*DEAD* Circuit City mistake - 5 dollar games!! (YMMV)

And the people with stacks of 30 bring the whole thing to a quick end . . .

Deal is dead at the Racine, WI store.

I got 8 games last night (knew I had to go at 8 pm!). I did it with 4 and then 4 more games.

When people grab big stacks . . . it can't last long.

There aren't many of these games that I want anyway . . . I searched today and could only come up with Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Finding Nemo (xmas gift). The deal rang up again, but the clerk started to manually adjust the games . . . so I asked and she said they had to fix the glitch.

I bailed . . . too bad . . .

I got last night (none of the Xbox were PH!):
Mario Golf (Players Choice)
Animal Crossing (Players Choice)
Project Gotham Racing 2
Crimson Skies
Socom II (GH sticker only!)
OO7 Everything or Nothing
Top Spin
Rising Sun (not a great deal but I needed an extra)
 
[quote name='CaptainSniffy']At 12-noon PST, 12/13/04: They're on to us at the Crossroads Mall in Bellevue WA. I overheard the manager who was walking around asking all employees if they got the email about the price error. The database was also updated to reflect different pricing.[/quote]

bleh forget that then :?
 
Shoot man,
No deal in San Bernardino, Ca. The lady there said they had been instructed to do all those kinds of sale manually. To the guy who posted about this area yesterday, is the deal still good at the Moreno Valley Store? Thanks
 
Looks like deal is dead at most stores anyone else having luck. I was gonna go back and get more later today but looks like not work it.

I got 4 games I am happy. :)
 
[quote name='buster90']Looks like deal is dead at most stores anyone else having luck. I was gonna go back and get more later today but looks like not work it.

I got 4 games I am happy. :)[/quote]

I was going to make a return trip as well, but I got 6 games, which is 6 more than most people got.
 
Went to the Circuit Cities in Arundel Mills and Catonsville, MD. Both did indeed ring up as $5, but the cashiers were under instructions not to honor it. Anyone have luck in MD?
 
There are defnitely some games that I wanted, but I just didn't think that this was worth the effort or the likelihood that I would have to return the games. Anyhow, when it comes to deals...there are some deals that you feel as you must have and other that you'd like but just don't want. I guess what I'm trying to ramble about is...don't be bitter about this deal. If you got in, great....if you hesitated, like it seems that many had, no worries. These are all older games, though good games, that if you haven't played yet...are worth waiting awhile longer when it is less than $19.99 (or $15) general selling price everywhere. The next generation is closer than we all realize, and there are going to be many, many more clearances to come.
 
no luck in Mobile AL... oh well, not like i dont have hundreds of games anyway (3 from BB came in today, plus I picked up Onimusha 3 from CC, as well as scored some free guides from EB...so all is not lost :roll: )
 
[quote name='zman73']no luck in Mobile AL... oh well, not like i dont have hundreds of games anyway (3 from BB came in today, plus I picked up Onimusha 3 from CC, as well as scored some free guides from EB...so all is not lost :roll: )[/quote]

What did they tell you when you asked about the games ? Did you try other registers ? I know that it worked last night.
 
[quote name='Namelessloser']anyone try the CC in Corpus Christi?

I'm planning on heading over there in a bit. I hope its not cleaned out yet. LOL

I remember the CC 4.99 right after I got my second stash these two FATWALLET people took everything. Bums lol

Anyways Im heading out there in about an hour.[/quote]

Yeah, those damn FWers, not letting you get a third "stash".
 
lol well my first stash was for my little neice (shes 3 and she loves her gamecube games) Thanks to all those who helped in finding kid games for her ;) . The second was myself but it was about 4 games (RECV, Mario Party 4, Disagea, and two others I forgot already lol) The FWers got about 3 baskets and filled them up. They mustve had 70 games in there. I felt bad for them because they werent going to get anything in there. Seemed like ebay resellers told me they were from FW.
 
No luck in Huntsville, Alabama. Games were 2 for $30. I did get Eternal Darkness for $10 in one of those bins, so I'm happy.
 
The manager at Rt 18, East Brunswick, NJ, rang me up and even suggested that I go get more games - though there was nothing really good on the shelves. This was at 2:30 this afternoon.
 
The Tempe/Mesa CC on Southern near the Fiesta Mall was still doing it with no sign of hostility towards the "glitch." I picked up BG:DA and NBA Street 2 to test it and I'm going to head back to get a couple more.
 
