Ouch. I guess I should start crossing my fingers that a deal pops up this holiday season. Thanks Warner.

Originally Posted by GuardianE Does this smell like desperation to anyone else? Blockbuster was losing money, so they tried the online thing. They did the in store exchanges to get an edge, but realized that no one was giving money to their B&M anymore so they limited exchanges. They tried game trade ins. They're going to try these kiosks. Soon I'm sure they'll implement online streaming... they might be spreading themselves a bit too thin, but they also may not have a choice.

I don't know for how long, but they have a Beta online streaming tab on their website. I saw it earlier today following a previous link in this thread about wii contetst.

Originally Posted by Warner1281 it'll be interesting to see what this is. I looked through all of our MAP and communications and didn't see any mention of this. There are a bunch of things going on clearance, but I didn't see ANY games on the clearance lists. From what I remember from the lists, there was: -Lots of used movies going down to $1.99 -A bunch of framed art prices getting dropped by 50% -Stores with electronics (flip cameras, Ipod accessories, and a few other things I can't remember), getting dropped by 30% or more. -Some of the licensed crap dropping by 25% or more. -Candy/popcorn that's not selling succesfully is being dropped in price (some for the second time now). Like I said, I don't remember seeing anything about games, but it might be because we sold out of almost all last gen games at our store during the B1G1 (we literally have less than 5 games left between PS2, GCN, and Xbox). Lastly, stores with less than 20 games for rent in the GCN or Xbox section are being told to convert them all games for sale. We did ours when the B1G1 sale started.

Yesterday they too told me about the movies being cleared out. The information about the GCN and X-Box games are news to me though. There are several BBs around here that have yet to convert their last gen games so this may be good news, however I can only speculate. I'll make a run later on tonight and see if there is any truth to this and get back to all of you.

Originally Posted by king007 yeah but that was as good as it ever got. to reach that number from $200 without the FF4 flip would have required alot of leg work and alot of luck with GS having a ton of flippable games.

Not impossible at all...I turned $50 BB store credit into ~$500 combined (GS/BB) store credit over a 10 day span...in a town with only 5 BB and 4 GS.

I turned $80 cash to $210 + Force Unleashed + Bioshock with only 1 GR, 3 BB, and 4 GS.

god, I dont wanna go back to GS...

I got about 15 games on the floor next to me, and gotta leave for work soon. But without the prospect of flipping via the b1g1 deal at BBV, I feel soooo lazy... I might not get these games to gs for another few days, added up it should get me around $120 or so.

im a little relieved the b1g1 is over. for the past week i've been spending my couple hours before work running around flipping. now i can finally relax before work. it was good while it lasted though. thanks to the perfect storm im up $200 cash and have over $1000 total credit at various stores (gamecrazy, gamestop, bbv, and fye). thanks to all who have contributed.

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Originally Posted by Warner1281 -A bunch of framed art prices getting dropped by 50% -Some of the licensed crap dropping by 25% or more. Lastly, stores with less than 20 games for rent in the GCN or Xbox section are being told to convert them all games for sale. We did ours when the B1G1 sale started.

Any chance any of the Beatles posters are getting the 50% discount? I've already bought 2 there at full price (my son really wanted them) but I held off on that $39.99 album cover one but would gladly snag that at $20.

Also, the "licensed crap" wouldn't happen to include Wall-E toys would it? I've also bought a ton of those at full price when I dragged my kids around on flipping runs (how could I refuse with such cheap credit and them putting up with all my stops? ). But I never bought the bigger ones so those might be good to get if a discount comes along.

As for the last point, damn, I wish at least one of the stores around here (and I must have gone to at least 10) had done that at any point during the B1G1. They have all stubbornly held on to their Xbox and GC rental sections.

Originally Posted by animemaniac14 strange news about bbv: http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/pos...mpaign=TheFeed

If the discs could be implemented with a self-destruct capability, they could save themselves yards of shelf space.

Any chance any of the Beatles posters are getting the 50% discount? I've already bought 2 there at full price (my son really wanted them) but I held off on that $39.99 album cover one but would gladly snag that at $20.

