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07-10-06 Here should be most if not all of the recent drops since 3-31-06. Some possible dupes as this was kinda on the fly but taken from posts / first hand so should be fairly accurate. One exception to keep in mind is that EB / Gamestop are merging so that has the possibility of some inconsistency. Also in regards to that the EB/GS master list only has the one and two cent guides. If there was more that one version of a guide such as a limited edition guide (example: Xenosaga II) that was pennied the regularly guide might not have been. Unfortunately I have not had time to filter anything from the drop list since the first of the year (I think) into the master list but at least this should be what has dropped from 3-31-06 till present. Thank you all for all your additions they are much appreciated and sorry for any delays.



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For hopefully the latestest most current up to date guide drops please refer to the

"CAG Strategy Guide WIKI page"

http://wiki.cheapassgamer.com/index.php/Category:Strategy_Guides#Strategy_Guides




Here is the most up to date compiled list of all known guide deals listed and posted for this thread and similar threads. I will update this list as people post new guide deals. Everything listed in this thread “should” be the price listed or lower. These prices are typically company wide price reductions and not YMMV. But just because the prices are typically universal does not mean that they are guaranteed to be sold to you. Most stores have a destroy clause with the guide companies. So whether or not you get these guides depend on many many factors from how diligent a staff is to how reasonable or friendly one is. Good luck on any you may find and good luck on acquiring them. If anything is incorrect or missing please post so corrections can be made.


Now you can just cut, paste, print, and GO!!!



How you can help: You can keep a printed copy of this list in your jacket, wallet, purse whatever and when you go to any store that carries guides look for guides for games that have been out typically around six months or more and ask for a price check or better yet use a store scanner if they are available. If they are anything less than cover price write it down for us. Also please when you post the info here if it looks like it’s a temporary sale, please post that as well otherwise it will be assumed to a be a permanent price reduction. If you scan a guide and it comes up a different price that what the master lists suggests please list the day and store that you had the guide scanned. Also please list if you physically saw a self-scanner’s price, physically saw a cash registers price or vocally heard a price from the store’s staff. This might sound like a lot and of course we will take what we can get but this will go a long way to having the best master list as well as ferreting out different store practices and policy’s. All help is appreciated and thank you.




Trading: I spoke with the post office and found out that the cheapest form of mailing to the 48 contiguous states would be to use “media mail” It will take a little longer but it will also allow the least amount of money per transaction when trying to acquire guides for your collection. For an average guide weight of about 9 oz its $1.42 cents. All you need to do is put it in an envelope and ship it media mail. He mentioned no one should have a problem if you use the same envelope several times to cut down on costs. He also mentioned that when shipping Media mail that you cannot have any personal correspondence in the envelope. Only books and an invoice are acceptable. If trading is in you interest you do whatever is most comfortable for you and your trading party this was merely a FYI and a good way to keep it cheap.



Helpful links to check for reduced priced guides or guides in general. You will likely never find one cent guides here but various discounted guides and possibly some that you have been searching for.


Best Buy

Best Buy guide search


Circuit City

Circuit City guide search


EB Games

EB Games guide search


Gamestop (babages,software etc,funcoland)

Gamestop guide search


Overstock

Overstock guide search


Toys R Us (uhh best link I could find)

Toys R Us guide search


video-game-strategy-guides.com ( I have never purchased from here and no one centers but a heck of a lot of guides if you are looking for something specific) {check disgaea… Ouch $50+++}

video-game-strategy-guides.com guide search


strategy-guides.net (another large site of guides)

strategy-guides.net guide search


bookpool (guides typically 45% off or so )

Book pool guide search


Looking for assistance: I am looking for some staff from Best Buy’s, EB’s, Gamestop’s and stores of the like. When EB Games or Gamestop has a price reduction their shelves can be empty in a day or two to even as little as just a few hours. EB and Gamestop have daily price changes so all depending on the store’s staff they could be all gone almost immediately. If I could get some staff that can either post here first thing any day that they have a price reduction on guides or that might be able to text message me with such price reductions so that I might be able to inform CAG’ers ASAP. Whether or not us the end user would actually be able to get them from a particular stores staff is very much an YMMV but if there is anyone who can help this would greatly increase the chance’s of CAG’ers being able to pick up guides from these locations. If anyone is interested and able to help please e-mail me at [email protected]. Thank you all for your consideration.



Thank you all for making CAG what it is and for all your contributions.


