Pokemon Y for $19.99 at Toys R Us on 12/6 -12/7

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Gotta figure they might print a retraction on this, but you should be able to get a price match at other stores with the flyer.

http://weeklyad.toysrus.com/ToysRUs/BrowseByPage/Index/?StoreID=2561290&PromotionID=95566&PromotionViewMode=1

If the link doesn't work, it's on Page 4 of the Friday and Saturday Ad.  

I'll be taking it to Best Buy in the morning for a price match.  

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Went to tru and got the deal. I guess im the first to do it and even the employee helping me applauded me for my "good eye" :D. She had to call a manager and she said just change it for him. Got two for $40 and A $10 gift card. Thanks guys for writing experiences and this deal :D
 
Scored last 2 copies POkemon Y at Independence, MO (Horrible store but only 1 around me).  They forgot my $10 gift instead i waiting 10 minutes line at customer service desk & show them on the AD.  Got 2 games & Free $10 GC.  Will be back tomorrow or next week for Crystal Figure ;)

 
Went to Toys R Us, but Pokemon X and Y were not stocked on the shelves.  Grabbed the ad, went across the street to Best Buy, and they priced matched two copies of X and two copies of Y for me.  Done.

 
KudosConan said:
Do you guys think i can exchange my pokemon y for pokemon x somewhere :D
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Maybe return a copy of Y to Wal Mart without a receipt. They should give you $39.99 store credit, proceed to buy Pokemon X?

I've never done this and honestly have no idea how legal this is but seem like it should work.

 
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wuxbustah8 said:
Maybe return a copy of Y to Wal Mart without a receipt. They should give you $39.99 store credit, proceed to buy Pokemon X?

I've never done this and honestly have no idea how legal this is but seem like it should work.
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it's generally frowned upon to advocate fraud

 
I was at the Wal-Mart and wanted to get Animal Crossing for $25 and the guy wouldn't even price match Wal-Mart.com without a physical copy of an ad. I would echo the people saying that the best bet is to go to TRU, get the ad and then go price match.

 
I just went through 4 1/2 hours of HELL for this deal. I really need to rant. Here's the short version:

1. Drove 45 mins to the nearest Toys R Us.

2. Customer service manager said they would honor the ad price, but were out of stock.
*There was a notice that the ad price was wrong on the shelf*

3. Went to the Walmart in the same plaza to try to get the Walmart exclusive versions price matched.

4. Walmart had the game, but NOT the Exclusive Scizor code version. I decided to get it anyway, and exchange it later for the exclusive version. After some hesitation, they price matched two copies for me. Gave my flyer to the lady behind me, who wanted the same deal. (I WOULD LATER REGRET THIS)

5. Drove 45 mins home (through a bunch of one lane construction zones)

6. Went to my local Walmart. Asked the electronics employees if they had the exclusive version. They had no idea what I was talking about, of course. Walked over to the game shelf with an employee, and proceeded to take every copy of Y off the shelf to check them. None of them did. Was about to walk away when another employee walked up and pointed out a THIRD area where they had the game, which WAS THE EXCLUSIVE VERSION.

7. Went up to customer service to wait in the abnormally long line...but grateful for my luck. When It was my turn I pulled out the two copy's of the game and my reciept, and explained the situation as well as I could. She looked at all the items for a minute and finally said they were different SKUs, so all she could do was return them, and charge me the $40 difference. I tried to explain that they were the same game and price despite the different SKUs. She called a manager up who said even though the other Walmart price matched them, they can't use that price match, and I need the printed ad so THEY can price match the exclusive versions at THIS store.

8. I contemplated driving another 90 mins to get another ad, but immediately stopped that idea. I remembered that the local mall has a "fake" Toys R Us with a small selection of toys and nothing else.

