Official Kmart Clearance Thread

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Rather than make changes below and have new stuff get lost amongst the really old clearance prices, I'm just making a new list up top but keeping the old list below. Who knows, you might still find something tagged with the prices in the older list so it's worth keeping around. Most of the current list is here thanks to kaydigi.

:wii:
1 GB SD card - $1.50
American Idol BDL - $29.97
American Idol Karaoke Rev. 2 - $5
Anubis 2 - $5.99
Avatar Last Airbender - $0.01/$1.99
Backyard Football - $4.97
Battalion Wars 2 - 24.97
Battle of the Bands - $5
Chicken Little Ace In Action - $0.01/$1.99
Cranium Kabooki - $5
Dance Mat - $2.50
DDR Hottest Party Bundle - $7
Dragon Blade Wrath of Fire - $5.99
EA Smarty Pants - $4.99
Elebits - $5.99
FIFA 08 - $5
Geometry Wars Galaxies - $5
Godfather - $5
Grim Adventures of Bill and Mandy - $5.99
Guitar Hero Aerosmith bundle - $8
Guitar Hero III bundle - $7
Little League World Series - 4.97
Looney Toons Acme Arsenal - $0.01/$1.99
Madden 08 - $0.01/$5
Madden 09 - $4.97
Madworld - $4.97
Metroid Prime 3 - 14.97
NBA Live 08 - $0.01/$5
NBA Live 09 - $14.97
NCAA Football 09 - $4.97
Need for Speed Carbon - $1.99
Nights - $5
Obscure - $2.50
Pikmin - $4.97
Popstar bundle - $0.01/$4
Rampage - $0.01/$1.99
Red Steel - $5.99
Shrek Carnival Craze - $8
Sims 2 Castaways - $0.01/$1.99
Smarty Pants - $0.01/$1.99
Steering Wheel with stand - $2.50
Surf's Up - $5.99
Tiger Woods 08 - $0.01/$5
Tiger Woods 09 - $4.97
TMNT - $0.01/$1.99
WWE SvsR 08 - $4.97
WWE SvsR 09 - $4.97
Zack & Wiki - $5

:360:
120 GB HDD - $15
512 MB Memory Units - $5
All Pro Football 2K8 - $5.99
American Idol Encore 2 Bundle - $23
Arcade Unplugged - $5.99
Armored Core 4 - $29.97
Beautiful Katamari - $0.01/$1.99
Bee Movie Game - $5.99
Beijing Olympics - $4.97
Beowulf - $5.99
Blitz The League - $5.99
Blue Dragon - $0.01/$1.99
Bourne Conspiracy - $4.97
Cars - $0.01/$1.99
Charge Station Nyko - $3
Charge Station Black Nyko - $3
College Hoops 2K8 - $5.99
Dark Sector - $19.97
Darkness - $5.99/$4.97
DDR Universe bundle - $6
DDR Universe 3 bundle - $5
Dynasty Warriors Gundam - $19.97
Enemy Territory Quake Wars - $4.97
FF: ROTSS - $5
FIFA 08 - $0.01/$5
FIFA 09 - $14.97
Forza 2 - $0.01/$1.99 (original version, not platinum hits)
Ghost Recon 2 - $1.99
Godfather - $5.99
Golden Compass - $5
GRAW 2 - $4.99
Guitar Hero III - $3
Guitar Hero III bundle - $7
Guitar Hero Aerosmith - $0.01/$3
Guitar Hero Aerosmith bundle - $21
Harry Potter OotP - $1.99
Intercooler (reg and black) - $5
Jumper - $5.99
Kingdom Under - $29.97
Last Remnant - $4.97
Live Vision Camera - $4
Lost Planet - $0.01/$1.99
Madden 08 - $1.99
Madden 09 - $4.97
March Madness 08 - $5
Marvel Ultimate Alliance - $5
MLB 2K8 - $5
MoH Airborne - $0.01/$1.99
NASCAR 08 - $0.01/$5
NASCAR 09 - $4.97
NBA 2K8 - $5
NBA 2K9 - $4.97
NBA Baller Chosen One - $0.01/$1.99
NBA Live 08 - $5
NBA Live 09 - $9.97
NCAA Football 08 - $5
NCAA Football 09 - $4.97
NFL Tour - $5
NHL 08 - $5
NHL 09 - $4.97
NHL 2K8 - $5.99
NHL 2K9 - $4.97
Pimp My Ride - $4.99
Pirates of the Carib Worlds End - $4.97
Project Sylpheed - $5
PSU - $3
Ratatoulille - $0.01/$1.99
Rayman Raving Rabbids - $5.99
Rock Band drums - $6.99
Rock Band SE - $14
Rock Revolution Kit - $7
Scene It 2 - $4.97
Shrek The 3rd - $5
Spiderman 3 - $5
Spiderman Friend or Foe - $5.99
Star Ocean Last Hope - $4.97
Stranglehold - $5
Stuntman Ignition - $0.01/$1.99
Tetris Evo - $0.01/$1.99
Tiger Woods 08 - $10
Tiger Woods 09 - $4.97
Viva Pinata Party Animals - $5.99
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 08 - $4.97
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 09 - $4.97
X-Blades - $4.97

:ps3:
All Pro Football 2K8 - $5.99
American Idol Karaoke Rev 2 - $4/$0.01
Beijing Olympics - $4.97
Bourne - $4.97
Call of Duty 3 - $10.01
College Hoops 2K8 - $5
Dark Sector - $4.97
Def Jam Icon - $5
Eye of Judgment - $15
FF: ROTSS - $5
FIFA 08 - $5
FIFA 09 - $14.97
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue - $14.97
Guitar Hero III bundle - $7
Guitar Hero Aerosmith - $15
Guitar Hero Aerosmith bundle - $7
Gundam Crossfire - $5.99
GT5 Prologue - $4.97
Intercooler - $3
Juiced 2 - $0.01/$3.50
Madden 08 - $10
Madden 09 - $10.01
March Madness 08 - $10
MLB 08 The Show - $10.01
MLB 2K9 - $10.01
NBA Ballers Chosen One - $0.01/$1.99
NBA Homecourt - $5
NBA Live 08 - $5
NCAA Basketball 09 - $4.97
NCAA Football 08 - $5
NCAA March Madness 08 - $10
NFL Tour - $5
NHL 08 - $10
NHL 09 - $4.97
NHL 2K8 - $5
NHL 2K9 - $4.97
Recharging Dock - $1
Rock Band drums - $6.99
Rock Band SE - $14
Rock Revolution Kit - $7
SCEA HDMI/USB Cable - $0.01/$8
SCEA USB Cable Pack - $2
SCEA Wireless Control - $0.01/$5
Singstar Abba - $29.97
Singstar Queen - $29.97
Stranglehold - $5
Stuntman Ignition - $5.99
Tiger Woods 08 - $10
Tiger Woods 09 - $4.97
Timeshift - $5 (may be back to $29.99 at most stores now)
Transformers - $5
Virtua Fighter 5 - $4.99
WWE SD vs Raw 08 - 4.97
X-Blades - $4.97

