[Dead] EBGames $10 Bonus for ANY 2 Non-Sports Titles 01/30-02/27

[quote name='Chacrana']

Yeah, it seems as though a lot of EB managers are menstruating about this whole deal thing and I know that EB corporate definitely regrets having this whole $10 bonus. Assuming there's truth to what the other poster said about EB cutting off the offer on the 18th, then I'm glad that I'm headed there on Friday to trade in a last bunch of games (and for the record, I'm not trading in 20 jampacks or some crap like that.) Anyway, with that whole EB being gay thing, it just makes me glad that I can buy stuff with the Edge card online rather than having to go to the stores where some really angry managers are. I luckily haven't had a problem with the managers yet though[/quote]

The managers may be freaking but I don't think this is at all unexpected at the corporate level. Past experience would tell them that somebody is inevitably having a blowout that coincides with their own promotions on trade-ins.

Viewed at the national level this isn't all that bad. It may seem like everyone is doing it but those of us here and at the, ahem, lesser gaming bargain sites are a tiny subset of all the people who might participate in the promotion. The frame of opportunity is very limited. First, you have to get some worthy items at TRU, and second, you must know about the EB promotion and have one or more in proximity to take advantage of it. I'm pretty sure other people cleaned up a lot of the green tag merchandise at the six TRUs I checked but after I was there all of the "good" (pronounced "horrible crap marked down to pennies on the dollar") stuff was most assuredly gone. The number of big EB trade-in users other than me from those stores cannot be more than three or four. Probably less.

Others posting here indicate they've swept the other SoCal TRUs equally well. All of our trade-ins between us don't amount to all that much in the total cost of running this promotion. We aren't improving EB's bottom line but it isn't like we weren't expected to show up at the party and eat more than our share of cake.
 
100% agreement with epobirs. I'm really lucky that my EB guys are cool and laid-back. Although one of them was giving me shit about how they should limit me on stuff, and I almost felt bad. Then I saw a customer come in and trade in a SNES with about 25 games for $23.90 credit, then go get fucklNG DUKES OF HAZARD XBOX and have to pay $8 on top of the credit to get it. The employess couldn't even look me in the face after that FLEECING. and we won't be talking about how I'm working the system again :)

Dave
 
first off, thank you to everyone for showing their support for what happened yesterday. The problem for me is that I live 10 miles from the EB headquaters in West Chester, PA. From what other people have told me (fairly reliable, but not concrete) the employees of the stores around the corp. headquaters get evaluated heavily. I have no intention of getting anyone fired. I still feel terrible about yesterday, but I dont want anyone fired. My firend that works at EB corporate said the guy would get canned if I explained exactly what happened.

I am not a vengeful person and I do not want to be responsible for someone losing their job. that said, i am going to call my DM tomorrow and tell them what happened, PG style.

If they know I got a employee fired at that store, no one will ever be nice to me there again, and I cannot risk that (yes, my life is that dull).


[quote name='fragmanslayer']If someone calls you a thief and you have the receipt, you could show them the receipt, or get witnesses for a lawsuit for slander. With all the dumb lawsuits going around, you could get a pretty penny if you made a big deal about it, expecially if the jerk at the counter makes a big deal out of it and you have witnesses.[/quote]

i should of shown him the receipt, but i was too embarassed and just wanted to leave as soon as possible. AKA, I am too much of a pussy to do it. I wish I wasnt, but I am. thank you for the advice, slayer.
 
[quote name='MightySlacker'] then go get fucklNG DUKES OF HAZARD XBOX and have to pay $8 on top of the credit to get it.

Dave[/quote]

LOL! oh god that is funny. when i read dukes of hazard i laughed so hard i spit some soda on my jeans.
 
[quote name='Timothyx'][quote name='MightySlacker'] then go get fucklNG DUKES OF HAZARD XBOX and have to pay $8 on top of the credit to get it.

Dave[/quote]

LOL! oh god that is funny. when i read dukes of hazard i laughed so hard i spit some soda on my jeans.[/quote]

Yeah, that guy must friggin suck at life.

anyway, if there's anything I got out of reading that, it's that I'll probably get at least $1 per game with all these garbage PS1 games I'm gonna trade in.
 
Back after completing another EBGames run on this deal. Once again, I traded exclusively games from my collection. I didn't trade any multiples, nor did I buy any games for the promotion.

Games Traded: 110
Trade-in Credit: $942.00

ebrun.jpg


The EB store manager, the same one who took my first 76 titles, thanked me for coming to his store. My batch today included mostly Xbox games including Fable, Riddick, and Ninja Gaiden, so they brought a slightly higher value (per title) than my original batch. I have approximately 50 more games I can trade, but I'm not sure I will. I already have more than enough credit for my PSP + several games and hopefully, my Xbox 2 (Xenon, 360, whatever you want to call it) later this year.