Disclaimer: This list is intended to help all guide hunters. Please feel free to print yourself a copy and get what you can find. Please do not post this list on another site. {e-mail me please if for some reason you would want to. [email protected]} Please just link to this thread, add to this list and help it grow. Thank you







Recent Drop List by date ( master list below this list )







***New guides to the master list as of 7-5-06***

Best Buy .01

Black
Dead Or Alive 4
Need for Speed: Most Wanted

***New guides to the master list as of 7-5-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-20-06***

GameCrazy .01

Battalion Wars - Nintendo
Cold Winter - Prima
Coded Arms - Brady
Dead to Rights II - Brady
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone - Prima
Fullmetal Alchemist 2 - Brady
Getaway Black Monday w/ DVD - Prima
Grand THeft Auto Liberty City Stories - Brady
Killzone - Prima
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes - Nintendo
Musashi Samurai Legend - Brady
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - Nintendo
Pikmin 2 - Nintendo
Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green 0 Nintendo
Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green - Prima
Ratchet Up Your Arsenal - Brady
Resident Evil Outbreak #2 = Brady
Starfox Assault - Nintendp
Yu-Gi-Oh Dawn of Destiny - Prima
Yu-Gi-Oh Destiny Board Traveler - Prima
Zelda: 4 Swords Adventures - Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 6-20-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-19-06***

TRU .01

Zelda: 4 Swords - Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 6-19-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-7-06***

EB/GS 4.99

Half Life 2 PC
Halo 2

***New guides to the master list as of 6-7-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-5-06***

Best Buy .01

Dragon Quest VIII
Final Fantasy VI Advance GBA
GTA Liberty City Stories (PSP0
Gun
Mario & Luigi partners in time DS
Metal Gear Acid 2
Perfect Dark Zero
SOCOM III
The Outfit

***New guides to the master list as of 6-5-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-4-06***

EB/GS .01

Batman Begins
Burnout Revenge
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrows - Double Jump
Dragon Ball GT Transformation
Final Fantasy IV
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows
Mark Ecko's Getting Up
NBA Live 06

EB/GS 3.99

Dark Age Of Camelot: Epic Edition PC
Fight Night: Round 2
LA Rush
NBA Street V3

***New guides to the master list as of 6-4-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-25-06***

TRU .01

Advance Wars DS
Batallion Wars
Final Fantasy I&II
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
Fire Emblem Sacred Stones
Metroid Prime 2
Paper Mario
Pikmin 2
Pokemon Colosseum
Starfox Assault

***New guides to the master list as of 5-25-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-12-06***

EB/GS .01

atv off road fury 2
delta force black hawk down
dungeon siege 2
empire earth 2
f.e.a.r
madden 06
matrix path of neo
rome total war
star wars galaxies
stronghold 2

***New guides to the master list as of 5-12-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 4-29-06***

EB/GS .01

Act Of War: Direct Action - Brady
Age Of Empires 3 PC - Sybex
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness - Brady
Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood - Prima
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
Call Of Duty: United Offensive - Brady
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Dead To Rights II: Hell To Pay - Brady
DOA: Ultimate - Prima
DOOM 3 Xbox - Prima
Dungeon and Dragons: Dragonshard - Brady
Enthusia Professional Racing - Prima
Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich – Brady
Geist - Nintendo
Madden 2006
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Nintendo
One Piece: Grand Battle
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - Nintendo
Pariah
Punisher, The - Prima
Resident Evil: Outbreak - Brady
Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion – Prima
Shadow Of Rome - Brady
SOCOM II: US Navy Seals
SSX On Tour - Prima
Star Fox: Assault - Nintendo
Star Wars: Battlefront - Prima
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Tenchu: Fatal Shadows - Brady
Ultimate Spider-Man - Brady
Yu-Gi-Oh: Nightmare Troubadour

***New guides to the master list as of 4-29-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 4-26-06***

Eb/Gamestop .01

25 to Life----Brady
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow-----Double Jump
Final Fantasy IV Advance----Nintendo
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance---Nintendo
Gauntlet Seven Sorrows----Brady
Marc Ecko's Getting Up----Brady
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time----Nintendo
Matrix: Path of Neo----Brady
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness----Nintendo
Romancing SaGa-----Brady
Shining Force NEO----Brady
The Warriors-----Brady

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland----Brady $7.99
True Crime: New York City----Brady $7.99

***New guides to the master list as of 4-26-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 4-21-06***

Circuit City .01 – 1.99

Donkey Kong Country GBA .96
DragonBall Z : Budokai 2 ( /w DVD) .96
Lord of the Rings : Return of the King 1.62
Metroid Prime / Metroid Fusion (Prima) 1.99
Tekken Tag Tournament ( Versus Guide ) + Poster .01

***New guides to the master list as of 4-21-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 4-10-06***

Best Buy .01

50 Cent: Bulletproof
Call of Duty 2 PC/360
Call of Duty Big Red One
Condemned
Madden 2006
Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks
Pokemon XD
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Quake 4 360
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 (PC).
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006

***New guides to the master list as of 4-10-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 3-29-06***

Game Crazy .01

Advent Rising
Dead Or Alive Ultimate
Dead To Rights II
Demon Stone
Dragon Ball Z Supersonic Warriors 2
Fire Emblem Sacred Stones
Forgotten Realms Demon Stone
Getaway, The: Black Monday W/DVD
Jak 3
Nanobreaker
Need For Speed Underground 2
Tekken 5
Tenchu: Fatal Shadows
Ultimate Gamers Codebook
Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler

***New guides to the master list as of 3-29-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 3-2-06***

Toys R Us .01

Burnout Revenge
Conker Live and Loaded
Doom 3
Fire Emblem
Forza
God of War
Jade Empire
NBA Street V3
Rainbow Six Lockdown
Star Wars Episode III
Star Wars Republic Commando
Wrestlemania 21 Xbox
YuGiOh: Destiny Board Traveler

