Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread XV

DealSeeker2U · May 9, 2015

Amazon has some great warehouse deals, and most of their used games are in like new condition (condition listed can be acceptable, good, very good, like new, or new). Please post specific deals you find via Warehouse deals in this thread. Check latest posts for the newest deals, or click the link below.

Links:

Amazon Warehouse Deals Storefront - I usually go here just to check out things.

"Just Arrived" Video Games
**There is no guarantee how long these will be in stock, so if you see something, better grab it fast**

Link To Items By Price:

$0-$24 Deals
$25-$49 Deals
$50-$99 Deals
$100-$199 Deals
$200-$499 Deals

Browse Games by Console:

Current Gen:

Wii U

PS4

Xbox One

PS Vita

Nintendo 3DS

Last Gen:

:psp:

Sony PSP

Xbox 360

Wii

PS3

F.A.Q's

What is Amazon Warehouse Deals?

From Amazon: Get deep discounts on open-box, like-new, refurbished, or used products that are in good condition but do not meet Amazon.com's rigorous standards as "new".

Warehouse Deals is part of amazon that has open box, new but with damaged packaging product aka "dinger" and trade ins in generally like new condition. They are considered 3rd party by affiliation and as such the "Amazon Warehouse Deals" distinction but are still part of Amazon.

What is AmazonSmile?

From Amazon: AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization. You can choose from nearly one million organizations to support.

For more information follow the link below:

About AmazonSmile

Is the Amazon Warehouse Deals return policy the same as Amazon's return policy?

Yes! All purchases are eligible for Amazon customer service and 30 day return policy.

I'm using the games sort by console link, and the games will not sort by price properly. What is wrong?

You aren't doing anything wrong, the sort by price feature on Amazon is broken during restocks and or when pricing algorithm goes haywire. During those times, prices don't adjust and assimilate with the current inventory quickly enough to show the sorting as such

I'm waiting for a ps4, xb1, 360, ps3, 3ds, or PS Vita to pop up.. What time do they usually appear?

They can show up any time, the best way to find it is have the item tabbed on your browser, and download an auto refresh app and frequently check it, and or set alerts... Sometimes they will not pop up on amazon warehouse deals storefront, you will need to check the "used" section of the item

Why did all the prices of games randomly jump up?

Games on warehouse deals generally go on a cycle. They will get extremely low, great deals.. Then they will jump back up and restart the cycle of falling in price again.

I have a gaming credit and/or an Amazon gift card. Can both of these be applied to Warehouse Deals orders?

Gift cards can be applied to orders made on warehouse deals, however video game credit is only good for items shipped and sold by "amazon.com", warehouse deals does not count as this.

What was Penny Deals?

In early September of 2011, tons of newer release, more expensive games popped up for 1 penny each. Many CAG members placed orders, expecting them to get cancelled. Some were cancelled, however many CAGS got a large amount of games for a penny each. There has been no confirmation what exactly happened and why these games were sold for a penny.

What is this "glitch deals" that I keep hearing about in this thread?

On August 7th, 2014, AWD glitched out similar to how it did around penny deals, except lot of stuff went for cheap instead for a penny. The pricing algorithm went haywire and in the process lot of stuff went for cheap across the AWD spectrum from games to iphones to tablets and everything else in between. The "glitch deal" lasted for maybe a couple of hours and fellow CAGs that were around during that time made out like a bandit. Below is the timeline leading up to the night and the deals that went down on that night.

August 5th - 12:20 pm post 8532

:xb1:

Ryse $7.14

August 5th - 2:35 pm post 8541

:ps3:

PlayStation 3 80GB Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Bundle (A) $44.10 :hot:

PS3 Little Big Planet 2 Special Edition (A) $2.78 :hot:

Doom 3 BFG Edition (G) $2.67 :hot:

Shadow Hearts (A) $7.xx

:gc:

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (G) $14.12 :hot:

Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion (G) $5.47 (LN) $6.15

:360:

Call of Duty: Ghost Hardened Edition $7.64
:360:

Halo 4 Limited Edition (A) $7.07
:360:

Marvel Ultimate Alliance Gold Edition (G) $19.19 :hot:

Max Payne 3 (A) $1.30

August 6th - 12:06 am Post 8628

:ps3:

PS3 500 GB Assassin's Creed III Bundle (G) $99.69 :hot:

Battlefield 4 (A) $3.98

August 7th - 3:18 am Post 8709 (The Epic Night)

Borderlands Loot Chest G for sub $30

:ps4:

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag Limited Edition $13-(LN) $15
:ps4:

COD: Ghosts Prestige (VG) $10
:ps4:

Tomb Raider $8

:ps3:

ACIII 500GB PS3 (LN) $111.88
:ps3:

80Gb Motorstorm bundle $90-$105
:ps3:

80GB Metal Gear Solid 4 (G) $46.43
:ps3:

PS3 320gb Uncharted Bundle $38.64

:ps3:

FFXIII-2 CE G $19.80
:ps3:

Socom 4 Full Deployment $17.66
:ps3:

God of War III Ultimate (A) 14.28 (LN) $15.XX
:ps3:

AC Brotherhood CE $12
:ps3:

Batman Arkham Origins CE (G) $10.53
:ps3:

Borderlands 2 Deluxe Valut Hunter Edition $9.xx
:ps3:

Max Payne 3 Special Edition $9-10
:ps3:

Tron CE $8.XX
:ps3:

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Limited Edition) (G) $7.20-$7.66
:ps3:

DC Online CE (Batman Statue) $6.xx
:ps3:

Tomb Raider CE $6
:ps3:

Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition G $5.06
:ps3:

Lord of the Rings War in the North CE $3
:ps3:

Tony Hawk Ride $3

:ps3:

Dark Souls II Black Armor Edition (A) $16.44
:ps3:

Disney Infinity $7
:ps3:

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Limited) (LN) $6.55
:ps3:

Cross Edge $5.92-$6.66
:ps3:

God of War Ascension (LN) $5.90
:ps3:

Metro Last Light Limited (LN) $5.51
:ps3:

DJ Hero $5
:ps3:

Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 A $3.96
:ps3:

Cabela's African Adventures (LN) $3.67
:ps3:

Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z LN $3.48
:ps3:

Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (LN) $3.02
:ps3:

Heavenly Sword (A) $3.xx
:ps3:

Dynasty Warriors 6 $2.87
:ps3:

Dead Space (LN) $2.60
:ps3:

Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning $2.55
:ps3:

Tomb Raider $2.19 $2.53
:ps3:

Madden 25 $2.xx
:ps3:

Dead Island $2.XX
:ps3:

Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest $1.56
:ps3:

Mass Effect 2 (A) 1.23 (LN) 1.48
:ps3:

Infamous $1.XX
:ps3:

Aliens $1.XX

:ps2:

Shadow Hearts (G) $8.24
:ps2:

Samurai Western $3.40
:ps2:

Gungrave (G) $3
:ps2:

Xenosaga $2.38
:ps2:

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland $2.38
:ps2:

Capcom Fighting Evolution $2.07
:ps2:

Maximo vs Army of Zin $1.94
:ps2:

Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny $1.14
:ps2:

Warriors of Might and Magic $.95
:ps2:

Silent Scope 3 $0.89

Grand Theft Auto: Collector's Edition (G) $3.49

Legend of Mana $7-$8.47

Star Ocean: The Second Story $6.XX-$7.69

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (G) 12.09

The Legend of Dragoon 5.38

Parasite Eve 2 (A) $5.19 (LN) $6.23

Parasite Eve $4.61-$X.XX

Metal Gear Solid $3.90

Wild Arms 2 $3.75-$4.00

Resident Evil 2 $3.62-$4.62

Evil Zone $1.86

Monopoly $0.83

:psp:

PSP bundles for $24
:psp:

Warriors of The Lost Empire 1.90

:wiiu:

ZombiU LN $6.98
:wiiu:

Assassin Creed IV Black Flag VG $3.02 (LN) $3.19
:wiiu:

Mass Effect 3 (LN) 2.77
:wiiu:

Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition (LN) $2.25
:wiiu:

Need for Speed $2
:wiiu:

Fifa 13 $2
:wiiu:

Scribblenauts Unlimited $2

:wii:

Metroid Prime Trilogy $10-15

:gc:

Pokemon Colosseum (LN) $20.83
:gc:

Pikmin $6.17-$7.40
:gc:

Resident Evil 0 $2.23-$2.38

:ds:

Nintendo DS Electric Blue and Animal Crossing Wild World Bundle $12
:ds:

Tecmo bowl kick off (LN) $2.65
:ds:

Rayman (LN) $0.97

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance $8

:xb1:

COD: Ghosts Prestige (VG) $42
:xb1:

Forza 5 LE $9-$10
:xb1:

Forza day one $7.xx (LN) $8.xx
:xb1:

Ryse Day One $7.77
:xb1:

Tomb Raider Defenitive Edition Art Book Packaging $6.91
:xb1:

Tomb Raider $6 - $10+

:360:

Xbox 360 Resident Evil 5 Elite Red Console $70-$80
:360:

250GB Holiday Bundle $20
:360:

Consoles $20-$23
:360:

xbox360 Arcade Edition $12 (LN) $14
:360:

Kinect Sensor with Adventures (Refurbished) $7.77-$8.26

:360:

BioShock Infinite: Ultimate Songbird Edition $60-(LN) $71.34
:360:

MK9 Tournament Edition $25
:360:

BlOps 2 Care Package $20
:360:

Game of Thrones Art Book Bundle (LN) $11.94
:360:

Bioshock Infinite Premium $9
:360:

Payday 2 CE $9.xx
:360:

Borderlands 2 Deluxe G $8.72
:360:

Forza Horizon Limited Edition $8
:360:

Alan Wake CE $8.xx (LN) $9.77
:360:

Batman Arkham origins Collectors Edition $7.90
:360:

CoD: MW3 Hardened Edition (LN) $6.35
:360:

Max Payne 3 Special Edition $6.xx-$7.xx $8.17
:360:

Splinter Cell Conviction CE LN $6.03
:360:

Street Fighter 4 Collector's Edition (G) $6.70-8
:360:

Resident Evil 6 Archives (A) $5.92
:360:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition (A) $5.30:
:360:

Skylanders SWAP Force Starter Pack LN $5.09
:360:

COD: Black Ops Hardened Edition $4.xx
:360:

Deus Ex Human Rev Augmented Ed. $4.xx
:360:

Defiance Collector Edition $4.xx (LN) $5.55
:360:

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion CE (LN) $3.97
:360:

Absolution Professional Edition $3.xx
:360:

Perfect Dark Zero LE $1.xx (LN) $1.20

:360:

Bioshock Infinite $6
:360:

onechanbara: Bikini Squad (LN) $4.50 $4.79
:360:

Battlefield 4 $4.xx
:360:

Spec Ops: The Line LN $3.92
:360:

EDF 2017 $3.08
:360:

Batman Arkham City (LN) $2.85
:360:

Little League World Series 2010 $2.82
:360:

Madden 25 $2.79-$3.44
:360:

The Last Remnant $2.72
:360:

Gears of War: Judgment (A) 2.47
:360:

XCOM EU (LN) $2.15
:360:

Left 4 Dead $2.xx
:360:

Aliens: Colonial Marines $2
:360:

Rage 360 (LN) $1.92
:360:

DoA5 $1.88
:360:

Defiance (LN) $1.80
:360:

Battlefield 3 LE $1.72
:360:

Assassin's Creed 2 (LN) $1.50
:360:

Prince of Persia LN $1.32
:360:

Kinect Sports Season 2 $1.xx
:360:

Dead or Alive 5 $1.xx

:xbox:

Panzer Dragoon Orta (LN) $9
:xbox:

Call of Cthulhu (LN) $9
:xbox:

Halo 2 Limited Edition $5-$6
:xbox:

Star Wars KOTOR 2 (LN) $4.76
:xbox:

Monopoly Party $0.90

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes $5.77

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition (VG Black 32GB $214.55 | VG White 32GB $261.87)
Apple iPad (3rd gen 16GB Verizon 4G White) LN 166.72
Dell Venue 8 Pro $126
Nexus 7 (2013) 32GB VG $114.84
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 White 7in LN $74+
Iphone 4s 64gb @ $74
Lenovo Ideapad (VG) $38.67
10" Dell Windows 8 tab $38
Samsung Galaxy Tab (AT&T) $15-$20
16gb iphone 3 $10
HTC Droid Eris Phone (Verizon Wireless, Phone Only, No Service) (G) $5.26

What states does Amazon charge sales tax?

Items sold by Amazon.com LLC, or its subsidiaries, and shipped to destinations in the following states are subject to tax:
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Note: No sales tax is charged when purchasing gift cards; however, purchases paid for with gift cards may be subject to tax.

Items sold by Warehouse Deals and shipped to destinations in Alaska are also subject to local sales tax.

What do you mean by a "dinger"?

Dinger = Item is new but the packaging is damaged in some way or form.

These are speculative guesses at best going by descritption of any given item and also taking into account the length of time an item has been out since its release. Shorter the span of time from release of a game or console, better the chance of scoring a new item with damaged packaging aka "dinger".

AWD product description says "Factory Sealed", is this item new?

First and foremost, AWD sells used / open box items so in their terms it has been sealed / resealed at an Amazon Warehouse and hence the "Factory Sealed" part so no it isn't necessarily new. It isn't necessarily new because it could go one of two ways:

1. It was traded in / open box return / test unit that was resealed at an Amazon warehouse facility.
2. It was a dinger (new with damaged packaging and with seals intact).

What condition are products from Warehouse Deals generally in?

First and foremost all games from AWD are considered used unless specified as new. Usually, games are re-shrinked wrap and depending on condition they can be perfect / brand new, brand new with damaged packaging aka "dinger" to just a game in a generic case. AWD has 5 condition criteria for their listings and they are:

New: Just like it sounds. A brand-new, unused, unopened video game in perfect condition in its original packaging and with all original packaging materials included.

Like New: An apparently unopened video game in perfect condition (although it may be out of its original wrapping). The box and item are pristine, with no signs of wear. Suitable for presenting as a gift. Activation codes for bonus online content may be missing or expired. Product may not include downloadable content.