Great deal. :)
 
[quote name='MightySlacker']100% agreement with epobirs. I'm really lucky that my EB guys are cool and laid-back. Although one of them was giving me shit about how they should limit me on stuff, and I almost felt bad. Then I saw a customer come in and trade in a SNES with about 25 games for $23.90 credit, then go get fucklNG DUKES OF HAZARD XBOX and have to pay $8 on top of the credit to get it. The employess couldn't even look me in the face after that FLEECING. and we won't be talking about how I'm working the system again :)

Dave[/quote]

I wouldnt expect any less from a customer trading 25 SNES games. Id be interested in hearing what games he traded, but I might throw up.

About the LA fraud thing... not surprised at all. You'd be surprised how often it happens. This one adds a new level of absurdity.
 
[quote name='nixts']Back after completing another EBGames run on this deal. Once again, I traded exclusively games from my collection. I didn't trade any multiples, nor did I buy any games for the promotion.

Games Traded: 110
Trade-in Credit: $942.00

ebrun.jpg


Great deal. :)[/quote]

DEAR GOD

=P~
 
BTW... is there official confirmation that this ends on the 18th? Because I really wanted to trade in and pick up Midway Arcade and Second Sight when the 9.99 deal starts.
 
[quote name='nixts']Back after completing another EBGames run on this deal. Once again, I traded exclusively games from my collection. I didn't trade any multiples, nor did I buy any games for the promotion.

Games Traded: 110
Trade-in Credit: $942.00

ebrun.jpg


The EB store manager, the same one who took my first 76 titles, thanked me for coming to his store. My batch today included mostly Xbox games including Fable, Riddick, and Ninja Gaiden, so they brought a slightly higher value (per title) than my original batch. I have approximately 50 more games I can trade, but I'm not sure I will. I already have more than enough credit for my PSP + several games and hopefully, my Xbox 2 (Xenon, 360, whatever you want to call it) later this year.

Great deal. :)[/quote]

People like you, nixts, are why the deals still happen. No 20 copy of Primal, just a whole lot of games from your collection. Great score for you, job well done.
 
Once again, because people want to know the value of some games I traded (to see if its worth trading in their games), here's a short sample. Games I traded that brought higher than normal value (above $9, and from today's batch):

Chessmaster (Xbox) - $12
Counterstrike (Xbox) -$11
Crash N Burn (Xbox) - $10
Fable (Xbox) - $20
Full Spectrum Warrior (Xbox) - $12
Guilty Gear X2 (Xbox) - $11
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) - $12
SNK V. Capcom SVC (Xbox) - $12
Star Wars Knights (Xbox) - $11
Super Mario Sunshine (NGC) - $10

There are plenty more, I just don't have all the receipts in front of me.
 
[quote name='nixts']Once again, because people want to know the value of some games I traded (to see if its worth trading in their games), here's a short sample. Games I traded that brought higher than normal value (above $9, and from today's batch):

Chessmaster (Xbox) - $12
Counterstrike (Xbox) -$11
Crash N Burn (Xbox) - $10
Fable (Xbox) - $20
Full Spectrum Warrior (Xbox) - $12
Guilty Gear X2 (Xbox) - $11
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) - $12
SNK V. Capcom SVC (Xbox) - $12
Star Wars Knights (Xbox) - $11
Super Mario Sunshine (NGC) - $10

There are plenty more, I just don't have all the receipts in front of me.[/quote]

Ninja Gaiden for $12...ouch. :(
 
Nearly forgot, best today was;

Steel Battalion (Xbox)- $75

I only paid $103 for it used, so that was a killer deal.
 
[quote name='seanw']Hate to say it, nixts, but I have to wonder if the GS +30% deal wouldn't have been significantly better for you.[/quote]

Other people have mentioned that, or parting it out on Ebay and FYE. If I was in a dire need of cash, I could understand the logic there. But I just parted out this many games because of the promotion. I wanted to stockpile credit for the next-generation consoles now. Thankfully, I have a decent job so I can afford all this stuff to begin with. My wallet will just take a smaller hit when the PSP and Xbox 2 arrive. :)
 
[quote name='schultzed']Even though you can get decent value . . . don't trade in your collections folks . . . you'll regret it later.[/quote]

Yep, ya'll should only trade in teh stuff that's a definite mistake purchase. I personally would never trade in stuff like Ninja Gaiden or the games that I enjoyed.
 
