Official Sears Clearance Thread - 2009 - post Sears finds here

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Be aware that not all Sears are alike, so prices are definitely YMMV.
List
  • date = date posted or updated
  • cp = current price
  • opp = old posted price
  • (oos) = out of system
  • * = posted at different prices (more than twice, most are)
Colors
  • white = current update
  • dark gray = old (ie. out of stock items)
if the prices are not updated in over a month, it will be colored as dark gray.

notes:
  • Don't turn this into your own trade list. Don't ask people if they want to trade X game for your Y game. PM is the best way to ask. Do your trading on the Sears Trade Thread.
  • Print UPC-A barcodes if you're having a hard time getting someone to open the cases for you. If you need UPCs refer to Half.com (just type the name of the game) or to io's kmart clearance thread. Go to either UPCDatabase.com or Barcodesinc.com to generate a UPC A barcode.
  • If you bring up a game and the employee scans it and does not show up in the system, it is most likely that the item has been pulled out of their inventory (most of us would call it 'out of system'). What this means is that the item must be returned to the manufacturer (so they were told anyways, but i don't believe it..). You can try to get them to sell it to you for the stickered price shown or maybe lower. It depends on the employee or manager.
  • Some of you are confused as to why some games are priced and rung up at retail prices but its listed below as clearanced at their respective clearance prices. Heres a good example:
    • 100607 ... 01.97 ... 09.97 ... Dead or Alive 4 (Non PH) *
    • ^^^^^ notice how the last reported price was October 6, 2007. The Platinum Hits version was also on clearance since it shared the Regular version's barcode. But they put the price back up in retail a few months later. Hence you still see the game now as retail instead of clearance.


attention all cags / n00bs:
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DO NOT TALK ABOUT:
-Trading
-Selling/Reselling

DO NOT BEG AND FOR CHRIST SAKE, DO NOT CALL SEARS AND ASK FOR CLEARANCE.
Talk, ask, about your deals and report your finds. If youre from SD or FW and wants to post this list or any other list from CAG just so you can have your 15 minutes of fame, all we can say is FU.

Please trade your games in this thread from now on. if youre looking for any particular game, head over there as well. its stickied so it'll be easier to locate.

POSTING OR REPORTING YOUR FINDS :

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT SEARS, LIKE MANY RETAILERS, USES 2 DIFFERENT PRICE STRATEGIES TO DETERMINE IF AN ITEM IS ON FULL PRICE OR CLEARANCE.

WITH THAT SAID, HERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD REMEMBER WHEN POSTING YOUR FINDS:

Games that ends in - .97 = Clearance Price
Games that ends in - .99 = Retail


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021009 ... 14.97 ... 00.00 ... 007 From Russia With Love
031309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... All Pro Football
082309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Americas Army
021608 ... 03.97 ... 03.97 ... Arcade Unplugged
060509 ... 00.00 ... 04.97 ... Armored Core 4 (OOS)
100507 ... 04.97 ... 13.97 ... Battlefield 2
091108 ... 05.97 ... 00.00 ... Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
082309 ... 04.97 ... 14.97 ... Battlefield Bad Company
082309 ... 04.97 ... 14.97 ... Bee Movie
022109 ... 00.97 ... 00.00 ... Bionicle Heroes
031309 ... 14.97 ... 24.97 ... Bioshock (YMMV - not on clearance at several stores)
082309 ... 04.97 ... 14.97 ... Blue Dragon
082309 ... 04.97 ... 14.97 ... Blacksite Area 51
082309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Bourne Conspiracy
082309 ... 04.97 ... 14.97 ... Brothers In Arms: Hell Highway
061609 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Bullet Witch
091108 ... 01.97 ... 02.97 ... Burnout Revenge
021508 ... 17.97 ... 26.97 ... Call of Duty 2
051109 ... 14.97 ... 19.97 ... Call of Duty 3
051109 ... 14.97 ... 00.00 ... Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare YMMV
000007 ... 00.00 ... 19.97 ... Cars
091108 ... 02.97 ... 00.00 ... Chrome Hounds
082309 ... 04.97 ... 14.97 ... Civilization Revolution
031309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... College Hoops 2k7
082309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Command and Conquer TW
082309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Condemned 2
 060509 ... 09.97 ... 14.97 ... Crackdown
091108 ... 39.97 ... 00.00 ... Dance Dance Revolution Universe (Game Only)
031309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Dance Dance Revolution Universe Bundle
031309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2 Bundle
082309 ... 04.97 ... 14.97 ... Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 Bundle
100607 ... 01.97 ... 09.97 ... Dead or Alive 4 (Non PH) *
000007 ... 00.00 ... 00.00 ... Dead or Alive 4 PH
000007 ... 00.00 ... 29.99 ... Dead Rising
031309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Def Jam ICON
082309 ... 01.97 ... 24.97 ... Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
021009 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Dynasty Warriors Gundam
082309 ... 09.97 ... 19.97 ... Elder Scrolls Oblivion GOTY (Game of the Year) Edition
032508 ... 14.97 ... 00.00 ... Elder Scrolls Shivering Isles (& Knights Of The Nine)
091108 ... 01.97 ... 02.97 ... Eragon
041109 ... 04.97 ... 16.97 ... Eternal Sonata
092207 ... 03.97 ... 00.00 ... Far Cry Instincts Predator
060509 ... 00.00 ... 04.97 ... Fear (OOS)
102608 ... 19.97 ... 00.00 ... Forza 2
041109 ... 01.97 ... 01.97 ... Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer
100809 ... 14.97 ... 19.99 ... Gears of War (original press, not refresh or GOTY)
021009 ... 14.97 ... 24.97 ... Guitar Hero 2 Bundle
 060509 ... 04.97 ... 07.97 ... Guitar Hero 3 Bundle
061109 ... 01.97 ... 02.97 ... Guitar Hero 3 Game Only
061609 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Guitar Hero Aerosmith Game Only *
082309 ... 04.97 ... 07.97 ... Guitar Hero Aerosmith Bundle
 051109 ... 07.97 ... 00.00 ... Madden 07
091007 ... 13.97 ... 00.00 ... Gun
052408 ... 14.97 ... 24.97 ... Halo 3 Limited Edition ($4.97 YMMV)
060509 ... 59.97 ... 129.99 ... Halo 3 Legendary Edition (GOODLUCK FINDING THIS, CLAIM A FREE BALLOON WHEN YOU DO ON YOUR WAY OUT :)
060509 ... 00.00 ... 04.97 ... Jumper (OOS)
021408 ... 02.97 ... 03.97 ... Kameo
031309 ... 19.97 ... 00.00 ... Kane & Lynch
000007 ... 00.00 ... 10.97 ... King Kong
061109 ... 04.97 ... 19.97 ... Iron Man
082309 ... 02.97 ... 04.97 ... Lost Odyssey
091007 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... Madden 06
051109 ... 07.97 ... 00.00 ... Madden 07
100809 ... 19.97 ... 29.99 ... Madden 09
082309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Merceneries 2
080208 ... 03.97 ... 00.00 ... MLB The Show 07
021009 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia
123007 ... 01.97 ... 03.97 ... MotoGP 06
041109 ... 01.97 ... 09.97 ... Nascar 2008
 080208 ... 03.97 ... 00.00 ... NBA 2k8
 031309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... NBA Homecourt
082309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... NBA Live 07
091108 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... NCAA College Basketball 07
031309 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... NCCA College Basketball 08
100809 ... 19.97 ... 29.99 ... NHL 2k8
082709 ... 01.97 ... 04.97 ... Ninety Nine Nights
061309 ... 09.97 ... 14.97 ... Ninja Gaiden 2
122707 ... 10.97 ... 39.99 ... Open Season
100809 ... 01.97 ... 04.97 ... Quake Wars
031309 ... 14.97 ... 00.00 ... Orange Box (YMMV, could be just a pricing error)
100207 ... 08.97 ... 13.97 ... Over G Fighters
091108 ... 02.97 ... 04.97 ... Perfect Dark Zero (original & PH)
061109 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... PGR4
032508 ... 02.97 ... 04.97 ... Phantasy Star Universe
091108 ... 02.97 ... 05.97 ... Pimp My Ride
051109 ... 14.97 ... 26.97 ... Project Sylpheed
 000007 ... 00.00 ... 19.99 ... Perfect Dark Zero (both versions)
 031309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Pirates of the Carribean
 000007 ... 00.00 ... 29.99 ... Prey
 090909 ... 19.97 ... 00.00 ... Rockband SE
011308 ... 04.97 ... 04.97 ... Rumble Roses XX *
 102608 ... 18.97 ... 24.97 ... Scene It: Light, Camera, Action
 051309 ... 09.97 ... 19.97 ... Simpsons
091108 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Smackdown Vs Raw 2007
091108 ... 10.97 ... 00.00 ... Spiderman: Friend of Foe
100809 ... 09.97 ... 24.97 ... Spiderman Web of Shadows *
031408 ... 01.97 ... 02.97 ... Star Trek Legacy
072708 ... 01.97 ... 02.97 ... Superman Returns
021009 ... 04.97 ... 24.97 ... Tenchu Z
022109 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Test Drive Unlimited
080908 ... 02.97 ... 05.97 ... Tetris Evolution
092207 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... Tiger Woods 06
072608 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Tiger Woods 07
041109 ... 01.97 ... 09.97 ... Timeshift
 000007 ... 00.00 ... 08.97 ... The Outfit
 031309 ... 19.97 ... 24.97 ... Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
 041109 ... 01.97 ... 09.97 ... Two Worlds
021009 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... TMNT
000007 ... 00.00 ... 11.97 ... Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
082309 ... 02.97 ... 00.00 ... Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
051309 ... 09.97 ... 19.97 ... Transformers Movie
061609 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Turok
061909 ... 09.97 ... 14.97 ... Viking
031309 ... 00.97 ... 08.97 ... Virtua Tennis 3
110608 ... 19.97 ... 00.00 ... Viva Pinata
060509 ... 01.97 ... 09.97 ... Viva Pinata Party Animals (Will ring OOS July 1st)
082309 ... 01.97 ... 04.97 ... Wall-E
072708 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... WWF Smackdown VS. Raw 2007.