***New guides to the master list as of 3-2-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 2-24-06***

Gamecrazy .01

Ark the Lad: End of Darkness
Area 51
Baten Kaitos
Batman Begins
Champion: Return to Arms
Codes & Cheats Summer 2005
Codes & Cheats Spring 2005
Cold Winter
Def Jam: Fight for NY
Dragonball GT: Transformation
Dragonball Z: Budokai 3
Dragonball Z: Supersonic Warriors
Duel Masters: Sempai Legends
Final Fantasy Tactics
Forza Motorsports
Fullmetal Alchemist 2
Geist
Getaway 2: Black Monday
Ghost Recon 2
Jade Empire (DVD enhanced guide....not the one w/o the DVD)
Killer 7
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Lord of the Rings: Third Age
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
Megman Battle Network 5
Mercenaries
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Punisher
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Resident Evil: Outbreak File #2
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Sims: Bustin' Out
Spinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Suffering, The: Ties that Bind
Timesplitters: Future Perfect
Ultimate Gamers Cheat Codes 2004
Urbz, The: Sims in the City
WWE: Day of Reckoning 2
WWE: Smackdown vs Raw
WWE: Wrestlemania 21
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dawn of Destiny
Yu-Gi-Oh! Falsebound Kingdom
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capule Monster Coliseum


Best Buy .01

Dawn of War
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion
Sims 2: University
Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne

***New guides to the master list as of 2-24-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-30-06***

Best Buy .01

007 From Russia With Love
Battlefield 2 XBox
City of Heroes
Jak X
Matrix Path of Neo
NBA Live '06
Ninja Gaiden Black
Pokemon Emerald
Project Gotham Racing 3
Ratchet Deadlocked
Rainbow 6 Lockdown
Shadow of the Colossus
Soul Calibur 3
Spartan Total Warriors
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
True Crime: NYC
Ultimate Spiderman
Warriors, the
X-Men Legends II



Gamestop .01

America's Army
bards tale
Batman Begins
Battlefield 2 PC
Black and White 2
Burnout Revenge
Champions: Return to Arms
Cold Winter
Conker: Live And Reloaded
D&D: Dragonshard
Dark Age of Camelot Catacombs
Darkwatch
delta force black hawk dawn
Doom 3 PC
Dragon Ball GT Transformation GBA
Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3
Dynasty Warriors 5
Empire Earth 2
far cry instincts
Fear
froza motor sports
Geist
Getaway Black Monday
Gran Turismo 4: Driving the game (the GT Experience)
Half Life 2 Raising the Bar
Jade Empire
jade empire with dvd
Jak X: combat racing
Lotr: Third Age
Matrix Online
mech assault 2
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
Megaman Battle Network 5
Mercenaries
Metal Gear Solid 3: Limited Edition
Mortal Kombat Deception
Myst V
Nba live 2006
Need for speed underground 2
Oddworld: Strangers Wrath
Quake 4 Xbox 360
Quake 4 PC
Rainbow Six Lockdown
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Rome Total War Barbarian Invasion
Rome Total War
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Sid Meier's Pirates
Sigma Star Saga/ RebelStar
Spartan total warrior
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Republic Commando
Suffering, the :ties that bind
Tak: the great juju challenge
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Ultimate spiderman
Urban Reign
Warhammer: winter assault
WWE Day of Reckoning 2
WWE Smackdown vs Raw
WWE Wrestlemania 21
Yugioh Official Card Catalog



EB Games .01

Bard's Tale, The
Baten Kaitos
Batman Begins
Black & White 2
Blitz: The League
Burnout: Revenge
Champions: Return To Arms
Conker Live and Reloaded
Devil Kings
Dungeon Siege 2
Dynasty Warriors 5
F.E.A.R.
Fullmetal Alchemist 2
Half Life 2: Raising The Bar
Jade Empire w/ dvd
Jak X Combat Racing w/ dvd
Mega Man X: Command Mission
Mega Man Zero 4
Mercenaries
Nightmare Before Christmas
Oddworld Stranger's Wrath
Pac Man World 3
Playboy: The Mansion
Psychonauts
Shining Tears
SMT: Nocturne
Spartan Total Warrior
Star Wars Republic Commando
Tekken 5
Timesplitters: Future Perfect
Viewtiful Joe Red Hot Rumble/Double Trouble
Y's: The Ark of Napishtim
Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

***New guides to the master list as of 1-30-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-21-06***

Media Play .01

Eternal Darkness

***New guides to the master list as of 1-21-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-21-06***

EB Games .01

Baten Kaitos
Incredible, The
Megaman X Command Mission
Shining Tears
Silent Hill 4: The Room

