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

[Dark Rider]

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

Spoiler

Game Stop 1 Cent

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate CE

Just Cause 3

Halo 5 CE

Dropped on 3.26.14

Spoiler

 

Gamestop

Battlefield 4

Disney Infinity

Grand Theft Auto V

Remember Me

Super Mario 3D World

Dropped on 2.26.14

Spoiler

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

Spoiler

Toys'R Us

Rage
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Mass Effect 3

Star Wars The Force Unleashed II

Dropped on 10.31.13

Spoiler

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

Spoiler

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

Spoiler

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

Tomb Raider CE       

 

[Romeo]

Crap was waiting for that one Rawkus. Darby must be on holiday. It's going to hard tracking one down the day after drops.

 

[AndyD33]

Crap was waiting for that one Rawkus. Darby must be on holiday. It's going to hard tracking one down the day after drops.

For some reason they didn't drop it off the website at the normal time.

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

For some reason they didn't drop it off the website at the normal time.

wait, so did it really pennied out?

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[crazedracerguy]

Damn. I can't seem to find a Wildlands guide. Oh well.

Edit: Found one!

 

[Romeo]

For some reason they didn't drop it off the website at the normal time.

Your fault once again.

Here we go on another Wildlands goose chase...

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

Got the last one at the store I went to

It seems like Skyrim SC gone from site too

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[Biggquis]

Got the last one at the store I went to

It seems like Skyrim SC gone from site too

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Any way to check inventory on these things? Or is it just a matter of visiting stores until you find one?

 

[homeybeef89]

If you ask nicely, Blackbeard can check for a specific guide. However, it's still hit or miss because some stores will get rid of the guides but not actually remove them from inventory.

 

[Romeo]

If you ask nicely, Blackbeard can check for a specific guide. However, it's still hit or miss because some stores will get rid of the guides but not actually remove them from inventory.

Or the opposite, zero out inventory and still have some on the shelf.

 

[Biggquis]

^^^^ Thanks for the replies.  I always forget that BB does inventory checks.  I'll just wait for when/if he updates.

 

[blackbeard4886]

If you ask nicely, Blackbeard can check for a specific guide. However, it's still hit or miss because some stores will get rid of the guides but not actually remove them from inventory.

^^^^ Thanks for the replies. I always forget that BB does inventory checks. I'll just wait for when/if he updates.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P5DeKpaHyRBSO3wJ2UUq4rPZcBTxxuJlJpIsJjzn_bI/edit#gid=112268124

 

[DrBayrd]

Scored a pennied GR:wildlands CE guide!! Really nice employee. I didn't find it in the shelf. Employee pulled it from the back stockroom and sold it to me for a penny. He said I was lucky bc they were going to throw them away tomorrow. I thanked him repeatedly

 

[AndyD33]

Got a Wildlands CE guide for a penny today when I went in to pick up some games with a b2g1 coupon. It was sitting there on the racks on the counter.

No thanks to Romeo.

 

[TheNAC]

Went to a store last night that had no wildlands but still had multiple watch dogs 2 and halo wars 2.

 

[Romeo]

Dropped by one of my local stores and picked up a Wildlands CE guide.

No thanks to Darby.


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[Romeo]

Hey Darby, where would you recommend a find a couple guides I missed out on, probably because of you...

Looking for the Rise of the TR CE guide and SW Battlefront CE guide.

 

[AndyD33]

Hey Darby, where would you recommend a find a couple guides I missed out on, probably because of you...

Looking for the Rise of the TR CE guide and SW Battlefront CE guide.

HPB or my stack of guides sitting here. (I don't think I have extras of those, but I'll check later)

 

[Romeo]

HPB or my stack of guides sitting here. (I don't think I have extras of those, but I'll check later)

I presume HPB is half price books. None of those around me.

 

[AndyD33]

I presume HPB is half price books. None of those around me.

Then if you have any local stores maybe try those?

We have The Exchange here which has some guides.

 

[joshxx]

Zelda BOTW hardcover guide has been pennied out  just for you to know.

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

Zelda BOTW hardcover guide has been pennied out just for you to know.

I knew something else dropped last week as well, couldn't quite put my finger on what. Saw like 3 of em while I was at GS earlier

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[Romeo]

Zelda BOTW hardcover guide has been pennied out just for you to know.

Son of a...

Damnit Darby!!