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..date... | ... cp ... | .. opp .. |..game
102909 ... 00.75 ... 04.97 ... 512 mb Memory Card
102909 ... 09.47 ... 49.97 ... Xbox 360 HDD 120gb < OMFG!
121008 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Xbox HD-DVD drive
102909 ... 01.97 ... 04.97 ... Xbox Live Vision Camera

- Wii -
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..date... | ... cp ... | .. opp .. |..game
090909 ... 01.97 ... 04.97... Cranium Kabooki*
031309 ... 19.97 ... 00.00... DecaSports
051309 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... FarCry
061109 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Game Party
021009 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
031309 ... 19.97 ... 00.00 ... Naruto Ninja Council
082309 ... 02.97 ... 00.00 ... Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2
021009 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... NCAA March Madness 08
031309 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Obscure
121008 ... 03.97 ... 00.00 ... Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
051309 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Puzzle Collection
031309 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Super Swing Golf 2
061109 ... 01.97 ... 07.97 ... Table Tennis

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..date... | ... cp ... | .. opp .. |..game
021009 ... 04.97 ... 19.97 ... Armored Core 4
031309 ... 19.97 ... 00.00 ... Battlefield Bad Company
082309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Bioshock
051109 ... 14.97 ... 00.00 ... Brothers in Arms
060509 ... 14.97 ... 19.97 ... BuzzTV
082309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Civilization Revolution
060509 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Command and Conquer TW
082309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Condemned 2
102909 ... 03.97 ... 04.97 ... The Darkness
021009 ... 04.97 ... 06.97 ... Dynasty Warriors Gundam
102909 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Eye of Judgement
031309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... F1 Championship Edition
041109 ... 04.97 ... 19.97 ... Fear
082309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Folklore (OOS)
021009 ... 00.97 ... 01.97 ... Full Auto 2: Battlelines
060509 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Guitar Hero Aerosmith Game Only
060509 ... 07.97 ... 39.97 ... Guitar Hero Aerosmith Bundle (YMMV - some stores are not on clearance, some have it for much more)
060509 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Haze
082309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Heavenly Sword
082309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Iron Man
060509 ... 09.97 ... 24.00 ... Kane & Lynch
021009 ... 00.97 ... 06.97 ... Lair
060509 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
082309 ... 02.97 ... 04.97 ... Motorstorm (could be regional)
051109 ... 01.97 ... 04.97 ... Nascar08
061208 ... 05.97 ... 00.00 ... NBA2k7
031509 ... 14.97 ... 00.00 ... NBA Ballers Chosen One
051309 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Oblivion GOTY
082309 ... 02.97 ... 04.97 ... Quake Wars
090909 ... 19.97 ... 119.97 ... RockbandSE
021009 ... 01.97 ... 09.97 ... Singstar Volume 1*
061609 ... 09.97 ... 14.97 ... Spiderman Web of Shadows
031309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Splinter Cell: Double Agent
060509 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Stranglehold
031309 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Stuntman: Ignition
051309 ... 09.97 ... 14.97 ... Timeshift
060509 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Transformers
082309 ... 01.97 ... 04.97 ... Turning Point
031309 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Turok
021009 ... 14.97 ... 00.00 ... Unreal Tournament 3
082309 ... 01.97 ... 04.97 ... Viking
021009 ... 09.97 ... 24.97 ... Warhawk w/ Headset

- Accessories -
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• date... I ... cp ... I .. opp.. I. .type
021009 ... 00.97 ... 00.00 ... Nyko Dual USB Charger WI Outlet Dock
021009 ... 24.97 ... 00.00 ... Nyko Intercooler
102909 ... 00.97 ... 04.97 ... Sony Official USB/HDMI kit * YMMV of course, some stores still have these above $30


