I finally struck gold! The manager at a local DG gave me 20% off variable cards by overriding the system, so I picked up $900 worth for $720. I then went to tax free NH and picked up x2 PS4 Pros (x1 for me and x1 for the kids) and $100 in PS Network cards for Xmas gifts to equal $900 in the gift cards I just bought). I will sell the RDR 2 games each on Craiglist for $40 each which will bring the total down to $640. I have a 1st generation PS4 which I'll sell on Craiglist as well, likely for around $160 so all said, it should cost me $400 ($480 minus the $100 gift cards + $20 gas) to upgrade to x2 PS4 Pros from x1 regular PS4 Fat - not bad but took me a lot of time to do this (probably close to 4 hours).
Sunday - Drove to Lowell, MA (30 min) to DG - no cards
Sunday - Continued driving to Nashua, NH (20 min) to DG - would not honor variable cards after back and forth with management (another 30+ min in the store plus 40 min drive home)
Tuesday - Drove to DG in MA (leaving out city so manager doesn't get into possible trouble) - on my way to work (spent 15 min there talking to staff). Manager said come back Thursday when the 3 Day Sale starts.
Thursday (today) - Drove back to DG in MA on my way to work and spent 15 min there. Manager honored what he said he would do on Tuesday.
Thursday (today) - Drove back to Nashua NH (40 min) to GameStop to not pay sales tax ($50 saved by doing that) plus another 30+ min walking into the mall to purchase
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