:ds:
Action Replay - $3
American Girl - $5.99
Asphalt 2 - $4.99
Assasins Creed - $0.01/$1.99
Backyard Football - $4.97
Bioncles Heroes - $5.99
Brain Boost Gamma - $4.99
Cars - $5.99
Castlevania Portait of Ruin - $5.99/$4.97
Charlotes Web - $5.99
Chronicles of Narnia Caspian - $5.99
Contra 4 - $0.01/$1.99
Crash of Titans - $0.01/$1.99
Dany Phantom - $5.99
Disney Friends - $5.99
Ener-G Dance Squad - $4.97
Ener-G Gym Rockets - $4.97
Ener-G Horse Rider - $4.97
Fashion Studio Paris - $4.97
Fifa 2006 - $5.99
Geomatry Wars - $5.99
Gold Zelda bundle - $0.01/$75 (good luck ;))
Golden Compass - $5.99
Gourmet Chef - $4.97
Harry Potter Goblet - $5.99
Harry Potter OotP - $4.99
Imagine Animal Dr - $4.97
Imagine Cheerleaders - $4.97
Imagine Fashion Designer - $4.97
Imagine Figure Sakter - $4.97
Imagine Interior Designer - $4.97
Imagine Movie Star - $4.97
Imagine Wedding Designer - $4.97
Jam Sessions - $5.99
Lionel Trains - $9.99
Lost In Blue 2 - $5.99
Madden 08 - $0.01
Madden 09 - $4.97
Metal Slug 7 - $5
Micro Machines 4 - $0.01/$1.99
Monster House - $0.01/$1.99
My Weight Loss Coach - $4.97
My Word - $5.99
Napoleon Dynamite - $0.01/$1.99
Naruto Path of Ninja - $5.99
Need For Speed Carbon - $0.01/$1.99
New Zealand Story - $0.01/$1
Pet Alien Puzzle - $4.99
Petz Bunny -$ 4.97
Petz Catz Clan - $4.97
Petz Hamsters Life - 4.97
Petz monkeyz House - $4.97
Petz Rescue Endanger Paradise - $4.97
Petz Rescue Ocean Patrol - $4.97
Petz Rescue Wildlife Vet - $4.97
Petz Wild Animalz Tiger - $4.97
Personal Training DSI - $14.97
Picross - $5.99
Pirates of the Carribean - $5.99
Pro Fisherman Tour - $5.99
Puffy Ami Yuri - $5.99
Ratatouille - $5.99
Red Bull BC One - $2.50
Shrek Smash and Crash - $0.01/$1.99
Spiderman BFNY - $0.01/$1.99
Spiderwick Chronicles - $5.99
Starfox Command - $5
Star Trek Tacticul Asault - $5.99
Superman Returns - $5.99
Teenage Zombies - $5.99
That's So Raven - $0.01/$1.99
The Wilds - $5.99
Tiger Woods ?? - $5.99
Toon - $5.99
Tornado - $2.50
WWE SD vs Raw 08 - $4.97
Xiaolin Showdown - $0.01
Yu-Gi-Oh Spirit Call - $5.99
Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship - $5.99
Zoey 101 - $0.01/$1.99
Zoo Keeper - $0.01/$2

:psp:
50 Cent - $5.99
Bust-A-Move Deluxe - $4
Call of Duty - $29.97
Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars - $5
Crush - $5 or $1.99 or $0.01
EA Replay - $5.99
Eragon - $5.99
Fifa Soccer 07 - $5.99
Final Fantasy 2 - $0.01/$1.99
Godfather Mob - $5.99
Gran Turismo - $29.97
Jax Dexter Lost Frontier - $29.97
Juiced 2 - $0.01/$1.99
Lego Star Wars 2 - $0.01/$1.99
Madden 07 - $0.01
Madden 08 - $0.01
Madden 09 - $4.97
MLB 08 - $10
MLB 09 - $4.97
Monster Hunter 2 - $29.97
Motorstorm Artic - $29.97
Naruto Ultimate Ninja - $5.99
Naruto Ultimate Ninja 2 - $29.97
NBA 08 - $10
NBA 09 - $4.97
NBA Live 07 - $4.97
NBA Live 08 - $0.01
NBA Live 09 - $14.97
NCAA Football 07 - $0.01/$1.99
NCAA Football 09 - $4.97
NHRA 07 - $5.99
P2 - $5.99
Patapon - $0.01/$1.99
Pirates of the Caribean - $5.99
Platypus - $5.99
Pratical intelligent - $5.99
Recharging Dock - $7
R-Type Command - $19.97
Scarface - $5.99
SCEA Complete PSP AV Kit - $2
Sims 2 Pets - $5.99
Sudoku - $5.99
Tiger Woods 08 - $5.99
Tiger Woods 09 - $4.97
Wipeout Pulse - $5
World Series Poker - $5.99
WWE vs 07 - $4.99
WWE vs 08 - $4.97

:ps2:
Alvin Chipmunks - $0.01/$1.99
Backyard Baseball - $5.99
Barbie 12 - $5.99
Bionicle Heroes - $5.99
Cold Fear - $5.99
Commands Strike Force - $5.99
Da Vinci Code - $9.99
Destroy All Human - $5.99
DDR Disney Bundle - $20
DDR Supernova - $0.01/$1.99
DDR Supernova 2 - $20
Disgaea 2 - $5
Dragon Quest VIII - $0.01/$1.99
Jak X Combat Racing - $5.99
Fantasic Four RotSS - $5.99
Fifa Soccer 07 - $5.99
Fifa Soccer 08 - $0.01/$1.99
Grim Adv Bill/Mandy - $5.99
Golden Compass - $5.99
Guitar Hero III - $6
Guitar Hero III Bundle - $15
Guitar Hero Aerosmith - $5
Guitar Hero Aerosmith Bundle - $0.01/$7
Guitar Hero Aerosmith Bundle 2 Pack - $0.01/$11
Happy Feet - $0.01/$1.99
Harry Potter OotP - $0.01/$1.99
Incredibles 2 - $0.01/$1.99
Looney Tunes Acme Arsenal - $0.01/$1.99
Madden 07 - $5.99
Marvel Nemesis - $0.01/$1.99
Memory Card 2 Pack - $10
MLB 2K8 - $0.01/$1.99
Monster House - $5
Nascar 07 - $5.99
Nascar 08 - $0.01/$1.99
NBA Live 08 - $0.01/$1.99
NBA The Life Vol. 3 - $10
NFL Street - $5.99
NHL 07 - $5.99
NHL 2K7 - $5.99
Open Season - $0.01/$1.99
Persona 3 box set - $24.97
Petz Horsez - $5.99
Pirates Legend - $0.01/$1.99
Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End - $5
Project Snowblind - $4.97
Rampage - $0.01/$1.99
Rayman Raving Rabbids - $5.99
Rock Band drums - $3
Rock Band SE - $10
Sega Collection -$0.01/ $1.99
Singstar Amped - $5
Spiderwick - $0.01/$1.99
Spyhunter Nowhere to Run - $5.99
Spyro Eternal - $0.01/$1.99
Spyro A Hero's Tale - $0.01/$1.99
Superman Returns - $0.01/$1.99
Test Drive Unlimited - $0.01/$1.99
Tiger Woods 06 - $5.99
Tiger Woods 08 - $0.01/$1.99
Tiger Woods 09 - $14.97
Tomb Raider Anniversary - $4.99
World Series Poker - $5.99
WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2007 - $0.01/$1.99
X-Men 3 - $1.99

:gc:
Baiten Kaitos Origins - $4
Cars - $4.97
Grim Adv Bill Mandy - 5.99
Happy Feet - $5.99
Harvest Moon - $5.99
Incredibles 2 - $4.99
Madagascar - $5.00
Mario Party 7 - $14.97
Marvel Nemesis - $4.97
Monster House - $5.99
NBA Street Vol. 3 - $4.97
Rampage Destruction - $4.99
Super Mario Strikers - $5
X-Men 3 - $5.99
Zelda Twilight Princess - $4.97