[quote name='zman73']no luck in Mobile AL... oh well, not like i dont have hundreds of games anyway (3 from BB came in today, plus I picked up Onimusha 3 from CC, as well as scored some free guides from EB...so all is not lost :roll: )[/quote]

You know, I'm wondering if the District/Area Manager for the Alabama CC's is a complete asshole. All of the CC's in Alabama are really anal retentive about any kind or price matching, clearance sales, etc. Getting a price match @ CC here is a damned near impossibility.
 
A friend and I went to CC this morning to hopefully take advantage of this deal in Fort Worth, TX. No luck. They scanned the games and then looked at each other for a second and then went to talk to a manager. One of my friends games rung up at $0. We asked them how much they would be, but they were like they are 2 for 30 like our ad says; we just have to override the price. So we just said "oh thought they were cheaper" and walked out.

Congrats to everyone who got in on the deal.
 
came back from another CC. when i brought the games up, the employee said that she had to get a form filled out by the manager. I asked why and if they knew about the glitch and they said yeah because yesterday someone working there almost got fired for attempting to buy *ALL* the games.

stupid employee, he messed up that area's CC
 
[quote name='Namelessloser']lol well my first stash was for my little neice (shes 3 and she loves her gamecube games) Thanks to all those who helped in finding kid games for her ;) . The second was myself but it was about 4 games (RECV, Mario Party 4, Disagea, and two others I forgot already lol) The FWers got about 3 baskets and filled them up. They mustve had 70 games in there. I felt bad for them because they werent going to get anything in there. Seemed like ebay resellers told me they were from FW.[/quote]

I was just giving you a hard time, glad you seemed to take it in the joking spirit in which it was intended. Yeah, I've been reading the FW thread on this deal, trying to keep people from cleaning out the stores and pulling the Walmart scam, but my comments are falling on mostly deaf ears.

Edit: Actually, that was a bit harsh of me. Many FWers are posting that they only got 4 or 6 games, but the ones getting 30 and planning to scam are pretty vocal.
 
[quote name='CrashSpyro123']The Tempe/Mesa CC on Southern near the Fiesta Mall was still doing it with no sign of hostility towards the "glitch." I picked up BG:DA and NBA Street 2 to test it and I'm going to head back to get a couple more.[/quote]

Glad to see that he who broke the original CC $5 sale gets in on this one as well.
 
[quote name='heffaji']I wonder how many new members we've had join in the past day?[/quote]

Good question. The only CAG's I know of in Montgomery are non-posting hoarders. I saw two at the local BB at that clearance with 2 baskets full of games, clearing everything off of the shelf. I'm not going to get into the normative argument of if that's right or wrong.. but if you are going to take advantage of the site, give back a little at least.
 
[quote name='Mr Peanut']I managed to score 6 games this morning at a Las Vegas Circuit City. First, I stopped in two get 2 games to see if the deal was good. Then I stopped in an hour later to pick up 4 more. I had no problems dealing with the cashier.

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Ahh....I see a fellow Las Vegan. Which CC did you go to and as of what time?
 
[quote name='shrike4242'][quote name='CrashSpyro123']The Tempe/Mesa CC on Southern near the Fiesta Mall was still doing it with no sign of hostility towards the "glitch." I picked up BG:DA and NBA Street 2 to test it and I'm going to head back to get a couple more.[/quote]

Glad to see that he who broke the original CC $5 sale gets in on this one as well.[/quote]

Yeah, now it's time to head back and grab some more. I only have enough money for 4 more, so I'll make it count. Too bad a lot of my games are GH's or PC's now, but I'll find some. I just hate how they're so unorganized in their game section, I believe that's a coast-to-coast thing though.
 
Just got back from my local CC here in Marietta,GA and got 6 PS2 games for $4.99 each. They are:

Ace Combat 04
FFX
Xenosga Ep 1
Ratchet & Clank Going Commando

*** All 4 of the games mentioned above were in PS2 Greatest Hits boxes and priced at $19.99

I also picked up:

SOCOM II - sticker price was $49.99 - regular looking PS2 box
FFX-2 - sticker price was $29.99 - regular looking PS2 box


I tried to get several of the GameCube Players Choice games like:

Super Smash Bros Melee
Super Mario Sunshine

but they would not ring up at the $4.99 price.

