Possible 46% Off Video Games at Target (Rain Check Substitution) YMMV

[Mysteriouskk]

I haven't confirmed this yet, so that's why I state possible in the title.

I just noticed in target's weekly ad that they are selling Max Payne 2 - The Fall of Max Payne for Playstation 2 and Xbox for $26.88. Online price shows $49.99, so it's possible that a raincheck substitution might net 46% off any other game (should work with GameCube games, too).

There have been a couple of threads on target's RC substitution policy and games, here's target=new href="http://www.fatwallet.com/redirect/bounce.php?http://fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?catid=24&threadid=261216">one if you're new to this type of deal.

Sorry, I haven't been able to confirm this yet, but thought I'd give a heads up to everyone.

Can anyone check or go to target and see if this deal is on, cuz /i really want to get two games for 46% off thanks

[Aznboi62188]

i have never seen this rain check option at target, ive been to a few ones and never had they had any raincheck slips
even if i went to a clerk and asked them all they would say is, "we're all out, try again next time"

[THPS]

I was thinking the same thing about both Max Payne 2 and Soul Calibur II rainchecks.

[Wario64]

I heard they stopped doing rainchecks now

[Gothic Walrus]

I heard they stopped doing rainchecks now

They are. Want proof?

http://cheapassgamer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8954

TARGET RAINCHECKS ARE DEAD!

[magilacudy]

NOOOOO!!!!

I was always planning to cash in but kept putting it off. Lesson learned... always take advantage of cheapass deals when you get the chance...

[Scrubking]

These aren't deals - they are scams.

[wookieballz]

"These aren't deals - they are scams."

The 63% off raincheck deal wasn't a scam at all. The wording of the substitution clause on each and every raincheck didn't explicitly deny a person from getting the same discount on a substitute videogame item. So, if a clerk allowed you to get 63% off when that deal (yes, deal) was still going on, it was an entirely legitimate transaction.

I don't see how it's a scam if it was corporate policy.

[Gothic Walrus]

These aren't deals - they are scams.

In this case, the deal wasn't a scam - nothing illegal was done, and it wasn't against Target's policies at the time. Immoral, maybe, but definitely not a scam. If you tried to pull it off now, though, it would be a scam.

[ElwoodCuse]

Yes, you can get the 47% off raincheck. Haven't tried the substitution yet though, which seems to be YMMV at this point. I was going to try and get MVP Baseball later this week (Xbox game for Xbox game) so I'll just have to see how it goes.

[msdmoney]

These aren't deals - they are scams.

In this case, the deal wasn't a scam - nothing illegal was done, and it wasn't against Target's policies at the time. Immoral, maybe, but definitely not a scam. If you tried to pull it off now, though, it would be a scam.

Why would it be a scam now, if the rainchecks substitution wording is still there it really isnt a scam. It is just more ymmv now but not a scam as I see it. Taking advantage of a policy...maybe, scam....nah.

Anyways, went to go check my target today. They still had tons of Max Payne 2 copies in for both systems, yet they had many other non sale games sold out. My target never went out of stock of Madden when that deal was happening. I guess people in my area don't buy the sale games, except for the clearance stuff, that is always cleaned out.

[ElwoodCuse]

Ask for the raincheck anyway. The person at guest services will probably just give you one without bothering to check if it's in stock or not.

Make sure you ask for a raincheck for the system you want the substitution for. It will say "XBOX SFT" or "SONY SFT" on it and the best way to try and get them to allow it is to do a same console swap.

[Ugamer_X]

If the MSRP is $50, this should work out beautifully. I'm going to try it tomorrow, thanks for the heads up.

[keithp]

Be sure to post back if it works or not.

[jasonditz]

I was there today trying to get SC2 and got a raincheck... still says the same thing.

[TwoHeadedBoy]

Rain checks are most certainly not dead. I hit two Targets looking for a $26 Smash Bros. Melee, non-PC version and when they had none, they offered a rain check. I've yet to read it though so maybe someone patched the loophole.

[Masterkyo]

I know Max Payne 2 (PS2) going be OUT of Stock cuz alot Pples going pickup this game up for $26.XX

I plan to pickup 3-4 Rain Check

Ninja Gaiden = $26.XX

[Yeahman]

What exactly was the Madden deal? I keep seeing people refer to it but I guess it was before my time.

