BestBuyGamer.com

[CheapyD]

The growing pressure from retailers to lose the "ass" and the continued fear of being dropped from more affiliate programs have basically forced me to sell the site. I have spent a lot of time and money on CAG and I didn't want to be left with nothing. Best Buy Co., Inc. made me a fair offer for the site and I took it. The new site will feature all the best deals from Best Buy. It will take about 48 hours for the new domain name, BestBuyGamer.com to take effect and a few days longer for the content of the site to be swapped out with the new Best Buy content.
Thank you for your support over the past year.

-CheapyD

[JimmieMac]

I will crush their skulls with heavy stones for what they have done to you.

But since it was you who souled out....

You'll be next.

[repetske]

Sad to hear, but understandable. This place was my favorite site for last 6 months. I hope there is still something to come back to. This makes me hate Best Buy that much more. Who are they to come in hear and tell you what you can and can't have on your website. Asses.

[spoo]

I will miss the ass.....

[MaxBiaggi3]

You needn't feel guilty about becoming a corporate sell-out. Plenty of people do so everyday because there's more money to be made this way. Hopefully, Best Buy won't completely ruin the site (refuse to advertise deals from competitors, etc.), but I guess we'll see in good time. If things do go down hill from here, at least you had a good run with the old site. Thanks much for the last year or so of deals. It's been more than great.

[sadmaker]

;)

[imacheapasstoo]

mmuaahhaahaahhaa :D :D :D

[chosen1s]

Nicely Done. :wink:

[Wshakspear]

will the site be interactive (forums, chat) or will it just become a "random sales crap" drop off for BB?

[Wshakspear]

also, will they take the ass, or just take it up the ass?

[jdangerc]

I will always be a Cheap ASS!! not a Best Buy Gamer!! Curse you Best Buy!!!

[Wshakspear]

damn...its raining again...damn april showers...anyways, i hope all things go well with bending over and whatnot

[kuvo]

Almost had me CheapyD, 'till I remembered what today is.

[unisol]

lol

[jdangerc]

You Got ME CheapyD!!!

[thepod]

I heard today that Best Buy is going to change their name to Ass Buy, so it'll all work out in the end.

[loserboy]

Wonderful April Fool's gag...had me for about ten seconds.

[uScGoo]

Good April Fools. I was just about to email my friends when I caught it.

[eshbums]

Good one! Had me going for a minute there!
Would have been truly classic if
bestbuygamer.com was not still available for sale.

[Southberm]

Are you kidding? April fools is mad gay, and if this is true then will deals from all over the internet(including sponsors) be posted or just bestbuy crap.

[repetske]

I hate to tell you guys, but I think this is pretty serious. The entrire community is going to change after the name change. We'll have grandmothers asking where to find cheap Mary Kate and Ashley games and kids looking for some new Yugioh game. I'll never come back after the change. Screw you Best Buy and you too Cheapy "The Sellout" D. This place was sort of an online home or oasis to a lot of people. Thanks for nothing now.

[imacheapasstoo]

Are you kidding? April fools is mad gay, and if this is true then will deals from all over the internet(including sponsors) be posted or just bestbuy crap.

Huh? I'm not exactly sure what you were asking (I must be showing my age) but he was only kidding.

I had a near coronary when I first read the announcement on the front page, but after I realized what today was my heart started beating again.

You know what would be funny? Well, maybe not ha-ha funny but ironic funny? What if he's serious and we all think he's joking because it's 4/1? :lol:

[mer71]

Good one, I fell for it.

[wubb]

Had me going for a second there Cheapy :lol:

[Indiana]

Well, I hope that it is a joke. However if it is not this really sucks. So are there any other sites out there? Best Buy Gamer will totally suck. Who cares about only one companies deals? That is not the type of site I am interested in. I want a site that provides a balanced report of deals out there and also provides the best deals.

Damn you corporate America...... for buying the best websites and then alienating the users.

[TheRaven]

Well, I hope that it is a joke. However if it is not this really sucks. So are there any other sites out there? Best Buy Gamer will totally suck. Who cares about only one companies deals? That is not the type of site I am interested in. I want a site that provides a balanced report of deals out there and also provides the best deals.