It turned out to be the best Monday I ever had buying multiple games.

Thank You Original Poster - you definately scored some major points on that call.
 
[quote name='guessed'][quote name='Namelessloser']lol well my first stash was for my little neice (shes 3 and she loves her gamecube games) Thanks to all those who helped in finding kid games for her ;) . The second was myself but it was about 4 games (RECV, Mario Party 4, Disagea, and two others I forgot already lol) The FWers got about 3 baskets and filled them up. They mustve had 70 games in there. I felt bad for them because they werent going to get anything in there. Seemed like ebay resellers told me they were from FW.[/quote]

I was just giving you a hard time, glad you seemed to take it in the joking spirit in which it was intended. Yeah, I've been reading the FW thread on this deal, trying to keep people from cleaning out the stores and pulling the Walmart scam, but my comments are falling on mostly deaf ears.[/quote]
Yeah LOL I was lurking around there earlier. The thread has almost 20, with numberous posts that say they bought 20 ect. Its all cool to buy 20 games if your going to play them.

If your going to sell them I hope someone explains to them what GH means lol.

Prolly head out really soon. Damn you work your always getting in my cheap ways.
 
No luck where I live. I asked the clerk and she said the employees got caught buying games themselves for Christmas presents and now that manager has to adjust the price so they are $14.99 each. Damn I found about 10 games with the original packaging (I hate the greatest hits covers) that I wanted, but no go. :(
 
The CC on Ridge Road in Rochester NY is a no go. I tried 3 different people, and all of them either input the price themselves, or got a manager.
 
[quote name='buster90']ALERT!!! I scored a few games at the Mesquite TX CC today!! So as of 1:30 PM it is still good there!

I got SOCOM 2, Rise to Honor, Mario Golf, and Sly. I wanted more but didn't want to look suspecious and get nothing. Might try back later today or tomorrow if still good.

THe deal didn't work on Scaler, Sonic Collection, High Roller Casino, or ESPN COllege hoops 2k5.[/quote]

I saw that copy of Scaler, I never saw it anywhere else but at CC. :lol:

Either way, I thought the deal there would have been dead by now (I went around 11ish), whenever I went there with my cousin the cashier he was with rung them up full price (manually), my cashier let me have them for 4.99.
 
[quote name='hiccupleftovers']
Ahh....I see a fellow Las Vegan. Which CC did you go to and as of what time?[/quote]


I went to the one on Eastern and Tropicana. It seemed like I was the only one that knew about the deal (I was the only person in the store). They had pretty much every Xbox title that I was looking for. The only GC games that caught my eye were Animal Crossing and Mario Golf. I was browsing the PS2 section and it seemed like thay had a good selction there too.

This was around 11 PM though.
 
[quote name='schultzed']And the people with stacks of 30 bring the whole thing to a quick end . . .

Deal is dead at the Racine, WI store.

I got 8 games last night (knew I had to go at 8 pm!). I did it with 4 and then 4 more games.

When people grab big stacks . . . it can't last long.

There aren't many of these games that I want anyway . . . I searched today and could only come up with Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Finding Nemo (xmas gift). The deal rang up again, but the clerk started to manually adjust the games . . . so I asked and she said they had to fix the glitch.

I bailed . . . too bad . . .

I got last night (none of the Xbox were PH!):
Mario Golf (Players Choice)
Animal Crossing (Players Choice)
Project Gotham Racing 2
Crimson Skies
Socom II (GH sticker only!)
OO7 Everything or Nothing
Top Spin
Rising Sun (not a great deal but I needed an extra)[/quote]

False, its go at this store. I just did it 10mins ago! Got 6 cube games for $30
 
[quote name='Mr Peanut'][quote name='hiccupleftovers']
Ahh....I see a fellow Las Vegan. Which CC did you go to and as of what time?[/quote]


I went to the one on Eastern and Tropicana. It seemed like I was the only one that knew about the deal (I was the only person in the store). They had pretty much every Xbox title that I was looking for. The only GC games that caught my eye were Animal Crossing and Mario Golf. I was browsing the PS2 section and it seemed like thay had a good selction there too.

This was around 11 PM though.[/quote]

That one seems like the best in town. The one on Sahara is just full of CC employees that hoard. That's how I found a ton of games the first time around last summer. How was there selection? I hope that it is still good now. Did the employees give you any trouble? Did they seem to know about the glitch?
 
