(CANADA) EBGames Fall Savings - A lot of trade "deals"- Sept 23 to Oct 4 2009

[cashinstinct]

EBGames Fall Savings

Flyer is now online at EBGames.ca:

All trade deals are when you trade $8+ TIV games: see http://www.tivs.ca or call your local store for TIVS.

PAGE 1 - http://ebgames.ca/graphics/pdf/fallsavings_en.pdf - Sept 18 - Oct 4 2009

Trade 4 + $49.99 games to get DS lite - NEW (probably $8+, bad deal considering RCSS sells DS lite for +-$92 end-September and Wal-Mart sold it for $94 mid-September)

Trade 1 + $4.99 to get Bioshock or Assassin's Creed X360/PS3 - NEW (good way to get rid new stock to later sell used overstock caused by Wal-Mart deals on those games... if you have a only one $8+ game you want to trade , could be worth it to pickup one of these)

Trade 2 + $9.99 for Tigers Wood 10 Wii, Madden 10 Wii or Hawx 360/PS3 - NEW (good way to get rid of new stock to sell later used stock caused by Wal-Mart deals on those games...)

Trade 2 + $0 to get Sims 3 PC (Wal-Mart was recently selling it for +-$30 though mid-september)

Trade 2 + $19.99 for many games X360/PS3: Halo 3 ODST (X360), Madden 10, Guitar Hero Smash Hits, Tiger Woods 10, Ultimate Alliance 2, X-Men Wolverine, Fight Night Round 4

Extra 25% credit when trading to pre-order Forza 3 on X360.

I am surprised EB does not do a deal to get rid of USED copies of Ass Creed, Bioshock and Hawk...

Page 2: http://ebgames.ca/graphics/pdf/fallsavings2_en.pdf - Sept 23 - Oct 4

Trade 5 + $99.99 for a new Xbox 360 Arcade- NEW (bad compared to $150 price at WMT or FS during end of September sale)
Trade 1 + $4.99 for GT5 Demo PS3, Resistance 1 PS3 or Tiger Woods 09 Wii - NEW
Trade 2 + $14.99 for Ea Sports Active Wii- NEW (now that it's trade 2, not such a good deal for EA Sports Active, considering lowest price was $44 at Wal-Mart- earlier version of flyer stated trade 1 + $14.99, but new version states trade 2 + $14.99)
25% off Used Wii Remotes and Wii Nunchuks

Trade 4 + $9.99 for a new Playstation 2 (what? they only asked for 2 games for a used one, they want 4 for a new one?)
Trade 2 + $4.99 for the Conduit Wii - NEW
Trade 2 + $19.99 for Viva Pinata / Banjo-Kazooie bundle X360 or Outdoor Challenge Wii - NEW
Trade 1 + $0.00 (FREE!) to get Sega Superstar Tennis Wii or Ratchet Clank Tools PS3 (good deal for Ratchet PS3)

Most of these deals are not hot-hot material, but I appreciate EB's effort to diversify the trade-in promos to offer opportunity to people to trade only 1-2 games and use some credit / cash to cover the rest. We do not always have 3 bad games ready to be traded.

The good deal on EA Sports Active was a typo on the flyer that is corrected now... considering the recent span of banning, I would not suggest to go to store with the 1st version of flyer and try to argue!

[telepathy]

True enough, but it's still kinda weak in terms of trade in deals. Was hoping for something better?

[cashinstinct]

I am hoping for trade-in deal on X360 new Elite before Christmas. I might want one to play X360 exclusives, but I would like to use cheap games + my EB credit to get it... the T5 + $99 for an Arcade is a joke considering the $150 offer from Wal-Mart / FutureShop

[game_fanatic]

tis a shame this EB version of a "sale" is just trade-in promos; I was kind of hoping for deals on the games themselves, not "trade x, get y for z"

[seed84]

im assuming the 2 games for these trade 2 get it for $19.99 must have $8 tiv

[Grease_Bits]

http://ebgames.ca/graphics/pdf/fallsavings2_en.pdf

So for the Viva pinata/Banjo bundle all I have to do is trade 2 games any value and I get the game for $19.99 plus the values from the games I traded in??? Eb really needs to explain this far better....

