Reduced Price Guide Thread XIV (FAQ in 2nd Post)

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The Reduced Price Guide FAQ/OP has been moved to the SECOND post. Read this first!
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All credit goes to IAmTheCheapestGamer, floormat, and guinaevere. They ran this thread for years, and I can safely say we would not have penny guides here without them. Thanks for your work!
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Private message me if there is something incorrect or needs to be changed in the non-wiki pages.
Below is two years or so of guide drop info. If you want to see the full list, please refer to the third post of the Reduced Price Guide Thread XIV that can be found HERE.​

Note that date may be of confirmation, and not of drop.

CE/SE/LE=HARDCOVER GUIDE
Red=Gamestop drop
Blue=Best Buy drop
Pink=Toys R Us drop

 

Recent Drops (Last Six Months)

Dropped 3.23.16 at GameStop

Game Stop 1 Cent

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate CE

Just Cause 3

Halo 5 CE



Dropped on 3.26.14
 

Gamestop

Battlefield 4

Disney Infinity

Grand Theft Auto V

Remember Me

Super Mario 3D World

Dropped on 2.26.14

Gamestop 

Assassin's Creed IV: CE

Battlefield 4 CE
Grand Theft Auto CE

Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds CE

Skylanders Swap Force CE

Wonderful 101

Dropped on 2.14.14

Toys'R Us

Rage
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Mass Effect 3

Star Wars The Force Unleashed II

Dropped on 10.31.13

Gamestop 
 
Animal Crossing
Assassin's Creed 3
Borderlands 2 LE
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Cheat Code Overload: Winter 2013
Codes & Cheats Vol. 1 2013
Dead Island Riptide
Diablo III

Disgaea D2

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Legendary
Epic Mickey 2
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Halo 4
Hitman Absolution
Injustice: Gods Among Us

Injustice: Gods Among Us LE
Last of Us

Last of Us LE
Lego City Undercover
Madden 25
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Ni No Kuni
Pokemon Black & White 2 Pokedex
Resident Evil 6 LE
Resident Evil Revelations

Wind Waker LE
Dropped on 9.25.13

Gamestop
Army of Two The Devils Cartel
Dead Space 3
Metal Gear Rising Revengence
Star Trek
Super Mario Bros. Wii U
Epic Mickey 2 Limited Ed
Halo 4 Limited Ed
Hitman Absolution Limited Ed

Dropped on 9.04.13

Gamestop
 
Call of Duty Black Ops II CE
DMC: Devil May Cry
Dishonored
Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider CE       
 
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[quote name='Romeo']enigma, that's really cool. Could totally use some of those. What brand are they?[/QUOTE]

I honestly have no idea. I was surprised I even found the image on Google. I'll check the brand and model when I get home. I may end up with a spare if you're interested. :razz:
 
Went to Best Buy yesterday and MGR:R CE showed up as "Not For Sale". The guy kept trying to ring it up then looked on the back and said "oh, it's $34.99." Didn't want to argue about it not ringing up, but if you know a manager that would let you take it, might be worth a shot.
 
[quote name='Liquid Metal']The one with the big sword rng up for $35?[/QUOTE]

Likely the guide and not the game as this is the reduced price guide thread
 
[quote name='Bount']Went to Best Buy yesterday and MGR:R CE showed up as "Not For Sale". The guy kept trying to ring it up then looked on the back and said "oh, it's $34.99." Didn't want to argue about it not ringing up, but if you know a manager that would let you take it, might be worth a shot.[/QUOTE]

Actually, BB could get in trouble with their Vendors again if they are selling the books using a dummy SKU. The reason the book is not in inventory is because they have submitted that count and received credit from the Publisher for the book and thus they should be disposing of the book per their agreements with the Publishers. If they are getting credit for the book and then turning around and selling the book at full price, this could potentially be a problem for them.

If I were a BB Manager/Employee, I would not encourage this practice. Giving the book away should not be a problem as there would be no transaction recorded; however, they are supposed to destroy the book or send it back.