***New guides to the master list as of 1-21-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-18-06***

EB Games

Dungeon Siege II
Genji – Double Jump
Makai Kingdom – Double Jump

***New guides to the master list as of 1-18-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-12-06***

Gamestop .01

Dungeon Siege II
Genji – Double Jump

***New guides to the master list as of 1-12-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-12-06***

EB Games .01

Advance Wars: Dual Strike - Nintendo
Battalion Wars - Nintendo
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Nintendo
Pokemon: Emerald - Nintendo
Star Fox Assault - Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 1-12-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-4-06***

Gamestop .01

Advance Wars: Dual Strike - Nintendo
Battalion Wars – Nintendo
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - Nintendo
Ghost Recon – Versus

***New guides to the master list as of 1-4-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-4-06***

EB Games .01

Phatom Brave – Double Jump
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne - Double Jump

***New guides to the master list as of 1-4-06***



***New guides to the master list as of 12-29-05***

Sam Goody 1.88

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

***New guides to the master list as of 12-29-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 12-21-05***

Gamestop .01

Metal Gear Acid
Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Xenosaga II Limited Edition - Brady

***New guides to the master list as of 12-21-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 12-05-05***

Best Buy .01

City of Heroes PC
Darkwatch - Brady
Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard - Prima PC
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Brady PC
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne PC

***New guides to the master list as of 12-05-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 11-18-05***

EB Games 14.99

Makai Kingdom - Double Jump


Gamestop 14.99

Genji - Double Jump
Makai Kingdom - Double Jump

***New guides to the master list as of 11-18-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 11-14-05***

Best Buy .01

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (xbox)
NCAA football 06
Pirates!

***New guides to the master list as of 11-14-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 11-11-05***

EB Games .01

Rise of nations PC

***New guides to the master list as of 11-11-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 10-31-05***

Best Buy 9.99

Ninja Gaiden: Black
Rainbow Six: Lockdown

***New guides to the master list as of 10-31-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 10-28-05***

Toys R Us .01

Def Jam Fight for New York
Destroy all Humans
Devil May Cry 3 - Brady
Fable
Ghost Recon 2 - Prima
GoldenEye Rogue Agent – Prima
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for PS2
Hitman Contracts – Prima
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age
Ratchet and Clank: Up your Arsenal
Smackdown vs Raw
Tekken 5 – Brady
Yugioh: Capsule Monsters Coliseum

***New guides to the master list as of 10-28-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 10-28-05***

Gamestop .01

City of Heroes PC
Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors
Halo (XBOX)
Matrix Online PC
Sly 2: Honor Among Thieves

***New guides to the master list as of 10-28-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 10-26-05***

EB Games .01

Ace Combat 5
Advent Rising
Arc The Lad: End of Darkness
Blood Rayne 2
Brothers in Arms
Coded Arms
Full Metal Alchemist & Broken Angel
Ghost Recon 2
Half Life PC
Juiced
Killer 7
Madagascar
Matrix Online PC
Metal Gear Acid
Metal Gear Solid 3 Limited Edition
Musashi Samurai Legend
Myst End of Ages PC
Pariah
Ratchet and Clank: Up your Arsenal
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Spiderman 2
Street Fighter Anniversary w/free Soundtrack
Stronghold 2 PC
SWAT 4 PC
Tales of Symphonia
Tony Hawk Underground 2
Unreal Championship II
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines PC
Xenosaga II

***New guides to the master list as of 10-26-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 10-19-05***

Gamestop .01

Arc the Lad: End of Darkness
Brother in Arms: Road to Hill 30
Coded Arms
Dead to Rights II
Fantasy Football Handbook 2005
Killer 7
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun and Blue Moon
Mega Man X Command Mission
Shining Tears
Unreal Championship 2

***New guides to the master list as of 10-19-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 10-7-05***

Gamestop / Software Etc. .01


Armies of ExigoPC
FarcryPC
Freedom Force vs Third ReichPC
Lords of EverQuestPC
Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth –PrimaPC
Morrowind: game of the Year editionPC

***New guides to the master list as of 10-7-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 10-7-05***

Best Buy .01

Destroy all Humans
Driv3r
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Ps2)
Medal of Honor: European assault
Star Wars Episode III: Return Of The Sith - Prima

***New guides to the master list as of 10-7-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 10-2-05***

Best Buy .01

Doom 3PC
Empire 2PC
GTA:VCPC
Half-Life 2PC
LoTR:Battle for Middle EarthPC
Matrix Online, ThePC
Sid Meiers Pirates! PC
Sims, The: Makin' MagicPC

***New guides to the master list as of 10-2-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 9-27-05***

Gamestop .01

Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls - Nintendo
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap - Nintendo
Star Fox Assault - Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 9-27-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 9-5-05***

Best Buy 7.99

Star Wars Episode III: Return Of The Sith - Prima

Best Buy .01

God of War
Gran Turismo 4
Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition
Resident Evil: Outbreak File 2

***New guides to the master list as of 9-5-05***







master list in post 2
 
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can anyone who works at EB confirm the GT4 hardbook price? No point in checking it out if its not marked down to 0.01... also, I think guild wars is $9.99 at BB, I bought that last month at that price, but I thought once BB drops the price (like to $9.99 or $4.99), it stays that way for awhile (like Shaolin Monks or Clone Wars)...
 