Very Good: A well-cared-for video game that has been played but remains in great condition. The game and its original packaging are complete and slightly worn, but unmarked and undamaged. Activation codes for bonus online content may be missing or expired. Product may not include downloadable content.

Good: The video game shows wear from consistent use, but remains in good condition. There may be clear external signs of wear and damage to the original packaging or instructions, but the game plays perfectly. The video game may have identification markings from its owner. Activation codes for bonus online content may be missing or expired. Product may not include downloadable content.

Acceptable: The video game is fairly worn, but it continues to work perfectly. The box and instructions may be missing or damaged. The video game may have identification markings from its owner. Sellers are required to note whether the box or instructions are missing in the condition notes field for the item. Activation codes for bonus online content may be missing or expired. Product may not include downloadable content.

Any game I have personally ever bought in good or above condition has been in near mint condition. Acceptable ones have been a gamble. Getting DLC with games has also been a gamble and since AWD games are considered used, don't expect unused DLC even though there will be occassions where they may come unused. In regards to DLC, ymmv. Conditon wise, some people have reported that games were scratched with stickers on the insert. Consoles are also usually reported in like new or new condition with box damage. Rarely, a console may be missing a key component such as a power brick. Games listed in "acceptable" condition likely have very beaten up cases, or are missing cases and inserts, and are in not so great condition, but generally have a working game disc. Consoles listed in "acceptable" conditon can be either new in damaged packaging and or a pure gamble in what conditon they will truly be in along with what is included in the box depending on the time frame from release of the console.

Here is an example of a like new handheld (PS Vita) - Thanks Slixshot
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JoNLqd0lqk[/youtube]

Any tips on finding deals?

Sure! Here is a guide for a plugin for Chrome users to set alerts for items. Part 2 of the tutorial helps get AWD link to item not currently instock or that hasn't come out yet.

For Chrome users PageMonitor is a handy plugin to catch deals. (Guide listed below)
For Mozilla users, Check4Change is a handy alternate plugin to that of chrome's.

Also, http://theforklift.net/ for those looking for AWD deals in a pinch.

From my original post (concerning PageMonitor and AWD links):

Mulder said:
I wonder if I'm doing it right. I'm adding the used page of the product (and selecting free shipping to filter it), however the program alerts me there is a change eventough there is none (the Sorry message we see when there are no products with free shipping - usually AmazonWarehouse).

Tanatos said:
The way I do it is selecting the price itself. For example I go here: http://www.amazon.co...&qid=1427814309 then I select the game/console that I want too look and click where it say used (dont click on the item link, click where it say used under the item you want). Then with page monitor I select monitor this page. After that I go to options (on the page monitor tab) advance and then click custom mode, pick. That will open a new tab withe the webpage of the item that I selected to monitor and there is where I select the price (the number) of the item. Then click done. Thats it, thats how it worked for me.

Time to revisit Feb 25th 2014 (and March 30th 2012) :

Time to revisit March 30th 2012

. I posted a guide then and it very much still applies with some tweaking to what I know now, so on with it.

Before I begin, know this that you need to go to the AWD site if you are after something specific from AWD like the vita in this example. Also you can fast click the link to the edition you want (if it is a console, handheld, or games), and see each price for AWD only items if they are available. You would be lucky to see something pop up on AWD if bunch of people are hunting down the same hot ticket item at any given time. On that note, the alert DOEScatch AWD items before they appear on AWD and if sniped quickly (1-click), others will most likely just see a ghost listing on AWD by the time it appears on AWD page. Setting alert on AWD page also eliminates false positive alerts since only AWD listings will appear on AWD page vs every minute change that will happen on the main Amazon listing page. Now onto the guide:

This may help answer the question for few who are wondering how to use "Page Monitor" extension for Chrome.

Once the extension is installed, do this. Select the AWD page (not the main Amazon listing page to avoid false positive alerts) to be monitored by clicking on the Page Monitor icon and selecting "Monitor This Page" link (Use the link swapping trick mentioned earlier to get to the page if the game isn't out yet). Then go to Page Monitor options and do as following:

(You can choose to have custom notification sound, desktop notification, length of duration for notification, and the length of duration for refreshing as you please.)

Once done tweaking the settings, then do this:

Once you have done step 6, you have set the page to be monitored and you are set. A notification will go off that a change has been found but that is just to notify that you have set an alert. Mark it off as visited and from this point forward you are set to go.

Pro Tip: Set it to monitor the "used" tab via "selector" under the options by checking off "custom mode" instead of monitoring the whole page. If you set if from the warehouse side then it will only alert you if one pops up in the warehouse.

Those step diagrams have been here since the 1st time I made the guide back in March of 2012 and it is under my profile in my gallery so feel free to revisit it if the need arises.

I hope that helps my fellow CAGs. Happy hunting everyone

Mulder, on 04 May 2015 - 3:24 PM, said:

Mulder said:
One thing for the procedure is that there are no New 3DSs available in the warehouse at this time, so I need to wait to test this approach.