Damn you corporate America...... for buying the best websites and then alienating the users.

Of course it is not true..if you want proof, some other user already pointed out that the domain for bestbuygamer is still not taken.

Thanks for the nice joke Cheapy :)

[Antioch]

Thats the 3rd time today i've been had.
One more time and i'm going home.

makes me so mad i had to register to say
that youre a cheapass!
:evil:

[Theenternal]

Didnt even catch me :P

[MadFlava]

april fools, right???

[regisphilbi0]

Took me about 2 seconds figure it out. VERY nice one, Cheapy. Very nice. But NEVER scare me like that again. 8)

[Indiana]

Well, I hope that it is a joke. However if it is not this really sucks. So are there any other sites out there? Best Buy Gamer will totally suck. Who cares about only one companies deals? That is not the type of site I am interested in. I want a site that provides a balanced report of deals out there and also provides the best deals.

Damn you corporate America...... for buying the best websites and then alienating the users.

Okay since the URL is still available I must believe this is a joke. Good April Fools joke BTW.

[xboxundone]

It's april fools.

[BustaUppa]

Heh, I was about to freak before I figured it out (which definitely took me more than the popular figure of "two seconds," I'll admit)... nicely done, Cheapy!

[Doylerulez]

Oh no, Best Buy bought out Fat Wallet too and moved the Ass to them, so now it's FatAssWallet, which is little better than the proposed FatAssGamer.

[jetblac]

Fellas I was coming here this morning to ask the head cheap ass what was going on... Now I see this!!!
Saw a post in Best Buy last night about their new "Sister Web Sites" program I saw BestBuyGamer.com listed as fromerly known as "cheapasGamer.com" the second s was missing but I had a bad feeling

[ZForce915]

Time to test that filter again... fucking april fools jokes!

You had me for just a moment. Good one.

[FlipSide]

A popular Radio Station pulled an April Fools to its listenters while I was out getting some breakfast .. Its so silly that people fall for April Fool pranks, but its mostly because they forget its April 1 :twisted:

Good one CheapyD... :shock:

[daphatty]

Wow. You had me going there CheapyD. The first thing out of my mouth was "MOTHERFUCKER! THAT FUCKING SELLOUT!"

And I told myself that I wasn't going to fall for any April fools jokes today...

As WSB would say,

ZING!

[Ravenlunatic]

Good April Fools prank :D

[BigBen]

Hahaha, nice one!

[simpsonps121]

Wow. Had me going there....
I was busy trying to figure out what to do...
fatwallet.com, vgtalk.com, hmm... just not as good. Save money... For what?

If this is true, oh well. Thanks CheapyD for the great time. If not - YIPEEE!!!

[Jakeryansdad]

That was a damn good one.

[defender]

I was thinking in my head that for all my work the CheapyD man better give me a cut or I would have to hunt him down. I spent many hours working on this site and to hand it over to BB was gonna be WAR!

Anyways...awesome April Fools.

[waxHead]

the entire time I was reading your post, I was thinking "Best Buy, why the F*$# would he sell the site to Best Buy?!?"

then I read a few of the responses and realized you got me :D

great one CheapyD, had me goin there for a few ;)

oops, realized I posted as a guest. mods, delete the previous one if you want.

[donssword]

LOL!

[Wshakspear]

Does this mean we finaly get our 9.99 skies of arcadia?

[coolsteel]

LOL Had me for a second until I remembered what day it was, good one!

[Anonymous]

I'm guessing that this is an april fools joke

[danh920]

not bad work, had me

[Diiz]

fuck...

[Mr Unoriginal]

fuck...

No censor for April Fools?

[maxgle]

oh my.. I really thought it was true, but I am glad this will be a April Fool's joke..

I love this site

[Wshakspear]

fuck fuck.