Media Mail is technically for things that d not contain advertisements in them. bound printed media is for things like manuscripts. It is possible if the post office inspects your package they will send it back asking for more postage, it has happened to me a couple times becuase I have goine through a few post offices trying to figure out what exactly they will accept. Flat rate priority mail is sometimes best becuase some guides can run about $4.50 or more for first class mail which is done by weight.
 
[quote name='happybug']Media Mail is technically for things that d not contain advertisements in them. bound printed media is for things like manuscripts. It is possible if the post office inspects your package they will send it back asking for more postage, it has happened to me a couple times becuase I have goine through a few post offices trying to figure out what exactly they will accept. Flat rate priority mail is sometimes best becuase some guides can run about $4.50 or more for first class mail which is done by weight.[/quote]

I always send out my guides media mail. Media mail includes books and a guide is a book.
Also, first class mail ends at 13oz - which is about 3.30 or so I believe. After that it becomes priority.
Ive also never seen a flat rate box that would fit a guide in it, unless you are talking about the $7.70 flat rate boxes. The flat rate envelopes might, but they wont be very sturdy.
 
[quote name='happybug']Media Mail is technically for things that d not contain advertisements in them. bound printed media is for things like manuscripts. It is possible if the post office inspects your package they will send it back asking for more postage, it has happened to me a couple times becuase I have goine through a few post offices trying to figure out what exactly they will accept. Flat rate priority mail is sometimes best becuase some guides can run about $4.50 or more for first class mail which is done by weight.[/quote]

Not sure if you were replying to a previous post with this... In my experience, they've always threatened me with the 'All Media Mail is subject to inspection' line, but I've never had a package returned to me because of it. Lately, the more annoying problem has been their desire to decline DC because the envelope is not 3/4 of an inch or more (per the post rules).
 
[quote name='Pookymeister1234']I always send out my guides media mail. Media mail includes books and a guide is a book.
Also, first class mail ends at 13oz - which is about 3.30 or so I believe. After that it becomes priority.
Ive also never seen a flat rate box that would fit a guide in it, unless you are talking about the $7.70 flat rate boxes. The flat rate envelopes might, but they wont be very sturdy.[/quote]

I've sent 1-4 guides in global flat rate priority envelopes without issue. Though I've only done it 4 or 5 times. It's sturdy cardboard and the guides pretty much pad themselves.
 
[quote name='dragonjud']Not sure if you were replying to a previous post with this... In my experience, they've always threatened me with the 'All Media Mail is subject to inspection' line, but I've never had a package returned to me because of it. Lately, the more annoying problem has been their desire to decline DC because the envelope is not 3/4 of an inch or more (per the post rules).[/quote]

Just throw in crumpled newspaper. Adds depth, but not weight. I use that whenever I have a gift card to send.
 
Have the following been pennied out at GS and/or EB?

Star Ocean: Till the end of time
Star Wars: Episode III
Xenosaga II
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']SCORE!

So many penny guides, so little time...................[/QUOTE]

I remember when I first got wind of guides pennying out I got excited like you too. But you will quickly realize these guides take up a lot of space so I also focus on getting guides for games I already own (or plan to own). I rarely even pick up extras now unless I know for sure I'll be able to trade them away.
 
[quote name='dopa345']I remember when I first got wind of guides pennying out I got excited like you too. But you will quickly realize these guides take up a lot of space so I also focus on getting guides for games I already own (or plan to own). I rarely even pick up extras now unless I know for sure I'll be able to trade them away.[/quote]

Yup - the GF isn't too keen on the stacks of guides. Doesn't mind the actual collection sitting neatly on a shelf, its the extras.
 
[quote name='Pookymeister1234']Yup - the GF isn't too keen on the stacks of guides. Doesn't mind the actual collection sitting neatly on a shelf, its the extras.[/quote]

Think of them as an emergancy heat source in case of disaster. :D
 
[quote name='Pookymeister1234']Yup - the GF isn't too keen on the stacks of guides. Doesn't mind the actual collection sitting neatly on a shelf, its the extras.[/QUOTE]

Same here.

It dosen't help that the fact that CAG'ers only have other recent drops to trade, all of which I have. I've got about 30 - 40 leftover guides, which I'm considering just dumping on Ebay for 99 cents + shipping.
 
[quote name='Pookymeister1234']Yup - the GF isn't too keen on the stacks of guides. Doesn't mind the actual collection sitting neatly on a shelf, its the extras.[/QUOTE]


haha.. same here my wife has been asking what the hell am i gonna do with all the guides (or games)... I really have no answer for her neither.. :)
 
[quote name='racthamp']haha.. same here my wife has been asking what the hell am i gonna do with all the guides (or games)... I really have no answer for her neither.. :)[/QUOTE]

My answer is just "Honey, I am going to trade them with other people, and get lots of guides I can use!"

Then she responds with "Well, you've only traded three guides in about a month, I think you need to rethink your plan".
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Same here.