Part 2 of the equation on how to get notification for items not on AWD and or ones say coming out in the future (like MGS V: CE)

Do this to get AWD listings for those items. Open a link to an AWD item (any item) but it needs to be an AWD link. Say something like this:

http://smile.amazon..../offer-listing/B00841ZJYO/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used&m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&qid=1430778305&sr=1-15

The part in bold is the Amazon's item listing and each item has its own unique listing identifier so to get the new XL item listing go to the item's page and from it's link get B00S1LRX3W

http://www.amazon.co...DS-XL-Black/dp/B00S1LRX3W/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1430778512&sr=1-1&keywords=new+3ds+xl

and replace the B00841ZJYO with B00S1LRX3W in the AWD link and voila you have AWD listing for an item not yet availabe.

http://smile.amazon..../offer-listing/B00S1LRX3W/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used&m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&qid=1430778305&sr=1-15

Here are all the new xl links:

Nintendo - New 3DS XL Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Limited Edition - Gold/Black
New Nintendo 3DS XL - Black
Nintendo New 3DS XL Red

I hope that helps. Good luck and happy hunting!

Blade · Jul 20, 2015

fightingguys said:
I have flipnote 3ds studio code (whatever that is): free

Do you still have the Mewtwo Wii U code? I'd like that, if you do. Otherwise, the Flipnote would be nice. Thanks!

Nephilim_BC · Jul 20, 2015

Beatles said:
How much did you pay for it out of curiosity?

called and got a 20% refund to keep it :D/

Lil Frier · Jul 20, 2015

Nephilim_BC said:
called and got a 20% refund to keep it

Ehh, $72 to have to buy a HDD and a controller still kind of blows, but that's just my opinion.

Gedemer · Jul 20, 2015

Lil Frier said:
Ehh, $72 to have to buy a HDD and a controller still kind of blows, but that's just my opinion.

Wait till the end of this week.

Best Buy 2 day Black Friday in July sale

Nephilim_BC · Jul 20, 2015

Lil Frier said:
Ehh, $72 to have to buy a HDD and a controller still kind of blows, but that's just my opinion.

It came in good condition and HDDs/controllers are cheap. ill take it.

FNL4EVA23 · Jul 20, 2015

Sold my 250gb drive for 16 at evil stop they sell way higher u got taken hdd and controller big chunk and nobody give much trade in for those old ones $20 with hookups... gl

Nephilim_BC · Jul 20, 2015

the 3rd party ones any reliable? I see a 250gb for $27

dreamer131313 · Jul 20, 2015

Nephilim_BC said:
the 3rd party ones any reliable? I see a 250gb for $27

about 50/50 third party ones are more prone to save issues and files corruption problems

Blade · Jul 20, 2015

Nephilim_BC said:
the 3rd party ones any reliable? I see a 250gb for $27

dreamer131313 said:
about 50/50 third party ones are more prone to save issues and files corruption problems

There's no difference whatsoever. I bought the official 250GB Microsoft HD enclosure a looong time ago for a lot of money. When I bought my black 360 slim, I took the official MS HD enclosure apart and found out it was just a Hitachi laptop hard drive. There's absolutely nothing special about it, aside from the Microsoft re-brand. So I removed it from the casing and put it in the removable hard drive bay on my black 360 slim and it worked like nothing ever happened.

So you can buy an external HDD for cheap and plug it in via USB, or just buy a 2.5" WD Black (7200 RPM) and use that as an internal. The bonus here is you'll be able to choose which size you want, instead of getting stuck with 220GB of space. I ran out of room pretty quickly and upgraded to 1TB after the recent update.

DealSeeker2U · Jul 20, 2015

Etrian Mystery Dungeon (LN) $18.31

:xb1:

Xbox One Assassin's Creed Unity 500GB Bundle (LN) $234.53

Nephilim_BC · Jul 20, 2015

I'll let someone have that. Still getting over my 360 issue

leecy · Jul 20, 2015

DealSeeker2U said:
Xbox One Assassin's Creed Unity 500GB Bundle (LN) $234.53

I made it to checkout, but I can't make myself pull the trigger. I think I will just keep an eye out for the (A) or (G) to pop up.

AndyD33 · Jul 20, 2015

Blade said:
There's no difference whatsoever. I bought the official 250GB Microsoft HD enclosure a looong time ago for a lot of money. When I bought my black 360 slim, I took the official MS HD enclosure apart and found out it was just a Hitachi laptop hard drive. There's absolutely nothing special about it, aside from the Microsoft re-brand. So I removed it from the casing and put it in the removable hard drive bay on my black 360 slim and it worked like nothing ever happened.

