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I know walmart does it.
Does BB and CC? If so, do they have limits? I was going to stock up on GR2 by price matching kmarts deal. I don't want to go up with 10 copies and then be turned down at the register.

Well it seems BB and CC do without limits (except MIR and nonlocal deals)

Target does NOT.

Who else other than walmart? EB?
 
[quote name='gaelan']I know walmart does it.
Does BB and CC? If so, do they have limits? I was going to stock up on GR2 by price matching kmarts deal. I don't want to go up with 10 copies and then be turned down at the register.[/quote]

Yeah, BB & CC price match.

I'm not sure about limits, cuz I'm not big enough of an ass to abuse it by buying a ton of copies just to sell or something. :?
 
You should probably do one or two at a time and probably at different stores. BB and CC do PM. CC PMs and then adds another 10% discount of the difference.
 
Price matching is generally not worth it if you are looking for the 10% because they only give 10% of the difference between the two prices... but yeah, BB and CC price match but they have the right to turn you down for whatever reason they want or none at all.
 
[quote name='organicow'][quote name='gaelan']I know walmart does it.
Does BB and CC? If so, do they have limits? I was going to stock up on GR2 by price matching kmarts deal. I don't want to go up with 10 copies and then be turned down at the register.[/quote]

Yeah, BB & CC price match.

I'm not sure about limits, cuz I'm not big enough of an ass to abuse it by buying a ton of copies just to sell or something. :?[/quote]

How is it abuse? By buying low, it enables me to resell at a lower than retail price to fellow gamers.
 
BB and CC both pricematch

There's no need to horde 10 GR's though. They may let you do one or two. I hope they turn you down if you try to do 10.
 
[quote name='javeryh']Price matching is generally not worth it if you are looking for the 10% because they only give 10% of the difference between the two prices... but yeah, BB and CC price match but they have the right to turn you down for whatever reason they want or none at all.[/quote]

Sooo...if the difference is $30 they give an additional $3 off the price?
 
I believe they both (BB and CC - and probably every other retailer that does PMs) have language in their policy reserving the right to limit quantities.

So if you get a cool customer service rep/manager you might be able to PM and buy a ton of copies. But if you get one that sniffs a price mistake or whatever, they may limit you to just a few (or even just one).

I've had this happen one time when I was trying to PM a FYE ad to get Tony Hawk 4 for $10 (long time ago). Guy at CC said I could only buy one (I had two) but I was with a friend so I just had us each buy one on the PM. Guy just kind of laughed and let us do it.

And what is GR2?
 
[quote name='gaelan'][quote name='organicow'][quote name='gaelan']I know walmart does it.
Does BB and CC? If so, do they have limits? I was going to stock up on GR2 by price matching kmarts deal. I don't want to go up with 10 copies and then be turned down at the register.[/quote]

Yeah, BB & CC price match.

I'm not sure about limits, cuz I'm not big enough of an ass to abuse it by buying a ton of copies just to sell or something. :?[/quote]

How is it abuse? By buying low, it enables me to resell at a lower than retail price to fellow gamers.[/quote]

You are taking copies away from other CAGers to get in on the deal. Also, the PMing policy for a store is not to fund a small business venture for anyone. It's people that do this that make them reconsider having the policy in the first place.
 
But you're not getting it for that much lower than regular price. So if you sell for less than MSRP you'll probably only be making a couple bucks per copy. If that's all you're looking for then it's a great idea.
 
[quote name='gaelan'][quote name='organicow'][quote name='gaelan']I know walmart does it.
Does BB and CC? If so, do they have limits? I was going to stock up on GR2 by price matching kmarts deal. I don't want to go up with 10 copies and then be turned down at the register.[/quote]

Yeah, BB & CC price match.

I'm not sure about limits, cuz I'm not big enough of an ass to abuse it by buying a ton of copies just to sell or something. :?[/quote]

How is it abuse? By buying low, it enables me to resell at a lower than retail price to fellow gamers.[/quote]

and by just buying one or two instead of 10, you allow fellow gamers the chance to find the game in the store themselves.
 
[quote name='TheRaven'][quote name='gaelan'][quote name='organicow'][quote name='gaelan']I know walmart does it.
Does BB and CC? If so, do they have limits? I was going to stock up on GR2 by price matching kmarts deal. I don't want to go up with 10 copies and then be turned down at the register.[/quote]

Yeah, BB & CC price match.

I'm not sure about limits, cuz I'm not big enough of an ass to abuse it by buying a ton of copies just to sell or something. :?[/quote]

How is it abuse? By buying low, it enables me to resell at a lower than retail price to fellow gamers.[/quote]

You are taking copies away from other CAGers to get in on the deal. Also, the PMing policy for a store is not to fund a small business venture for anyone. It's people that do this that make them reconsider having the policy in the first place.[/quote]

Never thought of it that way. I just figured it was there to attract customers.
 
