GameRush Thread 12 ($5 bonus on trades? - details soon) (All used PS1 games - $2)

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There will soon be an additional 300+ items added to the 50% off sale that is currently going on. A list will be made available on here when GR's finally get the email (current expected date 4/20).

Okay, I think I saw the list of new titles that are going to be added to the 50% off clearance, but I'm not 100% certain that's what the list was. Call me 95% sure at this point. The prices for these games will be active tomorrow if they are indeed 50% off.
 
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Well guys it sounds like our beloved GR is on its way out. Just don't forget the good times. Trade 3 get 1 for 10 and you could use ps1 sports games...those were the days.
 
[quote name='sevdustflyer']Just don't forget the good times. Trade 3 get 1 for 10 and you could use ps1 sports games...those were the days.[/QUOTE]

Yep, and it was great that it was perfectly matched at the time by ToysRUS having both a $10 off any 2 games $19.99 or less (valid on multiples) and large numers of clearance games for ~$5 or less.
 
[quote name='sevdustflyer']Well guys it sounds like our beloved GR is on its way out. Just don't forget the good times. Trade 3 get 1 for 10 and you could use ps1 sports games...those were the days.[/QUOTE]

Hell, that was before MY time even :D. But I do remember the trade 3 get any used for $5 (no PS1 games allowed though).
 
[quote name='sevdustflyer']Well guys it sounds like our beloved GR is on its way out. [/quote]

is this for real? if it is, i'll be sad to see it go... but isn't this the result of us CAGs who flipped (Red Ninja, Powerdrome, anyone?) and traded (Trade 3 get any PO for $5) and pretty much just took advantage of GR, myself included...

is it our fault for exploiting the deals? or corporate's fault for allowing it to happen?... a combination from both?

well it was fun while it lasted... finally i want to say...

May Blockbuster/Gamerush live on til PS3 (and Wii) launch!!! :applause:
 
Just an FYI.....I found a copy of Flatout for Xbox at CompUSA for $10;

Traded it in for $27 (still!)

I'm going to run back and pick this up for credit on Memorial Day Weekend. None of the second tier clearanced game ever got pulled at my local Gamerushes, so I will be picking up SSX On Tour, Hot Shots 4 and Ridge Racer for the price of one Flatout. Niiiiice :)
 
[quote name='scrapdawg02']is this for real? if it is, i'll be sad to see it go... but isn't this the result of us CAGs who flipped (Red Ninja, Powerdrome, anyone?) and traded (Trade 3 get any PO for $5) and pretty much just took advantage of GR, myself included...[/QUOTE]

If you look at the first GR thread from a couple of years ago people were discussing the deat of GR since then (I remember trading 3 $1 ps1 games and getting Halo 2 for $5 (minus credit, I think they even gave me credit back :lol: )and then going to another gamerush and trading that in for $35. And I seldom did this, some people racked in hundreds and even thousands doing stuff like this.

The surprising thing is they kept the awesome deals going for as long as they did.
 
[quote name='scrapdawg02']is this for real? if it is, i'll be sad to see it go... but isn't this the result of us CAGs who flipped (Red Ninja, Powerdrome, anyone?) and traded (Trade 3 get any PO for $5) and pretty much just took advantage of GR, myself included...

is it our fault for exploiting the deals? or corporate's fault for allowing it to happen?... a combination from both?
[/QUOTE]

It's not any CAG's fault at all. If corporate is so stupid as to not carefully monitor trade - in prices, well, that is their own fault, isn't it?

CAG's didn't make it so they didn't receive new games on time. CAG's didn't make it so that nobody really shopped there other then us. CAG's didn't make it so that you could preorder a game that would never come in.

It was obvious corporate gave up on Gamerush months ago, when they stopped banning people from trading in.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']It's not any CAG's fault at all. If corporate is so stupid as to not carefully monitor trade - in prices, well, that is their own fault, isn't it?

CAG's didn't make it so they didn't receive new games on time. CAG's didn't make it so that nobody really shopped there other then us. CAG's didn't make it so that you could preorder a game that would never come in.

It was obvious corporate gave up on Gamerush months ago, when they stopped banning people from trading in.[/quote]
agreed
 
To this day, people I know of that go to Blockbuster, that very same Blockbuster that HAS a Gamerush, so still don't know what the hell a Gamerush is.

When I say "That big game store, attached to the Blockbuster?" they just give me this blank stare, like "There is a game store there??".

They can't even advertise it so people in the store itself know what the hell it is.
 
Well, I got to Atlanta too late to make it to the GR (they seem pretty spread apart throughout the area and this place confuses me - parts of the country with no natural landmarks to orient to suck). But I called a couple to see how late they were open. BIG DIFFERENCE so far, just on the phone, from my store. They actually announce themselves as GR, and ACTUALLY MENTION THE GAME CLEARANCE SALE ON THE PHONE. Sorry, but that's amazing to me - like they are an actual game store or something :D. You guys with real GR's are so lucky - and yet you complain! Bah!

We'll see how it goes when I actually head in there tomorrow :D.
 
Don't expect any new trade-in deals for a while...if ever. Apparently the Powers That Be no longer want BB/GR to even mention they do trade-ins.
 
[quote name='gizmogc']Don't expect any new trade-in deals for a while...if ever. Apparently the Powers That Be no longer want BB/GR to even mention they do trade-ins.[/QUOTE]

Well, then, they'd better do something about the animation at the top of this:

http://www.gamerush.com/
 
[quote name='gizmogc']Don't expect any new trade-in deals for a while...if ever. Apparently the Powers That Be no longer want BB/GR to even mention they do trade-ins.[/quote]
Oh noes! Thank you for the warning, super insider-knowledge person!

So anyway, I got Brain Age and NSMB at GR tonight. Because I used trade credit, I paid less than 50% of retail in real money. Yay! :D
 
[quote name='elmyra']Oh noes! Thank you for the warning, super insider-knowledge person!

So anyway, I got Brain Age and NSMB at GR tonight. Because I used trade credit, I paid less than 50% of retail in real money. Yay! :D[/QUOTE]

No problem! Don't hate me in a month or two when everything turns out to be true. :D
 
[quote name='io']Well, then, they'd better do something about the animation at the top of this:

http://www.gamerush.com/[/QUOTE]
:rofl: The image for NSMB is Mario Golf for GBA. I love it.

[quote name='gizmogc']No problem! Don't hate me in a month or two when everything turns out to be true. :D[/QUOTE]
I would be in denial about things to, but considering there hasn't really been much to build credit on lately anyway, there's no real reason for GR to continue. Though obviously someone who has some hundreds of dollars in credit might disagree with me ;)

As long as they last long enough to give me a few more DS games for $15 cash as I use up the last of my credit, it's all good.

I have a feeling those with lots of credit would be better served selling it off for 80% of its value before anything official happens and no one wants it.
 
[quote name='Joe Fongul']Just an FYI.....I found a copy of Flatout for Xbox at CompUSA for $10;

Traded it in for $27 (still!)

I'm going to run back and pick this up for credit on Memorial Day Weekend. None of the second tier clearanced game ever got pulled at my local Gamerushes, so I will be picking up SSX On Tour, Hot Shots 4 and Ridge Racer for the price of one Flatout. Niiiiice :)[/QUOTE]

Whoa....our new Red Ninja! I may have to check CompUSA today

Wait, I just checked CompUSA.com and it says $30....so, was yours just a mistake?
 
[quote name='doubledown']Whoa....our new Red Ninja! I may have to check CompUSA today

Wait, I just checked CompUSA.com and it says $30....so, was yours just a mistake?[/QUOTE]
Flatout has been $10 at TRU as well, but I don't think anyone's found it since shortly after the drop.
 
The copy of Flatout I bought was one of the 'Manager's Specials' deals that was mentioned in the CompUSA thread. The only problem is that the selection of games on special varies store to store, so it all depends if your local CompUSA has this on clearance or not.
 
[quote name='botticus']I would be in denial about things to, but considering there hasn't really been much to build credit on lately anyway, there's no real reason for GR to continue. Though obviously someone who has some hundreds of dollars in credit might disagree with me ;)

As long as they last long enough to give me a few more DS games for $15 cash as I use up the last of my credit, it's all good.

I have a feeling those with lots of credit would be better served selling it off for 80% of its value before anything official happens and no one wants it.[/quote]

I'd hardly say that I'm in denial; I'm well aware that GR is terribly run business and I fully expect them to fail, probably by the end of the year. It's just that the endless "DOOM!! DOOM!! DOOM!!" post from Gizmo are getting a little old. I get it, the death of GR is imminent and it's terribly important to him that we know that he knows via his Soopar Inside Sources.

In the mean time, I'm still busy taking advantage of the company's stupidity; I haven't done anything to build credit since Red Ninja, but I've still got a fair bit left and they're still getting in all of the new releases I want (mostly for the DS). I'm going to continue robbing the corpse of GR until it goes totally cold and gets hauled away. :D
 
[quote name='niceguyshawne']I just picked up a used 1019 GC memory card for $2.50 after 50% off. Definate YMMV as I think it was marked wrong.[/QUOTE]

I've noticed that lots of them seem to be marked wrong -- 4MB cards marked as 16MB cards, etc. I managed to find a 16MB card a while back that was marked as a 4MB card as well, but figured that it wasn't worth posting since it's definitely a mistake.
 
360 - PDZ Collectors Edition gets $22, I was looking up the phone number to call when I saw that NSMB box art lol.

edit: nevermind they are showing up now. I typed in the wrong zip code i guess.....
 
[quote name='botticus']Flatout has been $10 at TRU as well, but I don't think anyone's found it since shortly after the drop.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I remember getting Flatout for $10 at TRU in December...and they're STILL giving $27 for it five months later? I guess not many people have traded it in if the price hasn't changed.
 
is the nsmb game ringing up at 30? i called to see if they had any in stock and the person said "yeah, 34.99". They must either have it marked incorrectly (and ring up differently) or fixed the glitch. Sucks to be me.
 
[quote name='nakanenui']is the nsmb game ringing up at 30? i called to see if they had any in stock and the person said "yeah, 34.99". They must either have it marked incorrectly (and ring up differently) or fixed the glitch. Sucks to be me.[/quote]

Surprisingly, my GR had NSMB in-stock. The display box showed a sticker price of $34.99 and when they rang up the game it was $34.99. As I was leaving however, I noticed the the sticker price on the actual game (not the display box one) said $29.99. I turned around and asked them if it was $34.99 or $29.99. They were confused, but then just gave me like $5 credit back on my value card. This was weird because the manager at my GR is really anal. But this time he was just like oh thats weird, maybe its $29.99 now and $34.99 was the old price. All that said I'm not really sure what it says in their computer, but at least I got it for $29.99.
 
(nakanenui - I saw NSMB tagged both $29.99 and $34.99 at two different Atlanta GR's.)

Well, I hit 5 GR's in the (north of) Atlanta area and it was a mixed bag.

The good:

- EVERY store had multiple copies of Metroid Prime Hunters, so I was finally able to pick that up with GR credit (though the sales tax sucks!).

- They also had multiple copies of many DS games, including several my store never got in. I even saw fucking Phoenix Wright, which I paid cash for a while back at GC and thought I was lucky to find it.

- One WAY out of the way store had some rare games - I picked up a Shrek Super Party for GC for $19.99. Should be able to sell that for $30-$40.

- All these stores were open until midnight - amazing to me (mine closes at 10). That allowed me to hit 3 more than I had thought I would.

- Most of them still prominently displayed trade-in price boards and a few said they had Xbox360's in stock with signs suggesting you trade in old games to help pay for it. So far, at least, they are hardly hiding the fact that they take trade-ins! Maybe it just hasn't gotten down to the store level yet :lol:.

The bad:

- All of the stores are dirtier and more cramped than mine. Mine really does have a nice layout (the entire store not just the GR part). In a few of these stores, the GR was totally shoehorned into one corner with very little space to display games. The store I normally go to is a relatively new store in a standalone building and I think is one of the very last GR's they made - so it was built with GR in mind. The GR's I went to in Atlanta were all standard Blockbusters retrofitted for GR, so it is no surprise they are cramped. They are the same size and layout as a normal BB (with the double door entrances). I could see how, given GR isn't doing wonderfully, that they would want to contract the GR space and reclaim the regular movie rental space.

- Not a huge selection of clearance games - I think mine has more, though I did see a few titles I hadn't seen before. But I was unable to find the ones I was looking for (Arc the Lad, GC Tak, BG II). Each one had 2-4 copies of Shadow Hearts Covenant, though, which I found surprising. Any ATL CAG's should swoop those up when the sale hits 75%, before they get "field destroyed" :roll:.

- I saw a copy of Y's at one store, asked them to get it out of the case, and it rang up $43.xx. Since the tax was included I figured they must have hit "total". What is up with that?

The ugly:

- The very first store I went to was by far the most cramped and pathetic. Yet they had a copy of Metroid Prime Hunters in their locked case. I asked to get it, and the guy who says he has only worked at that store once before, tried about 20 keys before deciding he needed to open the safe to get more. In the mean time the other guy kept telling him to help other customers (though he was helping me :roll:). Finally, after waiting for the safe to open, he tried another 10 keys before finally unlocking it. Whole deal took about 30 minutes. To top it all off, I was chatting with the other guy while he rang up the game and he had never heard of New Super Mario Brothers.

And then of course each store I went to after that had 2-3 copies, all out in the open. Oh well...

- One store (that sucky first one) had multiple tags on most of the clearance games - for example, SHC tagged $29.99 and $15.99 (WTF?), but it rang up $16.xx. I tried ringing it up, in case for some reason the 75% had started just today :D. Oh yeah, the same guy who couldn't open the case took 10 minutes to cancel the transaction after I said I didn't want the SHC.

Unfortunately I didn't have time to get to EB before hand and pick up a Galleon or two.
 
All that happened with NSMB was that when someone phsycially looked it up in the system, you would see that it was $35. When you took the game and scanned the bar code, it brought up Magnetica for DS, which is $30.
 
[quote name='nakanenui']is the nsmb game ringing up at 30? i called to see if they had any in stock and the person said "yeah, 34.99". They must either have it marked incorrectly (and ring up differently) or fixed the glitch. Sucks to be me.[/quote]

Mine was stickered $34.99, and that's what it scanned at when I checked out. I'd guess that the glitch was short-lived.
 
Just a question for anyone who works at BB/Gamerush or knows anyone who does.....

Is the 75% off clearance happening for sure around Memorial day or is it still a rumor at this point?
And if so is there a nailed down day that this will be starting?

... I didn't want to hold off on buying some of these clearance titles only to find out that the 75% is never happening.

thanks to anyone that can help.
 
My local BB says they have nothing on the 50% off deals. They think it might be for PS1 games only.

Can anyone confirm 100% that BB is on the sale too, and what games are covered? The local BB said they'd honor it if i can print out an ad showing it.
 
[quote name='Tmorg']I'd like Shadow Hearts: Covenant if anyone finds it....PM me please. Thanks[/QUOTE]

Damn, if I had known yesterday I could have picked up about 10 of them. I'm still in Atlanta buy heading to the airport in a bit. Maybe one of the Atlanta GR CAG's (neocisco?) can get you one?

As for if/when 75% starts, it is rumor at this point - I would think next Friday if it is a Memorial Day sale. Though GR is wierd and it may actually be on Memorial Day itself.

Someone posted in the regular deal forum that their Blockbuster said they will be having all used games 50% off on Memorial day. We should be on the lookout for this at GR as well. I have heard nothing about this otherwise though.
 
:whistle2:( No GameRushes in Coldwater, MI (where I'll be over the holiday weekend). There is one regular Blockbuster, but I doubt they have new games.

All I'm really looking for is SSX On Tour for the 75% off... I'd rather get it for $5 in credit than $10 cash whenever the next EAstore coupons circulate.
 
[quote name='io']Damn, if I had known yesterday I could have picked up about 10 of them. I'm still in Atlanta buy heading to the airport in a bit. Maybe one of the Atlanta GR CAG's (neocisco?) can get you one?

Seems like I'm always a day late. :)

But if anyone in Atlanta could pick me up one...PM me. Thanks
 
I stopped by my GameRush on the way home today.....they still had all their OLD games (PS1 for sure).

Also, a few PSP prices:
LUMINES - $12.99 NEW
Frantix - $9.99 NEW
Virtua Tennis - $14.99 USED

Nice price on Lumines.....I would've got it, but already had them. I'm looking for some new PSP games for next weekend.
 
Yeah I saw Frantix marked $9.99 here in Atlanta at one store too. I thought maybe it was a mistake. I might pick that up at home if they have it there (can't remember :D)... Lumines for $12.99 in GR credit is a steal. Too bad I used the Trade 2 get a new game for $29.99 deal on it - seems like a ripoff now (especially as I only played the game a few times when I first got it a year ago!).
 
[quote name='Tmorg'][quote name='io']Damn, if I had known yesterday I could have picked up about 10 of them. I'm still in Atlanta buy heading to the airport in a bit. Maybe one of the Atlanta GR CAG's (neocisco?) can get you one?

Seems like I'm always a day late. :)

But if anyone in Atlanta could pick me up one...PM me. Thanks[/quote]

I'll take a look around. Give me a few days and I'll let you know.
 
[quote name='neocisco']

I'll take a look around. Give me a few days and I'll let you know.[/quote]


Thanks, I'd appreciate it.
 
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