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..date... | ... cp ... | .. opp .. |..game
011409 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Assassins Creed
041109 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Avatar Air Bender
011209 ... 00.97 ... 00.00 ... Big Mutha Truckers
031309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Cake Mania
082309 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... Catz
061609 ... 00.97 ... 04.97 ... Chicken Shoot
041109 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
031309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Contra 4
022109 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Cooking Mama
031309 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Danny Phantom
082309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Diner Dash
022109 ... 02.97 ... 04.97 ... Dragon Quest Monsters: Jokers
060509 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... Eragon
031309 ... 01.97 ... 09.99 ... Feelthe Magic
092307 ... 06.97 ... 00.00 ... Finding Nemo
011209 ... 00.97 ... 03.97 ... Flipper Critters
031309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Gunpey
041109 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... High School Musical
082309 ... 02.97 ... 00.00 ... Lego Star Wars
011209 ... 00.97 ... 04.97 ... Lunar Dragon Song (front lane)
060509 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... Lost in Blue 2
021009 ... 04.97 ... 09.97 ... Metroid Prime Hunters
011209 ... 00.97 ... 00.00 ... My Word Coach
041109 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Namco Museum
031309 ... 00.97 ... 00.00 ... Naruto Path of Ninja
031309 ... 06.97 ... 00.00 ... Nicktoons Unite
031309 ... 14.97 ... 00.00 ... Nintendo DS Browser
031309 ... 00.97 ... 04.97 ... Picross
000007 ... 00.00 ... 06.97 ... Pokemon Dash
011209 ... 00.97 ... 03.97 ... Scurge Hive
082309 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... Sim Castaway
031309 ... 01.97 ... 03.97 ... Snood 2 (frontlane upc 696055133123)
060509 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Sonic Rush
051309 ... 04.97 ... 00.00 ... Theme Park
031309 ... 00.97 ... 08.97 ... Tomb Raider Legend
031309 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... Toon-Doku
051309 ... 14.97 ... 00.00 ... Transformer Cartoon
051309 ... 09.97 ... 00.00 ... Ultimate Mortal Kombat
082309 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... Yoshi’s Island
041709 ... 05.97 ... 09.97 ... Zoo Keeper (normal)
011409 ... 00.97 ... 09.97 ... Zoo Keeper Gen UPC: 69655133123 *NOTE THAT REGULAR UPC WILL SCAN AT RETAIL*

- Accessories / Hardware -
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..date... | ... cp ... | .. opp .. |..game
101709 ... 01.97 ... 09.97 ... Action Replay DS
102909 ... 109.97 ... 00.00 ... DS Lite Black
102909 ... 109.97 ... 00.00 ... DS Lite Pink (could be the rose pink DS)
121007 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... DS Lite Car Charger
011108 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... DS Lite clear case
121007 ... 01.97 ... 00.00 ... DS Lite Cradle
011908 ... 00.97 ... 00.00 ... lntect Ds case Silver Aluminum
 
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Picked up Elite Beat Agents for $6.97, and cleaned out all of the Star Trek Legacy ($1.97) and Arcade Unplugged ($3.97) from 3 Sears to flip at Gamestop with the Trade 2/Bonus $10 deal... basically turned $15 into $105 GS credit :)
 
[quote name='worshipsf']Picked up Elite Beat Agents for $6.97, and cleaned out all of the Star Trek Legacy ($1.97) and Arcade Unplugged ($3.97) from 3 Sears to flip at Gamestop with the Trade 2/Bonus $10 deal... basically turned $15 into $105 GS credit :)[/QUOTE]

Nice!!
 
[quote name='worshipsf']Picked up Elite Beat Agents for $6.97, and cleaned out all of the Star Trek Legacy ($1.97) and Arcade Unplugged ($3.97) from 3 Sears to flip at Gamestop with the Trade 2/Bonus $10 deal... basically turned $15 into $105 GS credit :)[/quote]



How does GS credit work? Does it just go on an account that is in all their computers, or do you just get a gift card from each store? Did you have to trade those in at multiple GS stores, or did they take multiple copies of the same game?
 
How does GS credit work? Does it just go on an account that is in all their computers, or do you just get a gift card from each store?
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If you have an Edge card, they will put the credit on there whenever you trade something in. If you don't have the Edge, I think they give you a card to use for storage of your credit.

Did you have to trade those in at multiple GS stores, or did they take multiple copies of the same game?
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YMMV. It all depends on the location and the cashier.
 
lol why even bother posting Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix...

If I saw one of those at $9.97, I would be in tears. Has anyone seen one of those in the last year?
 
[quote name='ddeeaallzz']lol why even bother posting Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix...

If I saw one of those at $9.97, I would be in tears. Has anyone seen one of those in the last year?[/quote]

yeah I picked up 2 at 2 different Sears in the past 3 months
 
[quote name='ddeeaallzz']lol why even bother posting Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix...

If I saw one of those at $9.97, I would be in tears. Has anyone seen one of those in the last year?[/quote]
I picked up 3 inthe last 6 months
 
[quote name='Derrick1979']Well its nice to see a sears employee that wants to help, if it wasnt for self scanners at my hole I would never know if things were on clearance because every time I ask them to scan something I get " the prices are clearly marked on the stickers" lol[/quote]

tell them u want to see the manager and they will think different. of course the sears i work in sucks and theirs prices are all over the place.

im pretty sure thought that most sears stores are the same and the employees dont give a shit to help u in eletronics if ur not buying a tv. they lowered the commision to 1% for almost everything but accessories and the latest 1080p tvs, so would u blame anyone for getting pissed at someone thats bitching about looking at prices for 20 mins.

i do get people which also do that and i get very pissed, yet its my job. o wow i spent 20 mins to make 70 cents.. whoppie
 
[quote name='(psp)snake']tell them u want to see the manager and they will think different. of course the sears i work in sucks and theirs prices are all over the place.

im pretty sure thought that most sears stores are the same and the employees dont give a shit to help u in eletronics if ur not buying a tv. they lowered the commision to 1% for almost everything but accessories and the latest 1080p tvs, so would u blame anyone for getting pissed at someone thats bitching about looking at prices for 20 mins.

i do get people which also do that and i get very pissed, yet its my job. o wow i spent 20 mins to make 70 cents.. whoppie[/quote]

That's $0.70+ your hourly wages.... Hey no one forced you to work for Sears :) you have the sleep in the bed you make.
 
[quote name='worshipsf']Picked up Elite Beat Agents for $6.97, and cleaned out all of the Star Trek Legacy ($1.97) and Arcade Unplugged ($3.97) from 3 Sears to flip at Gamestop with the Trade 2/Bonus $10 deal... basically turned $15 into $105 GS credit :)[/QUOTE]

Stories like this make my CAGer heart proud! :)
 
[quote name='jousley']Stories like this make my CAGer heart proud! :)[/quote]

Actually it makes me sad. I would have traded you something for a Star Trek Legacy... CAG used to be about finding deals and sharing, not lining the pockets of GS, etc. Sure, the store credit is nice, but you could have also gotten pretty good value by trading on CAG to get other clearance games you wanted but couldn't find.
 
sometimes i wish we have a hall of shame thread. i could understand 2 even 3 copies of the same games to flip.. but who are we to talk when we encourage such behavior. no offence to anyone, but just look at the blockbuster/game rush thread. i still see the point to this though: you sell/flip games to feed your other gaming needs.
 
[quote name='soonersfan60']Actually it makes me sad. I would have traded you something for a Star Trek Legacy... CAG used to be about finding deals and sharing, not lining the pockets of GS, etc. Sure, the store credit is nice, but you could have also gotten pretty good value by trading on CAG to get other clearance games you wanted but couldn't find.[/quote]

To me, the biggest shame is Gamestop gutting all the new copies and selling them used for probably $14.99 or something. Ah well, Legacy sucked anyway. At least it wasn't sealed copies of Ico.
 
[quote name='Derrick1979']That's $0.70+ your hourly wages.... Hey no one forced you to work for Sears :) you have the sleep in the bed you make.[/quote]

the gmen are forcing me...

jk but really like i said ur pretty much retarded imo if u gonna go out of ur way to look for games in sears, as for sears isnt a game store.

u wanna waste the employees time with scaning the games go ahead. but dont get snobby if they arent really willing to help, especially if ur wasting their time with just scaning... and if its a weekend to top it off.

people are morons which go to buy things in sears anyways. they will stare at the game case for 10 mins after they ask me if we have a game and im like no, yet they still look for it like its just gonna grow in the case or something.

ive also noticed when we dont have the game they want i suggest them to go to gamestop in the mall and they look at me like im crazy. they just gota have that wii game in sears.:roll:
 
[quote name='(psp)snake']u wanna waste the employees time with scaning the games go ahead. but dont get snobby if they arent really willing to help, especially if ur wasting their time with just scaning... and if its a weekend to top it off.[/quote]

How is it a waste of an employee's time? They have better things to do than help customers? If an employee isn't willing to help someone, then perhaps they've chosen the wrong career.
 
Plus if it's a problem Sears should make it easier to have the customer check the prices themselves. First a pricing check machine needs to be in electronics and maybe they need to get rid of the glass cases and put the games in a security case like CC does so I can pick it up and take it to the price check machine.

How else are you supposed to find out the price if a game is tagged full price and locked in the glass case and you know it's on clearance?
 
[quote name='shieryda']How is it a waste of an employee's time? They have better things to do than help customers? If an employee isn't willing to help someone, then perhaps they've chosen the wrong career.[/quote]

lol.. its commision. imo its sorta messed up to go to annoy the salesmen to constantly scan a bar code, as i would probably just ask for the games and go to the scanner. and the other guy is right that posted after u.

they should make it easy to know the prices. as for a career, lolz to the max. sears is a crappy part time job. the only people working in sears which can really call it a career are the managers, as everyone else is part time.. hense why sears has crappy customer service nowadays

as i said, dont be whining because the employee rather not waste 10-20 mins scaning video games to check if they are clearance. but like i said u also get people like me that will be glad to help.

the way that sears is built is mentally retarded. they should have a sales person for different catagories or at least a decent base salary for someone to care. people work for money, and like i said if u walk up to me ill be glad to help as long as u dont like a crazy amount of time on a video game.

btw i do get base $6 a hour but still, thats all i make without selling, or if i sell little crap like video games.

im gonna guess ur not stupid thought and u know why some people are nasty about scaning games for u. its very much sears fault for their structure. if u go to circuitcity u have a person in only video games.. as well as bestbuy. but to get to a bigger point. sears isnt a game store, but they do carry games for the general public.
 
[quote name='(psp)snake']as for a career, lolz to the max. sears is a crappy part time job. the only people working in sears which can really call it a career are the managers, as everyone else is part time.. hense why sears has crappy customer service nowadays[/quote]

I was gonna use quotation marks, but I didn't want to offend anyone working for Sears. That is weird that the stores don't have self-scanners, though. I'd rather do that, since the Sears employees are almost always busy when I visit the stores by me.
 
