The Blockbuster/Gamerush Thread XX - SMG $25 new, disc-only used 360/Wii games $9.99!

[Snake2715]

BBV TIV Hail to the Chimp $16 1/6/09

[RCS0926]

Just to clarify, the B1G1 is still on, right? I went to 2 Blockbusters today, and the reps at both stores told me they "believed" the sale ended yesterday. However, is there a way for them to know for sure? During the B1G1 sales, is the promotion programmed into the register/computer, or do clerks always have the ability to do a B1G1 transaction with the push of a button?

If I recall correctly, Gamestop's trade in promotions are programmed into the register for the duration of the promotion and automatically apply as long as the criteria is met. It would be good to know if this is how it works for Blockbuster as well since I can always go back and have the cashier scan 2 games and see if the promotion is still running. Anyway, it's hard to believe that this deal would run through 1/12 at some stores and end at 1/5 at other stores. You would think the promotion would be consistent at all stores. Thanks in advance for any info provided..

[Ragnorok64]

So how do i take advantage of this if I don't want any of the promo games? Trade in some games toward one of these promos, them return the promo game? Will they even let you do that?

[dyeknom]

Ugh lost my part time job today, just what i needed while I am studying for my licensing exam... now i have to find a new one with such flexible hours... that wont mess with my review courses.

I should have held off on trading speed racer and ninja reflex for tonight. i would have liked to have grabbed RRR for my parents.

oh well... time to chillax on flipping.

[Ragnorok64]

Ugh lost my part time job today Join the club :cry:.

[bob330i]

I really need to stop revisiting this thread. Looks like it's off to scope out some Blockbusters again tonight, although I'm pretty sure I already bought up most of the good Wii games back during the bonus $5 offer.


Ditto here. Unloaded 8 Wii games on Sunday expecting the trade 3/get +$15 was only going to be trade 3/get +$10.

[bgame2]

Just to clarify, the B1G1 is still on, right? I went to 2 Blockbusters today, and the reps at both stores told me they "believed" the sale ended yesterday. However, is there a way for them to know for sure? During the B1G1 sales, is the promotion programmed into the register/computer, or do clerks always have the ability to do a B1G1 transaction with the push of a button? ..

Yes the deal is still on at BBV. I was there a little while ago and picked a few games up, which leads to my second comment.

So as not to clog up this thread with unnecessary trade discussion, is there any way we can all discuss possible trades in a separate thread - like its done in the target thread? Obviously I'm not trying to make any more work for io, but I know that having scored/seen copies of Okami, Samba, Turok and a bunch of others that I don't want, I'd be more than happy to trade with people who could find something that I do want (to keep - not trade in)

Finally, ENDWAR (360) - 35

[theeipi]

It is a seperate promo at Gamestop: trade 2 Wii or DS games and get $30 or $20 off select NEW Wii or DS games. So you have to buy a specific title for it to work but stone says you get the TIV + the $30 or $20 credit, even on games that are only $19.99 or $29.99 or whatever.

See here:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209950

I still want to make 100% sure he isn't getting overrides for this to work - because that way I could certainly see them adding the $30 or $20 in and getting it stacked with regular TIV. If it is automatic, though, this promo is golden ;). It is too bad there is very little left to get in terms of Wii or DS games from BBV though. I just traded one of my last 2 Wii games in last night with the trade 3 promo - only got $7.xx for DBZ BT 2 - would have definitely saved it for this had I known. I have a Bee Movie game left along with one extra copy of Flash Focus - so for both the DS and Wii promos I need another game of each type. I could toss in the Ninja Reflex I intended to keep - but that would be a shame as it is absolutely mint.

And I'm really mad with myself for passing up the slightly scratched Okami I looked at yesterday... Maybe I can still go back and get it - problem is that store is 20 miles away.

Definitely no override needed. Bought a wii fit and paid the balance with credit.

Bought a ds game after trading caspian and ninja gaiden ds and has the extra credit added to my card.

[francostein]

saw gears of war used for 24.99 BBV.... any one think it will drop to 14.99 by the 12th (when this deal ends)?

[sgaldis]

saw gears of war used for 24.99 BBV.... any one think it will drop to 14.99 by the 12th (when this deal ends)?

Anything's possible at BBV; they'll probably lower the used price to $14.99 but raise the TIV to like $30. That sounds about in-line with their business model.

[dyeknom]

So how do i take advantage of this if I don't want any of the promo games? Trade in some games toward one of these promos, them return the promo game? Will they even let you do that?

Request a gift receipt... then return it to a different GS maybe? :/

[irishsoccermbw]

Request a gift receipt... then return it to a different GS maybe? :/

Now that is an idea, I have 7 wii games left, might give that a shot tomorrow on the way to class :).

[evildeadjedi]

Request a gift receipt... then return it to a different GS maybe? :/

That's what I did on the trade two get a new game for 20 bucks promos back in November. Once the game I wanted became used I waited for a coupon or B2G1.

[Animal7390]

anybody know the tiv for skate city heroes and fitness coach at bb?

already posted but i will repost since this thread moves so fast and some people do not want to sift through 2 pages. skate heroes will not trade at bbv.

Don't remember specifically - has a light brown dog on the cover though (I think).



Wait, what? Do you need the disc? Ie, if I am selling these on eBay are people going to want that along with it? Because they certainly didn't give me no disc when I bought it at GS.

Also, wish I could find the Wall-E figures on clearance around here - they were wiped out long ago.



YMMV - First of all, smudges are OK as they are cleanable. And I've been able to find near mint copies of just about everything I want. Granted, it is less likely with Bioshock and Mass Effect than with GTA IV because they weren't quite so overstocked with rental copies of those games vs GTA. Actually yesterday I looked at 3 copies of Bioshock and all were a bit iffy so I passed on it even for a GS flip (don't want any chance of a refurb fee when the profit isn't that high to begin with). Also, I had heard before that PS3 games (ie, blu-rays) were more durable but I didn't realize what a huge difference it makes till this sale. Nearly every PS3 game I've gotten from this sale has been mint once the fingerprints are wiped off. Kudos to Sony for making a medium that is conducive to used sales (and thus flipping). I'm sure that wasn't their intent though ;).


She flips for you? Marry that woman ASAP!



I seriously doubt you went the same time as me. My trade at 7:30 PM didn't work automatically while my trade at 8:30 PM did. Note that these times are Pacific, meaning if you are in Boston the deal went active around 11:00 PM your time. I don't think GS stores are open that late on a Monday after the holiday shopping season is over ;).



So, some people can't find GTA IV for PS3. I can't find a single copy of this game anywhere - would like one to keep.

I'm still confused over this GS deal for trade 2 get $20 off certain Wii/DS games. Someone will have to post a full transaction summary for me to fully understand it, I think ;).

if you see it pick it up cause at the least you could get more than boguht it for. also wall e figures are very scarce here and the network disc is not needed for modding a ps2 with a hard drive to load games onto so you do not need the discs. so do not worry about it. i might be able to pick up a second copy of samba for you if you would like.

It is a seperate promo at Gamestop: trade 2 Wii or DS games and get $30 or $20 off select NEW Wii or DS games. So you have to buy a specific title for it to work but stone says you get the TIV + the $30 or $20 credit, even on games that are only $19.99 or $29.99 or whatever.

See here:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209950

I still want to make 100% sure he isn't getting overrides for this to work - because that way I could certainly see them adding the $30 or $20 in and getting it stacked with regular TIV. If it is automatic, though, this promo is golden ;). It is too bad there is very little left to get in terms of Wii or DS games from BBV though. I just traded one of my last 2 Wii games in last night with the trade 3 promo - only got $7.xx for DBZ BT 2 - would have definitely saved it for this had I known. I have a Bee Movie game left along with one extra copy of Flash Focus - so for both the DS and Wii promos I need another game of each type. I could toss in the Ninja Reflex I intended to keep - but that would be a shame as it is absolutely mint.

And I'm really mad with myself for passing up the slightly scratched Okami I looked at yesterday... Maybe I can still go back and get it - problem is that store is 20 miles away.

100% verification that when they scan in the games that are eligible, anything that trades for 2.01 or more on ds games and anything that trades for 3.01 or more for the wii games, the bonus gets added directly to tiv total. so 2 games that trade in for the wii that have a total value of 10 will get a 30 bonus so the total tiv and amount you have is 40 or 41 with edge. i hope this makes sense.

So how do i take advantage of this if I don't want any of the promo games? Trade in some games toward one of these promos, them return the promo game? Will they even let you do that?

best bet would be pick up some then see if they flip to bbv. i will be call on the entire list tomorrow.

[gamerguy2k7]

my bbv has DMC4 for ps3 at 19.99 used. Only saw mass effect on 360 for 14.99 so i passed

[irishsoccermbw]

my bbv has DMC4 for ps3 at 19.99 used. Only saw mass effect on 360 for 14.99 so i passed

It was tagged 19.99 it would ring up at 14.99 if u want those two games I'd go back as soon as possible.

[shoe478]

my bbv has DMC4 for ps3 at 19.99 used. Only saw mass effect on 360 for 14.99 so i passed

You should've had it scanned, it is $14.99 on both systems now.

[Animal7390]

my bbv has DMC4 for ps3 at 19.99 used. Only saw mass effect on 360 for 14.99 so i passed

marked wrong it is 14.99. just bring it up.

friend of sonic, i found both games for you. let me know if you want them. if not no biggie.

[doublej33]

I realize this is the wrong time to trade this in to BBV but i'm broke and want to cash some of my credit out by gettin a couple of macy's cards. I'm also a lazy bum btw...wit that being said does anyone know off the top of their head the TIV for GTA4(PS3)? Help would be greatly appreciated

[PINKO]

I saw MassEffect for 9.99 the other day but passed

[ChunkyLover78]

I realize this is the wrong time to trade this in to BBV but i'm broke and want to cash some of my credit out by gettin a couple of macy's cards. I'm also a lazy bum btw...wit that being said does anyone know off the top of their head the TIV for GTA4(PS3)? Help would be greatly appreciated

less than 15

[doublej33]

^^FIgured it...just looking for more than 6

[io]

So as not to clog up this thread with unnecessary trade discussion, is there any way we can all discuss possible trades in a separate thread - like its done in the target thread? Obviously I'm not trying to make any more work for io, but I know that having scored/seen copies of Okami, Samba, Turok and a bunch of others that I don't want, I'd be more than happy to trade with people who could find something that I do want (to keep - not trade in)


I specifically state in the OP that trade offers/requests are allowed here (unlike everywhere else on CAG). It's my thread and that's how I'm runnin' it ;). It is a rare enough thing with BBV that I don't think it will get out of hand.

doublej33 - I'd imagine you would get more than $6. Probably $8 for a $15 game...

[CocheseUGA]

The two GRs that I go into, the managers are looking at me funny. I don't even do that much trading, but I'm always browsing.

Returned one set of BOGO games the other day, and she acted like it was a huge deal.

[joemoedee]

Just a note, one of my local BBV's completely transferred out their OG Xbox games. (Rental units) The girl I talked to wasn't too chatty, so I couldn't get where they went to.

They did add a lot of other games for sale though, so I snagged Jeopardy and Prince of Persia Sands of Time (PS2) for 6.99.

[theeipi]

marked wrong it is 14.99. just bring it up.

friend of sonic, i found both games for you. let me know if you want them. if not no biggie.
I don't know why this keeps coming up. At corporate stores, the cag list is 100 percent accurate for prices. I always bring games up and act like I.don't know and ask if the price is accurate. I bought an okami today listed at 34.99 and it rang as 14.99.

Fye takes that game at 16 cash, btw

[newlu]

Saw the Singstar bundle marked down to $44.99 today.

Edit: Also picked up Lost Odyssey for $25.99 and Trace Memory for $17.99, not great but I had some credit to burn.

[FlamedLiquid]

Wondering how much Blockbuster gives for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith...........they have the ps3 and 360 game only versions on sale for $9.99 at Meijer this week.

[bgame2]

Thanks io, I missed that part of the OP. I'm interested in Dirt for the 360 if anyone can find one for trade. I've got no shortage of Turok, GTA IV(360), or DMC 4 for either system.

[Nirron]

Wondering how much Blockbuster gives for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith...........they have the ps3 and 360 game only versions on sale for $9.99 at Meijer this week.

According to Friend of Sonic's list in the third post, last reported values were $22 for 360 (12/14) and $23 for PS3 (1/4) so it would be a 2.3 or so cash flip, which isn't too bad I guess.

And out of curiosity, anyone that has been having account troubles (trading suspensions/bans) found any resolution? I haven't pressed the issue yet, but I know I at least have a hold on my account at two stores (though they are in the same district) and don't know if it's a corporate ban or just a district thing. I did stupidly buy a VV on my store account (wasn't even thinking when I did it) so I know that probably flagged me here, but didn't know if it would be corporate wide.

[Rave Child]

So how do i take advantage of this if I don't want any of the promo games? Trade in some games toward one of these promos, them return the promo game? Will they even let you do that?

Maybe you can buy Wii Fits and sell them on craigslist? I haven't checked, though, are those still easy to cash out on? If so, it could certainly help you out with a bit of extra cash.

[FlamedLiquid]

According to Friend of Sonic's list in the third post, last reported values were $22 for 360 (12/14) and $23 for PS3 (1/4) so it would be a 2.3 or so cash flip, which isn't too bad I guess.

And out of curiosity, anyone that has been having account troubles (trading suspensions/bans) found any resolution? I haven't pressed the issue yet, but I know I at least have a hold on my account at two stores (though they are in the same district) and don't know if it's a corporate ban or just a district thing. I did stupidly buy a VV on my store account (wasn't even thinking when I did it) so I know that probably flagged me here, but didn't know if it would be corporate wide.

cool. That is pretty good. Wondering if it would look suspicious trading in more than 1 copy at a time.....how many would you trade at a time?

[edostar44]

So has anyone been able to find the Archos 605 30gb? I have been looking but have had no luck.

For the people who have purchased it did you get the 4gb or the 30gb?

[Nirron]

cool. That is pretty good. Wondering if it would look suspicious trading in more than 1 copy at a time.....how many would you trade at a time?

The trade agreement states that you're allowed to trade in 2 copies of each title per day. I think I accidentally traded 3 one day (had it in my stack of trades and let it slip in there instead of keeping it for the day after even though it was across 3 different stores) but my personal policy is 1 copy per store every other day.

Trading 2 copies in a single transaction is going to look fairly suspicious; the only time I think I've ever gotten away with it is if it's some game focused on multiplayer (Unreal Tournament 3 was the only title I did this with) so you have a viable excuse that you and your "friend" decided to get rid of them. As long as you get your copies in before Monday (when TIVs drop) you should be fine.

