Enchanted Arms (x360) with graphic novel $19.99 at TRU...YMMV

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I went into my local tru to pick up jade empire LE and Fire Emblem POR for $10 each and saw that the plastic thing behind enchanted arms had it listed as $19.99 .When I went to the register it scanned at $59.99 but after bringing the plastic thing to the worker and him typing in a upc # listed on the plastic it came up as $19.99....not sure if this is everywhere but figured its wroth posting as I havent seen this game with the novel at $19.99 yet (even used it still costs more).
 
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[quote name='pimpinc333']My TRU has empty box cases for these. For the people who found ones for 19.99, did you get the actual game on the shelf or was it an emplty box?[/quote]

I didn't think to look if they had more in the lock up glass case, but the actual games are on the shelf at the store I went to.
 
[quote name='chicagoz']When I left (I was just there today) there were about 3 of them still on the shelf. When I first found them clearanced at that store on the 26th of Dec, there were 8-10 of them, so they are slowly selling. I MIGHT go back tomorrow (Wednesday to get another for trade bait).[/quote]

damn... it looks like I can't go there today. you think they'll still have it tomorrow?
 
Got one!

I brought the empty display box up and asked for a price check. The cashier manually typed in the SKU (671174) and it rang up $19.98.

The same SKU was on the little plastic divider (which was still marked $59.99).

This was at the Ft Lauderdale TRU (US1 north of Sunrise) and they still had 2-3 copies behind the counter if anyone else wants to give it a shot.
 
Picked one up a couple of hours ago at the Toys R Us in Chicago on Western and Addison. The game itself rang up at $59.99, but I took up the divider (which had the price of $59.99, as well) and the cashier typed in the SKU, and voila it rang up as $19.98.

And they gave it to me at that price.
 
[quote name='loserboy']Picked one up a couple of hours ago at the Toys R Us in Chicago on Western and Addison. The game itself rang up at $59.99, but I took up the divider (which had the price of $59.99, as well) and the cashier typed in the SKU, and voila it rang up as $19.98.

And they gave it to me at that price.[/QUOTE]

Oh, I may try that. because it's still listed at 60. Do you recall the sku. NM, I'll use the one from the picture.
 
fuck ing piece of $h|T nerd employee in the Long Island City TRU was staring at me the whole time as i held the enchanted arms display case, then as i ask for a price check on the sku with some cashier, the geek immediately yells out $60 dollars!!..In such a homo-meanass tone. I wanted to smack the guyt so bad but i just had to hold myself.
 
[quote name='psychoxfoo']fuck ing piece of $h|T nerd employee in the Long Island City TRU was staring at me the whole time as i held the enchanted arms display case, then as i ask for a price check on the sku with some cashier, the geek immediately yells out $60 dollars!!..In such a homo-meanass tone. I wanted to smack the guyt so bad but i just had to hold myself.[/quote]

HAHA. that was hilarious. Whats up with these TRU employees? They're all knuckleheads. I have some fruits around here too, must be part of their training.
 
I tried at one of the local TRU here tonight. I grabbed one of the game cases that said please bring to checkout along with the plastic price separator for the game. Both said $59.99 and I brought it up and asked the kid behind the counter to pricecheck it and said I read it was onsale for about 20 bucks.

He scanned the plastic separator and it rang up as $19.98 and I said I'd take it. He dug around and got a copy of the game from the case behind him and rang it up and it came up as $59.99. He could not override it so had to call a manager.

The manager was a real ass. He said it was $59.99 not $19.98 even though it clearly rang up as that with the separator piece. I said it was on sale and to call another local TRU store to check. He was not comfortable calling another store, probably because it would make him look like an idiot. It was too late for that in my opinion, but we continued to talk regarding the price and he said if I had a printed ad showing that price he could do it, otherwise no regardless of what I read online.

I might try another local store tomorrow. Perhaps this store with a different employee or manager would just sell it for $20 but not tonight.
 
[quote name='fuchikoma']Got one!

I brought the empty display box up and asked for a price check. The cashier manually typed in the SKU (671174) and it rang up $19.98.

The same SKU was on the little plastic divider (which was still marked $59.99).

This was at the Ft Lauderdale TRU (US1 north of Sunrise) and they still had 2-3 copies behind the counter if anyone else wants to give it a shot.[/quote]Is this the SKU of the original one or the one with the graphic novel? I went to my TRU and i had them try out the SKU number and it did ring up at 19.98 but when he scanned it, it rang up at 59.99.
 
No go in Richmond Va, one store had the Plastic divider with the Sku that was 19.98, the other store had the "correct" sku. The manager wouldn't at the 19.98 store wouldn't do it simply because they were separate skus.
 
Here's my guess:

We have one SKU but two different UPC's.

The slipcase and the 360 game case inside both have different UPC numbers.

Ubisoft was only going to produce the slipcase-edition of EM with the graphic novel for a limited amount of time. To save money, they gave the internal case a different UPC so they could just keep making copies and not stick it in a slipcase.

TRU kept the same SKU but changed the UPC. The SKU for the slipcase EM now points to the non-slipcase EM. But the UPC for the slipcase edition is still in the system and still at 59.99.

So if the videogame department updates their dividers, they'll paste the $19.98 price on, even though it's technically for a different product.

Now this raises a bunch of different questions, namely is this an internal screw-up, a future TRU deal that got into the system early, or an official drop by Ubisoft.

So...

If you get the actual copy of EM scanned, its UPC is 59.99.
If the updated UPC on the divider is scanned, it's for the 'new' EM at 19.98.
If you manually enter the SKU it would also be for the 'new' EM at 19.98.

Right now, there only seems to be two ways to get EM at $19.98: Get the cashier to manually enter the SKU by bringing up the display box under the guise of a price check, or if they tagged the divider, bring that up and argue a price change.
 
[quote name='psychoxfoo']fuck ing piece of $h|T nerd employee in the Long Island City TRU was staring at me the whole time as i held the enchanted arms display case, then as i ask for a price check on the sku with some cashier, the geek immediately yells out $60 dollars!!..In such a homo-meanass tone. I wanted to smack the guyt so bad but i just had to hold myself.[/QUOTE]

Yeah it must be in part of their training to stare at you. Theres friggin detectors right at the game entrance and yet your STILL stared at (not to mention empty display cases) I think TRU must have the lowest shrink when it comes to selling games, but damn do you get eyed.
 
I guess I'm the only one who has a TRU with good employees. I didn't bring up the empty case, I just went to the counter and asked "Can you give a price check on enchanted arms, I heard it was on sale". He took it out of the glass case scaned it and said "its still scanning at $59 (or $69 whatever)" I just said thanks anyways and left.
 
I went to the TRU in White Plains NY and I asked the guy to price check the graphic novel version. He goes to the case looks at the sticker and says $59.99. I asked him if he could scan it. He gave me a dirty look and rolled his eyes and the game rang up 59.99.

TRU employees are the worst.
 
I got this at the Mall of Georgia TRU for $19.99 , just brought the game up to the register it scanned $59.99 and I told the employee the shelf said $19.99 he went out got the tag scanned that and had a manager remove the $59.99 sku from the transaction all went very smooth and they didn't seem concerned.
 
The $20 price rang up for me, and my store had 3 or 4 copies left in the case.

I grabbed one for trade if anyone is interested, but I can head back to the store to get more copies as well. PM at leisure. ;)

TL is in the sig.
 
I guess I'll have to try and see if I can do the "scan the display box UPC" then "buy the game and remark about the price difference" routine and see what happens.
 
Picked a copy up at myrtle beach, SC TRU today, The guy that works there is kewl about internet deals and always ask me what goodies i know about from here ;), but still had to call a manager to price override. After a small debate the manager gave it to me for the price, but told me the number didn't match on the divider and the game.
 
the actual game is going to ring up at $59.99...the UPC on the floor has a different # than the actual game. i am guessing the mistake was made when the game was first released and they were thinking that there would be one without the novel. i work at a TRU in VA and i checked it myself... our # on the floor will ring up at $19.99 but the one behind the counter (game and upc #) both scan for $59.99. the managers i work with won't let a price change happen because of that.
 
[quote name='dacool561']Picked a copy up at myrtle beach, SC TRU today, The guy that works there is kewl about internet deals and always ask me what goodies i know about from here ;), but still had to call a manager to price override. After a small debate the manager gave it to me for the price, but told me the number didn't match on the divider and the game.[/QUOTE]

Well shit I just happen to be on vacation in Myrtle Beach, SC right now...now let's see if I can talk the fiancee into going to TRU. ;)
 
[quote name='shrike4242']I guess I'll have to try and see if I can do the "scan the display box UPC" then "buy the game and remark about the price difference" routine and see what happens.[/quote]
Scanned shelf tag, was $59.99. Scanned game, was $59.99. :wall:
 
[quote name='AZPunisher']Anybody else need one? I'll be hitting the store later this afternoon.
Let me know here, or send a PM.[/quote]

which store did you find these at. I might like to pick one up myself if it's close enough. I'm in Tempe.
 
I got mine yesterday. Brought the empty display box and the guy did a price check for me. Said 19.99. Then he rabbed actual game and rang it 59.99. They had the keys and just did a price override themselves. Good Stuff.
 
[quote name='AZPunisher']Anybody else need one? I'll be hitting the store later this afternoon.
Let me know here, or send a PM.[/QUOTE]

It's taking all of my willpower to not send you a PM.....
 
My willpower was waning, then i blew $85 on the BC expansion this morning from blizzards store. No temptation left now.
 
I just got the game today at the Pineville, NC TRU for $20! They had it displayed for $20 but it still rang up at $60 so i just had to drag the woman helping me over to where the game was and show her that it was marked as $20.

Best part is my 360 died a few days ago!

(Also got Phoenix Wright on the DS for only $20, so that was a nice trip to TRU)
 
All the toys R us stores I have been to have some creepy employees too. Just what kind of winners do you think will apply for a job at TRU..
 
I found out which TRU AZpunisher got this to work at. It's about 18 miles away so I called ahead of time to see how much it was and they told me $60. So now I'm debating about going since that's a little over a gallon of gasoline and an hour of my life to potentially not get the game for $20. hmm..... What do you guys think? Is it worth it? I'm thiking this game should be dropping soon anyway, right?
 
My local TRU had few copies of Enchant Arms with SKU# 671174 & divider ringup $19.98. Sadly, when the cashiers rangup the game it $59.98 and both of them can not sale it for $20.

Darn it.............. :(
 
Denied at the Bloomington, MN TRU because the manager was a dick but confirmed at the Minnetonka store because I sweet talked a girl at the customer service counter.

I'm going to bring my receipt to BB and CC tomorrow to try and get a 110% price match to pass the deal along to those who can't get it.

Bloomington store had 2 60GB PS3s for anyone interested.
 
[quote name='nasum']Denied at the Bloomington, MN TRU because the manager was a dick but confirmed at the Minnetonka store because I sweet talked a girl at the customer service counter.

I'm going to bring my receipt to BB and CC tomorrow to try and get a 110% price match to pass the deal along to those who can't get it.

Bloomington store had 2 60GB PS3s for anyone interested.[/QUOTE]
If you can get an extra and you're willing to send it on up to Fargo, I'd be mucho interested.

We've got the super old TRU system of the slips in front of printouts of the boxes so it was a definite no go here. :( I was hoping to grab one for myself and a friend.
 
I'd be more than happy to share the deal if I can get more. The price will be something like $26 or 27. Basically that covers $20 + MN tax + $2.00 or so to ship + a couple bucks for my time and energy and paypal fees.

There's a BB about five minutes from the office so I'll go there after work to make an attempt.
 
[quote name='nasum']Denied at the Bloomington, MN TRU because the manager was a dick but confirmed at the Minnetonka store because I sweet talked a girl at the customer service counter.

I'm going to bring my receipt to BB and CC tomorrow to try and get a 110% price match to pass the deal along to those who can't get it.

Bloomington store had 2 60GB PS3s for anyone interested.[/QUOTE]

So the game didn't ring up that way at the Minnetonka store? I hadn't checked there yet. I'd go buy a copy there if there's not too much hassle, or buy a copy from you if you have an extra.
 
FYI, the SKU'ed dividers may not be long for this world. A manager at my TRU said this was just a trial, and they've had lots of problems with tagged prices being different from scanned prices. Take advantage of the deals while you still can.


Edit: Sorry, don't know of any misprints/deals. I'd post if I did. The one in the title of this thread is not really an error -- just two different SKUs for the same game.
 
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