[quote name='scott2hotcott']Gamestop marks up DS and GBA games $5 all the time. The key part of MSRP is manufacturer's SUGGESTED retail price. Just because a company says, "you should sell product y for $x.xx" doesn't mean the store has to.[/QUOTE]for some products it's more than just a suggestion. if you don't sell their product at the price the mfg wants you too then they will hurt you by not selling you anymore product, sending you less of a product (i.e. you may not get very many copies of a hot new release game), withholding merchandising payments (they pay stores a certain amount for displaying their products in a particular manner), etc...
 
[quote name='(psp)snake']im gonna guess ur not stupid thought and u know why some people are nasty about scaning games for u. [/quote]

Of course, they're lazy people who don't want to do their jobs. Unlike what shieryda said, I rarely run into constantly busy clerks, I usually have to break up a group chat to get help. And it doesn't take 10-20 minutes to scan games unless the clerk has serious issues. On the rare occasions that I had someone scan a bunch, it still took 5 minutes or so.

Most of my Sears stores don't like customers walking off with an armload of games to scan them in another department (since there aren't any scanners in electronics).

Back on topic, I'm seeing a ton of the clearance titles at my stores, but most of them are stalled at high prices. For example, ST Legacy 360 is stuck at $20. It seems like many of the local chain stores (Sears, TRU, Target) never hit the lows that other areas report. :cry:
 
[quote name='elmyra']Of course, they're lazy people who don't want to do their jobs. Unlike what shieryda said, I rarely run into constantly busy clerks, I usually have to break up a group chat to get help. And it doesn't take 10-20 minutes to scan games unless the clerk has serious issues. On the rare occasions that I had someone scan a bunch, it still took 5 minutes or so.

Most of my Sears stores don't like customers walking off with an armload of games to scan them in another department (since there aren't any scanners in electronics).

Back on topic, I'm seeing a ton of the clearance titles at my stores, but most of them are stalled at high prices. For example, ST Legacy 360 is stuck at $20. It seems like many of the local chain stores (Sears, TRU, Target) never hit the lows that other areas report. :cry:[/quote]

well u will be suprised with some people. this guy wasted like 15 mins with his daughter to buy a game for the ds and because i had to keep the case open i didnt walk away

are ur certainly right. if there arent any customers or very little most of the time there are groups formed and its disrespecful to the customer to have to walk up to a bunch of sears employees fighting over who will help because they rather stay in there circle talking about random crap

but thats due to the structure of the store like i said..and to get back to topic heres a tid bit from a insider source.

the back stock room tends to have tons of games u dont see out. being that i worked there i have occasonally looked and one day was told to check for clearance games with the snic(the scanner which prints clerance tags).

i got ape escape 3, and i found a few others but they werent worthy to be bought. alot of poker games for the ps2 though... hmm wonder why.

and btw if anyone has any questions on anything ill check it for u, but just to let u no theres really nothing in the store i work in. so its more or less questions on how pricematching and ect works in sears
 
OK, take this for what you will, since I shamelessly stole this info from SlickDeals, but someone on there who claims to work for Sears and got this info from their 'SNC'(whatever that is) has a supposed FIRM date for the seemingly long rumored price drop for the Gamecube systems.

While not as good as the Shopko deal, where they're $9.99 at some Shopko stores, this is just as good and STILL better than buying one from RipoffStop.

Here's the quote:
Hey everybody, just got word from sears corporate that gamecubes price will drop to $19 from $99 starting March 5th. In our back room we have a regular system as well as the metroid prime bundle, both will be $19, i'll grab the sears stock numbers tomorrow so you guys know what to ask for, but I just wanted to get this news out early so you guys could spread the word.
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I'll go back and re-check the thread I found this in and see if I can't grab the stock #'s too.

EDIT: Here's the stock #'s someone else posted for the Metroid Prime Bundle and just the plain ol Gamecube:

Gamecube metroid prime bundle sears stock number 90054

Gamecube regular system sears stock number 90053
 
[quote name='(psp)snake'] hense why sears has crappy customer service nowadays[/quote]

Are you proud to be part of it?

Sure, scanning game after game after game for somebody must get annoying fast. But, do your job dude.
On the other hand, I would not ask anybody to check a bunch of prices for me if I see that the store is f'n busy. I prefer to do that when it's slow.
 
I'm planning on printing out UPC's for the Gamecube systems and scanning them at the price checker before I ask an employee to get one out of the case. I've had my eye on a Metroid bundle for years (when it was reported to be $49.97 but was still $99.99), and it's gone so I'll have to settle with a Platinum system, no game included but it will be great to leave in the car for that price.
 
a sears around me has marked the Black and Platinum ones to $49.97 so hopefully they get this drop because I will snag up a platinum one. I have never seen a bundle system there though.
 
