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[quote name='gothamcentral79']iat one of the stores i asked the clerk if he knew when Hotel Dusk for the Ds was coming out and he said he had never heard of it but he'd look. He finds out and tells me the 23rd and did i want to preorder it. i said no thanks just wondering and he tells me if i want the game i should definitely preorder it because it's going to be sold out all over to people who didn't preorder it.
I then asked him how he was so sure a DS game he had never heard of was going to sell out "all over" and he didn't know what to say.[/quote]
The master release list shows that the only way a GC store will receive Hotel Dusk is if someone pre-ordered it, and it'll only be that amount in pre-orders and none for customers.. at least initially. So in this instance, he was sorta right.
io - the 50% trade bump was if you traded up towards a 360 or a Wii. There's two promotions going on (and ironically enough, the computers won't recognize the coupons) - an extra 15% if you trade three or more games in and a 20% bonus in credit if you trade games towards Lost Planet. Both deals are fairly lame. Regarding the 15.99 games.. I dunno. Clearance or not, they went back up, which is pretty lame. Some stayed low. A lot of things GC does makes no sense (for example, one title will be 14.99 new and 19.99 used). GC as a whole does indeed do a shitty job at advertising their deals.. and if by chance you wish to take advantage of them, the employee probably has no clue and you have to explain it to him. I like the store. I don't have a GameRush around me, though, so maybe that's why
I then asked him how he was so sure a DS game he had never heard of was going to sell out "all over" and he didn't know what to say.[/quote]
The master release list shows that the only way a GC store will receive Hotel Dusk is if someone pre-ordered it, and it'll only be that amount in pre-orders and none for customers.. at least initially. So in this instance, he was sorta right.
io - the 50% trade bump was if you traded up towards a 360 or a Wii. There's two promotions going on (and ironically enough, the computers won't recognize the coupons) - an extra 15% if you trade three or more games in and a 20% bonus in credit if you trade games towards Lost Planet. Both deals are fairly lame. Regarding the 15.99 games.. I dunno. Clearance or not, they went back up, which is pretty lame. Some stayed low. A lot of things GC does makes no sense (for example, one title will be 14.99 new and 19.99 used). GC as a whole does indeed do a shitty job at advertising their deals.. and if by chance you wish to take advantage of them, the employee probably has no clue and you have to explain it to him. I like the store. I don't have a GameRush around me, though, so maybe that's why
[quote name='gothamcentral79']i just went to four different gamecrazys in my area to try to use some of the coupons i got and their selection of used games is horrible compared to any of the Eb games/gamestops in my area.
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Well, how's this for gameCRAZY - I went in tonight hoping to use the Buy 1 Get 1 free used portable game coupon. They had a paltry selection of about 7 DS games in the glass case - things like Feel The Magic, Polarium, etc (which I think I traded in there last week). Then I went to buy a new Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (using the 10% new portable game coupon). The guy starts rummaging under the counter and says he thought he had a used one (he did have a used Portrait of Ruin). So, after seeing that I asked if they had any more hidden used DS games. He pulled out a bin full of cart-only DS games. I wasn't too excited at that prospect, but in their midst was a WarioWare Touched. So I picked up that and Magical Starsign for $24.99 total. They DO NOT stack the MVP with the coupons at this location (they are very adamant about that). But still, not too bad. It sucks they are cart-only and the WarioWare is a "not for resale" cart that he says was given as a promo to stores but claims is the full version. I'll be testing that out in a minute.
The point, though, is they had this huge selection of used games (Mario Kart, a couple NSMB, several other AAA titles) and they were all HIDDEN under the counter. WTF? It made their "public" selection look pathetic. And it's not like all the ones in the case were complete - some there were cart only as well. Still, I do find it strange they had so many cart-only DS games. Something is a bit fishy there (are those all promos from the game companies?).
Scorch - if they have a 15% boost for 3 or more games promo running they have screwed me out of that many times. I've traded 3 or more games at least 3-4 times in the last 3 weeks and have gotten nothing but the 10% from MVP. The guy today said it is too bad I didn't have the 20% coupon with me (he forgot that he rang me up with that about a week ago
). And I did hear about the 50% Wii/PS3 trades - wasn't that for system trade-ins though? I generally only do game trades.
I spent some time looking through their used games (besides DS) a bit today. They have a decent selection of PS2/Xbox games. I even saw two copies of Grandia II which I've been looking for for a while. Both cases were a bit messed up and the guy was busy so I didn't ask to check the disc. I might go back and do that soon though. They also, actually, had 4-5 used Wii games for sale - first time I've seen any at all (GR certainly has none).
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Well, how's this for gameCRAZY - I went in tonight hoping to use the Buy 1 Get 1 free used portable game coupon. They had a paltry selection of about 7 DS games in the glass case - things like Feel The Magic, Polarium, etc (which I think I traded in there last week). Then I went to buy a new Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (using the 10% new portable game coupon). The guy starts rummaging under the counter and says he thought he had a used one (he did have a used Portrait of Ruin). So, after seeing that I asked if they had any more hidden used DS games. He pulled out a bin full of cart-only DS games. I wasn't too excited at that prospect, but in their midst was a WarioWare Touched. So I picked up that and Magical Starsign for $24.99 total. They DO NOT stack the MVP with the coupons at this location (they are very adamant about that). But still, not too bad. It sucks they are cart-only and the WarioWare is a "not for resale" cart that he says was given as a promo to stores but claims is the full version. I'll be testing that out in a minute.
