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seriously, it's ridiculous. i went for the f-zero guide, but all these others were also a penny. i only found out though cuz when the guy saw me with 4 guides for 4 cents, he grabbed a copy of each guide to check em. so have someone help ya go through the guides.
kingdom hearts was also a penny.
.01
wind waker
f-zero
kingdom hearts
enter the matrix
4.99
ghost recon: island thunder
 
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Just got back from TRU. I scanned every different guide in the place. They had about 35-40 different. I got 3 for a penny, but I think they might have been covered already. All prima: Devil May Cry, Metroid prime/Fusion(gba) and Mari Kart Super Circuit(gba). TRU waits way longer to penny thier guides since these games are pretty old. All others were still 14.99 with a couple being $7.98.
I scanned the silver cover zelda giude still $14.99. How long has this game been out?? They had like 20 in the store in good shape. The 2 Best Buys in my area don't even have that guide in stock. Is it a TRU exclusive??
 
[quote name='doraemonkerpal']i'd be willing to pay 12 bucks shipped for 3 guides (mario kart:dd, soul caliber 2, and the hobbit for ps2) if anybody is interested :)[/quote]

Check your PM's
 
Is there a Circuit City penny guide thread?
[quote name='rsigley'][quote name='speter79']does Circuit City have .01 strategy guides?[/quote]


yea i picked up f zero for 1 cent there[/quote]
I can confirm this. I picked up F Zero GX guide for a penny. While I was there I checked a few others that caught my eye (older games) and none came up under $10.
 
[quote name='hellboy74']got these guides for 1 cent today..NYC..both for pc

Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
Everquest Box set (4 mini guides)[/quote]

Are these at best buy??? Also are they pc guides??
 
[quote name='Masco73'][quote name='hellboy74']got these guides for 1 cent today..NYC..both for pc

Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
Everquest Box set (4 mini guides)[/quote]

Are these at best buy??? Also are they pc guides??[/quote]

I was curious if they were at BB as well, but I was leaning towards assuming that (possibly CC, though).
 
When people find them, they will most likely (and hopefully) post them, you could also try going to BB and price checking a few yourself..
 
[quote name='webster']Any new ones[/quote]

Yep, as someone has already said and I posted above, just ask for price checks every time you go to or are near a Best Buy (stop in). For instance, I was there this past weekend getting Rogue Ops for GameCube for $9.99 and checked all the guides they had, but they were all full price. Eventually someone will check and they will have lowered them, and then we all score if that person is part of this community. Do your part for cheapassess all over the country 8)
 
Yeah I'm not going to go through all of this thread..but if anyone has guides for Buffy Chaos Bleeds or Eternal Darkness.. send a PM ^_^
 
Hit the goldmine. Found a BB that had about 100 one-cent guides just laying out in the video game section. Bought all of them over the past few days. Have been giving them out to all my friends like it's Christmas.

They have most of the guides listed in this thread. Kept a couple copies of each for myself. The best part was that a good number of these guides were still sealed in plastic.

Judging from what's over there (these guides were not with the full-priced guides), my predictions for guides that will soon be a penny include SOCOM 2, NFS: UG, Wolverine's Revenge, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and at least 4 or 5 others.

Also, don't know if Midnight Club 2 was mentioned in this thread yet, but if if wasn't, it's a penny.

All of the BB employees were shocked at the price, but didn't give me any problems. They even joked about it, asking me if I was sure I had enough money to cover the purchase...

None of the guides were listed as costing one-cent. Just went to BB armed with my list.

Thanks to CAG!
 
[quote name='Meursault']Judging from what's over there (these guides were not with the full-priced guides), my predictions for guides that will soon be a penny include SOCOM 2, NFS: UG, Wolverine's Revenge, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and at least 4 or 5 others.
[/quote]

Um, the X2: Wolverine's Revenge guide is already a penny at Best Buy. I got one for that price about a month ago. Also, I don't think I saw it mentioned in this thread, but in addition to the Official Nintendo F-Zero GX guide, I also found the Official Nintendo Donkey Kong Country (GBA) guide for a penny at Circuit City.
 
Wolverine's Revenge is a penny? Cool. I didn't see it mentioned in this thread, so never bothered bringing it up to the register. I'll go pick them up tomorrow.

Thanks for the tip!

Anyone gonna put together a comprehensive updated list anytime soon?
 
[quote name='Lpefsu']So basically once a guide goes to a penny even if it was a couple of months ago, it stays at a penny?[/quote]

Yes.
 
Here is the most up to date compiled list of all of the deals listed in this thread as well as ones I have found. I will try to paste and up to date one ever 20-40 posts so you don’t have to read every post. Just cut, paste, print, and GO!!! If you have guides to trade or request please post here as well.