[greyzieoriental]

whens this ad good for? til next week?

[mozby]

Madden 2004 (PC) was 63% off -what a sweet-ass deal! I got four rainchecks (still kicking myself for not going back and getting more) -I ended up using them on Halo (PC), and WarioWorld, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, and Everything or Nothing, all for the Gamecube!

The Target rainchecks are not dead I picked up 6 of the Max Payne's and I'm gonna go back fer more.

[JibbaJabba]

What exactly was the Madden deal? I keep seeing people refer to it but I guess it was before my time.

the pc game was 63% off(i think that was the correct %), and people loaded up on the rainchecks and used them for console games(of course it was YMMV if the clerks allowed them to use them on anything other than a pc game).

[Ugamer_X]

The Target rainchecks are not dead I picked up 6 of the Max Payne's and I'm gonna go back fer more.

So the 46% off deal is confirmed, right?

[kraid]

I took advantage of the Madden 63% off sale and man did I save on a few games. I will try to load up on rainchecks again and hopefully it will now be easier to score any console game that they carry for the same % off. Good thing I also have 4 Targets nearby in case there are problems at any of them. Thanks for the heads up.

[greyzieoriental]

kraid-what games did u buy with the madden rainchecks?

[kraid]

I bought a bunch of PC and console games. Console games were easy to buy at first but then they started cracking down. Some of them include:

Viewtiful Joe
TMNT (GC)
Sonic Heroes (GC)
Final Fantasy:CC
Prince of Persia/Splinter Cell (Xbox)

Then for PC:
Call of Duty
Battlefield Pack
Neverwinter Nights Gold
Star Wars: KOTOR
Warcraft III: Battle Chest

All of them were no more than $19 ea, some of them were about $14.
Best deal I have ever seen, especially for the new games. There were a couple of more that I purchased but I don't remember them at the moment, plus I hooked up a couple of friends too.

[Gothic Walrus]

The Target rainchecks are not dead I picked up 6 of the Max Payne's and I'm gonna go back fer more.

Have they allowed you to use them yet? My Target will only let me use them on the item in question, and I know I'm not the only one. The Target rainchecks are officially dead; anyone who manages to pull it off now is just lucky.

[n00bie]

These aren't deals - they are scams.

How is following a store policy a scam? Think before you post, I beg you.

[neopolss]

It is a scam when someone is intentionally using their policy to load up on 20 new games. Target never intended for the policy to be used in such massive form. For a regular customer who wants one copy, it's not in stock, gets a raincheck, and then gets something else, that's fine. But with the Madden scheme, people where getting 10 at a time. So the rainchecks are dead, thanks to a few folks who got a little too greedy.

[starman9000]

Yes its a scam, not illegal at all, but a scam.

[JimmieMac]

Yes its a scam, not illegal at all, but a scam.

When abused.

[starman9000]

Yeah, I used it a raincheck. I had no itention of buying the regular game. Its a scam, I dont feel guilty about it, but Im not going to argue about how its so right. Scam, taking advantage of a loophole, whatever...its fine.

[ElwoodCuse]

This is from the FatWallet forums:

" I saw the corporate email tonight. It is very specific. It says that many people have been trying to get console games with the rain check (which is something like category 207), and it reminds Target employees that the substitute HAS to be out of the 201 category (this would include ANY software, including XP Pro etc). When you look on the shelf it tells you the category number of each software item. ALL of them start with 201, like the Madden game. The email specifically states that any substitution out of that category is ok, but any substitution outside of that category (it specifically mentions the 207 category) is NOT ok. After they checked this email (they had all managers come and check it out), they all agreed XP Pro was allowable."

So same category for same category swaps may not be across-the-board dead (just by store).

[sman113]

The Target rainchecks are not dead I picked up 6 of the Max Payne's and I'm gonna go back fer more.

Have they allowed you to use them yet? My Target will only let me use them on the item in question, and I know I'm not the only one. The Target rainchecks are officially dead; anyone who manages to pull it off now is just lucky.

Until you see this corporate email and prove that stores aren't letting you use the rainchecks, then i dont think you can say anything for sure Walrus.