Personally, I think destroying a perfectly good book is sacrilege and the environmentalists should be all over this deplorable act.
 
Alright guys, everything is updated in the OP. I am trying to work through a couple of small formating problems with the new software. Most notably the removal of custom spoilers (which I used a lot). Please bear with me while I try to figure this out over the next few days.

 
texasitalianboy said:
Bount said:
Went to Best Buy yesterday and MGR:R CE showed up as "Not For Sale". The guy kept trying to ring it up then looked on the back and said "oh, it's $34.99." Didn't want to argue about it not ringing up, but if you know a manager that would let you take it, might be worth a shot.
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Actually, BB could get in trouble with their Vendors again if they are selling the books using a dummy SKU. The reason the book is not in inventory is because they have submitted that count and received credit from the Publisher for the book and thus they should be disposing of the book per their agreements with the Publishers. If they are getting credit for the book and then turning around and selling the book at full price, this could potentially be a problem for them.

If I were a BB Manager/Employee, I would not encourage this practice. Giving the book away should not be a problem as there would be no transaction recorded; however, they are supposed to destroy the book or send it back.

Personally, I think destroying a perfectly good book is sacrilege and the environmentalists should be all over this deplorable act.
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Went to BB today to try and pick up the MGR:R CE guide along with the game. Brought it up to the register and they couldn't get it to ring up. A manager came over and put in a dummy sku of a bunch of zeroes, wrote in the name of the guide and manually entered a price of $34.99. I said the guide was old and shouldn't be that much and it wasn't ringing up at that price. He answered with "well then you don't have to buy it." So I didn't buy it or the game. Too much headache to try and rescue books these days.

 
To be fair, $34.99 is the price on the guide (MGR:R CE).  The price is clearly marked by the publisher.  BBY is under no obligation to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free since it is no longer in the system.  The manager is right - if you don't want to buy it at the price marked on the guide, you don't have to - at least he offered to sell it to you vs. telling you that you couldn't buy it. 

This isn't about customer service, this is about common sense.  If you walk into McDonalds and you don't like the price of a Big Mac, McDonalds isn't going to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free.  The expectation of anything else isn't the fault of McDonalds.

 
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knight19 said:
To be fair, $34.99 is the price on the guide (MGR:R CE). The price is clearly marked by the publisher. BBY is under no obligation to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free since it is no longer in the system. The manager is right - if you don't want to buy it at the price marked on the guide, you don't have to - at least he offered to sell it to you vs. telling you that you couldn't buy it.

This isn't about customer service, this is about common sense. If you walk into McDonalds and you don't like the price of a Big Mac, McDonalds isn't going to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free. The expectation of anything else isn't the fault of McDonalds.
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but if sat on that shelf for $34.99 and no one bought it, why did the manager not try to get it out the door at $15 - 20, my Best Buy used to mark down guides before they would go out of system. I got several good deals.

 
Kovorkian said:
knight19 said:
To be fair, $34.99 is the price on the guide (MGR:R CE). The price is clearly marked by the publisher. BBY is under no obligation to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free since it is no longer in the system. The manager is right - if you don't want to buy it at the price marked on the guide, you don't have to - at least he offered to sell it to you vs. telling you that you couldn't buy it.

This isn't about customer service, this is about common sense. If you walk into McDonalds and you don't like the price of a Big Mac, McDonalds isn't going to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free. The expectation of anything else isn't the fault of McDonalds.
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but if sat on that shelf for $34.99 and no one bought it, why did the manager not try to get it out the door at $15 - 20, my Best Buy used to mark down guides before they would go out of system. I got several good deals.
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Because Best Buy clearances are YMMV? I've seen lots of threads where additional "clearance" / "reduced price" items at one Best Buy are still full price at the ones near me.

Plus, just because something isn't selling (or if it's not showing up for sale), doesn't give employees / managers discresion to just give it a massive discount (or hand it out for free). A person who does do that is probably extremely confident in their authority, or doesn't know / care about losing their job.

