Reduced Price Game Guides: Thread Seven and a Half.

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[quote name='ozzymandd']I'm not gonna touch that one with a ten foot poll no matter how many copies of the FFXII LE guide may be within.[/quote]

Dang it... you actually made me re-read the last several pages to make sure I hadn't missed the FFXII LE guide dropping.
 
No it didn't, if you would take the time to go back n re-read the posts leading up to yours.

Although, if it does soon...I may consider diving, since my one local EB has no less than 20-25 copies of it. I don't know why, I guess they think that $25-30 guides are just gonna SUDDENLY start FLYING off the shelf.
 
Sounds very limited.

I can do nothing but trust anything Square-Enix says, since they make only the best of the ..ahem.. [sorry I just threw up in my mouth a little] best in video games.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']No it didn't, if you would take the time to go back n re-read the posts leading up to yours.[/quote]

I did; didn't see any mention of it, thats why I asked. :roll:
 
I got some more Shivering Isles & a Lost Planet guide last night, so keep checking your BB's as this last drop seemed to go un-noticed at many stores. If anyone needs a Shivering Isles guide I have them FT, PM me.
 
I should re check my local 2 BB stores, see if the one put their guides back OUT yet and see if the other one put guides back out that dropped. Then again, the one with guides still out has been really good at not doing that stupid move of putting out dropped guides anymore. :whistle2:X
 
My BB always has guides to grab, but when I went last week (and bought 9 at once, I think the cashier hates me) all the Lost Planets were gone. Strange.
 
See, that's what I noticed about my local ones lately, they may miss the occasional weird guide, but the rest are yanked. Or, if I find ONE pennied guide, they proceed to scan and check every other guide on the floor till they find the rest anymore.

Before, I used to be able to pick my local stores clean without so much as one person having a kinipshit over me finding a pennied guide. But now....since the crackdown, they've even go so far as to yank the unstickered GOW II guide out of my hand and go back to media and grab a stickered one that rings up full price, since the other one rang up a penny.
 
Well the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess premiere GameCube (only, not Wii) guide is $9.99 @ Best Buy. So is Mario Party 8 guide.

I bought the TP guide for $10 since I'd hate to miss out when it hits a penny if they all disappear...and I was already getting like 10 or so penny guides.
 
[quote name='shiningslade']Now what's this thread doing down on page 4? We can't have that! lol Anyone find any new drops?[/quote]

I didn't find any NEW drops, but uhhh.....want some of my immense backlog of guides I've got sitting and collecting dust?
 
[quote name='freshzen']Well the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess premiere GameCube (only, not Wii) guide is $9.99 @ Best Buy. So is Mario Party 8 guide. [/quote]sweet.. tp guide for me.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']I didn't find any NEW drops, but uhhh.....want some of my immense backlog of guides I've got sitting and collecting dust?[/quote]

Once I actually have some green 6" x 2.5" paper in my foldable leather case, I'll help shorten your immense backlog by 3 or 4.
 
did the Twilight Princess Special Edition guide Wii version already drop to $9.99 a few months ago...and now the GC version is dropping? I remember grabbing the gold hardcover guide for $9.99...:whistle2:k What color's the wii version?
 
Thanks Chronis.....and my backlog just went up by three the other night too. I nabbed 3x Super Paper Mario(Prima version) from a local BB that had all their guides yanked to the back at one point.

So, the backlog got worse. It's like a compulsion, I just CAN'T stop picking them up. I swear, I think I could wallpaper my friends and families houses with all of the ones I have and have enough left over to make a paper mache village for the homeless.

Also, is Viva Pinata pennied @ BB? I checked the wiki and didn't see it listed.
 
[quote name='yuy104']did the Twilight Princess Special Edition guide Wii version already drop to $9.99 a few months ago...and now the GC version is dropping? I remember grabbing the gold hardcover guide for $9.99...:whistle2:k What color's the wii version?[/QUOTE]

Only the GameCube premiere guide is $9.99, not the Wii version. The Wii is white, and the GC is a metallic dark-goldish kind of color.

You might've bought the limited edition guide for $9.99.
 
[quote name='Masterkyo']Also, is Viva Pinata pennied @ BB? I checked the wiki and didn't see it listed.

Yes, it's pennied out few weeks now :)[/quote]

Well then, assuming the one guy who works at the further from me BB doesn't realize he left guides that pennied in the bin when he put them back out, I may have a copy for trade by this weekend. It just amazes me that these guides that have been pennied for a while pop back up on the shelves, but the ones I really want never do, like the God Of War II LE and Gears Of War LE. Only want them for collection purposes though, so no PMs offering me them, since they're not a huge want.

:whistle2:#
 
[quote name='fairtrade']So... no good deals on the Zelda PH LE guide? I saw one at BB yesterday and it looked even nicer than the TP LE was.[/QUOTE]

Amazon has it for $19.xx, probably the lowest price you'll find yet.
 