It dosen't help that the fact that CAG'ers only have other recent drops to trade, all of which I have. I've got about 30 - 40 leftover guides, which I'm considering just dumping on Ebay for 99 cents + shipping.[/quote]

Give us CAg'r a shot at the .99 cents first , of course :lol:

Its probably better to put them on Half.com - that way you arent on a timelimit for selling them. The lesser desired guides dont sell very quickly.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']My answer is just "Honey, I am going to trade them with other people, and get lots of guides I can use!"

Then she responds with "Well, you've only traded three guides in about a month, I think you need to rethink your plan".[/QUOTE]

Some that I thought would be hot for trades have just sat . . . like MGS3 Snake Eater . . . I got 3 extras and have never traded one of them.

I think I may do a clearance sale here on CAG at some point. $3.50 shipped for the first one and $2 extra for additional guides (on select guides anyway).
 
I would kill to buy some of your guides from you guys... Guess Ill just have to vulture this topic and wait for the kill till you do :D
 
[quote name='new1']I would kill to buy some of your guides from you guys... Guess Ill just have to vulture this topic and wait for the kill till you do :D[/quote]

If you visit the trading forum, you'll find many CAGs selling guides for $4-5.00 bucs a piece, which barely covers the shipping cost on some of the thicker guides. I know there was at least one post there, where a guy was moving, and all you had to do was pay for shipping. So, if you really want them, you just have to visit the forum.
 
Got a big guide score tonight - not a penny , but "reduced price" so i guess it belongs here =]

Went to Microcenter(where i picked up 5 baldur's gate 2 last nite) and went to their clearance rack where there was a TON of older guides. I picked out like 50 guides i wouldve been interested in, but prices were still about 10-12 after the 30% off that was advertised.
I found a manager and asked him if i could get a bulk discount. He said he could take an additional 20% the final price, and took one of my guides to manually input the SKU into a nearby computer. It came up at 3.50$.
He let me check the rest of my guides, so i narrowed it down to about 25 to get and the manager overrode the final price when i paid.
Heres what i got, good stuff bolded...

Pikmin - Prima = $1.67
Resident Evil 1 Gamecube - Brady = $7.11
Dark Cloud 1 (GH version) - Prima = $5.59 x 3 copies
Legend of Dragoon(GH Version) - Prima = $5.59
Devil May Cry 1 - Prima = $2.79
Wild Arms 3 - Versus = $2.79
Godzilla : Destroy all Monsters - Prima = $.40
Devil May Cry 1 - Brady = $2.79
Contra Shattered Soldier - Brady = $2.79
Clock Tower 3 - Brady = $2.79
Zone of the Enders 1 - Brady = $2.79
Zone of the Enders 2 - Brady = $2.79
Primal - Prima = $2.79
Shadow Man Second Coming - Prima = $2.79
Virtua Fighter 4 - Prima = $2.79
Evil Dead : Hail to the King - Prima = $2.79
Dragon Quest VII - Prima = $8.39
State of Emergency - Brady = $2.79
Shinobi - Prima = $2.79
Starfox Adventures - Prima = $2.79
Vexx - Prima = $2.79
Castlevania Symphony of the Night Unofficial - Prima = $6.32
Syphon filter 3 - Prima = $2.79
Onimusha 2 - Brady = $2.79

Accidently had these in my stack - prob will return unless someone wants for cost + shipping.
Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO - Brady = $2.79
Batman Vengeance - Brady = $2.79

Total : $103.45 after tax.
 
[quote name='Pookymeister1234']Got a big guide score tonight - not a penny , but "reduced price" so i guess it belongs here =]

Went to Microcenter(where i picked up 5 baldur's gate 2 last nite) and went to their clearance rack where there was a TON of older guides. I picked out like 50 guides i wouldve been interested in, but prices were still about 10-12 after the 30% off that was advertised.
I found a manager and asked him if i could get a bulk discount. He said he could take an additional 20% the final price, and took one of my guides to manually input the SKU into a nearby computer. It came up at 3.50$.
He let me check the rest of my guides, so i narrowed it down to about 25 to get and the manager overrode the final price when i paid.
Heres what i got, good stuff bolded...

Pikmin - Prima = $1.67
Resident Evil 1 Gamecube - Brady = $7.11
Dark Cloud 1 (GH version) - Prima = $5.59 x 3 copies
Legend of Dragoon(GH Version) - Prima = $5.59
Devil May Cry 1 - Prima = $2.79
Wild Arms 3 - Versus = $2.79
Godzilla : Destroy all Monsters - Prima = $.40
Devil May Cry 1 - Brady = $2.79
Contra Shattered Soldier - Brady = $2.79
Clock Tower 3 - Brady = $2.79
Zone of the Enders 1 - Brady = $2.79
Zone of the Enders 2 - Brady = $2.79
Primal - Prima = $2.79
Shadow Man Second Coming - Prima = $2.79
Virtua Fighter 4 - Prima = $2.79
Evil Dead : Hail to the King - Prima = $2.79
Dragon Quest VII - Prima = $8.39
State of Emergency - Brady = $2.79
Shinobi - Prima = $2.79
Starfox Adventures - Prima = $2.79
Vexx - Prima = $2.79
Castlevania Symphony of the Night Unofficial - Prima = $6.32
Syphon filter 3 - Prima = $2.79
Onimusha 2 - Brady = $2.79