 
The Valve Store is selling Portal 2's hardcover collector's edition guide for $9.99 .  Be forewarned that shipping from Valve will START at around $10 for FedEx ground, so it's best to check out the rest of the merchandise to make the effort worthwhile, but on the plus side, they do have a considerable selection of prints, accessories, and apparel on sale.  Oh, and Washington-state residents will also pay sales tax.  Some info ...

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This strictly limited collectors edition of the official Portal 2 Game Guide features additional art, a hardcover binding and two bookmarks.

Publisher: Future Press
ISBN: 9783869930381
Pages: 384
Size: 8 1/4" x 11 1/2"

 
arsenalcrazy8 said:
OscillatingFerret said:
Assassins Creed 3 CE guides are still $6.99 in store at BB. Just picked up two as an investment.

MoH Frontline the game for PS2 is also $.02 at Gamestop for anyone who runs across one.
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there are actually 200-300 ps2 games that are .02 at gamestop. If its not on the website, its $.02...

Ive had a lot of fun finding and picking up a BUNCH of penny ps2 games.
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Is there a list anywhere, or one being made, of $.02 ps2 games at GS?

I just picked up 153 of them yesterday, so I have a decent list of some of them along with the gamestop sku/product numbers.

 
Well the list is only about 30 games probably but I'll post it when I get home.

shockingly I just picked up a .02 copy of friends that is cib.
 
Want to get the Skyrim Legendary guides cheaper than Amazon's $32.XX or $21.XX?

Use this 15% off Barnes & Noble coupon (printable for in-store or 8RD3C35L8QSBC for use online) and you can get the hardcover collectors' edition for $29.56 shipped (it won't work for the non-hardcover version, because free shipping starts at $25, but you could probably find something cheap). But that coupon dies at 2:59 a.m. Eastern June 10 (...I dunno) online.

On the other hand, if you have a Barnes and Noble membership, and can get 40% off the list price of books in store, you will want to print it and take it in, where it's apparently valid through close of business on June 10. 40% off of the list price of $49.99 should get you to ~$30, and another 15% off will get you to ~$25.50, if my math is good.

And if you want to buy something cheap, you may be able to get a free two-month trial of the B&N membership in store that you could immediately use to buy the guide for ~$25.50 with the coupon.

This post is brought to you by an ancient Barnes & Noble gift card I wanted to use today! (I'm curious about the $0.02 PS2 games, though.)

 
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Darby27 said:
Well the list is only about 30 games probably but I'll post it when I get home.

shockingly I just picked up a .02 copy of friends that is cib.
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I can probably make one if its actually something that people want. If theres interest in it, Im pretty sure I can list almost all of them.

 
ragingst0rm6 said:
Kovorkian said:
knight19 said:
To be fair, $34.99 is the price on the guide (MGR:R CE). The price is clearly marked by the publisher. BBY is under no obligation to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free since it is no longer in the system. The manager is right - if you don't want to buy it at the price marked on the guide, you don't have to - at least he offered to sell it to you vs. telling you that you couldn't buy it.

This isn't about customer service, this is about common sense. If you walk into McDonalds and you don't like the price of a Big Mac, McDonalds isn't going to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free. The expectation of anything else isn't the fault of McDonalds.
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but if sat on that shelf for $34.99 and no one bought it, why did the manager not try to get it out the door at $15 - 20, my Best Buy used to mark down guides before they would go out of system. I got several good deals.
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Because Best Buy clearances are YMMV? I've seen lots of threads where additional "clearance" / "reduced price" items at one Best Buy are still full price at the ones near me.