Oh and it is not the law that stores have to give rainchecks for advertised prices. As long as they have some in stock at the time the ad prints, they are legally ok b/c in every ad you see a little disclaimer that says "quantities limited." Usually its just good customer service that stores give rainchecks.

And about this whole "is it a scam or not" debate. i would say it IS a scam, but who says a scam is something illegal? b/c this certainly is not illegal.

[DesertEagleXIX]

Speaking of a scam...

What do you guys think when big chains like Target, Fry's and Best Buy don't have enough game to satisfy demand? These are big corporations, who spend big money advertising these sales. They know exactly how large a demand for a product will be at a given price.

It's no secret these prices are to get you in the store- In marketing we call this the "Greun Effect" (after Victor Gruen, the father of the modern mall); once you've bought something that you didn't indent to buy, we 'won'. i.e. an impulse buy.

Now, is this a 'scam', what about 'loss leaders'? As consumers, you are being scammed everyday, buying things you don't really need, to articulate a lifestyle to don't really have...But, before I get too Fight Club on you, ask have you ever been scammed by the chains?

[JimmieMac]

I think most of the population was scamed by Target last week when they had that 20 inch Apex for 88 bucks and then Monday morning there were none to be found so they started trying to bait and switch people.

[jasonditz]

No kidding... I went to Target with full intention of purchasing Soul Calibur 2 for the Gamecube... it was Sunday at about noon, first day of the sale, and they were out of stock. Not only that, they had no tag up, no place the game theoretically goes...

They wrote me a raincheck and I'm probably going back tomorrow and buying Wind Waker or something for 33% off... not feeling guilty in the least.

[video_gamer324]

I fail to see how Target rainchecks are a scam. There is a big difference between fraud (scam=fraud: check Webster) and abuse - fraud is illegal, abuse is not. If you hide all copies of a game you want a raincheck for in order to get the raincheck, then that's fraud. Otherwise, whether you plan on buying the game or not, you are entitled to getting the raincheck and making a valid substitution.

[Romeo]

video, hiding the games won't matter as employees always check to see how many are in stock.

Tell me if this is fraud... buying the last two copies, getting more rainchecks later on, then returning the original copies you bought?

[magilacudy]

Wow ethical dilemmas up the arse. I never thought of it as a scam or fraud.

Romeo, how would that work though, if you returned the two last copies and tried to use the rainchecks. Wouldn't their computers or what tell them there are two copies left over? Also I'm interested in hearing if you think of it as fraud.

[Anonymous]

Sorry.. what's a Rain Check?

[ElwoodCuse]

video, hiding the games won't matter as employees always check to see how many are in stock.

No they don't. More than once (including Sunday) I have gotten a raincheck without them checking to see if the item is actually in stock or not. If you ask at the electronics counter they might be more careful, but the guest services desk people usually just look up the item number in a book.

Always ask at guest services. If they actually do bother to look and tell you the item is in stock, then just say something like "oh I must have missed it I'll look again" and don't worry about it.

[nelsed]

OK, I think I'm going to try this...

There are a bunch of 5 dollar off coupons for stuff at target available from links on this web site -- champions of norrath, James Bond, Ninja Gaiden etc....

I'm gonna get a rain check for max payne 2 or soul calibur and substitute champions of norrath (which is already 37.88 this week) and then slap a 5 dollar coupon on top of that....

37.88 * (.53%) - 5 bucks = 15.xx or so.

Sounds like a good deal to me!!!

Also applying the 5 dollar coupon to a purchase of Ninja Gaidwn will bring it down to 21.88 (after applying the 47% off raincheck thing).

The coupon doesn't say anything about not using it in combination with other offers... =) We'll see how this goes.

[Romeo]

Wow ethical dilemmas up the arse. I never thought of it as a scam or fraud.

Romeo, how would that work though, if you returned the two last copies and tried to use the rainchecks. Wouldn't their computers or what tell them there are two copies left over? Also I'm interested in hearing if you think of it as fraud.

Well obviously don't return them at the same time. Take them back a day or two after you bought your discounted games.

[keithp]

OK, I think I'm going to try this...

There are a bunch of 5 dollar off coupons for stuff at target available from links on this web site -- champions of norrath, James Bond, Ninja Gaiden etc....