Negative. Mostly crap that is only popular at certain times (Indiana Jones would be likely) and stuff that just isn't selling well (NASCAR stuff was on the list).

Also, the "licensed crap" wouldn't happen to include Wall-E toys would it? I've also bought a ton of those at full price when I dragged my kids around on flipping runs (how could I refuse with such cheap credit and them putting up with all my stops? ). But I never bought the bigger ones so those might be good to get if a discount comes along.

I honestly don't remember. I'm guessing the Indiana Jones and Hannah Montana stuff are on there. Wall-E might last a little bit longer before going on clearance, but I didn't look into the specifics so it might be on clearance too.

As for the last point, damn, I wish at least one of the stores around here (and I must have gone to at least 10) had done that at any point during the B1G1. They have all stubbornly held on to their Xbox and GC rental sections.

A lot of stores are being stubborn about this. Our store jumped on the opportunity the moment it became possible. We were relieved to get a little open space in our game section so we could put in the new DS section and open up the next-gen stuff so it didn't look so cramped. But yeah, it isn't being required just yet. Only suggested.

For those that traded Warhawk in, how did you get around the "not for resale" label? I tried to trade my copy in but they wouldn't take it.

Originally Posted by milmanias For those that traded Warhawk in, how did you get around the "not for resale" label? I tried to trade my copy in but they wouldn't take it.

I went to like 10 Gamestops and found only one with the barcode. Didn't matter anyway because it didn't come up and they had to look it up in the system.

Originally Posted by Warner1281 Negative. Mostly crap that is only popular at certain times (Indiana Jones would be likely) and stuff that just isn't selling well (NASCAR stuff was on the list). I honestly don't remember. I'm guessing the Indiana Jones and Hannah Montana stuff are on there. Wall-E might last a little bit longer before going on clearance, but I didn't look into the specifics so it might be on clearance too. A lot of stores are being stubborn about this. Our store jumped on the opportunity the moment it became possible. We were relieved to get a little open space in our game section so we could put in the new DS section and open up the next-gen stuff so it didn't look so cramped. But yeah, it isn't being required just yet. Only suggested.

Have any idea when BB's are gonna start selling used blu-rays?

Originally Posted by DaDeuce Have any idea when BB's are gonna start selling used blu-rays?

a couple already do. But the general answer is, about 8-12 months from when your store started carrying them.

so word is that there will be some new kind of sale since this B1G1 is over? Anything confirmed yet? I think it's time for a new BBV thread after 296 pages now

Originally Posted by Warner1281 a couple already do. But the general answer is, about 8-12 months from when your store started carrying them.

Is there any way to tell which one's do without calling each one?

Originally Posted by DaDeuce Is there any way to tell which one's do without calling each one?

Since many stores around me just started carrying them a couple months ago, the earliest I would expect to see any used Blu-rays in my area would December. I do see a lot of new titles for sale though. Turning into Best Buy in there nowadays.

Originally Posted by Nikadimas Since many stores around me just started carrying them a couple months ago, the earliest I would expect to see any used Blu-rays in my area would December. I do see a lot of new titles for sale though. Turning into Best Buy in there nowadays.

If only they had some of Bestbuy's prices. Almost all the BR's I've seen new at Blockbuster are $3-$5 more expensive than Bestbuy

Originally Posted by milmanias For those that traded Warhawk in, how did you get around the "not for resale" label? I tried to trade my copy in but they wouldn't take it.

Either trade the big box that it comes in, print out a new barcode from coverproject.cc, or just cut out the area that says not for resale and tell them you had to mail in the barcode for a rebate.

I also thought of a good excuse for why you might be trading in multiples of a game. Tell the person that you forgot to take the game off of your "request list" on Goozex. Hopefully the person wont know what Goozex is (meaning they wont know about only being able to request 1 copy of a game at a time).

Alright CAGs, get crackin'.

It's possible there's a hidden gem in here for GS->BB trading:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=193013

By the way, new thread will be up when I can get to it. I am WAY backed up on work at the moment. It might be tonight, or it might not be. I want to make some big changes to the OP so I need to put some effort into it. In the mean time, there's nothing wrong with this thread .