Originally Posted by snakeinthegrass If anyone could grab me an AC3 (sealed) for $15 I'd appreciate it

both guides are shipping again.

Shipping is greyed out for me - if you want to ship one to my address for cost let me know :P

All I see is Halo 4 CE for shipping, AC3 is sold out. Perhaps it was in stock then sold out again.

My NYC ppl, the one in Union Square has two more Ass Creed 3 hardcovers. Saw at least four Halo 4 hardcovers. Maybe more, but I only glanced. There's a good amount of paperback AC3. Not sure about Halo 4 paperback.

Was going to try to see if preordering Bioshock would get me 15% off - but the preorder wasn't scanning. Said it wasn't available for sale or something.

went to my local store and they had a ton of each...got both

Originally Posted by Saix_XIII All I see is Halo 4 CE for shipping, AC3 is sold out. Perhaps it was in stock then sold out again.

Since the sale runs until 3/30, there is a chance AC3 will come back in stock. Add it to your cart and just check on it a few times a day to see if 'Shipping' becomes clickable.

the Best Buy still has that exclusive lithograph in the AssCreed CE guide?

Was at a nearby BB this morning. Saw at least 4-5 copies of each on the shelves.

Originally Posted by trunks982 the Best Buy still has that exclusive lithograph in the AssCreed CE guide?

The paperback and CE include the BBY lithograph at the one I went to.

I stopped at Best Buy to grab an AC3 guide for a friend and grabbed a second if someone needs it. It's the CE, still sealed. Includes litho.

PM me to claim. Total should be around $12 shipped.

Atwater Village store on Los Feliz in LA/Glendale has at least 5 of the Halo CE guides still sealed in the guide section as of an hour ago. Also, saw one AC3 CE guide in the register area in the game section, but it was open. I did store pickup on one of each. Most LA stores are still showing availability on these for in store pickup, as well as the slightly cheaper $4.99 regular guides.

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Tried to PM at Walmart for the Halo CE Guide but was turned down by the General Manager. The conversation went like this:

Me:"I'd like to Price Match to Best Buy please"

GM: "We don't Price Match, we Ad Match"

Me: "What does that mean?"

GM: "If they have the price in a PRINTED (emphasis added) advertisement, we price match."

Me: "Ok...You don't price match at all?"

GM: "Listen, I told you already. We don't price match at all. Nothing. No price matching period. We AD MATCH (emphasis added). If a store has a printed ad and the price is listed, then we price match. If you want to Ad match, bring their ad next time."

Me: "To be honest, it's ridiculous that I have to bring in a physical ad since we have the benefit of modern technology. I'll buy my things elsewhere."

I didn't appreciate him being condescending, so I left all my items at the checkout and left.

It's not a good idea to argue in a Wal-mart.

Originally Posted by Pookymeister got the last AC guide at my store - passed on the couple Halo 4 guides they had. Saw a FF Xii-2 CE guide and managed to get that for $14.99 (since it was pennied and dude just used the SKU for reg edition)

They wouldn't sell one to me (came up as not in system) and they had 8 copies >.>

got one of ~20 copies of ACIII guide, and the final copy of Pikmin 2

Originally Posted by gordojones88 He is right. You are wrong. But then you had to embarrass yourself by posting it.

I didn't argue, respond sarcastically, nor did I indicate that he wasn't right. You read the posted conversation. His demeanor was the issue. I've never heard of Ad match so I asked for clarification and he responded in a disrespectful way.

Clearly, you missed the point of my post since you're trying to insult. If you're going to reply to anyone, refrain from throwing insults as those kind of responses damage the integrity of this board.

Originally Posted by submissionking GM: "We don't Price Match, we Ad Match" Me: "What does that mean?" GM: "If they have the price in a PRINTED (emphasis added) advertisement, we price match." Me: "Ok...You don't price match at all?"

I'm not surprised that he took on a condescending tone when you asked the same question he had just answered.

Originally Posted by uhnsk I'm not surprised that he took on a condescending tone when you asked the same question he had just answered.

Originally Posted by uhnsk I'm not surprised that he took on a condescending tone when you asked the same question he had just answered.

To be honest, the way he explained Ad Match sounded just like a different policy of price matching. I wasn't sure why he strongly emphasized that they don't price match when he said that they do price match only with printed ads.

It's like going to Smash Burger to get a hamburger and they say they don't sell hamburgers, only Smashburgers. You'd like to know what is a Smashburger compared to a hamburger and you're told that it's a hamburger with different condiments...but that they still don't sell hamburgers.

I get that they're exclusively using the term "Ad Match" but it was still confusing at the time since I hadn't heard it before.

If I was disrespectful toward him, then it would make sense for him to respond in a condescending tone; however, since I wasn't disrespectful, there was no need to respond that way.

Perhaps the way I wrote the conversation didn't accurately convey his demeanor but it was clearly over the top. Even if I inquired into the same point twice, it's not good practice to respond that way.

Anyways, the point of the post was to give an offer of proof that price matching at Walmart is definitely YMMV and also to vent to other CAGs. I didn't expect that I would get criticism for the post.

*sigh looks like best buy is gonna get some more of my money lol