[quote name='nixts']Nearly forgot, best today was;

Steel Battalion (Xbox)- $75

I only paid $103 for it used, so that was a killer deal.[/quote]

amount fo dust + space used by controller + awesome trade-in price = me doing the same thing tomorrow.
 
Well, they accepted four of my six games, they couldn't except doubles at all, but I got 25 dollars for the four games I spent like 10 dollars on total, if that.

I used that credit to get Star Fox Assault halfway paid off. I have four extra games to trade in, I may just keep those to use towards GR promotions.

I mentioned of a seperate transaction to see if I could get the doubles traded in, but he said "it would be the same and it would make no difference", is he right? Or did he not want a copy of extra Mojo and ED so I could get a bonus 10 from those?
 
[quote name='Nephets']Well, they accepted four of my six games, they couldn't except doubles at all, but I got 25 dollars for the four games I spent like 10 dollars on total, if that.

I used that credit to get Star Fox Assault halfway paid off. I have four extra games to trade in, I may just keep those to use towards GR promotions.

I mentioned of a seperate transaction to see if I could get the doubles traded in, but he said "it would be the same and it would make no difference", is he right? Or did he not want a copy of extra Mojo and ED so I could get a bonus 10 from those?[/quote]

Just go when a different clerk is running the place. Make no mention of any other transactions and just do your business. Unless the manager is a complete psycho the guy isn't going to check everybody's history.
 
If anything this deal has taught me how to open a PS2, XBOX, and GC game really quick,easy, and neatly.

1. Open up a paper clip
2. Slide it under the plastic on top where the fold meets. Then drag it to the other side.
3. Take the top plastic strip off you just went across and then pull the rest off like a sock.
4. Pull off the sticker seal (works better from where it says pull on a PS2 game..on the back). Once you take it off wrap the wrapper up in a ball and put the seal around it.
5. No mess now just a plastic ball wrapped in a sticker seal.

NOTE: Gamecube games are even easier...just poke the plastic by where you open the game case up...it is indented for easy openage.
 
[quote name='jkam']If anything this deal has taught me how to open a PS2, XBOX, and GC game really quick,easy, and neatly.

1. Open up a paper clip
2. Slide it under the plastic on top where the fold meets. Then drag it to the other side.
3. Take the top plastic strip off you just went across and then pull the rest off like a sock.
4. Pull off the sticker seal (works better from where it says pull on a PS2 game..on the back). Once you take it off wrap the wrapper up in a ball and put the seal around it.
5. No mess now just a plastic ball wrapped in a sticker seal.

NOTE: Gamecube games are even easier...just poke the plastic by where you open the game case up...it is indented for easy openage.[/quote]

That is how I open all of my games and DVDs, only with my pocket knife. I then slide the case back into the wrapper once I'm done playing [or in the GCN case, I just keep the cases in the plastic because I have those handy little Nintendo brand disc holders (BTW, I need three more disc wallets if anyone has extras they want to get rid of)].
 
How long is store credit good for? I traded in some games and got RE4 and VJ2, and I don't plan to get anything else until I finish these and some other games.

I was just wondering if it "expires" or anything.
 
I know in CA and MA, gift cards, gift certificates and the like cannot have expiration dates by state law. Since it's really a store credit, those also tend to not have expiration dates. However, when I worked retail in college in the late 80s/early 90s, some of the stores I worked for did have store credit "slips" that expired, normally they were good for about 6 months or so. Dunno what the general policy is nowadays. Couldn't hurt to ask so you don't get hosed.

BTW, noob question. They put my credit on an Edge card. My understanding was that you had to pay for a yearly fee for this card. So is the card good for one year of 10% discounts or is it even good for any discounts at all?
 
[quote name='bob330i']I know in CA and MA, gift cards, gift certificates and the like cannot have expiration dates by state law. Since it's really a store credit, those also tend to not have expiration dates. However, when I worked retail in college in the late 80s/early 90s, some of the stores I worked for did have store credit "slips" that expired, normally they were good for about 6 months or so. Dunno what the general policy is nowadays. Couldn't hurt to ask so you don't get hosed.

BTW, noob question. They put my credit on an Edge card. My understanding was that you had to pay for a yearly fee for this card. So is the card good for one year of 10% discounts or is it even good for any discounts at all?[/quote]

Store credit expires and charge a yearly fee on edge cards? I never heard of this O_O
 
[quote name='MightySlacker']A couple of things:

Any of you Sac area CAGers go to the Davis store? Because someone there is about to get shit-canned for a really ugly dispute with a customer that sounded awfully like a "accused of theft" deal.

