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i got an ad from kmart today with last minute gift ideas and in it it had "video games - best sellers 19.99 each." it showed ghost recon 2 xbox. it's probably a misprint, but knowing the intelligence of alot of kmart employees if you take the ad with you you may be able to get if for $20.

the other games it showed was animal crossing, super mario sunshine, espn 2k5, gta vice city and midway arcade treasures.
 
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[quote name='Dijital']Well folks, I was able to get it, but not from Kmart. All (3) of my Kmarts here in Sioux Falls, SD were all out. So I went to Wal-Mart for a pricematch, and the cashier didn't want to wait for a supervisor approval, so he hand-keyed it (added to system manually) which I am also an associate from their so I got 2 of them for $36, 1 for me, 1 for brother for xmas, thanks again guys!
Dijital[/quote]

Hold on a second here...your telling me you got two of them for 36 dollars from wal mart? that means you needed to of used your 10% off discount card with the PM to get that price, and i know from personal expierence, you swipe the card and the system doesnt take anything off the PM'ed Price.

So what gives?
 
Hold on a second here...your telling me you got two of them for 36 dollars from wal mart? that means you needed to of used your 10% off discount card with the PM to get that price, and i know from personal expierence, you swipe the card and the system doesnt take anything off the PM'ed Price.

So what gives?
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He did do a price match, but the cashier did a no no and keyed it in by hand which means that it will most likely be a loss for that store b/c there is no way to track it was sold so the inventory will reflect that. I think you get discounts on hand keyed items, not priced matched items though for sure.
 
[quote name='mario23air']After a half hour hassle, I got Ghost Recon 2 for $19.99 PM at BB. The deal is real.[/quote]

Real or not, it will still be HEAVILY YMMV.
Hopefully, you were polite to the person you were discussing the PM with.

If you were polite, and they did give it to you, good for you.
If you weren't, that's just not cool.

It's hellish for retail workers right now, and the last thing they need is a group of spoiled children and selfish adults making thier life hellish over a PM that's YMMV to begin with.

Again, if you did this, and were nice to the cashier, but it just took a half hour to politely convince them of your viewpoint, that's great.
 
[quote name='TJordan522']Aw man I wish I could find one...my WalMart would price match in a second...the idiots who work there go by the rule "if the picture is there I can give it to you, but if it's not, I can't"[/quote]
For all you lazy asses who couldn't find the add, here it is.
 
[quote name='JSweeney']

It's hellish for retail workers right now, and the last thing they need is a group of spoiled children and selfish adults making thier life hellish over a PM that's YMMV to begin with.
[/quote]

Thank you. I work retail at Best Buy, and have had several people practically yelling at me over this over the past couple of days. At my Best Buy we always call first to make sure that the store advertising has it in stock. The first couple, it was not a problem, and they still had it in stock so we were glad to price match. Yesterday, they had sold out, so we wouldn't price match. I told a customer this, he got bitchy and called a manager over. Unfortunatley, my manager caved and gave it to him, showing the other customers and more importantly, his kids, that they can just yell to get what they want. In my opinion, people like that can be drug into an alley and shot.
 
managed to get a raincheck- my kmart caimed to not have the xbox version at all, only the ps2, so gave me the raincheck to go to another kmart. walmart didnt have it to pm
 
I never understood the reasoning that the other store has to have it in stock. Why else am I coming to you if I don't think they do? I went to my CC last night and they PM'd it no problem at all, and gave me the extra 10%.
 
I never understood the reasoning that the other store has to have it in stock.

They pricematch as an incentive to have you come to thier store and shop there instead of at the other location.
If the other store doesn't have the product you want and that price, why would they take a loss? You won't be going to the other store to buy it, so you either buy it at thier price or not at all.

Why else am I coming to you if I don't think they do?
Because they think you have other shopping to do there.
Most people don't go around price matching all the time.. it's a small percentage of people. There is no beneifit to them to sell a product for FAR under cost if there is no one that is actually competing with them on price. It's the same reason they don't price match on one day sales or doorbusters. If the competitor doesn't have a product that they are using as a loss leader in stock, there's no real competitive advantage gained by another store selling at that price point..you'd have to have to have people making ungodly huge purchased to offset the loss on the sale ( in this case, around 30 dollars).


I went to my CC last night and they PM'd it no problem at all, and gave me the extra 10%.

