I lost my Best Buy Gamer's Gift Card Coupon virginity today

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I needed a new Dual Shock 2 and Memory Card, and had a $50 gift card from this incident.
Both were $19.99 at BB.

I must say, the cashier wasn't exactly too thrilled to have to deal with this and it was a bit embarassing for a 30 year old man to going to such lengths to save $5 on video game products.

I guess it could have been worse...I could have tried to use 1 coupon on each item. I think the future Mrs. CheapyD would have died of embarassment if I tried to pull that one off.
 
LOL.

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I feel ya. I would've done the same thing...except used both coupons...even if I'd have to leave the store and come back in 8) !
 
This was your first time using it? Seems odd...I mean, you're the Head Cheapass and all. Haven't you bought a game from Best Buy in the past year? :D

Then again, I still haven't used a GGC myself...
 
[quote name='Gothic_Walrus']This was your first time using it? Seems odd...I mean, you're the Head Cheapass and all. Haven't you bought a game from Best Buy in the past year? :D

Then again, I still haven't used a GGC myself...[/quote]

Only online, and those games were less than $19.99.
The Best Buy's in Manhattan have a pretty bad selection.
;)
 
If I know I'm going to buy something there anyway and I can't find it cheaper elsewhere, you damn well better believe I'll use it, regardless of how much "trouble" the employee finds it.

That $5 is better off in my pocket than in theirs.

Besides, the way I look at it, they've wasted way more than $5 worth of my time in the past when it comes to trying to sell me unnecessary PSP/PRPs and SI/EW subscriptions, so I might as well recoup a little something if I feel the need to shop there.
 
[quote name='WhipSmartBanky']If I know I'm going to buy something there anyway and I can't find it cheaper elsewhere, you damn well better believe I'll use it, regardless of how much "trouble" the employee finds it.

That $5 is better off in my pocket than in theirs.

Besides, the way I look at it, they've wasted way more than $5 worth of my time in the past when it comes to trying to sell me unnecessary PSP/PRPs and SI/EW subscriptions, so I might as well recoup a little something if I feel the need to shop there.[/quote]

I agree completely.
 
[quote name='metroidkiller9']the best buy gamer gift card always seemed like more trouble than its worth to me.[/quote]

Thats because, like me, you live in NYC...the land of where cashiers project the attitude of "im doing you a favor just be ringing up your purchase and you are lucky if I even look at you".
 
I use the coupons all the time and so far every cashier I've had has just laughed and happily applied the coupon. (Though they have to manually take off the $5 every time LOL)

One cashier was even like, "Yeah man this is a good deal, a lot of people don't know about those coupons."

The 'worst' thing I've done was ask them to let me use the $5 GGC coupon on a price match I did with the EB president's day ad. The CSR didn't even bat an eye. Then I paid the ($15+tax) total with 3 $5 gift cards and some change. :lol:

I guess we just have nice cashiers in VA :D
 
Shoulda did 2 of them for 10 bucks off.
:)

I still havent done the giftcard thing only because i work there and they dont less us use them with our discount. :(
 
A while back, I tried to save my friend $5 off when buying Nightfire for $14.99...

I had previously put $20 on the card, and since it was his birthday a few days ago, I had to give him a belated birthday gift. I grabbed a copy of Nightfire for $19.99 since he was a James Bond fan and all. So there I was in line, and a cashier called me up. I guess she was also training a guy about cashering as she said things to the guy like what to do and say to customers. I gave her the card, and the game. It rang up for $19.99 and she took the card. The final price was $21.69, and she used the card. I told her to use the card and the $5 coupon, but she must have misinterpretated what I meant and said the final price is $21.69. I felt so stupid to reason with her that I was to paid the tax of $1.69. But then I told her to wait a sec, and grabbed a F-Zero and Donkey Kong Country strategy guide for a penny each. As I left the store my friend then said I should told her to scan the upc coupon code. Well I guess at least the guides made up for it.

I guess I won the battle with the cashier after all. :wink:
 
should just do what i do, walk out of the store with like 4 or 5 gift card cases at a time, they dont care. dont even put anything on them, as a matter of fact, the store manager told me too.
 
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