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Here is the most up to date compiled list of all known guide deals listed and posted for this thread and similar threads. I will update this list as people post new guide deals. Everything listed in this thread “should” be the price listed or lower. These prices are typically company wide price reductions and not YMMV. But just because the prices are typically universal does not mean that they are guaranteed to be sold to you. Most stores have a destroy clause with the guide companies. So whether or not you get these guides depend on many many factors from how diligent a staff is to how reasonable or friendly one is. Good luck on any you may find and good luck on acquiring them. If anything is incorrect or missing please post so corrections can be made.


Now you can just cut, paste, print, and GO!!!



How you can help: You can keep a printed copy of this list in your jacket, wallet, purse whatever and when you go to any store that carries guides look for guides for games that have been out typically around six months or more and ask for a price check or better yet use a store scanner if they are available. If they are anything less than cover price write it down for us. Also please when you post the info here if it looks like it’s a temporary sale, please post that as well otherwise it will be assumed to a be a permanent price reduction. If you scan a guide and it comes up a different price that what the master lists suggests please list the day and store that you had the guide scanned. Also please list if you physically saw a self-scanner’s price, physically saw a cash registers price or vocally heard a price from the store’s staff. This might sound like a lot and of course we will take what we can get but this will go a long way to having the best master list as well as ferreting out different store practices and policy’s. All help is appreciated and thank you.




Trading: I spoke with the post office and found out that the cheapest form of mailing to the 48 contiguous states would be to use “media mail” It will take a little longer but it will also allow the least amount of money per transaction when trying to acquire guides for your collection. For an average guide weight of about 9 oz its $1.42 cents. All you need to do is put it in an envelope and ship it media mail. He mentioned no one should have a problem if you use the same envelope several times to cut down on costs. He also mentioned that when shipping Media mail that you cannot have any personal correspondence in the envelope. Only books and an invoice are acceptable. If trading is in you interest you do whatever is most comfortable for you and your trading party this was merely a FYI and a good way to keep it cheap.



Helpful links to check for reduced priced guides or guides in general. You will likely never find one cent guides here but various discounted guides and possibly some that you have been searching for.


Best Buy

Best Buy guide search


Circuit City

Circuit City guide search


EB Games

EB Games guide search


Gamestop (babages,software etc,funcoland)

Gamestop guide search


Toys R Us (uhh best link I could find)

Toys R Us guide search


video-game-strategy-guides.com ( I have never purchased from here and no one centers but a heck of a lot of guides if you are looking for something specific) {check disgaea… Ouch}

video-game-strategy-guides.com guide search


strategy-guides.net (another large site of guides)

strategy-guides.net guide search


bookpool (guides typically 45% off or so )

Book pool guide search


Looking for assistance: I am looking for some staff from Best Buy’s, EB’s, Gamestop’s and stores of the like. When EB Games or Gamestop has a price reduction their shelves can be empty in a day or two to even as little as just a few hours. EB and Gamestop have daily price changes so all depending on the store’s staff they could be all gone almost immediately. If I could get some staff that can either post here first thing any day that they have a price reduction on guides or that might be able to text message me with such price reductions so that I might be able to inform CAG’ers ASAP. Whether or not us the end user would actually be able to get them from a particular stores staff is very much an YMMV but if there is anyone who can help this would greatly increase the chance’s of CAG’ers being able to pick up guides from these locations. If anyone is interested and able to help please e-mail me at [email protected]. Thank you all for your consideration.



Thank you all for making CAG what it is and for all your contributions.


Disclaimer: This list is intended to help all guide hunters. Please feel free to print yourself a copy and get what you can find. Please do not post this list on another site. {e-mail me please if for some reason you would want to. [email protected]} Please just link to this thread, add to this list and help it grow. Thank you



***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***

TRU .01

Duel Masters
Full Spectrum Warrior
Halo 1
Incredibles
Jak 3
Killzone
KOTOR II Madden 2005
Need For Speed Underground 2
Pokemon Colosseum
Sims, The: Urbz, The
Sonic Heroes
Star Wars Battlefront

***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***

Best Buy .01

Brothers In Arms
Call of Duty – brady
Doom 3 (xbox, not pc)- Prima
Forza Motorsport

***New guides to the master list as of 8-4-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-31-05***

EB Games .01

Act of War Brady PC
Armies of Exigo Prima PC
Axis & Allies Prima PC
Cold Fear Brady
Constantine – Prima
Dead to Rights II - Brady
Death By Degrees - Brady
Demon Stone - Prima
Enthusia Professional Racing Brady
Goldeneye - Prima
Joint Operations - Prima PC
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Prima
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events – Brady
Madden 2005 - Prima
Metroid Prime - Nintendo
Monster Hunter - Brady
Resident Evil: Outbreak - Brady
Robots – Prima
Shadow of Rome - Brady
Shaman King Legacy of the Spirits Soaring Hawk/Sprinting Wolf - Prima
Shaman King Power of Spirit/Master of Spirits - Prima
Star Wars Jump to Lightspeed - Prima PC
Tak 2: Staff of Dreams - Prima
Tenchu Fatal Shadows
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum Prima
Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler Prima

***New guides to the master list as of 7-31-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-29-05***

TRU .01

NBA 2K5

***New guides to the master list as of 7-29-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-23-05***

EB Games .01

Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls

***New guides to the master list as of 7-23-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-22-05***

Gamestop .01

Ace Combat 5 - Brady
Call of Duty Finest Hour - Brady
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
Full Metal Alchemist
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Brady
Shadow Hearts Covenant
Shadow of Rome - Brady
Street Fighter Anniversary

***New guides to the master list as of 7-22-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-16-05***

EB Games .01

Tekken 5 art book

***New guides to the master list as of 7-16-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-13-05***

Eb Games 7.99

Metroid Prime 2 : Echoes - Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 7-13-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 7-4-05***

