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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.
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wind waker
f-zero
kingdom hearts
enter the matrix
4.99
ghost recon: island thunder
 
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[quote name='Simmen Stenil']Publisher Unknown
Action Replay Code book Vol 1
Brute Force
DBZ: Legacy of Goku II
Enter the Matrix
Gameshark Codes 2003
The Hulk
Kingdom Hearts
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Myst 3: Exile
NCAA Football 2004
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Silent Hill 3
Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness
Virtua Fighter 4[/quote]

BradyGames:
Enter the Matrix
GS Codes 2003
Kingdom Hearts

Prima:
AR Code Book Vol. 1
DBZ: Legacy of Goku II
NCAA Football 2004
Tomb Raider: AOD

Also, has anyone checked prices on PC game guides yet? I think the Tropico 2 guide might be a penny, but I'll need help checking.
 
[quote name='guessed']The best way to find one is to look like you don't need any help; this may take practice, but once you get it down, you will have employees stepping out of thin air asking if you need anything.[/quote]

:lol:

Ain't that the truth!

Regarding the .01 cent price tags, I've bought guides from BB before with the .01 cents tags on them. They do *sometimes* price them. Seems alot of times thou, it's just priced on a sign behind them, probably costs more money on labels to print individual price tags for them! :p


Also are people still finding these guides in stores? This is quite an old thread for .01 cents merchendise! I'm kind of surprised that anyone would be having much luck this late in the game. Guess sucky unmarked guides will stick around for awhile ;)

Also as far as dealing with checking out with these, I've had cashiers question it too, I bought around 50 guides a year or so ago from BB with the .01 cents deals, a few I resold and a few I included in trades and what not and made available to people who might want them, a few I still have, LOL Anyone need Crazy Taxi 2 DC or Matt Hoffeman Pro BMX PSX :oops:

But I was able to buy them without a whole lot of trouble, I tried to explain to the ppl why it was a penny, then they were like oh, ok!

Toys R Us does the same thing sometimes, and the afor mentioned Gamestop, TRU would not let me buy once before, when I was checking prices an employee asked me if I needed any help, I told him what I was doing, and then he preceeded to take all the .01 guides I had found away from me! :( He told me it was priced a penny so they could throw away, not sell to customers! :roll: It was not a big deal to me thou just some wrestling guides, maybe some Pokemon or something cheesy I just thought he was an ass for being rude to me and trying to keep someone from getting a deal.

So depending on who you talk to, and how you present yourself, sometimes you can get a good deal, sometimes you come away not so happy. :\ Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you.
:wink:
 
Probably not anymore, :( This was like over a year ago now. I've still got some from around the same time I purchased from BB.

The most recent deal of sorts I've seen on guides at TRU was the Dragon Warrior VII PSX guides for $6 or $6.50 something another.

But they have had penny guides in the past. Basically it's unloading of old stock, once they are marked down to a penny, they will get no more, they either sell to customers, or they throw out, this is true of the magazines at alot of stores as well. In fact some magazines were priced a penny at TRU during the same time I was trying to buy, I read online other people who picked up guides and magazines like non-current issues of NP, but when I tried to score some they were like NO! :(
 
[quote name='Togepy']So TRU has penny guides too? What guides are a penny? My TRU has TONS of guides and magazines.[/quote]Just this evening I scored guides for Dark Cloud 2, BloodRayne and Timesplitters 2 for a penny each, and I left a Def Jam Vendetta guide there.

The cashier was nice enough to tell me about them despite the fact that I was in the store a few minutes after closing time. Apparently TRU is going through inventory now so there should be older stuff out at bargain basement prices.
 
[quote name='burgundy']Just this evening I scored guides for Dark Cloud 2, BloodRayne and Timesplitters 2 for a penny each, and I left a Def Jam Vendetta guide there.[/quote]

I just went to my local TRU and got a Def Jam Vendette guide for a penny. The Dark Cloud 2 guide rang up for $14.99. Maybe not all stores have the same clearance items? I didn't see the other 2 you mentioned. Any others for a penny?
 