Plus, just because something isn't selling (or if it's not showing up for sale), doesn't give employees / managers discresion to just give it a massive discount (or hand it out for free). A person who does do that is probably extremely confident in their authority, or doesn't know / care about losing their job.
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All valid points. Most of us are here to try and get deals on game related goods. Some might see getting penny guides as an exploit to a system. Others may feel that because the retail price checker can't find a price that they should get it for free. I don't really care either way. Did I storm out upset and make a scene because I didn't get something for free? No. Was I a little bummed that some people walk off with two or three guides whenever there's a drop. Yes. The guide just doesn't hold any value over a penny to me, so I didn't buy it. I just hate knowing that a perfectly good book is going to end up at the bottom of a landfill because it wasn't purchased at its full retail price. I didn't mean to sound "entitled" in any way as I don't think I or anyone here has the "right" to free or discounted goods. It's just unfortunate when you know resources are being wasted. And I like to share my stories and see how others have fared when trying to get these deals too. :)

 
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938241 Ace Combat 4
938383 Aggressive Inline
938144 All Star Baseball 2002
938796 All Star Baseball 2005
938709 American Idol
938535 Amplitude
938453 ATV Off Road Fury 2
938798 Backyard Baseball
Bode Miller Skiing
Britneys Dance Beat
College Hoops 2k6
Cool Boarders 2001
Corvette GT Evolution
DT Racer
Enter the Matrix
Eye Toy AntiGrav
Eye Toy Groove
Eye Toy Kinetic
Eye Toy Play (game only)
Freekstyle
Friends the One with All the Trivia
Gran Turismo 3 A-spec
Hard Rock Casino
IHRA Professional Drag Racing
Italian Job
James Camerons Dark Angel
Jampack Volume 12
Jampack Volume 14
Jet X20
Lord of the Rings Two Towers
Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter
Madden 2002
Madden 2005
Madden 2006
Madden 2007
939062 Major League Baseball 2k?
939325 Major League Baseball 2k?
939557 Major League Baseball 2k?
Marc Eckos Getting Up
Medal of Honor Frontline
Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty
Micro Machines V4
Minority Report
MLB 06 The Show
MLB 2004
MLB 2006
MLB 2k5 World Series Edition
MLB Slugfest 2003
MLB Slugfest Loaded
Mobile Light Force 2
MVP 06 NCAA Baseball
MVP Baseball 2003
MVP Baseball 2004
MVP Baseball 2005
MX SuperFly
MX World Tour Feat. Jamie
NBA 2k3
NBA Ballers
NBA Live 2005
NBA Live 2006
NBA Shootout 2001
NCAA Final Four 2001
NCAA Final Four 2004
NCAA Football 2002
NCAA Football 2005
NCAA Football 2006
NCAA Football 2007
NCAA Gamebreaker 2001
NFL 2k2
NFL 2k3
NHL 2006
NHL 2007
NHL 2k6
NHL 2k7
NHRA Championship Drag Racing
NTRA Breeders Cup
938949 Pinbal Hall of Fame Go
Pipe Mania
Project Snowblind
Rebel Raiders Operation Nighthawk
RTX Red Rock
Savage Skies
Shaun Palmers Pro Snowboard
Sky Odyssey
SnoCross 2 Featuring Bl
Soccer America
SOCOM II
Space Race
Stacked
Starsky & Hutch
State of Emergency
Strike Force Bowling
Stuntman
Sunny Garcia Surfing
Super Trucks Racing
939133 Suzuki TT Superbikes
939486 Suzuki TT Superbike Re
938428 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 200?
938644 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 200?
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
939009 World Championship Poker - xx
939416 World Championship Poker - xx
World Poker Tour
World Rally Championship
World Series of Poker
World Tour Soccer 2002
X-Squad

Here's the 107 I have run across in the past few days.  There were some more in a store I was in today, but I was sadly in a hurry and could only grab some of them.  Hopefully I can get back there sometime soon.  I'll add skus to the rest later, but for now they're only in there for ones that had some of the title cut off on the list I got printed.

 
Oh, and the $.02 PS2 games are a great way to rack up PUR points.

For 3 purchases in the past 3 days combining to $2.60 in credit spent, I have received 2684 PUR points.

No clue how, but it racks them up real quick!

 
Made the list also. This is pretty much ALL of them (give or take a few that I may have missed..Ill upate those later. Some of the sports games may be a bit off.

Go Nuts! But remember, they technically arent supposed to sell you these, and the chances of you finding these now are pretty slim, BUT they ARE out there. (in the past 8 months, Ive found and bought ~70% of these)

My advice lol dont get TOO excited, because like I said, they are quite hard to find.

As Promised: 

2002 FIFA World Cup
Ace Combat 4
Aeon Flux
Air Blade
Agressive Inline
Alfa Romeo Racing Italiano
All-Star Baseball 2002
Amplitude
Aqua Aqua
Arena Football
ATV Offroad Fury 2
Backyard Baseball
Battle Engine Aquilla
Biathlon 2008
Blowout
Bode Miller Alpine Skiing
Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships
Britney's Dance Beat
Cart Fury
Choro Q
City Crisis
Cool Boarders 2001
Corvette
Corvette Evolution
Crimson Tears
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
D1 Professional Drift Grand Prix Series
Da Vinci Code
Defender
Driven
Driving Emotion Type-S
Dropship: United Peace Force
Downforce
Downhill Domination
DT Racer
Duel Masters
E-jay Club World: the Music Making Experience
Enter the Matrix
Enthusia Pro Racing
ESPN International Track and Field
ESPN MLS Extra Time
ESPN National Hockey Night
ESPN NBA 2night / 2002
ESPN NBA Basketball / 2k5
ESPN NFL Football / 2k5
ESPN NHL Hockey / 2k5
ESPN Winter Sports 2002
Eternal Ring
Euro 2004
Eve of Extinction
Evolution Skateboarding
Evolution Snowboarding
Eye toy AntiGrav
Eye Toy Groove
Eye Toy Kinetic
Eye Toy Play
Eye Toy Play 2
F1 2001
Fantavision
Ferrari F355 Challenge
Fireblade
Formula One 2001
Freekstyle
Freestyle Metal X
Friends (trivia)
Frequency
Fugitive Hunter:  War on Terror
Future Tactics: The Uprising
Gadget Racing
Giants Citizen Kabuto
Godai Elemental Force
Gran Turismo 3 A-spec
Grand Prix Challenge
Gretsky NHL 05 / 06
The Great Escape
GTC Africa
Head Hitter Tennis
HeadHunter
Herdy Gerdy
Hidden Invasion
High Heat Major League Baseball 02-05
Hot Shots Golf 3
HSX: Hypersonic.Xtreme
Hummer: Badlands
Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward
IHRA 2
IHRA 2005
Intellivision Lives
The Italian Job
Jam Pack (any less than vol. 15)
James Cameron's Dark Angel
John moseley Mad Trix
Jet X2O
K-1 World Grand Prix
Kao The Kangaroo 2
Kelly Slater Pro Surfer
Kengo Master of Bushido
King of Route 66
Le Mans 24 Hours
Lego Island Xtreme Stunts
Lord of the Rings Two Towers
Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter
Mad Maestro
Madden 01-07
Magix Music Maker
Malice
Mark Eckos Getting Up
MDK2 Armageddon
Medal Arms: Glitch against the system
Medal of Honor Frontline
Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty
Metropolismania
Micro Machines
Micro Machines v4
Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing
Minority Report
MTV Music Generator 2
MLB 01-06
MLB 2k7
