EBGames morning update thread (with FAQ)

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Here's the new thread. If there are any other links that you would like added or removed (sorted by system, rare games, etc), let me know and I'll take care of it as I have time. Everything else is included from the previous OP. N64 used link is here now, Playstation only shows used items, and DS (new and used) links are added.

Playstation used sorted by price, high to low

Dreamcast used sorted by price, high to low

Super Nintendo used sorted by price, high to low

Sega Genesis used sorted by price, high to low

NES used sorted by price, high to low

N64 used sorted by price, high to low

Gameboy Color RPGs

Xbox used sorted by price, high to low

 PS2 used sorted by price, high to low

GC used sorted by price, high to low

DS used sorted by price, high to low

New (as in sealed) Xbox, sorted by price, low to high

New (as in sealed) PS2, sorted by price, low to high

New (as in sealed) GC, sorted by price, low to high

New (as in sealed) DS, sorted by price, low to high

New (as in sealed) all products by price, low to high

All preplayed products by price, high to low

All preplayed products by price, low to high

Accessories sorted by price, low to high


(These aren't from today, they're just here so you can find them)
PS1

Grandia
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/167504.asp


Persona
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/130360.asp


Persona 2
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/182580.asp


Rival Schools
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/151356.asp


Suikoden II
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/162744.asp

Street Fighter Alpha
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/120050.asp

Valkyrie Profile
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/183874.asp


Koudelka
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/181537.asp


Raystorm
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/136572.asp


Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/178046.asp


Tales of Destiny
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/151362.asp


Threads of Fate
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/179725.asp


Brigandine
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/152489.asp


Kartia
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/148981.asp



Dreamcast

Gunbird 2
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/185315.asp


Power Stone 2
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/185306.asp


Project Justice
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/192073.asp


Mars Matrix
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/191229.asp


Starlancer
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/184391.asp



PS2

Robot Alchemic Drive
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/219769.asp


Skygunner
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/217216.asp


Zone of the Enders 2nd Runner
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/232739.asp


Rez
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/213806.asp


Gitaroo Man
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/208731.asp


Component AV Cable (only 99 cents)
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/190826.asp



Xbox

Arx Fatalis
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/238411.asp



Genesis

Herzog Zwei
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/119223.asp


Shining Force 2
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118533.asp


Phantasy Star 4
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/147539.asp


Shadowrun
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118315.asp


Musha
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/117820.asp



Super Nintendo

Secret of Mana
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118036.asp


Ys III
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/119157.asp


Mario RPG
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/124976.asp


Chrono Trigger
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/119052.asp


Ogre Battle
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118985.asp


Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118476.asp


Earth Bound
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118950.asp


FAQ:
How do I get those sticky yellow EB stickers off my case?
Buy a bottle of Goo Gone. They're usually $5 or less. They last forever and are a good purchase if you buy lots of used games. You can find them at drug stores or places like Wal Mart.

The bottle looks like this:
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When is the EBgames morning update?
Usually between 7am and 7:30am eastern time, Monday through Friday. There are no updates on some holidays.

How do I know the update happened?
The number of in stock games will drop to zero, then rise back up. This takes less than a minute.

I had game X in my cart, but it disappeared while I was checking out. What happened?
Someone else beat you to it. Just because an item is in your cart, doesn't mean it's reserved for you until you finish checking out.

How do you know how many copies of game X are in stock?
When the item is in your cart, change the quantity to a large number (like 99). When the page refreshes, the quantity will be reduced to the number available.

Are there any coupons I could use to save money?
CAG15 gives you 15% off used merchandise.
CAG16 gives you 16% off $50 or more worth of used merchandise.
SAVER gives you free shipping on orders containing used games and accessories. For some reason, Gameboy games do not work with SAVER.
 
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[quote name='Staraang21']also thousand arms is available.
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/166089.asp
19.99 bc. 5 available.[/QUOTE]

Yoink!!! Thanks for the heads up. I got my shipment for Atlus today. What a cool company. They didn't have the manual for Hoshigami, so they threw in the Soundtrack for Shin Megami Tensi: DDS2 and a keychain of the mascot. Very impressed!!!

Anyway, I have extra Disk covers and a map insert for Brigandine...I ordered them when I got the game from the morning thread, expecting disk only and got it mint complete. I can't use it, so if anyone needs them, PM me and I'll send them to you for free. Just giving back to the CAG community!
 
