New 4-game trade in offers at EB (DOA Online, NFL Street, Pokemon Stadium)

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EB Games is on a roll with these offers. First Ninja Gaiden, then Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, and now this.

The latest issue of GMR magazine (Feb. 04) has a coupon about 10 pages in for the following offer:

"Choose any game(s) below FREE when you trade-in 4 non-sport Playstation 2, Xbox, or Gamecube games per game purchased:

- NFL Street (PS2, Xbox, GC)
- Dead or Alive Online (Xbox)
- Pokemon Colosseum (GC)

Limit one per title per customer. Cannot be combined with any other trade-in offer or promotion. Not valid on previous purchases. Coupon must be present at time of purchase. No rain checks will be issued. No duplicate titles. Boxes and instructions must be included. Customer is responsible for sales tax in some states. Typographical errors are not the responsibility of EB Games. Some exclusions may apply. See sales associate for complete details. Offer valid 1/6/04 to 2/6/04".

I don't do sports games and could not care less about Pokemon Colosseum, but will definitely be picking up DOA Online. Keep the $5 games coming, CC!

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Scan of coupon (thanks, KingToyenY2)
 
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[quote name='D Hogan'] Offer valid 1/6/04 to 2/6/04".[/quote]

Oh, and the guy at my EBX said he thought this deal was only good as a pre-order so it expires when the game is out. (That is this Thursday for NFL Street) He may not have known what he was talking about.
 
I'm having trouble convincing my local EB employees that they're even having a trade-in deal on the NFL Street game. Am I missing something? I'd rather not have to buy the $5 magazine to prove it to them, but I may just have to. Anyone have a suggestion on this? (besides "hey, just go buy the magazine.")
 
Just ask "is there an open copy of GMR around? I saw the ad in there, and want to see if you're participating." Say that verbatim, and it will help you immensly, if you need to write it down on an index card ;)
 
Im thinking of trading these for NFL Street. Which do you think will be excluded
RTX
Project Eden
Eve of Exctinction
Headhunter
VF4(If I have to)
Ace Combat 4(If I have to)
 
This seems like way to much work. My wife is going to the mall and I was going to send her to EB with 4 NON Sport titles , but it seems like EB will change thier rules on a whim.
 
I am thinking of doing what that one guy who posted another thread did...

go to EB games and have a clerk help you pick out the cheapest games they are selling used that aren't excluded from the 4 for 1 deal, and then see if its worth all the money.
 
Which of these will work?
Freaky Flyers (PS2 or XBox)
Defender (PS2)
Slipheed (PS2)
Wipeout Fusion (PS2)
Matt Hoffman II (PS2)
Crazy Taxi (GCN)
Tony Hawk 3 (GCN)
SSX Tricky (GCN)
If you have used these or attempted to use these please let me know.
 
I have a copy of Disney's Treasure planet for PS2 that I won for free like a year ago but the barcode has a whole punched through it, think I'll be able to trade it in?
 
They don't care about give away games with barcode holes. As long as you have the case and instructions. As far as the stores, I work at one of the stores and they don't take any POX titles and sports games for these promotions. I just searched the web for stores near me until I found one that took any non-sports and went and preordered Halo 2, Fable, Ninja Gaiden, and NFL Street. I think the Halo 2, Fable, and Ninja Gaiden are supposed to still cost 9.99 after the trade in, but I think the promotions listed in the computer at EB don't say that Fable requires the 9.99 anymore and a lot of employees don't remember the 9.99 and just mark the 4 games up to 49.99. All I can say is that the whole inconsistency between stores is annoying but oh well, it's still a great deal.
 
Hi:

You can do multiple deals. I have three receipts. They do the deal three seperate times. They will not take splinter cell now. Trade in value is $3 too. They also wouldnt take bruce lee or whacked.

Kevin
 
EB(B and M) is teh sux. EB.com is teh roxxor. Seriously. What's with their deal, we'll take anything non sports in store, then you take games in and they won't take some of them. I'm not saying they should cause I'm greedy or somethign but they should specify and have a list available of pox titles.
 
I used Freaky Flyers for the Ps2 (other 3 were Quantam Redshift, Whacked, and Haven) in my trade in to where I got NFL Street for the Xbox at the EB in Plano, TX.
 
Tried to to the NFL Street deal at the location at Perimeter Mall in Atlanta and they wouldn't do it without the coupon (copies don't count).

They did have NBA Street Vol. 2 used for $18, though, which is pretty good.
 
I can also verify that they won't accept the scan. They're more than happy to use the cuopon from the GMR issue though.

