Gamestop.com Prices?

[Invader Bugs]

Hey everyone, I'm thinking about going with the Heavy Rain deal at gamestop this Tuesday, but I wanted to ask something first. The used game I would go with is Spider-Man Web of Shadows for ps3. Gamestop.com says its $27.99 used, but also says that's an online only price. Does gamestop have a price matching policy or something? Any help on this pricing issue would help out a lot before I drive out there. Thanks.

 

[DarkRider23]

GS.com prices usually differ from GS In Store prices. They don't match the online price as far as I know. It'll either be $29.99 or $34.99 in store most likely. I don't think it'll be $32.99 since that's just an odd price point.

 

[gareman]

I think its YMMV. My GS is pretty cool though and always pm their own site. When I asked if it was a nationwide policy the manager said she was pretty sure it was.

 

[Tony208]

Seeing as how it says online price only, I'd say it's up to the store. Then again gamestop.com never has any used ps3 games in stock.

 

[davo1224]

I've generally found the prices to be cheaper in store for some reason so that's odd.

 

[bigdaddybruce44]

[quote name='gareman']I think its YMMV. My GS is pretty cool though and always pm their own site. When I asked if it was a nationwide policy the manager said she was pretty sure it was.[/QUOTE]

Unless something has changed very recently, it's not a corporate policy to price match anything, including their own website. Managers seem to have the discretion, but I assume up until a point. They just recently started doing the online-only prices within the last year, in order to increase used sales from their website. They have had a very poor track record, with them sending out incomplete and damaged goods, so it's their attempt to get more people to buy on the site. They also tried that case and manual guarantee on all current generation titles, but that soon regressed into a policy that only applied to "select titles."

 

[SaveSome]

If your looking to buy Spider-Man Web of Shadows used for the ps3, you can get it cheaper off other sites. Gohastings has it list for $15 + $3 (S&H) = $18 roughly $10dollars cheaper. And from my personal experience Gohastings games has always come in better condition than any local Gamestop I've shopped at.

http://www.gohastings.com/product/GAME/USEDSpider-Man-Web-of-Shadows/sku/277943266.uts

 

[Tsukento]

I really wish they set the "Online Price Only" to its own section, rather than stuck in price drops. It's getting annoying seeing the Price Drop section full of cheaper games that are only available online and aren't even in stock.