[nietzsche74]

Ugh lost my part time job today, just what i needed while I am studying for my licensing exam... now i have to find a new one with such flexible hours... that wont mess with my review courses.

I should have held off on trading speed racer and ninja reflex for tonight. i would have liked to have grabbed RRR for my parents.

oh well... time to chillax on flipping.

I hear Capa's hiring! :-P

[FlamedLiquid]

The trade agreement states that you're allowed to trade in 2 copies of each title per day. I think I accidentally traded 3 one day (had it in my stack of trades and let it slip in there instead of keeping it for the day after even though it was across 3 different stores) but my personal policy is 1 copy per store every other day.

Trading 2 copies in a single transaction is going to look fairly suspicious; the only time I think I've ever gotten away with it is if it's some game focused on multiplayer (Unreal Tournament 3 was the only title I did this with) so you have a viable excuse that you and your "friend" decided to get rid of them. As long as you get your copies in before Monday (when TIVs drop) you should be fine.

cool, cool. Yah guess I might just do the one a day thing and just build up credit than.

[EQ2 Varanus]

I have a few of the BBV games that I'd like to trade in at GS, some are the same title. Do they keep a running tab of what you trade in? IE, if I trade in 3 copies of Bully each on a different day, will they show up in the system when I go to trade in each one after the first? Sorry if that's been asked and answered before, I'm a n00b at trading games.

[js1]

Thank for the heads up on the B1G1. I was able to get DMC 4(PS3) for $2.50 after taking the "free" GTA 4 and getting 13.50 in cash at a local shop.

[GuardianE]

Does anyone know any good flips to Hollywood Video/Gamecrazy? Or at least EVEN ones? I really want some Capcom preorder goodness from Gamecrazy, but all my credit's at BBV or Gamestop. Really problematic. Anyone have any ideas?

Did we find any new ones after Gears of War? I mean, that one dropped but there has to be others. I might do some calling tomorrow.

[js1]

How many people have found Okami for wii? My store didn't have shit for Wii games.

[salty tbone]

I have a few of the BBV games that I'd like to trade in at GS, some are the same title. Do they keep a running tab of what you trade in? IE, if I trade in 3 copies of Bully each on a different day, will they show up in the system when I go to trade in each one after the first? Sorry if that's been asked and answered before, I'm a n00b at trading games.

In my experience, GS doesn't care as long as you don't trade in 2 or more at once (and some people even say they don't have a problem doing that, but it's YMMV). Even so, I usually try to spread out my trades to the four GS within 3 miles of my house. If anyone would look at my trade history at a corporate level, it would be quite a site.

I'm not as prolific as many here, but in the past 7 months, I've probably dumped 10+ copies of at least 15 titles to GS (Table Tennis, FEAR, Timeshift, Spyro, Nights, etc.) and GS never bats an eye. Although I think one clerk purposely starting charging me refurb fees as a passive aggressive way to stop me from bringing in stacks of HWV caseless games that he'd have to look up. :D

[ninjabenja]

:wii: Looney Tunes Acme Arsenal $9.99

Looney Tunes Acme Arsenal rang up $15.99 at my main BBV. It was marked 15.99 but I assumed it would be 9.99, and I had the cashier double check. He even asked his manager why the game costs 15.99 used and 11.99 new. Manager shrugged his shoulders, looked at me and suggested I buy it new. I politely declined (since there isn't a B1G1 for new :lol:).

This store normally complies with the corporate pricing, so I'm interested if anyone else tried to by LTAA recently and had similar or different results.

[xdl]

My local store carries the Asus EEE PC 900H series netbook laptop now. Be on the lookout for these at BBs that carry a lot of electronics. Oddly enough, I just bought an Asus a couple of weeks ago.

[sgaldis]

Although I think one clerk purposely starting charging me refurb fees as a passive aggressive way to stop me from bringing in stacks of HWV caseless games that he'd have to look up. :D


Haha! That's hilarious. I've got a good buddy I've enlisted to help me, since I go through a fairly large volume of trades. It's funny because at one of our hometown GS' (we usually take trips out of town 1-2x/week) somehow I've gotten in really good with the crew of guys that runs the store, while they despise him!

I'm always very friendly and patient with them, and especially during the holiday madness of the last few weeks, they really seem to appreciate that. For some unexplained reason, though, my friend has become a villain in their store!

Every time he has gone in with a stack of games lately, he's been meet with less than enthusiastic responses; from audible sighs to outright cries of "Oh, you again!!!?" Now they even refuse him simple favors such as putting his credit from trade-in's on new EDGE cards (for 'gifts'). So the other day, he had to put his credit straight onto his main account.

You can imagine the look on their faces when his balance printed up $471.62!!! ;)

[akiefer]

Guys -

When doing a pricecheck at BBV, make sure they are looking at the "pp" price (pre-played). The new item price appears above it and if you have a greenhorn behind the register, they will misread it and quote you the new price for a used item which messes with our used pricelist in the OP. Also, some have mentioned that if they mis-scan and hit the original UPC code instead of the BBV sticker, you will get the new price as well.

Hope this helps all of you having problems hitting the BBV before the B1G1 sale ends.

Edit: now that I think about it (it's late...) I'm remembering it being the "po" price (pre-owned). It makes more sense since I don't even know what the heck pre-played means (new?). Goodnight, all.

[Friend of Sonic]

That GS promo is bat-shit insane. I took Sega Superstar Tennis (I took a guess at it having a decent TIV and was successful, it's 5.00 base) and Pool Party, which both cost me 9.99 after B1G1 free and turned it into 41.00 in credit. That's truly insane and stupid. Sometimes I don't get GS, but that's okay. The game I choose was Skate City. Debating on keeping it-- I may since I wound up with 21 in credit left over.

EDIT: Guys, a few of you have been asking about whether or not a game will trade in. Lately, it has been Skate Heroes. Whenever someone finds out that BBV cannot accept a game, I have been adding it to the list of trade in values in the third post. I started doing this when I called about the two 360 games someone was contemplating flipping when GS price dropped them-- two different BBVs told me they couldn't accept them for trade, which came as a shock to me. . I had no idea that BBV outright refused some games-- just thought a few of them required a look up for their value. Sorry for the babbling, but just check the third post. I will have any games and their TIV listed that our community knows about, even without a trade in value.

[cheapskate01]

Man its time for me to come out the shadows and get busy tomorrow. I already had a mapout of all the GS to hit for the PS2 network adaptors. Now GS pulls some crazy promo like this!

Thank god i havent been doing any flips lately because this promo is well worth it! Now its time to clean out my BBV of Wii flips to GS to cash out of some Wii Fits along with PS2 network Adaptors. Lord knows how much GS credit i have :D

[Rave Child]

Man, I was just planning on trading my BBV games in to GS over the next couple of days and being done with flipping until the next coupon. Now, I cannot sit this one out, since I know at least a few stores that currently have Wii Fit in stock. Plus, I really want My Japanese Coach (might be going to Japan this summer!) and Mystery Case File: MillionHeir. I'm pretty tapped for Legendary, Oblivion, and Monster Jam around here, and I've traded in too many copies of Smash Court to risk any more. Looks like I'll be picking up some Prince of Persia or End War with the 10% off coupon. At least I currently have 2 DS games I'm willing to trade in and 2 leftover Wii games.

[nietzsche74]

Just wanted to give a heads-up to anyone who bought Eternal Sonata to play (and I'm sure there are a few of you). The first time I loaded the game, it froze at a white screen following the "Bandai" logo; reloaded it, and it worked fine. Afraid there was something wrong with the disk, I retested a number of times, and it always took two attempts to get to the title menu. Felt justified enough to consider my disc "defective", and even stopped by at the most well-stocked local GR to try to get it replaced (luckily I checked their used section rather than going straight to the register for a return...)

With no other copies were in stock, I figured I'd hold on to it a bit and see what happens - still had 28 days left to return it if need be. Anyway, just googled "eternal sonata" "white screen" (which I unfortunately remembered I wanted to try AFTER I boiled the disk #-o ), and found more than one message board where players were describing the same problem! So it's apparantly a normal occurence that won't necessarily be solved by getting another copy, and there were indications that the LIVE update will solve the problem (which I haven't had a chance to try yet.)

So to sum it up, anyone else experiencing this issue with Eternal Sonata do not (repeat: DO NOT) bring it back to GR to exchange it for another game or needlessly track down another copy; it probably won't solve a thing.

Same goes for disc 4 of Lost Odyssey...

[spug21]

How many people have found Okami for wii? My store didn't have shit for Wii games.

I snagged an okami and devil may cry 4 today
did see another okami at another store in austin

[io]

Same goes for disc 4 of Lost Odyssey...

Wait! What is this about disc 4 of Lost Odyssey? Because I sold an extra sealed one to a guy on eBay and he wanted his money back because Disc 4 is supposedly defective and won't install on his 360. I didn't have any issues with my copy. First I asked that he contact the publisher (ie, MS). Maybe if this is a known issue he can get a replacement with little hassle. That would be nice. In his original email he accused me of resealing a used game since LO comes in the weird shrink wrap :roll:.

[valloq]

Well, hit up three BBVs in Orange County tonight. Got Samba De Amigo:wii: MLB 2K8:wii: Alvin and the Chipmunks:wii: and Spyro:wii: at the first one to use for this $30 bonus GS deal going on right now. Second one the lady at the desk told me the B1G1 was over, and when I told her I was just at another Blockbuster that was still doing it she told me that Blockbuster didn't follow directions and take their signs down :wall:

Last Blockbuster was the same one I hit up on Sunday night. Found the copy of Eternal Sonata I had hidden away and just grabbed Fusion Frenzy 2 to go with it since I couldn't find anything else.

If any other CAGers on here are in the Irvine/Costa Mesa area, send me a pm and I'll let you know what games I've spotted at the BBVs in the area, although I've only really been paying attention to 360 games.

[ghozt]

Does anyone know any good flips to Hollywood Video/Gamecrazy? Or at least EVEN ones? I really want some Capcom preorder goodness from Gamecrazy, but all my credit's at BBV or Gamestop. Really problematic. Anyone have any ideas?

gamecrazy has a store policy where they match trade in values for other stores so you can take any gs->bbv flip to gamecrazy and get the same amount of credit. its ymmv if your store follows corporate policy though cause there a few around me that continue to deny me any matching

[cdeener]

I'm sad because I probably won't be able to do any more flips for a long time. Since all of these lovely events have happened in my personal life. It is too many of them to mention.
I guess I will finally have to sit back and enjoy just playing the games for a while.

[edavis0780]

Off topic, I know, but did the internet get really sloggy about twenty minutes ago? A number of pages are showing up incomplete, refuse to load, or will take forever to load. This is a problem on both IE and MFF. I'm able to play on XBox Live and browse the Live Marketplace so I'm assuming that my ISP is not the problem.

[GuardianE]

gamecrazy has a store policy where they match trade in values for other stores so you can take any gs->bbv flip to gamecrazy and get the same amount of credit. its ymmv if your store follows corporate policy though cause there a few around me that continue to deny me any matching

Hmm, you know, I've never matched TIVs before. Should I just bring in an old receipt? Wouldn't that look suspicious?

[Derrick1979]

Just wanted to give a heads-up to anyone who bought Eternal Sonata to play (and I'm sure there are a few of you). The first time I loaded the game, it froze at a white screen following the "Bandai" logo; reloaded it, and it worked fine. Afraid there was something wrong with the disk, I retested a number of times, and it always took two attempts to get to the title menu. Felt justified enough to consider my disc "defective", and even stopped by at the most well-stocked local GR to try to get it replaced (luckily I checked their used section rather than going straight to the register for a return...)

With no other copies were in stock, I figured I'd hold on to it a bit and see what happens - still had 28 days left to return it if need be. Anyway, just googled "eternal sonata" "white screen" (which I unfortunately remembered I wanted to try AFTER I boiled the disk #-o ), and found more than one message board where players were describing the same problem! So it's apparantly a normal occurence that won't necessarily be solved by getting another copy, and there were indications that the LIVE update will solve the problem (which I haven't had a chance to try yet.)

So to sum it up, anyone else experiencing this issue with Eternal Sonata do not (repeat: DO NOT) bring it back to GR to exchange it for another game or needlessly track down another copy; it probably won't solve a thing.

Same goes for disc 4 of Lost Odyssey...


Go and try clearing your 360's cache.....

Go to your system settings and click on your memory and when your over the HD press Y then X,X Left Bumper,Right Bumper X,X and it will ask if you would like to perform this function just click yes and it takes like a second and that should help.. It usually stupid little updates you get for online portions of the games that cause issues with the offline modes..

I had freezing issues like crazy shortly after I got my 360 and was getting PO'ed and read this online and tried it and now to this date if I ever have any freezing issues with a game I go in and clear it out and everything is fine.

[crunchewy]

I have 2 copies of Cranium. What is the deal with trading in multiples and banning? Do they ban you from trading if you ever trade in two copies of a game at different locations on the same day or is that safe? I'd like to turn these into $32 to then buy games to use for the deals at GS and would ideally like to do it all this afternoon.

[Animal7390]

I have 2 copies of Cranium. What is the deal with trading in multiples and banning? Do they ban you from trading if you ever trade in two copies of a game at different locations on the same day or is that safe? I'd like to turn these into $32 to then buy games to use for the deals at GS and would ideally like to do it all this afternoon.

have you traded these there before? if the answer is no, then you should be all set. just ask them first and make up some bs story about playing with a friend or sibling. then make sure they know that you are allowed to trade 2 copies of a game per store per day.

[Denbo32]

Not sure if this is true for other BB or not, but at least a few in my area keep the used games in sleeves and in a giant bucket. I asked the employee if I could look through the bucket to see if there were other games I wanted since the selection on the floor wasn't as large as what was in the bucket.

I was able to find many of the games here that wasn't on the floor, it helped me pick up orange box and Mass effect which there were no boxes on the floor.

[GuardianE]

Does anyone know if Gamecrazy TIV matches Blockbuster as well as Gamestop?

[Animal7390]

yes they do, reportedly. i dont have a gc so i can not do this.

[manthing]

*sigh*, why did I re-subscribe to this thread?

Now I gotta go back to a couple of BB's to abuse take advantage of that Wii deal @ GS.

And I don't even own a Wii

:lol:

[sprintfinanceguy]

Looney Tunes Acme Arsenal rang up $15.99 at my main BBV. It was marked 15.99 but I assumed it would be 9.99, and I had the cashier double check. He even asked his manager why the game costs 15.99 used and 11.99 new. Manager shrugged his shoulders, looked at me and suggested I buy it new. I politely declined (since there isn't a B1G1 for new :lol:).

This store normally complies with the corporate pricing, so I'm interested if anyone else tried to by LTAA recently and had similar or different results.

I've had the same price on that game. I'm beginning to think it is mismarked in the OP, and that BB raised the price on it. Has anyone bought it recently for $9.99?

