I just scored the best haul at the Circuit City sale - Conker and MORE for $10 each!

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So I travel to a Circuit City about 30 minutes away at around 4 pm... a friend wanted to see what they have. We get there, the bin is a mess, but inside the bin my friend finds Conker.

He asks me "Is this part of the sale?" and I told him of course not, it just came out, some kid must have thrown it in there. He then replies "Why is there six of them in here, along with all these other games?" I ask him to get an employee to scan it... employee comes back, says it's 49.99, like I thought.

I then mention to him how there were about six of them in the bin, so I was just making sure it wasn't a mistake. The employee looks at me and says "If it's in the bin, it's 9.99 then". I'm completely FLOORED at this comment, and being the honest CAG that I am, I even tell him "This game just came out around two weeks ago and you had a promotion on it... there is no way it's clearance".

He then looks at me dead in the eye, and says in a very know it all voice "Sir, if it's in the bin, it is 9.99, that is the end of it, the cashier will take care of the rest". Almost like I was stupid for not knowing that it was 9.99 for being in the bin.

I take it to the cashier, games ring up 49.99. I mention how they are in the 9.99 bin, and how the employee (whose name I'll leave out of this) told me how they are 9.99. The cashier just says "oh, ok" and adjusts the price for each one.

I ask her if I can get more games, and she says "sure, go ahead, I don't care, as long as it's in the bin". The bin held multiple copies of -

Conker: Live and Reloaded
Unreal Championship 2
NBA Street Vol 3
Mercenaries

I let the other people searching in the bin know what the employee AND cashier had said too - me and a few other lucky shoppers managed to get some top titles for 9.99 each.

The surprising thing is that I was honest the whole time with the employee - he practically forced it on me that all titles in the bin were 9.99, and I was stupid for thinking otherwise.
 
[quote name='KingofGames']Yowza, methinks that employee won't be keeping his job for very long. Guess you had some good karma building up. :)[/QUOTE]

I didn't originally got the employee's name - I felt bad for the cashier, who was an extremely awesome girl for letting the deal go through, and didn't want to get her in trouble.

I went to the back after I paid for everything, got the employee's name, and went up front and told her. "In case there were any problems with all the price adjusting, the employees name was xxx" to which she replied "oh ok, thank you".

I tried to explain to him twice Conker was a new release - I was just telling him so he could take the games out of the bin. He insisted on keeping them in there, however.

I figure this is my good karma for finding games at my local CC that weren't in the bin, and putting them in there. There was about 15 games not in the bin that were on sale, which I put in there and told everyone they were also part of the sale.
 
When I went today, the cashier said I could only pick up three games. Luckily, I only had three in my hands, but I thought that was kind of a drag. The only game I was really hoping to pick up was Baten Kaitos, which I found a copy of. I would've liked a copy of Mega Man: AC, but there were none to be found.
 
I thought about this a bit more, and wanted to add the following.

I wonder if the employee - "If it's in the box..." person - knew that it wasn't part of the sale and if someone around there put them in there for the sake of their own gain. I can imagine someone putting certain games in there and then knowing they can coerce a friend to pick them up for them for a profit. All you'd have to do is alert the cashier (chances are they'd be clueless) that any game from the bin is $10. Then it's just a matter of getting someone to come in and pick them up and behave as needed.

Additionally, this thread made me think about something else (somewhat tangential). Do you (CAGers) normally "help" out the employees? As I was checking out, the guy got a call (after having to check my credit card, change the register roll of paper, etc...poor guy had to do a million things) from someone. From his responses, I could tell the person was asking about the price of a Gamecube and what it would come with. He said it would come with a controller and hookups, but that was it - "No, it won't come with games." He then put the person on hold and finished my transaction. I told him that he could tell the person that the GC would come with Smash Bros in August if they wanted to wait. I realize that's not a terrible amount of help, but does anyone else do such things? I'm just curious.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']I didn't originally got the employee's name - I felt bad for the cashier, who was an extremely awesome girl for letting the deal go through, and didn't want to get her in trouble.

I went to the back after I paid for everything, got the employee's name, and went up front and told her. "In case there were any problems with all the price adjusting, the employees name was xxx" to which she replied "oh ok, thank you".

I tried to explain to him twice Conker was a new release - I was just telling him so he could take the games out of the bin. He insisted on keeping them in there, however.

I figure this is my good karma for finding games at my local CC that weren't in the bin, and putting them in there. There was about 15 games not in the bin that were on sale, which I put in there and told everyone they were also part of the sale.[/QUOTE]
dick move.
 
[quote name='Strell']Do you (CAGers) normally "help" out the employees? [/QUOTE]

I help out employees and fellow shoppers.