[quote name='worshipsf']and cleaned out all of the Star Trek Legacy ($1.97) and Arcade Unplugged ($3.97) from 3 Sears to flip at Gamestop with the Trade 2/Bonus $10 deal... basically turned $15 into $105 GS credit :)[/QUOTE]

What were the trade-in values you got for these games before bonus?

For the record, I have no problem with this type of thing. It's only going to funding other game purchase. It works for me and seems to me to be true CAGness. In fact, I just bought 6 games from a Sears for $21 and am going to trade them in later today. Arcade Unplugged x 2, Star Trek Legacy, Eragon, Kameo GH and Kameo (not GH). I'm not expecting that to turn into $100 of gaming madness, but if it does I'll be very happy. I'm going to visit another Sears tonight to see if I can find anything else. I'm wanting to fund either a Wii (partially) or maybe a copy of Rock Band (PS2) on the cheap. So sue me.
 
I picked up a copy of Eragon at my local Sears in Florida for $3.97. They had 20GB HDD drives for $38 and all sorts of other things there. I think that is a nearly untouched store or something. They had the whole bottom of the case stacked with games. I did not remember to get game names off of the list before I went. I am going to go back tomorrow night and see what else they have. I am going to pick up as much as I can. They also had Gamecube bundles at this store, there was no price on them. They were not marked.

I have a question, if something is marked at say $24.99, is this the price that I should assume that it is? or should I have them take it out of the case and have it scanned? I am trying to find MS points for cheaper. I guess what I am asking is, is the sticker price always going to be the price that will scan?
 
It is kind of in a mall that is slowly dying a slow death. That mall has not been crowded in a long while. There are some stores left there, but walking into the mall last night was like walking into a cemetary. It was creepy, there was like no one around at all.
 
[quote name='JohnP1130']I have a question, if something is marked at say $24.99, is this the price that I should assume that it is? or should I have them take it out of the case and have it scanned? I am trying to find MS points for cheaper. I guess what I am asking is, is the sticker price always going to be the price that will scan?[/QUOTE]

The price stickers (if there are any) may not be correct. So, yes, scan! None of the games I picked up today had stickers at all, and all were for $3.97 or less.
 
[quote name='JohnP1130']It is kind of in a mall that is slowly dying a slow death. That mall has not been crowded in a long while. There are some stores left there, but walking into the mall last night was like walking into a cemetary. It was creepy, there was like no one around at all.[/quote]

was this west oaks mall?
 
[quote name='crunchewy']What were the trade-in values you got for these games before bonus?

For the record, I have no problem with this type of thing. It's only going to funding other game purchase. It works for me and seems to me to be true CAGness. In fact, I just bought 6 games from a Sears for $21 and am going to trade them in later today. Arcade Unplugged x 2, Star Trek Legacy, Eragon, Kameo GH and Kameo (not GH). I'm not expecting that to turn into $100 of gaming madness, but if it does I'll be very happy. I'm going to visit another Sears tonight to see if I can find anything else. I'm wanting to fund either a Wii (partially) or maybe a copy of Rock Band (PS2) on the cheap. So sue me.[/QUOTE]

Arcade Unplugged - $3
Star Trek Legacy - $7
Kameo - $3 (don't think they differentiate between GH and non-GH)

Don't forget to take out the 1 month xbox live subscription cards from Arcade Unplugged before you trade them in. :)

For the record, by "cleaning out" I don't mean that I walked in and bought up 10-20 copies of each game per store. The stores I went to had 1 or 2 copies (or none). I bought 1 copy each, then stopped by a week later and bought the other if it was still there. Total of 3 copies of Arcade Unplugged (plus 2 from my collection) and 5 copies of Star Trek Legacy. Sorry if that puts me on anyone's "Hall of Shame" list but I don't find it immoral at all to do this type of thing and take advantage of Gamestop deals to get more gaming for my money.

I'm more than willing to help out a fellow gamer if I know what to look for beforehand, but coming home to post a tradelist, trying to hunt for someone who wants what I have right now, waiting a week and getting uninteresting offers or no offers at all, etc. just isn't the same as walking 3 minutes next door for a good value and having the credit on my card for whenever I need it.
 
[quote name='slfc']Are you proud to be part of it?

Sure, scanning game after game after game for somebody must get annoying fast. But, do your job dude.
On the other hand, I would not ask anybody to check a bunch of prices for me if I see that the store is f'n busy. I prefer to do that when it's slow.[/quote]

how bout you dont select the one thing u can jump on and read what i wrote in its entirety.

if u read i stated i thought the store is a joke because of its structure.. but i do my job and i would even say i do it well. i can see u said u wouldnt do it if the store is busy.. but why? ur the customer and customer is first.

it really shouldnt matter on the circumstances but at the same time it does for the employee which is making jack shit if they just help people with games all day.

fortunatly i would say the only people ive seen come to buy games are mothers which are trying to shut their kids up,teens, or 40 year old guys which go on sites like these to see if they can find some weird ass game to trade with people. but thats just my experiences. i usually sell tvs for the most part, and many are stupid because they impluse buy from the little info i provide to make a desicion like that.

but thats sears. as for i can see if u wanna come if ur in the neighhborhood and theres a store near u. other then that sears is a place i would try to avoid. if u need appilances or tools go to lowes or home depot.. at least u get people which know what they are talking about, as for the products in sears have gone soo down hill for the past 5 years.

but to go back on topic. like ive stated if u have any questions on how sears works with pricematching and stuff ill answer
 
Snake, that seems like the MO for any retail store here nowadays, convince the buyer to spend as much money as possible while in the store. A lot of parents buy kids clothes at sears here, since they are the only store that stocks plus sized girls clothing, so I think some of that traffic filters into the games and electronics too, which means you get a horde of soccer moms buying video games to shut their kids up.
 