:xbox:
Avatar Last Airbender - $5.99
Area 51 - $4.97
Batman Begins - $0.01/$1.99
Black - $5.99
Commandos Strike Force - $0.01/$1.99
Destroy All Humans - $0.01/$1.99
Doom 3 - $4.97
Godfather - $5.99
Justice League - $5.99
King Kong - $5.99
Madden 07 - $5.99
Madden 09 - $4.97
Midnight Club 3 - $0.01/$1.99
MK Deception - $5.99
Nascar 07 - $5.99
NCAA Football 08 - $0.01/$1.99
NHL 07 - $5.99
NBA Live 07 - $5.99
Need For Speed carbon - $5.99
Need For Speed Most Wanted - $0.01/$1.99
Over The Hedge - $5.99
POP 2 Thrones - $5.99
Rayman Raving - $5.99
Splinter Cell - $5.99
SpongeBob Movie - $0.01/$1.99
Stacked - $5.99
Star Wars Battlefront - $5.99
Star Wars Republic Commando - $4.97
Superman Return - 5.99
Taito Legends - $5
Tiger Woods 07 - $5.99

:gba:
Avatar - $4.97
Barbie Diaries - $5.99
Backyard Basketball - $5.99
Bratz Diamond - $5.99
Bratz Movie - $5.99
Cabbage Patch Kids - $5.99
Camp Lazlo - $5.99
Cheeta Girl - $5.99
Drake and Josh - $5.99
Final Fantasy VI - $4.97
Ghost Rider - $5.99
Incredibles - Nemo Double Pack - $5.99
Legend of Spyro - $4.99
Lego Star Wars 2 - $4.99
Little Einstiens - $5.99
Mario Kart - $4.99
Mario Luigi Superstar Saga - $14.97
Marvel Ultimate Alliance - $5.99
New Zealand Rev - $6.00
Nicktoons 2 - Battle Volcano - $5.99
Open Season - $5.99
Pokemon Emerald - $4.97
Pokemon Fire Red - $4.97
Pokemon Leaf Green - $5.99
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team - $4.97
Santa Claus 3 - $5.99
Shark Tale - $5.99
Shrek 2/ Sharks Tale Double Pack - 5$.99
Shrek Smash Crash - $5.99
Shrek Suer Slam $5.99
Spiderman BFNY - $5.99
Superman Returns - $5.99
Super Mario World - $4.99
Super Robot Taisen Original Generation - $5.99
Thug 2 - $5.99
X-Men 3 - $5.99
Zelda LTOP (Is this 4 swords?) - $4.99
Zoey - $5.99

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OK, here's the latest Kmart clearance thread.

Previous threads:

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128798ch

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...ad.php?t=93304

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=127659

[SIZE=+1]Three important notes[/SIZE] (please read these before posting questions):

[SIZE=+1]1)[/SIZE] Most of the prices listed below will not be shown on the games at any given Kmart. Chances are if you can find them they will ring up at one of the clearance prices listed. The best way to check it is to bring a UPC sheet with you and use the floor scanners to verify the pricing before you ask the Kmart associate to open the case.

[SIZE=+1]2)[/SIZE] Kmart price drops are generally national in scope. However, each store must process the price drops individually. While the price drops originate from corporate, different stores have wildly different ways of dealing with them. Some will implement them immediately, some weeks later, and some, it seems, never. Also, there are occasional glitches in the pricing where a game that is otherwise on clearance will ring up at full price at certain stores.

[SIZE=+1]3)[/SIZE] These prices will not show up on the kmart.com web site. Don't even bother.

Old list:
[SIZE=+1]Explanation of pricing list[/SIZE]

OK, on to the prices...

The wonderful thing about Kmart is that they combine dirt-cheap clearance pricing with a general lack of organization. Thus CAGs in the know, hopefully using info from this thread, can find some amazing deals.

First off, here's the UPC database list as created by Slash and updated by MightySlacker: chttp://kmart.slashbunny.com/. Use this to verify pricing in your local Kmart.

The prices are organized alphabetically and by system (thanks again to ShiningSlade for starting it off this way).

Since the exact pricing is so YMMV, and many games ring up at 2 or 3 different clearance prices I will list all of these separated by slashes, with the cheapest first. For example: Psychonauts $3/$14/$24. I am also adding a bit to the color coding - see below:

[SIZE=+1]Color Scheme[/SIZE]
New additions verified by CAGs
New additions reported by one member (needs verification)
90% off games (the lowest they will go before they drop out)
* - Denotes original Xbox games playable on the Xbox 360 (spoiler tag messes up colors so just ignore all this ;)).

and finally...
[SIZE=+1]The List[/SIZE]

:ds: Nintendo DS
045496735869 Advance Wars Dual Strike $9
045496735920 Animal Crossing Wild World $9
008888162193 Asphalt Urban $2
742725264182 Atari Retro $10
008888162858 Battles of Prince of Persia $5
000000000000 Bubble Bobble Revolution $7
014633151398 Burnout Legends $14
083717241065 Castlevania Dawn Of Sorrow $9
000000000000 Castlevania Portrait of Ruin $19
000000000000 Chicken Little Ace in Action $19
045496737702 Children of Mana $4.97/$9/97
730865400034 Contact $4.97/$9.97
045496737955 Elite Beat Agents $4.97/$15
010086670004 Feel The Magic $3
014633149937 FIFA Soccer 2006 $4
000000000000 Hotel Dusk $19
000000000000 Ice Age 2 $7
785138361079 Incredibles, The: Rise Of The Underminer $7
045496735531 Kirby Canvas Curse $9.97
000000000000 Lunar Dragon Song $10
000000000000 Madagascar $3
014633148664 Madden NFL 2005 $3
045496737931 Magical Starsign $4.97/$9.97
000000000000 Magnetica $15/$19
014633151015 Marvel Nemesis $10
013388320035 Mega Man Battle Network 5 Double Team DS $10
013388320059 Mega Man ZX $20
045496735739 Meteos $4.97/$9.97
045496735883 Metroid Pinball $3.50
000000000000 Mini RC Rally $12
014633151435 Need For Speed Most Wanted $10/$14
014633149227 Need For Speed Underground 2 $7/$15
785138361086 Nicktoons Unite $14
000000000000 Nintendo DS Web Browser $19
722674700146 Point Blank $3/$7
000000000000 Pokemon Trozei $23
045496735234 Polarium $3
000000000000 Rainbow Islands Revolution $7
008888160403 Rayman DS $2
722674700016 Ridge Racer $2/$10
000000000000 Robots $12
047875808430 Spiderman 2 $2
020626723381 Spyro Shadow Legacy $14
014633148824 The Urbz: Sims In The City $10
000000000000 Super Mario 64 $15
000000000000 Tak Power of Juju $12
014633149166 Tiger Woods PGA Tour $3
045496735777 Trace Memory $3
045496736767 True Swing Golf $3.50
047875810518 Ultimate Spiderman $14
000000000000 Yoshi's Touch and Go $19
083717241027 Yu Gi OH Nightmare Troubadour $7/$15
785138361055 Zoo Tycoon DS $15

:psp: Sony PSP
000000000000 Ace Combat X $20
711719861928 Ape Escape Academy $10
000000000000 Battlezone $19
752919480250 Cars $3
013388270019 Darkstalkers Chronicles $4/$14
083717260011 Death Jr. $14
000000000000 Dungeon Siege $5
040198001397 Dynasty Warriors $5/??
014633148350 FIFA Soccer $15
000000000000 Frantix $3
000000000000 Gangs of London $19
045557188047 Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex $10
711719860426 Gretzky NHL $3
014633149883 Harry Potter Goblet Of Fire $14
096427014119 Infected $10
711719862321 Kingdom Of Paradise $10
711719864721 Lemmings $7
014633149906 LOTR Tactics $3
014633151008 Marvel Nemesis $14
711719862024 Medievil Resurrection $4
000000000000 MTX: Mototrax $20
752919480205 MX Vs. ATV On The Edge $15
722674150040 Namco Battle Collection $14
711719860723 NBA $3
711719862222 Neopets $4
014633148800 NFL Street 2 Unleashed $14
000000000000 Pursuit Force $4.97
008888331988 Prince Of Persia Revelations $14
083717260042 Rengoku $15
722674150019 Ridge Racer $4
000000000000 Sega Classics Collection $15
014633149951 SSX On Tour $10
711719862123 The Con $4
014633151312 The Sims 2 $14
014633148381 Tiger Woods PGA Tour $3
000000000000 Ultimate Ghosts and Goblins $3
711719861324 World Tour Soccer 06 $4.50
711719852209 PSP AC Adapter $24

:gc: Nintendo Gamecube
014633147162 007 Everything Or Nothing $2
650008599107 Bad Boys Miami Takedown $5
045496962999 Battalion Wars $7
000000000000 Baten Kaitos Origins $10
014633149081 Batman Begins $10
045496963408 Chibi Robo $7
712725001711 Chronicles Of Narnia $10/$14
045496961299 Donkey Konga w/Bongos $5/$25
045496962807 Donkey Konga 2 w/Bongos $5/$25
004549696274 Donkey Konga 2 w/o Bongos $3.50
045496962784 Donkey Kong Jungle Beat w/Bongos $5/$27
045496962708 Donkey Kong Jungle Beat w/o Bongos $10
742725262539 Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 $3
045496961275 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles $8
785138380179 Finding Nemo $2
045496962760 Fire Emblem POR $7/$10
045496961992 Geist $7/$10
000000000000 Gun $3
014633151756 Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire $10
014633147834 Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban $2
020626723152 Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction $10
013388200139 Killer 7 $7
045496960469 Legend Of Zelda Windwaker $8
014633148503 LOTR The 3rd Age $8
014633146868 LOTR Return Of The King $2
045496960018 Luigi's Mansion $8
014633147674 Madden 2005 $4
000000000000 Mario Baseball $12.97/$19
045496960933 Mario Golf Toadstool Tour $8
045496962012 Mario Party 6 w/Microphone $20
045496960421 Metroid Prime $2
722674021227 Namco Museum $8
722674300100 Namco 50th Anniversary $10/$14
014633148077 NBA Live 2005 $3
014633146219 NBA Street 2 $8
014633147742 NCAA Football 2005 $3
014633147049 Need For Speed Underground $5
014633148237 Need For Speed Most Wanted $5
045496963422 Odama $5
000000000000 Pac-Man World 3 $7
045496961220 Pikmin 2 $2
045496961367 Pokemon Colloseum $5
045496963033 Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness $4.97/$9.97
008888152057 Rainbow Six Lockdown $2
000000000000 Splinter Cell Chaos Theory $10
696055115198 Sonic Adventure 2 Pack $15
000000000000 Space Raiders $12
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014633149364 SSX On Tour $10/$14
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010086610123 Super Monkey Ball 2 $2
696055115174 Super Monkey Ball Double Pack $7/$15
045496960070 Super Smash Bros. Melee $7/$15
014633148558 The Urbz: Sims In The City $8
047875808973 Ultimate Spiderman $10/$14
785138380315 WWE Day Of Reckoning $8
785138380452 WWE Day Of Reckoning 2 $14
047875810419 X-Men Legends II $14
045496961978 Zelda 4 Swords $2

:xbox: Xbox (* = compatible with the 360)
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014633151077 007 From Russia With Love $8
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096427012894 Advent Rising $5
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014633151022 Burnout Revenge $14
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008888512240 * Clancy Triple Pack $4
788687200226 Crash 'N Burn $9.99
000000000000 * Crash Bandicoot 2-Pack $20
020626723138 Crash Tag Team Racing $4/$32
047875810730 * Doom 3 Limited Collectors Edition $10
742725262553 Dragon Ball Z Sagas $4
710425296178 ESPN NBA 2K5 $1.50
710425296116 * ESPN NFL 2K5 $2
047875805811 Fantastic 4 $10
008888511618 * Far Cry Instincts $14
014633148992 * FIFA Street $14
752919520154 Finding Nemo $2
020626723428 * Flatout $10
031719300594 * Gauntlet 7 Sorrows $14
008888510048 Ghost Recon $2
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014633148695 * Goldeneye Rogue Agent $2
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752919520352 * Incredibles, The $2
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805529974951 * Jade Empire $10
031719300709 LA Rush $14
788687200332 * Lego Star Wars $14
014633148497 * LOTR: Third Age $2
014633146851 * LOTR: Return Of The King $2/$10
014633147667 Madden 2005 $3
014633148176 * March Madness 05 $3
742725267510 Mark Ecko's Getting Up $4
014633149555 * Marvel Nemesis $14
805529974982 * Mech Assault 2 $2
023272663759 * Mercenaries $2
805529097711 Midtown Madness 3 $6
008888511632 Myst IV Revelation $14
722674021340 * Namco Museum $2
014633146202 NBA Street Vol. 2 $2
014633147735 NCAA Football 2005 $2
014633149210 NCAA Football 2006 $21
014633148176 NCAA March Madness 2005 $3
014633147032 Need For Speed Underground $2
014633147384 NFL Street $2
014633148787 NFL Street 2 $2
712725002053 Nightmare Before Christmas $3
018946010427 * Ninja Gaiden Black $15
014633148862 Oddworld Stranger's Wrath $3/$29.99
710425294471 * Outlaw Golf 2 $6
076714525696 * Outlaw Volleyball $9.99
722674021388 Pac-man World 2 $2
788687200233 Project Snowblind $1
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014633149357 SSX On Tour $10
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014633148541 * The Urbz: Sims In The City $2
014633147988 Tiger Woods 05 $3
014633148633 Timesplitters $10
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712725001445 Tron Killer App $4
047875804432 * True Crime $6
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710425299216 * Zathura $10

:360: Xbox 360
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014633151480 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat $19
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788687200486 Bionicles $7/$15
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010086680041 Chromehounds $3
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020626725965 Eragon $10
008888521617 Far Cry $10
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662248906027 Final Fantasy XI $7
047875809697 Gun $10
788687200523 Just Cause $12
047875753037 History Channel: Civil War $4.97
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805529974975 Kameo $7
014633151978 Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth II $4.97/$9.97
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882224053655 Perfect Dark Zero $7
010086680089 Phantasy Star Universe $7
000000000000 Pimp My Ride $12
710425299148 Prey $3/$7 (very YMMV - $19.99 at many stores)
047875810174 Quake 4 $10
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014633151602 Superman Returns $10
008888523550 Surf's Up $4.97/$9.97
710425298301 Table Tennis $3
014633152142 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 $13/$19
788687200400 Tomb Raider Legend $3
710425298813 Top Spin 2 $10/$20
047875810532 THAW $10
000000000000 Virtua Tennis 3 $4.97/$9.97/$29.99 (seems to be MSRP at a lot of Kmarts)
047875810532 Winning Eleven 2007 $4.97/$9.97
650008299106 World Championship Poker: All In $7
047875814394 X-Men The Official Game $10

:ps3: Sony Playstation 3
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000000000000 Virtua Tennis 3 $10

:ps2: Sony Playstation 2
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000000000000 Bard's Tale $8
752919460733 Bratz Rock Angelz $14
047875750012 Cabela's Big Game Hunter $4
047875751439 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2 $10/$14
083717201359 Castlevania Curse Of Darkness $10/$14
814582405821 Champions Return To Arms $15
710425278228 College Hoops 2K6 $10/$14
083717201281 DDR Extreme 2 (Game Only) $10
083717250425 DDR Extreme 2 Bundle $6/$15
000000000000 Devil Kings $12 (note: probably frontlane tagged)
857823001062 Disgaea 2 $12
742725256316 Dragon Ball Z Sagas $4/$24
742725243910 Enter The Matrix $2
710425276187 ESPN Hoops 2K5 $1.50
710425276163 ESPN NBA 2K5 $1.50
711719703600 Eye Toy Camera $3
711719749721 Eye Toy Kinetic w/Camera $5
711719741428 Eye Toy Antigrav w/Camera $5
711719740025 Eye Toy Groove w/Camera $3
711719752325 Eye Toy Operation Spy $3
711719749523 Eye Toy Play 2 w/Camera $5/$12
014633148985 FIFA Street $10
014633147520 Fight Night 2004 $4
000000000000 Final Fantasy X-2 $2/$13
000000000000 Flatout 2 $19
662248904092 Full Metal Alchemist $3
662248905037 Full Metal Alchemist 2 $14
031719269129 Gauntlet 7 Sorrows $10/$14
711719747123 Genji Dawn Of The Samurai $7
711719746621 Gretzky NHL 06 $15
000000000000 Guitar Hero bundle $35
000000000000 Gun $15
014633147810 Harry Potter Prisoner Of Azkaban $6
719593080084 Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life $7/$15
788687500449 Hitman Blood Money $7
711719740124 Hot Shots Golf: Fore $4
020626723169 Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction $10
742725265486 Indigo Prophecy $4
000000000000 Just Cause $10
013388260393 Killer 7 $3
000000000000 Kingdom Hearts $14
031719269259 LA Rush $10/$14
031719268214 Legion The Legend Of Excalibur $5
014633146844 LOTR Return Of The King $4
047875809116 Madagascar $2
014633147650 Madden 2005 $3
014633148169 March Madness 05 $9
742725260733 Mark Ecko's Getting Up $4
711719720126 Mark Of Kri $15
023272663353 Mercenaries $5
083717200734 Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater $9.99
828862200112 Metal Slug 4/5 $10
031719269150 Midway Arcade Treasures 3 $2
711719750024 MLB 06 The Show $19
662248904054 Musashi: Samurai Legend $3/$24
014633151534 MVP 06 NCAA Baseball $14
752919460450 MX Unleashed $5/$10
722674021098 Namco Museum 2002 $4
014633147759 Nascar 2005 $6
014633148053 NBA Live 2005 $3
014633147728 NCAA Football 2005 $3
711719736721 Neopets Darkest Faerie $10
014633147377 NFL Street $4
722674021203 Pac-man World 2 $4
008888321590 Prince Of Persia Sands Of Time $6
008888321989 Prince Of Persia Warrior Within $2
031719268856 Psi Ops Mind $10
096427013990 Psychonauts $7/$15
662248905099 Radiata Stories $10/$14
008888322054 Rainbow 6 Lockdown $2
711719726821 Ratchet & Clank Going Commando $4
719593080046 Reel Fishing III $2
682384620120 Reign Of Fire $5
013388260560 Resident Evil 4 (Non-GH) $10/$14
000000000000 Reservoir Dogs $22
711719749028 Rogue Galaxy $10/$20
741648008101 Rogue Ops $6
000000000000 Rogue Trooper ?
662248905051 Romancing Saga $7
711719751922 Sly 2 Band Of Thieves $4
000000000000 Snoopy vs. The Red Baron $19
072267410035 Soul Calibur III $14
752919460351 Sphinx & The Cursed Mummy $3
000000000000 Spyro New Beginning $19
722674100120 SRS Street Racing Syndicate $0.01/$3
014633149340 SSX On Tour $10/$14
722674100236 Taiko Drum Master w/Drum $5
722674100519 Tales of the Abyss $19
722674100342 Tales of Legendia $3/$7
096427014683 Teen Titans $14
010086630817 Tenchu Fatal Shadows $5/$12
722674100151 Time Crisis: Crisis Zone w/Guncon 2 $6
722674100007 Time Crisis 3 w/Guncon $6
711719740827 The Getaway: Black Monday $3
739069615121 The Haunted Mansion $9.99
021481232735 Turok Evolution $5
047875812390 Ultimate Spiderman Limited Edition $14
047875809291 Ultimate Spiderman $14
662248906102 Valkyrie Profile 2 $4.97/$12.97
072267410038 We Love Katamari $7
650008399264 World Championship Poker $2
650008399301 World Championship Poker 2 $10
711719746324 World Tour Soccer 06 $15
047875810334 Xmen Legends II $14
083717201175 Ys Ark Of Napishtim $4
710425279225 Zathura $10

:gba: Nintendo GBA
785138321554 Banjo Pilot $6
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045496734176 Bomberman NES Classic $3
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802068100308 Chicken Shoot $5/$7
020626723954 Crash/Spyro Superpack $14
045496735357 DK King Of Swing $7/$15
045496733971 Donkey Kong Country 2 $7
045496735852 Donkey Kong Country 3 $7/$15
742725270091 DBZ The Legacy Of Goku I & II $14
742725256361 DBZ Supersonic Warriors $12
045496736897 Drill Dozer $3
722242519323 Dungeons & Dragons Eye Of The Beholder $3
045496735715 Dynasty Warriors $3
045496734923 Final Fantasy I & II $8
045496736873 Final Fantasy IV $7
045496738105 Final Fantasy V $4.97/$9.97
785138321301 Finding Nemo $3.50
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785138321608 Hot Wheels Stunt $3.50
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785138321707 Jimmy Neutron Attack Of The Twonkies $3.50
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045496734190 Kirby & Amazing Mirror $7
045496734909 Legend Of Zelda Minish Cap $7
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Sony Playstation 1
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:gba: GBA
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:gc: Gamecube
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:ps2: PS2
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:psp: PSP
804926067303 Intec UMD cases (holds 6 total) $1.50

:xbox: Xbox / :360: Xbox 360
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Universal Remote $5

Older stuff:
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[SIZE=+1]Other Electronics Clearance Items[/SIZE]

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000000000000 Western Digital 80GB External HD $22
 
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Is this "MAP" why Heavenly Sword (PS3) is consistantly priced at $50+ even after 3 years? And did "Just Cause 2" not go against MAP? Or where you able to do it because its just a AA title?

Just knowing that, makes me feel a little better about why and how games are priced the way they are.
 
Definitely keep doing B1G1, B2G1, B1G150% but please do no restrict them (at least some of the time). When you restrict them 99.9% of the time I'm not interested. Let me pick up the cheap titles I want and buy 2 or 3 of them from you at a time while others do the same or get 3 newer titles from you.

[quote name='arcane93']Honestly, if it were going to be anything other than free, Kmart would need to have a much better selection of games than it does now. I was willing to pay for ECA for the Amazon discount because Amazon has just about everything that's in print available. I (grudgingly) paid for my GameStop Edge card because I was already going save half of the cost of it with the Edge discount on a purchase I was making in a B2G1 sale anyway, and I figured I'd at least make up the other half before the year was out since they frequently have rare/out-of-print titles used. You would really have to have a selection like those places to make paying for a membership worth it, though -- otherwise, I can find sales that match most discounts any membership would give me (case in point -- when I briefly had an FYE membership, I still found myself getting most of my games elsewhere for better prices than I would have gotten them for at FYE).

But Kmart? Honestly, I can't remember the last time that I actually bought a game there (well, other than that copy of NBA Ballers that I picked up for $1.97 at one point last year because I figured that any game was probably worth $2 -- boy was I wrong, at least until I flipped it for $5 later). I'm just not convinced that things are going to change completely enough to make paying for a membership worthwhile.

But yeah, I do have to say that Best Buy's (free) Reward Zone program gets me to shop there a good bit more than I probably would otherwise. Their program would be a good one to base a model on, if it's feasible.[/QUOTE]
I agree I'd find it very hard to pay for a rewards program at Kmart. But I can very well see them making it paid so I just meant if it is a paid program don't make it over $10-15, and if you do so give us a magazine membership at least. But I agree with everything you said.

[quote name='SHC-Gamer']I think free is the right way to go as well. Only way I would charge anything is if we had a magazine subscription tied with it. Is that worth it or should it be skipped?[/QUOTE]

That right there is already a step in the right direction. No charge unless you get a mag, but free is better than mag. CAGs here already got themselves mag subcriptions from GS's Edge as well as deals at Amazon to get mags for like $5 a year.