I'm gonna get a rain check for max payne 2 or soul calibur and substitute champions of norrath (which is already 37.88 this week) and then slap a 5 dollar coupon on top of that....

37.88 * (.53%) - 5 bucks = 15.xx or so.

Sounds like a good deal to me!!!

Also applying the 5 dollar coupon to a purchase of Ninja Gaidwn will bring it down to 21.88 (after applying the 47% off raincheck thing).

The coupon doesn't say anything about not using it in combination with other offers... =) We'll see how this goes.


I was wondering about this, too. Let us know if it works for you.

[bcd23]

OK, I think I'm going to try this...

There are a bunch of 5 dollar off coupons for stuff at target available from links on this web site -- champions of norrath, James Bond, Ninja Gaiden etc....

I'm gonna get a rain check for max payne 2 or soul calibur and substitute champions of norrath (which is already 37.88 this week) and then slap a 5 dollar coupon on top of that....

37.88 * (.53%) - 5 bucks = 15.xx or so.

Sounds like a good deal to me!!!

Also applying the 5 dollar coupon to a purchase of Ninja Gaidwn will bring it down to 21.88 (after applying the 47% off raincheck thing).

The coupon doesn't say anything about not using it in combination with other offers... =) We'll see how this goes.

On the raincheck it says that you can "choose a substitue and receive the same percentage off on a regular priced item within the same product category." So that is probably not going to work with Champions of Norrath. The coupon looks good though.

[m_d_amore]

Sorry.. what's a Rain Check?

when you put your hand out palm up to see if it feels any drops

[JimmieMac]

Sorry.. what's a Rain Check?

when you put your hand out palm up to see if it feels any drops

This isn't entirely true, You can also look out a window and see if there are any puddles accumulating.

[guessed]

Sorry.. what's a Rain Check?

when you put your hand out palm up to see if it feels any drops

This isn't entirely true, You can also look out a window and see if there are any puddles accumulating.

If you are at a Circuit City, and can prove that another store was willing to look out the window for you, they will not only look out the window, but Customer Service also will squirt you with a Super Soaker (TM) until roughly 10% of your surface area is wet. Best Buy has the same policy, but only if it was actually raining the day before.

If you are at a Target, they will look out the window. If a window is unavailable, they may or may not let you look out the front door, as it has a different product category. YMMV.

I have become part of the problem. Does anybody have any drugs that I can blame this on? :roll:

P.S. Don't Do Drugs.


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When a store is sold out of a particular sale item, depending on the store's policies, they may issue a raincheck to a customer, enabling that customer to purchase said item, when it comes back in stock, for the sale price. Target has rainchecks with the alternate option of purchasing a different item within the same product category as the sale item for the same percentage off regular price as the sale item was (that is, if the sale item is 25% off regular price, the customer could choose to purchase a different item within the same product category, and get 25% off of it, rather than waiting for the sale item to come back in stock).

[Drakken]

:lol:

^last 3 posts

[SteveMcQ]

If you are at a Circuit City, and can prove that another store was willing to look out the window for you, they will not only look out the window, but Customer Service also will squirt you with a Super Soaker (TM) until roughly 10% of your surface area is wet. Best Buy has the same policy, but only if it was actually raining the day before.

If you are at a Target, they will look out the window. If a window is unavailable, they may or may not let you look out the front door, as it has a different product category. YMMV.

I have become part of the problem. Does anybody have any drugs that I can blame this on? :roll:

P.S. Don't Do Drugs.

Best post I've seen.

[m_d_amore]

Well the rainchecks are good as gold i just got mvp for 26.88 so good luck

[magilacudy]

I believe Target has a raincheck on R. Kelly CDs.

It's called the 'Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's rain-check'

*cymbal crash*

Sorry, no drugs to blame this on either.

[Requiem]

I wanted to get Halo which is currently $26.99. But being the cheapassgamer I am, I'm wondering if I can use a raincheck to make it cheaper. I'm still confused how this stuff works. It might be the drugs.

[joeposh]

I got a raincheck for it yesterday and tried to purchase the new Bond game for gamecube today but no luck... apparently it has to be a PS2 game to qualify? I think that's little shifty considering the substution examples they provide (tv for a tv, a doll for a doll, a shirt for a shirt) I mean it's a video game for a video game ... but then again the whole deal is a big break for consumers so it's hard to complain. Anyone have any luck with cross platform subs?