The point, though, is they had this huge selection of used games (Mario Kart, a couple NSMB, several other AAA titles) and they were all HIDDEN under the counter. WTF? It made their "public" selection look pathetic. And it's not like all the ones in the case were complete - some there were cart only as well. Still, I do find it strange they had so many cart-only DS games. Something is a bit fishy there (are those all promos from the game companies?).
Scorch - if they have a 15% boost for 3 or more games promo running they have screwed me out of that many times. I've traded 3 or more games at least 3-4 times in the last 3 weeks and have gotten nothing but the 10% from MVP. The guy today said it is too bad I didn't have the 20% coupon with me (he forgot that he rang me up with that about a week ago
). And I did hear about the 50% Wii/PS3 trades - wasn't that for system trade-ins though? I generally only do game trades.I spent some time looking through their used games (besides DS) a bit today. They have a decent selection of PS2/Xbox games. I even saw two copies of Grandia II which I've been looking for for a while. Both cases were a bit messed up and the guy was busy so I didn't ask to check the disc. I might go back and do that soon though. They also, actually, had 4-5 used Wii games for sale - first time I've seen any at all (GR certainly has none).
[quote name='io']It sucks they are cart-only and the WarioWare is a "not for resale" cart that he says was given as a promo to stores but claims is the full version. I'll be testing that out in a minute.[/quote]
It is. It was given out to store managers.
No. There's a guy that comes through the local one that keeps all his boxes and trades them in cart-only. I do the same with some of my games. If it's rare, I like to keep the box/manual in case I run across it for cheap in the future. I'm thinking the "box under the counter" is just lazy employees not putting them out. Kinda weird..
Yeah, it was for system trade-ins. The 15% boost started around January 4th. I wasn't even aware of it until someone pointed it out to me, and even then, it has to be done manually because the POS POS (piece of shit point of sale) system wasn't reading coupons. By the way.. hang on to those trades, my store just got signage in stating 20% more for trades and 20% off used games and accessories.. dunno when it starts but it said "Now through February 5th" or some date like that.. i'll be posting when I find out a start date for it.
Anything decent? All my local store has right now is NFS:C and Trauma Center, but Rayman, COD3 and Red Steel have also come through.
It is. It was given out to store managers.
No. There's a guy that comes through the local one that keeps all his boxes and trades them in cart-only. I do the same with some of my games. If it's rare, I like to keep the box/manual in case I run across it for cheap in the future. I'm thinking the "box under the counter" is just lazy employees not putting them out. Kinda weird..
Scorch - if they have a 15% boost for 3 or more games promo running they have screwed me out of that many times. I've traded 3 or more games at least 3-4 times in the last 3 weeks and have gotten nothing but the 10% from MVP. The guy today said it is too bad I didn't have the 20% coupon with me (he forgot that he rang me up with that about a week ago
Yeah, it was for system trade-ins. The 15% boost started around January 4th. I wasn't even aware of it until someone pointed it out to me, and even then, it has to be done manually because the POS POS (piece of shit point of sale) system wasn't reading coupons. By the way.. hang on to those trades, my store just got signage in stating 20% more for trades and 20% off used games and accessories.. dunno when it starts but it said "Now through February 5th" or some date like that.. i'll be posting when I find out a start date for it.
Anything decent? All my local store has right now is NFS:C and Trauma Center, but Rayman, COD3 and Red Steel have also come through.
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finally found one that had a decent used ds selection. i managed to snag a copy of Final Fantasy III and Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime for a total of $35 with my coupon. they both were complete in box with manuals.
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Yeah, it was for system trade-ins. The 15% boost started around January 4th. I wasn't even aware of it until someone pointed it out to me, and even then, it has to be done manually because the POS POS (piece of shit point of sale) system wasn't reading coupons. By the way.. hang on to those trades, my store just got signage in stating 20% more for trades and 20% off used games and accessories.. dunno when it starts but it said "Now through February 5th" or some date like that.. i'll be posting when I find out a start date for it.
Anything decent? All my local store has right now is NFS:C and Trauma Center, but Rayman, COD3 and Red Steel have also come through.[/QUOTE]
I dunno, maybe the 15% boost thing is regional? If not, it is a poorly run promo as two different GC's failed to mention it to me on multiple trade-ins. Oh well. I guess I'll ask about that and the 20% next time I'm there.
As for Wii games, I know TC was there. I think Madden and Red Steel as well. The other 2 were garbage though (like Ant Bully and something else).
Yeah, it was for system trade-ins. The 15% boost started around January 4th. I wasn't even aware of it until someone pointed it out to me, and even then, it has to be done manually because the POS POS (piece of shit point of sale) system wasn't reading coupons. By the way.. hang on to those trades, my store just got signage in stating 20% more for trades and 20% off used games and accessories.. dunno when it starts but it said "Now through February 5th" or some date like that.. i'll be posting when I find out a start date for it.
Anything decent? All my local store has right now is NFS:C and Trauma Center, but Rayman, COD3 and Red Steel have also come through.[/QUOTE]
I dunno, maybe the 15% boost thing is regional? If not, it is a poorly run promo as two different GC's failed to mention it to me on multiple trade-ins. Oh well. I guess I'll ask about that and the 20% next time I'm there.
As for Wii games, I know TC was there. I think Madden and Red Steel as well. The other 2 were garbage though (like Ant Bully and something else).
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