TRU are a bit slow sometimes for releasing price changes, they may have release them thru their systems manually. I'm not certain, but in other jobs I've worked, sometimes they come in phases, but some companies actually count & verfiy the stock before releasing changes, for credit, some try to relabel everything. TRU just went thru a massive clearance deal on their games a few months ago, tons of PC games were repriced, PSX, DC, N64, and newer, but they had everything marked in my store. Some stores, they don't even bother. Probably depends on location and who they have working there whether stuff gets done in a timely manner or not.

But if one location has them on clearance I'd bet they all will before too long.
 
[quote name='Togepy'][quote name='burgundy']Just this evening I scored guides for Dark Cloud 2, BloodRayne and Timesplitters 2 for a penny each, and I left a Def Jam Vendetta guide there.[/quote]

I just went to my local TRU and got a Def Jam Vendette guide for a penny. The Dark Cloud 2 guide rang up for $14.99. Maybe not all stores have the same clearance items? I didn't see the other 2 you mentioned. Any others for a penny?[/quote]

Can't say for sure. I only know about those four because the cashier let me know about them. There was another big pile of guides that seemed to have been dug out of inventory next to them, but I wasn't about to make him start checking them at 9:08 PM.

I'm sure there are other cheapy guides around, but they're a bitch to find.
 
I haven't seen any penny guides at Best Buy lately, but I got a small batch of penny guides at Toy R Us today. This actually works better for me since the R Zone at the locations near me have a price scanner mounted on a post, and I can scan as many guides as I want without assistance from an employee. I got the following guides for one cent each:

Prima Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Prima Timesplitters 2
Prima Def Jam Vendetta
Prima Bloodrayne
Prima Metroid Prime/Metroid Fusion (covers both games in one guide)
 
I found Timesplitters2 and Bloodrayne at TRU for a penny, but they said I could only have one. They said the guides weren't supposed to be there. They were meant for destruction. :evil: I was still able to get one. I got bloodrayne. After I had bought it, an employee came out and grabbed the rest of them. I guess it is time to start dumpster diving.
 
HAHAHAHHA, i guess it is time for dumpster diving. Can you trade these guides to ebgames or gamestop? How much credit do you get for them?
 
[quote name='chedderknight']you guys see any Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirit guides there anywhere?[/quote]

I believe Gamestop has the Brady Games version for $.01
 
Just picked up a Syphon Filter 3 strategy guide for .01 at TRU today! :) Goes well with the brand new game I picked up from CC last week for $7.5 :D

Also Dead to Rights was $7.48
& Vagrant Story was $6.90

Dark Cloud 2 was still $14.99 thou. I wonder if the above post, maybe the clerk meant DC1?
 
If anybody is interested in trading, I have extra copies of F-Zero GX, Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PS2), and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and would love to trade for Wario World or Ghost Recon: Isaland Thunder guides if anybody has extras...?
 
[quote name='S0CREF']I have extra copies of Def Jam Vendetta and two copies of Wario World if someone wants to trade.[/quote]

S0CREF, I'd be interested in a Wario World Guide. I have these to trade: F-Zero GX, Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2, Soul Calibur II, Silent Hill 3, Tron 2.0 (PC). Let me know if you're interested.
 
The availability of the guides differs from store to store. I have 2 stores in town. One has a ton of guides (with a few mentioned from here), while the other store has almost no guides at all.
 
New reductions! Secret Weapons over Normandy, XIII, SMB3, Rainbow Six 3, DBZ GBA, Counterstrike, TMNT, KOTOR, Gladius, Rebel Strike, THUG, Jedi Academy. All these found at Daytona Beach, FL.
 
[quote name='Gojtron']New reductions! Secret Weapons over Normandy, XIII, SMB3, Rainbow Six 3, DBZ GBA, Counterstrike, TMNT, KOTOR, Gladius, Rebel Strike, THUG, Jedi Academy. All these found at Daytona Beach, FL.[/quote]

These were all 1 cent?
Reduced to what?
 
yep, $.01.

Just got back from my Best Buy and they have a shitload of almost everything listed. Here is what i got:

Secret Weapons Over Normandy
XIII
Rainbow Six 3
Reberl Strike
Jedi Acadamy
Counterstrik
Super Mario Bros 3 GBA
Fire Emblem GBA

I got an extra of each, so if anyone wants to trade for a KOTOR and THUG i would be more than happy too. Also, if anyone wants one of these or multiples of, i can go back and get them from my best buy and ship them to you for the $2 it would cost to ship.