Best Buy .01

Jade Empire - Prima
Legend of Zelda, the: The Minish Cap - Nintendo
Madden 2005 - Prima
Metroid Prime 2
Sims, The: Urbz, The - Prima
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - Prima
Star Fox Assault - Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 7-4-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-24-05***

EB Games .01

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Nintendo
Metroid Prime


***New guides to the master list as of 6-24-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-23-05***

Gamestop .01

Madden 2005
Star Wars Galaxies

***New guides to the master list as of 6-23-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 6-2-05***

Toys R Us .01

ESPN NBA 2K5
Resident Evil Outbreak
Soul Calibur 2 Limited Edition

***New guides to the master list as of 6-2-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-30-05***

Best Buy .01

Devil May Cry 3
ESPN 2K5 baseball
Fight Night Round 2
Jak 3
Mercenaries - Prima
Metal Gear Acid
Need For Speed Underground 2
Pokemon Fire Red, Leaf Green - Prima
Resident Evil 4
Star Wars: Knights of the old republic 2
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Tekken 5 - brady
Xenosaga II - Brady

***New guides to the master list as of 5-30-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-20-05***

Gamestop .01

Deus Ex Invisible War - Prima
Shrek 2 - Brady
Yu-gi-oh The Sacred Cards - Prima

***New guides to the master list as of 5-20-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-15-05***

Circuit City .00

Sword Of Mana – Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 5-15-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-5-05***

Tru .01

Ace Combat 5 – Brady
Batman Rise of Sin Tzu
Call of Duty Finest Hour
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy XI
MGS Twin Snakes
Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater - Brady
Mortal Kombat Deception - Brady
Prince of Persia 2
Spiderman
THUG 2
Viewtiful Joe 2
XIII

***New guides to the master list as of 5-5-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 5-1-05***

Gamestop .01

Def jam fight for ny
Demon stone
Halo 2 guide unoffical
Killzone
Nocturne
Paper Mario: the thousand year door – Nintendo
Phantom Brave – Double Jump

***New guides to the master list as of 5-1-05***


***New guides to the master list as of 4-29-05***

EB games .01

DOA Ultimate
Driver 3
Freedom Force vs Third Reich
Madden 2005 Collector's Edition guide (not regular)
Nanobreaker
Project Snowblind
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Sly Cooper 2
Socom 2
Viewtiful Joe 2
Yu Yu (GBA & PS2)
Yugioh guide

***New guides to the master list as of 4-29-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 4-18-05***

Best Buy .01

Fable
Final Fantasy I & II – Nintendo GBA
Goldeneye: Rogue Agent – Prima
Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age – Prima
Men Of Valor: Vietnam
Metal Gear Solid3: Snake Eater – Brady
Mortal Kombat: Deception – Brady
Pokemon FireRed / LeafGreen
Prince Of Persia2 : Warrior Within
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2

***New guides to the master list as of 4-18-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 2-28-05***

Best Buy .01

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
Killzone - Prima
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Mech Assault 2: Lone Wolf - Prima
NFL Street 2
Spyro: A Hero's Tail
X-Men Legends

Best Buy .27

Paper Mario - Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 2-28-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 2-19-05***

K-mart .01

Starfox Adventures – Nintendo
Super Mario Sunshine – Nintendo
Wario World – Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 2-19-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 2-17-05***

Toys R Us .01

007 Bond Everything Or Nothing - Prima
Burnout 3 - Prima
DBZ Budokai - Prima
DBZ Buu's Fury - Prima
Fire Emblem - Prima
Mafia - Prima
Mario & Luigi - Prima
Mario Party 5 - Prima
Medal of Honor Rising Sun - Prima
NBA Live 2005 - Prima
Need For Speed Underground - Prima
Ninja Gaiden - Prima
Sims, The: Bustin Out - Prima
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow - Prima
Star Wars Jedi Acadamey - Prima
Super Mario 4 - Prima
Tak 2 - Prima
Transformers - Prima
WWE Day of Reckoning - Prima
YuGiOh Sacred Cards - Prima
Yugioh Worldwide Edition - Prima

***New guides to the master list as of 2-17-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 2-12-05***

Gamestop .01

Champions of Norrath
Duel Masters: Sempai Legends
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm

***New guides to the master list as of 2-12-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-31-05***

Circuit City 1.57

Dragon Ball Z: budokai - Prima
Rygar - Prima

***New guides to the master list as of 1-31-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-28-05***

EB Games .01

007 bond: everything or nothing
Armored Core: Nexus - Prima
Astro Boy/ Astro Boy: Omega Factor (PS2/GBA) - Prima
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II - Prima
Catwoman - Prima
Chronicles of riddick - Prima
City of heroes PC - Prima
Conflict: Vietnam - Prima
Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors - Prima
Duel Masters: Sempai Legends - Prima
Duel Masters/Duel Masters: Kaijudo Showdown (PS2/GBA) - Prima
ESPN 2K5 baseball
Evil genius PC
Full spectrum warrior - Prima
Golden Sun/Golden Sun: Lost Age - Prima
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus PC- Prima
Hitman: Contracts - Prima
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - Prima
Myst Uru: Complete Chronicles PC- Prima
NCAA football 05
Need for Speed Underground - Prima
Rainbow six 3 ps2 - Prima
Samurai warriors - Prima
Second sight - Prima
Sims, The: Bustin' Out - Prima
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (PS2/GCN) - Prima
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (XB) Prima
Sudeki
Thief deadly shadows - Prima
Transformers - Prima
Ultimate Gamer Codebook (?) Prima
Van Helsing - Prima
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War PC - Prima
WWE Day of Reckoning – Prima
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dawn of Destiny
Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction

***New guides to the master list as of 1-28-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-26-05***

EB Games .01

Onimusha 3: Collectors Edition


Gamestop .01

Backyard Wrestling 2 - Brady
Burnout 3 - Prima
Duel Masters: duel masters and duel masters: Kaijudo showdown - Prima
ESPN NFL 2K5 - Brady
Front Mission 4 - Brady
Ghost Hunter - Brady
Hot Shots Golf Fore! - Brady
King of Fighter: Maximum Impact - Brady
Mega man Zero 3 - Brady
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Onimusha 3: Demon
PSI-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
Second Sight - Prima
Shark Tales - Brady
SRS: Street Racing Syndicate - Brady
Suffering, The - Brady
True Crimes: Streets of LA - Brady
Way of the Samurai 2 - Brady

***New guides to the master list as of 1-26-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-25-05***

EB Games .01

Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood - Brady
Call of Duty United Offensive PC
Capcom Fighting Evolution
Drakengard
ESPN NBA 2K5 - Brady
Front Mission 4 -Brady
Ghosthunter - Brady
Hot Shots Golf Fore! - Brady
Jak 2
King of Fighters: Maximum Impact - Brady
La Pucelle Tactics
Mega Man Zero 3 - Brady
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
PSI-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
Rumble Roses
Shellshock Nam '67
Shark Tale - Brady
Shrek 2
Siren
SRS - Brady
SVC Chaos SNK vs. Capcom
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
True Crime Streets of LA (Signature Series)
Viewtiful Joe (Newer one that says "Now Covers Playstation 2" on the cover)
Way of The Samurai 2 - Brady

***New guides to the master list as of 1-25-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-24-05***

Gamestop .01

Onimishu 3 – Brady
Syphon Filter 3


***New guides to the master list as of 1-24-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-23-05***

EB Games .01

Legend of Zelda, The: Collector's Edition – Nintendo
Resident Evil 2/ Resident Evil 3 - prima

***New guides to the master list as of 1-23-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-22-05***

Gamestop .01

Gladius - prima
Hobbit, the - prima
Legend of Zelda: Collectors Edition
Madden 2004 – Prima
Project Gotham Racing 2 - prima
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy – prima
Tak and the Power of JuJu - prima
XIII – brady

Comp USA .02

Metroid Prime/Metroid Fusion - prima
Sims, The – prima
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - brady

***New guides to the master list as of 1-22-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-18-05***

Best Buy .01

Def Jam: Fight for NY - Prima
NCAA Football 2005 - Prima

***New guides to the master list as of 1-18-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-17-05***

Best Buy .01

Ace Combat 5 - Brady
Crash: Twinsanity - Prima
Dead or Alive: Ultimate – Prima
ESPN NBA 2k5 - Brady
Incredibles , The - Prima
NBA Live 2005 - Prima
Pikman 2 - Nintendo
Ratchet and Clank Up your Arsenal - Brady
Star Ocean 3:p Till the end of time - Brady
Smackdown vs. Raw - Prima
Star Wars: Battlefront - Prima
Tony Hawk: underground 2 - Brady
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus – Prima

***New guides to the master list as of 1-17-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-14-05***

EB Games .01

Legand of Zelda, The: 4 swords - Nintendo
Pikman 2 – Nintendo
Pokemon Coliseum – Nintendo

***New guides to the master list as of 1-14-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-08-05***

Target 12.99 umm… not sure if this is universal… err… YMMV ¿?

Dragon Ball Z: Boudaki – Prima
Gran Turismo 3 – VS.
Mortal Kombat – Deadly Alliance – Brady

***New guides to the master list as of 1-08-05***



***New guides to the master list as of 1-08-05***

Shopkos .39

007: Everything or Nothing
Mario Party 5
Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes - brady

***New guides to the master list as of 1-08-05***





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[quote name='roguejedi5']These are the clearance guides I found at Target all for $7.48:
onimusha 3
full spectrum warrior
spiderman 2
driver 3 (alot of copies)
pikmin
metroid prime 2
Espn nba 2k5 (4.98)[/QUOTE]
Not bad if you're deperate for those...most of them have been pennied at BB or TRU by now though some people might have missed them there.
 
Took a trip to the TRU in Saint Petersburg, FL... the following pertains to ALL the Tampa area.

I had the employee who I know look in the computer... NO Tampa store has Sonic Heroes or Pokemon Colosseum, and only one has NFSU 2 and I think the same is true of KOTOR 2. Most stores have Killzone and Full Spectrum Warrior though. If any Tampa CAG gets an extra NFSU 2 (they had 3) get one for me, as well.

I only asked him to look up those 6, since those are probably the most popular six. The St Petersburg store still has copies of Killzone and Full Spectrum Warrior, though.

Here is my trade list:

Killzone x 2
Full Spectrum Warrior x 3
Call of Duty x 1

And I'm looking for Pokemon Colosseum, Sonic Heroes, NFSU, and Forza, and will buy the guides as well.
 
[quote name='slidecage']everyone in fort wayne dont worry about going. They said they destoryed all the penny guides last night[/QUOTE]

They are so wasteful. There are many people who want the guides, but they would rather destroy them instead of selling them at a low price.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Took a trip to the TRU in Saint Petersburg, FL... the following pertains to ALL the Tampa area.

I had the employee who I know look in the computer... NO Tampa store has Sonic Heroes or Pokemon Colosseum, and only one has NFSU 2 and I think the same is true of KOTOR 2. Most stores have Killzone and Full Spectrum Warrior though. If any Tampa CAG gets an extra NFSU 2 (they had 3) get one for me, as well.

I only asked him to look up those 6, since those are probably the most popular six. The St Petersburg store still has copies of Killzone and Full Spectrum Warrior, though.