So you can buy an external HDD for cheap and plug it in via USB, or just buy a 2.5" WD Black (7200 RPM) and use that as an internal. The bonus here is you'll be able to choose which size you want, instead of getting stuck with 220GB of space. I ran out of room pretty quickly and upgraded to 1TB after the recent update.

Except that you can't use backwards compatibility on some 3rd party hard drives. Or any hard drives over 500GB.

Blade · Jul 20, 2015

Darby27 said:
Except that you can't use backwards compatibility on some 3rd party hard drives. Or any hard drives over 500GB.

What backwards compatibility? Playing Xbox games on 360? The last time I tried to do that was for Halo, and they made me pay an "upgrade" fee to download the 360 compatible version for $10, and then it glitched out and I couldn't advance past the bridge anyway. Then they removed the game completely when Halo Anniversary came out, making all versions redirect to Halo Waypoint to tell you to buy the Anniversary edition. Blinx doesn't work, Escape from Butcher Bay was repackaged with Assault on Dark Athena, and Beyond Good & Evil was re-released as an arcade game with upgraded graphics. Buy an Xbox if you want to play Xbox games; 360 does a poor job emulating most of the worthwhile titles. Also, KOTOR titles look better on PC.

You don't need super special Microsoft mumbo-jumbo that's really just another company's hard drive with some $75 proprietary sectors written to it in the factory to enjoy your 360.

AndyD33 · Jul 20, 2015

You can also reformat the drives yourself to enable it.

No need to get hostile.

SpidrMnky · Jul 20, 2015

Here is my shipment of some of the retro games I ordered on Prime day. All are at least box, manual, and cart. Especially happy with Super Metroid, Final Fantasy II, and Super Mario 64.

SpidrMnky · Jul 20, 2015

Here is my shipment of some of the retro games I ordered on Prime day. All are at least box, manual, and cart. Especially happy with Super Metroid, Final Fantasy II, and Super Mario 64.

dreamer131313 · Jul 20, 2015

SpidrMnky said:
Here is my shipment of some of the retro games I ordered on Prime day. All are at least box, manual, and cart. Especially happy with Super Metroid, Final Fantasy II, and Super Mario 64.

what were the conditions and prices if you don't mind?

Mako1215 · Jul 20, 2015

SpidrMnky said:
Here is my shipment of some of the retro games I ordered on Prime day. All are at least box, manual, and cart. Especially happy with Super Metroid, Final Fantasy II, and Super Mario 64.

I hate you

So jelly.

dafoomie · Jul 20, 2015

Blade said:
What backwards compatibility? Playing Xbox games on 360? The last time I tried to do that was for Halo, and they made me pay an "upgrade" fee to download the 360 compatible version for $10, and then it glitched out and I couldn't advance past the bridge anyway. Then they removed the game completely when Halo Anniversary came out, making all versions redirect to Halo Waypoint to tell you to buy the Anniversary edition. Blinx doesn't work, Escape from Butcher Bay was repackaged with Assault on Dark Athena, and Beyond Good & Evil was re-released as an arcade game with upgraded graphics. Buy an Xbox if you want to play Xbox games; 360 does a poor job emulating most of the worthwhile titles. Also, KOTOR titles look better on PC.

You don't need super special Microsoft mumbo-jumbo that's really just another company's hard drive with some $75 proprietary sectors written to it in the factory to enjoy your 360.

I thought we debunked that a while back, the disc versions still work independently of any upgraded versions on XBLA.

Nephilim_BC · Jul 20, 2015

Wait, I have a WD passport ultra 1tb. You're saying that will work on my 360?

dreamer131313 · Jul 20, 2015

dafoomie said:
I thought we debunked that a while back, the disc versions still work independently of any upgraded versions on XBLA.

we did cause we had this same discussion when halo was like $1 couple months back on and and no one else had problems

shrike4242 · Jul 20, 2015

Nephilim_BC said:
Wait, I have a WD passport ultra 1tb. You're saying that will work on my 360?

Yes, as long as your 360 received the most recent update.

stringycupps1 · Jul 20, 2015

Blade said:
What backwards compatibility? Playing Xbox games on 360? The last time I tried to do that was for Halo, and they made me pay an "upgrade" fee to download the 360 compatible version for $10, and then it glitched out and I couldn't advance past the bridge anyway. Then they removed the game completely when Halo Anniversary came out, making all versions redirect to Halo Waypoint to tell you to buy the Anniversary edition. Blinx doesn't work, Escape from Butcher Bay was repackaged with Assault on Dark Athena, and Beyond Good & Evil was re-released as an arcade game with upgraded graphics. Buy an Xbox if you want to play Xbox games; 360 does a poor job emulating most of the worthwhile titles. Also, KOTOR titles look better on PC.

You don't need super special Microsoft mumbo-jumbo that's really just another company's hard drive with some $75 proprietary sectors written to it in the factory to enjoy your 360.

