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Originally Posted by Poor2More Signed up in March, as of today still no welcome pack, I'm giving it another 3 months or I'm writing a letter to corporate...in ink! Via mail. Seriously it's been 6 months, but not really worried about it. Between trade in bonuses, silver member and GCU, price adjustments, I'm extremely happy with Best Buy.

You should post about it on BB's forum. There are a couple of threads regarding this issue. I received a response within a week of posting and am currently waiting for my welcome packet. It turns out that they had my address as undeliverable for some reason. I would do it asap since they send the packets out every 2 months.

Originally Posted by Multibeaster79 LOL @ THIS. I enrolled at the beginning of July. Rep told me 4-6 weeks and that I would definitely get September issue. As of today, I have neither the welcome kit nor the issue. I contacted @Gamer and they assured me my info was correct and they were sending out this issue (after I already had a BB store give me one), but it was a tad too late on BF3 and the Mac deals. A question however, does anyone know who supplies the welcome kit? Is it the @Gamer company or is it from BB? Just wondering who I need to bitch to in case it still doesn't come by the end of the month. However, maybe if I wait long enough I can use the B2G1 on some fall releases... Seriously tho, I've never seen such a cluster with a company trying to get something right (@Gamer, not BB in this case, but they definitely have some cadillac problems, it reminds me of when Circuit City was beginning to sink- from an ex-employee). I still can't find a game to use the $10 off $29.99 and up. So for me this month was kind of a bust besides the P2 coupon. Still hopeful for a Lollipop sale (if any are still in stock, was slim the last time I stopped in).

The welcome kit is MAILED by BEST BUY. They are sent once a month, so depends on when you sign up as to when you'll get it. Could be 4 weeks, could be more again dependent upon when you signed up and when the batch to be mailed is pulled and sent.

These are for sure NOT given out at time of signing up in store.

Originally Posted by Royal High Knight WTF?? People wear yellow shirts at BB? My store only has blue shirts and then the geek squad guys wear nutton up shirts.

the yellow polo shirt employees are in fact employed by bestbuy. They are called AP (Asset Protection) aka Loss Prevention. They roam the store looking for thieves (civilian and associate)

So has anyone asked a manager is they could use there BF 3 coupon on a 360 version if the ps3 version is out of stock? I know it's ps3 only on the coupon but I figured somebody would have tried by now.

Success! Was able to get $30 off BF3 Premium on PS3 with the coupon. I ended up going to the front register, had a newish employee ask a busy manager about the coupon not working, he simply gave the ok to override after looking at the screen and coupon. Total was $5.07 out of pocket after using the last of my gift card. Seems you may have better luck with people who don't work in the game department and don't know the difference of the versions.

Originally Posted by CosmosTheMouse I'm sort of waiting for that and Lollipop Chainsaw to drop before the coupons expire. Wouldn't hurt to wait till the last few days to make sure.

It could hurt. Picture yourself scrambling to find a copy the last few days and nowhere had it in stock

Originally Posted by shadowkast It could hurt. Picture yourself scrambling to find a copy the last few days and nowhere had it in stock

By that point, $20 may be a fairly common price at any retailer, so waiting may not have that big of a downside.

Originally Posted by dino88 Am I reading this right? You played a "piece of shit" game for hundreds of hours? That's weird.

Maybe he was playing with friends? I have suffered through games because friends wanted me to play them together.

Originally Posted by WNYX585AM By that point, $20 may be a fairly common price at any retailer, so waiting may not have that big of a downside.

I get ya. Just saying, pick it up now @ $20 and leave it sealed if you want to return it and stock isis low. It may drop to $10 after coupon in three weeks but will it be in stock at that point?

And if other places have it $20 in three weeks, then I'm sure best buy will have it for $10. If other retailers have it for $20 in a month and you want to play it now, pick it up now for $20, no loss.

Just my two cents

I don't think there's much doubt that all of these games (Prototype 2, Lollipop Chainsaw, Mass Effect 3) will be obtainable easily for $20 by Christmas, but it's nice to get them now... definitely wait the month out, I'd say.

Originally Posted by SevereTireDamage I don't think there's much doubt that all of these games (Prototype 2, Lollipop Chainsaw, Mass Effect 3) will be obtainable easily for $20 by Christmas, but it's nice to get them now... definitely wait the month out, I'd say.