MLB Slugfest 2003/2004/2006/Loaded (2005 never made?)
MLB The Show 06
Mobile Lightforce 2
Mojo!
MotoGP 2
Mountain Bike Andrenaline
MX Superfly
MX World Tour Jamie Little
Naruto Ultimate Ninja
Nascar Heat 2002
Nascar Thunder 2003
NBA 2k2/2k3
NBA Ballers
NBA Live 01-06
NBA 06 The Life
NBA Shootout 01-06
NBA Hoopz
NBA Street
NCAA College Football 2k3
NCAA Football 01-07
NCAA Final Four 01-05
NCAA Gamebreaker 01-05
NCAA March Madness 2002-05
NFL 2k2 / 2k3
NFL Gameday 01-05
NFL Head Coach
NFL Prime Time 2002
NFL QB Club 2002
NHL FaceOff 01-05
NHL Hitz Pro
NHL 01-07
NHL Hitz 2002/2003
NHRA 
NRA Gun Club
Okage Shadow King
Outlaw Golf 2
Outlaw Tennis
The Operative: No-one lives Forever
Paris-Dakar Rally
Pinball Hall of Fame
Pipe Mania
Portal Runner
Powerdrome Racing
Project Eden
Project Snowblind
Pro Race Car Driver
Pro Rally 2002
Puzzle Crosswords
Q-Ball: Billiards Master
Rally Fusion
Rebel Raiders Operation Nighthawk
Reign of Fire
Ridge Racer V
Ring of Red
Robotech Battlecry
Rogue Ops
RTX Red Rock
Ruff Trigger Vanocore Conspiracy
Rugby / 2004 / 2005
Rumble Racing
Run Like Hell
Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder
Salt Lake 2002
Savage Skies 
Second Sight
Sega Bass Fishing Duel
Sega Soccer Slam
Sega Sports Tennis
Shifters
Shox
Silent Line: Armored Core
Silent Scope
Silent Scope 3
Silpheed Lost Planet
Sky Odyssey
Sled Storm
Soccer America International Cup
Socom 
Socom 2
Soldier of Fortune Gold Edition
Smash Court Tennis Pro tournament
Sno Cross 2
Space Channel 5 Special Edition
Splashdown
Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild
Sphynx and the Cursed Mummy
Stacked with Daniel Negreanu
Starsky and Hutch
State of Emergency
Stolen
Strike Force Bowling
Stunt GP
Stuntman
Sub Rebellion
Supercar Street Challenge
Summer Heat Beach Volleyball
Sunny Garcia Surfing
Surfing H3O
Suzuki TT Superbikes
Taito Legends
Technic Beat
Terminator Dawn of Fate
Tiger Woods 01-06
Torino 2006
Transworld Surf
Tribes Aerial Assault
Triple Play Baseball 01-05
Top Angler
Top Gear DareDevil
UFC Throwdown
Unison
Urban Reign
Vexx
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
Victorious Boxers:Ippo's Road to Glory
Victorious Boxers 2
V-Rally 3
Wakeboarding Unleashed
Wild Wild Racing
Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution
Winning Eleven 6 International
Wipeout Fusion
Whirl Tour
Women's volleyball championship
World Championship Poker 2
World Destruction League: War Jetz
World Poker Tour
World Series Baseball 2k3
World Series Poker
World Tour Soccer 2002/2003 / 2005
WRC World Rally Championship
Wreckless the Yakuza Missions
WTA Tour Tennis
XG3 Extreme-G Racing
XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association
X-Squad
Yanya Caballista: City Skater
Yourself Fitness
 