Here is my trade list:

Killzone x 2
Full Spectrum Warrior x 3
Call of Duty x 1

And I'm looking for Pokemon Colosseum, Sonic Heroes, NFSU, and Forza, and will buy the guides as well.[/QUOTE]

Go check your PM's, I found you a NFSU2 guide last night.
 
Based on advice here that guides are destroyed the nite before, i went to my TRU yesterday, and hid a bunch of guides and went back today....I decided to test the waters and buy 1 of them. They hadn't pulled the guides yet, so i took a Jak 3 from the stand. The R-zone guy was no where to be found, so a manager came over and rang me up. She asked where i got the guide and that she was going to go pull the rest of them...so decided not to go for my stash quite yet.
Went back 2 hours later, got my stash, Demon Stone, and went up to the register. THe guy started ringing them up, and started saying, "man, my ass is going to be kicked, where did you get these, i was supposed to pull all of them." I thought it was funny, because there was still a Jak 3 guide out in the open on the normal rack.

Anyway, i got:

Killzone
Urbz
Duel Masters
Jak 3
Madden 2005

All up for trade.
 
So is TRU and BB doestroying these guides?? And are they clearly marked one cent, or whatever, or do you have to bring it up to the register to get it scanned?

If anyone can get me a JAK 3, Call of Duty, Omunisha 3, Spiderman 2, Metroid Prime 2 guide I would be wiling to pay. I don't have much to trade but I would pay for them..since I only know of one TRU location that I can get to(had none of the above guides)...and I have no idea when I'll be able to get to BB, and knowing my luck they will be all gone. But yeah, if anyone can get me these, maybe we can work something out, I would be very grateful.
 
[quote name='Blackout542']So is TRU and BB doestroying these guides?? And are they clearly marked one cent, or whatever, or do you have to bring it up to the register to get it scanned?

If anyone can get me a JAK 3, Call of Duty, Omunisha 3, Spiderman 2, Metroid Prime 2 guide I would be wiling to pay. I don't have much to trade but I would pay for them..since I only know of one TRU location that I can get to(had none of the above guides)...and I have no idea when I'll be able to get to BB, and knowing my luck they will be all gone. But yeah, if anyone can get me these, maybe we can work something out, I would be very grateful.[/QUOTE]

It truly depends on the TRU or BB in question. I've seen my BB's post $0.01 pricetags for some penny guides (I snapped a pic of it, I was in so much surprise and shock), I've seen them not clear them out (which is what I found with two guides picked up on Tuesday), though most of the time, they pitch them on the day they're pennied out.

TRU, I've seen a couple of cases where they put pricetags on the penny guides, and sometimes where they pull them. As my penny guide experience is mostly with BB and not TRU, I can't say for certain. The guides I did pick up I picked up earlier in the week and I'm going to bring them back tonight and have them price adjusted down to $0.01 or return/rebought.
 
[quote name='mookiemeister']They are so wasteful. There are many people who want the guides, but they would rather destroy them instead of selling them at a low price.[/QUOTE]

By destroy, they mean the cover is ripped off and sent back to the publisher, who then credits the company the cost of the guide.

Anyways, I guess I'm real lucky having worked at this TRU before... the guy I know in the R-Zone always knows when I come in that I'm looking for a deal or penny guides - hell, he even helped me look at what OTHER stores had in terms of penny guides, and usually gets me as many as I want.

We're both eagerly awaiting until TRU drops the motherload - GT 4, Conker, Forza, Doom 3, Tekken 5, DMC 3, and ESPICALLY God of War all have to get pennied sometime... that is going to be one sweet sweet drop.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']By destroy, they mean the cover is ripped off and sent back to the publisher, who then credits the company the cost of the guide.

Anyways, I guess I'm real lucky having worked at this TRU before... the guy I know in the R-Zone always knows when I come in that I'm looking for a deal or penny guides - hell, he even helped me look at what OTHER stores had in terms of penny guides, and usually gets me as many as I want.

We're both eagerly awaiting until TRU drops the motherload - GT 4, Conker, Forza, Doom 3, Tekken 5, DMC 3, and ESPICALLY God of War all have to get pennied sometime... that is going to be one sweet sweet drop.[/QUOTE]

Conker & GOW are the ones I'm waiting to go penny.
 
And FYI, since Shrike came through on NFSU 2, the store on Dale Mabry in Tampa had 3 copies, according to TRU's computer.
 
i got really lucky at my TRU. They had a cart full of guides that have been pennied out sitting right by the games. I asked the clerk, and she said i could take as many as i like, as long as i don't take more than one of any guide. In the end, i got these guides: Halo, NFSU2, KOTOR2, the Incredibles, Killzone, Sonic Heroes, a Pokemon pocket guide, and Metal Gear Solid 3. They had a lot more guides of each of these in there, as well as some guides i just didn't want. I may go back later if i can convince someone else to run in and grab some.

For those interested, this TRU is the Monroeville, PA one. If anyone around here is nearby (though i doubt it) these guides were real easy to get.
 
Hoofed over to TRU about noon . . . they had a cart of pulled stuff . . . don't know if they are dumping it or what.

Got:
Madden 2005
Killzone
Full Specturm Warrior
Duel Masters
Pokemon Pocket Trainers guide for Firered and Greenleaf

Also got 2 DDR music demos and MGS3 DVD movies disc and in the cart were a some copies of Midway Arcade Treasure 2 games (with promo text)!!!

I grabbed one of each for PS2 and Xbox and told the clerk to take the other PS2 copy . . . a penny MAT2 with get $10 toward Zelda at EB!

The guide I wanted most they didn't have . . . crap.

Anyone have a SONIC HEROES guide for trade? I priced checked SH about 10 times at BB and TRU.

