Originally Posted by Slim Gatsby Yeah, they had 1 GB thumbdrives and micro SD cards for $9.99 ea., 2 gig stuff was $19.99 at a BBV I visited the other day. Totally forgot to mention it, as I was too pissed about the GS stuff.

hmm, 2 gb for one octomania isn't bad at all.

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I know people are putting the current GS deal down compared to the $5 bonus deal, but I did pretty good tonight. I took $32.50 worth of BB stuff and got $60 for it at GS. That's about a 1.85 ratio which puts it a little worse than using the $15 promo but probably a little better than using the old $10 one. Plus there is a much wider selection of games to use (every store I've got to has had Iridium Runners and multiple Golden Compass, Bee Movie, Manhunt 2 (PS2, not PSP), and I've found lots of other stuff like Spyro, Cars Mater National, THPG, etc, that work well too.

And I've just bought the BB stuff while I was out looking for PSP games for myself (not too much luck with that so far - the store I was at tonight had all of 1 single PSP game for sale). I still have another 11 games to bring to GS (two stacks each with an Iridium/Golden Compass/Bee Movie + some other filler). I plan on hitting the Mall with 2 GS stores in it tomorrow and converting another $43.50 into about $80 more at GS.

Originally Posted by io I know people are putting the current GS deal down compared to the $5 bonus deal, but I did pretty good tonight. I took $32.50 worth of BB stuff and got $60 for it at GS. That's about a 1.85 ratio which puts it a little worse than using the $15 promo but probably a little better than using the old $10 one. Plus there is a much wider selection of games to use (every store I've got to has had Iridium Runners and multiple Golden Compass, Bee Movie, Manhunt 2 (PS2, not PSP), and I've found lots of other stuff like Spyro, Cars Mater National, THPG, etc, that work well too. And I've just bought the BB stuff while I was out looking for PSP games for myself (not too much luck with that so far - the store I was at tonight had all of 1 single PSP game for sale). I still have another 11 games to bring to GS (two stacks each with an Iridium/Golden Compass/Bee Movie + some other filler). I plan on hitting the Mall with 2 GS stores in it tomorrow and converting another $43.50 into about $80 more at GS.

This deal has the potential to be better than the extra 10 deal when you consider that the games don't have to be current gen. There seems to be a plethora of Iridium Runners, Meet the Robinsons, and The Golden Compass at every single store. This deal is even sweeter for those who have GSs that are participating in the extra %50 trade-ins.

Only problem now, how do we get BBV credit?

It's actually pretty easy to get a 1 to 1 flip from GS to BBV (no longer able to gain credit both ways), and gain some more credit when flipping from BBV to GS. All of this is ironic since we're usually flipping games from GS to BBV for credit.

Originally Posted by edavis0780 Only problem now, how do we get BBV credit?

I dunno... I had done very little GS->BBV flipping even when the coupons were active and I still have a few hundred left at BB. And that doesn't count my Coke Rewards gift cards (probably about $125) which I consider as separate money from my general gaming stuff. Basically, I could keep running Blockbuster's junk game inventory over to GS as long as I can stand it. But that won't be for much longer - after my run tomorrow I may do one more set just because I want to keep searching for PSP games at BB (and can't pass up buying the Iridium/Golden Compass pair when I see then everywhere). The upside to all of this is that my trading profile at Blockbuster has been very low recently but my purchasing profile has been through the roof. They are happy to see me now .

But there are regular Joes out there finally hitting up this B1G1 sale. I went to one of the more heavily trafficked stores tonight and their B1G1 rack was getting bare. I think that's why I'm not finding the good PSP stuff any more - even those Manhunt 2's are getting bought up by "regular" folk. No one is touching the Golden Compass's, Bee Movies, and other stuff like that though so there's always something to get for GS even if I can't find anything for myself.

