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Welcome to the Official CAG Blockbuster/Gamerush video game deal thread.

SPECIAL NOTE (B1G1 free on $14.99 and under used games through August 4th):
All used games under $14.99 are buy one get one free through August 4th NOW OVER.

The second post has games that you may want to trade in to Gamestop to transfer some credit from BB to GS. Unfortunately with the end of the $10 extra promo at Gamestop this is much less useful than before. Some people may have the $15 bonus coupon or want to use the current GS deal (trade 3 get an extra 10%, trade 4 get an extra 20%, trade 5 get an extra 30%) so we'll keep that post going until the B1G1 free ends at Blockbuster.

Even though the B1G1 sale is now over, I'm leaving this info up for a few days for those who bought stuff and still want to trade it in to Gamestop (you have till the 10th there).

SPECIAL NOTE #2 (DS Lite's and new DS games now available at most BB stores!):
Starting just on July 15th, most Blockbuster stores got shipments of DS Lites and a wide assortment of new DS games that they've never had for sale in the past. Titles include NSMB, Professor Layton, Mario Party DS, and High School Musical ;).

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ALERT: Preorders available for a few select games at most Blockbuster stores

Most regular Blockbuster locations (in addition to Gamerush stores of course) are currently taking preorders for NCAA 09, Madden 09, Star Wars Force Unleashed, Fallout 3, Soul Calibur IV, and a few others (YMMV on the cashier knowing about it). $5 is required for a deposit.

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What is this thread for?
The primary function of this thread is to discuss current trade-in and sale promos and to post any trade-in values you have obtained. Please post trade-in values with the date of the trade (or quote) and system. One of the CAG Wiki editors will then add them to the Wiki.

It is also permissible to discuss system availability, credit issues, etc. As long as it is related to game trades or sales at Blockbuster it is generally OK to discuss it here.

Unlike more tightly focused clearance threads, it is OK to discuss more general Gamerush/Blockbuster issues here as well as trade requests as long as they are kept to a minimum (and usually just during specific deals).

Due to the questionable stability of the Gamerush brand, it is also permissible to discuss ways of converting credit from Blockbuster to other stores (ie, which games may be used for trading in to other stores such as Gamecrazy or EB/GS). As of right now, we have no indication of Gamerush's imminent demise, but given Blockbuster's ongoing financial difficulties we need to be aware of the possibility.

What is this thread NOT for?
Please do not discuss the flipping of games from one Gamerush store to another should another such opportunity arise (through trade-in deals which we haven't had recently anyway). It is one thing to "play the market" with trade-in values from one chain to another (GR to GC to EB) - free market buy low/sell high and all that. But taking advantage of loopholes in a single store's policies/promos is frowned upon and has, in the past, led to trade-in bans from GR.

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Blockbuster Game Trading Info
- You must sign up for a trade account in addition to your regular Blockbuster account
- You must sign up for a new trade account at every store you wish to trade at, even if using the same main account
- Trade-in credit can be placed onto your store account or onto a "Value" card
- Credit on store accounts can only be used at that one store
- However, credit can be transferred from the store account to a card at any time
- Value cards can be used at any location
- Clerks at one store cannot see your trading/purchasing history at another store via your account
- Gamerush stores often do not get new game stock until the Friday of the release week, thus a few days later than most retailers

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Gamerush vs. regular Blockbusters
All Blockbuster game-related discussion belongs here. Most threads created in the Deals forum will be merged in to here. There seems to be the impression by many CAGs that if they don't have a Gamerush store near them then this thread does not apply to them. However, regular (non-GR) Blockbuster stores often run the same promos and generally have the same trade-in values. I'm going to elaborate on the last sentence as people apparently don't understand that when I say regular BB's have the same trade-in values as Gamerush that it means [hightlight]regular Blockbuster stores accept game trade-ins just like Gamerush stores[/highlight].

The key differences:
- Only Gamerush stores sell used video game hardware and generally have a much wider selection of new hardware. Many regular BB stores had a PS3 bundle available over Christmas and since then they have expanded their hardware sales. As of right now (Spring/Summer 2008) most Blockbuster stores are now selling PS3's, Xbox 360's, and Wii's. They just started in mid July selling DS Lites at most stores as well. As a result of not selling used hardware, however, regular Blockbuster stores will not take hardware in for trades.

- Both Gamerush and regular Blockbuster stores take preorders for new games for a $5 deposit (or you can pay any other amount beyond that). Gamerush stores will get many more games in than the regular stores but unfortunately a preorder at either place is not a guarantee you will get the game. Sometimes they do not get certain titles in even if you preorder them months in advance.

- While many Gamerush stores have cut back on their new game stock, some regular (non-GR) Blockbusters have started selling new games. They usually have a very limited selection of top-selling new 360, PS3, and Wii games. I will be maintaining a list below here for those with Blockbuster credit but no access to a GR store.

- Trade-in values are controlled centrally and are uniform across all Gamerush and Blockbuster locations EXCEPT if the Blockbuster is a franchise location. You can tell from the receipt if your store is a franchise store. All Gamerush stores are corporate-owned so they will have uniform pricing.

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New games that may be available for purchase at non-GR Blockbusters
For those with access to only regular Blockbuster stores but wanting to take advantage of the decent trade-in values Blockbuster offers, this is the list of new games being sold by many regular Blockbuster locations. Note that they will generally not get new games on the release date. They will most likely have them a few days to weeks later. Stock is usually very limited and they do not seem to get restocks of most games. So once something is sold out they will most likely not get it back. Many of the "older "new games in the list below may be hard to find at this point.