9. Walked into the mall and asked if they had flyers for the real stores... AND THEY DID!

10. Walked back to Walmart, waited in an even longer Customer Service line. When it was my turn, the woman who helped me before strangely walked away from the register. A manager and another CS employee took over. I tried to explain the situation to the new woman. She was very confused and just stared at the games and the Toys R Us flyer for what felt like forever. The same manager that shut me down before came to help again, and told the CS employee to let me return the regular versions, and price match the AD for the exclusive versions. After a few more minutes she said "Ok you just owe us 6 cents" I said NO...these are all the same price, wanting to just scream to the heavens in frustration. She explained that the first Walmart price matched THE WRONG PRICE of $19.96 and she had to match the AD price of $19.99. I calmly said this was not my mistake, and asked why I should have to pay 6 more cents. She, and the manager both said I have to pay for the other store's mistake. I swiped my debit card for 6 cents and walked away with the two games I wanted.

All in all, this took four and a half hours, and a quarter tank of gas. Am I an idiot for doing all this? Maybe. But now I have one copy to give my sister for Christmas, and one for me.

So the moral is, Walmart believes the customer is never right, and will make them pay for their employee's mistakes.

/end rant
 
I went to BB tonight and got a pricematch extremely easily. The cashier knew exactly what I wanted to do before I even asked because he had already done it for himself, lol. He even offered to do Pokemon X for $19.99, but I didn't. Is it really worth it to have both? I haven't played a Pokemon game since red/blue, so I'm pretty much a clueless n00b at this point. He said the only way to get all of the stones is to have both games. The only stones I know of are Rolling or kidney. I'm not a huge fan of either.

 
Wow, I would've walked out the store. 6 cents be damned, that was their mistake. In general, Wal-mart cashiers look at me like I just spoke Kurdish when I utter the words "price match". It's almost not worth going through the trouble.

 
I'm new to Pokemon and recently picked up x through targets buy 2 get 1 deal several weeks back. Anyhow, I dont know jack about pokemon and thought x was a good jumping on point. Although I haven't really started the game, being a cag'er makes me feel I should partake in this deal. If I have X do I really need Y? Please, I'm torn. I've been getting sweet video game deals lately but don't know whether to put my foot down on this deal or not. Thanks
 
To answer some Walmart specific questions:

Not all copy's at all stores are the Walmart Exclusive Scizor version, and the regular and exclusive versions are different SKUs.

You need the PHISICAL TOYS R US PRINT AD to do any price match. A printout of the ad, or the ad on your phone will NOT work.
 
Just got back from getting the Toys R Us ad price matched at Walmart.  All the visible copies of Pokemon Y seemed to include the Scizor code which is what I got. The guy that in electronics that rung me up had no problem price matching the circular ad, barely glanced at it and asked me what the price was. Took about 5 minutes after he got the key to the game case. I feel like I lucked out considering I tried price matching Target twice last week with the website on my phone and failed.

 
KumaBear said:
Wow, I would've walked out the store. 6 cents be damned, that was their mistake. In general, Wal-mart cashiers look at me like I just spoke Kurdish when I utter the words "price match". It's almost not worth going through the trouble.
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That's how I feel, but I REALLY wanted the exclusive versions. I have some super OCD when it comes to stuff like this. I want the "best" version for my money.
 
I had my girlfriend PM this at Walmart for me yesterday while she was there. They initially wouldn't do it, but they didn't have an issue with the ad being on her phone. The stupid person said they couldn't as it was an on-line only deal. It's VERY clearly listed as in-store only. Eventually she complained enough to get it lol.

 
jaide said:
Just got back from getting the Toys R Us ad price matched at Walmart. All the visible copies of Pokemon Y seemed to include the Scizor code which is what I got. The guy that in electronics that rung me up had no problem price matching the circular ad, barely glanced at it and asked me what the price was. Took about 5 minutes after he got the key to the game case. I feel like I lucked out considering I tried price matching Target twice last week with the website on my phone and failed.
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You are a lucky duck :) I'm glad it was easy for some people at least .
 
skiizim said:
You fully well know an ad retraction goes hand in hand with a misprint right? So going in trying to get the deal is ultimately your choice and gamble. Anything beyond that is just pure entitlement issues, which a lot of people on this site have. You win some you loose some, take it for what it is.
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Right all I'm saying is that in this case they still haven't retracted the online ad. It's still up. So had I seen just that and went in store then yep I'd feel entitled to the deal they're still pretending to offer.