I mean, I thought about how it was convenient for me to get new games from my local Blockbuster and I'm sure they will get all the big stuff like Animal Crossing, Guitar Hero World Tour and/or Rock Band 2, etc... But then I figured if I can turn $35 of my BB credit into $60 at GS, well, then, I can just buy those things at Gamestop instead . It is kind of ironic - now that Blockbuster is actually getting good stuff in stock along came all these promos to convert all our credit from there to Gamestop. It's good for Blockbuster though - they've cleared out way more converted rentals than they would have otherwise.

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All these copies of Iridium Runners (and all 3 I bought are absolutely mint) made me wonder about it a bit:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/plat...iridiumrunners

So it came out just this year! That explains the mint condition of most copies at BBV and the higher than expected trade-in value at Gamestop. it looks like it was released as a budget title ($20) and has decent reviews for what it is. I'd almost be tempted to keep one but I know I'll never play it - I have a huge enough backlog of AAA PS2 titles that I'll probably never play .

ok, I guess I'm off to work. I'll be making stops at Albertsons (convert change into amazon cert), Best buy (2 or 3 octomania w/ 10%coupon). 2 BBVs to trade in octomanias and grab $46 worth or flippable games. And then to GS to trade in and hopefully find a Nyko Wii sensor bar and power supply, which the Nyko site says my local GS carries them, and also the GS website.

Found some nice PSP games last night. Gun Showdown, Manhunt2, Harvest Moon, Patapon. ALL are disc only. This one particluar BB must throw out the original cases because most games are in clear cases and mispriced.
There was also a Zelda TP(gamecube), disc only.
Going to check a few other stores before I lay out hard earned credit for disc only games.
Trying to stretch out last of BB credit without having to stoop to getting Octomania at BestBuy.

$14.99 FFXII, From Russia with Love, Pursuit Force, NGB, SW: BII, NBA Street Homecourt, Sega Rally Revo
$9.99 everything else
$6.99 N: BfVI, Psychonauts
$4.99 GC, Iridium Runners, SW: KotOR

GS TIVs:

Originally Posted by whymustiregister Friday TIVs: Bee Movie - $6 Brunswick Pro Bowling - $4 Cars: Mater-National - $6 FFXII - $6 Golden Compass - $4 Iridium Runners - $5 Kingdom Hearts - $4 Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night - $6 Manhunt 2 - $6 Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island - $4 Ratatouille - $4 Tony Hawk's Proving Ground - $6 From Russia With Love - $7 Need for Speed: Underground Rivals - $5 Pursuit Force - $4 TMNT - $7 Ninja Gaiden Black - $10 Psychonauts - $4 Star Wars: Battlefront II - $8 Star Wars: KotOR - $3 NBA Street Homecourt - $5 Sega Rally Revo - $5

finally picked up something for me: Metal Slug anthology PS2..i've been wanting this for a while but never got to actually buying it...so i only got 2 things for myself from blockbuster during my tenure as a flipper (this and NBA 2k8 360 - which is 24.99)

i keep seeing iridium runner/golden compass combos, but i keep passing on them because i didn't know which other games to get and i already have a pair of GC/IR sitting at home waiting for 3 other games to go with them :/

NBA 2K8(360) is $14.99 now? Looks like I have to pick that up today...it was mistagged at $24.99...

Originally Posted by heatdolphins45 NBA 2K8(360) is $14.99 now? Looks like I have to pick that up today...it was mistagged at $24.99...

sorry, that's not what i meant...nba 2k8 is still 24.99, but i decided to just pick it up anyway with all the credit i had

my bad on that comment

I've been thinking lately, I really miss my ps2, sold it through cag $60.

And GS has the mgs4 bundles in stock. Soooooo, maybe I sell my PS3 here on cag. And when I get the MGS4 bundle sell the DS3 and MGS4 game (hopefully $80 at least).

But this all depends what I can get for a 40 gb PS3. And how much credit I can build up in a week or so.

Anyone care to help me out, I'm not too knowledgeable on selling/buying on cag.

Orrrrrrrrr, is it much more economical for me to just buy a PS2 at GS, but thats another system I'll have to stick somewhere + all the cords. Not the option I want to take.