[quote name='icemanjmw13']But you're not getting it for that much lower than regular price. So if you sell for less than MSRP you'll probably only be making a couple bucks per copy. If that's all you're looking for then it's a great idea.[/quote]

The deal is 19.99 for GR2. They are selling for $40 minimum on ebay. That's about $20 per unit. I guess I was blinded temporarily by greed.
 
GR2 = Ghost Recon 2, I'd guess.

CC will normally do the PM without calling the vendor, though they've been a little stricter on it of recent for me. PM will net you 110% of the difference.

BB will do PM's, they will call without hesitation, and will only give you 100% of the difference at time of purchase. To get the 110% of the difference, you need to buy it at full price and then go to Customer Service and hope you're lucky.

WTF do you need 10 copies of GR2 for? Ebaying? Trading in? They might let you do 2 PM's for a piece of product, though more than that, they'll call you a dealer and tell you to go get bent.
 
WTF do you need 10 copies of GR2 for? Ebaying? Trading in? They might let you do 2 PM's for a piece of product, though more than that, they'll call you a dealer and tell you to go get bent.
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10 was just an approximate number. Is this type of thing looked down upon? It seems like a touchy subject on these boards.
 
[quote name='gaelan']
WTF do you need 10 copies of GR2 for? Ebaying? Trading in? They might let you do 2 PM's for a piece of product, though more than that, they'll call you a dealer and tell you to go get bent.
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10 was just an approximate number. Is this type of thing looked down upon? It seems like a touchy subject on these boards.[/quote]

Buying a single copy to play is one thing, which is what I do.

Buying two copies, one for you and one for a friend, that's OK.

Beyond that, you'd have to pull my leg pretty hard to get me to think you're not selling 'em for Ebay or the like. Don't forget that other CAGs are out there who are looking for the same deals as you. I've picked up two copies of a couple of games, only to pass them onto other CAGs. Never EBay.

Around here, it's nice to buy an extra copy to sell/trade with fellow CAGs that can't find it. A couple, maybe. Beyond that, expect a few flaming posts at you.

In fact, I'm going to Kmart later tonight to pick up a copy of it for Guyver, who said all of his KMart's didn't have them. I already have it, and I'm not going to pick up extra copies unless someone asks me to. I did the same thing for the recent CC $5 "sale", picked up games for multiple CAGs.
 
Yes hoarding 10 copies to sell on ebay is looked down upon. This is a site for gamers to find good deals on games. Not for dealers to make even larger profits.
 
[quote name='gaelan']
WTF do you need 10 copies of GR2 for? Ebaying? Trading in? They might let you do 2 PM's for a piece of product, though more than that, they'll call you a dealer and tell you to go get bent.
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10 was just an approximate number. Is this type of thing looked down upon? It seems like a touchy subject on these boards.[/quote]

Generally, it's just that CAGs (in their inherent cheapness) don't like to see store policies like PMs, BB's Gamer Gift Coupon, etc., abused. The more people abuse a store policy that benefits cheapasses, the sooner that policy will be taken away. If Kmart or any other retailer with a PM policy loses enough money due to competitors' misprints, etc, then they might change their policy thereby screwing us all.

BTW, I didn't mean to be rude - I just hate that sort of shit, especially around xmas when we're all supposed to be thinking of others. Also, deal or not, some kid who wants GR2 for xmas might not get it because his mom only had time to go to Kmart and for some reason they were sold out...
 
[quote name='gaelan']
WTF do you need 10 copies of GR2 for? Ebaying? Trading in? They might let you do 2 PM's for a piece of product, though more than that, they'll call you a dealer and tell you to go get bent.
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10 was just an approximate number. Is this type of thing looked down upon? It seems like a touchy subject on these boards.[/quote]

I must have read the OP wrong. You want 10 copies. Why the hell do you need 10 copies. Why don't you just let other CAGers get in on this deal? BB and CC are not in the business of supplying games for others to sell at a cheaper price. 1 or 2 I can understand but 10 or more. You are just hoarding it for your self, ebay, to trade in, or all of the above.
 