[pooh007]

I used the 47% off raincheck to purchase (PS2):
Final Fantasy X-2 $37.88 (on sale this week) - 47% = $20.07
Rachet & Clank GC $39.99 - 47% = $21.19
EyeToy $44.99 - 47% = $23.84
I was going to buy three copies of Max Payne 2 as gifts for three diffrent
relatives, but they can have these instead. Not a bad deal. :D

[joeposh]

damn they gave u the 47 off something that was already on sale, and an eyetoy which isn't even really software? what state are u in cause I need to move there lol

[Masterkyo]

I got Eyetoy (PS2) for $18.88 for Madden Rain Check ;)

I try to find Gameboy Player but NO LUCK (Most of target is OUT of STock)

[ElwoodCuse]

Well, no luck on MVP Baseball. The clerk said I can only use the raincheck on another item if they are out of stock on that one (Max Payne 2, they had a ton). So I'm not liking my odds of getting this one to work.

[Yo Mama]

> The clerk said I can only use the raincheck on another item if they are out > of stock on that one

You can argue your way past that one, there is nothing on the rain check that says that.

To the contrary, it says "Here are some options for you to consider.", implying that you can pick either one. It would certainly make sense for them to add the "must be out of original item to substitute" language, but it's not there.

One warning is that at one Target near me, some cashiers are starting to cut off the "choose a substitute" area. Has this happened to anyone else?

[wookieballz]

I got Ninja Gaiden for $30 today...

You know, I'm really starting to like Target. Their sales/rain-check policy makes that store heaven for the well-informed gamer looking to save a buck.

Or, in this case...twenty bucks.

[Requiem]

Does the raincheck and the substituted item have to be the same price? Or can one be bigger than the other?

[joeposh]

I just picked up James Bond: EON for 22 some odd bucks at target this evening, for the gamecube no less. 47 percent discount plus a five dollar off coupon with the welcome addition of a 25 dollar gift card that I got for opening a new bank account a few weeks back and bam... I end up strolling out with a 50 dollar game and no money out of my pocket... god bless target's night shift.

[Requiem]

What raincheck did you use? The Madden one?

[m_d_amore]

Does the raincheck and the substituted item have to be the same price? Or can one be bigger than the other?
bigger or smaller

[THPS]

I tried to use a rain check on Mario Kart Super Circuit (GBA game-$29.99) and the cashier said I could only get it for $26.88 (or whatever MP 2 is on sale for). The cashier just wouldn't give me the 47% off.

So if the cashier was correct, that means I could get a rain check for 5% off of a $99.99 TV and substitute that for a $1,000 TV and get the TV for $95? I don't think so.

[ElwoodCuse]

> The clerk said I can only use the raincheck on another item if they are out > of stock on that one

You can argue your way past that one, there is nothing on the rain check that says that.

To the contrary, it says "Here are some options for you to consider.", implying that you can pick either one. It would certainly make sense for them to add the "must be out of original item to substitute" language, but it's not there.

I just wasn't in the mood to go at it with someone, especially since not only was the game in stock but it was still on sale. The raincheck is good until late April so I've got plenty of time to try again. Maybe someday an old lady will be working the electronics desk and won't bother to check (a youngish-looking guy told me that I had to use it on the same item).

[ElwoodCuse]

Update: well, I just can't win. A different clerk told me about the "only for same item if in stock" thing. So then I noticed that the PS2 Max Payne 2 actually was out of stock. I asked if I could get a raincheck for that, and then substitute because it's out of stock. She goes to look something up or whatever and comes back and says she can give me a raincheck but it should be on the truck Saturday. So then I ask wait can't I just substitute it because it's not here? And she says "not today".

So whatever. I give up.

[JibbaJabba]

Update: well, I just can't win. A different clerk told me about the "only for same item if in stock" thing. So then I noticed that the PS2 Max Payne 2 actually was out of stock. I asked if I could get a raincheck for that, and then substitute because it's out of stock. She goes to look something up or whatever and comes back and says she can give me a raincheck but it should be on the truck Saturday. So then I ask wait can't I just substitute it because it's not here? And she says "not today".