They must hate you. I've never had a problem playing any compatible original Xbox game on the 360 (from the compatible list), both original Halos included.

Nephilim_BC · Jul 20, 2015

shrike4242 said:
Yes, as long as your 360 received the most recent update.

It worked!

Thebacklash · Jul 20, 2015

SpidrMnky said:
Here is my shipment of some of the retro games I ordered on Prime day. All are at least box, manual, and cart. Especially happy with Super Metroid, Final Fantasy II, and Super Mario 64.

I found my FFII box when I moved.. all trashed and of course the game was long gone (sold years ago)

I have that GBC Zelda, box and everything also. Never did buy the red box part.

dreamer131313 · Jul 20, 2015

uDraw GameTablet with uDraw Studio - Nintendo Wii $8.86 G

Dungeon Hunter Alliance - PlayStation Vita $10.73 LN

The Lord of Awesome · Jul 21, 2015

dreamer131313 said:
what were the conditions and prices if you don't mind?

This. I'd love to get some but everything I see is listed as acceptable and that worries me box wise

SpidrMnky · Jul 21, 2015

dreamer131313 said:
what were the conditions and prices if you don't mind?

All were listed in Good Condition with the same details. Prices below (after Prime day discount and tax):

Paperboy-$5.10

Final Fantasy II-$45.04 (Included the map and all inserts in good condition. They did put thowe round stickers on the ends on a couple including this one)

Super Metroid-$64.73 (Was in excellent shape. The flaps didn't even want to open)

Majora Mask-$57.47 (box was a little rough but complete)

Zelda Oracle of Ages-$20.53 (Box had a couple creases but not as bad as Majoras mask)

Super Mario 64-$29.76 (Very nice condition)

The 2 Zelda games were shipped in bubble mailers and likely why the boxes are a little rougher than the others.

stringycupps1 · Jul 21, 2015

SpidrMnky said:
All were listed in Good Condition with the same details. Prices below (after Prime day discount and tax):

Paperboy-$5.10

Final Fantasy II-$45.04 (Included the map and all inserts in good condition. They did put thowe round stickers on the ends on a couple including this one)

Super Metroid-$64.73 (Was in excellent shape. The flaps didn't even want to open)

Majora Mask-$57.47 (box was a little rough but complete)

Zelda Oracle of Ages-$20.53 (Box had a couple creases but not as bad as Majoras mask)

Super Mario 64-$29.76 (Very nice condition)

The 2 Zelda games were shipped in bubble mailers and likely why the boxes are a little rougher than the others.

Good deals considering how much these cost elsewhere; retro gaming is so expensive now. I picked a bad time to graduate and start earning money

Josef · Jul 21, 2015

stringycupps1 said:
Good deals considering how much these cost elsewhere; retro gaming is so expensive now. I picked a bad time to graduate and start earning money

Tell me about it. I'm so glad I decided to keep all my video games back to the original NES, almost all of them complete. Unfortunately my Atari 2600 (and games) did not share a similar fate as way back then my mom decided to get rid of it at a yard sale for pennies on the dollar.

SpidrMnky · Jul 21, 2015

stringycupps1 said:
Good deals considering how much these cost elsewhere; retro gaming is so expensive now. I picked a bad time to graduate and start earning money

Yea, obviously some are better than others but they are all far below the going rate. Most are nearly 50% below the going rate with a couple more than 50% off the going rate.

There were a decent amount of retro games listed in good condition and over half what I bought I found after posting in the thread for others to keep their eyes open.

JackSuper · Jul 21, 2015

Paper Mario (GCN)

(A) - $19.32

(G) - $20.60

(LN) - $23.18

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002ILS1K/ref=sr_1_6_olp?m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1437486179&sr=1-6&condition=used

JackSuper · Jul 21, 2015

Paper Mario (GCN)

(A) - $19.32

(G) - $20.60

(LN) - $23.18

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002ILS1K/ref=sr_1_6_olp?m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1437486179&sr=1-6&condition=used

neb9 · Jul 21, 2015

JackSuper said:
Paper Mario (GCN)

(A) - $19.32
(G) - $20.60
(LN) - $23.18

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002ILS1K/ref=sr_1_6_olp?m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1437486179&sr=1-6&condition=used

Damn, I just bought this recently on eBay.

SonictheHedgehog1337 · Jul 21, 2015

JackSuper said:
Paper Mario (GCN)

(A) - $19.32

(G) - $20.60

(LN) - $23.18

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002ILS1K/ref=sr_1_6_olp?m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1437486179&sr=1-6&condition=used

Thanks. I bought a like new copy. There are still 9 more left. I still have one factory sealed but I haven't had the heart to open it. Now I don't have to.

neb9 said:
Damn, I just bought this recently on eBay.