[quote name='SHC-Gamer']Yeah, I agree. We'll pursue the free route.[/QUOTE]

Sweet. I just imagined your hands being tied up with executives demanding that it not be free and that "we'll throw in a magazine" to make it "worth it" like so many other stores/promos have done over the years.

[quote name='thehoweller']/\ This, as an employee and a CAG, I would never join a Kmart "Gamers" Club (unless prices kicked the crap out of Gamestop (which they won't)).

Kmart should just stick to low-balling their competitors with sales on single games. Don't offer ridiculous programs that will either be too ineffective, or reduce game profits to nothing. This is saying however that Kmart is NOT trying hard enough with their sales. In the last sixth months of working at Kmart I've not made a single gaming purchase (even with my discount (10%)). Sales that interest me are in clearance items that are lost in translation. To make this gimmicky gamers club isn't a good idea for either side and reminds me of the Shop Your Way Reward card. 1% is nothing, 5% is substantial but would likely cut into profits. Likewise 5% is nothing, 10-15% is substantial but would likely cut into profits. I say don't waste the time, just improve your sale prices while improving the interior of stores. And please, please don't make a SYWR card 2.0[/QUOTE]
Part of the rewards program I think they're planning would be giving coupons on specific games, which would be low-balling on single games. Since inventory of specific games at Kmart can be low, coupons are great because there's a chance you could get the game when you go in. If it's just sales, you will strike out most of the time and waste your time. Now if they can improve each year in sales then maybe they can get enough stock to have amazing sales and be able to have enough inventory for everyone.

[quote name='camelking6969']shc. i have three questions
1. how many kmarts are there
2. why is mlb 2k9 for 360 and ps3 still 29.99 at 4 different stores i went too
3. are clearence games controlled by corperate or stores by themselfs[/QUOTE]
I'm fairly sure I have these correct for you, so here is that, until SHC gets back on.
1. over 1300 Kmarts & 700 Sears with gaming merchandise.
2. Probably based on inventory in that store, i.e. not many copies left.
3. I think corporate decides but they base it on a store's inventory.

[quote name='regis100']This off-topic stuff is probably good, but not for this forum. It's actually getting somewhat annoying. I wish a mod would step in and move some of this discussion elsewhere. I come here to see what is on clearance at Kmart, not for all this other ancillary stuff.[/QUOTE]

Maybe SHC-Gamer could start a Kmart FAQ/customer relations thread. Anyways here is the only clearance info you would have missed out on outside the OP due to OTness:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7006333&postcount=1032
 
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[quote name='donut']
^^^this^^^
mod how about moving all the "improve Kmart ideas" to a new discussion thread?
Please?[/QUOTE]

Past the last clearance about a month ago, there hasn't been a new gaming clearance for like...what? 6 months. You'll live :D But yeah, another topic would be nice.

I suggest B2G1s be unrestricted, I would have bought some titles with those deals, especially if my discount would have been allowed. But that's me. I think the console deals are nice, and should be standard (honestly, keep them going as long as you can). If people consistently see Kmart as the low price for consoles, they'll keep the company in mind. I think more instances of Just Cause 2 need to happen. Low ball the crap out of some titles. Have like 5 (of that title) in stock, and people flooding the place just for those titles. I'm fine with telling customers we're sold out, if we had stock....I just hate telling them we're sold out, we were shipped nothing (which happens sometimes).

I honestly believe if you can consistently use a single loss leader each week, you could definitely turn things around...While managing all of Kmart's other daunting issues that is.



On a side note...I'm so fucking close to putting the shelves back in place because people are too lazy to alphabetize. Shoot me, please!
 
i do agree this kmart complaints/suggestions should branch off to a new thread with shc just coming into this one to update the clearance items. he has some great info but its just so much reading it hurts my small brain.
 
[quote name='bredbu']i do agree this kmart complaints/suggestions should branch off to a new thread with shc just coming into this one to update the clearance items. he has some great info but its just so much reading it hurts my small brain.[/QUOTE]

Honestly I don't see the big deal as the OP has been updated. As long as the OP is updated you can simply reference that and not worry about what people are discussing in the thread
 
[quote name='donut']
^^^this^^^
mod how about moving all the "improve Kmart ideas" to a new discussion thread?
Please?[/QUOTE]

I hear you and have been only skimming the Kmart thread lately but unfornately has been proven time and time again that off topic talk starts and stays in the deals forum.

It's understandable that off topic stuff is going to come up but it does seem to get worse on CAG as time goes on. If a mod did come in and move/delete all of the improving Kmart talk they would have their work cut out for them and it surely wouldn't be worth the trouble.
 
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I got lucky today & found Star Ocean: The Last Hope at my local K-Mart (Clovis,CA). They had them locked up, but was able to find them in the case pretty easy. This location has really cleaned up their locked case as of late. They actually came up with a solution by placing UPC stickers with the name of the game in the actual row that they are in. For one row of games in the case, there are usually 2 to 3 games per row.

I have to give kudos for the selection as well. They had Resonance of Fate for both platforms in stock, along with Yakuza 3 as well. After being unable to find Resonance of Fate at my 2 local BB locations after launch, its nice to see K Mart step it up a little. I know Target would not even sniff near these two titles, much less stock them.
 
I haven't been to Kmart in a long time since mine never has any clearance games, but when I stopped by for JC2 last week I found X-Blades for $5... yippee. They still have a copy of Persona 3(reg version) sitting behind the glass, still probably retail price.
 
Everyone that's bitching about OT is extremely short sighted.

There's a Kmart rep answering our questions and giving us insight into pricing and clearance. Instead of actually trying to learn something that might be to your advantage in how to get future deals, you people are complaining because it's "OT" and it means that deal drops aren't wrapped in a nice tidy package for you to go to the local kmart with.

Seriously?

Maybe you people can learn something about how retail/ pricing/etc works for once.
 
[quote name='confoosious']Everyone that's bitching about OT is extremely short sighted.

There's a Kmart rep answering our questions and giving us insight into pricing and clearance. Instead of actually trying to learn something that might be to your advantage in how to get future deals, you people are complaining because it's "OT" and it means that deal drops aren't wrapped in a nice tidy package for you to go to the local kmart with.

Seriously?

Maybe you people can learn something about how retail/ pricing/etc works for once.[/QUOTE]

Well said. If the K-Mart finds this thread no longer useful for him/her, they'll leave and take with them advanced knowledge of upcoming clearanced games.
 
[quote name='thehoweller']Hey...I try to keep my fuck in order in my department...Is it really my fault for not wanting to stare at a ceiling all night? :lol:

But yeah, once I leave my job for a higher paying one (hopefully very soon), I'm putting the shelving system back to what it was. I'm tired of organizing the cases on a daily basis because other employees can't comprehend the alphabetical system. Going to laugh when it's a pile of games thrown inside the case and I'm hoarding cheap games from the shit-hole that is my local K-Mart.[/QUOTE]

What do you do when there isn't room for them all? Like at my nearest store, there's about 6 rows hanging, then usually three rows laying spine up on the floor below them, and usually more rows stacked on top of them to where you can't see the first rows on the floor, depending on system. DS is the worst, Wii and 360 have that problem a bit too.

I've always thought, if I worked at Kmart, I'd figure out a neat and orderly way of making them all viewable.
 
[quote name='warmsignal']What do you do when there isn't room for them all? Like at my nearest store, there's about 6 rows hanging, then usually three rows laying spine up on the floor below them, and usually more rows stacked on top of them to where you can't see the first rows on the floor, depending on system. DS is the worst, Wii and 360 have that problem a bit too.