CML and PM me
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36138

If anyone wants more off my list . . . I may trade for Incredibles and KOTORII (if I can get them with Sonic Heroes in a bigger trade).
 
Looks like the party is over a the Toy's R Us stores in Northern Utah. The Ogden store has been pulling these guides before I can get to them and now my fallback store, the Layton one has cracked down on the selling of penny merchandise too. I talked to the R-zone guy who I knew when I worked there years ago and he told me the new owners and management are really strict about selling penny merchandise. They must pick up the merchandise the morning it pennys out and scan it into the system and then dispose of it. When they throw it out it goes in a chute connected to a dumpster and there is no way of anyone opening it up and grabbing the "trash" merchandise. He even told me if something gets missed and brought up to the register they won't sell it to you. Oh well , was good while it lasted I guess.
 
Picked up:
SW Battlefront
The Incredibles
Jak 3
NFSU2
The Urbz
Duel Masters
Madden 2005
Sonic Heroes
Full Spectrum Warrior
Resident Evil Outbreak
and Midway Arcade Treasures 2 (Xbox)

There were still copies of just about everything there except for The Incredibles.
I was hoping for KOTOR II.
 
Yeah, I got to TRU early this morning and grabbed one of each of the guides on the list (except for killzone and Pokemon). Whe I was paying, the woman called the manager over since they were "not ringing up right." I told her they were supposed to be a penny each, and the manager said that they could sell them to me since I already had them, but that they were supposed to be destroyed. When I handed over my nickel for the guides, the cashier says "You're just a damn turkey, aren't ya?!" Not sure what that means, but damn it was funny.

So yeah, chances are that TRU pulled the rest of those guides as soon as I left. Had I know that beforehand, I would have grabbed some extras for other CAGs....sorry guys!
 
[quote name='organicow']

So yeah, chances are that TRU pulled the rest of those guides as soon as I left. Had I know that beforehand, I would have grabbed some extras for other CAGs....sorry guys![/QUOTE]

Hoarding sucks but in the case of guides, it is always best to grab an extra or two (leaving some behind) for exactly this reason. I swear my TRU is going to wheel that cart into the back and destroy all the ones I left behind (tear falls down my cheek).

If you get an extra you can help out a CAG and I always find that someone's else's store had the one I wanted and vice versa.

looking for Sonic Heroes CML and PM me
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36138
 
Crap, if they're pulling them pretty religiously at TRU, then I might be SOL in trying to track down extras. I did buy penny guides at the store I remember having the KOTOR 2 guides, so I might still luck out tonight after work.
 
[Picked up the following guides:

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
NFSU2
Duel Masters
Madden 2005
Full Spectrum Warrior

I am looking for:
Halo 1 guide
The Incredibles

Updated my trade list.

I only picked up a couple of each, and as soon as I checked out, I think they pulled the others. I have found it very difficult to get Penny Guides at my TRU.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']Crap, if they're pulling them pretty religiously at TRU, then I might be SOL in trying to track down extras. I did buy penny guides at the store I remember having the KOTOR 2 guides, so I might still luck out tonight after work.[/QUOTE]

Mine was always diligent about them... I only got away with it one time by hiding guides the day before.. this time though, they pulled them a few days early
 
My TRU is usually stocked up but this time I only found four: FSW, Duel Masters, Urbz and Madden 05. They had 22 copies of Madden, I grabbed 3. I forgot to check for MAT2 so I'll be stoping through on the way home from work.
 
[quote name='schultzed']Hoarding sucks but in the case of guides, it is always best to grab an extra or two (leaving some behind) for exactly this reason. I swear my TRU is going to wheel that cart into the back and destroy all the ones I left behind (tear falls down my cheek).

If you get an extra you can help out a CAG and I always find that someone's else's store had the one I wanted and vice versa.

looking for Sonic Heroes CML and PM me
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36138[/QUOTE]

I usually grab every copy of the guides I find for this reason alone. I know for a fact that when I'm done getting what I'm going to get, the employee I know pulls the rest of them since they really aren't supposed to sell them.

I imagine this is the case with many many other places... I'd rather grab extras to trade with CAG's then no one get any copies at all.

Plus I didn't RE Outbreak was a penny... the TRU had one off to the side, may go back tommorrow for it.
 
[quote name='zman73']Mine was always diligent about them... I only got away with it one time by hiding guides the day before.. this time though, they pulled them a few days early[/QUOTE]

Not sure about this one, though I'll see when I get there this evening.
 
I hope that the Toys R Us nearest to me hasn't pulled all the guides or they haven't been picked up yet. So far I've had some real luck in this area, since most of the employees have no idea that they penny these things out, so I hope I get lucky again.
 
^Same here Roufuss.^ I already know that no one else is going to get them(besides employees).

My TRU had tons of most of the guides, the guy said "I might not be able to sell them", then he scans it and says "Ah what do I care, I'm quitting soon anyway". So he allowed me to buy one of each of the following:

Full Spectrum warrior
Madden 2005
Killzone
Dual Masters
The Incredibles
The Urbz

Pokemon Colosseum rang up full price... And the guy didn't know when I went there, that those guides were pennied, so hopefully the manager wouldn't inform the employees for a while. So, maybe that is a good thing.
 
Here's my recent pickups:

Best Buy

Doom 3 (Xbox)
Call of Duty: Finest Hour

TRU

Halo 1
Sonic Heroes
Killzone
Full Spectrum Warrior

Not a bad morning.
 