[x0thedeadzone0x]

ohhh man. I almost thought for just a sec that that would really suck if you had to sell to bestbuy, because all their deals would suck and there'd be no others. almost got me man, but i remembered what day it was and a thought occured: its april fools.
good joke tho. the best one i heard today was from the newscaster
:lol: it's gonna be a classic ready
Blonde lady Newscaster: "Today is April 1st"
Other Blonde Lady Newscaster: "No it's not"......
APRIL FOOLS!"
It was so retarded I actually laughed. LOL.
You made it sound so professional, cheapyd. I envy you.. yet of course I'll probably pull a few jokes like that too on the internet.
God forbid that that EVER happen though. whew *sigh of relief*
EDIT: yay! Cheapy finally took out that ridiculous censor!
so now i can say fuck freely! after all, we live in a supposed world all for freedom of speech :roll: but god forbid a 10 year old christian boy hear the word shit on the radio.
EDIT 2: Ok, what the hell is "shaq-fu?" lol. what, are we going all japanese/portuguese on CAG?
And a word of advice cheapy, if the affiliates are so much on your ASS about the ASS, then just make a shortcut link as CAG.com. Make it displayed like that, so it would look more "presentable" on an official site like bestbuy or whatever. even though they have PORN videos selling that are much worse then cheapdonkeygamer.com.

[Wshakspear]

oh my god...
he did it.

i just typed in the f word twice and shaq fu appeared.

LOL!!!

[Wshakspear]

fuck fuck. fuck.. fuck...

[Wshakspear]

LOL!!! well, that just made my semi-shitty day less shitty

[Legolas813]

good april fool's joke...........though i knew it was an april fool's joke the minute i saw it because other sites have already fooled me today

[x0thedeadzone0x]

i like to fuck. fuck-ing is fun. you're so fucking shaq-fu. shaq-fu you. shaq-fooer. foo on you.

[JimmieMac]

There should be something different if we actually say shaq-fu

[Anonymous]

MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

fuck you.!
I loved this site and the non corporate influence it had.
Now this site is absolute bullshit.

FUCK YOU!! CheapyD you cheap ass mother fucker.

[jshorr]

I admit I was had for a minute.......my whole world nearly collapsed...heheh

[guyver2077]

very funny indeed

[pfunkpearl]

yeah, if we really type shaq-fu it should translate to "crap" so fuck, shit, damn

[RedvsBlue]

Now in order for it to be completely believable the new site should have been called BestBuyAss.com

[Anonymous]

Man, April fools are funny. Its even funnier when the replies are like "You sell out! how can you do this to our community? have you no shame?" Keep up the good work Cheapy.

[jmcc]

No April Fools Day fake shut down notices can ever top The Gia's. They've been keeping up the joke for 2 years now.

[Wshakspear]

lol...wow, now thats a good joke

[JOEBOO]

cheapy, cheapy, cheapy

classic!

[mobster011]

yea nice try. it looks like u had the first few people who read it going. i was going with it for about 5 seconds before i realized it was april fools day.

[BrandonJ33]

Oh, you bastard. You got me hook, line, and sinker! Especially nice to notice that the "BEST BUY = HYPOCR-ASS-Y" link needed to be taken off the front page ;)

[Diiz]

fuck...

No censor for April Fools?

...there are always ways around bbcode. :wink:

[PittsburghAfterDark]

Great stuff.

[PaulEMoz]

Haha. Tremendous! :wink:

[bisquit]

not cool, you really had me

[killahBee]

I was worried until I read this thread.

My fondness for April fools suffers 50 points of bludgeoning damage.

Owned.

[rocky76]

OMG... this is hillarious! you had me for a second. hahhahahaha

[seanddread]

Nice try, dude.

[Anonymous]

Great April Fools Joke, had me going for a minute there!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:

[GameDude]

I had a big shocked look on my face but then I remembered it was April first.

That was a GREAT one! :lol:

[Wshakspear]

This can go up there with the South Park cliffhanger/terrance and phillip gag and the Crazy Squirrel ALL day takeover on cartoon network

[optimolife]

haha that would really suck. I hope this is a joke, or I will boycott Bestbuygamer and make it my lifelong goal to shut it down!

[EggViper]

wha i was gonna scream at first but then i realized what day it was, huh good one, u got me. but i did think it was weird u selling the site to bestbuy after they dropped u... and u called em hypocites, at least it was just a joke....right?...RIGHT??..

[-o< plz let it b a joke [-o<

[Tacit37]

Shewwf *wipes sweat from forehead*

[Prometheus]

yah I call April Fools day as well. *almost* got me.