For those of you trading in the $5 games you bought at CC, I recommend you do it immediately since the POX list is updated everyday. They wouldn't take any of the games I bought from CC - BOF: DQ, Freaky Flyers and Robotech.
 
One other thing: is the trade in 4 for Final Fantasy - Crystal Chronicles still on and when is the game being released again?

-Soujirou
 
Well, for what it's worth, I picked up NFL Street for the Gamecube by trading in 4 games from the CC deal (which was still going on at the one I go to in Greenville, SC). Three of those games were POX, but since the coupon didn't specifically say that, the employee accepted them. SCORE! Of course, YMMV. :)
 
If it weren't for a 'trade in so many, get $5 extra for every game traded in' deal, plus me being truly truly cool with the female at the EB I go to, here's how my day WOULD have went:

Haven- 25 cents trade in (yeah, you heard me!!!)
Freaky Flyers- $2
Silpheed- 75 cents
Mat Hoffman- $2
Jade Cocoon 2- $7
MK: DA- $7
Spiderman- $7
Deus Ex- $2 or 5 I forget...
Herdy Gerdy- $1

and all but MK:DA and Spiderman were POX... and she even printed me out a list of all the PO and POX games available at that specific store... sweet...
 
I tried the following b4 work:

1) Robotech (PS2)
2) Wipeout Fusion (PS2)
3) Freaky Flyers (Xbox)
4) Defender (GCN)

NONE of them worked for the trade-in deal. ¬_¬; I think my trade-in credit would've totaled about a 'lil over $5.00. Man... ^^; I did find Harvest Moon for $14.96 though (scanned original barcode). I know, $4.96 more than b4, but I actually found one! Something good came out of the trip at least. ^^x

-Soujirou
 
PS2gamerGCN~~~ If they give you any trouble because the case has a hole punch on the UPC just grab a different case off the shelf and trade it in at a different EB (or same at a later time) or simply trade the game in with no case. Hope that helps. =)
 
This is what I traded in:

Silpheed
Gungriffon Blaze
Galerians
and drumroll please
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HAVEN :lol:

-Morpheus
 
[quote name='Fatesealer']If it weren't for a 'trade in so many, get $5 extra for every game traded in' deal, plus me being truly truly cool with the female at the EB I go to, here's how my day WOULD have went:

Haven- 25 cents trade in (yeah, you heard me!!!)
Freaky Flyers- $2
Silpheed- 75 cents
Mat Hoffman- $2
Jade Cocoon 2- $7
MK: DA- $7
Spiderman- $7
Deus Ex- $2 or 5 I forget...
Herdy Gerdy- $1

and all but MK:DA and Spiderman were POX... and she even printed me out a list of all the PO and POX games available at that specific store... sweet...[/quote]

Could you post the list??
 
[quote name='pfunkpearl']Could you post the list??[/quote]

It'd be easier to just ask the employee at that store to print it out for you... but to make it easier, POX titles are usually those very old, hard to sell, or the store has tons :):cough:: Haven ::cough::) of a game that aren't selling... highlights from the store I went to in Lawrenceville GA include: Devil May Cry, Dr Muto, Freaky Flyers, Herdy Gerdy, Tekken Tag, most old sports titles...
 
Well I went back to EB to see if they could do the trade-in deal this time. I was going to buy an issue of GMR since my issue has yet to come. Anyways the employee there was like "If all you need is the coupon, don't buy it, I know the code by memory" I was like, "Hell yeah, I appreciate it man". He goes and takes:
1 copy of Robotech
1 copy of Shinobi (unopened with the 49.99)
1 copy of Gungrave
1 copy of BlazeGunGriffon...or whatever it's called
Anyways he takes them does the whole thing and I get the trade-in for Pokemon (since my wife is a pokefreak).
He does ask me "What's the deal with Shinobi?" so I said "Honestly? Well CC had a clearance sale and I got it for $5, but the price might have gone up a little more." He asked if they had any, since I didn't know I offered him the other copy I had for myself still unopened at cost. He thought it was cool but since he didn't work tomorrow he will just check out CC.
Also, this was the same guy who I went with the reciept when I pre-ordered FF:CC and didn't get my Cable Link, and gave it to me with no problems. I think I just made a new friend, and heck any deals that I know of I will tell him. After all gamers should stick together.
 