[quote name='hiccupleftovers'][quote name='gaelan']
WTF do you need 10 copies of GR2 for? Ebaying? Trading in? They might let you do 2 PM's for a piece of product, though more than that, they'll call you a dealer and tell you to go get bent.
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10 was just an approximate number. Is this type of thing looked down upon? It seems like a touchy subject on these boards.[/quote]

I must have read the OP wrong. You want 10 copies. Why the hell do you need 10 copies. Why don't you just let other CAGers get in on this deal? BB and CC are not in the business of supplying games for others to sell at a cheaper price. 1 or 2 I can understand but 10 or more. You are just hoarding it for your self.[/quote]

Like I said, ten was an approximate number. I never expected to get 10 copies. I usually don't even do this type of thing, but I thought that by buying low, I could trade on this board and sell some on ebay (which sometimes allows gamers to buy games at lower than retail). With an initial purchase price of $20, I don't have to charge much thereby creating a cheapass deal for someone and getting 5 or 10 bucks a pop for my trouble.

After reading the posts on the subject, I am rethinking the situation. I am fairly new around here, and I really enjoy these boards and its concepts (which I'm still catchin onto) The community effort for finding cheapass deals is impressive as well. Picturing some kid--> :cry: not being able to find a copy of GR2 for xmas is enough to keep me from doing this because I've been that kid.

With that said, hold the flames unless you just can't resist. Now, I'm probably just going to get a couple of copies for trading and gifting.
 
[quote name='gaelan']Like I said, ten was an approximate number. I never expected to get 10 copies. I usually don't even do this type of thing, but I thought that by buying low, I could trade on this board and sell some on ebay (which sometimes allows gamers to buy games at lower than retail). With an initial purchase price of $20, I don't have to charge much thereby creating a cheapass deal for someone and getting 5 or 10 bucks a pop for my trouble.

After reading the posts on the subject, I am rethinking the situation. I am fairly new around here, and I really enjoy these boards and its concepts (which I'm still catchin onto) The community effort for finding cheapass deals is impressive as well. Picturing some kid--> :cry: not being able to find a copy of GR2 for xmas is enough to keep me from doing this because I've been that kid.

With that said, hold the flames unless you just can't resist. Now, I'm probably just going to get a couple of copies for trading and gifting.[/quote]

Good way to look at it.
 
Excellent way of looking at things. Most people aren't mature enough to look at the other side of the argument on message boards. Well done.
 
Um, yeah, man. I know I'm just re-iterating what's been said, but I might as well throw it out there. Buying low and selling high is a great idea. I mean, you're getting profit, and honestly, you're not really doing much. But when I run out to Kmart 3 times in 2 days and see it sold out each time, I get pissed. And it wouldn't surprise me if the reason it's always sold out is because some jackass goes in there and hoards in on all the copies to eBay them.

CheapAssGamer is a great site that lets you find deals. But if the first guy that sees the deal goes to the store and grabs 'em all, don't you think that's unfair to the other guys?

And honestly, you want them for trading? How so? You're going to get $20 value for them. Right? Or are you going to go to some other board where it's worth twice as much as that since people don't know about the Kmart deal?

One of the things that's always impressed me about this place is the willingness for people to do favors at no cost. This is a really awesome place to be, but if people are going to act like you originally intended to, it won't be that way for long..
 
[quote name='gaelan'][quote name='hiccupleftovers'][quote name='gaelan']
WTF do you need 10 copies of GR2 for? Ebaying? Trading in? They might let you do 2 PM's for a piece of product, though more than that, they'll call you a dealer and tell you to go get bent.
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10 was just an approximate number. Is this type of thing looked down upon? It seems like a touchy subject on these boards.[/quote]

I must have read the OP wrong. You want 10 copies. Why the hell do you need 10 copies. Why don't you just let other CAGers get in on this deal? BB and CC are not in the business of supplying games for others to sell at a cheaper price. 1 or 2 I can understand but 10 or more. You are just hoarding it for your self.[/quote]

Like I said, ten was an approximate number. I never expected to get 10 copies. I usually don't even do this type of thing, but I thought that by buying low, I could trade on this board and sell some on ebay (which sometimes allows gamers to buy games at lower than retail). With an initial purchase price of $20, I don't have to charge much thereby creating a cheapass deal for someone and getting 5 or 10 bucks a pop for my trouble.

After reading the posts on the subject, I am rethinking the situation. I am fairly new around here, and I really enjoy these boards and its concepts (which I'm still catchin onto) The community effort for finding cheapass deals is impressive as well. Picturing some kid--> :cry: not being able to find a copy of GR2 for xmas is enough to keep me from doing this because I've been that kid.

With that said, hold the flames unless you just can't resist. Now, I'm probably just going to get a couple of copies for trading and gifting.[/quote]

Very well said. It take a very smart and mature person to realize he may be wrong and look at the subject in another light. Good job.

I already think that somebody hoarded all of them at my Kmart as there is not one in at the store, and most people don't shop there for their games.
 
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