[WhipSmartBanky]

I knew what it was as soon as I saw it, but I swear, the proliferation of online jokes is just going to make me sign off for today.

[emperordahc]

I forgot this was April 1st. Crap dude, don't give me a freakin' heart attack. I was about to call you an "MFin' Sellout".

Whew.

[DPawlik349]

LOL this is the funniest April Fools joke ever!!!!!!!!

[WhipSmartBanky]

Fark's hacked by hamsters was pretty clever. Obvious, but clever. The real one I was trying to figure out was if Google really *IS* trying to launch 1GB bannerless free email - GMail. I'm still undecided on that one. I'll believe it when I can sign up.

[D4rkewolfe]

As soon as I started reading I knew about it. My wife was like "he sold it?" I knew what today was, can't get me.

[bmwhongus]

Stupid...it's april fool's day!!!

[repetske]

You had me for 2 seconds. *I just wanted to be the 13th person to say that.* You know what. He only had me for 1.99 seconds. In your face rocket surgeons.

[greendj27]

Wow, nice touch. The home page even says BestBuygamer.com at the top and bottom of internet explorer. Great joke.

[st0neface]

You had me for 2 seconds. *I just wanted to be the 13th person to say that.* You know what. He only had me for 1.99 seconds. In your face rocket surgeons.
How soon you forget...

I hate to tell you guys, but I think this is pretty serious. The entrire community is going to change after the name change. We'll have grandmothers asking where to find cheap Mary Kate and Ashley games and kids looking for some new Yugioh game. I'll never come back after the change. Screw you Best Buy and you too Cheapy "The Sellout" D. This place was sort of an online home or oasis to a lot of people. Thanks for nothing now.

[mrtoki]

I knew it before I was done reading it too. Good one though.

[mcwilliams132]

april fools...

cheapassgamer.com is still in the header of the forums...

didn't cover all the bases...

good one!

[vrs1650]

Fuck! That was funny.
Sorry just had to try to see if I could get that in, great joke though.

[Ericnmel99]

I cant wait till best buy takes over this site!!! it sucks anyway!!!!!!





april fools :)

[XboxMaster]

You had me for about 5 seconds.

[nixonja]

mwahhahahhahah

could have done better buddyboy :-p
but almost had me none the less
--james

[timmylamb]

Haha dang you Cheapy you got me, good one good one I must admit, when i first read it I was like hrmmmm...wonder how much he got, then I was like awww crap best buy is gonna fuke up the site hahaha.

Tim

[Anonymous]

same here. u got me for 10 seconds, then I remembered. I was thinking more of "wow cheapy d got paid" not "those bastards!"

[Advocatus]

Decent Cheapy... if I hadn't seen a similar post on FW first... I would have been inclinded to believe it... but it seems you got enough to make it worth your while...

Well done old bean!

[jeffispiked]

Cheapy had me until about halfway through the 1st page of discussion when everyone was going, "I almost forgot what day it was for 2.32184 seconds." I was panicking in my head thinking of where to go if it had been true, but fuck, I'm glad this place will still be around for years to come.
Fuck Fuck

[skygunnerblue]

:wink:
good one

[GundamFan]

good one! At first i was thinking how best buy would fuck up the site then i see what day it is!

[GundamFan]

whats up with the censors now?

[Anonymous]

also, will they take the ass, or just take it up the ass?

Best Buy never takes it up the ass...they make their loyal longterm customers take it (still bitter over my cancelled ut2k preorder :shock: )

[Troopa]

Oh sh*t. CheapyD totally got me. That was awesome. Best April Fools joke ever.

[Anonymous]

Nice try Cheapie ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

This is waaay better than any of EGM's April Fools. Nicely done, Cheapy.