Some managers are much more lax in the enforcement of thier corporate policies than others. Likely, the store you went to is doing good volume and is profitable. When things tend to go south, stores tighten up and are much more likely to follow all of the policies to the letter.
 
Alright, I got two copies of it! Picked it up for a friend, too. He was pumped. Took it to Sears, asked the guy, "Do you price match?" He told me they did, and I showed him the ad. He was cool and trusted me. Didn't even call Kmart. He was getting the price match set-up on the comptuer and he's like, "Il'l have to call my manager over, though." I thought for sure his manager would come over, he'd call Kmart, find out there were out of stock and deny me my chance at getting it. But then he ended up saying, "Oh, guess I don't need my manager." The the two games rang up at just under $40, and then my receipt shows a $6 price match guarantee deduction. So I got both for $36-something. Incredible. I was just going to buy this used at EB Games for like $33.67 the other day..

Anyone, I've got a question. If the policy of the store I go to says that Kmart has to have it in-stock, and I said, "Well look, they gave me this raincheck," do you think I could use that as leverage? Because it's basically saying I'm going to buy it at Kmart eventually unless they sell it. Just wondering. I could see myself doing that, not to be a hassle, but if there was an uber sale and this was the game of the century or something, I could see myself doing it!
 
[quote name='Scorch']The deal isn't YMMV, it scans in at $19.99.[/quote]

not totally true...some kmart's (plenty) dont participate in corporate sales...at these B&M's, it is ringing up at full price
 
Anyone, I've got a question. If the policy of the store I go to says that Kmart has to have it in-stock, and I said, "Well look, they gave me this raincheck," do you think I could use that as leverage?

No, I doubt that would be convincing leverage.
What do they have to gain by giving you the price match?
You've already shown that you aren't that loyal a customer of thiers, and there is no pressing concern that a sale would be lost. If you'd rather wait on a raincheck, you're obviously not going to make a purchase that day.
They take the hit on the price match in the hope you will buy other products with a higher profit margin on them than the games.
Few people only go to stores to buy one item. Stores figure, hey, if we give them a couple dollars of Game A, maybe they'll buy some controllers, memory cards, etc.

By showing that you're likely to go elsewhere, you're actually diminishing any really benefit for them to offer you the price match.


Because it's basically saying I'm going to buy it at Kmart eventually unless they sell it.

Exactly. Why would they want to take a 10-20 dollar loss (especially on a product they only make about 4-5 dollars profit on per unit?)
You've shown that you won't be a profitable customer for them, so why should they bend over backwards to offer you a better deal that loyal customers?

Just wondering. I could see myself doing that, not to be a hassle, but if there was an uber sale and this was the game of the century or something, I could see myself doing it!

Some stores will be much more lenient, especially if the store numbers are good, and they can take the couple of isolated hits to thier profit to try to inspire a little more customer loyality.
Of course, if store kept seeing you do this, you're going to get more and more friction each time you try to do it.

The key thing would be to be polite and reasonable. If you only try to get large price matches every so often, and don't make yourself a hassle for the cashiers and manager, you're likely to be more successful.

A person that pitches a hissy-fit will often get one when someone who's polite won't, but in the long run, the polite person will experience less friction when trying to do things like this.
 
[quote name='JSweeney'][quote name='mario23air']After a half hour hassle, I got Ghost Recon 2 for $19.99 PM at BB. The deal is real.[/quote]

Real or not, it will still be HEAVILY YMMV.
Hopefully, you were polite to the person you were discussing the PM with.

If you were polite, and they did give it to you, good for you.
If you weren't, that's just not cool.

It's hellish for retail workers right now, and the last thing they need is a group of spoiled children and selfish adults making thier life hellish over a PM that's YMMV to begin with.

Again, if you did this, and were nice to the cashier, but it just took a half hour to politely convince them of your viewpoint, that's great.[/quote]