And here's the scoop on why this promo might end on the 18th:

There was a group of 3 managers in the LA area that were selling jampacks and allowing them to be traded back in on the same transactions. Not only would the be an infinite store credit loop, but they were also putting them all on edge cards, thus not only giving the edge cards for free, but they were trying to bump up their stores numbers. They all got fired :).

That also reminds me that those idiots that were selling the penny guides for $5 with free edge card all got fired too AFIAK

Dave[/quote]

What was your source on this?

However, this is very likely. A certain company I worked for in the entertainment retail business fired no less than 3 entire staff teams from two different branches for trying to beef up their numbers with pre-loaded cards and such.
Game and movie mall-based chains depend on these "frequent shopper" cards to keep people coming back in to shop instead of running over to Wal-Mart and paying less.
Consequently, because of this "card dependency", they put additional pressure on staff and management to fill quotas or lose their jobs, regardless of thier numbers. I was the top seller in our store as far as actual sales numbers, and just about everything else, save for one thing- magazine subscriptions. The "free trial" was misleading and difficult to turn off, and I would tell my customers this so as not to have any backlash when they got screwed when the subscription might keep going.
Naturally, I didn't get many subscriptions. I also didn't have any mad customers either.
Long story short, thanks to a secret shopper who reported I didn't pitch her a mag sub on a pack of batteries she was buying with a CC, I got written up and was told that if it wasn't for the fact I had already put in my two weeks notice, I would have been fired for it.
2 years, record sales, top-shelf customer service, and a loyalty base to boot from them (I still hear that people ask for me there), and yet, they would have canned me for not pitching a mag sub.
Wow. :roll:
 
[quote name='MaxBiaggi3']That'll teach you to hussle some magazine subscriptions. :)[/quote]

Not on my conscience. Not worth the deception.:^o

Or the screaming.
 
sounds like you worked for funcoland.

i managed one for years, and they would always make us push the subscriptions and the cleaning kits.

i've seen people fired for not doing it.

shitty business tactics.
 
The difference is, those of us who worked at Funcoland got commission off those items. I was able to make a good living out of high school pitching those things -- not to mention the other various spiff-earning items out there.
 
[quote name='JohnnyA']This deal is slowly going the way of the buffalo. Exhibition discs no longer work.[/quote]

Is this true? Rats, I've got an XBox Exhibition vol.2 ready to go.
 
[quote name='ViolentLee']The difference is, those of us who worked at Funcoland got commission off those items. I was able to make a good living out of high school pitching those things -- not to mention the other various spiff-earning items out there.[/quote]

Though I didn't work at Funco, I did at one time work for another branch of the same company- but this wasn't where I had those particular problems...

Gads, if we had commision, I'd have owned 43% of the company back when I worked where I did. :cool:
 
[quote name='lurknomore'][quote name='JohnnyA']This deal is slowly going the way of the buffalo. Exhibition discs no longer work.[/quote]

Is this true? Rats, I've got an XBox Exhibition vol.2 ready to go.[/quote]

NO, ITS NOT TRUE. The deal still works and will continue to work unless they end it early on the 18th. If it doesn't work for you, it's due to an EMPLOYEE, not thte fact the deal changed. You can either listen to the employee and the deal is dead, od print out the terms of the deal and fight for it. It's that simple.

Dave
 
Anyone have any idea what these games get in trade in value? I live kinda far from an EB and don't want to drive all the way out there and end up getting basically nothing. I know the extra $10 will probably make it worth it, but I'm wondering what the total would be for these.

MGS 2 Substance (XBox)
New Legends (XBox)
Siren (PS2)
XIII (GC)
 
[quote name='gugaplex']mgs substance is $2 and siren is $4. Don't know the others. Probably $.50-$1?[/quote]

Thanks! I was guessing next to nothing for XIII and NL. :)
 
YMMV!

I saw a post on another forum that said a guy got from Tyson's Corner, VA:

Star Wars Sith Lords
XMen Legends
All Star Baseball 2004
Rainbow Six 3 (NOT Black Arrow)

+ a new EB Games Edge card,

His total was $33.68 including tax.

XMen was now $5, Rainbow six was now $11.69, AS Baseball was now $5.39, and Sith Lords was now $5.00. The discount promo that appears on my receipt is Promo #3387

2435022 590/400
Orig Price: 44.99 ea.
Disc: 39.99 Promo #3387
You Saved 5.00 buying Pre-Played.

I went to EBgames a few hours ago before I knew of this, else I would try it out...so anyone going to EBgames, good luck, looks like a computer glitch.
 