[x0thedeadzone0x]

What's starting to bug me out is that cheapyd still hasn't responded to any of these threads...

also i tried going on bestbuygamer.com and on two different computers it says "page cannot be displayed". the rest of my internet works perfectly and my computer's got nothing wrong with it.. does this show up everywhere? wouldn't it say something like domain not taken yet, take yours now because sometimes when i type in wrong sites it has that.. i don't know.

still though my blonde lady newscaster joke pwns this day. that's the most retarded i've ever heard. people just can't appreciate its beauty... *sigh* (we really need a sigh smiley face) :roll:

[snotknocker]

Bad news fellow CAG's!
According to an inside source at BB this deal has actually transpired. Everything Cheapy says is true ( He's actually the one who forgot it's April 1. )

Good news!
All registered CAG's will be getting an e-mail within the next 2-3 days from BBG inquiring whether or not you would like to remain registered with BBG and recieve BB solicitations and news via e-mail.If you choose to remain registered with BBG you will receive a fifty dollar gift card! Pretty cool. My inside guy says this was a stipulation to the sale demanded by Cheapy. Thanks Cheapy for remembering the loyal peons who helped make this site what it is today. But shame on you for selling out. I hope they made it worth your while

[Anonymous]

I just about to call you a sell-out :D
My apologies, I judged you too quickly. I hope you never consider it should the opportunity arise.

[x0thedeadzone0x]

snotknocker, you're so full of shaq-fu.

[CaseyRyback]

Anyone see the virtual boy GBA over at IGN.

[ripoffer]

OMG! LOL! I knew it was an April Fools joke all along.

[William Smith]

I'm at a loss to understand how Best Buy will maintain this site as is, because without listing ''all'' sales, etc., which they would be stupid to do, this site will not be why we come here to begin with. I for one won't visit here under those conditions, so what has Best Buy done to profit from this? Seems like a stupid move on 'all' sides.

[William Smith]

HA! You got me.........!!!!!!

[scuba]

HA HA, :-O


Sorry if I dont have a sense of humor, I feel like crap right now.

[evilmax17]

HAHAHA! FUCK! The shaq-fu thing actually went through!

[msdmoney]

For a split second you had me.

[danny-o]

I knew this was bogus the second I started reading. Nice try though.

[ayolykewhoa]

Genius, CheapyD!

[KingDox]

He got me, I forgot what day it was.


I just got Punked.

[Anonymous]

This has got to be a April fools joke... :?

[Anonymous]

haha

[Anonymous]

:P

[SneakyPenguin]

that was great. and i love the new fucking filter. you should put in a rndom element so there are more shitty games brougt up.

i read the header for the topic, and was like thats nice, best by has a gaming website, but the secnd i started reading the topic, i knwe what it was. nice one

[carlagyrl]

You had me there for about a minute. I was just getting ready to call my man and tell him the bad news. Then I looked at my calander......damn you cheapy d. But that was a good ass april fools joke. Bravo

[DigitalSpace]

That was a good one, CheapyD. Now I'm going to watch that Simpsons clip show where Homer is sent to the hospital after an april fools day prank gone wrong. Speaking of that... better check the milk.

[YoshiFan1]

I believed the part about the name change until I saw that it said Best Buy will be taking over site. That was a good April Fools joke

[buddy the puppy]

AWESOME APRIL'S FOOLS JOKE!!!!! WHEN I FIRST READ IT I FUCKIN FREAKED OUT!!!!!!!! AWESOME CHEAPY! AWESOME!!![/b]

[Syncmaster]

Man, I thougth this was for real. About a week ago is when I last logged in and that was almost the exact time when you last talked about Best Buy dropping you from the affiliate list, now today, I log in again and the site has been changed... I was totally open mouthed and in shock, thinking "Crap man! I really liked everything how it was, now Best Buy's gonna ruin it!" Then I looked at the title of the home page, and was like "Man, that looks REALLY unbeivable" then I looked at the date and was like "OOOOOHHH! I'm a total moron. What a good april fools!"

At my high school today, someone made up fake letters from the school that looked almost perfect and the letter was saying that the school would be closed for a couple days due to fumigation. It was so awesome, some people believed it, and are taking the note home. I'll laugh SO hard if some parents actually believe the letter. But then again, DAMMIT, I SHOULD HAVE TRIED! I might have got a couple days off... crap. Oh well.

[DisturbedZen]

Damn cheepy, if this is fo real.. Imma kill you, but for the most part.. You wouldnt abandon us..

[alongx]

i can't believe i forgot it was april fool's day, even after hearing howard stern's big april fool's gag this morning.

bah, i'm an idiot.