 
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I was able to get a copy of it thanks once again to CAG.  My experience was.....I walked in and asked to get the game.  Took it to the register and it rang up full price.  I said that game is part of the 2 day sale.  The cashier pulled out the ad and I said look on page 4.  Checked the sku on the computer and sure enough changed the price for me and I was on my way.  Thanks again to CAG.  

 
Best Buy didn't price match over the phone, but I went in to Wal-Mart and the nice guy working in electronics price-matched no questions asked other than how long the sale runs.

 
Confucius said:
how the hell do you argue over 6 cents.
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It's a matter of principal I suppose. Had it been anywhere else, I would not have argued over it, but in this case I think the guy was right to stand up for himself. I've had terrible experiences at Walmart before. I find that their employees/managers are all disgruntled and generally don't give a damn about the customers or their jobs. I guess it's because Walmart's corporate doesn't give a damn about them, so they transfer their anger onto the customers.

I think it's downright deplorable for a company to say you should have to pay for its own mistakes. I would've walked out of there too and told them to go fuck themselves. What a terrible company.

 
jimivegas said:
I'm new to Pokemon and recently picked up x through targets buy 2 get 1 deal several weeks back. Anyhow, I dont know jack about pokemon and thought x was a good jumping on point. Although I haven't really started the game, being a cag'er makes me feel I should partake in this deal. If I have X do I really need Y? Please, I'm torn. I've been getting sweet video game deals lately but don't know whether to put my foot down on this deal or not. Thanks
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No, forget about Y unless for some strange reason you are compel to catch them all. If that's the case, then you're going to need to go back to the older games.

X and Y is the same game with the only difference in a few pokemons.

 
ShockandAww said:
Right all I'm saying is that in this case they still haven't retracted the online ad. It's still up. So had I seen just that and went in store then yep I'd feel entitled to the deal they're still pretending to offer.
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Even if the mistake was in the weekly ad you don't expect them to reprint and send apology letters to everyone, do you? If they have a retraction at the store they are just covering themselves, personally speaking for myself as others have done so, I just try and be cool with what ever outcome I get.

 
I was actually able to price match at Best Buy using the portion of the ad that was posted on the first post of this thread. I pulled it up on my smartphone and told the guy that for some reason I couldn't get the Toys R Us website up on my phone. He hesitated for a second, but he ended up matching it. Thanks OP! Got a nice Christmas present for my brother.

 
Ohp just went to another BBY to try and get Pokemon X for this price as well, and they did it no problem! Got 2 Y's and 1 X from this deal, and now it's time to catch em all!!!!

 
UltimateIdiot911 said:
No, forget about Y unless for some strange reason you are compel to catch them all. If that's the case, then you're going to need to go back to the older games.

X and Y is the same game with the only difference in a few pokemons.
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This is what I was wondering as well. Thank you. I'm too much of a cheapass to buy both for myself. I'll be lucky if I ever even finish the long ass campaign once.

Confucius said:
how the hell do you argue over 6 cents.
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I don't know. I think I would have sarcastically laughed in their face for an uncomfortable amount of time when they asked for 6 cents... and then just paid it. But I have a little feminine ladies-style change purse thingy inside my wallet, so I would have had fun and take my sweet time sarcastically finding 6 cents change for that a$$hole customer service person.

 
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rlm2112 said:
I just went through 4 1/2 hours of HELL for this deal. I really need to rant. Here's the short version:

1. Drove 45 mins to the nearest Toys R Us.

2. Customer service manager said they would honor the ad price, but were out of stock.
*There was a notice that the ad price was wrong on the shelf*

3. Went to the Walmart in the same plaza to try to get the Walmart exclusive versions price matched.

4. Walmart had the game, but NOT the Exclusive Scizor code version. I decided to get it anyway, and exchange it later for the exclusive version. After some hesitation, they price matched two copies for me. Gave my flyer to the lady behind me, who wanted the same deal. (I WOULD LATER REGRET THIS)

5. Drove 45 mins home (through a bunch of one lane construction zones)

6. Went to my local Walmart. Asked the electronics employees if they had the exclusive version. They had no idea what I was talking about, of course. Walked over to the game shelf with an employee, and proceeded to take every copy of Y off the shelf to check them. None of them did. Was about to walk away when another employee walked up and pointed out a THIRD area where they had the game, which WAS THE EXCLUSIVE VERSION.

