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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




***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 Gaigen 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
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
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
time splitters 3
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

Burnout: Revenge
Bard's Tale, The
Baten Kaitos
Batman Begins
Black & White 2
Champions: Return To Arms
Conker Live and Reloaded
Dungeon Siege 2
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
Mercenaries
Oddworld Stranger's Wrath
Psychonauts
Shining Tears
SMT: Nocturne
Spartan Total Warrior
Star Wars Republic Commando
Tekken 5
Timesplitters: Future Perfect
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***



***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***

Eb Games 7.99

Star Fox: Assault


***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***

Target 4.98

Espn nba 2k5


Target 7.48

Driver 3
Full Spectrum Warrior
Metroid prime 2 – Nintendo
Onimusha 3
Pikmin - Nintendo
Spiderman 2

***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***

TRU .01

Duel Masters: Sempai Legends LE
Full Spectrum Warrior
Halo 1
Incredibles
Jak 3
Killzone
KOTOR II
Madden 2005
Need For Speed Underground 2
NFL Street 2
Pokemon Coliseum - Brady
Sims, The: Urbz, The
Sonic Heroes
Star Wars Battlefront

***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***

Best Buy .01

Brothers In Arms: Road To Hill 30
Call of Duty: Finest Hour – Brady
Doom 3 (xbox, not pc)- Prima
Forza Motorsport

***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-31-05***

EB Games .01

Act of War Brady PC
Armies of Exigo Prima PC
Axis & Allies Prima PC
Cold Fear Brady
Constantine – Prima
Dead to Rights II - Brady
Death By Degrees - Brady
Demon Stone - Prima
Enthusia Professional Racing Brady
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Goldeneye - Prima
Joint Operations - Prima PC
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Prima
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events – Brady
Madden 2005 - Prima
Metroid Prime - Nintendo
Monster Hunter - Brady
NBA2K5
Resident Evil: Outbreak - Brady
Robots – Prima
Shadow of Rome - Brady
Shaman King Legacy of the Spirits Soaring Hawk/Sprinting Wolf - Prima
Shaman King Power of Spirit/Master of Spirits - Prima
Star Wars Jump to Lightspeed - Prima PC
Tak 2: Staff of Dreams - Prima
Tenchu Fatal Shadows
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum Prima
Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler Prima

***New guides to the master list as of 7-31-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-29-05***

TRU .01

NBA 2K5

***New guides to the master list as of 7-29-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-23-05***

EB Games .01

Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls

***New guides to the master list as of 7-23-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-22-05***

Gamestop .01

Ace Combat 5 - Brady
Call of Duty Finest Hour - Brady
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
Full Metal Alchemist
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Brady
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Shadow of Rome - Brady
Street Fighter Anniversary

***New guides to the master list as of 7-22-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-16-05***

EB Games .01

Tekken 5 art book

***New guides to the master list as of 7-16-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-13-05***

Eb Games 7.99

Metroid Prime 2 : Echoes - Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 7-13-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-4-05***

Best Buy .01

Jade Empire - Prima
Legend of Zelda, the: The Minish Cap - Nintendo
Madden 2005 - Prima
Metroid Prime 2
Sims, The: Urbz, The - Prima
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - Prima
Star Fox Assault - Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 7-4-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-24-05***

EB Games .01

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Nintendo
Metroid Prime


***New guides to the master list as of 6-24-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-23-05***

Gamestop .01

Madden 2005
Star Wars Galaxies

***New guides to the master list as of 6-23-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-2-05***

Toys R Us .01

ESPN NBA 2K5
Resident Evil Outbreak
Soul Calibur 2 Limited Edition

***New guides to the master list as of 6-2-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-30-05***

Best Buy .01

Devil May Cry 3
ESPN 2K5 baseball
Fight Night Round 2
Jak 3
Mercenaries - Prima
Metal Gear Acid
Need For Speed Underground 2
Pokemon Fire Red, Leaf Green - Prima
Resident Evil 4
Star Wars: Knights of the old republic 2
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Tekken 5 - brady
Xenosaga II - Brady