[quote name='Nephets'][quote name='buster90']ALERT!!! I scored a few games at the Mesquite TX CC today!! So as of 1:30 PM it is still good there!

I got SOCOM 2, Rise to Honor, Mario Golf, and Sly. I wanted more but didn't want to look suspecious and get nothing. Might try back later today or tomorrow if still good.

THe deal didn't work on Scaler, Sonic Collection, High Roller Casino, or ESPN COllege hoops 2k5.[/quote]

I saw that copy of Scaler, I never saw it anywhere else but at CC. :lol:

Either way, I thought the deal there would have been dead by now (I went around 11ish), whenever I went there with my cousin the cashier he was with rung them up full price (manually), my cashier let me have them for 4.99.[/quote]

Scaler (Xbox) worked for me last night.
 
[quote name='hiccupleftovers']Every time I come back to this thread it seems as though it explodes with another 10 pages.[/quote]

Yep. It's almost moving as fast as the first 4.99 CC thread.
 
[quote name='mkelehan']Went to the Circuit Cities in Arundel Mills and Catonsville, MD. Both did indeed ring up as $5, but the cashiers were under instructions not to honor it. Anyone have luck in MD?[/quote]

I hit up the CC in GlenBurnie for 4 games, but that was as soon as they opened. Very tempted to get more but I didnt want to raise any flags and kill the deal for anyone else (including my own friends & family:D).

The two CSRs at the counter seemed very disgruntled so they probably knew and didnt give a flying F--k.

BTW, I was gonna try the CC at Arundel Mills, but I've always had bad luck with deals(even "legit" ones) and pricematches at the bigger, newer branches of brick & mortar chains.
 
[quote name='Nephets'][quote name='hiccupleftovers']Every time I come back to this thread it seems as though it explodes with another 10 pages.[/quote]

Yep. It's almost moving as fast as the first 4.99 CC thread.[/quote]

Full of sound and fury, signifying YMMV? :D
 
[quote name='Nephets'][quote name='hiccupleftovers']Every time I come back to this thread it seems as though it explodes with another 10 pages.[/quote]

Yep. It's almost moving as fast as the first 4.99 CC thread.[/quote]

There seems to be more hesitation with this one though.
 
I was lucky to get some PS2 GH games at $4.99 this morning around 9 am. I went back again at 11:30 am but the same clerk told me that it was a price mistake and he had to call the manager to manually overwrite the price to $14.99 per game. I'm happy that at least I got some games at $4.99. Thank you OP.
 
[quote name='waxHead']Thank you for posting about the GBA games. I went back and picked up some for myself, as well as some X-Mas gifts.[/quote]

What games did you get if you don't mind me asking? I just want to know what GBA games will ring up $5 besides the NES classics.
 
[quote name='hiccupleftovers'][quote name='Nephets'][quote name='hiccupleftovers']Every time I come back to this thread it seems as though it explodes with another 10 pages.[/quote]

Yep. It's almost moving as fast as the first 4.99 CC thread.[/quote]

There seems to be more hesitation with this one though.[/quote]

That's probably because the first $4.99 sale was a legit clearance sale and this sale is now a YMMV clusterf**k.
 
[quote name='hiccupleftovers'][quote name='Mr Peanut'][quote name='hiccupleftovers']
Ahh....I see a fellow Las Vegan. Which CC did you go to and as of what time?[/quote]


I went to the one on Eastern and Tropicana. It seemed like I was the only one that knew about the deal (I was the only person in the store). They had pretty much every Xbox title that I was looking for. The only GC games that caught my eye were Animal Crossing and Mario Golf. I was browsing the PS2 section and it seemed like thay had a good selction there too.

This was around 11 PM though.[/quote]

That one seems like the best in town. The one on Sahara is just full of CC employees that hoard. That's how I found a ton of games the first time around last summer. How was there selection? I hope that it is still good now. Did the employees give you any trouble? Did they seem to know about the glitch?[/quote]

I first stopped in around 9:30 and had absolutely no problem with the cashier (I got 2 games). In fact, she even said that she might have to get some herself. The second time at 11:00, the cashier looked a bit puzzled, checked the weekly ad and let me have my games without saying anything.
 
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