Sucks because I wanted that one to keep for my son...

[RCS0926]

No one really answered my question about whether or not Blockbuster B1G1 deals are programmed into the register for the duration of the promo (ala Gamestop) or if the cashier always has the ability to ring up a B1G1 sale as long as he/she believes the promo is still valid, which would make these sales dependent on the cashier's knowledge of the sale.

In other words, if I go to a Blockbuster and the cashier tells me the B1G1 deal is off, can I ask him to ring up 2 qualifying games and see if his computer gives me the 2nd one for free? FYI, I went to two Blockbusters yesterday that had a decent amount of flippable games, but I was told the B1G1 deal had expired. Can their registers tell them otherwise? Thanks again.

[Snake2715]

I thought Viking for PS3 was 14.99 or so... I got quoted 19.99 and it was stickered at 24.99...

Oh well.

[shumway]

No one really answered my question about whether or not Blockbuster B1G1 deals are programmed into the register for the duration of the promo (ala Gamestop) or if the cashier always has the ability to ring up a B1G1 sale as long as he/she believes the promo is still valid, which would make these sales dependent on the cashier's knowledge of the sale.

In other words, if I go to a Blockbuster and the cashier tells me the B1G1 deal is off, can I ask him to ring up 2 qualifying games and see if his computer gives me the 2nd one for free? FYI, I went to two Blockbusters yesterday that had a decent amount of flippable games, but I was told the B1G1 deal had expired. Can their registers tell them otherwise? Thanks again.I'm pretty sure it's just in the system. They never have to scan a coupon or anything like at HWV. They just hit total and the coupon for one in each of your pairs pops up. Maybe the separate districts have a way of opting out?

[irishsoccermbw]

No one really answered my question about whether or not Blockbuster B1G1 deals are programmed into the register for the duration of the promo (ala Gamestop) or if the cashier always has the ability to ring up a B1G1 sale as long as he/she believes the promo is still valid, which would make these sales dependent on the cashier's knowledge of the sale.

In other words, if I go to a Blockbuster and the cashier tells me the B1G1 deal is off, can I ask him to ring up 2 qualifying games and see if his computer gives me the 2nd one for free? FYI, I went to two Blockbusters yesterday that had a decent amount of flippable games, but I was told the B1G1 deal had expired. Can their registers tell them otherwise? Thanks again.

They hit total and it deducts the game with the lowest price (unless they are both the same....obviously).

[mkernan]

No one really answered my question about whether or not Blockbuster B1G1 deals are programmed into the register for the duration of the promo (ala Gamestop) or if the cashier always has the ability to ring up a B1G1 sale as long as he/she believes the promo is still valid, which would make these sales dependent on the cashier's knowledge of the sale.

In other words, if I go to a Blockbuster and the cashier tells me the B1G1 deal is off, can I ask him to ring up 2 qualifying games and see if his computer gives me the 2nd one for free? FYI, I went to two Blockbusters yesterday that had a decent amount of flippable games, but I was told the B1G1 deal had expired. Can their registers tell them otherwise? Thanks again.

Yes, its automatically handled by the register when they hit total. Just be sure you only buy games of the same price point if the employees are being unhelpful. Otherwise, they need to hit total after each equally-priced pair to make sure you get the correct ones free.

[daminion]

I thought Viking for PS3 was 14.99 or so... I got quoted 19.99 and it was stickered at 24.99...

Oh well.

Pretty sure it was Viking on the 360 that dropped. The PS3 prices tend to stay higher at blockbuster for some reason.

[RCS0926]

Thanks guys. There may be a way for certain stores to opt out, but I doubt that. The people I talked to at both stores were guessing at the B1G1 promo end date.

[kojubat]

My local store carries the Asus EEE PC 900H series netbook laptop now. Be on the lookout for these at BBs that carry a lot of electronics. Oddly enough, I just bought an Asus a couple of weeks ago.

Out of curiosity, what are they charging? The wife has shown interest in getting a netbook.

[Slim Gatsby]

Aha...so, they're using the VV's to track what CAGs want to buy there! :O

[Slim Gatsby]

Wondering how much Blockbuster gives for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith...........they have the ps3 and 360 game only versions on sale for $9.99 at Meijer this week.

Its in the OP at $22/23 I believe.

[Animal7390]

i will buy a netbook from them if they carry the one i want. i dont have a notebook so that would be good and i would be alot more usefull out on the road as opposed to having to come home type everything up.

[RCS0926]

Thanks guys. There may be a way for certain stores to opt out, but I doubt that. The people I talked to at both stores were guessing at the B1G1 promo end date.

On a related note, if the promo is indeed built into the system, everyone that went to a store where the cashier said the promo was done should try having them ring up a couple of games anyway...

[theeipi]

No one really answered my question about whether or not Blockbuster B1G1 deals are programmed into the register for the duration of the promo (ala Gamestop) or if the cashier always has the ability to ring up a B1G1 sale as long as he/she believes the promo is still valid, which would make these sales dependent on the cashier's knowledge of the sale.

In other words, if I go to a Blockbuster and the cashier tells me the B1G1 deal is off, can I ask him to ring up 2 qualifying games and see if his computer gives me the 2nd one for free? FYI, I went to two Blockbusters yesterday that had a decent amount of flippable games, but I was told the B1G1 deal had expired. Can their registers tell them otherwise? Thanks again.
The key is that they need to hit TOTAL after ringing in two games.

[RCS0926]

The key is that they need to hit TOTAL after ringing in two games.

Thanks. The fact that they need to hit total after ringing in two games implies that the promo is indeed programmed into the registers. I wasn't sure what they were hitting last week when I took advantage of this deal. I just wanted to make sure they didn't have a B1G1 button that they can always use at their disposal.

[irishsoccermbw]

i will buy a netbook from them if they carry the one i want. i dont have a notebook so that would be good and i would be alot more usefull out on the road as opposed to having to come home type everything up.

If your on the road trying to find updates and values, all Wendy's have free Wifi. :D

(I know other places have free Wifi as well Bigbys coffee for one, but Wendy's are everywhere)

[Friend of Sonic]

Interesting. Found out that Skate City Heroes has a 5.00 TIV at Gamestop. Since tax isn't charged on my credit, it's actually a 51 cent profit after Edge if I do it with the two Wii game promo. It's easier than having to return the thing, and it makes used merchandise, which makes the game cheaper for those with a coupon of the week... but at the same time denies them the opportunity to get this game if they're trading in two Wii games. I'll probably just try to do a return, but it's something interesting to keep in mind if you're unable to return the game.

I'm going to head out to a lot of Blockbusters. There's still TONS of Wii games here. I never even bothered with the 5 dollar promo, so I have plenty of pickings. Since I'm going to be making so much bank at Gamestop, I'll buy a few of the 26.99 games to flip to Blockbuster. It'll also let me test out of trade account, which as far as I know hasn't been banned by Mr. Suit and Tie in Texas yet.

[RCS0926]

That's what I did on the trade two get a new game for 20 bucks promos back in November. Once the game I wanted became used I waited for a coupon or B2G1.

If you return a game to Gamestop using a gift receipt, how is the credit returned to you? Does GS give you cash back, put it on a gift card or put it on your Edge card? Thanks.

[Animal7390]

i would assume gift card or credit.

[Slim Gatsby]

Wow, that's awesome. You can give them their game back for more than they sell it for. Fucking over GameStop owns. =D

[RCS0926]

i would assume gift card or credit.

OK, let's assume they put the credit back on my Edge card. Would the cashier be able to see that I had purchased it using credit on my Edge card? I guess the bigger question is: does Gamestop monitor all my transactions with my Edge card? I'm assuming they would monitor trade-ins, but can they monitor purchases as well since I'm basically only making purchases using store credit?

BTW, if it isn't obvious by now, I'm a complete CAG noob. I just don't want any red flags raised if I trade in 2 DS games to get the $20 bonus towards another game and end up returning that same game to another GS with a gift receipt. Obviously, the only way this would happen is if I get the credit back on my Edge card (as opposed to a gift card), and my account shows that I purchased the game earlier at another store.

[Rave Child]

i would assume gift card or credit.

That's what it's supposed to be, but it depends on the CSR. Some rookies (and some who just don't check carefully) will give you cash back instead, which is always a great bonus. I bought 3 games with the B2G1 last month, plus a new game (all originally for me to keep), but I decided not to keep them once one of them didn't work and I found another cheaper. I returned the 4 of them and got around $120 in cash instead of credit. It was fantastic!

But don't expect that to happen too often, because it really should only be your original form of payment.

[swy81]

I dunno if this is off-topic but, how does Blockbuster's trade-in credit work as far as being taxed?

Because I had traded in some games and received a card with the credit on it. I then went to put a $5 pre-order on both SF4 and KZ2 and I looked at my receipt and the total cost was $10.70.

I thought store credit on cards wasn't taxed when making a "purchase".

Because I remember at GameCrazy I had a bunch of store credit and when I went to make purchases with this credit, I was never taxed since it's not a "purchase" I'm making but rather using my credit.

[jgressley]

I dunno if this is off-topic but, how does Blockbuster's trade-in credit work as far as being taxed?

Because I had traded in some games and received a card with the credit on it. I then went to put a $5 pre-order on both SF4 and KZ2 and I looked at my receipt and the total cost was $10.70.

I thought store credit on cards wasn't taxed when making a "purchase".

Because I remember at GameCrazy I had a bunch of store credit and when I went to make purchases with this credit, I was never taxed since it's not a "purchase" I'm making but rather using my credit.
It may just be the way their POS system works, but Blockbuster trade reservations do include tax. In the end, though, you only get charged the difference for the game (ie, you've already paid $5 and tax on the first $5 of the game, so you're only paying the remaining $55 + tax when you pick it up).

[Hellu]

Is this still active today? Was thinking of stopping by my local BB to see if they had Bioshock.

[RCS0926]

Is this still active today? Was thinking of stopping by my local BB to see if they had Bioshock.

It appears the deal will run until 1/12. From what I've gathered through my numerous inquiries in this thread, the promo is built into the system. If you go to a BBV and they say the promo is off, just have them ring up a couple of qualifying games and have them verify that this is, in fact, true.

[safire]

Do you guys think there is any chance of a weekend price drop like what we saw last weekend (on Bioshock, DMC4, etc.)?

[DrNo888]

Argh! I got one Ninja Reflex left but there are no more Wii games at BBVs around here. I just need one more game for this $30 credit promo and work my way to Valkyria Chronicles.

[akiefer]

Do you guys think there is any chance of a weekend price drop like what we saw last weekend (on Bioshock, DMC4, etc.)?

There might be a couple but there's not much in the 19.99 range left to drop and it would only give you two days (Sun, Mon) to take advantage. I'm up for the challenge! :)

[nietzsche74]

Wait! What is this about disc 4 of Lost Odyssey? Because I sold an extra sealed one to a guy on eBay and he wanted his money back because Disc 4 is supposedly defective and won't install on his 360. I didn't have any issues with my copy. First I asked that he contact the publisher (ie, MS). Maybe if this is a known issue he can get a replacement with little hassle. That would be nice. In his original email he accused me of resealing a used game since LO comes in the weird shrink wrap :roll:.

Basically there was an issue with the latter half of the game (especially disk 4) freezing alot, as heavily reported on gamefaqs during the first week of release. I have no idea whether this just affected the first batch of disks or whether it was eventually fixed by a LIVE update. Apparantly it's still happening:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/search.php?board=928334&search=freezing

All I know is that I got hit after playing about 4 hours without a checkpoint near the end, so I decided to just trade it in and watch the rest on youtube.

EDIT: Here's a detailed post on disc 4: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=928334&topic=44700956

[Animal7390]

Is this still active today? Was thinking of stopping by my local BB to see if they had Bioshock.

yes, as stated numerous times it is active till 1/12.

Do you guys think there is any chance of a weekend price drop like what we saw last weekend (on Bioshock, DMC4, etc.)?

they drop games on sunday so if anything drops below 15 on sunday then it is fair game.

io, could you please change the op to state that this runs until 1/12. thanks

[RCS0926]

OK, let's assume they put the credit back on my Edge card. Would the cashier be able to see that I had purchased it using credit on my Edge card? I guess the bigger question is: does Gamestop monitor all my transactions with my Edge card? I'm assuming they would monitor trade-ins, but can they monitor purchases as well since I'm basically only making purchases using store credit?

BTW, if it isn't obvious by now, I'm a complete CAG noob. I just don't want any red flags raised if I trade in 2 DS games to get the $20 bonus towards another game and end up returning that same game to another GS with a gift receipt. Obviously, the only way this would happen is if I get the credit back on my Edge card (as opposed to a gift card), and my account shows that I purchased the game earlier at another store.

Does anyone know if Gamestop tracks purchases and/or trade-ins on an Edge card?

[GuardianE]

Does anyone know if Gamestop tracks purchases and/or trade-ins on an Edge card?

I think they can, but they're not likely to unless you're doing something particularly suspicious. I know for a fact that your trade history doesn't come up upon scanning and it doesn't come up at any point during the transaction. Someone would have to be snooping around... and not on a regular employee level.

[Denbo32]

There wasn't much in the 19.99 range that I was looking at. Unless magically some of the mario games for the wii drop from 24.99 to 14.99

[theeipi]

The price of PS3 Motorstorm Used at Gamestop is now $14.99.
I bought two Monday at $9.99 and when I returned one yesterday the little sticker that autoprinted out said $14.99. I then saw it at $14.99 everywhere else that evening.

[Animal7390]

i think they track it a little but they do not watch you like a hawk like bbv. i think it might be only each store can only see each store.

[GuardianE]

Ninja Reflex rang up $19.99 at BBV, unavailable for the sale. Yes, this was a pre-owned copy, as the new ones were $20.99. I'd bought a Ninja Reflex from this sale Blockbuster a few weeks ago and it was definitely $9.99. I don't get it. And they had three of them too. :(

[RCS0926]

I think they can, but they're not likely to unless you're doing something particularly suspicious. I know for a fact that your trade history doesn't come up upon scanning and it doesn't come up at any point during the transaction. Someone would have to be snooping around... and not on a regular employee level.

Nice. That means I don't have to worry about making a purchase and returning it at another store. Thanks.

[Snake2715]

i think they track it a little but they do not watch you like a hawk like bbv. i think it might be only each store can only see each store.

Thats what I was told actually.

I had a bought a few games and decided to return one and get my credit/money back... Thing is I left the original receipt with the store I returned the first game to. All I had left was the "return" receipt, which indicated the original transactions information.

Then there was a price drop on Dokopan (sp?) Kingdom and I wanted my $20 or whatever back (within 7 days). I brought my new game and "return" receipt to two Gamestop's and both said they could not access the other stores info, for this situation, nor could they help me in any way. One offered to return it at the current price (which was pointless as I was returning to get my $20 back).

