Reduced Price Game Guides: Thread Seven and a Half.

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Does anyone know if that is the full list then?

Saint's Row
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
GTA VCS (whichever one wasn't pennied already =P)
WWF sometin o oida
 
There was a Pokemon Emerald guide sitting around inside my local GS, and I figured Emerald was pennied, like, forever ago, right? But I asked the clerk to check the price on the computer, and he said it was full price. Weird, huh?
 
[quote name='supaet']some one please update the wiki, hard to browse this forum on my mobile in store. thanks[/quote]New rule:
  • No Whining.
[quote name='heatdolphins45']updated the wiki with the latest EB drops. when I get the chance I'll help do the sept drops.[/quote]Beautiful job!! All I did was ABC the drops by date, but other than that it looked perfect!! :applause:

I'm actually in the middle of getting the september drops into the wiki, so very shortly, we will be up to date.

[quote name='freshzen']Does anyone know if that is the full list then?

GTA VCS (whichever one wasn't pennied already =P)
WWF sometin o oida[/quote]Looks like it was gta: vcs ps2 & psp and smackdown v raw 2007.
 
Odds are the GTA VCS guide that dropped is PSP and PS2, since the PSP version is already pennied at places BB and I think it was even pennied at GS earlier.

I don't follow the WWE games, so I have no idea what guide that'd be. I didn't even know they made guides for those games, actually.
 
Does Barnes and Noble or F.Y.E. penny out guides? I think both have a FF8 guide I would love to grab.

Also I'll see if I can get a list of the guides from Gamestop on Monday.
 
[quote name='Frosty The Batman']Does Barnes and Noble or F.Y.E. penny out guides? I think both have a FF8 guide I would love to grab.

Also I'll see if I can get a list of the guides from Gamestop on Monday.[/quote]

Barnes & Noble = No
Borders = No
FYE = VERY VERY VERY VERY YMMV (I think I've read one or two posts where people have picked up a penny guide because they were lucky that day and incidentally also won the lottery later in the same day);)
 
Only two guides I've ever heard of dropping and one I managed to snag from an FYE store personally were:

GTA Double Pack(the PS2 version, since the Xbox one is still in stock at my one local FYE)

Psi-Ops(PS2,Xbox)-This is the one I happened to get, which I almost didn't. I think I bought a pack of gum to get them to agree to sell me it. LOL

Although, someone mentioned another guide dropping just recently somewhere back in this thread, though I can't recall for the life of me what that one was.
 
Okay, we're up to date. I need confirmations on:

Gears of War Limited Edition @ Best Buy

Also, I have no idea what the current 4.99 guides are. If anyone has them, let us know, and I'll update Post 3.
 
Looks good, but Yoshi's Island DS definitely didn't drop in September. That guide has been $.01 for months and months at BB.
 
It was so good, I wanted to mention it again.
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Fixed. Thanks.
 
[quote name='guinaevere']Okay, we're up to date. I need confirmations on:

Gears of War Limited Edition @ Best Buy

Also, I have no idea what the current 4.99 guides are. If anyone has them, let us know, and I'll update Post 3.[/quote]

Confirmed. I got mine in Acworth a while back.
 
[quote name='guinaevere']
Beautiful job!! All I did was ABC the drops by date, but other than that it looked perfect!! :applause:
[/quote]

thanks gwen. darn I knew I forgot to put it in ABC order.
 
GS has the Halo 3 guide on sale for 9.99 in their new sale flyer. I picked it up Friday.

No wonder it's on sale. It's a horrible "Guide." It looks fine and the art is actually really good, but it tries sooooo hard to not spoil anything that it is of no practical help other than to give you maps of the levels.

Nowhere near as good as the previous Halo game guides for actually helping you in the game, but still a really nice looking book.
 
Picked up the following yesterday at GameStop, so they're definitely confirmed as pennied:

World of Warcraft: Dungeon Companion (PC) x2
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (PS2) x2
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (360)
Saints Row (360)
Bully (PS2)

Peace,
Orri~
 
ATTENTION!!!!

The following guides are pennied on Best Buy's site right now:

The Darkness SKU: 8419357
Gameshark Ultimate Codes 2007 Vol. 2 SKU: 8412684
15000 + Codes + Cheats Summer 2007 edition SKU: 8408225
Video Game Achievements + Unlockables SKU: 8408207
Ninja Gaiden Sigma SKU: 8408172
Transformers: The Game SKU: 8397816
Pokemon Battle Revolution SKU: 8386524
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At Worlds End SKU: 8364557

However, none are available to buy online(all list as SOLD OUT) and none list being available for in store pickup.

Best of luck.....
 
That's the issue with BB online ordering, the item could be in-stock for in-store pickup, though if sold out on the website, it's not orderable.

I think it'll be worth making a run by my local BB this evening on the way home from work, since I think they had most of those guides on-hand as of Saturday evening.
 
I know I saw most of those in my local BB's too, but I know if I wait till later today, they won't be there. They've been very dilligent about pulling them. Hell, I bet they'll yank them before I get there this am. Gotta head up that way anyway to see if my local Sears has the rest of the forms for me to sign for the job I'm supposed to start tomorrow.

I'm probably only gonna look for The Darkness or Ninja Gaiden Sigma, but I may grab at least one of each of the others if I find em there.
 
I know NGS, The Darkness and Transformers were ones I'd want, though the "cheats" books are always worth having on-hand for a penny. POTC was one I picked up on a previous drop.