What exactly is the point of this post? To slap his hand IF he didn't conduct himself in a manner you deemed appropriate? He had every right to insist that they honor their policy, especially considering it met all the criteria established by BB. If they don't want to price match, they shouldn't have the policy in place and promote it. While I personally don't make it a habit of being rude to retail workers, I just as often as not run into shiftless, lazy and rude clerks who give me as much attitude as they do customer service. Whatever hard-on you have for retail workers being the oppressed labor class of our society, the fact remains that these people have a job to do and you will excuse me that I don't weep for their trials and tribulations during the holiday rush. I worked in retail for several years while completing my undergrad degree so I appreciate what these workers must often suffer through. On the other hand, many of these workers are rude, lack even the most fundamental knowledge of the wares they are peddling, and often don't understand how to diplomatically handle customers. Ultimately, I follow the golden rule of do unto others but I also take issue with bad store policy and mediocre customer service. This fellow was in the right to demand a price match and if BB doesn't like it, they should cease offering to match advertised sales from competitors. Lastly, I don't think we need you or anybody else policing forumers on how to conduct themselves in stores. If you think you are the martyr of consumer retail, I invite you go out into the real world and spread some of that arrogant, verbose bravado around in circles where such actions carry with them real consequences.
 
when I went on to the ad and clicked on it, all i got was a thing that said add to shopping list, not shopping cart. anybody know of a way to add it to the shopping cart so i could buy it?
 
[quote name='goergegavin']when I went on to the ad and clicked on it, all i got was a thing that said add to shopping list, not shopping cart. anybody know of a way to add it to the shopping cart so i could buy it?[/quote]

It's B&M, not online.
 
[quote name='zewone']Anyone able to pick up another one for $20? I don't have a Kmart. I would be willing to buy or trade for it. Thanks.[/quote]

Zewone, you have PM. Check it for details.
 
I figured that since fellow CAGs were having such problems with finding GR2, that I'd take the free time I had off today with my day off and try to find copies to get into the hands of fellow CAGs that weren't lucky to find them on their own.

I had two outstanding requests for a copy of GR2 via PM, that I fulfilled at two KMart's, which were on opposite sides of the St. Louis area (and like 20+ miles from me, in fact), one per KMart. If those two parties decide they don't want them, I'll offer them up to other CAGs for trade/sale.

I ended up picking up four additional copies of GR2, one from TRU, one from BB, one from CC and one from WalMart, since one copy for a PM seemed OK and wouldn't be considered hoarding, plus I was very lucky for nice people that did PM's with checking, and checked the KMarts I had copies tucked aisde at, thankfully.

One is currently put aside for Zewone, since he's CAG Halo 2 Clan. :D

The other three (possibly a couple more are up for dibs, if the first two people or Zewone don't want them) copies are available at the time of this post. People are more than welcome to trade or buy 'em, which I'm not going to make any profit on for sales, since it's the holiday season. Sell price is $25, with PayPal prefered, and other terms for sale worked out as needed.

For trade or sale, they'll all be shipped USPS first class with a DC, in my famous "survive a nuclear winter" packaging.

First come, first serve, and to not clutter the thread, please PM me and let me know there, instead of dropping tons of posts there.
 
What exactly is the point of this post? To slap his hand IF he didn't conduct himself in a manner you deemed appropriate?

So then, what is the purpose of your post? To slap my hand because I conduct myself in a manner that you don't deem appropriate?

He had every right to insist that they honor their policy, especially considering it met all the criteria established by BB.

That's absolutely true. He does have the right to insist that they honor thier policy. Heck, he even has the right to be terse about it.

If they don't want to price match, they shouldn't have the policy in place and promote it.

That's true as well, so long as the customer understands the exact terms of the policy they are trying to use. If they follow the terms to the letter, the store should absolutely follow through as per the terms of the policy.
The problem comes in the not-so-uncommon situations where the customer believe that the policy accounts for something that it does not.

While I personally don't make it a habit of being rude to retail workers, I just as often as not run into shiftless, lazy and rude clerks who give me as much attitude as they do customer service.

I'm sorry to hear that. It is the customer's right to expect a certain standard of treatment from the clerks and other workers that wait upon them. I've never had that problem. I've run across the occassion employee of a store I've visited that has been somewhat rude, but it is hardly ever a common occurance.

Whatever hard-on you have for retail workers being the oppressed labor class of our society, the fact remains that these people have a job to do and you will excuse me that I don't weep for their trials and tribulations during the holiday rush.

I'm amazed by the sheer amount of anger you put forth in this post.
I'm sorry that you look upon the retail worker with such disdain, and that a simple reminder that one should be polite could elicit such a vitriolic response.

I worked in retail for several years while completing my undergrad degree so I appreciate what these workers must often suffer through.
That's nice to hear. I've always been of the opinion that if people actually worked a retail job for a while that they would be much more polite when dealing with other in retail jobs (with the exception of those obviously deserving of some sort of rebuking... there are rude employees who do deserve to be put in thier place every so often.)