 
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Bount said:
ragingst0rm6 said:
Kovorkian said:
knight19 said:
To be fair, $34.99 is the price on the guide (MGR:R CE). The price is clearly marked by the publisher. BBY is under no obligation to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free since it is no longer in the system. The manager is right - if you don't want to buy it at the price marked on the guide, you don't have to - at least he offered to sell it to you vs. telling you that you couldn't buy it.

This isn't about customer service, this is about common sense. If you walk into McDonalds and you don't like the price of a Big Mac, McDonalds isn't going to sell it to you at a discount or give it to you for free. The expectation of anything else isn't the fault of McDonalds.
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but if sat on that shelf for $34.99 and no one bought it, why did the manager not try to get it out the door at $15 - 20, my Best Buy used to mark down guides before they would go out of system. I got several good deals.
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Because Best Buy clearances are YMMV? I've seen lots of threads where additional "clearance" / "reduced price" items at one Best Buy are still full price at the ones near me.

Plus, just because something isn't selling (or if it's not showing up for sale), doesn't give employees / managers discresion to just give it a massive discount (or hand it out for free). A person who does do that is probably extremely confident in their authority, or doesn't know / care about losing their job.
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All valid points. Most of us are here to try and get deals on game related goods. Some might see getting penny guides as an exploit to a system. Others may feel that because the retail price checker can't find a price that they should get it for free. I don't really care either way. Did I storm out upset and make a scene because I didn't get something for free? No. Was I a little bummed that some people walk off with two or three guides whenever there's a drop. Yes. The guide just doesn't hold any value over a penny to me, so I didn't buy it. I just hate knowing that a perfectly good book is going to end up at the bottom of a landfill because it wasn't purchased at its full retail price. I didn't mean to sound "entitled" in any way as I don't think I or anyone here has the "right" to free or discounted goods. It's just unfortunate when you know resources are being wasted. And I like to share my stories and see how others have fared when trying to get these deals too. :)
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The MSRP or null is a terrible way to sell anything. I bet a lot more would fly out the door with 20-40% off sales

 
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Made the list also. This is pretty much ALL of them (give or take a few that I may have missed..Ill upate those later. Some of the sports games may be a bit off.

Go Nuts! But remember, they technically arent supposed to sell you these, and the chances of you finding these now are pretty slim, BUT they ARE out there. (in the past 8 months, Ive found and bought ~70% of these)

My advice lol dont get TOO excited, because like I said, they are quite hard to find.

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To add, NHL 2k3 is .02

Sitting Ducks MAY be $.02, because it was .99 late last year, but I can't confirm it. (SKU = 938866 for anyone who wants to check it)

Oh, and MLB Slugfest Loaded is essentially the 2005 version from what I found on the web.

 
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StryderOmega said:
WeaponX2099 said:
If you have it, you may want to toss your Far Cry 3 guides on Amazon now.
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Lol! What? Why is it worth so much???
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Those are pretty much all drop shippers. The guide is NOT worth that much, nor is there that much demand for it, people don't seem to understand some thing's people just DON'T buy/sell on amazon. Check ebay right now, the average sold price is right what you think it should be. Amazon is not a good place to value item's against for future reference.

 
Not to mention the groups with autoprice programs that have things like a madden guide for $500 or something similarly ridiculous.
 
invizibleskratchpikl said:
No guide drops yesterday. But there are these:

GS Drop 6/19/13
Bioshock Infinite, Dead Space 3, and Metal Gear Rising shirts (S-XXL).
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Thanks! The OP has been updated!

I still can't figure out why the GameStop list won't go into custom spoilers. I put it in, but it just creates a blank button. If any of you guys can figure it out, I will mail you a cookie (okay, maybe not).

For anyone wondering,

[customspoiler='GameStop']

If you quote me and look at the coding, you can see that this is in the middle of the custom spoiler.

[/customspoiler]

 
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I'll edit this post to see if there were any other drops. Currently in the backroom having lunch before I clock in, and noticed another guide drop on the table.

GS 7/24/13
Resident Evil 6 (Regular)
 
invizibleskratchpikl said:
I'll edit this post to see if there were any other drops. Currently in the backroom having lunch before I clock in, and noticed another guide drop on the table.

GS 7/24/13
Resident Evil 6 (Regular)
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EDIT: I was looking at the CE version and it has an odd price of $18.50. Might pick that up with the half off sale going on.

 
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Can someone redirect me to that GameStop thread about the 50% off guides? I believe there was a coupon to print out for store use but I can't find the thread now. Thanks!
 
emg28 said:
Thanks for the confirmation. I need to track down a Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon guide since it's sold out online.
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Bonus

my card (note i have the FREE card) gave me an extra 10% off MSRP aka final value was 60% off

employee said ALL should give the extra bonus
 
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Cool. Might try and snag resident evil. They have some in my local store earlier. Hopefully its still there later
 
Hemi said:
Were they a penny there? Because otherwise they just happen to have 20 of a guide that nobody is buying, excess stock does not a penny guide make.
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You mean like the Final Fantasy XII LE guide, which I think GS STILL hasn't pennied? Although I think it did go down to $10-15 finally.

 
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