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Kmart has only ever been a clearance store for me. I usually grab clearance, whether it's clothing clearance($.50-$1 clothing at end of season) or electronics and that's about it for me.

I feel the same as iatcg.
Way back when, when i was a kid; the only department stores around here were Kmart, Ames, and Jamesway. Kmart seemed ok, but the other two were horrendous dirty disheveled places. Then Target amd Walmart came around. Ames and Jamesway folded and Kmart became the dirty unorganized place that we all know and love now. It exists as a place for me to occasionally get cheap games and that's it.

Originally Posted by kraftwerks I feel the same as iatcg. Way back when, when i was a kid; the only department stores around here were Kmart, Ames, and Jamesway. Kmart seemed ok, but the other two were horrendous dirty disheveled places. Then Target amd Walmart came around. Ames and Jamesway folded and Kmart became the dirty unorganized place that we all know and love now. It exists as a place for me to occasionally get cheap games and that's it.

Funny you mention Ames. That's where I first experienced the sting of return fraud. I tried buying a slim PS1 from their electronics section and someone had crammed one of the fat model 1 dark grey PS1's into the smaller box for the PSone.

Luckily for me I noticed the seal was broken before I got it home.

So many chains, whether regional or national that have folded in just the Tri-State area. Thing is, you still see some of their stores empty and unable to be leased/rented out. Some get lucky and get converted into other stores, but many around here(NEPA) stay empty.

Does Best Buy have a clearance section worth my time?

Originally Posted by Blaster man They might as well wind down all the kmarts and make ones in areas without sears into sears. Sears has everything Kmart has (clothes, shoes, electronics, housewares, etc) and more (tools, mattresses and beds, etc).

Funny thing is, they just turned one of the Sears here into a Kmart Granted, it was just as Sears Grande, but still. What might even be funnier, just five years or so prior, they switched it from a Kmart to the Sears Grande

Originally Posted by superhippy1986 Does Best Buy have a clearance section worth my time?

That depends. Some stores will have a clearance section or endcap, while others will just mix the clearance titles in with the rest of the games. Unfortunately BB clearance is usually highly YMMV.

Originally Posted by IAmTheCheapestGamer That depends. Some stores will have a clearance section or endcap, while others will just mix the clearance titles in with the rest of the games. Unfortunately BB clearance is usually highly YMMV.

Thanks for responding & ruining my dreams lol.. So its like the Target I visited today that had Duke Nukem Forever PS3 for $10 but the sticker said $5 Clearance all while in with the normal priced games?

Originally Posted by superhippy1986 Thanks for responding & ruining my dreams lol.. So its like the Target I visited today that had Duke Nukem Forever PS3 for $10 but the sticker said $5 Clearance all while in with the normal priced games?

Correct, I have yet to run into BBY clearance at my store. I just wait for the Gamer coupons, and call it a day.

Originally Posted by superhippy1986 Does Best Buy have a clearance section worth my time?

Around here it's about the same as Wal Mart clearance... Which is to say a mix of "sales scam" and "nonexistent".

You can check on the BB website, they have a section and you can see all the clearance items in every store before you even get there.

We had Ames here too, they were almost always overpriced, but I think their going out of business was good, however I do remember that they were selling Game Gear systems long after they became obsolete.

Originally Posted by SaraAB You can check on the BB website, they have a section and you can see all the clearance items in every store before you even get there. We had Ames here too, they were almost always overpriced, but I think their going out of business was good, however I do remember that they were selling Game Gear systems long after they became obsolete.

You pulling my leg boy?! lol Like how do I see what each store has on their site? I'm on there right now.

Step 1. Click to the BB Store Locator.
Step 2. Click on your preferred store.
Step 3. Under the BB image, you should see clearance and open box items at that store. Browse items.
Step 4. Try to forget the feeling of disappointment by the underwhelming sales by getting some ice cream from your fridge.

Thanks! I looked at some and well... Lets just say I ate that Disappointment ice cream last night before bed....

DAMN YOU BEST BUY!!!! and.... KMART!!!!

Got Okami (Wii) for $5 today.

I got Singularity (ps3) for five bux. How is this game?

Originally Posted by Jacoblee23 I got Singularity (ps3) for five bux. How is this game?

It's not bad. I never quite finished it when I had it myself, but a friend of mine said that the power(s) you got later in the game made it more than just a straight up shooter.

He said that with the one power you could age items and enemies into dust within a few seconds.

That reminds me that the SYWR program gave me a free $5 in points, so I better go use it at a store with something halfway decent left before it expires.

Originally Posted by Jacoblee23 I got Singularity (ps3) for five bux. How is this game?

It is soooo good. Seriously. Now I'm wondering what else I missed out on because people always compared it to Bioshock and I didn't enjoy that game, but I loved this one.

The power that you get in the game that helps you age things or make them younger leads to some pretty clever puzzles and makes the game an above-average shooter. I really enjoyed the setting, which is a (even-more-than-normal) fatalistic Russia, because I'm very attracted to the idea of good things going horribly wrong.

If you don't enjoy it, you could always flip it to Best Buy for $14. But you will enjoy it because you are not a fascist.

After Alot of reading and debate whether to go in to Kmart ever again I did and for 20 bucks I scored 7 games mediocre games but something to do lol thanks OP

I missed out big. My kmart had almost every game ever made dating back to 2006 and they all got cleared out. The guy said people he knew who sell games at the flea market stormed the clearance tables

I told myself before that I was done w/ the clearance for now, but I made a trip back to 2 different K-Marts (Brookhaven/Clifton Heights) to scour what was left for PS3..

-MGS4 $15 (last copy in my local store, so I figured by the time it drops again, it'll be gone)
-TC Endwar $2
-Kung Fu Rider $2
-Fifa 10 $2 (dunno why I bought this since I have '12 and World Cup SA, but wtvr... I love the Fifa games in general)
-3d Dot Game Heroes $5 (got lucky, 3 copies were freshly marked with the "new" value $15 MSRP...I found this one with the OG barcode which scanned at $5)
-Tony Hawk's Proving Ground $5
-Quake Wars $5 (meh.. haven't played it yet...PC version I heard was decent but the console reviews were crap, so we'll see)

On a sidenote, any clearance game scanning with the message "see price on shelf" should be adjusted to $1.99 by the cashier. I was going to pick up Dark Void for a buck and change at the Clifton Store since I got that msg on the scanner and the store manager tried to tell me that it was the last "marked" price which was $7.50. Told him keep it.

still found myself passing on Lair for $5..... also passed on Front Mission Evolved for $5, robot fighting games just do nothing for me I guess.

still will say, anyone who is able to grab RE5, Oblivion, or X-Men Origins: Wolverine for under $10 during this clearance is one lucky mf.