[quote name='JohnP1130']It is kind of in a mall that is slowly dying a slow death. That mall has not been crowded in a long while. There are some stores left there, but walking into the mall last night was like walking into a cemetary. It was creepy, there was like no one around at all.[/quote]

I live in Florida. I'd really appreciate knowing which mall you are talking about. I understand if you don't want to let out this juicy info, but I'd keep you up to date with whatever savings I find there if it's in driving distance of me. :wave:
 
[quote name='JohnP1130']It is kind of in a mall that is slowly dying a slow death. That mall has not been crowded in a long while. There are some stores left there, but walking into the mall last night was like walking into a cemetary. It was creepy, there was like no one around at all.[/quote]
It dosn't happen to be University Mall, does it? That mall is exactly like you described.
 
[quote name='worshipsf']Arcade Unplugged - $3
Star Trek Legacy - $7
Kameo - $3 (don't think they differentiate between GH and non-GH)

Don't forget to take out the 1 month xbox live subscription cards from Arcade Unplugged before you trade them in. :)

For the record, by "cleaning out" I don't mean that I walked in and bought up 10-20 copies of each game per store. The stores I went to had 1 or 2 copies (or none). I bought 1 copy each, then stopped by a week later and bought the other if it was still there. Total of 3 copies of Arcade Unplugged (plus 2 from my collection) and 5 copies of Star Trek Legacy. Sorry if that puts me on anyone's "Hall of Shame" list but I don't find it immoral at all to do this type of thing and take advantage of Gamestop deals to get more gaming for my money.

I'm more than willing to help out a fellow gamer if I know what to look for beforehand, but coming home to post a tradelist, trying to hunt for someone who wants what I have right now, waiting a week and getting uninteresting offers or no offers at all, etc. just isn't the same as walking 3 minutes next door for a good value and having the credit on my card for whenever I need it.[/QUOTE]

I'm siding with you guys on this one. I don't support hoarding, but it ain't like these games are moving fast out of the stores in the first place.

I was just saying on another videogame board the other day that I did my first Gamestop trade-in in over a year just because my tradebox was getting too full. That trade-in included 360 games from Sears and K-Mart that I've had for over six months and can't return now to recoup my money.

The problem is that even though CAG is a great site for finding deals, almost everyone on here has the same games now and that makes it harder to trade them away for other things of equal value. Add in the fact that everybody posts the same trading threads looking for new releases, popular games (Halo 3, Orange Box, Bioshock and Persona 3) and uber-rares, and we'll all just end up sitting on extra copies of Kameo and Unplugged that we're not gonna play.

Frankly, I don't have the room and there are too many budget games coming out that I would actually want to play. For instance, 2 copies each of the two aforementioned games netted me Balloon Pop (Wii) and Patapon (PSP) earlier this week.

Sorry for the treatise I wrote here. I know it's off-topic, but I used to enjoy a good trade, you know?
 
[quote name='Segasonic01']It dosn't happen to be University Mall, does it? That mall is exactly like you described.[/QUOTE]

If it is, I have been to that Sears and it doesnt have any good clearance items. But that mall is a ghost town.
 
[quote name='addicted2games']If it is, I have been to that Sears and it doesnt have any good clearance items. But that mall is a ghost town.[/quote]
Ya, hopefully when that new mall opens it will close down. So many good memories to of when that mall used to kick ass...
 
I scanned the barcode for Virtua Tennis 3 (Xbox 360) and it is now $1.97. Unfortunately this particular Sears didn't have any copies.

At another Sears I picked up Kameo x2 ($2.97), Eragon ($3.97), Star Trek Legacy ($1.97) and Arcade Unplugged x2 ($3.97). All for just over $21 with tax. I traded them all into Gamestop for $54.20 credit + two 1 month Xbox Live cards from the AUs. I don't know how you got over $100 out of only $15. I guess that was lots of copies of STL?
 
This may seem like a dumb question. But when you trade the brand new games you just got. Do you still leave them in shrink wrap??? Just curious if this may be a problem with a GameStop employee...
 
[quote name='yesokyesok']This may seem like a dumb question. But when you trade the brand new games you just got. Do you still leave them in shrink wrap??? Just curious if this may be a problem with a GameStop employee...[/quote]

I've heard of some that left the shrink wrap on and GS wouldn't take them. So might as well take it off.
 
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