I normally shop on the Saturday before the ads end. I've already seen next week's ad and if I see someone have an older release in their hands, I let them know that it will go on-sale next week and to make sure they come in and get their money back from the difference.

I'll also help employees with customers if I overhear them talking and they are having trouble or don't quite know what's going on with a promotion, offer, etc.

I fight for the little guy, and aid the big guy (when necessary). :)
 
[quote name='DT778']dick move.[/QUOTE]

You mean about me putting in games that weren't at the bin at my local CC?

I am talking about stuff like SNK Vs Capcom, Second Sight, Psi Ops... stuff supposed to be part of the sale but was never moved over to the bin, and stuck on the shelf. I was browsing the shelf for games not put in there that should have been, and the ones I found I moved to the bin for some lucky CAG'er or random customer to find. Some guy even thanked me when I found that Second Sight since he wanted to try it out.

The CC I got the Xbox games at WAS NOT my local CC, and I DID NOT put any of the xbox games in it. They were in there when I got in there, about 5 of each title. I figure it may have been what Strell was talking about - the employee seemed adamant they were all 9.99, even when I told him otherwise.

I thought maybe some kid stuck them in there, but EVERY conker was in the bin along with the other games (Ghost Recon 2 was there, but I passed) and there were noticable empty spots on the shelf, like an employee put them in there himself.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']You mean about me putting in games that weren't at the bin at my local CC?[/QUOTE]

No, probably about letting the cashier know about who told you about the games.

It'll probably come in handy when she has a meeting with the SM to discuss why she did a $40 overring. You just saved her job by letting her know that.
 
[quote name='CocheseUGA']No, probably about letting the cashier know about who told you about the games.

It'll probably come in handy when she has a meeting with the SM to discuss why she did a $40 overring. You just saved her job by letting her know that.[/QUOTE]

That's the exact reason I made the special trip back in to get the guy's name and let her know. No way she should lose her job over his mistake.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']You mean about me putting in games that weren't at the bin at my local CC?

I am talking about stuff like SNK Vs Capcom, Second Sight, Psi Ops... stuff supposed to be part of the sale but was never moved over to the bin, and stuck on the shelf. I was browsing the shelf for games not put in there that should have been, and the ones I found I moved to the bin for some lucky CAG'er or random customer to find. Some guy even thanked me when I found that Second Sight since he wanted to try it out.

The CC I got the Xbox games at WAS NOT my local CC, and I DID NOT put any of the xbox games in it. They were in there when I got in there, about 5 of each title.[/QUOTE]
My bad. When I first read it I thought you gave his name up front to the customer service department. Sorry. Good thing that you told the cashier the name of the employee.
 
Roufuss.. methinks you should take those to Rhino.. I know they give $10 for Mercenaries, but Conker still gets $30.. one game per account per day though, so bring a friend or two.. you could get a ton of stuff..
 
[quote name='Scorch']Roufuss.. methinks you should take those to Rhino.. I know they give $10 for Mercenaries, but Conker still gets $30.. one game per account per day though, so bring a friend or two.. you could get a ton of stuff..[/QUOTE]

Well, I'm keeping some of them, espically Mercenaries.

I still have that coupon where Gamestop gives 50% trade in value for 4 games, I might trade NBA Street V3 and UC 2 (I grabbed two of them by accident, oh well) and two others, and try to get enough credit to replace my Xbox.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Well, I'm keeping some of them, espically Mercenaries.

I still have that coupon where Gamestop gives 50% trade in value for 4 games, I might trade NBA Street V3 and UC 2 (I grabbed two of them by accident, oh well) and two others, and try to get enough credit to replace my Xbox.[/QUOTE]


I may be interested in a UC2.Ill shoot ya a PM!;)

I got a 52" plasma tv for $9.99 today because it was in the bin!
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Trade you a sealed PoP"WW for it?lol
 
[quote name='The VGM']Get me a Conker for $10 please if you can.[/QUOTE]

I let the other shoppers know about the deal, so I doubt there are any left.

Store would be closed by the time I went back up there, to boot.

I would have grabbed a ton of copies for the CAG'ers, but I didn't want to be greedy.
 
what keeps someone from picking up a game and tossing it in the bin and saying its 9.99???

nevermind : i think the bin games are just games the normal games are in plastic cases at least the one here .
 
Hey, if it is for XBOX, instead of trading in NBA Street V3 (I know they only give 10 bucks, it says on Gamestop's website), can you let me buy it. I will definetly pay more than that.
 
[quote name='slidecage']wow gamestop only gives 10 bucks for them. Blockbuster gives 30 still.[/QUOTE]

Yea, I think it might be going to Gamerush.