I've always thought, if I worked at Kmart, I'd figure out a neat and orderly way of making them all viewable.[/QUOTE]

You know, I've also thought about this. There's a lot of depth in those cases. All you gotta do is double stack titles in the DS case.
 
Sorry so late but Target in my area does take returns without a receipt but I think they have to be under $20 for electronics and maybe $40 for other items and you probably only get one non receipt return per year. Each target seems to vary on this as I have heard reports of some targets not allowing any returns at all without receipts.

Walmart definitely takes returns without a receipt, also they take back pretty much everything.

I try to avoid returning when possible at any store because I just find I get grief for it regardless of where, so I might make one return per year out of all my shopping. I only return stuff if I really have to.
 
[quote name='SaraAB']Sorry so late but Target in my area does take returns without a receipt but I think they have to be under $20 for electronics and maybe $40 for other items and you probably only get one non receipt return per year. Each target seems to vary on this as I have heard reports of some targets not allowing any returns at all without receipts.

Walmart definitely takes returns without a receipt, also they take back pretty much everything.

I try to avoid returning when possible at any store because I just find I get grief for it regardless of where, so I might make one return per year out of all my shopping. I only return stuff if I really have to.[/QUOTE]

... and your point is?
 
[quote name='J7.']Definitely keep doing B1G1, B2G1, B1G150% but please do no restrict them (at least some of the time). When you restrict them 99.9% of the time I'm not interested. Let me pick up the cheap titles I want and buy 2 or 3 of them from you at a time while others do the same or get 3 newer titles from you.


I agree I'd find it very hard to pay for a rewards program at Kmart. But I can very well see them making it paid so I just meant if it is a paid program don't make it over $10-15, and if you do so give us a magazine membership at least. But I agree with everything you said.



That right there is already a step in the right direction. No charge unless you get a mag, but free is better than mag. CAGs here already got themselves mag subcriptions from GS's Edge as well as deals at Amazon to get mags for like $5 a year.



Sweet. I just imagined your hands being tied up with executives demanding that it not be free and that "we'll throw in a magazine" to make it "worth it" like so many other stores/promos have done over the years.


Part of the rewards program I think they're planning would be giving coupons on specific games, which would be low-balling on single games. Since inventory of specific games at Kmart can be low, coupons are great because there's a chance you could get the game when you go in. If it's just sales, you will strike out most of the time and waste your time. Now if they can improve each year in sales then maybe they can get enough stock to have amazing sales and be able to have enough inventory for everyone.


I'm fairly sure I have these correct for you, so here is that, until SHC gets back on.
1. over 1300 Kmarts & 700 Sears with gaming merchandise.
2. Probably based on inventory in that store, i.e. not many copies left.
3. I think corporate decides but they base it on a store's inventory.



Maybe SHC-Gamer could start a Kmart FAQ/customer relations thread. Anyways here is the only clearance info you would have missed out on outside the OP due to OTness:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7006333&postcount=1032[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the indepth reply. I hear you on the buying restrictions on the buy/gets; we've only started running them this year and I wanted to get a handle on how they perform before extrapolating out to the whole.
 
[quote name='E-Z-B']Well said. If the K-Mart finds this thread no longer useful for him/her, they'll leave and take with them advanced knowledge of upcoming clearanced games.[/QUOTE]
I definitely do not want to abuse the opportunity for everyone's feedback, but I'll still post the clearance and deals regardless. No worries there.
 
one of the suggestions says to bring the UPCs with you and then check the floor scanners to see if the prices are correct and i was wondering where i can get some UPCs for games
 
[quote name='MrEKO73']Is this "MAP" why Heavenly Sword (PS3) is consistantly priced at $50+ even after 3 years? And did "Just Cause 2" not go against MAP? Or where you able to do it because its just a AA title?

Just knowing that, makes me feel a little better about why and how games are priced the way they are.[/QUOTE]
Heavenly Sword is definitely off MAP and we'll need to find a way to discount it. Just Cause 2 was definitely the exception to the rule in terms of street date pricing. I can't give their names but there a couple of publishers who do not use MAP.
 
Ahh, Heavenly Sword.. Still $60 at my local Kmart. I would have happily picked it up at $20, but alas.. $60 is just too much to pay for a game, let alone one that's at least a year old. Between that and Ninja Gaiden, there should be some sort of limit on games. Hell, Target clears them out if they've been there longer than 6 months. What's the shelf life on a game, if there is one, at kmart before it hits the bin?
 
Enemy Territory Quake Wars was $60 at my Kmart... It's probably been there since it came out almost 2 years ago for the ps3/360 :p. Too bad my store had no items on clearance, checked the price on a few.
 
[quote name='assassin789']one of the suggestions says to bring the UPCs with you and then check the floor scanners to see if the prices are correct and i was wondering where i can get some UPCs for games[/QUOTE]

half.com (type in the game in the search box, and the upc is in the paragraph under the price, copy the upc #)

go to upcdatabase.com (on the left click on "look up" and then enter the UPC #)

please note - some upc's have already been looked up, meaning titled for you already, with some upc's u might have to fill out name, date, etc etc
 
Hey SHC-Gamer, are we going to see updated prices of the new greatest hits game for the PS3? Walmart already is promoting these new prices, so I was wondering when that would happen. Thanks.
 
[quote name='Jiggaloj']Hey SHC-Gamer, are we going to see updated prices of the new greatest hits game for the PS3? Walmart already is promoting these new prices, so I was wondering when that would happen. Thanks.[/QUOTE]
Hey bud - are you talking about LBP: GOTY, Killzone 2, Infamous etc. We've taken these marks as well to price them at $29.99.

Or do you mean something else? Thanks!
 
[quote name='SHC-Gamer']Hey bud - are you talking about LBP: GOTY, Killzone 2, Infamous etc. We've taken these marks as well to price them at $29.99.

Or do you mean something else? Thanks![/QUOTE]

That's what I meant. Thanks.
 
[quote name='jaysapathy']Ahh, Heavenly Sword.. Still $60 at my local Kmart. I would have happily picked it up at $20, but alas.. $60 is just too much to pay for a game, let alone one that's at least a year old. Between that and Ninja Gaiden, there should be some sort of limit on games. Hell, Target clears them out if they've been there longer than 6 months. What's the shelf life on a game, if there is one, at kmart before it hits the bin?[/QUOTE]

That's the thing, its not just K-mart. In the world of game pricing its one of the great mysteries. It's still $56.82 at Wal-mart, $59.99 at Target- just look at the prices listed on Bing Shopping!!

http://www.bing.com/shopping/Heaven...2946F32399959" a="pa"]&wf=Commerce&FORM=ENCA0
 
[quote name='warmsignal']What do you do when there isn't room for them all? Like at my nearest store, there's about 6 rows hanging, then usually three rows laying spine up on the floor below them, and usually more rows stacked on top of them to where you can't see the first rows on the floor, depending on system. DS is the worst, Wii and 360 have that problem a bit too.

I've always thought, if I worked at Kmart, I'd figure out a neat and orderly way of making them all viewable.[/QUOTE]

My area's set up as such...

6 rows of games that are labeled with prices by the companies...Below that I attempted to notch down the shelves giving myself about 2 feet of viewing space for all of the titles....I then added half-shelves to the spaces, to give myself more rows for games. So really, with the single case for Wii games, I've three shelves, one mid-height of the other two. I somewhat combined the 360 and PS3 cases together to give it a more open feel...I'd like to have it set up differently, but since consoles need to be placed below these shelves...They're messed up somewhat. However, everything is viewable and readable by the public. Far better than the mess it was in when I started.