Dang, my BB never has any guides, but I scored a mother load at TRU. Now before someone shouts HOARDING, let me explain. I had one copy of everything at the counter, and when the lady started ringing them up, she said that they weren't supposed to sell them, but cuz they hadn't been pulled, and I had them, it was ok. She told me when she was done ringing me up she would have to go get the rest to get rid of them. So I asked if I could just buy the rest of them, and she said it was OK. So I went and got everything, and gave her a nice shiny quarter and 2 pennies :) Then, I went to leave, and the shaq-fuing alarm went off, cuz the guides had a sticker that didn't deactivate. So a lady comes over and asks to see my reciept, and when she sees it, she says "you can't really buy those, come over here". So she walks me over to a service counter and calls her boss over. Her boss tells her since I already bought them, then it was ok, but to go and make sure the rest were destroyed. I said thank you and walked out, but you should have seen how she was glaring at me the whole time. Anywho, here's the haul:

Jak 3 X4
Madden 2005 X6
Duel Masters X6
NFSU 2 X1
Full Spectrum Warrior X3
Killzone X3

All but one of each are up for trade, I've also got 2 Devil May Cry 2 guides. If anyone is interested, PM me. I am looking for mainly RPG guides, like Baten Kaitos, Tales of Symphonia, La Pucelle, Star Ocean 3, and Xenosaga 2, but offer anything, for any system.
 
[quote name='Purkeynator']Looks like the party is over a the Toy's R Us stores in Northern Utah.[/QUOTE]

Party is over at my TRU also :( I stopped by about an hour and a half after they opened to see everything pulled and usually they don't pull the guides that fast, May's drops were pulled at about 8 PM that Thursday at this store. My TRU was always cool about the penny guides also when they rung me up I would usually get the big spender coment if anything. I even noticed that the Pokemon Coliseum presell disc they had on the floor that was about $10-20 was gone (could have sold but I'd imagine that it was pulled). I think my store is pulling the guides fast cause they now realize that guides are not meant to be sold when they are a penny thanks to when they were told to pull greentag items when they were pennied out.

I would have much rather missed this drop though myself then others I did well with as I was mostly after Sonic, SW:BF, Halo & KOTOR II to which I'm pretty sure my store only actually had KOTOR II in stock.


[quote name='shrike4242']The guides I did pick up I picked up earlier in the week and I'm going to bring them back tonight and have them price adjusted down to $0.01 or return/rebought.[/QUOTE]

You will have to let us know how that goes as I am also looking foward to getting afew other guides in the future that I don't want to miss at TRU such as GOW, Conker & Tekken 5 and I might consider doing just this to guarantee that I won't miss them :)
 
[quote name='FOnewearl']You will have to let us know how that goes as I am also looking foward to getting afew other guides in the future that I don't want to miss at TRU such as GOW, Conker & Tekken 5 and I might consider doing just this to guarantee that I won't miss them :)[/QUOTE]

Since I was picking up guides at full price, I didn't feel like picking up multiples at the time I went, and the TRU I plan to go to this evening had the best selection of guides to pick from (at least before they try to pull them).

I can't see them bitching me out for buying the guides in advance and having then price-adjust/return & rebuy them down to $0.01. Seemed to make the most sense to me when I did it. I'm sure the practice will be a different situation.

What I am wondering is if I should go to the R-Zone section first to pick up the guides first or deal with the returns first. I'm thinking go for the guides first.

[quote name='WolfPac_Ite']I would also like to know, Shrike. Since I heard they do price adjustments, but not sure about this situation.[/QUOTE]

I'll post what happens when I get home from TRU. Worst case, they don't do it and I tell them to put them where the sun doesn't shine. Best case, it works as I figured. Since I'm coming in within 14 days of purchase, with the receipt and the item, and it's their own pricing that changed, I can't see them having much rope to hang me with.

CC didn't blink an eye when I picked up the games in advance and came back in for PM's on the date of the $10 clearance sale. Same process should work here as well.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']Since I was picking up guides at full price, I didn't feel like picking up multiples at the time I went, and the TRU I plan to go to this evening had the best selection of guides to pick from (at least before they try to pull them).

I can't see them bitching me out for buying the guides in advance and having then price-adjust/return & rebuy them down to $0.01. Seemed to make the most sense to me when I did it. I'm sure the practice will be a different situation.

What I am wondering is if I should go to the R-Zone section first to pick up the guides first or deal with the returns first. I'm thinking go for the guides first.



I'll post what happens when I get home from TRU. Worst case, they don't do it and I tell them to put them where the sun doesn't shine. Best case, it works as I figured. Since I'm coming in within 14 days of purchase, with the receipt and the item, and it's their own pricing that changed, I can't see them having much rope to hang me with.

CC didn't blink an eye when I picked up the games in advance and came back in for PM's on the date of the $10 clearance sale. Same process should work here as well.[/QUOTE]


I havent read any other messages in the thread but I see a 0% chance of that happening, a game clearance is one thing (since they are gonna sell the game anyway) but a guide u bought and now coming back and asking to get for (basically) free is something completely different. Are you sure they will even allow you to return the guide if you cant price match, since its similar to buying a magazine at Barnes and Noble and then returning it later.

Anyway, I got shot down at TRU, the clerk was a lady about 50 yrs old, I should have known better, but oh well, I didnt really want any of the guides anyway so I didnt argue at all.
 
[quote name='Sulmona']I havent read any other messages in the thread but I see a 0% chance of that happening, a game clearance is one thing (since they are gonna sell the game anyway) but a guide u bought and now coming back and asking to get for (basically) free is something completely different. Are you sure they will even allow you to return the guide if you cant price match, since its similar to buying a magazine at Barnes and Noble and then returning it later.

Anyway, I got shot down at TRU, the clerk was a lady about 50 yrs old, I should have known better, but oh well, I didnt really want any of the guides anyway so I didnt argue at all.[/QUOTE]

This is a clearance, so I can't see them turning me away from the price adjustment, since it's less than 14 days from when I bought it.