[quote name='oper00']
Store credit expires and charge a yearly fee on edge cards? I never heard of this O_O[/quote]

Must be a youngin' :wink: Yes, in the ol' days, GCs and credit did have expiration dates.

Re: Edge cards, found the answer. I guess they put a sticker on the back that gives you the 10% off preplayed games and that sticker is what costs $5/year.
 
I went to 2 different EBs today that took in Exhibition 2's yesterday. Today, the deal will not work with them. Completely different employees at each location btw.

[quote name='MightySlacker'][quote name='lurknomore'][quote name='JohnnyA']This deal is slowly going the way of the buffalo. Exhibition discs no longer work.[/quote]

Is this true? Rats, I've got an XBox Exhibition vol.2 ready to go.[/quote]

NO, ITS NOT TRUE. The deal still works and will continue to work unless they end it early on the 18th. If it doesn't work for you, it's due to an EMPLOYEE, not thte fact the deal changed. You can either listen to the employee and the deal is dead, od print out the terms of the deal and fight for it. It's that simple.

Dave[/quote]
 
[quote name='MightySlacker'][quote name='lurknomore'][quote name='JohnnyA']This deal is slowly going the way of the buffalo. Exhibition discs no longer work.[/quote]

Is this true? Rats, I've got an XBox Exhibition vol.2 ready to go.[/quote]

NO, ITS NOT TRUE. The deal still works and will continue to work unless they end it early on the 18th. If it doesn't work for you, it's due to an EMPLOYEE, not thte fact the deal changed. You can either listen to the employee and the deal is dead, od print out the terms of the deal and fight for it. It's that simple.

Dave[/quote]
Yes, it is true...I know first-hand that Jampacks were taken out of this deal last night...I'm not sure if it's all Jampacks or just the olders ones, but as of today the extra $10 would not apply.
 
Crap! I knew that I should have gone yesterday! I took in a couple jampacks this morning and the older ones wouldn't work on any promo (W02 and S03). I ended up trading in 3 for a total of $0.75.
 
I just came back from a local EB Games, and they didn't accept my Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 along with Zapper. wtf? They then scanned 2 other games, which wasn't mine but behind the counter, and it got the $10 bonus. The cashiers said maybe its because some titles are excluded, and my games don't qualify. I then threw in my own copy of Project Gotham Racing along with a copy of Zapper for them to scan, but it still didn't work. They even did 1 qualifying game of theirs, and one copy of my fodder game, but it remained as if there was no promo. It didn't give the $10 promo. I'm going to hit another EB in my city. Damn, if it wasn't raining yesterday, or the day before, I would of scored by yesterday. Damn clouds!!1 LoL.

Even though the fine print does say "Some Titles Excluded", I'm going to fight for this one. I don't want to think I spent 30 minutes hunting for 2 games, and getting EB store credit "Easily", (especially since they have this deal advertised), and to be stopped by an employee who denies me.
 
[quote name='Ugamer_X'][quote name='MightySlacker'][quote name='lurknomore'][quote name='JohnnyA']This deal is slowly going the way of the buffalo. Exhibition discs no longer work.[/quote]

Is this true? Rats, I've got an XBox Exhibition vol.2 ready to go.[/quote]

NO, ITS NOT TRUE. The deal still works and will continue to work unless they end it early on the 18th. If it doesn't work for you, it's due to an EMPLOYEE, not thte fact the deal changed. You can either listen to the employee and the deal is dead, od print out the terms of the deal and fight for it. It's that simple.

Dave[/quote]
Yes, it is true...I know first-hand that Jampacks were taken out of this deal last night...I'm not sure if it's all Jampacks or just the olders ones, but as of today the extra $10 would not apply.[/quote]

I just got back from trading 2 Exhibition v 2 and 2 Hard Hitter Tennis without a hitch. Can you elaborate on that first-hand knowledge?

Dave
 
Traded in:

Primal (3x)
Gungrave
Dave Mirra 2
Frequency

Got $35, so I'm happy with that. I've gotten $70 credit, add $20 of a mall gift card, and I have $90 to use there, if I choose.

When I traded the three Primals in the guy was asking the other one if he can do three, and he was like just do it, I don't care. Awesome employees.
 
Damnit, I just wasted a hour, and got denied at 3 EB Games in my city. One said that my Zapper and SeaBlade were select titles that are excluded, whatever that means. They all ring them both up for just $1.25.. a bad experience, especially since it was sunny a couple hours ago.. now its raining again like yesterday, but not as heavy.

I guess I'm going to try going to the Daly City / Serramonte Mall EB Games to see whats up.
 
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