PM me if you want to trade.
 
I need Final Fantasy Tatics, Jedi Acad, Fire Emblem and GLADIUS.

I've got Super Mario Brothers, VII, Sonic DX, Tomb Radier AOD, F-zero, and Soul Calibur 2 to trade.

Interested?

PM me for trades...
 
dam..my bb got rid of all their old guides awhile back..they even took out the section that they put them in..like all the new guides are on this open shelf next to the new computer games and that computer used to apply for a job..too bad for me
 
It's funny - my BB had them just (the ones listed a few posts up) a couple weeks ago. I checked yesterday, and they're all gone. Must be another CAGer or else an employee just cleaning them out. Sucks for other CAGers.
 
E-Z-B

No I dont know but a BB employee asked me what ones I was looking for when i was at my BB. I said "just a few". He replied "well we have a ton in the back that are .01 each."

Obviously I asked him to bring a fw out and picked some that I wanted.

I think they are being horded or thrown out.....
 
[quote name='Snake2715']E-Z-B

I think they are being horded or thrown out.....[/quote]

Probably thrown out. Last night I went to BB and picked up strat guides for Rainbow six 3 and Jedi Academy, to double-check if they really were .01, so I went over to an employee who was stacking shelves and had a hand scanner, and asked if she could price check these. She did it and said they were probably 14.99. Then her facial expression changed significantly and I said "Let me guess, a penny?". So after scanning them both, she immediately went over to the strat guides section and yanked every copy of R63 and Jedi Academy off the shelves. So I grabbed the others I remembered from the list like Rebel strike, Counterstrike etc and got out of there before they started pulling all of them off the shelves!
So its likely that at some BBs they are taking them off the shelves, it just depends on whether the employees at your local BB are on the ball about it or not. Move fast, Cheapasses! :D
 
Thanks you all !!!

I did pickup some Cheap Ass Penny Guide today at BEstbuy ;)

XIII (XBOX, GC, PS2) 7 copy left
SMB3 (GBA) 6 Copy Left
DBZ (GBA) 4 copy left
Counterstrike (XBOX) 2 copy Left
TMNT (XBOX, GC, GBA) 5 Copy Left
Jedi Academy (XBOX) 1 Copy Left
Fire Emblem (GBA) "OUT"
Also, Pokemon R/S still $14.99 :(

Also, Pickup $1.99 Guide at Gamestop.
1. Zelda: Link to the Past (GBA) $1.99
2. Shinobi (PS2) $1.99
 
What DBZ guide is a .01? My best buy has a couple in stock. My bestbuy has a lot of Manhunt and FFX-2 guides. I know the manhunt guides are still $14.99, but not sure on the FFX-2s.
 
[quote name='rgam2000']What DBZ guide is a .01? My best buy has a couple in stock. My bestbuy has a lot of Manhunt and FFX-2 guides. I know the manhunt guides are still $14.99, but not sure on the FFX-2s.[/quote]

I know the Legacy of Goku 2 is, but is this one the new Taiketsu one?

also...do any of the DVD strategy guides and action reply code discs get marked down to $.01?

anyway, thanks for the heads up...always appreciated
 
[quote name='Morocco_Mole']Anyone know if KOTOR guide is PC or X-Box?[/quote]

The PC guide is still $15. I tryed the PC one, since they didn't have the XBox one, but it didn't work, sadly. :(
 
I picked up a Counter Strike, Jedi Academy, and SMB 3 guide for a penny each today, and my friend grabbed up a Secret Weapons Over Normandy guide for a penny. Awesome!
 
the taiketsu one is a penny (picked up too many of this one lol)

kotor for xbox is a penny (only one found at the 3 stores i went to)
 
I just got Gladius and the last Fire Emblem at the BB in LIC, NY. They also had GBA:Taiketsu, Madden 2004, TMNT, and a few others marked at .01.
 
Say, has anyone checked Final Fantasy Tactics Advance recently? And if anyone can get a Fire Emblem and an SMB3 guide for me, I'd appreciate it :)
 
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