7. Went up to customer service to wait in the abnormally long line...but grateful for my luck. When It was my turn I pulled out the two copy's of the game and my reciept, and explained the situation as well as I could. She looked at all the items for a minute and finally said they were different SKUs, so all she could do was return them, and charge me the $40 difference. I tried to explain that they were the same game and price despite the different SKUs. She called a manager up who said even though the other Walmart price matched them, they can't use that price match, and I need the printed ad so THEY can price match the exclusive versions at THIS store.

8. I contemplated driving another 90 mins to get another ad, but immediately stopped that idea. I remembered that the local mall has a "fake" Toys R Us with a small selection of toys and nothing else.

9. Walked into the mall and asked if they had flyers for the real stores... AND THEY DID!

10. Walked back to Walmart, waited in an even longer Customer Service line. When it was my turn, the woman who helped me before strangely walked away from the register. A manager and another CS employee took over. I tried to explain the situation to the new woman. She was very confused and just stared at the games and the Toys R Us flyer for what felt like forever. The same manager that shut me down before came to help again, and told the CS employee to let me return the regular versions, and price match the AD for the exclusive versions. After a few more minutes she said "Ok you just owe us 6 cents" I said NO...these are all the same price, wanting to just scream to the heavens in frustration. She explained that the first Walmart price matched THE WRONG PRICE of $19.96 and she had to match the AD price of $19.99. I calmly said this was not my mistake, and asked why I should have to pay 6 more cents. She, and the manager both said I have to pay for the other store's mistake. I swiped my debit card for 6 cents and walked away with the two games I wanted.

All in all, this took four and a half hours, and a quarter tank of gas. Am I an idiot for doing all this? Maybe. But now I have one copy to give my sister for Christmas, and one for me.

So the moral is, Walmart believes the customer is never right, and will make them pay for their employee's mistakes.

/end rant
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Nope, the moral is: If Woody rlm2112 had gone straight to the police to the "fake" Toys R Us and local WalMart, this would never have happened.

 
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I decided to pick one up at my local TRU - they had PLENTY in stock (even though online it said they had none). They had the sign out that talked about the price mistake as everyone has been saying. They still price matched it though...this really was an impulse buy for me...I had no plans to buy this...but I did like Pokemon games (stopped playing after saphire). I heard this one was very good...I just no longer recognize any of the pokemon at all...there seem to be another thousand since gold/silver lol. 

 
For those that PM'd at Best Buy, did the GCU stack with this? The cashier said no and when I asked him to show me, he couldn't find it. A manager told me they could only give the lowest discount offered via either the PM or GCU.
 
Finally got a pm at a Target.  This was after hitting up tru twice, a bby that was oos, and getting shot down hard at another target.  Was it worth it?  Probably not lol.

After getting shot down the first time at tru and target it was out of sheer frustration that I had to succeed or die trying.  What the hell does cag do to me.  The holiday shopping rush was also black Friday level bad at most the stores I went to this weekend.

 
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MrSneis said:
Finally got a pm at a Target. This was after hitting up tru twice, a bby that was oos, and getting shot down hard at another target. Was it worth it? Probably not lol.

After getting shot down the first time at tru and target it was out of sheer frustration that I had to succeed or die trying. What the hell does cag do to me. The holiday shopping rush was also black Friday level bad at most the stores I went to this weekend.
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Glad you finally succeeded. It was super busy everywhere I went too. I wonder if this weekend is close to the peak of the rush, or if it's going to get worse the closer it gets to the end of the year.
 
Got 2 copies of Y at my nearest TRU. Website said out of stock but they had like 3-5 copies. Not sure if anyone tried getting it there during the 2 days since the employees seemed to be surprised about the deal, also there were no signs. Tried getting X and Y since I figured maybe I'd give one to my nephew and keep one for myself but would only allow me to get Y. In and out in about 10 minutes with 2 games for less than $43 with a $10 gift card. Probably the best Brown Thursday thru holiday season gaming deals I've ever seen for all the retailers. Good for me, not so much for my wallet. =p

 
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Gah! Can't believe I missed this!