Finally I was in the area of the original store and gave the associate the "return" receipt he used the transaction info to look up my original purchase and told me exactly what you said. They have no access to other stores trades or sale info.

FYI.

[shumway]

Was perusing the Gamestop price drop thread and latched on to a couple of new decent flips:

Gamestop(used base before discount) --> BBV
Disney's Bolt XBOX360 $24.99 --> $28.50
Disney's Bolt PS3 $24.99 --> $30.00

[Friend of Sonic]

Good catch Shumway. Unfortunately, for me at least, there's only one PS3 copy within 100 miles of me and no 360. Hopefully this TIV holds and we see it. Kind of odd the Wii version is still 44.99.

[shumway]

Opposite for me here, 1 360 copy w/in a 100 miles and no PS3. Hopefully it does stay for a bit. I'll probably be in for 1 at least though. ;)

[Animal7390]

i was just looking at that drop myself. i got one of each. one actually in my normal striking distance. since i cant not call right now could someone also check these games that also dropped for the wii, Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp and think fast.

[Snake2715]

No copies of Bolt around me close enough to go get... too bad.

[DrNo888]

Come on 360 or PS3 coupon this weekend!

[io]

I've had the same price on that game. I'm beginning to think it is mismarked in the OP, and that BB raised the price on it. Has anyone bought it recently for $9.99?

Sucks because I wanted that one to keep for my son...

I've never seen it for sale at all and just added it to the list because someone reported it that way. I'll remove it since it seems that was probably a mistag that one person saw.

Basically there was an issue with the latter half of the game (especially disk 4) freezing alot, as heavily reported on gamefaqs during the first week of release. I have no idea whether this just affected the first batch of disks or whether it was eventually fixed by a LIVE update. Apparantly it's still happening:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/search.php?board=928334&search=freezing

All I know is that I got hit after playing about 4 hours without a checkpoint near the end, so I decided to just trade it in and watch the rest on youtube.

EDIT: Here's a detailed post on disc 4: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=928334&topic=44700956

Odd - well, I had a release copy and had no problem with it,

There might be a couple but there's not much in the 19.99 range left to drop and it would only give you two days (Sun, Mon) to take advantage. I'm up for the challenge! :)

Some that I can think of: GT5 Prologue PS3, Burnout Paradise 360, Oblivion 360. I know there were several PS3 games marked $19.99 that I would love to see drop on Sunday ;).

[Animal7390]

io, any chance of updating the op with the end date or the thread title and did you do some cleaning?

[Friend of Sonic]

Think Fast- 16
Barbie Horseback- Cannot buy back (I only called one store, but he sounded pretty sure that BBV couldn't buy it back)

[sgaldis]

Was perusing the Gamestop price drop thread and latched on to a couple of new decent flips:

Gamestop(used base before discount) --> BBV
Disney's Bolt XBOX360 $24.99 --> $28.50
Disney's Bolt PS3 $24.99 --> $30.00


Nice find, man...thanks for the research!


BTW, I can't believe GS has raised Motorstorm up to $14.99..the same shit they pulled with Wii Sports.

I was having fun last week buying that at GS, trading it in to BBV, then buying it back and re-trading at another store to move a little credit.

[Animal7390]

thanks fos.

[io]

io, any chance of updating the op with the end date or the thread title and did you do some cleaning?

I already did (in the OP, not the title that is - no room in the title, it's full ;)). I put some of the big lists in the OP in spoiler tags to shorten it up. I was tired of scrolling past all that on my iPhone when in BBV stores. Other than that, no cleaning has occured.

Bolt is a nice find (and has been added to the second post), but it seems widely unavailable. There are no 360 copies near me and just one PS3 copy 32 miles away at a store I'll never go to.

Sucks about Motorstorm - I'm glad I bought a couple of copies a while back (one to keep, one to send to my Dad). I have to admit, it hardly seems worth more than the $8.99/B2G1 I paid for it ;).

[Friend of Sonic]

Good call on the spoiler tags, IO. Navigating CAG on my phone is certaintly do-able, but the BBV thread is especially a big pain in the ass when I'm trying to get to the third post.

[Denbo32]

Ninja Reflex rang up $19.99 at BBV, unavailable for the sale. Yes, this was a pre-owned copy, as the new ones were $20.99. I'd bought a Ninja Reflex from this sale Blockbuster a few weeks ago and it was definitely $9.99. I don't get it. And they had three of them too. :(

I bought one Ninja Reflex for 9.99 last night.

[safire]

Some that I can think of: GT5 Prologue PS3, Burnout Paradise 360, Oblivion 360. I know there were several PS3 games marked $19.99 that I would love to see drop on Sunday ;).

Oblivion was a particular one I was eyeing. Would love to combine that with the Orange Box.

[soap.yelo]

Didnt see this on the 14.99 blockbust TIVs
PS3 Lost 14.99 -> 7

[gamer6587]

blockbuster is getting smarter on their tiv some of my games are yielding more at gamestop without any coupouns/edge

[gamerpro4000]

Didnt see this on the 14.99 blockbust TIVs
PS3 Lost 14.99 -> 7

I saw this game on the clearance on Circuit City for about 2 weeks now for $10 brand new.

I don't think this game is popular its probably still sitting in the bins.

[sgaldis]

blockbuster is getting smarter on their tiv some of my games are yielding more at gamestop without any coupouns/edge


What kind of stuff are you talking about? Older next gen titles?

[bgame2]

Saw a copy of Code Lyoko at BBV for 14.99. It's 17.99 used at GS, so I'm thinking it's got to be between 3 and 4 for a GS TIV right? I'm going to call shortly, so if no one knows the answer, I'll be posting it shortly.

[irishsoccermbw]

Well nobody pmed me about wanting a PS3 GTA4, store still had 8 copies all tagged wrong at 29.99 I got two for flipping purposes. This has been just as good as the perfect storm for me :).

Also none of the stores near me have the Archos thing anymore, too bad I was gonna pick one up.

[Snake2715]

Also none of the stores near me have the Archos thing anymore, too bad I was gonna pick one up.

Check reviews for that on say Newegg or Amazon though.. lots of hardware lockups failures.. I dont know if a firmware update fixed the issues or what. It was really a mixed bag.

All of mine are out as well but maybe thats a good thing.

[mkernan]

Well, even though I'm driving on a spare tire, I made the rounds today because that silly GS Wii promo is too absurd to pass up. Gamestop is either really wanting to burn through the new copies of these games so they can move on to selling used ones, or somebody made a big mistake with the promo in the registers.

Bought at BBV (all Wii):
Alone in the Dark $14.99
Williams Pinball (free)
Table Tennis ($9.99)
Fantastic Four RotSS (free)

Grand total: $27 in BBV credit after tax

Then went to two gamestops:

Williams Pinball Hall of Fame (Wii)
Base: $6, Edge: $0.60, Promo: $15
total: $21.60

Rockstar Table Tennis (Wii)
Base: $8, Edge: $0.80, Promo: $15
total: $23.80

Separate transaction at another store:

Fantastic Four: RotSS (Wii)
Base: $5, Edge: $0.50, Promo: $15
total: $20.50

Alone in the Dark (Wii)
Base: $5, Edge: $0.50, Promo: $15
total: $20.50


So, between both transactions, my total TIV was $86.40 (from $27 spent at BBV). Granted, I now have a copy of Skate City Heroes and a copy of Wii Music that I don't want, but I'm going to try to return them later on. I got gift receipts, but I'm not sure you even need them. I mean, as far as the receipt shows, it just shows abnormally high TIVs for crappy games.... doesn't seem to indicate anything that would prevent you from returning the new game for credit.

When I bought Skate CH, I got $20 back on my Edge card; when I bought Wii Music I had to pay a $4.59 difference.

Gamestop is out of their minds.

[io]

I'd love to get in on this GS deal but the Wii titles have been wiped clean from most of the stores around me for a while now. I had a hard time scrounging up some for the $5 deal last week, and unfortunately, as it turns out, traded most of those back then.

The DS one might be a bit more doable, and there's actually some games there I wouldn't mind keeping.

[bgame2]

Saw a copy of Code Lyoko at BBV for 14.99. It's 17.99 used at GS, so I'm thinking it's got to be between 3 and 4 for a GS TIV right? I'm going to call shortly, so if no one knows the answer, I'll be posting it shortly.


Just called. Code lyoko GS TIV is 5.00. So it's eligible for the promo. There are better games out there but my BBV's are pretty picked clean.

[mkernan]

I'd love to get in on this GS deal but the Wii titles have been wiped clean from most of the stores around me for a while now. I had a hard time scrounging up some for the $5 deal last week, and unfortunately, as it turns out, traded most of those back then.

The DS one might be a bit more doable, and there's actually some games there I wouldn't mind keeping.

Yeah, I've completely cleaned out both my local BBV stores of all the BOGO Wii games too. I was luckily able to find the last 4 that I hadn't bought yet though today. Between both my stores, there's like 4 used DS games in stock. Sucks.

[manthing]

Well nobody pmed me about wanting a PS3 GTA4, store still had 8 copies all tagged wrong at 29.99 I got two for flipping purposes. This has been just as good as the perfect storm for me :).



I must've missed your post about offering to get CAGs :ps3: GTA4's

:-(

[io]

Just called. Code lyoko GS TIV is 5.00. So it's eligible for the promo. There are better games out there but my BBV's are pretty picked clean.

I did not know this was $14.99. I saw that along with Alone In the Dark at one BBV a few days ago. Of course, I'm pretty sure I had traded both of those games there myself ;). AitD was tagged $24.99 or something and while I was fairly sure it was now $14.99 I still figured it wasn't worth it for the trade 3 promo. That was before I knew about the other promo though. I guess I could go back there as they also had Narnia and Nintendogs for the DS, which would make a good pair for the DS promo.

[bgame2]

Yep, unless mine had it mistagged, it's 14.99 io. They also had a Samba so I'm going to grab them later tonight.

[allen9917]

so this means I get extra $10 credit and a free game if I decide to trade my two Ninja Reflex towards Skate CH? I'm in.

Well, even though I'm driving on a spare tire, I made the rounds today because that silly GS Wii promo is too absurd to pass up. Gamestop is either really wanting to burn through the new copies of these games so they can move on to selling used ones, or somebody made a big mistake with the promo in the registers.

Bought at BBV (all Wii):
Alone in the Dark $14.99
Williams Pinball (free)
Table Tennis ($9.99)
Fantastic Four RotSS (free)

Grand total: $27 in BBV credit after tax

Then went to two gamestops:

Williams Pinball Hall of Fame (Wii)
Base: $6, Edge: $0.60, Promo: $15
total: $21.60

Rockstar Table Tennis (Wii)
Base: $8, Edge: $0.80, Promo: $15
total: $23.80

Separate transaction at another store:

Fantastic Four: RotSS (Wii)
Base: $5, Edge: $0.50, Promo: $15
total: $20.50

Alone in the Dark (Wii)
Base: $5, Edge: $0.50, Promo: $15
total: $20.50


So, between both transactions, my total TIV was $86.40 (from $27 spent at BBV). Granted, I now have a copy of Skate City Heroes and a copy of Wii Music that I don't want, but I'm going to try to return them later on. I got gift receipts, but I'm not sure you even need them. I mean, as far as the receipt shows, it just shows abnormally high TIVs for crappy games.... doesn't seem to indicate anything that would prevent you from returning the new game for credit.

When I bought Skate CH, I got $20 back on my Edge card; when I bought Wii Music I had to pay a $4.59 difference.

Gamestop is out of their minds.

[mkernan]

so this means I get extra $10 credit and a free game if I decide to trade my two Ninja Reflex towards Skate CH? I'm in.

Well, its YMMV on Gamestop accepting two of the same game on a trade-in. But assuming they let you, and assuming you have an Edge card:

You'd get $5.50 after Edge + $15 bonus for EACH game.

So, you'd trade in both games and get Skate City Heroes as well as $21 store credit back.

The way the promo works, you get $30 toward one of the listed game, which is broken down as $15 tacked on to each game. Skate City Heroes only costs $19.99 though, even though its one of the eligible titles for purchase.

[Genocidal]

Cuyahoga Falls Blockbuster must've had someone come in and buy up all the GTA4s. I picked up Eternal Sonata and Okami Wii, there were still at least one each of Bioshock, DMC4, Turok, and Condemned 2 for 360 as well as Haze, Condemned 2 and a couple other PS3 titles that escape me.

[bgame2]

so this means I get extra $10 credit and a free game if I decide to trade my two Ninja Reflex towards Skate CH? I'm in.

Most likely not, allen. GS probably won't let you trade in two of the same game.

[DrNo888]

Sigh. Struck out on Wii games to take advantage of this GS promo. Absolutely no Wii games left around here. Manage to pick up DMC4 & Haze for PS3. Wanted The Club and Viking also, but they scanned $19.99 at multiple stores.

[stone1061]

RED ALERT Wii SPORTS resellers:

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/wii-sports-is-best-selling-game-ever/1276855

Important part: A new version of the game, Wii Sports: Resort, is due out later this year.

Not sure if this will replace original Wii Sports prepacked in with the Wii console.

Yes, I kNOW this is off topic.

[DrNo888]

Oh yeah, I sold a sealed copy of Wii Sports on Ebay for $60+. Makes my Wii bought with BBV credit even better.

[mkernan]

RED ALERT Wii SPORTS resellers:

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/wii-sports-is-best-selling-game-ever/1276855

Important part: A new version of the game, Wii Sports: Resort, is due out later this year.

Not sure if this will replace original Wii Sports prepacked in with the Wii console.

Yes, I kNOW this is off topic.

Wii Sports Resort was announced back at E3.... not exactly news.

[stone1061]

Wii Sports Resort was announced back at E3.... not exactly news.
Nevermind then.

[soap.yelo]

TIVs at Blockbuster
Wii Luxor's Pharoh Challenge 13
PS3 Sega Superstars Tenis 9

[RCS0926]

I got back from a local Blockbuster, and I just want to confirm one more time that the B1G1 is indeed in effect. I trusted what others had to say about the deal with regards to it being programmed into the register, and to the cashier's surprise, the games I chose rang up with the B1G1 promo. I picked up GTA IV, Orange Box, Viking and Bully for the 360, and 2 copies of Sega Superstar Tennis, Speed Racer, and Dragon Ball Z BT2.

[akiefer]

TIVs at Blockbuster
Wii Luxor's Pharoh Challenge 13
PS3 Sega Superstars Tenis 9

Hmmm...I picked up the original Luxor yesterday at BBV for 14.99 (or was it free...;)). Is there two versions of Luxor now?