ME3 is $15 used on GF

I'm debating between Prototype 2 vanilla and the Collector's Edition, which has some extra "in-game events, additional and optional challenges".

Is that stuff worth an extra $10? I did enjoy the little bit of the game I played when I rented it, but I don't really think it'll be necessary.

Originally Posted by Perfidious Sinn I'm debating between Prototype 2 vanilla and the Collector's Edition, which has some extra "in-game events, additional and optional challenges". Is that stuff worth an extra $10? I did enjoy the little bit of the game I played when I rented it, but I don't really think it'll be necessary.

you can buy the extra dlc for 5$ on the marketplace. the other stuff is absolute junk, but hey, if you want the dlc, might as well shell out the extra 5$ to get soundtrack, artbook, and prototype (actual) store discount.

Originally Posted by taylort3 you can buy the extra dlc for 5$ on the marketplace. the other stuff is absolute junk, but hey, if you want the dlc, might as well shell out the extra 5$ to get soundtrack, artbook, and prototype (actual) store discount.

Kinda figured that Activision went with the "quantity over quality" approach for their DLC. I'll stick with the vanilla edition then, I'm totally fine with $20 for this game.

Originally Posted by tokyostomp the yellow polo shirt employees are in fact employed by bestbuy. They are called AP (Asset Protection) aka Loss Prevention. They roam the store looking for thieves (civilian and associate)

oh great so when these guys approach you,they think you are a thief? wonderful...i guess i wouldnt look like such a god damn thief if someone in the gaming department would help me and woudnt have to aim wanderlessly for 20 minutes.

Originally Posted by MaryMaryMary Just remember guys once you start really getting into BF3, you may never look at COD the same way. At least that's what happened to me. Thank goodness for zombies this year or I wouldn't even spend a dime on COD

Not to derail this (at least I'm not showing off about being a sleezy thief) but I am having problems between those 2 games. I respect the concept of BF3 way more but the aiming just does not feel smooth at all. Maybe its just hard adjusting going between the 2 games at the same time and would get better if I just focus BF.

Anyways, I got my trade locked for standard BF3 at $18.90 that I paid $10, and maybe I'll pick up this premium now, I really want to play the new vehicle pack!

Originally Posted by Sharkey1337 Success! Was able to get $30 off BF3 Premium on PS3 with the coupon. I ended up going to the front register, had a newish employee ask a busy manager about the coupon not working, he simply gave the ok to override after looking at the screen and coupon. Total was $5.07 out of pocket after using the last of my gift card. Seems you may have better luck with people who don't work in the game department and don't know the difference of the versions.

Were they completely sold out of the standard edition or something??

No offense, but I'm ashamed to also have "1337" in my CAG name in case people associate me with you.

Originally Posted by MaryMaryMary Just remember guys once you start really getting into BF3, you may never look at COD the same way. At least that's what happened to me. Thank goodness for zombies this year or I wouldn't even spend a dime on COD

I agree. COD is okay if you like a mindless online deathmatch type of game but Battlefield is truly above and beyond the call of duty. It's more strategy and I like that. Plus the destruction and vehicles are a huge plus! If I can grab the new release of bf3 tonight with the coupon I will. I was planning on buying the maps this weekend anyways.

Does anybody know how much the new maps cost if I were to buy them from the ps store? Is have to buy the other two maps that were recently released like a month ago to. Are all those maps more than 30 bucks?

Originally Posted by TheOpusFuller I agree. COD is okay if you like a mindless online deathmatch type of game but Battlefield is truly above and beyond the call of duty. It's more strategy and I like that. Plus the destruction and vehicles are a huge plus! If I can grab the new release of bf3 tonight with the coupon I will. I was planning on buying the maps this weekend anyways. Does anybody know how much the new maps cost if I were to buy them from the ps store? Is have to buy the other two maps that were recently released like a month ago to. Are all those maps more than 30 bucks?

Each map pack is $15. If you plan on getting them all, just get premium.

Managed to get West Covina BB to let me use my BF3 coupons towards the Premium edition! I had an extra coupon because I was given an extra magazine after renewal. Pretty glad my BB was helpful!