is going to be a solid moneymaker for a few days. Especially if anyone gets their bill over $200 to use that $40 coupon!

[RandyTsai]

anyone know if accounts are linked to all gamecrazy stores? i traded in at two different gc, but my account wasn't in the system at one of the stores.

nope. they are not. I traded 28 copies of Beowulf (1 PS3, 1 Xb360) & 14 copies of armored core 4 at all 14 GC locations in so cal. Picked up 9 pink Nintendo DS Lites.

[ghozt]

nope. they are not. I traded 28 copies of Beowulf (1 PS3, 1 Xb360) & 14 copies of armored core 4 at all 14 GC locations in so cal. Picked up 9 pink Nintendo DS Lites.
thanks for the quick reply. gc allows 2 copies of the same game to be traded in so i guess ill be hitting up every gc in my area this weekend to rack up more credit.

[RandyTsai]

thanks for the quick reply. gc allows 2 copies of the same game to be traded in so i guess ill be hitting up every gc in my area this weekend to rack up more credit.

Trying pickin up some armor code 4 from CC with their gamer membership that give 10% off plus the 15 off 100 coupon. They trade in for $24 @ gamerush, so just GC price match that as well to make another 10 bucks.