Originally Posted by kidu Maybe my experience is uncommon, but I've bought 50+ used games from GS over the years and I've only had to take one back once. Then again, I'm not a collector and I throw out the boxes to save space, so perhaps I'm just not picky enough

Wow... you throw away your boxes?

This may mean absolutely nothing and only be very specific local deals but when I did a search yesterday for a Gamestop B2G1 I came up with these two hits:

http://www.newtownemall.com/go/mnogsales.cfm

http://www.shopmacarthur.com/scc/28018.html

Both are showing B2G1 Gamestop deals on November 15 and it appears to be a type of charity shopping night in both cases. Its likely that its just for those local fund raising events, but the possibility exists that the B2G1 deal hits next weekend and those Gamestops provided the information to the malls so as to be added to the list of promotions. I just found it noteworthy since both had the deal listed for the same weekend.

Its a longshot but I thought I'd share for those that are interested.

Originally Posted by kidu Maybe my experience is uncommon, but I've bought 50+ used games from GS over the years and I've only had to take one back once. Then again, I'm not a collector and I throw out the boxes to save space, so perhaps I'm just not picky enough

So you're the one responsible for all those scratched, disc-only games at GS! lol

Originally Posted by Optical Wow... you throw away your boxes?

That does seem odd. I have my games in dvd holders and my boxes in a moving box. That way when I sell them I can get more for them.

Might as well change the thread title to "Gamestop running B2G1 free sale on Black Friday", which is most likely more true than this thread ever was.

Originally Posted by kidu Maybe my experience is uncommon, but I've bought 50+ used games from GS over the years and I've only had to take one back once.

Same here. Gamestop is my primary video game shopping venue and I've always been pleased with them. However I buy almost exclusively used, always trade in, and I'm not very picky about the condition of the game as long as it plays. Over the years I have only had to return one game as well and they were very courteous and quick to exchange. Gamestop is where its at for me.

Originally Posted by addicted2games So you're the one responsible for all those scratched, disc-only games at GS! lol

I don't trade them in.

Originally Posted by Baron O Hell That does seem odd. I have my games in dvd holders and my boxes in a moving box. That way when I sell them I can get more for them.

I don't sell them.

Originally Posted by Optical Wow... you throw away your boxes?

I try to only buy games that are 20+ hours with high replay value. Anything shorter or that only looks like it is worth one run through I get through GameFly. And if I ever do get sick of a game I'd rather hold onto it and let someone borrow it than to pawn it off for 50¢ at GS or $4 on Ebay. I throw out all of my DVD boxes too...the horror

Originally Posted by kidu I throw out all of my DVD boxes too...the horror

You Bastard!!!

Originally Posted by donbaloo This may mean absolutely nothing and only be very specific local deals but when I did a search yesterday for a Gamestop B2G1 I came up with these two hits: http://www.newtownemall.com/go/mnogsales.cfm http://www.shopmacarthur.com/scc/28018.html Both are showing B2G1 Gamestop deals on November 15 and it appears to be a type of charity shopping night in both cases. Its likely that its just for those local fund raising events, but the possibility exists that the B2G1 deal hits next weekend and those Gamestops provided the information to the malls so as to be added to the list of promotions. I just found it noteworthy since both had the deal listed for the same weekend. Its a longshot but I thought I'd share for those that are interested.

Hey, MacArthur Center isn't too far from me! But I don't know about paying $5 or $10 to have the "privilege" of being disappointed when I find out they don't have crap for used games that night.

Originally Posted by donbaloo This may mean absolutely nothing and only be very specific local deals but when I did a search yesterday for a Gamestop B2G1 I came up with these two hits: http://www.newtownemall.com/go/mnogsales.cfm http://www.shopmacarthur.com/scc/28018.html Both are showing B2G1 Gamestop deals on November 15 and it appears to be a type of charity shopping night in both cases. Its likely that its just for those local fund raising events, but the possibility exists that the B2G1 deal hits next weekend and those Gamestops provided the information to the malls so as to be added to the list of promotions. I just found it noteworthy since both had the deal listed for the same weekend. Its a longshot but I thought I'd share for those that are interested.

These small world coincidences always blow me away. I literally have family that lives in New Philadelphia, and I hate going home to see them. I guess this will give me a reason to go. So this thread was not a total bust for me after all. Thanks a ton donbaloo

Originally Posted by Vinny 452 replies / 44427 views Wow, congrats OP. You wasted a lot of people's time. Can we not allow any more "I heard from ________ that there is going to be a __________ sale at ________"?

I can't see how anyone's time was wasted. If you have time to get all excited about sales, research what games to get, etc. I would guess you have plenty of it.

I am on this site anyway every day, so it wasnt a waste of my time. Now if I would have driven out to GS last night at 7, then it would have been.

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Lock thread and close please. Tired of seeing it

My take on why this thread has erupted into such a mess was the amount of time between the threads creation and the sale. I agree with someone else who said that the OP was trying to do a good thing by giving everyone as much notice as possible. Unfortunately the reality is that anything about GS (from the Trade in thread to the weekly coupons to the new game price drops) is a lightning rod which provokes a great deal of discussion among CAGS. So when someone creates a thread about their best type of sale (which is rarely confirmable) and it's created 10 days in advance it will inevitably result in argumentation even if the sale actually happens.

mods should probably lock this one up, start a new one whenever the next sale comes down the pipes

Originally Posted by Purkeynator Lock thread and close please. Tired of seeing it

YEAH! AGREED!.....this is pretty sad.....i hate seeing my CAGer's go out like this....i want this deal just as bad as anyone but this clearly is the thread leading to no where at least for this weekend.....

Originally Posted by Purkeynator Lock thread and close please. Tired of seeing it

Yeah, what he said. ^

LOCKED...........OH WAIT im not a mod.

so just look away kids nothing to see here.

after making several phone calls this morning and talking to a few peeps, I was told more often than not, they don't know about buy 2 get 1 till the night before the sale happens more often than not... good luck to all! not back to dj hero and tekken 6

This thread's fate will be decided by 8pm ET when the first GS closes. But like previous B2G1 deals they don't know until very close of the sale. Which makes total sense to protect their gold mine. You don't want some employee yapping to their preferred customers to come back at 7pm on Friday to buy two games.