[quote name='schultzed']There has been an update (SNES went from 75 to 78)[/QUOTE]

What's with the SNES games? Is it just a fluke that there's so few of them right now or has EB been phasing them out lately...?
 
[quote name='urzishra14']parappa seems a bit high.. go search in some gamestops I've ran into it disc only a couple times for about 5 bucks.[/QUOTE]


Yeah, I know I could possibly find it cheaper, but Ive never seen it in the past year. Plus I moved, to a town with no EB, so I have some eb credit I need to burn that I have to use online.

If it would happen to come complete, the higher price would'nt hurt so much.
 
Wow! WTF is going on? I ordered Front Mission 3 last Saturday, and it still hasn't even shipped yet? That's messed up. My Wild 9 and PS1 memory card got here on Wednesday, so why hasn't FM3 shipped? They were all in one order! :(
 
[quote name='craven_fiend']
11.99 b/c (11 AToP)
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/139293.asp[/QUOTE]

When Parappa first popped up, there were 20 in stock . . . I think they are going to come complete (a box of them turned up?)

I think the SNES games will fade away . . . they are getting collectible so people won't trade them in. Plus, it seems like many EBs aren't buying them anymore.
 
[quote name='aoLat']Wow! WTF is going on? I ordered Front Mission 3 last Saturday, and it still hasn't even shipped yet? That's messed up. My Wild 9 and PS1 memory card got here on Wednesday, so why hasn't FM3 shipped? They were all in one order! :([/QUOTE]

I ordered DQ8 maybe about a week ago and I purchased a few other games this week. On the same day I purchased DQ8 they sent the notification e-mail saying both games in the purchase had shipped, but it actuality the games didn't even ship until after my next purchase about 3 days later. I was hoping to get the stuff in time for Christmas, but thats iffy now.
 
[quote name='Cyrian']What's with the SNES games? Is it just a fluke that there's so few of them right now or has EB been phasing them out lately...?[/QUOTE]
They've stopped taking trade ins of classic games as of a couple months ago, so I assume that most of the online stock is the dregs of the warehouses, or shipments from stores that aren't selling. So eventually they, along with NES, DC, and N64 will go down to zero and become GameStop.
 
[quote name='craven_fiend']Did they do away with free saver shipping? I can't seem to add the code.[/QUOTE]

I just tried it, and it was OK. It's only good for pre-owned, but you probably kew that already.
 
How has everyone's items been lately? My last 3 orders were disk only. i'm wondering if we've finally reached...the End!?!?
 
[quote name='Number83']How has everyone's items been lately? My last 3 orders were disk only. i'm wondering if we've finally reached...the End!?!?[/QUOTE]


~30 games the last month or so... 'nothing but disc'.
 
[quote name='Number83']I just tried it, and it was OK. It's only good for pre-owned, but you probably kew that already.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I knew that. Had a copy of Metroid 2 for GB in there and it wouldn't let me add saver, but it let me ad cag15, weird.

Still haven't recieved my first order, from last Wednesday, so not expecting it any time soon.

Hopefully today is a good update.

Edit: Everything has shipped, except for my most wanted order of Suikoden and Orge Battle.
 
[quote name='craven_fiend']Yeah, I knew that. Had a copy of Metroid 2 for GB in there and it wouldn't let me add saver, but it let me ad cag15, weird.

Still haven't recieved my first order, from last Wednesday, so not expecting it any time soon.

Hopefully today is a good update.

Edit: Everything has shipped, except for my most wanted order of Suikoden and Orge Battle.[/QUOTE]

I think the reason why you can't use SAVER is because you have a Game Boy game in your cart. Near the bottom of the first post states,

SAVER gives you free shipping on orders containing used games and accessories. For some reason, Gameboy games do not work with SAVER.
 
[quote name='craven_fiend']Edit: Everything has shipped, except for my most wanted order of Suikoden and Orge Battle.[/QUOTE]

If your Ogre Battle is disk only, contact Atlus. www.atlus.com

I mailed a 5.00 check for the manual(vven though it says OOS) and covers/inserts, and a month later I got it! They are the best!!!
 
Finally got VP! And over 10 copies of Mario Mix DDR used? Am I the only one thinking these are brand new copies, but since Nintendo apparently has discontinued production, eb is forced to sell them as 'used?' I sure hope this is just like the Gitaroo Man, Persona 2 and Rhapsody I got from them...
 