[soap.yelo]

I flipped for the first time ever today after reading these forums for about a month Started with 38 credit at GS picked up 360 Legendary and Cranium Kabooki got 35 and 16 for them from Blockbuster. Picked up GTA 4 PS3 and 360, Major League Baseball 2k8 Wii, Battle of the bands Wii, Meet the Robinsons Wii,Lost PS3, Bioshock 360, and No more heroes. Kept bioshock and No more heroes. Flipped the rest for 69.54. Grabbed Oblivion GOTY, Sega Superstars Tenis PS3 (MISTAKE), and Luxor: Pharoh's Challenge flipped them for 57. Grabbed Bully WII and 360, GTA 4 360 and PS3, DMC4 PS3 (wish they had 360 I would keep that), and Haze PS3. Going back tommarow to flip those. Ended the day with 6 games to flip, 2 to keep and 30 cred at GS and 9 at BB. All thanks to CAGs.
Other then the 2 I posted earlier all the TIVs held.

[Friend of Sonic]

I went to GS to buy some games and flipped three of them (no new confirmations to the third post) and got 92.00 in trade at BB. Apparently I wasn't banned entirely from Blockbuster. I've yet to try the district I was originally banned in though. Who knows when the guy from corporate will actually ban me? Seeing how Cranium Bukkake still trades in for 16 dollars, I'm hoping they never get around to banning me.

I used some of the credit to get two and a half more batches of Wii games ready for trade. If everything goes to plan, that'll be 32.XX of BB credit turned into 120.XX at Gamestop. That's in addition to the 10.78 in cash that I turned into 41 at GS last night. That's smoking right there. The stuff dreams are made of, right there.

Despite my girlfriend's protests, I'm probably going to spend the night stopping at Blockbusters to pick up Wii games. I'll probably just bribe her with a Wii Fit for 50 dollars if I find a store that has one in stock. But, so far I've been able to find at least two games at each store prime for flipping.

Does the Collector's Edition of Prince of Persia for PS3 trade in fine to BB?

[confoosious]

Hey folks, so I read this:

"trade 2 Wii games with TIVs over $3 and get $30 off selected new Wii games"

But I can't find the list of "selected Wii games" on this site or the Gamestop site. Can someone help?

[Ragnorok64]

I went to GS to buy some games and flipped three of them (no new confirmations to the third post) and got 92.00 in trade at BB. Apparently I wasn't banned entirely from Blockbuster. I've yet to try the district I was originally banned in though. Who knows when the guy from corporate will actually ban me? Seeing how Cranium Bukkake still trades in for 16 dollars, I'm hoping they never get around to banning me.

I used some of the credit to get two and a half more batches of Wii games ready for trade. If everything goes to plan, that'll be 32.XX of BB credit turned into 120.XX at Gamestop. That's in addition to the 10.78 in cash that I turned into 41 at GS last night. That's smoking right there. The stuff dreams are made of, right there.

Despite my girlfriend's protests, I'm probably going to spend the night stopping at Blockbusters to pick up Wii games. I'll probably just bribe her with a Wii Fit for 50 dollars if I find a store that has one in stock. But, so far I've been able to find at least two games at each store prime for flipping.

Does the Collector's Edition of Prince of Persia for PS3 trade in fine to BB?
So how are you guys dealing with all these unwanted Wii and DS games you're ending up with using this trade in bonus thing? Has anyone successfully returned a game they bought with the promotion yet?

[Ragnorok64]

Hey folks, so I read this:

"trade 2 Wii games with TIVs over $3 and get $30 off selected new Wii games"

But I can't find the list of "selected Wii games" on this site or the Gamestop site. Can someone help?
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209950

[confoosious]

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209950

Thanks. I just found it. I was looking for the little GS logo next to the thread and that one didn't have it.

[Friend of Sonic]

I have not returned a Wii game yet. I'm on the fence about keeping Skate City Heroes. I probably won't. So, if they deny my return, I called GS this morning and found out that Skate City has a base of 5.00. This means it's a 50 cent profit after Edge card for trading it back to Gamestop :rofl:

Someone else also mentioned you can still ask for a gift receipt for purchases. Last time they ran this kind of promo, I know for a fact that gift receipts work beautifully for returns. For any games I'm getting tonight, I'm definitely going the gift receipt route.

EDIT: WTF, I had a 42 dollar gift card for BBV. I thought it was zeroed out! I'm so glad I didn't throw that away.

[stoned99]

I have not returned a Wii game yet. I'm on the fence about keeping Skate City Heroes. I probably won't. So, if they deny my return, I called GS this morning and found out that Skate City has a base of 5.00. This means it's a 50 cent profit after Edge card for trading it back to Gamestop :rofl:

Someone else also mentioned you can still ask for a gift receipt for purchases. Last time they ran this kind of promo, I know for a fact that gift receipts work beautifully for returns. For any games I'm getting tonight, I'm definitely going the gift receipt route.

EDIT: WTF, I had a 42 dollar gift card for BBV. I thought it was zeroed out! I'm so glad I didn't throw that away.

You beat me too this, I cannot believe that you can actually turn around and trade that game back for a profit, it's hilarious. I just picked up two, with the intent of returning them tomorrow. Now I may just trade them back to a different store. It saves me the effort of finding two more wii games.

[Friend of Sonic]

You beat me too this, I cannot believe that you can actually turn around and trade that game back for a profit, it's hilarious. I just picked up two, with the intent of returning them tomorrow. Now I may just trade them back to a different store. It saves me the effort of finding two more wii games.
Yep, same here. I'm keeping Skate City Hero as an emergecy Wii game in case I only find one Wii game at a BB. I'm not even worried about returning it. Worse case scenario, even if this game spontaneously explodes, I still made 9.XX in credit. This promo is gold. I almost want to go on vacation for the rest of the week and exploit it. I'm off Fridays, and if base TIVs still stack onto the promo 30 dollars, I'm going to rape Gamestop all day.

[sgaldis]

^

yep, I've got a day off tomorrow and I'm definitely thinking road. ;)

[Ragnorok64]

But to get Skate City Heroes to trade at a profit you still have to trade it toward another game from the promo list right?

[Friend of Sonic]

But to get Skate City Heroes to trade at a profit you still have to trade it toward another game from the promo list right?
Right. But, it seems like the gift receipt idea will save you. I'm doing the trade in mainly because I didn't get a gift receipt with my first game.

But, also, you never know. You could wind up going to Gamestop with a Wii Fit in stock. It's also nice to have an extra in case, at the end of the day, you wind up with an odd number of games to trade in.

[Ragnorok64]

Hmm... Well I'm tempted to trade in my :ps3:Prince of Persia to BBV and pick up 4 wii games. Trade 2 toward Skate city heroes and put the rest toward my Street Fighter IV, then trade one of the 4 wii games and a Skate City Heroes for another Skate City Heroes, then trade that Skate City Heroes and my last wii game again for another Skate City Heroes. If there any oter Wii game included in this promo that's 19.99?

[Friend of Sonic]

I don't believe so. I think the next price bracket is 29.99. Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader, and possibly some Yoga game, I don't remember.

[stoned99]

Right. But, it seems like the gift receipt idea will save you. I'm doing the trade in mainly because I didn't get a gift receipt with my first game.

But, also, you never know. You could wind up going to Gamestop with a Wii Fit in stock. It's also nice to have an extra in case, at the end of the day, you wind up with an odd number of games to trade in.

Hmm, talking about Wii Fit, my store in Cypress, CA has them. I used the promotion to buy one today :) (for a coworker), unless someone knows how to turn them into a profit, not involving ebay.

It just occurred to me, selling skate City back to gamestop is actually a loss of a dollar, due to tax. So I'm taking them back (unless I need a wii game desperately), hmm but then again buying a game to replace it will cost me more unless it's bought with the B1G1 and is 10$ to start with. Damn this is all BBV's fault for banning me, now I'm forced to be super creative.

[Friend of Sonic]

Hmm, talking about Wii Fit, my store in Cypress, CA has them. I used the promotion to buy one today :) (for a coworker), unless someone knows how to turn them into a profit, not involving ebay.

Well, you always have Craigslist. Even just a few weeks ago, people were getting some big numbers for Wii Fit (although that had a lot to do with Christmas). I don't have the heart to sell hard to find items for a huge profit like that to normal everyday people who want to use them. Last year I cashed out some GS credit with three Wii systems, but sold them for 270, which I thought was pretty reasonable. I only have the mercilessness will to cheat out huge corporations.

[Ragnorok64]

Has Gamestop been known to ban people?

[irishsoccermbw]

Has Gamestop been known to ban people?

Thats what I was worried about too, returning so many copies of the same game to different stores would have to raise some red flags.

[Friend of Sonic]

Yeah, I didn't think about the tax issue. In AZ, I'm not taxed for GS credit so it's a nonissue for me (and quite nice, it's almost a trade incentive to give them games since you save on 8.1% sales tax)

I heard GS does ban people, but rarely. IIRC, Emg29 told me once that if GS bans you, it's tracked by your Edge card. So, you just pay for another Edge card. But I don't know if that's true, especially if you make a DM super-pissed at you.

[Ragnorok64]

Thats what I was worried about too, returning so many copies of the same game to different stores would have to raise some red flags.
Well If i'm going to trade a copy of a game toward the same copy of a game they're going to know what I'm doing regardless. I'm on friendly terms withe GS I have my SF IV reservation at so I doubt they'd ban me. They might just refuse the trade though. I just want to be aware of what danger I might be skirting with the Gamestop corporation though. I haven't heard of anyone getting banned from there unlike Blockbuster.

[RCS0926]

I think you have to be a flagrant offender to be banned by GS.

[Sinnbox]

Does anyone know when this promo ends? I may have to take advantage of it if it is still going next week, the only problem is that I traded in all my tradeable Wii games last week!!

[Friend of Sonic]

Yeah, maybe it's not adviseable to trade a copy of a game towards the same copy. You could always be "It's a gift for my friend so I figured I'd get him a sealed copy roflrofl"
I'm mainly keeping a hold of one because the odd game issue. When I trade that game in, I'll just whatever random game with a gift receipt, and then return it later on.

Also, for the fears of the ban hammer, I didn't get banned and I did it five times during the last promo. It was good timing to be able to buy Lego Star Wars and Orange Box and flip them for Xmas gifts. Got a couple of people Gears 2 for Christmas and no one hassled me about it.

Now, if it was Blockbuster running this promotion, they'd probably get ahold of Interpol and tell them I had a worldwide drug smuggling ring that's based in my local Blockbusters.

[crunchewy]

I'm not going to stop anyone else from doing it (not that I could) but I'm not going to go the return route. That's just a bit too much over the edge for me. I mean, I would not feel good about doing that.

[mkernan]

I'm not going to stop anyone else from doing it (not that I could) but I'm not going to go the return route. That's just a bit too much over the edge for me. I mean, I would not feel good about doing that.

There's nothing in the fine print of the promo that outlines what happens if you try to return the game. There's nothing on the receipt that indicates you'd have any problem returning it. The return itself is legit: its sealed, with receipt.

I have no qualms returning. Don't know when I'll have a chance to try, but I'll def. share my story.

[leung19]

i saw this deal yesterday during lunch and also saw the wii fit, so i end up buying the wii fit yesterday. The guy at GS told me just do a return and rebuy when you bring two wii game in next time. I did that today, guess what??? they kinda Fxxk up the return instead giving me credit back on my edge card, they give me the cash diff. something like 36.XX. Now i can pretty much cash out some good GS credit with more wii fit. (I hope).

P.S. Any suggestion on any of those wii games i should keep?

[io]

Has Gamestop been known to ban people?

There was at least one CAG that was banned at GS for flipping titles from one store to another. This was during a +$5 promotion and there was some cheap game that he could buy for $2 or $3 (at GS) and then get $6 or so for it by trading it back in and he did it with several copies and eventually they caught on and banned him. As long as you aren't doing something that obvious I wouldn't worry about it. Returning the Wii games that you get from the promo is a different sort of thing anyway.

[io]

Can someone please pm me with how to flip, Im still new and got like 3 blockbuster stores around me... will pay you back somehow! Thanks

Yeah, sure, read the quote below from another newbie who seemed to figure it out pretty well. The only mistake he made was buying a GS->BBV flip from the second post with a really outdated quote without checking up on it at BBV first (it was from November until I just deleted it since it is no good any more - SST for PS3 that is). Basically, though, the second post (of this thread) pretty much covers it.

I flipped for the first time ever today after reading these forums for about a month Started with 38 credit at GS picked up 360 Legendary and Cranium Kabooki got 35 and 16 for them from Blockbuster. Picked up GTA 4 PS3 and 360, Major League Baseball 2k8 Wii, Battle of the bands Wii, Meet the Robinsons Wii,Lost PS3, Bioshock 360, and No more heroes. Kept bioshock and No more heroes. Flipped the rest for 69.54. Grabbed Oblivion GOTY, Sega Superstars Tenis PS3 (MISTAKE), and Luxor: Pharoh's Challenge flipped them for 57. Grabbed Bully WII and 360, GTA 4 360 and PS3, DMC4 PS3 (wish they had 360 I would keep that), and Haze PS3. Going back tommarow to flip those. Ended the day with 6 games to flip, 2 to keep and 30 cred at GS and 9 at BB. All thanks to CAGs.
Other then the 2 I posted earlier all the TIVs held.

[DrNo888]

I move that everyone posting in this thread change their avatar to Io's!

[io]

Yes but I mean from the blockbuster b1g1... can I get those then take theme to gamestop to flip? and whats BBV stand for?

Um, yeah, he did that too - it's all in there ;). BBV = Blockbuster Video (to keep it from getting confused with BB = Best Buy).

B1G1 -> GS:
"Picked up GTA 4 PS3 and 360, Major League Baseball 2k8 Wii, Battle of the bands Wii, Meet the Robinsons Wii,Lost PS3, Bioshock 360, and No more heroes. Kept bioshock and No more heroes. Flipped the rest for 69.54."

[Xfactor4]

Yes but I mean from the blockbuster b1g1... can I get those then take theme to gamestop to flip? and whats BBV stand for?
BBV = Blockbuster Video
Yes, you can buy Games at BBV at B1G1 and then trade them in to Gamestop using the current extra $10 for 3 promo and make money.

Please go back and read the first three posts.

Good luck !

[spauldingfan]

and whats BBV stand for?

Buttered Betty Vagina's;)

[stone1061]

FYI on the Gamestop trade 2 DS games get $20, checked some TIV on games I got during the B1G1.

DS Alvin and Chipmunks $6
DS Ratatouili $5
DS FLASH FOCUS $2.50(YES!!!)

[Nirron]

Yes but I mean from the blockbuster b1g1... can I get those then take theme to gamestop to flip? and whats BBV stand for?

To answer your questions in the corresponding text alterations:

Yes, just make sure that you will be taking advantage of one of the GS promos running currently to get the most bang for your buck.