Best Buy .01

(The .01 guides have stickers listed on the shelf in Fort Wayne Indiana. I asked customer service about having magazines back there and she said no we put them at the ends of registers for people to take for free. Note: some cashiers will charge the one-cent, others will reduce it to free because I have been told they are not allowed to sell them. Please don’t fuss if they try to charge you one cent = P )

Action Replay Code book Vol 1 - Prima
Action Replay Code book Vol 2 - Prima
Brute Force
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour - pc
Conflict: Desert Storm II
Counterstrike
Donkey Kong Country for GBA - Nintendo
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Gokou 2 – Prima
Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2
Dragon Ball Z GBA
Enter the matrix – Brady
Everquest Box set (4 mini guides) - pc
Fire Emblem GBA
F-zero - Nintendo
Gameshark Codes 2003 - Brady
Gladius
Hobbit
Hulk
Kingdom hearts - Brady
Madden 2004
Mafia PC
Manhunt – Brady
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario Kart Double Dash!!
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2
Max Payne 2 – Brady
Medal of Honor Rising Sun
Midnight Club 2
Myst 3 Exile - Prima
NCAA Football 2004 - Prima
Prince Of Persia
Rainbow Six 3
Rebel Strike
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Secret Weapons over Normandy
Silent Hill 3 – Brady
Sims Bustin' Out
Sonic DX - Prima
Soul Caliber 2 - Brady
Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic
Super Mario Bros 3 GBA
Taiketsu GBA
THUG = Tony hawk underground
Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness - Prima
Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Tron 2.0 - pc
Tropico 2 - pc
Virtua Fighter 4
Vietcong
Wario World – Nintendo
X2: Wolverine’s Revenge
XIII
Yu-Gi-Oh The Sacred Cards
Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Nintendo
Zelda: wind waker - Nintendo, Brady

Best Buy 2.99

Star Wars: Clone Wars

Circuit city .01

Donkey Kong Country GBA - Nintendo
F-zero - Nintendo

Toys R Us .01

(Note - According to the personnel at the TRU in Fort Wayne, Indiana there is a company mandate to ship back all guides that are .01 but they still have 2.00 guides on the shelves though so the truth of this may still be somewhat of a mystery or YMMV) (Update: the gentleman at TRU changed his tune sorta and was saying that they don’t currently happen to have any in stock when I went in recently no longer inferring that they ship them back. I have a feeling that most of these deals are YMMV highly depending on the local staff of various stores)

Dark Cloud 2
Blood Rayne
Timesplitters 2
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny - Prima
Metroid Prime/Metroid Fusion (covers both games in one guide) - Prima
Syphon Filter 3


Gamestop

Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits - Brady


EB Games

(I spoke with the manager at the Glenbrook mall location in Fort Wayne Indiana and he said that most guides are dropped to a penny around the six-month time frame. He didn’t seem to care as he said just clearing stock for the new stuff. If you have a cool staff might not hurt to ask what if any they have)

(3/2/04 Update: When speaking with the employees at the Jefferson Point EB Games in Fort Wayne Indiana they said that they receive daily updates on their prices and that if you happen to be there the day that the guides are reduced you can get them but other then that they have a company mandate to trash them. This seems to contradict the impression given by the Glenbrook Mall EB Games in Fort Wayne Indiana as he left the impression that they just go fast not are trashed. I was not able to retrieve any kind of list from Jefferson Point location as they claimed to trash them. I will attempt to get a list when I pick up harvest moon: A wonderful life.)

( I attempted to get a list and they said they do it daily and there is no list that they have available. They simple have to check everything one at a time. Also one of the employees at the Glenbrook mall EB admitted he takes them ALL home whenever they drop to a penny for his own collection. Sigh. )

Brute Force = .01

Soul Caliber II = 7.99


Meijer (Reduced Prices) {price confirmed at stores in Indiana and Ohio}

F-Zero - Nintendo $2.00
 
Available : I have a May Payne 2 guide as well and some Manhunt guides to trade.

Have : I currently have guides for Dragon Ballz 2, Manhunt, F-zero, Max Payne 2 and Soul Caliber II

Need : I am specifically looking for guides for Mario Kart Double Dash, Mario Party 5, Mario Golf, Disgaea and Harvest Moon: AWL. But I am also looking to collect any guides I do no have.

Please message me if you need any I have available for trade or have any I need. Thank you.
 
floormat, I appreciate you compiling everything in a list.

It will help my strategy guide search later today. I'll be sure to keep an update on my finds.
 
This is an awesome thread! My thanks to all who contributed :D . I got my first 2 penny guides today at the Glendale, Arizona BB. The selection is very poor, including the full price guides. In case there are any other Phoenix CAGers here, they still have 2 Max Payne 2 guides, 1 LOTR:ROTK guide, and 1 MOH:RS guide.