***New guides to the master list as of 5-30-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-20-05***

Gamestop .01

Deus Ex Invisible War - Prima
Shrek 2 - Brady
Yu-gi-oh The Sacred Cards - Prima

***New guides to the master list as of 5-20-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-15-05***

Circuit City .00

Sword Of Mana – Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 5-15-05***



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

Tru .01

Ace Combat 5 – Brady
Batman Rise of Sin Tzu
Call of Duty Finest Hour
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy XI
MGS Twin Snakes
Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater - Brady
Mortal Kombat Deception - Brady
Pokemon Pocket guide
Prince of Persia 2
Spiderman
THUG 2
Viewtiful Joe 2
XIII

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



***New guides to the master list as of 5-1-05***

Gamestop .01

Def jam fight for ny
Demon stone
Halo 2 guide unoffical
Killzone
Nocturne
Paper Mario: the thousand year door – Nintendo
Phantom Brave – Double Jump

***New guides to the master list as of 5-1-05***




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[quote name='schultzed']Maybe because there really isn't that much info in it, this SoC guide is really a beautiful book. Really nice art and sprinkled with production sketches throughout.

It's one of the Brady Signature Series . . . on these you usually get your penny's worth :)
[/QUOTE]

I was really surprised with how great Ultimate Spider-Man was... lots of kick ass artwork in it, I expected a really shitty guide to be honest, and was pleasantly surprised.
 
[quote name='The Successful Dropout']Yeah, IMO Brady seems to do a waaayyyy better job than Prima.


BTW, who has Kingdom Hearts CoM pennied out?[/QUOTE]

Best Buy pennied it out quite a while ago but you may get lucky.
 
I did pretty well today, I went out and picked up guides for:

Soul Calibur III
Shadow of the Colossus
Metal Gear Acid
Myst IV
Myst V
Myst Uru
F.E.A.R.
Forza Motorsport
Mercenaries
The Bard's Tale
Sigma Star Saga / Rebelstar: Tactical Command
Doom 3
Quake 4
Timesplitters: Future Perfect

I'm willing to trade pretty much all of them, except maybe for the Mysts. Looking for the thick ol' Metal Gear Solid 3 LE guide, as well as Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar.
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']Best Buy pennied it out quite a while ago but you may get lucky.[/QUOTE]

I think it was last summer . . . alright, here are guides I got that aren't on the official list yet . . .

Quake 4 PC
Blitz League
Dragonball GT Transformation
Devil Kings
Playboy Mansion
MOH Pacific Assault
Viewtiful Joe Red Hot and Double Trouble
Battlefield 2 PC
Doom 3
Urbz
Chicken Little
Far Cry Instincts
America’s Army console
Mega Man Zero 4
Haunting Ground
Rainbow 6 Lockdown
NBA Live 06
LOTR 3rd Age
NforS Underground 2
Incredibles 2 (Undertaker . . .)
Forza
Ultimate Spiderman

Some of these may be from previous drops???

So, who has my copy of Conker?
 
I finally found some penny guides! The Best Buy manager seemed very grateful that I was buying these.

I picked up:

The Warriors
Ratchet: Deadlock
Jak X
True Crime New York City

All are up for trade of course.
I'm looking for Soul Calibur 3 and SOTC
 
[quote name='schultzed']I think it was last summer . . . alright, here are guides I got that aren't on the official list yet . . .

Quake 4 PC
Blitz League
Dragonball GT Transformation
Devil Kings
Playboy Mansion
MOH Pacific Assault
Viewtiful Joe Red Hot and Double Trouble
Battlefield 2 PC
Doom 3
Urbz
Chicken Little
Far Cry Instincts
America’s Army console
Mega Man Zero 4
Haunting Ground
Rainbow 6 Lockdown
NBA Live 06
LOTR 3rd Age
NforS Underground 2
Incredibles 2 (Undertaker . . .)
Forza
Ultimate Spiderman

Some of these may be from previous drops???

So, who has my copy of Conker?[/QUOTE]

Which store?
 
[quote name='schultzed']I think it was last summer . . . alright, here are guides I got that aren't on the official list yet . . .

Quake 4 PC
Blitz League
Dragonball GT Transformation
Devil Kings
Playboy Mansion
MOH Pacific Assault
Viewtiful Joe Red Hot and Double Trouble
Battlefield 2 PC
Doom 3
Urbz
Chicken Little
Far Cry Instincts
America’s Army console
Mega Man Zero 4
Haunting Ground
Rainbow 6 Lockdown
NBA Live 06
LOTR 3rd Age
NforS Underground 2
Incredibles 2 (Undertaker . . .)
Forza
Ultimate Spiderman

Some of these may be from previous drops???

