[quote name='Engineer_J'][quote name='jshorr']I was told no for combining over the phone at my local GR, but I'm still hoping they may do it when I get there if someone different is working. I was also told limit 1 preorder/new release deal per person per day....anyone else get told that?[/quote]
Seriously, no offense to anyone, but QUIT asking, obviously offical corporate policy is to not allow the double dip, guaranteed, just do it like you know it is allowed otherwise all these calls do is make them ask their manager who asks a supervisor who tells them no and then the whole store won't do it, better to just try and do it then ask and make them think about it, works for me all the time.[/quote]
I understand where you're coming from but this isn't like a price mistake to keep hush on. Whether you call in advance of going or if you try to do it when you get there...they trade a LOT of games....people are gonna ask to double dip....employees are gonna ask their managers....no way around it..whether or not I am gonna be allowed to double dip influences how many games I may trade in, which games I preorder, etc., possibly if I make the trek out to gamerush which isn't so close. Like I said it's a question that's gonna come up and rather quickly too, no real sense trying to keep it a secret.
Yesterday I called and was told no to double dipping but I was allowed to do it tonight at two different stores. Got RE4 and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and preordered the new wrestlemania. Also for the first time a clerk actually checked one of my preorders I wanted to cancel (doom 3, got it for PC instead) and told me he could only give me back the $15 I paid (after promo from Halo 2 coupon book) instead of full MSRP. Which is fine and is totally fair, I was just surprised because no one had ever bothered to do that before. Naturally, I said I'd stick with the game - will probably give it as a gift. A friend who went with me used the extra $5 deal and some TRU and personal collection games to knock a big chunk off a new xbox console that came in. A great night.
Finally, I don't know if this is in any way accurate, but the employee at one of the stores who is a real nice guy said that the super-cheap trade-in deals for preowned games is over 4 life because too many people were flipping, getting their trading accounts suspended and complaining to the district manager, etc. Plus building up hundreds, thousands in credit. Plus they were losing $35 off a preowned game for the most expensive ones and getting mostly total crap in return. Nothing we didn't already know.....it was fun while it lasted (not that I was a big flipper or anything.)