So whatever. I give up.

Did you ask her what her highest level of education was? or if she can even read?

You should have asked for a manager, complained and made a scene until you got it.

[wookieballz]

Don't hesitate to bring a clerk's education level into question if he or she is giving you a hard time. Remember: they're not just "doing their job" if they're denying you a service that is guaranteed by the wording of their corporate employer's policy.

PS: And, when in doubt, talk to a manager. They tend to be more well educated, and therefor more open to reason. I've found that stupid people are harder to convince of things, not easier, because they're too stupid to know they're wrong and are very thick-headed as a result.

[englishboy]

usually the stupidity of the clerks works in our favor. Usually.

[wookieballz]

That's true, to an extent.

It's when you run into stupid-yet-opinionated clerks that you run into trouble, because they're incapable of being reasoned with and think they know what's right from the get-go.

[greyzieoriental]

at my target they got hella MP2 and SC2 so i couldnt get a raincheck but i got one for FFX-2 which is only 25% and then the lady said i could only have one, after i went to customer service and i asked for a raincheck for THUG which was out of stock and then the bitch wrote raincheck for THUG only on it, this deal wasnt as easy to get as the madden raincheck, i wouldve liked ninja gaiden for 26.xx though

[jasonditz]

Well, I went back to try to use my SC2 raincheck on MVP baseball, but SC2 was in stock, so I bought it, kept the rain check, and will wait until they run out, or try another Target.

[webcamjenna]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
I went to my local Target and they only had one last copy of Max Payne 2. I was gonna buy it because I really do want this game and I also really want a raincheck but I'll just check back tomorrow.

[wookieballz]

"I went to my local Target and they only had one last copy of Max Payne 2. I was gonna buy it because I really do want this game and I also really want a raincheck but I'll just check back tomorrow."

...did it ever occur to you that if you bought the game, they'd be out of stock? So the next day when you went back, you could get the rain-check AND have the game you intended to buy anyway?

[ElwoodCuse]

Well, I officially give up. A manager type said something about "high 47% discount blah blah blah can't just get any game half off" whatever I don't care. I know, I know, the squeeky wheel, but for a difference of 14 damn dollars it's not worth it. So I just went to the KB 20% sale.

And as I walked out to my car from KB, I take my keys out of my pocket, and the Target rainchecks accidentally come out as well and blow away. And all I can think is DAMN is that creepy.

Also, I'd like to think that I scored some cheap ass karma points by not just buying one of the $26.88 games and doing the Wal-Mart swap.

[dpatel]

When does this sale end? Am I too late to pick up rain checks? I'll be going tomorrow after school anyway but If I could find out before that would save me the trip.

My Target is always sold out of good games on sale so I shouldn't have a problem.

[Romeo]

Elwood, have that person fired. They CANNOT argue it. They are in the same category. Hell, my Target STILL doesn't have Max Payne 2 in stock and it's still advertised.

[video_gamer324]

When does this sale end? Am I too late to pick up rain checks? I'll be going tomorrow after school anyway but If I could find out before that would save me the trip.

My Target is always sold out of good games on sale so I shouldn't have a problem.

Actually, you're not too late this time. Max Payne 2 is still on sale for $26.88, down from $49.99, so if your Target doesn't have any more copies of MP2, you're in luck. Just ask a cashier or other employee if you can get a raincheck for it, and try to request a quantity of more than one.

[dpatel]

thanks video_gamer .

These rain checks last till April from what I've read which is great.

[stapleking]

I went to my Target and they had loads of Max Payne 2, but I decided to try, so I went up to customer service and asked them for a raincheck - they gave it to me, no questions asked. I wandered over to the electronics department and had an employee get a game out of the glass case for me. I then brought it over to the large line of registers with large lines of people and everything went smoothly. They even gave me my raincheck back.

EDIT: I used it for GC Prince of Persia for $16.

[wookieballz]

Nice.

[AspiringWannabe]

I had to say something when I read this. At this point, it may well be off-topic, but whatever.

What do you guys think when big chains like Target, Fry's and Best Buy don't have enough game to satisfy demand? These are big corporations, who spend big money advertising these sales. They know exactly how large a demand for a product will be at a given price.