How much did you pay if you don't mind me asking? Did it have the "Player's Choice" cover?

ar4757 · Jul 21, 2015

Thousand Year Door's my favorite game of all time, thanks a lot, that's a great price

neb9 · Jul 21, 2015

SonictheHedgehog1337 said:
Thanks. I bought a like new copy. There are still 9 more left. I still have one factory sealed but I haven't had the heart to open it. Now I don't have to.

How much did you pay if you don't mind me asking? Did it have the "Player's Choice" cover?

$32 + shipping. I think it has the PC cover but I'd have to check when I get home.

Vigilante · Jul 21, 2015

500GB Batman: Arkham Knight PS4 Bundle [Black] - $335.75 (VG, sounds like a dinger)

shrike4242 · Jul 21, 2015

JackSuper said:
Paper Mario (GCN)

(A) - $19.32

(G) - $20.60

(LN) - $23.18

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002ILS1K/ref=sr_1_6_olp?m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1437486179&sr=1-6&condition=used

LN is now showing as $65.60 from AWD. Amazon, please go fuck

yourself.

sovereignNX-73811 · Jul 21, 2015

SpidrMnky said:
All were listed in Good Condition with the same details. Prices below (after Prime day discount and tax):

Paperboy-$5.10

Final Fantasy II-$45.04 (Included the map and all inserts in good condition. They did put thowe round stickers on the ends on a couple including this one)

Super Metroid-$64.73 (Was in excellent shape. The flaps didn't even want to open)

Majora Mask-$57.47 (box was a little rough but complete)

Zelda Oracle of Ages-$20.53 (Box had a couple creases but not as bad as Majoras mask)

Super Mario 64-$29.76 (Very nice condition)

The 2 Zelda games were shipped in bubble mailers and likely why the boxes are a little rougher than the others.

Very nice haul. Pics?

stringycupps1 said:
Good deals considering how much these cost elsewhere; retro gaming is so expensive now. I picked a bad time to graduate and start earning money

I feel your pain man. I just started working a year ago...well (more than) half of my paycheck goes to expenses but the other part gets eaten in collecting for my backlog...until I keep running out of room.

JackSuper said:
Paper Mario (GCN)

(A) - $19.32

(G) - $20.60

(LN) - $23.18

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002ILS1K/ref=sr_1_6_olp?m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1437486179&sr=1-6&condition=used

shrike4242 said:
LN is now showing as $65.60 from AWD. Amazon, please go yourself.

Mind blown:

mailman27 · Jul 21, 2015

I need to pick up an Xbox One before Fallout 4 comes out in November. I'm hoping to grab one of those that randomly shows up in the $200 range or otherwise hope for some sort of sick bundle deal between now and then.

mailman27 · Jul 21, 2015

I need to get faster fingers or stop doing so much work. Damn you, legitimate job...damn you. No but seriously I have the worst timing.

mailman27 · Jul 21, 2015

mailman27 said:
I need to pick up an Xbox One before Fallout 4 comes out in November. I'm hoping to grab one of those that randomly shows up in the $200 range or otherwise hope for some sort of sick bundle deal between now and then.

Also, has anyone ever bought a Kindle on AWD? I've looked over that section a few times and not seen many good deals. I'm just looking for a simple one that I can throw in a bag and the battery will last longer than a tablet.

Narukami · Jul 21, 2015

sovereignNX-73811 said:
Very nice haul. Pics?

Previous page.

ritchardf · Jul 21, 2015

mailman27 said:
Also, has anyone ever bought a Kindle on AWD? I've looked over that section a few times and not seen many good deals. I'm just looking for a simple one that I can throw in a bag and the battery will last longer than a tablet.

if that is really all you want one for, look at cowboom. they have the first gen for $30 and the 7inch HD for $50, no ac adapter but gamestop has the kindle powerfast adapters for $3. i bought one from AWD and one from cowboom and the cowboom had a horrible description but was in way better shape than the AWD one. though any used one will probably have iffy battery lift depending on its use.

mr_top_hat · Jul 21, 2015

So I ordered an acceptable HDN Rebirth 2, but I got HDN U (acceptable) instead. Anyone have this happen?

(not complaining, btw, I've wanted this game too plus I saved even more money)

detcgb · Jul 21, 2015

mr_top_hat said:
So I ordered an acceptable HDN Rebirth 2, but I got HDN U (acceptable) instead. Anyone have this happen?
(not complaining, btw, I've wanted this game too plus I saved even more money)

Complain and get more money off.

DealSeeker2U · Jul 21, 2015

mr_top_hat said:
So I ordered an acceptable HDN Rebirth 2, but I got HDN U (acceptable) instead. Anyone have this happen?

(not complaining, btw, I've wanted this game too plus I saved even more money)

Yeah, it happens, not often but it does. Depends on the grader if it was a trade in. At least it wasn't an empty case (that happens too).

On topic:

Skylanders SWAP Force Fiery Forge Battle Pack (VG) $5.46 (LN) $5.78

:ps4: