Gamerush- Got one? Flaunt it! Deals inside

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Wshakspear

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CAGiversary!
Trade in any 2 PS1,PS2,Xbox,GC,GBA games, buy any Pre-Owned game for 9.99.
Example: Trade in 2 games (Splinter Cell-xbox, My Disney Kitchen-ps1) Get $9.50 in trade in. Picked up Mario Kart DD at 39.99.

39.99
-30.00
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9.99
+0.60 tax
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10.59
- 9.50 Trade-in
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$ 1.09 OUT OF POCKET.

i paid 0.09 later for pop :)

If you've got some POX games that EB/Gamestop dont want, or will only get a quarter for, use it to get up to $30-$35 OFF a PO game.

Thanks go to Strider Turbulence from, well, CAG.

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More info.
States where Gamerush is available:
Connecticut - HI! i dont exist!
Georgia
Massachusetts
Michigan
New York
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Texas
Virgina
West Virginia

If its a plain old Block Buster...no go.

I live in MI, and the 4 GR's ive gone to have had this sale going on with 2 other sales, Buy one, Get 1 %50 off and Trade in any game, get $10 off a 39.99 or more NEW game.

Not all GR's are in on this. Of those that do, the rules vary by compentence.
 
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I wasn't able to pre order Halo 2 for $30 after trade. He said the game has to be already released.
 
[quote name='sj41']I wasn't able to pre order Halo 2 for $30 after trade. He said the game has to be already released.[/quote]

I've only seen this deal at one gamerush, the jupiter/buckingham one. That shouldn't be too far for you, depending where in garland you live.
 
Check this deal out

trade in any gba game get ten bucks
Buy one get one half off
and trade in two get any powned for 9.99

I traded three crappy gba games in all from clearnce

Got 30 dollars

Picked up ninga gaiden was 39.99 since I traded in 2 I got ng for 9.99

This left 19 dollars on my card.

I then went and got batman dark tomarow for 9.99
+ wovies revenge for 6.99

Since i bought two powned together first was actuallt price wovies revenge was half off

I got ninga gaiden, wovies revenge, and batman and i sill have 7 bucks on my card

and i only paid 15 all together because of the three gba games each costing 5 dollars.

I didn't have to pay any thing out of pocket! Gamerush rules!

I got three x-box games from three crappy clearence games.


***Go to eb or gamestop pick up three or four real cheap gba games and trade them in for ten bucks at game rush, Then since you trade in two you can get a newer realse powned for 9.99 Then go back in and buy two preowned to get the third half off.****



GO CHEAPASS GO!
 
If you're talking about the price to buy them: then I don't think so. I think used, original GBA's are 50 dollars: when I looked into the case and saw it I think I saw an artic one for 49.99. I could be wrong, though. Especially if you are talking about how much you get for the trade-in of a GBA.
 
[quote name='Nephets']If you're talking about the price to buy them: then I don't think so. I think used, original GBA's are 50 dollars: when I looked into the case and saw it I think I saw an artic one for 49.99. I could be wrong, though. Especially if you are talking about how much you get for the trade-in of a GBA.[/quote]Game Stop had used GBA for $30. I want to know if it's still this price at Game Stop.
 
well does anyone know which gamerushes have the gba for $10 im in metro so if anyone can confirm which stores near me have it that would be great :D



oh and if there are any certain conditions what r they? i dont have a blockbuster account so i dont know if u need one :?
 
I'm a little worried that I'm going to go and buy a bunch of GBA games and they won't trade in for $10... but I think I'll give it a gamble tommorow.

My plan would be to buy five 4.99 GBA games for $25 then do two
2 for 9.99- each with an extra $10 store credit.
Then trade the last one for $10 credit and use the other $20 credit for a new game.

If anyone trades in any GBA games tommorow would you please post if they indeed are still trading for $10. Thanks.
 
its on a advitised gamerush flyer. It should be global. Awsome deal got to get in on this one. Blockbuster is getting majorly ripped on this one. !
I posted this but They did it for me last night so hey it won't hurt to try. Call your bb they should be able to tell you if they are doing it.
 
I'm about to head out to Orlando for my vacation, but I saw a question earlier, yes, you need a Blockbuster account in order to trade-in to Game Rush.

After you show them your card, you get a Game Rush card after filling out some papers. Hope I helped, I got some good games from Game Rush for my flight, so, guys, I'll be back in a week to post again: not like I'll be missed anyway. ;)
 
[quote name='Nephets']I'm about to head out to Orlando for my vacation, but I saw a question earlier, yes, you need a Blockbuster account in order to trade-in to Game Rush.

After you show them your card, you get a Game Rush card after filling out some papers. Hope I helped, I got some good games from Game Rush for my flight, so, guys, I'll be back in a week to post again: not like I'll be missed anyway. ;)[/quote]

hey i never got a gamerush card! :whistle2:(
 
damn....i would like to hear if they are giving 10 bucks on all GBA games as well.....a buddy of mine has some duds and that would be great to use that towards a better game
 
[quote name='vanlandw']damn....i would like to hear if they are giving 10 bucks on all GBA games as well.....a buddy of mine has some duds and that would be great to use that towards a better game[/quote]All GBA games are getting $10 or higher each. I traded in 4 GBA games and got $10 for 2 and $13 for the other 2.
 
Another thread was already made about this deal but in the August 2004 issue of EGM is a coupon on page 77 for trade in 3 games and get any used game for $4.99. However PS1 games cannot be used for the trade in.
 
Just in case anyone was wondering, at 10:00 tonight:
The Hobbit (Xbox) is still fetching $13.
Grabbed by the Ghoulies (Xbox) is also $13.
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (XBox) is fetching $7.
The Hulk (Xbox) is a mere $3.
The first three are good values for some mediocre games.
 
OK, I don't have time to go through all those previous posts, so could someone answer a few questions for me. OK, what deals are still valid as of tommorow. And what deals could I use to get two PO $19.99 GBA games?
 
[quote name='XboxMaster']OK, I don't have time to go through all those previous posts, so could someone answer a few questions for me. OK, what deals are still valid as of tommorow. And what deals could I use to get two PO $19.99 GBA games?[/quote]

You have nearly 3x as many posts as I do and you don't have time? :roll:
 
Trade in your ESPN NFL 2K4... they give $12. That means you can upgrade to 2K5 for only $8! ;)

ESPN NFL + Madden 2002 + NFL 2K2 = Rainbow Six 3 for -$9.50 ;)
 
[quote name='XboxMaster']OK, I don't have time to go through all those previous posts, so could someone answer a few questions for me. OK, what deals are still valid as of tommorow. And what deals could I use to get two PO $19.99 GBA games?[/quote]

As far as i know only trade 2, get one PO for 9.99 (which would work for your games). There is also a trade 3 get 1 for 4.99 coupon in EGM(?). Oh, and apparently buy one, get one %50 off is an everyday value, so if anything you could get both for $30
 
[quote name='Wshakspear'][quote name='XboxMaster']OK, I don't have time to go through all those previous posts, so could someone answer a few questions for me. OK, what deals are still valid as of tommorow. And what deals could I use to get two PO $19.99 GBA games?[/quote]

As far as i know only trade 2, get one PO for 9.99 (which would work for your games). There is also a trade 3 get 1 for 4.99 coupon in EGM(?). Oh, and apparently buy one, get one %50 off is an everyday value, so if anything you could get both for $30[/quote]


I called my Gamerush today and the lady said (quote), "for every two games you trade in, you can get a pre-owned game for $9.99". So does that mean I could trade in four games and get two pre-owned games for $9.99 each?
 
Trade 1 get any used game for 29.99 is officially dead. They changed to trade 1 get one for 39.99. It seems the deals are getting progressively worse for the consumers and progressively better for gamerush...maybe they built up enough stock to get a profit making business going cause they sure as hell werent making any profit in the last few months.
 
OK, I called again and an employee confirmed that every two games you trade in, you get a PO for $9.99. Does anyone have a list of what games get how much credit?
 
[quote name='XboxMaster']OK, I called again and an employee confirmed that every two games you trade in, you get a PO for $9.99. Does anyone have a list of what games get how much credit?[/quote]

There are some mentioned in this thread, and there are a couple of other threads floating around. I do not have the time o put one together, but if anyone does have a spare 15, give it a try.
 
Just bring some games and you will find out. They give much better trade in credit than EB and GS for the most part. If you would READ some of the thread you can find out some prices. There's no list yet...
 
Here are some games i traded in and the trade in credit i got:

mat hoffman bmx 2 gc $3
surfing H30 ps2 $3
tiger woods 2003 ps2 $13
blade II ps2 $5
fifa 2001 ps2 $3
midnight club II $7
doa 2 hardcore ps2 $7
madden 2002 ps2 $2
high heat 2004 ps2 $10
resident evil dead aim ps2 $10
midtown madness 3 xbox $7
 
Today i traded in my riddick i payed 10 bucks for and got 35 for it. Used that to get simpsons season four (only one i still need :)) tomorow ill probly go rebuy my riddick for 3 bucks with the trade 2 get one pre-owned for 10. Not a bad day at gamerush.
 
Word of caution - the account screen when your Blockbuster card gets scanned shows at least what games you have traded in before, possibly what games you have purchased as well. This is true only for each individual store. Unless you get the most apathetic or idiotic employee, you should most certainly be questioned as to why you are buying back the game you just traded.

Also, since a game like CoR is so new, they will probably also be able to deduce that the actual game you are buying is the same one you sold to them (I for one haven't even seen a PO CoR yet).

It's a great deal, no doubt, but one that will quickly never happen again if these apparent abuses are widespread.
 
I'm tired of people abusing this deal. GR wouldn't lose as much money if it weren't for the people that do this over and over.
 
[quote name='JAMMR']Word of caution - the account screen when your Blockbuster card gets scanned shows at least what games you have traded in before, possibly what games you have purchased as well. This is true only for each individual store. Unless you get the most apathetic or idiotic employee, you should most certainly be questioned as to why you are buying back the game you just traded.

Also, since a game like CoR is so new, they will probably also be able to deduce that the actual game you are buying is the same one you sold to them (I for one haven't even seen a PO CoR yet).

It's a great deal, no doubt, but one that will quickly never happen again if these apparent abuses are widespread.[/quote]

bah lighten up buddy I'll do whatever I want this is America. :twisted:

besides as far as they know i paid 50 for riddick in the first place which means i would of lost 15 by trading in it. So im actually making the deal look better to the mysterious "GUY WHO READS OVER EVERY TRADE EVER." Come on seriously, lighten up.
 
[quote name='sevdustflyer']
bah lighten up buddy I'll do whatever I want this is America. :twisted:

besides as far as they know i paid 50 for riddick in the first place which means i would of lost 15 by trading in it. So im actually making the deal look better to the mysterious "GUY WHO READS OVER EVERY TRADE EVER." Come on seriously, lighten up.[/quote]

It was just advice, a "word of caution." Something that should be heeded, though. And you're example doesn't even address what I said. If you bought Riddick game PO from that same BB, then they obviously know you did not buy it new. :roll: And the mysterious "guy" you speak about doesn't need to be that at all... rather anyone who is able to read which, last I checked, most video store employees could.

Hey, more power to you if it works... but trust me, from what I've read here and what I've heard from Gamerush employees, they (the corporate higher ups all the way to the lowest employee) know what's going on and are told to watch for people abusing the system.
 
In all honesty, if these deals are abused it is entirely GR's fault. They very easily could have implemented a few checks and limits....been more selective in the games they take in....they're going to lose tons of money either way and they know that....the problem is, once the deals end, the store is nothing special....
 
The thing is, the 2 trade two, get a game for 9.99 isn't really that painful a promo for them to run.
Not only do they get new stock in, they get to move old rental copies of games off thier shelves.
Before they started this deal, nothing short of a "buy 1 get one free sale would move ANY of the used rental games off the shelves.

The exploiting of "higher than normal" resale value along with the trade one get one for 29.99 would be the more painful one. Of course, prices will normalize when they see say, 50 copies of Rouge Ops show up (as it is, Haven only gets 50 cents when you trade it in.)

While I haven't seen numbers on the trade 2 promo, I'd assume that is doing fairly well for them... they either get in new, easily movable stock, or they get some money for the old rental games, which clears shelfspace to cycle out the glut of copies of the "new" rental game from a couple of weeks ago.

It actually seems really smart and rather synergistic of them to do this.
The Gamerush branch benefits from new stock,
The Blockbuster branch benefits from now opened shelf space,
and both benefit from whatever extra money they take in as part of the trade process.
 
Well said, JSweeney. In fact, the trade in 1, get any new for $29.99 is the side that they understand is costing them. And that's the reason they have identified the one portion for abuse, that of trading in 2 to get a newer title PO for $9.99 and then retrading that in for either more credit or the new game for $29.99 or less, or the case may be a combination of the two.

They very easily could have implemented a few checks and limits....
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Actually they do have a check in place; the trading agreement you sign in the first place. Hence the ability for them to flag or suspend your account at any time.
 
I respectfully disagree. It would work out for them only if a person trades in two halfway decent games that can be resold and buys an older preowned game they aren't able to sell as easily. Keep in mind they are also giving you your trade credit (often inflated) in addition to giving you a ton off your preowned game. Good preowned games are harder to get at GR's now, but people are trading in awful games that won't be resold and pickup up used games like SC: PT for $9.99 which is 30+ off. Plus in many cases the crap they are trading them in is getting more than $10 in trade-in credit, so you are actually paying nothing out of pocket and getting credit back. I don't know how you can view what people have been trading in (check the threads for how many people traded in old PS1 games and old sports games) as easily moveable.

I traded in Road Rash Jailbreak and Namco Museum Xbox for $13 each credit and got SC: PT for $9.99, which resulted in over $15 credit and nothing out of pocket. And those games I traded in were complete like new, probably some of the better trade-ins they've gotten. I figure MAYBE they could get 10 each for them if they were smart, but if they paid me $13 im sure they're going to try to resell them at 20 which is ridiculous. Like you I don't have the figures but I'd gather the great majority of people doing the swap were looking to get the newest and most expensive possible preowned games, and not looking to just get $10 off a 19.99 preowned game.


[quote name='JSweeney']The thing is, the 2 trade two, get a game for 9.99 isn't really that painful a promo for them to run.
Not only do they get new stock in, they get to move old rental copies of games off thier shelves.
Before they started this deal, nothing short of a "buy 1 get one free sale would move ANY of the used rental games off the shelves.

The exploiting of "higher than normal" resale value along with the trade one get one for 29.99 would be the more painful one. Of course, prices will normalize when they see say, 50 copies of Rouge Ops show up (as it is, Haven only gets 50 cents when you trade it in.)

While I haven't seen numbers on the trade 2 promo, I'd assume that is doing fairly well for them... they either get in new, easily movable stock, or they get some money for the old rental games, which clears shelfspace to cycle out the glut of copies of the "new" rental game from a couple of weeks ago.

It actually seems really smart and rather synergistic of them to do this.
The Gamerush branch benefits from new stock,
The Blockbuster branch benefits from now opened shelf space,
and both benefit from whatever extra money they take in as part of the trade process.[/quote]
 
How is that a check? What are they going to flag or suspend your account for, following the tdeals as they wrote them? All I'm saying is that they could have implemented any number of checks such as one per title, cannot trade-in any title you've bought from us within 60 days, limit 3 deals per account per month, etc. They haven't done that, and while certain people may be violating the "spirit" of their offers, they haven't done anything wrong. The stores should have the right to decline any trades but no one's account should be suspended, and customers should be treated with respect nomatter what.

[quote name='JAMMR']Well said, JSweeney. In fact, the trade in 1, get any new for $29.99 is the side that they understand is costing them. And that's the reason they have identified the one portion for abuse, that of trading in 2 to get a newer title PO for $9.99 and then retrading that in for either more credit or the new game for $29.99 or less, or the case may be a combination of the two.

They very easily could have implemented a few checks and limits....
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Actually they do have a check in place; the trading agreement you sign in the first place. Hence the ability for them to flag or suspend your account at any time.[/quote]
 
I am thinking about buying 10 gba games at gamestop for 5 bucks each costing me 50 bucks and then trading those into gamerush to get 100 and then getting a gba sp or something :)
 
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