So, who has my copy of Conker?[/QUOTE]
I talked with Roufuss, and I think he's going to try and get you one tomorrow.
 
I was at the Hickory Hollow (Nashville, TN) BB at closing, and they still had multiples of all the new penny guides, except Ninja Gaiden Black. Many of the guides had shelf tags showing 1c, but they didn't bother retagging the guides themselves. The PGR3 guide was in the 360 aisle kiosk, instead of the main guide section. The 1c sign for Battlefield 2 was under the wrong Battlefield 2 guide, but they had several of the one that actually is a penny.
 
Still looking for GTA SA and GT4 if you have either PM me. I just about have all the current bb guides including a mint factory sealed ratchet deadlock. I also have full spectrum warrior from tru.
 
[quote name='schultzed']Sorry, those were from my EB 40 guide haul (no duplicates).[/QUOTE]

The new Viewtiful Joe?! Thank you, sir!! :)
 
From the recent drops, am looking for clean copies of...

Burnout Revenge
Geist
Black & White 2
Warhammer 40k: Winter Assault
Viewtiful Joe: RHR/DT
Blitz: The League
Half Life 2: Raising the Bar
Timesplitters: FP
Far Cry Instincts
SMT: Nocturne
Sniper Elite
Quake 4 (360)
Pac Man World 3

Have...

America's Army
Bard's Tale
Baten Kaitos
Batman Begins
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Champions: Return to Arms
Conker: Live and Reloaded
Far Cry Instincts
Full Metal Alchemist 2
Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
Jak X: Combat Racing w/ DVD
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love
Matrix: Path of Neo
Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
Mega Man Zero 4
Ninja Gaiden Black
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Pokemon Emerald (N)
Project Gotham Racing 3
Quake 4 (pc)
Rachet: Deadlock w/ DVD
Rainbow Six: Lockdown
Shadow of the Colossus
Spartan: Total Warriors
Soul Calibur III
Suffering: Ties that Bind
Tak: The Great JuJu Challenge
Timesplitters: Future Perfect
Tony Hawk: American Wasteland
True Crime: NYC
Ultimate Spider-Man
The Warriors
Xmen Legends II
YS: The Arc of Napishtim

Thanks
 
[quote name='elprincipe']The new Viewtiful Joe?! Thank you, sir!! :)[/QUOTE]

Yeah, my eyes popped when I saw it . . . its a guide for both the new DS and GC games . . . I'm going to try to get another today for trade. My haul was fantastic but I would have preferred half the guides with doubles for trade . . . If I have only one, I tend to want to keep it.
 
I visited one EB on the way home last night, and was told they'd ripped the covers off the guides, but they were still in the back. I asked about a couple things, so he goes to look and comes back saying they'd already tossed the garbage today. Long story short - I've joined the ranks of those who will dumpster dive for guides. They were right on top, thankfully, and cushioned by a vast amount of bagged paper garbage. I was very glad the Jimmy John's and Dunkin Donuts right next door hadn't emptied their garbage yet for the night. I pulled out all 50 some guides. Other than missing their covers, they aren't any worse for their brief dumpster time.

On another note, the nearest Best Buy still had a few penny PC guides lying around - D&D Dragonshard, Empire Earth II, City of Heroes and Half-Life 2. Some of these dropped over 3 months ago! Must not be too many CAGs looking this Best Buy over very well.
 
[quote name='Damanthia']I visited one EB on the way home last night, and was told they'd ripped the covers off the guides, but they were still in the back.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like EB/GS is starting to get more on a ball about that stuff - a store I usually could get them from told me that they had to rip off the covers too. Now if only they could just give out the guides after that, instead of wasting them.
 
[quote name='Pookymeister1234']Sounds like EB/GS is starting to get more on a ball about that stuff - a store I usually could get them from told me that they had to rip off the covers too. Now if only they could just give out the guides after that, instead of wasting them.[/QUOTE]

Here, it's the exact opposite. After never finding a drop at EB / GS since I've been reigstered on this site, I managed to find big scores at no less then three EB's, who just gave me the guides (covers intact) once I found them on the shelf.

Going to check out three more EB's (all in a 10 minute radius, how conveinent) hoping to find some big scores.
 
