Only 2 of the penny guides were at my local BB - Ninja Sigma 2 (sealed) and Champions Online. They had Scribblenauts (?) and WOW Dungeon Comp. 3!!! Did not know that was out... The Ninja guide had a $0.01 yellow price tag on it. None of the others did. Ah well, better than nothing!
So, I go in looking for hats and there's none on the floor. Then some kid is getting a Rock Band set and the clerk goes in the back and gives him a RB cap. I go up after that and ask if there are any more hats in the back. She says they are only with a guitar stand purchase...
How can I bust...
Went into CC at lunch and picked up some guides. They are 40% off unless they come up a penny. I wanted WOW Master Edition, but it was $10 (I'm a total CAG). But I did bite on the Lego Batman guide for $8 (the kids play it) and a Quake 4 guide that came up a penny. The rep said he couldn't sell...
GS Corporate tells them to trash them. How'd you find out? If you saw them in the trash, then they are fair game and you should grab them! Unless someone dumped a slurpee on them...
I found only PS3 College Hoops 2K8 for $5 - not bad. Also, something called Swypeout PC Racing game on closeout for a dime (!). I'm sure it's just shovelware...
Bad news - all the pennied guides from Monday were off the shelf last night. I asked the rep and he said sometimes corporate calls and they have to send them back. WTF? I did find a Cheat Codes book for a penny. Of course, when I took it to the clerk, they were like "Oh, I need to check this...
I wonder if anyone at BB has read this forum and have decided to pull guides. That would suck. I am going back to see what's left at my local store tonight. I'll report back then.
Back again for more penny craziness...
Got:
Spore LE
Soul Calibur IV LE
Madden 09 LE
Elder Scrolls IV GOTY
Battlefield: BC
The cashier chick was like "Wow, where are the guides?"...
... um... you work there... yeah...
Thinking I'll go back tomorrow after my free Denny's Grand Slam. Can't...
Just got back from Santa Cruz BB at lunch - found a bunch still on the rack. Took only 1X of what I wanted and asked a rep to scan them for me. He did and all but Lego Indy came up pennied. He was amazed. He told his co-worker about it, who just shrugged. He said it's a good deal if they ring up...
I forgot to mention this as it may interest some folks... When at CC a few days ago, I grabbed a big stack of guides to have price checked and the guy I asked said I could use the scanner myself to do it. This was very cool. But one thing I found was that you had to cover part of the SKU to have...