Redbox Sale Mar. 21st-27th Bloodborne $8.99, etc

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Games are disc only and must be purchased at kiosks.

There isn't currently a way to check kiosks but you can find a list of kiosks that stock games here:
http://www.redbox.com/preowned

 
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Just a heads up, my understanding is that when you buy it you just get the disc in the redbox disc holder.  You do not get the official case or manual.

 
Lil Frier said:
Just saying, I haven't played that on my XB1 in months. A friend wanted me to play, and we spent an hour trying to get into a party together. It never let us. The thing's apparently still a disaster.
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Did you check your network connections? If one of yous guys had a Strict nat type that would explain it.
 
I clicked on the link from the OP, and then just searched the game I wanted. Put it on Hold for Pickup, and then will go purchase it when I get off work. Only bad thing, is I wish that they had prices from the link, no price, so don't know how much they are going to cost when I pick them up.

 
Groo The Wanderer said:
Did you check your network connections? If one of yous guys had a Strict nat type that would explain it.
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Indeed so, though that only affects hosting a group, I thought. We tried both ways (my hosting and his). I did the slutty act of putting my XB1 in my network's DMZ because I was too lazy to go through the port forwarding process, so my NAT's always open (minus when there's a hiccup that causes me to need to re-run the network check).

I guess I can't verify he did it, though. He's several states away, so I couldn't see what he was doing.

 
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I was hoping Fallout 4 would be $18.99, $38.99 is too expensive for no case. I can get it for $30 used w/ case practically anywhere right now online. (ebay, amazon, half.com) 

 
Have that redox rep explain why it takes an argument to get them to issue a refund to your card when you purchase a disc but get a piece of paper inside or a disc with "fuck you" scratched into it.

Sorry just salty from my last redox buying experience.
 
jer7583 said:
Have that redox rep explain why it takes an argument to get them to issue a refund to your card when you purchase a disc but get a piece of paper inside or a disc with "fuck you" scratched into it.

Sorry just salty from my last redox buying experience.
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This is a reason to never buy a game from redbox period. No reason to have to gamble on if you get a game you just paid for or not. They really should be sued over this issue to where they have to find another way to read if the game has been returned or not. If someone can put a piece of paper and the system reads it as returned that's a problem.

 
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TooCool4CoolUsername said:
These sales are always so unreliable as are the stock checkers. Please don't go out of your way to go to a red box.
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No kidding. I was already out doing my morning running around, so I hit about 10 Redboxes between White Oak and Greensburg, PA and didn't find shit. After this and the last sale, I am thoroughly convinced they pull all the cheap games from the local machines ahead of time.

 
So you can't buy at any kiosk that stocks these games? I'd be in for ESO at that price, but I'm confused. When I hit the link it shows me locations different from if I simply search to get the game.
 
Sielanas said:
So you can't buy at any kiosk that stocks these games? I'd be in for ESO at that price, but I'm confused. When I hit the link it shows me locations different from if I simply search to get the game.
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The only kiosks I'm aware that you can't buy games from are the one's at Walmart. If it shows the game in stock at a machine, you should be able to buy it. But you can only buy it at the machine, not online.

 
I've had pretty good luck with the kiosks; no fuck yous or paper yet. In my experience, most of the 7-Eleven and double kiosks at Walgreens/CVS seem to sell games.

 
Woo.  Managed to find a copy of Bloodborne - seems like it's in really good condition as well.  Looking forward to FINALLY being able to try this game out.  Can't beat $9 for it.

 
kirthew said:
I clicked on the link from the OP, and then just searched the game I wanted. Put it on Hold for Pickup, and then will go purchase it when I get off work. Only bad thing, is I wish that they had prices from the link, no price, so don't know how much they are going to cost when I pick them up.
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Wouldn't putting it on hold for pickup (for rental I presume) remove the game from stock for purchase?

sp00ge said:
No kidding. I was already out doing my morning running around, so I hit about 10 Redboxes between White Oak and Greensburg, PA and didn't find shit. After this and the last sale, I am thoroughly convinced they pull all the cheap games from the local machines ahead of time.
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Either that or you weren't the early bird. :D