I'll make a run to BB after work and see what I can find.
 
Re: BB drop: Poor, poor Animal Crossing: WW and Final Fantasy III guides. I fear they'll never drop now. :cry:

I guess the cheat code books will work for me; anything else is good for trading granting I can find them.

I did find Xenosaga III and Final Fantasy X-2 at a suburban EB over the weekend, although the Prima Tomb Raider Anniversary guides did NOT ring up as a penny (scanned in as $19.99 or close, but definitely were not a penny.)

This happened with the Gameshark penny guides at a different Gamestop closer to my home too, scanning in at full price ($10?)
 
Are these all new drops? I know BB had the Godfather guide as a penny like three times.

I know my BB has at least 1 or 2 of these. Not sure when I can get over there, though. :whistle2:k
 
[quote name='Rocko']Are these all new drops? I know BB had the Godfather guide as a penny like three times.

I know my BB has at least 1 or 2 of these. Not sure when I can get over there, though. :whistle2:k[/quote]

That's because there were 2-3 different versions of that guide, Rocko. The first was PS2/Xbox, the next added the PSP and the last added the 360 and possibly the Wii or PS3.

As for these being new drops, I swear The Darkness dropped the last time BB had a drop, but I may be wrong.

Either way, I struck out at my closest BB, they must've had them all pulled by the time the store opened since I recall seeing MANY of those just as recently as last week.
 
I might try to swing out to BB over the lunch hour and see what I might find, though I have to run to my BB back in my neck of the woods to have them reprint a receipt.
 
Eh. I added them to the wiki anyway. If they're repeats they can be removed.

Nothing I really want with this drop, but I'll buy whatever I find anyway. Hopefully I can stop sometime this week.
 
Will have to check later today for The Darkness and NGS. It's a shame I can't order online for in store pickup. It worked last time with Shadowrun and Forza 2 guides...
 
No NGS at my BB. I did pick up the Darkness, Transformers, and the gameshark code book. I tried the Nintendo power version of the Pokemon guide and it was still full price.
 
[quote name='Number83']Will have to check later today for The Darkness and NGS. It's a shame I can't order online for in store pickup. It worked last time with Shadowrun and Forza 2 guides...[/quote]Well, you could, if BB's ordering system wasn't crap when it's sold out online, and possibly available for in-store pickup.
 
Picked up

The Darkness SKU: 8419357 X2
Video Game Achievements + Unlockables SKU: 8408207
Ninja Gaiden Sigma SKU: 8408172 X2
Transformers: The Game SKU: 8397816 X2
Pokemon Battle Revolution SKU: 8386524 X2
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At Worlds End SKU: 8364557 X2

at the Cary, NC Best Buy. Yhis is the first time I've had luck at this store in months.

Thanks, IAmTheCheapestGamer for the heads up!

I'll be updating my TL later.
 
Just got back from BB, and I acquired:

Pirates of the Caribbean X 5
Transformers X 8 (sending some to GetWellGamers)
Pokemon Battle Revolution X 5
The Darkness X 4
Ninja Gaiden Sigma X 7

Just to clarify a little more for some, since there are two versions of Battle Revolution guides, the ones with the red spine and top are the ones down to a penny.
 
[quote name='Pookymeister']Whoops wouldve stopped if i knew about drops while i was out. Hopefully i can find a Ninja Gaiden - all i really want.[/quote]

If you can't, get in touch with me - I'll lend a hand.
 
I just talked to a friend on th ephone and he picked up Final Fantasy 1 and 2 guides (for psp) and the Final Fantasy 3 guide. And Mario Party 8 I think. I have no way to confirm til tomorrow when I see him.

Or in the next 5 minutes when I head out to another BB.

edit: He didn't say which but there was also a Twilight Princess guide mentioned.
 
[quote name='Frosty The Batman']I just talked to a friend on th ephone and he picked up Final Fantasy 1 and 2 guides (for psp) and the Final Fantasy 3 guide. And Mario Party 8 I think. I have no way to confirm til tomorrow when I see him.

Or in the next 5 minutes when I head out to another BB.

edit: He didn't say which but there was also a Twilight Princess guide mentioned.[/quote]

I'll confirm it for you tonight; I can drop into BB again before I start my shift tonight.
 
BB
Mario Party 8 8273977
You ans wii 8192458
Virtual Fighter 5 8266734
Meet The Robinsons 8313808
FF II 8468776
Gears of War 8397816

Dammit! missed Zelda TP Gamecube and Final Fantasy III - the two I really wanted!
 
[quote name='donut']BB
Mario Party 8 8273977
You ans wii 8192458
Virtual Fighter 5 8266734
Meet The Robinsons 8313808
FF II 8468776[/QUOTE]


confirmed since I just bought them at the local best buy, missing Twilight Princess Gamecube version guide
 
updated the wiki with the latest BB drops as well as the few EB drops I left out.

EDIT: Also it was 16,000 cheats not 15,000 on the codes book that was pennied. not that it matters anyway but I corrected that.
 
Damnit! All because I mentioned FFIII DS as wishful thinking at the top of page 59. Hope its there, dammit dammit.

Hope my appliance copy is there too.
 
Went and got nothing.
Someone cleaned them out, be it an employee or someone else.
Thought i got lucky with FF 1 for PSP but that rang up $16.99
 
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