BBV refers to the titular BlockBuster Video

[Xfactor4]

Buttered Betty Vagina's;)
Busty Boobies Video ;)

[Friend of Sonic]

Oh, man, I remember when I used to have my trucking business, there was a rest stop in Virgina with the finest Buttered Betties a man could ask for.

They were so good.

[Rave Child]

I heard GS does ban people, but rarely. IIRC, Emg29 told me once that if GS bans you, it's tracked by your Edge card. So, you just pay for another Edge card. But I don't know if that's true, especially if you make a DM super-pissed at you.

I think they have profiles for everyone that has an Edge card or trades in. Every time I trade in, they ask for a phone number, and they either ask for my ID or ask me my name for verification. Also, once they enter my phone number, it adds the Edge bonus to my trades. Of course, paying is another thing, and you could always use a different Edge card for that, but only the stickered one will get you the 10% off, and that bonus is pretty much a necessity for flipping.

[icarusmight]

So far with the bogo deal Ive scored:

Alien Hominid GC 4.99-free
Cars-360 6.99 (still sealed)

FEAR Files 360-9.99
StarWars: Republic Command Xbox 9.99-free

Timeshift 360 9.99-free
Professor Layton DS 14.99

Great deals so far, too bad alot of the stuff they have I already own.
Saw:
Ninja Gaiden DS 14.99
GTA IV 14.99

Just those are notables.

[Friend of Sonic]

Well, Rave, as far as I understand, you just pay the extra money for the Edge card to get the 10% bump on trade ins right? They don't ban based off of address/name, or unless I'm wrong on that.

[nietzsche74]

So anyone here know about the Gamestop F.E.A.R. 2 deal (haven;t seen a thread for it yet.) You get $40 credit towards the game for trading in 2 "select" titles (current gen - 160 eligiable games!). Could amount to a $15 to $40 flip or better for those genuinely interested in the game (and who wouldn't be!), provided those "eligible" titles can be gained through the current B1G1. Who knows, maybe you could even cancel your order. But what we need now is the list of eligable titles...

[Xfactor4]

So anyone here know about the Gamestop F.E.A.R. 2 deal (haven;t seen a thread for it yet.) You get $40 credit towards the game for trading in 2 "select" titles (current gen - 160 eligiable games!). Could amount to a $15 to $40 flip or better for those genuinely interested in the game (and who wouldn't be!), provided those "eligible" titles can be gained through the current B1G1. Who knows, maybe you could even cancel your order. But what we need now is the list of eligable titles...

The list is up bro and the deal STINKS. There are not any BBV B1G1 games included and most of what they want in trade to give you only $40 total(for TWO games) for are many newer releases only !

Garbage I say.. See for yerself in the existing thread below..

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210020&highlight=fear

[hopeunknown]

grabbed .hack/quarantine and no more heroes for $14.99+tax. great deal! might go back before the end of the week. this was at a blockbuster, not a gamerush (and a blockbuster nearby I didn't even know sold games!)

[Friend of Sonic]

Well Skate (14.99 at BBV) is included for the Fear deal. Also, so is Ace Combat 6. Many CAGs got that game for 9.99 (or 4.99 after B1G1) So, if you somehow had that combo of games, that amounts to a flip of 17.50/12.50 before tax to turn into 40. Certaintly not bad, but your options are limited at the current time to exploit the offer. The Wii one is certaintly more lucrative.

[Rave Child]

Well, Rave, as far as I understand, you just pay the extra money for the Edge card to get the 10% bump on trade ins right? They don't ban based off of address/name, or unless I'm wrong on that.

10% trade bonus and 10% off used products. So whether you're buying stuff to flip to BBV or trading it in, it pays to use your Edge card. When you get the Edge card, they get your name and address for the Game Informer subscription. At least for me, they take your phone number and get your name when you trade games in. I think they just kind of link all of it to you somehow, anyway. I've traded games four times in the last week without an Edge card because I wanted to split the credit up. Each time I still get the Edge bonus, and it has my Edge account number on the receipt, and the way it looks is that it come on automatically after they get my phone number.

[Friend of Sonic]

>< I know there's a 10% bump for trades and 10% off of used products. =p I've had an Edge card for a while, you know! I was pondering how the ban process is at Gamestop, if it's really as easy buying a new Edge card if you got banned.

[sgaldis]

Just enlist the help of a friend...;)

I have a few friends who help me with flipping, and I've bought EDGE accounts for them. I'll usually keep their cards with me, and if need be, I'll instantly 'become' someone different.

Of course, if your GS goes to the trouble of asking you for a picture ID, you're kind of screwed (whoops, forgot my wallet!), but all they usually do is verify the name (when purchasing), and verify the name + phone number when trading in.

[animemaniac14]

>< I know there's a 10% bump for trades and 10% off of used products. =p I've had an Edge card for a while, you know! I was pondering how the ban process is at Gamestop, if it's really as easy buying a new Edge card if you got banned.

i don't think so...i was told i was banned from trading at GS by the DM (IF you really wanna know and don't intend on bein an a$$ bout it read here --> )I worked at GS as a temp job, and while trying to use the cellfire coupon (which i had printed out several times) i had apparently raised some flags (most likely when i yelled at a GS employee at a different location than the one i worked at for not taking the printed out coupon cuz i explained my phone was broken (and it indeed was, no joke). So f'in DM called my manager up and told him to put my hours on hold for 2 friggin weeks...then at the end of that time period, I got fed up with waiting and called manager asking "what's the deal?!" He then informed me (with a very annoyed tone, as if asking when i was going to work again was such a burden to answer) "uhhhhhh...yeee....DM talked to me...told me to let you go..." After a terrible and enraging week of the DM not returning my calls..i finally got ahold of him and he told me I had used an "illegitimate coupon" *rolls eyes* and "Traded in the SAME GAME (NOT PLURAL) twice" told me they didn't need people like that cuz it "violated the employee contract I signed at the beginning of my hire" and that he was banning me from trading ever again at GS. absolute BS. Got a better paying job now anyway thankfully and told DM to fuck himself

so i grabbed my brother and took him along on a very short-lived trading trip (he HATES flipping with me...or period for that matter). When he went to do my trade-ins for me, he accidentally told them MY NAME and address and i slapped my head quietly thinkin "awwww shiat". Well it went thru with no probs. So i tried doing it alone at a different location (same district as the DM who banned me tho) and when i got to the point where i tell them my phone number, i gave them my parents # and different address...and that seemed to work fine (cuz my condo addy is the one im sure is banned). Tho on a side note...the idiots at GS ALWAYS mishear my name when i tell them it...so im in the computer THREE TIMES..As "Ryan", "Bryan" and "Brian"...so that COULD ALSO be a factor in circumventing my ban O_o

[Sinnbox]

I move that everyone posting in this thread change their avatar to Io's!
Welcome to two weeks ago...lol.

[Sinnbox]

Tho on a side note...the idiots at GS ALWAYS mishear my name when i tell them it...so im in the computer THREE TIMES..As "Ryan", "Bryan" and "Brian"...so that COULD ALSO be a factor in circumventing my ban O_o

Oh ya, my last name is sinn, so i am in tons of different computer systems with names from Sinn, Sin, Cin, Sine, ect.... the problem is doing returns to various local pawns....they always type my name in the computer wrong when I buy stuff so I have to give them like 5 names before I find out what they heard when I said Sinn.

[valloq]

Alright, so now I'm sitting here in my living room with two Wii Fits. Again, for anyone in my area, the Gamestop/EB Games at South Coast Plaza said they had a lot available.

First Gamestop:
Alvin and the Chipmunks: $5 + Edge + $15 = $20.50
Spyro: $5 + Edge + $15 = $20.50

Wii Fit, $96.96 after tax - $41 from trade-ins. I owed $55.96 which I had in credit.

Things got interesting at the second GS. The girl behind the counter didn't know about the promo, so first she gave me the credit for the two games back to my Edge card. When I asked about the promo, she went to get the Wii Fit, and then rang up a separate transaction where she manually subtracted the $30 from the Wii Fit for me. Looking at the receipt now, it looks like she basically just gave me $30 off the Wii Fit, and didn't stack it on top of the trade-in value :cry:

Anyone know if I can take my two receipts back to the store and ask for an adjustment?

[hostyl1]

A confirmation for the TP (third post) TIV held for:
:360: Mercenaries 2 - $22 (1/11)

[lukewin]

Alright, so now I'm sitting here in my living room with two Wii Fits. Again, for anyone in my area, the Gamestop/EB Games at South Coast Plaza said they had a lot available.

First Gamestop:
Alvin and the Chipmunks: $5 + Edge + $15 = $20.50
Spyro: $5 + Edge + $15 = $20.50

Wii Fit, $96.96 after tax - $41 from trade-ins. I owed $55.96 which I had in credit.

Things got interesting at the second GS. The girl behind the counter didn't know about the promo, so first she gave me the credit for the two games back to my Edge card. When I asked about the promo, she went to get the Wii Fit, and then rang up a separate transaction where she manually subtracted the $30 from the Wii Fit for me. Looking at the receipt now, it looks like she basically just gave me $30 off the Wii Fit, and didn't stack it on top of the trade-in value :cry:

Anyone know if I can take my two receipts back to the store and ask for an adjustment?

I don't see the need for you to adjust. If she would've done it on the same transaction, it would've added $15 to each Wii game. Edge doesn't stack on that bonus $15, just on the original price, according to my receipts. Since she took off $30, it's the same as adding $15 to 2 Wii games.

[valloq]

I don't see the need for you to adjust. If she would've done it on the same transaction, it would've added $15 to each Wii game. Edge doesn't stack on that bonus $15, just on the original price, according to my receipts. Since she took off $30, it's the same as adding $15 to 2 Wii games.

Ah my fault, I didn't explain it correctly. What she did was subtract $13.50 from the Wii Fit, and then swiped my Edge card with the $16.50 from the trade-in value to get a total of $30 off the Wii Fit. So she basically shorted me $16.50 on the deal.

Is it possible to just take the two receipts in to a GS and explain it to them?

[Animal7390]

Ah my fault, I didn't explain it correctly. What she did was subtract $13.50 from the Wii Fit, and then swiped my Edge card with the $16.50 from the trade-in value to get a total of $30 off the Wii Fit. So she basically shorted me $16.50 on the deal.

Is it possible to just take the two receipts in to a GS and explain it to them?

you would have to go back to that specific one and speak with a manager or knowledgeable employee.

[Friend of Sonic]

Holy shit. I swear, when I walked into two BBVs, a song called "Flipper's Paradise" played in my head-- it had new lyrics for the art of flipping and everything. Coolio even rapped it. Long story short, two BBV within five minutes of each other had 11 sets of Wii games (22 total) to trade into GS. Awesome. I'm out of credit now. Gotta obtain some more.

The only problem with this flip is that I'm going to wind up with like 11 Edge cards. Edge cards can't be combined, right? And I don't want to buy one giant giftcard because I'll start to get charged tax.

[dyeknom]

Honestly, this is b1g1 has been better than any others I've taken part in. I actually enjoyed it more than the perfect storm, for the most part.

I managed to keep: (newer used games)

Mass Effect (360)
Condemned 2 (ps3)
Lost (ps3)
Eternal Sonata (360)
Samba De Amigo (Wii)
Bioshock (360)
Okami (Wii) (now i can keep my copy unopened)
Flash Focus (DS)
Advance Wars (DS)

plus whatever I have in credit. I should have picked up the copy of Haze and Kane/Lynch I saw today, but I ran out of BBV credit until I can make my final trip to GS.

I am also going to try to take a Manhunt 2 and Ninja Reflex and grab RRR or a Wii Fit. I did manage to get a second copy of Eternal Sonata if somebody wanted a copy and couldn't find one.

[Friend of Sonic]

I didn't partake in the Perfect Storm, but this Wii promo at GS has got to be blowing it out of the water, right?

[stone1061]

Holy shit. I swear, when I walked into two BBVs, a song called "Flipper's Paradise" played in my head-- it had new lyrics for the art of flipping and everything. Coolio even rapped it. Long story short, two BBV within five minutes of each other had 11 sets of Wii games (22 total) to trade into GS. Awesome. I'm out of credit now. Gotta obtain some more.

The only problem with this flip is that I'm going to wind up with like 11 Edge cards. Edge cards can't be combined, right? And I don't want to buy one giant giftcard because I'll start to get charged tax.
I've paid for stuff with credit that was on several cards. The 10% bump isn't that great that with the deal going on right now that it might be worth it to not use edge and get tracked. The extra $1 isn't that important if you are getting an extra $30 and won't be tied to your account. And it will still be tax free since it is credit.
Right now i'm sitting on one with a big 26 cents on it. When I get a big stack of games the kids get out their cash register and pretend to scan them, they even check the discs. I'll let them use that card to put my imaginary credit on. I'll start to be concerned when they ask me if I want to pre order anything.

Which Perfect Storm was better?
Hard to say, once you get 20 inches of snow, what's another 5?
I think last one lasted a lot longer with more games available. This $30 bonus came just a little late for some, but I'll be trading another Quantum of Solace and Bolt(PS3) tomorrow and hopefully find some more scraps.

[DrNo888]

Yeah, it should be better. Too bad I cant find a damn Wii game around here anymore!

[prateeko]

SMG isn't $25 still, is it?

[gi60]

I prefer the prev storm since even though current Wii deals is good. It requires a lot more work; only 2 games per store? While during the perfect storm all gen is included, so you get a lot more games, credit and less travel.

This b1g1 is good for stocking games though.

[dyeknom]

Actually, I might just avoid the whole... RRR this go around.. and grab the bonus for some Skate City Heroes, lol.

[Rave Child]

I didn't partake in the Perfect Storm, but this Wii promo at GS has got to be blowing it out of the water, right?

For me, it absolutely has blown the summer's sale out of the water. I've had probably at least 4 times as many flippables per store than last time around, and I've found a lot more worth keeping for myself. I made a LOT more credit this sale, and I think I spent less time, too. I'm really hoping for a 360/PS3 coupon this weekend, because I'm out of BBV credit, and I'd realy like to continue. I've got a lot left at at least a few stores, plus a few more stores I've never even been to that are reasonably close. If it comes down to it, I'll probably just pick things up using the 10% coupon, if they aren't too out of my way.

[CheapAssRu]

I just registered here because I saw this deal! What a awesome site!

I just got

(PS3)
Pirates of Caribbean
Transformers
Devil May Cry 4
Condemend 2
Def Jam Icon
Cars 4 Maternational Championship

(Wii)
Spongebob Racing
George of the Jungle

(Ds)
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword

All for $70 total...
is that a great deal or what.. all came with cases and most had instructions... Do you know resell values of these or if I got a good deal? Just got home and want to know what to try first... Thanks
CAR (CheapAssRu)

[stone1061]

I just registered here because I saw this deal! What a awesome site!