I'm still waiting for my used games to arrive from EB.com so I can hurry up and trade them in. I have to fly back to school in a week :shock:
 
in my eb they have a buy 2 preowned get 1 free deal so i get the thing and two other games preowned(around 7 bucks each) for a total of 14 cuz one was free, then i bought one of those dvd/ps2 compatible games which was like 2 dollars. GRAND TOTAL 16 bucks, ninja gaiden is mine next weekend...btw nfl street is sweet
 
I just stopped by a local EB and the dude working there said that the trade-in for NFL Street isn't on anymore since it was sposta be for preorders only. Then I got home and looked at the scanned coupon and it says its valid til te 6th of Feb. Whats up with that??
 
he was wrong. I did the Sonic thing the day it came out on cube. Bring in the coupon and sho him hes wrong. Its fun. Or make him call a DM
 
Are you allowed to change your preorder title for another game if you decided you wanted to change? For example I want to get DOA online but if I can't get Live where I live I don't want it, I'll call them either way, but I want to know if anyone else has done it.
 
Generally no, you aren't allowed to swap the game you traded in for for other games (not with promotions anyway). Oh, and polobear, the deal is definitely still going on...I just did it this weekend. Have him call another store to check, or wait til a different employee is there that knows what's going on.:)
 
:eek:
Does anybody know which EB in Southern California is accepting any non-sport games for the trade-in, with "no exclusions." Thanks
 
Checkout "Official XBOX Magz" Feb. Issue Page 43 (They have coupon say: Trade in Any 4 games for FREE any game ($49.99 value)

Free game: Ninja Gaiden, Fable, Halo 2 :)
 
I took in
Grand Theft Auto 3 PS2
Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge PS2
Bloodrayne GC
Splinter Cell XBox

The lady at the counter scanned them all and set them to the side and said "you want me to get rid of these for you?" I said "I don't care what you do with them as long as I get my voucher." She replied "None are eligible for the swap deal." I gathered my games and got out of there quick. What the heck? "Get rid of these?" I think I will just do the online Ninja Gaiden deal instead. Pox on EB B&M.
 
[quote name='kittycatgirl2k']I took in
Grand Theft Auto 3 PS2
Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge PS2
Bloodrayne GC
Splinter Cell XBox

The lady at the counter scanned them all and set them to the side and said "you want me to get rid of these for you?" I said "I don't care what you do with them as long as I get my voucher." She replied "None are eligible for the swap deal." I gathered my games and got out of there quick. What the heck? "Get rid of these?" I think I will just do the online Ninja Gaiden deal instead. Pox on EB B&M.[/quote]

What the hell? Why wouldn't they take games like that? That's just stupid. Any EB would take thsoe games in a flash.
 
[quote name='kittycatgirl2k']I took in
Grand Theft Auto 3 PS2
Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge PS2
Bloodrayne GC
Splinter Cell XBox

The lady at the counter scanned them all and set them to the side and said "you want me to get rid of these for you?" I said "I don't care what you do with them as long as I get my voucher." She replied "None are eligible for the swap deal." I gathered my games and got out of there quick. What the heck? "Get rid of these?" I think I will just do the online Ninja Gaiden deal instead. Pox on EB B&M.[/quote]

Sounds like the 'lady' at the counter was being a real, well, I'll refrain from using the language, but I think everyone can figure out what I mean. It could be that none of those are eligible (seems like at least one or two of them ought to be, though), but there is no excuse for treating a customer that way ("you want me to get rid of these for you?" :evil: ).
 
Sorry guys, dumb question. I keep hearing about "CC games" and i was just wondering what they were. What do the CC's stand for? I'm usually pretty good with acronyms but this has got me stuck. Thanks.
 
[quote name='basketkase543']Sorry guys, dumb question. I keep hearing about "CC games" and i was just wondering what they were. What do the CC's stand for? I'm usually pretty good with acronyms but this has got me stuck. Thanks.[/quote]

In this case, CC = Circuit City, because of the huge clearance that they had with tons of $5-$10 games (some more expensive, but most of the trade-ins are being done with the cheapies (even some penny games like jampacks and JSRF/Sega GT combos).
 
I don't know why they wouldn't take them, they just weren't "eligible" for the deal. Per errr ... "woman" at the counter. I hate going in that store, I'm 22 years old and she's probably only a few years older than me yet calls me "hon" in a condescending tone, like I'm five or something. She doesn't seem to know anything about video games, I called the store before Christmas asking for Karaoke Revolution and she had "never heard of it". Of course I went in that same day and it was sitting on the shelf clear as day. Oh well. Gamestop is much cooler in my area, all employees there are friendly and knowledgable about anime and video games so its all good. I only hit EB because of the trade-in. Otherwise this B&M isn't getting anymore of my dough.
 
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