CheapyD said:
I'm not sure that's true. My local redbox (Stop n Shop) rents games but doesn't appear to sell them according to redbox.com
http://www.redbox.com/preowned
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I've always had to Google "which red box kiosks sell games?" but this link will do. :)

 
One issue you might come across with buying used games from red box is that you could get a bad game where someone had scanned a paper copy of the game and returned it that way. Had it happen to,me once and had to tell customer service which they seem know about this going around but got a refund easy but it was annoying.
 
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For any Boston CAGs looking for Bloodborne or FFX/-2, the Redbox on Mass Ave doesn't stock them, but has the rest of the PS4 games.

 
jer7583 said:
Have that redox rep explain why it takes an argument to get them to issue a refund to your card when you purchase a disc but get a piece of paper inside or a disc with "fuck you" scratched into it.

Sorry just salty from my last redox buying experience.
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VidgamesgivemeA_D_D said:
This is a reason to never buy a game from redbox period. No reason to have to gamble on if you get a game you just paid for or not. They really should be sued over this issue to where they have to find another way to read if the game has been returned or not. If someone can put a piece of paper and the system reads it as returned that's a problem.
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Helldweller87 said:
One issue you might come across with buying used games from red box is that you could get a bad game where someone had scanned a paper copy of the game and returned it that way. Had it happen to,me once and had to tell customer service which they seem know about this going around but got a refund easy but it was annoying.
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We're sorry to hear about any issues people are having like this. Please send us an email to [email protected] and we'll get these straightened out for you!

 
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Hey, this might be obvious, but just because nobody has mentioned it I figured I'd throw it out there. There's an easy way to find out which redbox kiosks have the game you'd like to buy available for purchase.
 
Locate your local kiosks that sell used games at http://www.redbox.com/preowned , then at http://www.redbox.com/games use the search bar (and the "hold for pickup" button) to locate local kiosks with the same game in-stock. Just cross-reference the two lists and you've got a list of locations that have your game for sale.
 
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8.99 for MCC is pretty awesome, too bad about the case. in going to pull the trigger but I'm going to do what I can to find a replacement case to
 
DaManWitDaPlan said:
Hey, this might be obvious, but just because nobody has mentioned it I figured I'd throw it out there. There's an easy way to find out which redbox kiosks have the game you'd like to buy available for purchase.

Locate your local kiosks that sell used games at http://www.redbox.com/preowned , then at http://www.redbox.com/games use the search bar (and the "hold for pickup" button) to locate local kiosks with the same game in-stock. Just cross-reference the two lists and you've got a list of locations that have your game for sale.
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This should be correct. I have been able to do this. WITH ONE EXCEPTION, as a poster mentioned above, if you hold for pickup I think you need to pay for the rental before picking it up.....I think it might mess up the purchase of the item.

 
awp said:
Redbox_Games, could you give us a listing of the games in this sale and their prices?
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Hi - the OP has the correct list of games and prices. Hope that helps. :)

DaManWitDaPlan said:
Hey, this might be obvious, but just because nobody has mentioned it I figured I'd throw it out there. There's an easy way to find out which redbox kiosks have the game you'd like to buy available for purchase.

Locate your local kiosks that sell used games at http://www.redbox.com/preowned , then at http://www.redbox.com/games use the search bar (and the "hold for pickup" button) to locate local kiosks with the same game in-stock. Just cross-reference the two lists and you've got a list of locations that have your game for sale.
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Great idea for a workaround. We should have an online inventory feature in the next month or two. Stay tuned.

 
Also, I can't confirm this but it MAY work.  If you can't find the game you want at a kiosk that sells games: Locate it at a kiosk that rents it, try using a free game rental code, pick up the game, and return it to the kiosk that DOES sell the games.  Try purchasing it.  I have NOT done this but I imagine theoretically it should likely work.  Let us know if someone tries it.

 
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