Is my EB the only one that regularly keeps all the guides in the back? They only have about 5-10 guides on display on a rack secured to the counter.
 
For the most part I have had no luck at EB and GS. However, I did score a Psychonauts and a Mercenaries at EB, which has always refused to sell them. The manager of the store let me have them after I acknowledged that I was willing to pay full price for Psychonauts (in this case I really was, since they're discontinuing the guide and it's tougher to find). At gamestop last night, I was a bit bolder, and asked for Conker and Urban Reign guides because I didn't see them on the rack. The guy was nice enough to go to the back and get them for me. I appreciated his kindness and bought the games as well from him (they went down in price to 19.99 recently) ...I then tried to push my case when I saw about 30 guides behind the counter, and I asked if I could have a couple of those as well. He refused and said they were for his store manager...I just let it go at that point.
 
[quote name='botticus']Is my EB the only one that regularly keeps all the guides in the back? They only have about 5-10 guides on display on a rack secured to the counter.[/QUOTE]

One of the EB's in a mall in a town over does this too... it is the smallest EB I've ever been to, they don't have space to display the guides, so you're supposed to ask them what guide you want and they check the computer to see if they have it.

I just skip that mall entirely for penny guides.

Is anyone elses Gamestop alot stricter then EB? GS seems to pull guides extremely fast around here, every single GS does this, but it seems EB is more lax about this.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']One of the EB's in a mall in a town over does this too... it is the smallest EB I've ever been to, they don't have space to display the guides, so you're supposed to ask them what guide you want and they check the computer to see if they have it.

I just skip that mall entirely for penny guides.

Is anyone elses Gamestop alot stricter then EB? GS seems to pull guides extremely fast around here, every single GS does this, but it seems EB is more lax about this.[/QUOTE]
I think its related in my case. The GameStop next to EB here has a full rack of guides, and according to the guy there, that's all they have. All the penny guides are pulled from that one. As a result of EB having all their guides in the back, they don't "pull" anything, it's already out of sight. Just dependent upon if the employee wants to give them to me or not. And I know the employee to look for.
 
I went back to my BB to check for a few things and they pulled all the guides. One of the employee's recognized me as the one who was always coming in for pennied guides and showed me the shopping cart where they moved all the penny guides too so people could find em easier.

Big thumbs up for my best buy :)
 
I built a fort out of all the penny guides I got in the last couple days :)

I went to an EB the other day where I know one of the guys. He let me pick any of the stuff that was getting tossed that I wanted so I got about 10 guides there. Then I went to two different Gamestops on Monday where they had a pile of guides just sitting out on the floor. One let me buy what I wanted for a penny, the other one said they had already been cleared out of the system and I could take a few if I wanted. Then finally last night I hit a Best Buy and got like 16 guides for a penny a piece that were marked on the shelf as such.
I haven't had such a massive penny guide haul since back in the days I worked at Gamestop :)
 
[quote name='Pookymeister1234']Sounds like EB/GS is starting to get more on a ball about that stuff - a store I usually could get them from told me that they had to rip off the covers too. Now if only they could just give out the guides after that, instead of wasting them.[/QUOTE]

Really depends on the ones you go to. One of my EB's keeps all guides in the back so I skip that one. A store in the mall has about 200+ guides out which is a goldmine for me. They have no problems selling em for a penny. Last time i went I snagged 50+ guides.

Will be going this friday to check em out since last time i went there I found guides that were pennied out months ago and they still had copies of Phantom Brave, Genji, and even a Baten Kaitos which went in my collection.
 
I'll be going back to Best Buy at lunch or after work for the rest of the penny guides that I didn't pick up (only had a list of guides I wanted to keep yesterday). If they haven't cleared them out yet, I will return with:

Battlefield 2 Xbox
City of Heroes
Jak X
Matrix Path of Neo
Ratchet Deadlocked
Shadow of the Colossus
The Warriors
THAW
Ultimate Spiderman
Spartan Total Warrior

Will probably only pick up one or two of each for trade unless I get some advance requests.

I'm going to consider going back to EB if I see the same guy working there to try to get a few other guides to keep. Thinking about going with the "My friend mentioned you might have more guides that were out of the system now in addition to the two I got yesterday..."
 