[quote name='MrEKO73']That's the thing, its not just K-mart. In the world of game pricing its one of the great mysteries. It's still $56.82 at Wal-mart, $59.99 at Target- just look at the prices listed on Bing Shopping!![/QUOTE]

I think the stores stupidly thought it would never drop in value and would be the staple game for the PS3...Damn, Kmart needs to buy more copies of Star Trek Online...Good investments all around :D
 
[quote name='regis100']This off-topic stuff is probably good, but not for this forum. It's actually getting somewhat annoying. I wish a mod would step in and move some of this discussion elsewhere. I come here to see what is on clearance at Kmart, not for all this other ancillary stuff.[/QUOTE]

It never helps. It always goes back to people being sometimes WAYYYY off topic. So you just need to learn to skim the thread a bit better.:D;)

[quote name='donut']
^^^this^^^
mod how about moving all the "improve Kmart ideas" to a new discussion thread?
Please?[/QUOTE]

[quote name='FOnewearl']I hear you and have been only skimming the Kmart thread lately but unfornately has been proven time and time again that off topic talk starts and stays in the deals forum.

It's understandable that off topic stuff is going to come up but it does seem to get worse on CAG as time goes on. If a mod did come in and move/delete all of the improving Kmart talk they would have their work cut out for them and it surely wouldn't be worth the trouble.[/QUOTE]

donut, as FOnewearl said, it's been tried before and the off topic stuff comes back time and time again. I used to have a mod come in every so often on the guide thread and clean it up, then make a post saying 'take the talk about this that and the other to the discussion thread'.

Within a week it was back to the same old crap of people bsing in the thread. So I gave up. People are gonna go OT. It happens. Not much you can really do about it either.

[quote name='confoosious']Everyone that's bitching about OT is extremely short sighted.

There's a Kmart rep answering our questions and giving us insight into pricing and clearance. Instead of actually trying to learn something that might be to your advantage in how to get future deals, you people are complaining because it's "OT" and it means that deal drops aren't wrapped in a nice tidy package for you to go to the local kmart with.

Seriously?

Maybe you people can learn something about how retail/ pricing/etc works for once.[/QUOTE]

Wow. Is it 2012 already? I agree with you for once.:applause:
 
SHC-Gamer, any chance there could be a way for us to check stock online?

The last couple times I went to Sears(not Kmart, they were fine) the people working there insisted that everything was on the floor and didn't want to check the computer for me. Then when I did get them to check with the UPS and info I provided for them, I was told it was out of system by one (I don't think he even checked for me, he just pretended to push a couple buttons) but the next one told me he couldn't check stock at other stores.
 
[quote name='FracturedMirror']My local Walmart did away with the locking "glass window" cases entirely, and switched to individual locking plastic cases for each game. Not sure if Kmart could do that, but it's one possibility to consider.[/QUOTE]

Those cases are absolutely horrible. After time they become scuffed to shit and you can't scan games in the scanners at all. One of my Toys R Us and all my Shopkos uses these. It is a major pain in the ass to take them to a counter, have an associate use their time to open and scan them for me when I would happily just use the aisle scanners myself.

If you can get cases that leave UPCs uncovered I am all for them, otherwise -as John Matrix would say, No deal.
 
Saw a copy of Madworld for $4.97 at my local KMart. Really wish I wouldn't have bought a copy over the summer for $30....Ultimately decided to pass on it since it's not worth flipping and wouldn't be particularly valuable trade fodder.
 
My brain just imploded from everything that has happened since last time I checked this thread. Though having a actually Kmart rep around that actually is trying to fix things is beyond awesome.
 
[quote name='Chronis']My brain just imploded from everything that has happened since last time I checked this thread. Though having a actually Kmart rep around that actually is trying to fix things is beyond awesome.[/QUOTE]

Except that the list of clearance titles they gave us included an 'average price across the chain', as opposed to the price that it should be if all stores universally did their damned updates.

But I guess that info is better than no info at all.
 
SHC-Gamer -- here's another thought that's somewhat OT from game clearance, but still related to getting people in the store for games...

I'd probably be checking in at Kmart more often if the rest of the departments updated clearance prices as regularly as you do for games. Although I'll be sure to be in the store at least once a month to check on prices for games if there are any in the current clearance batch that I'm interested in, I'm much less likely to browse for clearance items in other departments. The reason: 9 out of 10 times that I check, everything stays the same price (case in point, there are towel bars that have been marked down from $20 to $16 for almost a year at most of the stores around here). If I knew that other departments were regularly marking things down, I'd probably check the rest of the store and stop in even if there weren't any games that I was interested in.
 
[quote name='kaydigi']Tons of MSRP, can't remember them all. The highlight was

Saboteur $19.99 (both systems)[/QUOTE]

Interesting. Now if only the EA Store had dropped Saboteur to $20 this morning when I did my order using that Recycle Bank code for $15 off $20. I'd gladly pay $5 for Pandemic's 'swan song'(and good riddance to them after the glitchfest known as Mercenaries 2).
 
I'm guessing kay won't be posting extensive lists of recent price drops but will probably just post the notable ones.

Either way I'm happy to see her still post every once in a while.
 
[quote name='knightsdwn']I'm guessing kay won't be posting extensive lists of recent price drops but will probably just post the notable ones.

Either way I'm happy to see her still post every once in a while.[/QUOTE]

Agreed. I'm relatively new here and the news of her taking leave bummed me out as well.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Interesting. Now if only the EA Store had dropped Saboteur to $20 this morning when I did my order using that Recycle Bank code for $15 off $20. I'd gladly pay $5 for Pandemic's 'swan song'(and good riddance to them after the glitchfest known as Mercenaries 2).[/QUOTE]

Mercs 2 was glitchy but at least it was fun, unlike the dog vomit that was LOTR: Conquest.

Saboteur was completely glitch free on my playthrough though, good game.
 
[quote name='N3UROP0D']Mercs 2 was glitchy but at least it was fun, unlike the dog vomit that was LOTR: Conquest.

Saboteur was completely glitch free on my playthrough though, good game.[/QUOTE]

Then I should have tried for both codes this morning on the EA Store to try and bring Saboteur down to $10-15 as part of a 2-3 game order instead of ordering 9 games, 5 of which I just plan on flipping to a local shop for $5-6 each to make my order completely free.;)

In Kmart related news, I hit up the one local goldmine store and I grabbed two out of their SIX Scene It: Box Office Smash bundles for the 360.

It's a friggin' heavy box, but if anyone wants one I could do it for cost+shipping(probably priority mail flat rate small box w/ DC cuz I don't feel like dicking around with packing this heavy box) and maybe $1-3 extra for time/gas.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Then I should have tried for both codes this morning on the EA Store to try and bring Saboteur down to $10-15 as part of a 2-3 game order instead of ordering 9 games, 5 of which I just plan on flipping to a local shop for $5-6 each to make my order completely free.;)

In Kmart related news, I hit up the one local goldmine store and I grabbed two out of their SIX Scene It: Box Office Smash bundles for the 360.

It's a friggin' heavy box, but if anyone wants one I could do it for cost+shipping(probably priority mail flat rate small box w/ DC cuz I don't feel like dicking around with packing this heavy box) and maybe $1-3 extra for time/gas.[/QUOTE]

Do you have Star Ocean for the 360?
 
[quote name='kaydigi']Do you have Star Ocean for the 360?[/QUOTE]

I did have a copy at one point, but I either returned it and it got snapped up or I flipped it to GS for $15 something. I really forget which. But I can get up to 8-9 copies of Last Remnant, since this store has that many of them.

The one employee was kinda shocked when I pulled out the two Scene It bundles and he price checked them and they came up $5.:D That never gets old. I just hope that a manager doesn't notice all of the $5 games on the next markdown and demand they price shit right cuz this store is one of my goldmines again.:applause:
 
[quote name='Estebon']Which scene it bundle?[/QUOTE]


It would be BOS (Box Office Smash - Red Box)

LCA (Lights Camera Action - Blue Box) is still normal price.
 
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