On the other hand, many of these workers are rude, lack even the most fundamental knowledge of the wares they are peddling, and often don't understand how to diplomatically handle customers.

While I agree with you that those sort of workers exist, I'd disagree that there are many of them. I could be misinterpreting what you are saying, but you seem to believe the majority of retail employees are that way.
I'd have to disagree.


Ultimately, I follow the golden rule of do unto others but I also take issue with bad store policy and mediocre customer service.


This fellow was in the right to demand a price match and if BB doesn't like it, they should cease offering to match advertised sales from competitors.

Are you sure? Do you know the minutia of his situation? I didn't, thus the relative uncertainty that was apparent in my post.
He could have asked for something that was beyond the bounds of the policy, and store/management may have just conceeded in the name of good customer service.
I hardly think that anything I said was all that harsh. I have a feeling he'd have responded negatively had that been the case.


Lastly, I don't think we need you or anybody else policing forumers on how to conduct themselves in stores.

You're entitled to that opinion.
I disagree.

If you think you are the martyr of consumer retail, I invite you go out into the real world and spread some of that arrogant, verbose bravado around in circles where such actions carry with them real consequences.

I'm sorry, but you've placed yourself in that exact situation. It's easy to shout someone down on the internet.

This: "I invite you go out into the real world and spread some of that arrogant, verbose bravado around in circles where such actions carry with them real consequences" applies just a much to me as it does to you.

I have stepped into situations where someone had been unduly harsh to employees. Of course, that's neither here nor there.

I know you have multiple axes to grind against me, and that you don't care for my posts. That's fine.
Despite any issue we make have, I'd still like to wish you a very Merry Christmas.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']I figured that since fellow CAGs were having such problems with finding GR2, that I'd take the free time I had off today with my day off and try to find copies to get into the hands of fellow CAGs that weren't lucky to find them on their own.

I had two outstanding requests for a copy of GR2 via PM, that I fulfilled at two KMart's, which were on opposite sides of the St. Louis area (and like 20+ miles from me, in fact), one per KMart. If those two parties decide they don't want them, I'll offer them up to other CAGs for trade/sale.

I ended up picking up four additional copies of GR2, one from TRU, one from BB, one from CC and one from WalMart, since one copy for a PM seemed OK and wouldn't be considered hoarding, plus I was very lucky for nice people that did PM's with checking, and checked the KMarts I had copies tucked aisde at, thankfully.

One is currently put aside for Zewone, since he's CAG Halo 2 Clan. :D

The other three (possibly a couple more are up for dibs, if the first two people or Zewone don't want them) copies are available at the time of this post. People are more than welcome to trade or buy 'em, which I'm not going to make any profit on for sales, since it's the holiday season. Sell price is $25, with PayPal prefered, and other terms for sale worked out as needed.

For trade or sale, they'll all be shipped USPS first class with a DC, in my famous "survive a nuclear winter" packaging.

First come, first serve, and to not clutter the thread, please PM me and let me know there, instead of dropping tons of posts there.[/quote]

That's very nice of you shrike. Kudos.
 
Insofar as a pricematch I went to a few places.
CompUSA (one of my favorites so i was hesitant to make them eat thirty) claimed that Kmart was a wholesaler and thus were not in their pricematching "group". The guys at the Dallas Circuit City were more than willing once they realized this ad was obtainable through the intraweb and was not photoshopped (i had included the site you go to, after clicking the picture on the ad, to clarify the picture, price, and retailer). Sadly, they were out of stock. My last stop of the day was a last-ditch ploy to get this game on the last day of the sale: Wal-mart. I got absolutely no problem once they realized that this wasn't an internet deal and walked out with GR2. THanks a lot OP.
 
[quote name='JSweeney']That's very nice of you shrike. Kudos.[/quote]

Thanks for the kudos.

Love your earlier posts, always enjoyable to read them.

As an update, I have two copies left from the three I picked up, pending money changing hands. One is pending out.
 
Hey Shrike,

Can I reserve one? My friend wants the game but he may be getting it for Xmas. If he doesnt get it, I'd like to get him one.

So if you don't mind waiting till tomorrow for payment, I'll take one.

Thanks,
Jordan
 
[quote name='TJordan522']Hey Shrike,

Can I reserve one? My friend wants the game but he may be getting it for Xmas. If he doesnt get it, I'd like to get him one.

So if you don't mind waiting till tomorrow for payment, I'll take one.