[quote name='Tmorg']Should these penny guides be a penny at GameCrazy's too?[/QUOTE]


Gamecrazy pennys there as well but i have no way to acquire them or information locally. several people confirmed they do this though. Blockbuster does as well so likely gamerush does too. Unfortuantely we have no informants at those stores for this thread. If you can help us please do. Thank you.
 
My wife used to work at Blockbuster, but they're a bit more diligent about cleaning out their racks. She was actually offered some guides at one point, but said 'no' (silly wife) as she could not see the use for them. She has been groomed by me more recently on their value (at least to me). So, yeah, it happens, but unless we get knowledgeable CAGs or informants in those places, we'll keep missing out.
 
I have had no luck what so ever getting penny guides at my EB. Hastings here has a crap load of awesome new and old guides, but they are never a penny or on sale.

What do you guys say to the EB employee's to help you grab the penny guides? I could really use some tips here. I read this thread in complete jealousy.

If anyone wants to cash in making magnitudes of profit off me I am looking for these guides and will pay reasonable/fair amount for them since I am frustrated and want the blasted guide:

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Wave Race Blue Storm
Animal Crossing (GCN and/or DS)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Any newer Nintendo Guide


What I have:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
...sadly that is it.
 
Theese guides arent pennied out right?

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Wave Race Blue Storm
Animal Crossing (GCN and/or DS)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Any newer Nintendo Guide
 
[quote name='paintballers']Theese guides arent pennied out right?

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Wave Race Blue Storm
Animal Crossing (GCN and/or DS)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Any newer Nintendo Guide[/QUOTE]



Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones is at at least Gamestop

Animal Crossing (GCN and/or DS) is at at least k-mart


the others i am not sure of the top of my head. please refer to the first page of this thread and search through the stores on the front page. Its in alphabetial order.


http://cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74333&page=1&pp=20

good luck
 
Dammit! My EB boxed up the remainder of their penny guides, as they told me they had to send them to Barnes & Noble (who I guess owns them now?) for them to resell. Has anyone else heard this? I was able to get 2 copies of MMZ4 (1 is for trade if anyone wants) though. Why isn't there are a separate thread in the trading forum just for penny guides? I'm sure that would be useful to everyone here.
 
[quote name='paintballers']Theese guides arent pennied out right?

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Wave Race Blue Storm
Animal Crossing (GCN and/or DS)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Any newer Nintendo Guide[/QUOTE]

Not all of them, but I expect the ones that aren't will be soon.

I know Sacred Stones is and Castlevania DoS is either a penny or on sale. Wave Race is old, so if anyone has one they picked up for a penny, I want it. Animal Crossing for GC was, but is old again. The Castlevania LoI I thought was. Fire Emblem PoR and Animal Crossing DS might be too new, but since we don't find out until someone updates here, we don't know.

b3b0p: waves cash
 
[quote name='rarebucky']Dammit! My EB boxed up the remainder of their penny guides, as they told me they had to send them to Barnes & Noble (who I guess owns them now?) for them to resell. Has anyone else heard this? [/QUOTE]

I don't know if this is something new, but I have seen in the past the outlet stores for Borders and B&N have strategy guides. This was quite a few years ago, though.
 
[quote name='rarebucky']Dammit! My EB boxed up the remainder of their penny guides, as they told me they had to send them to Barnes & Noble (who I guess owns them now?) for them to resell. Has anyone else heard this? I was able to get 2 copies of MMZ4 (1 is for trade if anyone wants) though. Why isn't there are a separate thread in the trading forum just for penny guides? I'm sure that would be useful to everyone here.[/QUOTE]
Barnes and Noble owns GameStop so they own EB as of the merger.
 
[quote name='b3b0p']Not all of them, but I expect the ones that aren't will be soon.

I know Sacred Stones is and Castlevania DoS is either a penny or on sale. Wave Race is old, so if anyone has one they picked up for a penny, I want it. Animal Crossing for GC was, but is old again. The Castlevania LoI I thought was. Fire Emblem PoR and Animal Crossing DS might be too new, but since we don't find out until someone updates here, we don't know.

b3b0p: waves cash[/QUOTE]

Fire Emblem: PoR isn't a penny, neither is Animal Crossing DS... you're right, both are too new.

I price checked a Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow at EB yesterday and it came up full price, $19.99.
 