Accidently had these in my stack - prob will return unless someone wants for cost + shipping.
Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO - Brady = $2.79
Batman Vengeance - Brady = $2.79

Total : $103.45 after tax.[/QUOTE]

Holy crap! you got some pretty rare ones there... I envy you >_
 
swweettt, i was at MC but didnt realise they had guides, ill be back as soon as i get my car fixed or a new car, coincidentally it broke coming home from MC, lol
 
[quote name='DuckM4n']swweettt, i was at MC but didnt realise they had guides, ill be back as soon as i get my car fixed or a new car, coincidentally it broke coming home from MC, lol[/quote]

Yea i never thought they did - but then i noticed some blurb sign near the games saying they have a game guide section in the book area. Then BAMM, treasure trove. :drool::drool::drool:
 
[quote name='Masterkyo']Jade Empire $5 + $4 shipping = $9 (Still expensive). Seems like i must check out local CC instead online ;)[/quote]

Maybe as an add-on if you order other stuff to get over the free shipping hump, $25 I think. Jade Empire is still $15 in-store, I checked it yesterday. Maybe someone will PM the site for you. I would at my store, I have 4 copies to get rid of.
 
I have had a problem with the people at the best Buys and Toys r' Us allowing me to purchase the guides that are marked .01 and it is getting me mad. they will not take them off the shelves but they will not sell them. It makes no sense. Either take them off the floor or sell them. Has anyone else had this problem? :bomb:
 
I have for sale some guides, what ones are you looking for? On hadn I have the ratchet deadlocked, 007 From Russia, Spartan Total Warrior, True Crime NYC, Jak X....
 
Best Buy should not be giving you any problems, the 4 around my area just scans them and sells them to my, one of them even went to ask the store manager but it turned out fine. TRU on the other hand pulls everything. Its all very dependant on the location, if you can try another store.
 
Picked up these guides at a mom and pop bookstore.

All new...

Xenogears - 4.95
Jet Force Gemini N64 Guide - 1.00
King of Fighters Maximum Impact - 1.00
Geist - 1.00
Rumble Roses - 1.00


Any of these have any value ?
 
[quote name='mentos888']who would actually pay 90 bucks for a guide? I guess i'll go stow away a couple of my penny guides now....[/QUOTE]

I sold my Skies of arcadia Legends Guide for $81. And it was USED.
 
[quote name='mentos888']who would actually pay 90 bucks for a guide? I guess i'll go stow away a couple of my penny guides now....[/QUOTE]

It is for this reason that I started buying guides for pretty much any RPG that has one available.

You will never know which game or guide will climb into high numbers, espically once they get pennied out and disappear forever.
 
I sold a ff7 versus guide for 100. That one gets me more than any other, since there are tons of ff7 guides. I can understand xenogears, thousand arms etc. having value, but ff7 for 100?

Though ones that drive me crazy are lufia guides (1 and 2). They sell for 30-100 depending on who the hell knows. I've been trying to get them for about 20 each, came close a few times but never got them.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']OK, it seems my luck with the local EB stores is running out. Sadly, my one local EB(where I scored 2 copies of HL 2:Raising the Bar not more than 2 weeks ago) has 2 copies of the GT 4 hardcover book IN STOCK. So, I took one to the register, it didn't want to scan, so the clerk manually entered the barcode numbers. It came up .01, as I had expected, to which the clerk was befuddled by. A co-worker of his kind of whispered 'do an override', at which point the total became $37.09 with the tax.

I essentially told them I didn't want it at that price and very hastily left.

I may try going back when the clerk who told the other one to do the over ride isn't there and just buy the copies out THEN.

This makes 2-3 GS/EB stores within a week to deny me a penny guide, which was clearly still out on the floor for SALE.

I went to a GS store up the road a bit later, looking for a copy of the same book, to no avail. I also asked the one clerk there if an item comes up as .01, do they have to sell it to me. She told me yes and that some stores would just GIVE them to me.

Either way, this is kind of frustrating. However, I went for a drive down the line and found ANOTHER EB at a different mall with 2 MORE copies of the GT 4 book.
[/quote]

It's been hit or miss for me as well. The last time I checked at an EB around here...the worker did a manual override, not to the original price, but to some random number ($10.83), which I refused. A lot of these stores are in trouble with the merger, and I think they're just trying to keep their profits up, so they don't get shut down...although penny guides won't change crappy customer service, and bad company policies (not referring to penny guides).
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']I sold a ff7 versus guide for 100. That one gets me more than any other, since there are tons of ff7 guides. I can understand xenogears, thousand arms etc. having value, but ff7 for 100?[/QUOTE]

The Final Fantasy VII Versus guide is really good IMO, I think between that and that it may not be as common as the Brady guide is what makes it so sought after. My friend had the Brady guide & the Versus guide since way back shortly after Final Fantasy VII came out. I barrowed the Versus guide and used it to help me get all the extras and only looked though the Brady guide which I didn't like the formart of, mostly text and all reading IIRC.
 