[quote name='tnote827']Finally got VP! And over 10 copies of Mario Mix DDR used? Am I the only one thinking these are brand new copies, but since Nintendo apparently has discontinued production, eb is forced to sell them as 'used?' I sure hope this is just like the Gitaroo Man, Persona 2 and Rhapsody I got from them...[/QUOTE]
They haven't discontinued them, they're just sold out, next shipment isn't till next quarter. They'll probably still be like new for the most part, since they haven't been owned for more than a month.

They had seven copies on Friday that got snatched upin a heartbeat.
 
[quote name='tnote827']Finally got VP! And over 10 copies of Mario Mix DDR used? Am I the only one thinking these are brand new copies, but since Nintendo apparently has discontinued production, eb is forced to sell them as 'used?' I sure hope this is just like the Gitaroo Man, Persona 2 and Rhapsody I got from them...[/QUOTE]

do you have the link to mario mix?
 
Hopefully VP shows up again tomorrow, as my browser decided to crap out on me when it showed up today. One of the few games I am really trying to get ahold of, since I've been fortunate enough to have a bro that has just about every ps1 rpg worth playing, besides this and Ogre Battle (copy should be sending soon).
 
The Gamestop employee I spoke with said that Nintendo had discontinued production, and that they were not scheduled to receive any more shipments of new copies. Sure, probably not the best source, but I see no reason for him to have been lying about not being scheduled to receive more new copies.

And sorry, I do not have the link. I checked my history, but for some reason none of the actual game pages I visited (VP, DDR:MM) are in there.
 
[quote name='tnote827']The Gamestop employee I spoke with said that Nintendo had discontinued production, and that they were not scheduled to receive any more shipments of new copies. Sure, probably not the best source, but I see no reason for him to have been lying about not being scheduled to receive more new copies.

And sorry, I do not have the link. I checked my history, but for some reason none of the actual game pages I visited (VP, DDR:MM) are in there.[/QUOTE]

thanks for checking. i searched for it but came up with nothing. i'm guessing some jerk bought up all of them again.
 
[quote name='Number83']How has everyone's items been lately? My last 3 orders were disk only. i'm wondering if we've finally reached...the End!?!?[/QUOTE]


I've run (and others have agreed in the past) about 25-30% complete on PS1 games . . . not bad considering the prices are so low on many. Say, 12 complete out of 40 ordered in the past 18 months . . . but I don't really go for rare stuff.

You basically have to expect disc only and then be pleasantly surprised if they come complete.

I've also received 2 complete GBA games (out of about 20) . . . man, I wish that happened more.

I'd say about 25% of my current gen games come in poor enough condition to return them.
 
[quote name='schultzed']I've run (and others have agreed in the past) about 25-30% complete on PS1 games . . . not bad considering the prices are so low on many. Say, 12 complete out of 40 ordered in the past 18 months . . . but I don't really go for rare stuff.

You basically have to expect disc only and then be pleasantly surprised if they come complete.

I've also received 2 complete GBA games (out of about 20) . . . man, I wish that happened more.

I'd say about 25% of my current gen games come in poor enough condition to return them.[/QUOTE]

I'd agree with those percentages, although I have not gotten a complete game my past 3 orders (8 games all disk only)...But I'm not complaining...the complete Suikoden II I got more than makes up for any trips I need to make to EBGames for returns. :D
 
[quote name='Number83']I'd agree with those percentages, although I have not gotten a complete game my past 3 orders (8 games all disk only)...But I'm not complaining...the complete Suikoden II I got more than makes up for any trips I need to make to EBGames for returns. :D[/QUOTE]

I'll keep the incomplete Driver, Twisted Metal, Ridge Racer . . . (at $1.50 per) when I get a complete and minty Klonoa, Diablo and Oddworld . . . but I returned Mana ($20 for a disc?).
 
[quote name='Number83']How has everyone's items been lately? My last 3 orders were disk only. i'm wondering if we've finally reached...the End!?!?[/QUOTE]

Overall quality of my purchases went way down. Games littered with seven or more stickers, carts having really poor labels, CDs that look like someone took sandpaper to the face, multi-disc games only coming with a single CD, and one out of every ten or so games coming with anything (back cover, manual, etc.).

Not enough to dissuade me from buying since I can easily get covers and print them out and the like, but man, the game conditions are really dropping.
 
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