Ahhhh f*ck it, after crunching some numbers its not worth it. Oh well, I guess if I want BC I'll just get the real thing, a PS2.

Originally Posted by io I'd almost be tempted to keep one but I know I'll never play it - I have a huge enough backlog of AAA PS2 titles that I'll probably never play .

Speaking of Iridium Runners Io, have you seen the underside of the disc? It is covered with... Iridium!

Originally Posted by V4oLDbOY Oh well, I guess if I want BC I'll just get the real thing, a PS2.

I think I may not get a PS3 and just keep my PS2 for the same reason. I thought maybe if I could get one of the release systems (20 or 60 gb) with the emotion engine I would but nah. I'll reconsider it in a few years when they release a slim PS3. I love my slim PS2

Now, I'm debating on if I should try to make an offer to the store manager at a couple of BB/GR around me to clean out their $14.99 selections. I'm cool with several of them and I've had two of them jokingly make me an offer to just buy out these titles. It was funny because the second time they actually said something like, "Give me 200 bucks and you can have all of them." which I smiled because it was three plastic bins full of stuff that would easily get me a ton of GS credit.

Originally Posted by Bezerker I got myself another 2 Fatal Inertias for $20 total.

So you're the guy who keeps outbidding me.


Hey io, when this thread hits 5000 posts (5000 posts!!!) can we have a new one? Please? And don't you guys go and drive up the post counts to race to 5000.

I'm watching.

Originally Posted by cdeener Now, I'm debating on if I should try to make an offer to the store manager at a couple of BB/GR around me to clean out their $14.99 selections. I'm cool with several of them and I've had two of them jokingly make me an offer to just buy out these titles. It was funny because the second time they actually said something like, "Give me 200 bucks and you can have all of them." which I smiled because it was three plastic bins full of stuff that would easily get me a ton of GS credit.

the thing is...would they take store credit?

Here's another worthless post to add to the 5000 total. I can't keep track of this thread anymore.

time to move to a new thread!

+1 post to raise to 5000 lol

This thread needs a restart soon.

Originally Posted by swetooth9 the thing is...would they take store credit?

I would be paying in cash my good sir because I don't have anymore BB credit at the moment. Also, just to be nice because based on what I saw game wise they had at least 400 bucks worth of stuff left at one store.

Originally Posted by io I know people are putting the current GS deal down compared to the $5 bonus deal, but I did pretty good tonight. I took $32.50 worth of BB stuff and got $60 for it at GS. That's about a 1.85 ratio which puts it a little worse than using the $15 promo but probably a little better than using the old $10 one. Plus there is a much wider selection of games to use (every store I've got to has had Iridium Runners and multiple Golden Compass, Bee Movie, Manhunt 2 (PS2, not PSP), and I've found lots of other stuff like Spyro, Cars Mater National, THPG, etc, that work well too. And I've just bought the BB stuff while I was out looking for PSP games for myself (not too much luck with that so far - the store I was at tonight had all of 1 single PSP game for sale). I still have another 11 games to bring to GS (two stacks each with an Iridium/Golden Compass/Bee Movie + some other filler). I plan on hitting the Mall with 2 GS stores in it tomorrow and converting another $43.50 into about $80 more at GS.

I thought about this flip, but passed. After 2 weeks of burning myself out mega flipping, not to mention what will certainly be more crooked looks from flunkly store clerks, I just can't bring myself to find 10 PS2 games to make $25-$30 in GS credit. Too much work, zero motivation at this point. The $10 bonus @ GS was great though, $10 in BBV credit converted to $20 in GS credit on just 2 games. Then flipping crap like Blacksite 51 back to BBV for $33, when it only cost $17 in GS credit, I considered a good use of my time and gasoline. Conversely, finding 3 or 4 dozen PS2 games just to make a few added bucks in GS credit would just be work at this point. The earlier flips were actually somewhat fun on top of being profitable.....