As much as I'd love to help out other CAG'ers by PM'ing the receipt, I just don't have the necessary funds or time at the moment. Me being out of a job definately puts a hamper on things, and I think it would raise a few eyebrows if I started PM'ing stores off of my receipt.

Would if I could, but at this point I'm strapped. If fate works out and I can nail a job this week, I'll see what I can do.

I've given it alot of thought, and I wish I could give back to the community, but right now I'm so strapped I just can't.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Yea, I think it might be going to Gamerush.

As much as I'd love to help out other CAG'ers by PM'ing the receipt, I just don't have the necessary funds or time at the moment. Me being out of a job definately puts a hamper on things, and I think it would raise a few eyebrows if I started PM'ing stores off of my receipt.

Would if I could, but at this point I'm strapped. If fate works out and I can nail a job this week, I'll see what I can do.

I've given it alot of thought, and I wish I could give back to the community, but right now I'm so strapped I just can't.[/QUOTE]


so, you can't scan the reciept for us to try and use why? posting the reciept is no expense to you, but it gives us a chance to possibly benefit from the deal.

edit: i realize now you meant YOU weren't going to use it at stores to PM for us... if you COULD post a scan, that may help some of us.
 
Don't listen to the tradestop prices. They are all wrong. I got $20 before the extra 50% 2 weeks ago for UC2. Gamerush is your best bet though since you can get $30 for all of those. I envy you though.
 
[quote name='xokxtrunks']My store had UC2, if anyone is interested, I'll pick it up for them[/QUOTE]

If its $9.99, then I'd definitely be interested.
 
Congrats to OP.

This kind of thing happens with every deal . . . somewhere in the nation someone gets very lucky and everybody else drools. At one of the Kmart 50% sales . . . someone got RE4 because it was in the bin. But its the part of CAG that drives me crazy . . . why not at my store :)
 
I had a similar experience, but with different results. I found 3 copies of Super Mario Brothers 3 for GBA in one of the bins. It was marked $29.99, and I knew it wasn't on the list, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. There were two CC employees putting games up on the GBA shelf (away from the two clearance bins they had set up). Here's the bizarre exchange I had with one of them:

Me (Playing dumb): Is this game part of the $9.99 clearance?
CC Guy: (Looks at price sticker) No, it's $29.99.
Me: Yeah, I saw that, but there are three copies of it in the bin, so I was just wondering.
CC Guy: Sometimes people pick up a game, decide they don't want it, then drop it somewhere else.
Me: OK. You might want to go get the other copies out of the bin then.
CC Guy: No, don't worry about it. Just leave them there.

I guess he just really enjoyed that question and wanted to have to answer it again a few more times. I was tempted to go drop the copy I was holding back into the clearance bin, but I didn't.
 
Definitely keep Mercenaries. It's long and a lot of fun, especially for $10.


[quote name='Strell']Do you (CAGers) normally "help" out the employees?[/QUOTE]

I try to avoid contact with the employees and other shoppers at all costs, since I tend to act too nicely to people, and when I do speak to them, they won't shut up.

Otherwise, I don't "help" employees unless I want something specific. I don't get paid to enlighten them, so unless they're blatantly ripping off customers through their own ignorance, I won't say anything.

Trying to help other customers is even worse. Three days before GTA:SA came out, I was at a store and kind enough to tell some parents looking for it that it hadn't been released yet. Not only did they look at me like I was from Mars, they spent the next fifteen minutes still looking for it, and then they wasted an employee's time trying to get him to look for it.

I haven't tried to help anyone since then.
 
I don't really see the point to flaming the OP. He did what any one of us would've done in the situation.
 
I went back to my local store right at closing time last night and noticed one of the employees throwing various items into the $9.99 games bin! I assume he was gonna try to cash in at closing time while everyones defenses were down. He looked like a very disgruntled employee and hissed at me as i neared his stash. I did manage to get one good thing he threw in the bin though as he rushed it and grabbed most of his stash! :cry:

 
[quote name='$hady']I went back to my local store right at closing time last night and noticed one of the employees throwing various items into the $9.99 games bin! I assume he was gonna try to cash in at closing time while everyones defenses were down. He looked like a very disgruntled employee and hissed at me as i neared his stash. I did manage to get one good thing he threw in the bin though as he rushed it and grabbed most of his stash! :cry:

[/QUOTE]
:rofl:
 
I'll throw up a scan later tonight - to all the PM's I keep getting, YES, I'm keeping all the games.

The other copy of Unreal Championship 2 I thought I had was my friends - it got stuck in my bag by accident along with his receipt (was hard to keep 4 or 5 bags seperate, they all just got thrown in the trunk).

The copy of Street 3 I have I'm trading to Gamerush since they give $30 for it, and picking up Jade Empire.
 
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