Btw, I struck gold slightly. I stopped by the Great Northern BB and I picked up guides for Ultimate Spider-Man, Ninja Gaiden Black, 007 From Russia with Love, and Soul Caliber III. I stopped by the Gamestop nearby and the manager of the store said that they had to send of the guides back to their headquarters.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Fire Emblem: PoR isn't a penny, neither is Animal Crossing DS... you're right, both are too new.

I price checked a Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow at EB yesterday and it came up full price, $19.99.[/QUOTE]

That's funny. I searched this thread and checked the front page. It was listed on sale for $9.99 then I believe it was later listed at a penny. Perhaps it was only EB.
 
[quote name='b3b0p']That's funny. I searched this thread and checked the front page. It was listed on sale for $9.99 then I believe it was later listed at a penny. Perhaps it was only EB.[/QUOTE]

Well, I'm pretty sure the dude wasn't lying to me, since he let me take about 20 other penny guides and didn't seem the least bit interested (I mean, he let me take both copies of the HL 2 artbook)... Makai Kingdom came up a penny, I tried for Dawn of Sorrow since I know some people were interested, but nope, full price.

I was kinda surprised... this happened at an EB too, I've never seen the guide at GS recently enough to check.
 
[quote name='b3b0p']That's funny. I searched this thread and checked the front page. It was listed on sale for $9.99 then I believe it was later listed at a penny. Perhaps it was only EB.[/QUOTE]

Actually, it's listed as 'on sale' for 9.99 at gamestop (verified last night). I didn't check if it was a penny though.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Well, I'm pretty sure the dude wasn't lying to me, since he let me take about 20 other penny guides and didn't seem the least bit interested (I mean, he let me take both copies of the HL 2 artbook)... Makai Kingdom came up a penny, I tried for Dawn of Sorrow since I know some people were interested, but nope, full price.[/QUOTE]
Are there different kinds of Half Life 2 guides, or is the Raising the Bar one the only one? I'm pretty sure I saw an HL2 on the rack at EB last night when I was there but didn't even think about it.
 
[quote name='botticus']Are there different kinds of Half Life 2 guides, or is the Raising the Bar one the only one? I'm pretty sure I saw an HL2 on the rack at EB last night when I was there but didn't even think about it.[/QUOTE]

There is a Half Life 2 actual guide, and then there is Raising The Bar, which is a hardcover art book that is all white and a litlte bit bigger then your normal guide.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']There is a Half Life 2 actual guide, and then there is Raising The Bar, which is a hardcover art book that is all white and a litlte bit bigger then your normal guide.[/QUOTE]
Alright, then I think that was just the regular guide. No loss.
 
[quote name='botticus']Are there different kinds of Half Life 2 guides, or is the Raising the Bar one the only one? I'm pretty sure I saw an HL2 on the rack at EB last night when I was there but didn't even think about it.[/QUOTE]

The regular HL2 should be pennied out as well. Thats from a while back.
 
HL2: Raising the Bar is a book about how they made HL2 with a lot of art and info. It's pretty nice. There is a lot of art from the first drawings to the final product. The guide was pennied out a while back.
 
Mine was a BB with actual .01 stickers put on the covers...

Picked up the other day (for trade):

Battlefield 2
Ninja Gaiden Black
PGR 3
Soul Calibur 3
The Warriors

Also saw (and can pick up for trade):
007 From Russia With Love
Jak X Combat Racing w/DVD
NBA WhoCares '06
Pokemon Emerald
Ratchet: Deadlocked w/DVD
Ultimate Spider-man
 
I went to pick up Pokemon Emerald guide and Advance Wars: Dual Strike guide at an EB games that often has penny guides available. My son had just gotten those 2 games for Xmas and I thought it would be great if I picked up the guides now that they were a penny. I found the guides and brought them up to the counter. The girl scanned one, looked at it funny and tried to scan the other UPC code, then she moved on to the other guide. When both came up a penny, she asked the guy next to her for help. He said the UPCs "must be messed up" in the system and proceeded to adjust the prices to the full price. I said "how much" and he said "$14.99 which is the price on the label." I said "My son told me they were on sale". He said "The Brady guides are buy 1 get the second for 50% off - these are Nintendo Power - they're full price." I told the guy that I didn't want them and left. I'll have to try another store or a different time...
 
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