They can't stop me from returning the guides if they don't wish to honor the price adjustment, since their return policy says that video games are the only items that need to be sealed when they're returned, everything else has to be complete with the receipt. Which my guides are, since they never left the TRU bag when I brought them home.

It's not a price match, since they don't do PM's anymore, this is either a price adjustment or a return/rebuy, and it's within the 14 day period tubtub, benboxer and Zon27 all have mentioned.
 
Went by my local TRU and scored the following guides:

-Jak3 x2
-Sonic Heroes
-Duel Masters: Sempai Legends
-Full Spectrum Warrior

I'm looking to swap for the following guides:

-Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls
-Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
-Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
-Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War

And I'll look at lists too...
 
[quote name='Zmonkay']Dang, my BB never has any guides, but I scored a mother load at TRU. Now before someone shouts HOARDING, let me explain. I had one copy of everything at the counter, and when the lady started ringing them up, she said that they weren't supposed to sell them, but cuz they hadn't been pulled, and I had them, it was ok. She told me when she was done ringing me up she would have to go get the rest to get rid of them. So I asked if I could just buy the rest of them, and she said it was OK. So I went and got everything, and gave her a nice shiny quarter and 2 pennies :) Then, I went to leave, and the shaq-fuing alarm went off, cuz the guides had a sticker that didn't deactivate. So a lady comes over and asks to see my reciept, and when she sees it, she says "you can't really buy those, come over here". So she walks me over to a service counter and calls her boss over. Her boss tells her since I already bought them, then it was ok, but to go and make sure the rest were destroyed. I said thank you and walked out, but you should have seen how she was glaring at me the whole time. Anywho, here's the haul:

Jak 3 X4
Madden 2005 X6
Duel Masters X6
NFSU 2 X1
Full Spectrum Warrior X3
Killzone X3

All but one of each are up for trade, I've also got 2 Devil May Cry 2 guides. If anyone is interested, PM me. I am looking for mainly RPG guides, like Baten Kaitos, Tales of Symphonia, La Pucelle, Star Ocean 3, and Xenosaga 2, but offer anything, for any system.[/QUOTE]

Check my tradelist in my signature for your Devil May Cry 2 guide that I need.
 
Seriously, why the hell do people get pissed off when someone buys pennied out guides?

I'd be glad, they give me less work to do.
 
ok went to 2 different TRU's and they had not 1 on clearance, but my BB was the mother load

Call of Duty Finest Hour
Doom 3
Viewtiful Joe 2, got that one at TRU I just remembered
Men of Valor
The Urbz
Ghost Recon 2
Crash Twinsanity
Mortal Kombat Deception
Brothers in arms road to hill 30
TLOTR The Third Age
Forza
Tekken 5

All are up for trade, so drop me a pm if interested
 
I tried to buy the Killzone guide with a copy of Shadow Hearts 2 and the R-zone lady refused saying it was mispriced and she went and pulled all the guides. I guess I should of just taken it to the front register and paid for it there minus the game. But no big deal since I don't really need it and only wanted the game.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']This is a clearance, so I can't see them turning me away from the price adjustment, since it's less than 14 days from when I bought it.

They can't stop me from returning the guides if they don't wish to honor the price adjustment, since their return policy says that video games are the only items that need to be sealed when they're returned, everything else has to be complete with the receipt. Which my guides are, since they never left the TRU bag when I brought them home.

It's not a price match, since they don't do PM's anymore, this is either a price adjustment or a return/rebuy, and it's within the 14 day period tubtub, benboxer and Zon27 all have mentioned.[/QUOTE]

its not exactly a clearance since they are "supposed to" get rid of them , return them to the manufacturer or whatever. And the people at customer service I would guess are relatively senior employees and they will find it very strange that you are being refunded essentially the entire purchase price. You will probably succeed in returning them, but unless u get a younger cashier who does not care I just do not see a price adjustment happening. Since if you return the guides they get their money back (after they destroy them) that they paid for the guide, if they adjust the price they lose money (this is what I have gathered from reading thread, I take it they destroy the guides and are reimbursed by manufacturer).
 
Went to TRU and got:

Star Wars KOTOR2
KillZone
ESPN 2K5
The Incredibles
Pokemon Colleseum
Duel Masters

All up for trade. I'll be going back to TRU in a couple days to get more. There was plenty of them, and they are not going to throw them out. The guy in the RZONE said they are going to keep them till they are sold out. They also had the Sonic guide, Doom 3...so if anyone is interested in those as well please PM me.
 
My TRU already had the penny guides pulled but the dude behind the counter let me go through and buy whatever they had. Got 2x of the following available for trade/sale:
Duel Masters: Sempai Legends LE
Full Spectrum Warrior
The Incredibles
Killzone
They had about 10 copies of Madden '05 that I didn't bother with.

Checked out 3 of my local BBs and was just able to find one copy of Doom3 and Forza Motorsport.
 
Well I pulled a newbie move. I didn't have my list at EB games and saw Farcry and Freedom Force vs Third Reich strategy guides and asked the guy the price. He checked, shook his head and asked how much I wanted to pay for them... I just looked at him... He said how about $7. I told him that I thought they were a penny and he said he couldn't sell them for that. He said $5 would be the minimum. He said they aren't supposed to be out and he went with a list to collect them off the shelf.
 
[quote name='WolfPac_Ite']Pokemon Colosseum rang up full price... And the guy didn't know when I went there, that those guides were pennied, so hopefully the manager wouldn't inform the employees for a while. So, maybe that is a good thing.[/QUOTE]
It rang up full price for me too. Anyone get this for a penny?
 