 

[sebbydaman]

zelda omg now time to see which store in fl has one.

 

[blackbeard4886]

Zelda BOTW hardcover guide has been pennied out just for you to know.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P5DeKpaHyRBSO3wJ2UUq4rPZcBTxxuJlJpIsJjzn_bI/edit#gid=1665014117

 

[trunks982]

Zelda BOTW hardcover guide has been pennied out just for you to know.

how u know? u bought one from the store?

 

[Romeo]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P5DeKpaHyRBSO3wJ2UUq4rPZcBTxxuJlJpIsJjzn_bI/edit#gid=1665014117

Thank you. Based on that my closest store may possibly have one, the next closest may as well be on another continent.

 

[AndyD33]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P5DeKpaHyRBSO3wJ2UUq4rPZcBTxxuJlJpIsJjzn_bI/edit#gid=1665014117

Damn, none in the entire state of Ohio

 

[Liquid Metal]

Is that list right? Could it be only for stores that havent removed them from the system yet?

 

[Z-Saber]

Damn, none in the entire state of Ohio

Super useful. I have mostly given up on the penny guide hunt, but now I don't even need to open the sheet. Thank you.

 

[DrBayrd]

Damn, none in the entire state of Ohio

Keep your hopes up. There's one in Upper Darby, PA

 

[Romeo]

Keep your hopes up. There's one in Upper Darby, PA

Yeah, those aren't even close to one another...

 

[AndyD33]

Yeah, those aren't even close to one another...

brb, time for a 6-8 hours drive!

 

[Japakneez]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P5DeKpaHyRBSO3wJ2UUq4rPZcBTxxuJlJpIsJjzn_bI/edit#gid=1665014117

Are all tabs on this sheet updated every day? Wondering how current stock is on something like the nintendo book.

 

[joshxx]

how u know? u bought one from the store?

i asked for the price hopping it was cheaper and it was a penny so they gave it to me .

 

[WeaponX2099]

There is no Zelda:BOTW CE guide in illinois and indiana? Damn. 

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

Pokemon Sun & Moon CE pennied today

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[Romeo]

Pokemon Sun & Moon CE pennied today

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No thanks to Darby...

(thank you for the tip!)

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

GS website is in potato mode, couldn't bring up the "Hold/Pickup" page for anything. There might be more dropping today

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[Romeo]

GS website is in potato mode, couldn't bring up the "Hold/Pickup" page for anything. There might be more dropping today

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I am curious, has the hold/pick-up page EVER worked in the past several weeks? Every time I've tried, for any product, on any device, wifi or cellular, I get "an error has occurred" message.

 

[Romeo]

Just tried for the Pokemon guide online, it shows as $.01 and available to order online for shipping. I opted for store pick up to avoid the $6 charge, and:

"An Error Has Occurred

Your order could not be completed.
Please try again later."

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

I am curious, has the hold/pick-up page EVER worked in the past several weeks? Every time I've tried, for any product, on any device, wifi or cellular, I get "an error has occurred" message.

I did a few holds when GS did the 4/$10 (first week), worked fine then. Don't know about recently

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[Romeo]

I did a few holds when GS did the 4/$10 (first week), worked fine then. Don't know about recently

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Gotcha. It used to work for me, never has once in several weeks.

 

[AndyD33]

Just ordered a bunch of Pokemon guides, no thanks to Romeo.

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

Just ordered a bunch of Pokemon guides, no thanks to Romeo.

web works?

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[Romeo]

Just ordered a bunch of Pokemon guides, no thanks to Romeo.

I considered that. Didn't want to pay for shipping. One of my local stores shows available to pick up, so I'm heading there shortly.

And yes thanks to me since I did specifically state it is available to ship!

web works?

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Yes.

 

[TheNAC]

Wow BOTW is no where

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

app working again, hold order seems to working again

edit: wouldnt process hold, damn it
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[Viper X]

Pokemon Sun & Moon CE pennied today

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Thanks, was just able to pick up one at my store. No luck on the BOTW, even though BB's sheets said it was at my store.

 

[Romeo]

Thanks Darby.

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[Romeo]

Thanks, was just able to pick up one at my store. No luck on the BOTW, even though BB's sheets said it was at my store.

Same for me. Only one store in 100mi showed as having it available. Just dropped by and no go. Funny enough the opposite is true, the store I just went to said zero available for the Pokémon CE guide yet it was right on the shelf as I walked in.