[quote name='fairtrade']So... no good deals on the Zelda PH LE guide? I saw one at BB yesterday and it looked even nicer than the TP LE was.[/quote]

I thought it looked the same, except blue?
 
[quote name='Pookymeister']I thought it looked the same, except blue?[/quote]

lol, yeah, it's really no different than the TP guide. I wish I could get it for $10 like I did that one.
 
[quote name='fairtrade']So... no good deals on the Zelda PH LE guide? I saw one at BB yesterday and it looked even nicer than the TP LE was.[/QUOTE]

Didn't that guide JUST come out??
 
[quote name='Ubiiquitous']Didn't that guide JUST come out??[/quote]

The TP Limited guide went down to ten bucks for a day or two, and this was about a week after it got released.
 
[quote name='reibeatall']The TP Limited guide went down to ten bucks for a day or two, and this was about a week after it got released.[/quote]

And I think that happened right around when the Prima $10 off sale on any guide occured, didn't it? I know people were getting all sorts of marked down guides from BB for .00 then. Am I wrong though?
 
Nope, you're absolutely right. It was a combination of automatic promos that changed halfway during the day. I bought it for $13.99 at noon, and got a refund at 6 because the price changed to $9.99. There was a coupon that people were using to get the .00 guides, but this wasn't part of it.
 
[quote name='reibeatall']Nope, you're absolutely right. It was a combination of automatic promos that changed halfway during the day. I bought it for $13.99 at noon, and got a refund at 6 because the price changed to $9.99. There was a coupon that people were using to get the .00 guides, but this wasn't part of it.[/quote]

Right, it was around Xmas time last year. All Prima guides were reduced. Also BB had TP LE on sale for $19.99. The BB sale and reduced Prima price brough it to $9.99. Then there was a coupon in the back of a pennied out cheat collection book at BB. The coupon was for $5 off any Prima guide.

The combination of all three deals would get you TP LE for $4.99.

It was about a week or two after the TP LE guide had just come out. Everyone was still charging $29.99 for it at the time so $4.99 or $9.99 was a great deal for it.
 
For those of you looking for Zelda: Phatom Hourglass LE for cheap, you can get it from buy.com for $12.xx after Google Checkout ($10 off). Got mine in last week and looks great.
 
So the Premiere guide is not the Limited Edition guide?

[quote name='freshzen']Only the GameCube premiere guide is $9.99, not the Wii version. The Wii is white, and the GC is a metallic dark-goldish kind of color.

You might've bought the limited edition guide for $9.99.[/quote]
 
[quote name='yuy104']So the Premiere guide is not the Limited Edition guide?[/quote]Premiere is what I got looks like this
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http://www.webhallen.com/prod.php?id=68530
 
[quote name='Link927']Whoever's updating the wiki, may it be gwen or Rocko or whoever, Im seeing "Gamespot" instead of "Gamestop" Errmmm, might want to get on that ;)[/quote]Your point? :lol:

Sorry, I don't just mistype the store name, I always call it Gamespot, as well. EB was so much easier.

Bidness:
  • I'm compiling a list and will update the wiki shortly.
  • Rocko, have you been given wiki rights yet?
  • Does anyone else in here want to consider editing the wiki with updates?
  • New thread will start soon, as this has over 1000 posts. Unless y'all want it to continue to 1500 posts.
 
[quote name='guinaevere']
  • Rocko, have you been given wiki rights yet?[/quote]
No, Cheapy never got back to me. I actually forgot about it. I might shoot him another PM.
 
I nabbed a copy of Viva Pinatas guide from BB today, it's hitting my TL. Has damage to the back cover by the spine, an indentation from where it was pressed against a shelf or something.

Viva Pinata isn't even IN the wiki as a drop for BB, unless it was listed further back than I checked.
 
Thanks Gwen, got a wiki account now. I'll let you take care of it for now since you said you've already got a list and I don't want to step on your toes. I'll start updating the next time there's a drop.
 
Heatdolphins45, that sounds great! Just pm Cheapy requesting a wiki editor login. Rocko will be a phenominal help, but having a third should make this even better. If someone's not around (or in my case extremely lazy extremely busy), there will be back up to cover any drops.

Glad to hear you're all set, Rocko! It'll take me a few days to cull this list and put it together. Next drop is all yours.


And we have one vote to let this thread go to 1500 posts. I'm good with that unless we have something crazy come up between post 1083 and 1500.
 
[quote name='freshzen']Wild Arms 4 Prima is $6.99 @ Game Crazy, that is a reduced price :)[/quote]

Thanks for the heads up. If I didn't already have it, I'd grab it at that price.
 
I came across one at a Game Stop once and the bastards wouldn't let me have it have they called the DM and weren't told penny items are to be sold.
 
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