Anyone think Wal-mart will still accept a price-match if I scratch out the expiration date on the coupon?

 
Walmart Price match is painful.  Must have physical paper ad.  No online version Ad.  Kinda stupid but rediculious i have go thru today.  Finally, they spent over 20 minutes unable to locate physical Friday & Saturday AD.   Now they look at my Iphone ad and took them extra 5 minutes to price match.  End up get 1 Exclusive Pokemon Y and Regular Pokemon Y for $43.XX after taxes.  Only 1 exclusive left :(

 
It kind of sickens me reading some of these replies. I know this is CHEAPASSgamer, but some people take the cheapass part a little too far.  If you got the price match for $20 on an error why complain about paying 6 more cents or anything else. Some of these comments make you sound just as bad as hoarders. 

 
rlm2112 said:
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I have no sympathy for you, you brought this upon yourself because you "had" to have the version with the Scizor code (which you had no real right to).

Then you go on to hassle them even more over 6 cents? The character Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka comes to mind.
 
lmao.... You know what I took from his story. That maybe he should move and not live in a little podunk town in the middle of nowhere.

 
UltimateIdiot911 said:
No, forget about Y unless for some strange reason you are compel to catch them all. If that's the case, then you're going to need to go back to the older games.

X and Y is the same game with the only difference in a few pokemons.
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Thanks for that. I ultimately decided to pass. I'm not enough of a fan to warrant getting Y. The good thing is I took that money and put it towards some studio ghibli blu rays on amazon! No matter what there's always a good deal waiting around the corner I guess...
 
Walked into my local Toys R US and didn't see X or Y (Asked the cashier who said its not available till 12/8, I think they just took it off the shelves till tomorrow, Smart Move TRU!!!!) Grabbed an ad instead and priced match at Walmart. Good thing I checked on here unless I would of never realized there was a different SKU and Version for the free pokemon edition, my Walmart didn't have it ended up going to another one and exchanging it (Lady was shocked the first one priced matched it)

 
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Wow after hearing rim2112's story, I'm glad I am a pokemon newb. I have no idea what a scizor code is so I don't miss it at all. Just happy I had no prob at all price matching one vanilla copy at bb and another at target. Wal Mart employees by me resist every effort I make to price match like it is their own money at stake so I never bother there anymore

 
Hey guys, sorry if this is a repost, but i manage to have a chance to get the game price matched tomorrow. I wanted to get two copies (one for me, one for my sis'), but only could afford putting them on Layaway. Someone mistakenly told me they closed that register @ 9pm, when in truth it was at 7pm. Since there was no one working that could do it, they were willing to put them on layaway tomorrow, but I would have to have the manager/CSM in the morning approve the price match. I couldn't find a physical copy of the ad and toys r us doesn't have it on their website

-Does anyone have any ad scans or pictures of the ad; besides the initial post's JPEG? 

ANY HELP OR DIRECTION APPRECIATED, CAGs ~ ｍ（．＿．）ｍアリガト

 
random1up said:
Hey guys, sorry if this is a repost, but i manage to have a chance to get the game price matched tomorrow. I wanted to get two copies (one for me, one for my sis'), but only could afford putting them on Layaway. Someone mistakenly told me they closed that register @ 9pm, when in truth it was at 7pm. Since there was no one working that could do it, they were willing to put them on layaway tomorrow, but I would have to have the manager/CSM in the morning approve the price match. I couldn't find a physical copy of the ad and toys r us doesn't have it on their website

-Does anyone have any ad scans or pictures of the ad; besides the initial post's JPEG?

ANY HELP OR DIRECTION APPRECIATED, CAGs ~ ｍ（．＿．）ｍアリガト
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I believe I have the actual paper ad at home. I'm at work right now, I get out around 7AM. If nobody else posts pics, I'll see what I can do for you.

 
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