[daphatty]

I knew what it was as soon as I saw it, but I swear, the proliferation of online jokes is just going to make me sign off for today.

I agree. WAY to many people trying to be funny today. I can't tell what is real and what isn't!

[rimsforsale]

dude, u got me. but it would of been funnier if no one posted what day it was on the board, then i would of never found out, i bet alot of others too. i think u just lost about 20 users permently cause they never check the boards.. hahah.. good 1 thou

[Virestar]

LOL man you had me, til the other dude mentioned it. very good gag! :D

[magilacudy]

Haha... You had me for a split second until I realized what day it was. Reading the first few posts in this thread I almost feel bad for those suckers. Almost. =P

[magilacudy]

haha... fuck -ity fuck fuck

[nathan_the_rock]

lol....only on 4/1

[drunken_master]

i have to admit i was fooled untill i read the poasts reminding my what day it was.
So i guess we all gothttp://www.wackyweaselworld.com/gamespot/flameINC/owned8.jpg

[Anonymous]

thiats a good one but the first ten people must feel like fucking morons for thinking that bestbuy would buy this site....ahahahaha....nice try with the aprils fools joke ahahahahah good one

[pimp tyranny]

OMG, best April Fool's EVER. i didn't realize it until i started reading the posts. PERFECTION! scared the FUCKING SHIT out of me. you're the man, CheapyD.

[oNeWiNgEdAnGeL]

Had me fooled until I read some of the replies. When something like that is said, you forget about everything else. Can't belive I got fooled.

You what would suck? If he really did sell the web site.

[guitarz1]

Nice one. :lol:

[robogriff]

It would have been even better if Cheapy or made CAG look like best buy.com

[jlarlee]

a great joke and execution. Did anyone see Gamespot's lame GTA april fools joke?

[extzed]

good one cheapy

[drfrielgood]

This was definately the first April Fools joke I encountered today, and I must say I was fooled until I remembered what day it was!

[Anonymous]

Does no one remember what day this is? :wink:

[FaintDeftone]

I hate april fools day. GRRRRRRR

[Tenacious D]

Good one CheapyD. You had me going for a while! :lol:

[kaoticeyes]

Got me good....until I read the rest of thread. ^_^

[hackedfreak]

this seems april fools so I shall not believe it.

[Lefty]

I admit that you had me until I finished the article and realized what day it was. Screw you, CheapyD!

[Raymond]

Good april fool's day joke hahahah.

[Anonymous]

It got me for a second, but it didn't take me long to figure it out. Still, I don't think that change would be all that bad, as I've gotten quite a few deals from Bestbuy (not to mention maybe Bestbuy would pricematch any cheapassdeal we post in the forums ;))

[Anonymous]

Haha! dude, you're a genius! That was a great joke..I was thinking, "Geez, what a sellout" and then it hit me!

[ati2de]

I like the bestbuygamer.com on top of the main page. Nice one1 =D>

[CheapyD]

Well, that was really fun....thanks guys!
I even fooled CheapyMom!

Got this email:

Happy April's Fools day...even if you are cruel and sadistic. Your poor followers who didn't get it were really upset. This is almost as bad as the War of the Worlds hoax.
You had me going WTF for a while....

Yes, my mom wrote WTF. :shock:

[DisturbedZen]

Lol, you finally came out.. After scareing many..

[st0neface]

He posted about it being a joke in another thread about noon.

[longislandlady]

Well, that was really fun....thanks guys!
I even fooled CheapyMom!

Got this email:

Happy April's Fools day...even if you are cruel and sadistic. Your poor followers who didn't get it were really upset. This is almost as bad as the War of the Worlds hoax.
You had me going WTF for a while....

Yes, my mom wrote WTF. :shock:

Hahaha, that is funny. I'd die of shock if my mom ever said that out loud, but writing "WTF" like that is priceless.

[big_squirtle]

Thanks alot cheapy, Now I have to cancel all the therapy sessions I signed up for. It was very traumatic to think my favorite cheap ASS website was not gonna be around........Anyway, good one you sick bastard. LOL

[Raymond]

Actually this happened to gamefaqs few years ago when CJayC said make gamefaqs xbox board only lol. What a laugh...

[Ginkei]

Heh, nice April Fools idea :)