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The deed is done:

http://www.amazon.com/

http://www.toysrus.com

I guess the good news is for that video games are now sold by Amazon directly and they eligible for free shipping, when you spend $25+. They still have 3rd party vendors (GameStop, Target, J&R) for which that free shipping offer does not apply.

Admiral Ackbar posted some deals here:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...ad.php?t=99171

Originally Posted by CheapyD I guess the good news is that video games are now eligible for Amazon's free shipping, when you spend $25+.

I was thinking the same thing. Toys r us needed Amazon more than Amazon needed Toys r us.

Originally Posted by basketkase543 I was thinking the same thing. Toys r us needed Amazon more than Amazon needed Toys r us.

seriously

Take a stroll through the video game section on the new TRU.com . It's pretty pathetic right now.

cant wait till Xmas when TRU figures out they cant handle the load again and has to give everyone 100 buck gift cards again : )

Brilliant move for amazon. Their shipping is always lightning fast, even the free shipping is faster than Ebgames/gamestop's 3-day to where I am. I bet I'll buy a lot of games new from them now.

Originally Posted by slidecage cant wait till Xmas when TRU figures out they cant handle the load again and has to give everyone 100 buck gift cards again : )

explain

Yep, Amazon is losing stores now....I saw Babies R Us did the same (as we just registered as my wife and I are expecting are first child)

Babies R US and Toys R Us are the same store (more or less). Same ownership, same website, same...so you lose one, you lose the other.

As are Gap, Baby Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic. (What I mean is they're also an example of a multi-brand company, they have nothing to do with Toys'r'us)

Originally Posted by panasonic explain

few years back before TRU joined amazon they couldnt make the orders in time for xmas. Those people who wasnt able to get their orders filled got 100 buck gift cards from TRU. This was years ago

Sweet.

This is actually very good news, b/c more often than not, shipping killed TRU's good deals.

This is great news. Free shipping is key.

Cool, I like this news.

I think you guys are not seeing the potential for the TRU website. The TRU stores have been providing some really good deals that past year or so. Its a matter of time for the TRU website to catch up with the stores.

So I think its going to be good on both sides!

Either way, its one more reason not to step into an EB games (and thats a good thing!)

This is sweeeeeeeeet! I'm sure, Amazon doesn't like losing TRU as a retailer (see the article on MSNBC), but this is sweet for us. Tax and -- to lesser degree -- shipping made me skip Amazon when it came to games.

Thank the maker. I hated trying to find stuff on ToyRUs or BabiesRUs on Amazon. Good riddance.

Will this be permanent? Will new games be sold free of tax w/ free shipping?

Also did someone say Amazon was losing stores? Where do they have their retail locations (can't be many states since almost everyone enjoys tax free shopping from them)?

the time crisis 3 with dual guncons for $19.99 is OOS :-/