You know, I really wish that TRU would behave the same way company-wide, since some CAGs getting guides, and all they want, with others getting the middle finger really, really pisses me off. :evil:

The TRU I went to had KOTOR 2 and Jak 3 guides, both of which I figured other CAGs would want. So, I picked them up and went to the register with them. Rep rang them up, who sold me penny guides months ago, told me that I couldn't buy them because they were pennied out, though he could check with the manager and see if she'd do it. She denied me and I asked to speak with her in person. She gave me the same story, email from a couple weeks ago saying that pennied items weren't to be sold. I asked her why they were on the shelf and she indicated that the guy hadn't pulled them down yet.

I told her that I've bought penny guides at that TRU and other TRU's in my area before, including last night. She said that items being sold at a penny would "get people in trouble, from the regional area, all the way up to a national level". :roll: Plus, whomever sold the penny guides to me would "be in a lot of trouble over it". :roll: I asked her about the guides I bought earlier to price adjust them down to a penny and she said that it wouldn't happen, due to them being pennied out. :roll: I told her that I've bought penny guides there before, as well as an assload of crap in the last year, and she only kept saying that things changed a couple of weeks ago.

I asked to speak with the DM, who wasn't there, though would be there tomorrow after 1PM. She said she'd put my guides away on his desk and that I should talk to him about it, as it would be his call on letting me buy them. I went out to my car, picked up the guides I had already snatched up, and proceeded to return them. I asked her to put them with the other guides from earlier on the DM's desk, and she agreed.

If this "email" is company-wide, why aren't all TRU's following it? If it's not company-wide, WTF is with this regional shit? If this stuff is supposed to be pulled, why wasn't it pulled last night or early this morning?

For those of you who bought some at TRU, bravo. For those of you able to buy more than one, kudos to that. For those of us that didn't get any, this half-assed shit about some TRU's selling them and others not selling them, it's bullshit, isn't it?

I'm going to talk to the DM tomorrow, see if he'll let me buy the guides I wanted, under the understanding that after this point, penny items can't be sold, as things have changed, AFAIK before that point, I thought everything was cool.

I'll see what happens tomorrow and let you all know. I'm not pissed off, just irked that no one has a backbone and that TRU is so fucking screwed up and inconsistant.
 
Anyone else find Midway Arcade Treasures 2 promo cover for a penny at their TRU . . . I feel soooo honored to have gotten 2 of them today.
 
I feel for you man. I doubt I would have got any guides from TRU today had I not had friendly relations with the usual R-Zone zone who was there. I still intend to pull up the false advertising card if I get rejected, and then the I spend my money at your store card, and don't forget the best one, the racist card. :)
 
[quote name='shrike4242']You know, I really wish that TRU would behave the same way company-wide, since some CAGs getting guides, and all they want, with others getting the middle finger really, really pisses me off. :evil:

The TRU I went to had KOTOR 2 and Jak 3 guides, both of which I figured other CAGs would want. So, I picked them up and went to the register with them. Rep rang them up, who sold me penny guides months ago, told me that I couldn't buy them because they were pennied out, though he could check with the manager and see if she'd do it. She denied me and I asked to speak with her in person. She gave me the same story, email from a couple weeks ago saying that pennied items weren't to be sold. I asked her why they were on the shelf and she indicated that the guy hadn't pulled them down yet.

I told her that I've bought penny guides at that TRU and other TRU's in my area before, including last night. She said that items being sold at a penny would "get people in trouble, from the regional area, all the way up to a national level". :roll: Plus, whomever sold the penny guides to me would "be in a lot of trouble over it". :roll: I asked her about the guides I bought earlier to price adjust them down to a penny and she said that it wouldn't happen, due to them being pennied out. :roll: I told her that I've bought penny guides there before, as well as an assload of crap in the last year, and she only kept saying that things changed a couple of weeks ago.

I asked to speak with the DM, who wasn't there, though would be there tomorrow after 1PM. She said she'd put my guides away on his desk and that I should talk to him about it, as it would be his call on letting me buy them. I went out to my car, picked up the guides I had already snatched up, and proceeded to return them. I asked her to put them with the other guides from earlier on the DM's desk, and she agreed.

If this "email" is company-wide, why aren't all TRU's following it? If it's not company-wide, WTF is with this regional shit? If this stuff is supposed to be pulled, why wasn't it pulled last night or early this morning?

For those of you who bought some at TRU, bravo. For those of you able to buy more than one, kudos to that. For those of us that didn't get any, this half-assed shit about some TRU's selling them and others not selling them, it's bullshit, isn't it?

I'm going to talk to the DM tomorrow, see if he'll let me buy the guides I wanted, under the understanding that after this point, penny items can't be sold, as things have changed, AFAIK before that point, I thought everything was cool.

I'll see what happens tomorrow and let you all know. I'm not pissed off, just irked that no one has a backbone and that TRU is so fucking screwed up and inconsistant.[/QUOTE]


omg there go my guides :(

Shrike, if it's any consolation, this is the same shit Best Buy pulls on a regular basis. My local Best Buy marked them all as .01 this time, but the other ones my friends went to had already pulled all the guides and refused to sell them.

I have an extra Full Spectrum Warriors I can throw in with your other guides, just let me know.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']omg there go my guides :(

Shrike, if it's any consolation, this is the same shit Best Buy pulls on a regular basis. My local Best Buy marked them all as .01 this time, but the other ones my friends went to had already pulled all the guides and refused to sell them.

I have an extra Full Spectrum Warriors I can throw in with your other guides, just let me know.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I wasn't too fucking pleased about that happening. :evil:

Especially when this manager says it's such a national-level issue and national-level problems, and other fucking stores pull this shit off.

The same guy who wouldn't sell me the guides tonight sold me my first set of TRU penny guides, a while back.

There's nothing that drives me nuttier than inconsistency when it's a bold-faced lie, from what we're seeing here.

I'd love the FSW guide, if I don't make out with the one I wanted for myself. We'll figure something out for those other guides if I continue to get the finger on this issue.
 
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