I just got

(PS3)
Pirates of Caribbean
Transformers
Devil May Cry 4
Condemend 2
Def Jam Icon
Cars 4 Maternational Championship

(Wii)
Spongebob Racing
George of the Jungle

(Ds)
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword

All for $70 total...
is that a great deal or what.. (CheapAssRu)
I'm bored at work so I'll take a stab at this one.
I'd have to say no.
As far as Gamestop goes, first Def Jam Icon gets 50 cents.
Cars and DMC 4 get 8. Pirates gets 3, Condemned 2 gets 5 and Transformers gets 6.
Take the three best and get a $10 bonus at Gamestop, so $32 for Cars/DMC4/Transformer.(base TIV plus 10)
George of Jungle is only $8.99 at GS so TIV is probable $2 at most(not eligible for the $30 bonus) So put that with Pirates and Condem2 and get $20(TIV with the trade 3 get $10 bonus.
Spongebob Racing, i have no idea what this game is but sounds like something my kids would like.
Ninga Dragon sword for DS gets $7 at GS.
Your looking at $59.50 at Gamestop plus the Spongebob game.

[CheapAssRu]

I'm bored at work so I'll take a stab at this one.
I'd have to say no.
As far as Gamestop goes, first Def Jam Icon gets 50 cents.
Cars and DMC 4 get 8. Pirates gets 3, Condemned 2 gets 5 and Transformers gets 6.
Take the three best and get a $10 bonus at Gamestop, so $32 for Cars/DMC4/Transformer.(base TIV plus 10)
George of Jungle is only $8.99 at GS so TIV is probable $2 at most(not eligible for the $30 bonus) So put that with Pirates and Condem2 and get $20(TIV with the trade 3 get $10 bonus.
Spongebob Racing, i have no idea what this game is but sounds like something my kids would like.
Ninga Dragon sword for DS gets $7 at GS.
Your looking at $59.50 at Gamestop plus the Spongebob game.

I appreciate your work on this.. but considering I was going to keep all the games I got and play all games is this a good deal? I have never been to a gamestop.. are their individual game prices lower than BlockBuster or GameCrazy?

[DrNo888]

Yes, definitely good deal for keep and play.

[stone1061]

I appreciate your work on this.. but considering I was going to keep all the games I got and play all games is this a good deal? I have never been to a gamestop.. are their individual game prices lower than BlockBuster or GameCrazy?
You mentioned resell value so i thought you were looking to flip these.
If you are keeping them then, sure it's good deal. The prices of most of these won't drop any further and getting them B1G1 free is rare.
Used games are usually higher at Blockbuster, which is how the flipping from Gs/BB is profitable. Not familar with Gamecrazy.
Gamestops are seen as an evil monopoly to some, but for a little over a year now i've been playing Monopoly with Blockbuster, Gamestop, Hollywood Video, Best Buy, Target, Circuit City, and Ebay and I think I'm winning :D

[CheapAssRu]

Yes, definitely good deal for keep and play.

thanks I was hoping so considering I spent like $60 a piece for GTA4 and NBA2k9 lol.. I admit I just got a Ps3 last xmas so Im sort of a newbie to all this.. but figured that many games for the price I spent for my last couple each retail was pretty good... what do you think is the funnest game out of the ones i got.. I am just waiting to try them... of course I will play them all but right now my son is having fun with the cars game :) I still need a extra controller and bluray remote but that equals like $80 lol...

my local blockbuster also had

(wii) samba or sambo/? the macarana shake thing, also had scarface for wii for $15
and a few others... should i have grabbed that samba? or scarface for 15$?

Also my ps3 is a 80 gb but doesnt have the optional pullout to add memory cards etc.. (or at least I cant open it lol) but I wonder will the PS3 play old ps1 and ps2 games? they had a lot of them there!

[CheapAssRu]

You mentioned resell value so i thought you were looking to flip these.
If you are keeping them then, sure it's good deal. The prices of most of these won't drop any further and getting them B1G1 free is rare.
Used games are usually higher at Blockbuster, which is how the flipping from Gs/BB is profitable. Not familar with Gamecrazy.
Gamestops are seen as an evil monopoly to some, but for a little over a year now i've been playing Monopoly with Blockbuster, Gamestop, Hollywood Video, Best Buy, Target, Circuit City, and Ebay and I think I'm winning :D

Thanks bro, sorry if I misrepresented.. again I thank you for the work and you helped me feel good knowing if I keep and play it was a good deal.. the girl working was like "you realize how good of a deal this is?" I just shook my head up and down :)

[io]

Yikes! Time for some more thread cleanup :roll:. Lots o' posts deleted!

Anyway, back to the discussion:

Long story short, two BBV within five minutes of each other had 11 sets of Wii games (22 total) to trade into GS.

Lucky bastard - the Wii games were cleared out of here for the most part before the $5 bonus deal for Wii games even started!

I didn't partake in the Perfect Storm, but this Wii promo at GS has got to be blowing it out of the water, right?


Which Perfect Storm was better?
Hard to say, once you get 20 inches of snow, what's another 5?
I think last one lasted a lot longer with more games available. This $30 bonus came just a little late for some, but I'll be trading another Quantum of Solace and Bolt(PS3) tomorrow and hopefully find some more scraps.

I agree with stone's assessment.

And thus, for my reason above, I say no way to your question FoS. Yeah, sure, if you find 22 Wii games (at all, let alone flippable ones) at 2 BB's like you did then it might be much better this time. But I just went to 4 Blockbusters and only found 4 total flippables (all at one store I might add) and they were all the $14.99->$5 kind, so I only picked up 1 to add to my leftover Wii game from before to try the GS promo.

During the summer the sale lasted for well over a month, and things kept changing at GS to make the deal better and better. At first it was decent simply for regular trades at GS. Remember at the time we were thrilled to have even-money flips from BBV to GS just to get the more useful GS credit. But then GS started the $5 bonus deal on all next gen stuff. That pretty much took the even and slightly better flips to 2x or 3x territory. And the great thing was in the summer most regular people weren't buying up the BBV games. Then the GS promo changed to the tiered offer and that allowed us to trade the just recently converted PS2 stuff like Iridium Runners and Power Rangers Super Legends - both of which were available at just about every store with no one else even thinking of buying them.

This time the selection was YMMV to begin with, and with the huge number of Wiis sold the last few months and people in the holiday shopping mood the Wii games got wiped out (around here anyway) within days of Christmas, even before the $5 deal started at GS. I was glad to get about 10 games total to trade in for that deal.

During the summer sale I could go to any BBV and find at least 10-20 2x or greater flips. I usually didn't buy that many at once so I often went back repeatedly to the same stores and got more week after week.

Today, on the other hand, I was pretty desperate to get something to try this promo out. The first store was a near bust. They had not a single Wii game for sale used except the $34.99 and up stuff. I did manage to get a Ninja Gaiden DS along with yet another GTA IV (360 this time - they were finally out of the PS3 version). I didn't really want yet another GTA but I needed something to go with the DS game.

The second store had some really weird things. Again, not a SINGLE Wii game under $30 or so. But they had some other $14.99 games I've never seen mentioned. I'm glad I went because my son has been bugging me for a while to get him Guitar Hero II of all things (since he's played all the others). Well, this store had it for the 360 for $14.99. And then in the DS section the only used game they had was Imagine Babyz, also $14.99. Well, that was perfect :lol:. Oh, and they did have 3 copies of Bully for 360 and since that's a good one with the $10 bonus deal (ends up being $7.50 -> $14.34) I bought 2 of those.

Finally, the last store had the stuff I mentioned I saw the other day: Narnia DS, Nintendogs, Alone in the Dark x 2, Code Lyoko, and No More Heroes. I bought the 2 DS games, Alone in the Dark, and a Beautiful Katamari (surprised to see that as that was one wiped out during the perfect storm) to make my 2 B1G1 pairs.

So, some strange trade-ins followed at GS.

First I did 6 360 games for the $10 bonus (and in case anyone is still wondering, it applied the $3.34 bonus to all 6). Same prices as in the second post, though I think Ratatouille dropped from $5 to $4. So I got $65 from $33.50 worth of BBV games. Not bad, and it does not require any return trickery.

Then I was going to try 2 DS promo trades and 1 Wii one. They didn't have the Guinness game in stock (which I want to get for my daughter for her birthday), so I just did one DS trade for The Cooking Trainer game. I might keep that if it has the sorts of recipes my family likes. Otherwise I might try to swap it for the Guinness game at another store (which I think is a very valid thing to do no matter what).
On that trade I got $16.60 for Imagine Babyz and $14.40 for Narnia. Then on the same transaction I traded Bee Movie game and Alone in the Dark. After buying Wii Music those got me $20.50 each. The net result was that I ended up getting the 2 games and $2.02 back on my Edge card :lol:. All for $25 in BBV credit - nice.

I will probably keep Wii Music. I was debating between that and Cooking Mama World Kitchen. But I really don't think anyone is going to play that and it will get cheaper fairly soon anyway (making all the effort to get it cheap somewhat of a waste). I'd really like to get a few more DS games but it is really hard to find the fodder for that - even more so than for the Wii ones. I could get the AitD/Code Lyoko pair if I want another Wii game but that means a 30 mile round trip drive to the store that has them and another night of angry family members because of me running all over the place.

[ghozt]

picked up a copy of bolt ps3 to get some more bbv credit, so thank you to the poster that found that one. unfortunately, the copy i grabbed had a holepunched upc so my trade will most likely get denied. the one bbv i trade at insists that a game has to be scanned in so they will not look anything up manually.

also hit up 2 bbv to take advantage of this crazy gs wii promo and had a very hard time finding anything to flip back. was only able to get a pair of games from each location. hopefully the other stores i intend to visit in the next couple days aren't as cleaned out.

[ets]

PS3| Rainbow Six: Vegas is $14.99 at BBV

which doesn't look like a good flip
Rainbow Six Vegas 1 - $3 (12/13)

[Full Metal XL]

Today, I didn't buy to flip, I bought to keep and think I got a pretty good deal as i cleaned my BB out...

Devil May Cry 4
Bullet Witch
Prey
Condemned 2
Crackdown
Dark Sector
Stranglehold
And the shocker...Oblivion Game of the Year Edition! :shock:

All for around $45 and whatever tax was.
Yup...t'was a good day for my collection. :twisted:

[CheapAssRu]

Today, I didn't buy to flip, I bought to keep and think I got a pretty good deal as i cleaned my BB out...

Devil May Cry 4
Bullet Witch
Prey
Condemned 2
Crackdown
Dark Sector
Stranglehold
And the shocker...Oblivion Game of the Year Edition! :shock:

All for around $45 and whatever tax was.
Yup...t'was a good day for my collection. :twisted:

I bought to keep also but no time to play lol.. let me know if devil may cry 4and condemned 2 were worth it.. I know its like $15 for both and heard nothing but great reviews.. please just let me know lol..

[sotc1988]

I bought to keep also but no time to play lol.. let me know if devil may cry 4and condemned 2 were worth it.. I know its like $15 for both and heard nothing but great reviews.. please just let me know lol..
Both games are very good. For 7.50 a piece you are getting two triple a releases from feb. of this year. There is a lot of meat to the games and for the price you can't go wrong. DO NOT TRADE IN! (Unless of course you hate fun...then you can trade them in)

[CheapAssRu]

Both games are very good. For 7.50 a piece you are getting two triple a releases from feb. of this year. There is a lot of meat to the games and for the price you can't go wrong. DO NOT TRADE IN! (Unless of course you hate fun...then you can trade them in)
Thanks! I wont trade in.. I head about these specifically thats why I bought them !!! yes 7.50 a piece is great IMO what should I start first.???????? also can someone recommend others to me from bbV b1g1? I ihave a few more local stores to hit up...

[trezzi]

hey guys, just a quick question here... I went to my BBV and picked up a few 360 games, but they all have the Block Buster logo imprinted on the inside of the game case... Will GS still accept these for trade ins?

[allen9917]

GS takes everything except sealed games.

hey guys, just a quick question here... I went to my BBV and picked up a few 360 games, but they all have the Block Buster logo imprinted on the inside of the game case... Will GS still accept these for trade ins?

[CheapAssRu]

why not sealed? Weird.......

[speedrunner17]

Devil May Cry 4 is without a doubt worth it. I bought the special edition for $80 the first day it came out. Then again DMC and RE are two of my favorite series. Plan on doing the same for RE5. Also did anyone else have a problem with their BBV having good flips, but they were new games instead of used?

[Link927]

why not sealed? Weird.......

Well, you dont know if there's anything inside of it, or its possible to be swapped with something such as a blank cd. If you were to trade in a sealed game, I believe they open it up. Of course, if you do decide to do it, ask for the price before allowing them to do so.

[mattyg00013]

So over the past few days I have hit 8-10 different Blockbusters - some of which had alot - some of which had nothing. Overall I think I did very good - got a lot of games I can flip and alot of games im keeping for my own collection. Here is my list...

Dirt - Xbox 360
Grand Theft Auto IV - Xbox 360
Bioshock - Xbox 360
Bully - Xbox 360
Dark Sector - Xbox 360
Eternal Sonata - Xbox 360
Marvel Ultimate Alliance - Xbox 360
Need For Speed Carbon - Xbox 360
F.E.A.R. Files - Xbox 360
Mass Effect - Xbox 360

The Incredible Hulk - Nintendo Wii
Okami - Nintendo Wii
Samba De Amigo - Nintendo Wii

Call of Duty 4 - DS
Assassins Creed - DS
Madden 08 - DS
Some Brain Game - DS

F-Zero GC
Starfox Assault GC

Conan - PS3
Condemned 2 - PS3
Devil May Cry 4 - PS3
F.E.A.R. - PS3
Splinter Cell Double Agent - PS3
Sega Rally Revo - PS3
Stranglehold - PS3
Soldier of Fortune Payback -PS3
Unreal Tournament - PS3

So thank you very muck OP - I thought I had completely missed out on this deal - just wish I would have realized it was still alive sooner - I know I missed out on alot - but I scored alot of great deals. Well worth it. : ) I hope you all are having luck - I plan on possibly hitting a few more stores in hopes of some of those great flips when it comes to BBV and GS -

[io]

So thank you very muck OP - I thought I had completely missed out on this deal - just wish I would have realized it was still alive sooner - I know I missed out on alot - but I scored alot of great deals. Well worth it. : ) I hope you all are having luck - I plan on possibly hitting a few more stores in hopes of some of those great flips when it comes to BBV and GS -

Um, it doesn't look like you missed out on much. You found some stuff I couldn't find (particularly Samba De amigo - that is one they simply haven't converted around here).