You know what? Don't blame people at the store level. These ads are usually made three months in advance, and no matter how much you try to keep your inventory updated with the distributor you don't always have all the stock you need when the ad hits. You think you're frustrated when you get there and there's nothing in stock? Try being the manager who has to deal with all of the pissy customers.

And as far as the "scam" goes...

If you really want MP2 but use your raincheck to settle for a different game, cool. All the people who are stocking up on rainchecks, think about this: you may be getting a cheap deal, but the person in charge who has to deal with the raincheck abuse in the end is getting one in the ass.

[dpatel]

I had to say something when I read this. At this point, it may well be off-topic, but whatever.

What do you guys think when big chains like Target, Fry's and Best Buy don't have enough game to satisfy demand? These are big corporations, who spend big money advertising these sales. They know exactly how large a demand for a product will be at a given price.

You know what? Don't blame people at the store level. These ads are usually made three months in advance, and no matter how much you try to keep your inventory updated with the distributor you don't always have all the stock you need when the ad hits. You think you're frustrated when you get there and there's nothing in stock? Try being the manager who has to deal with all of the pissy customers.

And as far as the "scam" goes...

If you really want MP2 but use your raincheck to settle for a different game, cool. All the people who are stocking up on rainchecks, think about this: you may be getting a cheap deal, but the person in charge who has to deal with the raincheck abuse in the end is getting one in the ass.

its not a scam since we are doing nothing against their policy. It just immoral to stack up on rain checks for the purpose of buying games other than MP2. I do this and will keep doing this. It is not our fault that target as such a lenient policy on rain checks. If they don't want things like this happening. They should just change there policy. Until then, enjoy their mistakes and happy CAGing

[kraid]

Dpatel you pretty much hit it on the nail. I feel the same way, if Target does not want people 'abusing' their raincheck policy then they need to change it.

[dragonzknight]

I had to say something when I read this. At this point, it may well be off-topic, but whatever.

What do you guys think when big chains like Target, Fry's and Best Buy don't have enough game to satisfy demand? These are big corporations, who spend big money advertising these sales. They know exactly how large a demand for a product will be at a given price.

You know what? Don't blame people at the store level. These ads are usually made three months in advance, and no matter how much you try to keep your inventory updated with the distributor you don't always have all the stock you need when the ad hits. You think you're frustrated when you get there and there's nothing in stock? Try being the manager who has to deal with all of the pissy customers.

And as far as the "scam" goes...

If you really want MP2 but use your raincheck to settle for a different game, cool. All the people who are stocking up on rainchecks, think about this: you may be getting a cheap deal, but the person in charge who has to deal with the raincheck abuse in the end is getting one in the ass.

its not a scam since we are doing nothing against their policy. It just immoral to stack up on rain checks for the purpose of buying games other than MP2. I do this and will keep doing this. It is not our fault that target as such a lenient policy on rain checks. If they don't want things like this happening. They should just change there policy. Until then, enjoy their mistakes and happy CAGing
its not a mistake, its a service they're providing...they don't want to disappoint you as a customer so they're giving us an optional choice, but i think some people are just taking it too far.

[dpatel]

its completely their choice to provide this service though. All the other major retail stores don't offer this service and do just fine. If I were them, I would eliminate the substitution part and just keep the rain check idea. I'll bet they will do that soon, so until then I will get as many games as I can with this.

[dpatel]

I went to my Target and they had loads of Max Payne 2, but I decided to try, so I went up to customer service and asked them for a raincheck - they gave it to me, no questions asked. I wandered over to the electronics department and had an employee get a game out of the glass case for me. I then brought it over to the large line of registers with large lines of people and everything went smoothly. They even gave me my raincheck back.

EDIT: I used it for GC Prince of Persia for $16.

I too went to target expecting them to be sold out (like they normally are). To my surprise they had about 8 copies of each version. Since I was already there, I tried to ask anyway. I was able to grab 4 rainchecks from them. Haven't used them yet since they don't expire until may.

[Vtdgnca]

so you guys just go up to the worker asking for a raincheck even though its in stock? Was the worker rather old or I mean don't you need the item # to get the rain check or their ad I guess?

[dpatel]

you go to the customer service in the front of the store. If you're lucky they will just take your word for it and not double check their inventory.