Thanks,
Jordan[/quote]

I have your name on the second one.

With TJordan522, there's just one left. As before, first come, first served.
 
[quote name='Grammaton-Cleric'][quote name='JSweeney'][quote name='mario23air']After a half hour hassle, I got Ghost Recon 2 for $19.99 PM at BB. The deal is real.[/quote]

Real or not, it will still be HEAVILY YMMV.
Hopefully, you were polite to the person you were discussing the PM with.

If you were polite, and they did give it to you, good for you.
If you weren't, that's just not cool.

It's hellish for retail workers right now, and the last thing they need is a group of spoiled children and selfish adults making thier life hellish over a PM that's YMMV to begin with.

Again, if you did this, and were nice to the cashier, but it just took a half hour to politely convince them of your viewpoint, that's great.[/quote]

What exactly is the point of this post? To slap his hand IF he didn't conduct himself in a manner you deemed appropriate? He had every right to insist that they honor their policy, especially considering it met all the criteria established by BB. If they don't want to price match, they shouldn't have the policy in place and promote it. While I personally don't make it a habit of being rude to retail workers, I just as often as not run into shiftless, lazy and rude clerks who give me as much attitude as they do customer service. Whatever hard-on you have for retail workers being the oppressed labor class of our society, the fact remains that these people have a job to do and you will excuse me that I don't weep for their trials and tribulations during the holiday rush. I worked in retail for several years while completing my undergrad degree so I appreciate what these workers must often suffer through. On the other hand, many of these workers are rude, lack even the most fundamental knowledge of the wares they are peddling, and often don't understand how to diplomatically handle customers. Ultimately, I follow the golden rule of do unto others but I also take issue with bad store policy and mediocre customer service. This fellow was in the right to demand a price match and if BB doesn't like it, they should cease offering to match advertised sales from competitors. Lastly, I don't think we need you or anybody else policing forumers on how to conduct themselves in stores. If you think you are the martyr of consumer retail, I invite you go out into the real world and spread some of that arrogant, verbose bravado around in circles where such actions carry with them real consequences.[/quote]

If you post something in an open thread on a public forum, it's up for commentary, discussion, or scrutiny. You may not think "we need" it, but it's his right. 'Nuff said.
 
[quote name='Scorch']Good man, Shrike.. Good man. Free bump.[/quote]

Someone had to keep playing Santa besides you, Scorch. Thanks for the bump, even though it's not my thread. :lol:
 
[quote name='WhipSmartBanky']If you post something in an open thread on a public forum, it's up for commentary, discussion, or scrutiny. You may not think "we need" it, but it's his right. 'Nuff said.[/quote]

I have to agree with Banky on this one, he's 100% in the right there.

If it's posted, it's up for discussion, if it's "warranted" or not. If you disagree or not. It's an opinion, everyone has them.

And last time I checked, it's still an open forum.
 
[quote name='swetooth9']could you check my list shrike?

thanks[/quote]

Checked over the list, nothing there that piques my curiousity, unfortunately.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']Glad to try and help.

Also, really, really, I didn't mean to threadjack. I promise. [-o< [-o< [-o
 
[quote name='JSweeney'][quote name='shrike4242']Glad to try and help.

Also, really, really, I didn't mean to threadjack. I promise. [-o< [-o< [-o
 
[quote name='el bobo']Shrike your my hero, for the moment that is.[/quote]

Happy to be the hero of the moment, at least for a moment.

Happy 1000th post, too, el bobo. :D

And, just so people know, there's still one copy left. If it doesn't nibble out in here by tomorrow morning, I'll toss it into the trade thread and let everyone pick it over. :lol:
 
All the six copies I picked up for fellow CAGs have been claimed.

Glad I could get it into the hands of people who couldn't find it on their own.

Games should be going out on Monday, when I get a chance to go to the post office, for those that have paid by Sunday night.
 
Thanks, but I kind of had to lie to get my parents to ship it to you. I said you were a kid from my school that moved away because his Dad got transferred. Is it OK if I adress your Parcel as Alex Jerome?
 
[quote name='el bobo']Thanks, but I kind of had to lie to get my parents to ship it to you. I said you were a kid from my school that moved away because his Dad got transferred. Is it OK if I adress your Parcel as Alex Jerome?[/quote]

As long as it's what we agreed to in trade, and in the condition we agreed to, it doesn't matter if it's coming from El Bobo. :D
 
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