UPDATED 4/3/06

Well I hit about 6 Gamecrazy's in the past week and ended up with these guides for FREE!
Arc The Lad: End Of Darkness X2
Area 51 X2 --->TRADED 2 OF THESE, HAVE 2 LEFT.
Champions: Return To Arms X2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 --->TRADED, HAVE 1 MORE AVAILABLE
Full Metal Alchemist 2 X3
Killer 7
Mercenaries
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2
Silent Hill 4: The Room --->TRADED
The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
The Urbz: Sims In The City X2

I also befriended a manager at one of them and they are going to hold 1 of each guide for me whenever they drop to 0.00!! Woohoo for me!! They also hooked me up with a Suikoden V limited edition Cell picture, a Rainbow Six T shirt and a Onimusha Dawn of Dreams T shirt. Oh and a Narnia necklace too, all for FREE!:cool:

BTW, I'm interested in trading most of these for others I'm looking for:
Golden Sun/Lost Age Combo guide
Final Fantasy I & II Dawn Of Souls
Final Fantasy Tactics
Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones --->RECEIVED
Forever Kingdom
Dual Hearts (If 1 exists)
Legaia 2 Duel Saga
Kartia Word Of Fate
Shining Tears --->PENDING IN
Shining Force Neo
Suikoden Tactics
Thousand Arms
Vandal Hearts 1 & 2
Vanguard Bandits
Lunar Silver Star Story &/or Eternal Blue
Burnout Revenge --->RECEIVED
 
OH and also, that last update for Gamecrazy has a wrong listing. It's Final Fantasy Tactics that is marked down, not Dawn of Souls. Also you can add Castlevania Lament Of Innocence to the list as well. A gamecrazy employee showed me their list of markdowns and that was on there. There were a couple of others on there too that are not on our list but I can't remember what they were. Anyone care to confirm this that works at GC?
 
Eh, if I worked at EB I'd take all the penny guides, put them behind the counter, and give them free to all my regular, paying customers. If anyone came in I'd never seen before asking for them, I'd give them a couple if they actually bought something and as many as they wanted if they spent a lot of money. Just from a business point of view, it makes no sense to give guide hoarders free guides if they don't usually spend a lot of money in your store. I've been in retail for years and the whole "do it for the goodwill" argument doesn't hold water since customers have very short memories for the nice things you do and very long memories about anything that goes wrong.

I've never been refused a penny guide, but then I've never taken any up to the counter without taking a few games up to buy at the same time.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']LOL Dragon, you mean like the days back when EB was super disorganized and used to charge varying prices for games at different stores?

I can recall going to buy a copy of a game for Genesis at one EB, then going down the line about 10-20 miles and finding the same game for almost half of what the other store had it for.

I already mentioned this in another post on this thread, but this happened in Middletown, NY. Anyway, here's how it went:

I went to the Galleria Mall, to scope out their EB and FYE for potential fodder games and penny guides. So, I go into the EB there, finding copies of the Darkwatch guide, as well as another penny guide(don't remember which).

I take them up to the register and have them rung up, after which the clerk tells me he 'can't sell them to me'.

Why not, I ask, already knowing WHY. He mentions that they're being cleared out and the whole shpeel. Then, he adds in that if I buy a game at full price, he will give me ONE of each of the guides. How GENEROUS of him. LOL

He then offers me a second option to grab at least ONE guide with. He says 'buy a guide at full price and I'll give you ONE guide'. You know, if it wouldn't have been looked down upon as being genuinely rude, I would've told him to stick those guides up his ummmmm ya know.

Besides the fact, I believe this was the same day I had (mostly) cleaned out the Best Buy near that mall. So, I had more than enough guides for my liking for that day, just that the Darkwatch and other penny guides I saw there would've been icing on the cake.

Speaking of penny guides, I may well take a trek down towards Hazleton area tomorrow to try and grab 2 copies of the GT 4 guide for .01 that I saw on a side shelf there. The one employee told me he would 'put one aside' for me.

I hope his manager didn't simply tell him to 'destroy' them.[/quote]

I would try to get him to give me 2 penny guides for 1 game, but if I really wanted a guide I just would have bought the game and then returned it to another EB. I always try to buy something if I grab more than 1 guide. I try to find something I genuinely want, but sometimes I can't. In those cases I just buy something and return it to another eb. Even when I have like 8 penny guides listed on the receipt, no one gives me any grief. Once the employee said to another employee "they're not supposed to sell these, I should go there and grab some for myself". But that was the only time it was even mentioned.

The Final Fantasy VII Versus guide is really good IMO, I think between that and that it may not be as common as the Brady guide is what makes it so sought after. My friend had the Brady guide & the Versus guide since way back shortly after Final Fantasy VII came out. I barrowed the Versus guide and used it to help me get all the extras and only looked though the Brady guide which I didn't like the formart of, mostly text and all reading IIRC.
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My thing is though when there's an alternative why did it get so high?
 
Saw the following guides at GS/EBgames. Were they pennied out?

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Star Wars: Episode III
Xenosaga II
 
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