I would say, though, that this sale is perhaps a bit better for keeper material than the perfect storm. So in that sense it is a better sale. A good portion of the flippables during the perfect storm consisted of Spiderman 3 and Spiderman Friend or Foe ;).

Here's what I'm keeping from this current sale:

:wii:
Ninja Reflex
No More Heroes
<Samba De Amigo if I can find it>
Sonic Riders Zero Gravity
Super Swing Golf Season 2

:360:
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Elements
Guitar Hero II
Spiderwick Chronicles

:ps3:
Armored Core 4
Devil May Cry 4
Genji
Grand Theft Auto IV
Lair
Pirates of the Caribbean
Untold Legends Dark Kingdom
Virtua Fighter 5

:ds:
Contra 4
Flash Focus

And I would have bought (to keep instead of flip) all of the following if I hadn't already bought them at much higher prices or beat them on rentals:

:wii:
Okami

:360:
Beautiful Katamari
Bee Movie Game
Bioshock
Bully
Cars Mater National
Eternal Sonata
Mass Effect
Orange Box
Ratatouille
Shrek The Third

:ds:
Brain Age
Nintendogs

:xbox:
Star Wars KOTOR II

:gc:
Mario Party 5
Star Fox Assault

and I'm still considering buying:

:ps3: Conan
:360: Dirt

but have passed on a few games so far because even at these prices I simply don't need more games to play that I'm not that interested in!

So yeah, laying it out like that the amount of games I got to keep (17 - and I probably missed some!), otherwise decent games that I would have bought to keep if I didn't already have them (at least 16), and the ones I'm still considering getting (at least 3 including Samba De Amigo) means this sale blows the last one out of the water in terms of quality of the selection. Just not in terms of flipping potential...

I've also given a few games to a friend of mine who isn't 1/10th as savvy as I am at buying cheap games and a few will probably go to my father for his new PS3 though I doubt he'll ever play them. Of course plenty have gone to Gamestop as well and I still have about 9 more left for that.

I'm also down to the lowest amount of BBV credit I've had in quite a while. I even decided to pick up a Prince of Persia at Gamestop using just the regular 10% off coupon since it may not last too long there (was the only one at several stores).

During the perfect storm the best acquisitions were stuff like Earth Defense Force and Virtua Tennis 3 (with the gem of the sale being Beautiful Katamari but I already had that). With the inclusion of Wii and PS3 games this time and the great many more 360 games that qualify this sale was much better for keepers!

[SonictheHedgehog1337]

Someone said two days ago that they would call in all the BBV TIVs for the $30 extra Wii games. I just read that entire thread and the last few days of this thread and didn't find it. I had class today from 12:30pm to 10:00pm at fau, but I would have called during my 1 hour break between classes instead of eating if I would have known no one called in the list.

I somewhat skimmed this thread for it so please let me know if I missed it. Maybe someone just posted that the games dont get much of anything at BBV, which is what I assumed to begin with. I was hoping there is at least 1 gem out of the bunch to flip at BBV.

I don't feel comfortable asking many local GS employees for a gift receipt because they know me and will know exactly what I'm up to. From what I've read it looks like there will be thousands of returns at GS for the same games at the same time. I suppose we can assume that there will never be another sale like this at GS ever again now. Probably wouldn't ever happen during a BBV B1G1 anyway, so who gives a fuck.

[Bezerker]

Wow, after reading that whole $30 extra Wii games deal thread I really wish i kept most of my titles.

$10 BB can get you "Are you Smarter than a 5th grader" along with $10 GS credit, FYE pays $12.75 cash or $16 credit for the game so it'd be like turning $10 BB into $26 credit.

[io]

Someone said two days ago that they would call in all the BBV TIVs for the $30 extra Wii games. I just read that entire thread and the last few days of this thread and didn't find it. I had class today from 12:30pm to 10:00pm at fau, but I would have called during my 1 hour break between classes instead of eating if I would have known no one called in the list.

I somewhat skimmed this thread for it so please let me know if I missed it. Maybe someone just posted that the games dont get much of anything at BBV, which is what I assumed to begin with. I was hoping there is at least 1 gem out of the bunch to flip at BBV.

I don't feel comfortable asking many local GS employees for a gift receipt because they know me and will know exactly what I'm up to. From what I've read it looks like there will be thousands of returns at GS for the same games at the same time. I suppose we can assume that there will never be another sale like this at GS ever again now. Probably wouldn't ever happen during a BBV B1G1 anyway, so who gives a fuck.

I don't think anyone has checked - we're all too busy trying to find Wii and DS games at BBV to get the GS games first ;). I'm all for getting that list, though, as that is a more "legit" way of dealing with the flipping. However, I'm not sure it's worth it as then you are incurring more BBV trades (pushing you ever closer to the $10K limit) without getting that much out of it.

Berzerker - I'm with you, man. The stupidest thing I did was to trade a few Wii games in with the 3/$10 deal just a few days ago :bomb:. I mean, heck, you can get $40 shipped for Wii Music on eBay and I'd rather have done that with the 6 or so pairs of Wii games I traded last week for the $5 bonus.

[Chadt74]

"Does the Collector's Edition of Prince of Persia for PS3 trade in fine to BB?"

Yes, the Collector's edition has the base game inside of it which has the UPC on the cover. I traded it with no problem (base game that is).

[Slim Gatsby]

Aside from Bolt, there are some other interesting drops at GS that might make good flips:

:360: :ps3: History Channel Civil War $29.99
:wii: Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp $19.99
:wii: Think Fast $29.99

These all just dropped $20, so depending on if they're available used, possible coupons, and TIVs at BBV, these seem like they might be decent flippables to move some credit back to BlockBuster

[lukewin]

Berzerker - I'm with you, man. The stupidest thing I did was to trade a few Wii games in with the 3/$10 deal just a few days ago :bomb:. I mean, heck, you can get $40 shipped for Wii Music on eBay and I'd rather have done that with the 6 or so pairs of Wii games I traded last week for the $5 bonus.

I'm with you guys too. I was kicking myself in the ass for missing the +$5 trade for Wii games by a day. Now I'm kicking myself in the ass for trading those in for only the 3/extra $10.

[sotc1988]

Ok so to summarize this just to make sure I understand it.
1. Buy two wii games from BB
2. Trade them into GS under the extra 30 promo (is there a min. tiv?)
3. Buy skate heroes city (or whatever it's called)
4. Receive ten dollars refund.
5. (Optional) Get a gift reciept.
6. Return a day or two later to a different gs.
7. Collect your twenty you spent on the game plus the ten you were refunded to get a total of $30 credit.

Sorry if the way I structured this doesn't make sense but it IS 5:00 am. Just wondering if I got it right. Preferably you'd want to get two 9.99 games from BB so the conversion would be $9.99->$30...right?

[12345654321]

Ok so to summarize this just to make sure I understand it.
1. Buy two wii games from BB
2. Trade them into GS under the extra 30 promo (is there a min. tiv?)
3. Buy skate heroes city (or whatever it's called)
4. Receive ten dollars refund.
5. (Optional) Get a gift reciept.
6. Return a day or two later to a different gs.
7. Collect your twenty you spent on the game plus the ten you were refunded to get a total of $30 credit.

Sorry if the way I structured this doesn't make sense but it IS 5:00 am. Just wondering if I got it right. Preferably you'd want to get two 9.99 games from BB so the conversion would be $9.99->$30...right?

wow that is so much work. i give props to you guys that do this.

[sp00ge]

I'm bored at work so I'll take a stab at this one.
I'd have to say no.
As far as Gamestop goes, first Def Jam Icon gets 50 cents.
Cars and DMC 4 get 8. Pirates gets 3, Condemned 2 gets 5 and Transformers gets 6.
Take the three best and get a $10 bonus at Gamestop, so $32 for Cars/DMC4/Transformer.(base TIV plus 10)
George of Jungle is only $8.99 at GS so TIV is probable $2 at most(not eligible for the $30 bonus) So put that with Pirates and Condem2 and get $20(TIV with the trade 3 get $10 bonus.
Spongebob Racing, i have no idea what this game is but sounds like something my kids would like.
Ninga Dragon sword for DS gets $7 at GS.
Your looking at $59.50 at Gamestop plus the Spongebob game.

And not everyone here is in it to flip. As far as keeping them, it's not a bad deal.

[Nikadimas]

Ok so to summarize this just to make sure I understand it.
1. Buy two wii games from BB
2. Trade them into GS under the extra 30 promo (is there a min. tiv?)
3. Buy skate heroes city (or whatever it's called)
4. Receive ten dollars refund.
5. (Optional) Get a gift reciept.
6. Return a day or two later to a different gs.
7. Collect your twenty you spent on the game plus the ten you were refunded to get a total of $30 credit.

Sorry if the way I structured this doesn't make sense but it IS 5:00 am. Just wondering if I got it right. Preferably you'd want to get two 9.99 games from BB so the conversion would be $9.99->$30...right?

Well you get $30 off a Wii game in addition to the TIV of the games from what people are reporting. So if you grab 2 titles with a $5 TIV then you're turning $9.99 -> $40.

[lukewin]

Ok so to summarize this just to make sure I understand it.
1. Buy two wii games from BB
2. Trade them into GS under the extra 30 promo (is there a min. tiv?)
3. Buy skate heroes city (or whatever it's called)
4. Receive ten dollars refund.
5. (Optional) Get a gift reciept.
6. Return a day or two later to a different gs.
7. Collect your twenty you spent on the game plus the ten you were refunded to get a total of $30 credit.

Sorry if the way I structured this doesn't make sense but it IS 5:00 am. Just wondering if I got it right. Preferably you'd want to get two 9.99 games from BB so the conversion would be $9.99->$30...right?

1. Yes
2. Yes, min TIV-$3 or less not accepted based on the flier, so $3.01 min
3. Yes
4. Yes + the TIV of the 2 games, so $10, if 2 games trade in at $5 each, that's $10 + $5 + $5
5. I wouldn't do this, kinda shady to me, unless you give it as a gift
6. It can be the same one, as they all follow the same return policy
7. Yes, but you'd get your $20 for Skate City Heroes, +$10 (left over from the original $30) +the TIVs of the 2 games you traded in

[animemaniac14]

Im gonna see if i can wait long enough to see what the coupon is for this week...cuz i could REALLY use some bbv credit.

But since all of you are discussing what you are keeping from this sale...i pretty much am only keeping the following:

:360:Mass Effect
:360:GTAIV
:360:Blue Dragon
:360:Orange Box

oh and thank the gods of flipping I kept a ton of my wii flippables!

[GuardianE]

Can anyone confirm that the price of Ninja Reflex hasn't changed in the past day? The employee rang it up as $19.99, but someone here said that it was definitely $9.99. I remember buying them at $9.99 weeks ago, but I wanted to make sure they didn't boost the price.

[magus83]

Zoids Assault TIV held at $28

I'm surprised that not too many people are trading these in as this seems to be the best flip(for me at least) it came out to only $14 each at gamefly, and after the tax from BBV I have now $61 from the two zoids.

Anyone know if BBV is going to get any edition of Street fighter IV? Would be great to use that to get the collector's edition, and some fighting controllers. Which they should get because they sold the previous street fighter ones.

[crunchewy]

I'm hoping to get to our local blockbuster(s) tonight or tomorrow to pick up some more titles for flipping. If I trade in my other copy of Cranium to BBV, which will put me at about $21 in BBV credit, I'll have enough to buy 4 more games for flipping. I've also still got a kmart copy of Nights Journey of Dreams to flip (I have 2, but one I'm keeping). So, with 5 flipping titles, I can pull off one more of the trade 2 & buy game - $30 deals and one of the trade 3 +$10 deals.

[SakBee]

Anyone know if there will be another price drop on BBV's 19.99 games? I'm waiting for Ao2 to drop to 14.99..... I have a feeling it will sooner or later

[crunchewy]

Can anyone confirm that the price of Ninja Reflex hasn't changed in the past day? The employee rang it up as $19.99, but someone here said that it was definitely $9.99. I remember buying them at $9.99 weeks ago, but I wanted to make sure they didn't boost the price.

I'll add to the confusion - I saw it labeled as $14.99 at a Blockbuster yesterday. It was definitely $9.99 when I bought it last week, but I bought it at a different Blockbuster. It could just be mislabeling. I didn't take it to the register to find out.

EDIT: I didn't realize that Ninja Reflex was suppose to be a fun game, just getting bad reviews for being way too short. Now I wish I'd kept it as at $5 shortness is fine. Oh well. If I see it for $9.99, this time I'll buy it to keep.

[ninja dog]

omfg now I feel dumb for doing the extra $5 on wii games deal!!!

[akiefer]

As far as the "perfect storm" thing goes, I think this one was better only because of the huge number of HWV flips that were available for credit or as a cheap buy-in. I started this run with ~$43 in HWV games (10@3.99+tax) and that was the only cash I put in. Did the GS-HWV runs a couple of times and then started including BBV and it just exploded. I even used the few VV's I got to pay for gas. Sprinkle in a few Wii Sports and GTA IV's on Ebay and I'm up way over $2k in cash, credit, gift cards and have a ton of Wii and DS games as keepers. Not a bad return on my investment - and this was done just casually compared to what some guys were pulling around here...

[GuardianE]

omfg now I feel dumb for doing the extra $5 on wii games deal!!!

To be fair to all of us, none of us KNEW this deal was going to be happening. And the $5 bonus for Wii games was a great flip. This one just happens to be much better.

A lot of us wanted to do as much damage as possible in the few weeks where the $5 bonus was happening. And now we've kinda screwed ourselves over. It's not like we really lost out, after all. We made out pretty well with teh $5 bonus. ;)

[ninja dog]

To be fair to all of us, none of us KNEW this deal was going to be happening. And the $5 bonus for Wii games was a great flip. This one just happens to be much better.

A lot of us wanted to do as much damage as possible in the few weeks where the $5 bonus was happening. And now we've kinda screwed ourselves over. It's not like we really lost out, after all. We made out pretty well with teh $5 bonus. ;)

Very true, of course. As futile as worrying about passing up, say, 100s of sealed copies of FFVII at stores a couple years ago. :lol:

Looking at the list, it appears there are some pairs left that I an snag.

[akokonas]

just a heads up yesterday my BB was gonna replenish there inventory by moving some rentals and making fhem for sale. The list included gta 4 MLB condemned 2 and a few others. You guys might want to inquire about this with some of your local BB

[theeipi]

I returned two games bought on that promo for store credit yesterday without a problem. It also would have been probably easier to just open the Ski game though as I think it trades for $5 and with the $15 bonus wouuld have netted the same $20 I got for returning it.

Gamestop Trade in Base Values

DS Narnia $4
DS My Fashion Studio $8 (BBV cost of $14.99(
DS Flash Focus $2.50
DS Ninja Gaiden $7