And i could be wrong but I've never seen the Viva and Banjo bundle without a controller with it, if what is said above is true then this deal is ridiculous.

[zoro69]

Yes, take your 2 games plus $20 and get it.

Pretty good deals, swap a game and get R&C or the others without paying anything. wish I had seen this before last night, would have done these instead of T3 with my last qualifying games

[cashinstinct]

Thanks for posting link the second page, it was not online this morning. I added the deals to the op.

I hope that Ratchet Clank PS3 TIV is still $8+, because I have this game for a long time and I just started playing it... I would like to trade it soon, but not too soon!!!

[Kekumba]

Will more than likely get Ratchet, and the Viva/Banjo combo... but wait, any two games? Like, any...?

[cashinstinct]

Most likely $8+ games, they simply say see stores for details, and detail is probably $8+, I wrote it in bold on the top of the op post.

[Afrodiziak]

It doesn't really say anything about it including the controller so maybe they just parted it out and made their own 2 game bundle. I would call ahead for that one.

[craig64]

I really like the deal for Ratchet. Hmmm...

The rest of these are pretty weak though.

[cashinstinct]

I was denied that the 2nd page of the flyer exists at one local EBGames in Montreal (prefer not to mention specific store), so I would call ahead before going to your local store. I was given the usual crap of "web site and stores are 2 different deals and the website is American" (yeah right).

The clerks at the store I went to only had the 1st page of deals and had NO idea that the deals existed (even though they posted it in front of the cash registers) and had NO idea if it was $8+ games or not (but a call to another EB confirmed the obvious: it is $8+ games. They were unhelpful in any way you can imagine...

I will go to another EB tomorrow!

[cashinstinct]

Trade 1 + $14.99 for Ea Sports Active Wii- NEW

EDIT: According to RFD, it shall have printed Trade TWO, not trade 1... do it quickly!)

[Jbently]

Trade 1 + $14.99 for Ea Sports Active Wii- NEW

EDIT: According to RFD, it shall have printed Trade TWO, not trade 1... do it quickly!)
I wonder if certain people will try to trade one plus $15 for this and then refund multiple copies like with the FNR4 promo... hmmm.

T1+15 does put it somewhat in line with the price WM is selling it for though so I will try to get one tomorrow, wish I saw this before picking up ODST, could have saved a trip!

[game_fanatic]

The "Trade 1 + $14.99" for Wi Active has been fixed on the online flyer.

[cashinstinct]

The "Trade 1 + $14.99" for Wi Active has been fixed on the online flyer.

Thanks, op is corrected, not such a good deal now that it's trade 2 + $14.99.

I preferred the get $15 extra when you buy EA Sports Active that FS had for the launch of the game. I was able to get $37 for Zelda Twilight Wii + $15 extra... almost paid for the game completely and gf was happy.

[CrushEm]

Sort of related but I was in EB Games this morning and saw they have trade 1 and get NHL 10 for the 360 for $50. Just wondering what the minimum TIV to get that deal? I want to pick up the game, just can't justify $70 for it. I do have some 360 games I rarely play anymore so just seeing if I can somehow bring down the price.

[cashinstinct]

CrushEm:
- minimum TIV for all trade deals is $8+
- If you have a liking for finding cheap $8+ games, you could find 3 games (tivs.ca for tivs), preorder Uncharted 2 PS3 (release date Oct 20) and return it within 1 week (gaming guarantee promotion): you would have $59.99 credit at EB and only need to pay $10+ tax in cash for your game in end of October. You could also pre-order Star Wars new game for X360, but I don't know how much they sale it for (sale price = credit you get by returning it within the week)