Does anyone know if NFS:Underground is a penny?
 
I'd just like to add that the Tropico 2 and Tron 2.0 strategy guides (both for PC) are a penny. I think I've posted these before, but they're not in floormat's list. BTW, thanks, floormat, for sifting through this thread and getting the list together.
 
[quote name='Meursault']spookyhurst, is Lord of the Rings: Return of the King one of the one-cent guides you bought?[/quote]

Nope, I picked up Manhunt and Max Payne. Are you looking for LOTR?
 
well, there are several LOTR:ROTK guides at my BB...just never bothered scanning them because they weren't on floormat's list. so i'll just wait till i hear they've dropped to a penny, then pick them up.
 
[quote name='doraemonkerpal']dunno if it helps, but i just scanned a lotr:rotk guide last tuesday (3/16) and it was stil $14.99.[/quote]

Whoops, my mistake :oops: . For some reason I thought I remembered seeing it on this thread as a penny.
 
[quote name='spookyhurst']
Does anyone know if NFS:Underground is a penny?[/quote]

Nope, NFSU still scanned regularly for $14.99 this Friday evening. Patience is agony.
 
I am looking to trade some guides. I have the following guides for trade:

Brute Force (2 copies)
Donkey Kong Country for GBA
Hulk
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Secret Weapons over Normandy
Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness (2 copies)

And here's what I'm looking for:

Fire Emblem
Kingdom Hearts
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Silent Hill 3
Tony Hawk Underground
Zelda: Wind Waker
Dark Cloud 2
Timesplitters 2
Metroid Prime/Metroid Fusion
Syphon Filter 3

If interested, email me at ill_dorado at hotmail dot com. Thanks! And thanks to floormat for compiling the list.
 
My Best Buy just got more Ninja Turtle guides in and had two left. Me and a friend of mine grabbed both up. So far I have...

Prince of Persia
Super Mario Bros. Advance 4
Jedi Academy
Counter Strike
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Sims: Bustin' Out

I go up there about once a week looking for some. I usually end up leaving every week with at least one guide.
 
Great tip!

I picked up F-Zero, Double Dash, Manhunt, Rising Sun, and Wario World!

Resist the urge to buy a ton and sell them to Game Stop (they'll give you 50cents. Preserve this deal for other gamers!

Pick up extra copies but give them to your friends!
 
I know they are not .01 and I don't know if anybody posted this yet but Star Wars Clone Wars(Prima) is going for about $2.49.
 
Another great day of finds. Picked up guides for XIII, Secret Weapons Over Normandy, The Hobbit, Everquest, Sims Bustin' Out, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, X2:Wolverine's Revenge, Tron 2.0, and others. The best Best Buys for game guides are the ones that have their guides section separate from their video games section. They tend to have a greater number of left-over one penny guides. Will have to start trading these to get the few remaining guides that I don't have on floormat's list!
 
LOOKING to trade guides?

I have: 8)
Manhunt
Max Payne 2
F-Zero GX
Soul Caliber 2
THUG
Teenage Mutant
The Hobbit
Dragonball Z: Budokai 2
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Sacred Cards
NCAA 2004
Stuntman
Sonic DX
Vietcong

Looking for: :shock:
Prince of Persia
Beyond Good and Evil
Halo
Metal Arms
Gunvalkyie
Wolfenstein Xbox
Sonic Heroes
Panzer Dragoon
 
I am sure this goes without saying but just in case. Please post any guide price reduction at any store and i'll add it to the list. We are all very grateful for everyone's contribution. Thank you all for making this a very valuable CAG thread.
 
I have the following guides to trade:

Counterstrike
Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu (in plastic wrap)
Final Fantasy X (used)
Hobbit (in plastic wrap)
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (in plastice wrap)
Sonic Adventure DX
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Some guides I need are:

Dark Cloud 2
Kingdom Hearts
Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2
Metroid Prime
Midnight Club 2
Onimusha 2
Sims Bustin Out
Virtua Fighter 4
 
I went to BestBuy yesterday and found it kind of odd that the guide for C&C Generals was still full price while the guide for the Zero Hour expansion was indeed a penny. I would've thought that being an older guide that the one for the original game would be a penny too, but surprisingly no.
 
yeah i thought that was odd with c&c as well. I just checked jungle storm, pokemon R&S, Sonic Heros, true crimes, nfl street, metroid zero, rachet and clank going comando at best buy all still full price except Jungle storm which is 4.99.
 
My best Buy needs more guides or needs to mark the rest of the ones they have down.

Are they ever going to restock because they really don't have much left. Damn.
 
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