:ds:
Guitar Hero On Tour
High School Musical
Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass
Mario Party DS
My Fashion Designer
My Weight Loss Coach
NSMB
Professor Layton
Zoo Tycoon 2
(and a bunch of other older titles they just got in on July 15th)

:psp:
God of War Chains of Olympus

:360:
Army of Two
Bioshock
Blue Dragon
Bully
Burnout Paradise
Call of Duty 4
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Guitar Hero III
Halo 3
Ironman
Lego Star Wars TCS
Lost Odyssey
Lost Planet Colonies Edition
Mass Effect
Narnia
NBA Live 08
NBA 2K8
Project Gotham Racing 4
Rock Band Bundle
The Orange Box
Turok
Viking Battle for Asgard
Wall-E

:ps2:
Guitar Hero III
Spiderman Friend or Foe

:ps3:
80GB PS3 bundle for $600 (PS3, Surf's Up Blu-Ray, HDMI cable, 20-week rental card)
40GB PS3 ala carte (no bundle)
Army of Two
Assassin's Creed
Burnout Paradise
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Guitar Hero III
Lego Star Wars TCS
NBA Live 08
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Ratchet & Clank Tools of Destruction
Rock Band bundle
Turok
Uncharted
Viking Battle for Asgard
Wall-E

:wii:
Battle of the Bands
Blast Works
Boom Blox
Dragon Quest Swords
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Guitar Hero III
Houses of the Dead 2 & 3
Link's Crossbow Training
Mario Kart
Mario Party 8
Mario Strikers Charged
NBA Live 08
Ninja Reflex
Rock Band bundle
Sega Superstar Tennis
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Wall-E
We Ski

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Current Trade-In Deals

There are no trade-in deals at this time. The trade 3 get an extra $5 per game is still in affect at some (very select) locations.

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Reported Trade-In Prices

Trade-In Price Wiki
 
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Found all 5 copies of FFROTSS across the valley, and nabbed 3 copies of SMB:BB. It gets $9 at GR, but $14.10 after Edge and new coupon at GS.
 
[quote name='djkunai']Found all 5 copies of FFROTSS across the valley, and nabbed 3 copies of SMB:BB. It gets $9 at GR, but $14.10 after Edge and new coupon at GS.[/quote]

What coupon?
 
No go at the TRU closest to me (near Metro North Mall in KC). They had several copies of EBA for the DS for $9.98 + 20% off. I was late to this party so I didn't expect to find any.
 
[quote name='DrNo888']What coupon?[/quote]

Ditto on that..the only new coupon I know of is the 30% off xbox and gc games. Sooo whats this about?


I have one TRU within 30 miles of me....and they of course didnt have any F4. I did find 3 used copies at GS's around me. Since Im paying for them with flipped BBV credit its no out of pocket money and goes from $15---->$30 so its still solid. Im jealous of all of you guys who have found not only one or two copies but 5+ copies.... must be nice.
 
[quote name='jsantillan13']we bought all 10 at the hurst location. The manager gave us some crap about it saying we should leave some for other people.
300 profit off of a 48 investment[/quote]

They're selling a game for $4.... what do they expect? I think Lewisville, TX had a couple more after I bought the 7, but I didn't look too hard.

I just traded in the final 3 I had, so yeah, $210 BB credit from spending like $23 at TRU.
 
Here's a hint, guys: call TRU first. It's exactly like when I worked at Best Buy, where their computer can show the inventory of Silver Surfer for all the TRU's in the district, maybe even the whole state. That's a good way to avoid driving all over the place and wasting gas. The guy at the TRU where I got mine said they had this drought where they had the game, then nothing for a long while, then only very recently got this box with red tape that had the Silver Surfer games (among the others on clearance) inside. The guys at TRU should be more than willing to let you know how much they have, because they obviously keep the inventory count on them. :D
 
Who needs b2g1, this has been a banner month, with Stranglehold and now Fantasic Four ROTSS for Wii.
Got 5 copies in TR, NJ, and 5 more up in Eatontown, NJ, left a few there for any NJ CAG's. No supermonkeyballs.
Already flipped 2 copies at two stores. Second store, clerk said that I must really liked that game, I told him I got them on sale (but not for how much :lol:) and the kids didn't want them, easier to trade them in for credit. He said $30 TIV was too much for that game. I said "....."
Will flip 2 more with a copy of MLB2k8 when I pick up GH Aerosmith tomorrow, and 2 w/ aGH3 360 from last week at another store, will preorder Madden at that time to avoid questions, hopefully.
Will look for something at Gamestop to slide in with the last two.
Trying to avoid a Jr Detective at closest Blockbuster.

I think I'll just leave the credit on a value card, wait on flipping back to Gamestop.
 
[quote name='DarkRider23']
Forgot to ask this before, but does anyone else's BB clean their discs before selling them? I bought 4 games to flip and all 4 of them looked brand new aside from a scratch here or there. I was half-expecting to go home and clean all the goo and fingerprints people put on them off.[/QUOTE]

Keep in mind that most are former rentals and in a lot of cases they may have never gotten rented. I've gotten several of these flippable games in absolutely mint condition (and others not so much).

[quote name='mkernan']Dude, this FF:RotSS is the frickin' motherlode. My "local" Toys R Us is like 25 minutes down the highway, but its near my parents' house, which we happened to be visiting today. So, the wife and I picked up 7 copies of FF, came up at $4 automatically (the 20% off). I had her buy one copy seperately, with a $3 off coupon I had then I bought 6 copies with a $5 off $25 coupon.
[/QUOTE]

Oy! After discovering this gem (believe it or not, one of the few times I have actually discovered a good flippable game - usually others beat me to it) I have not been able to get another copy. I think there was only 1 at the store I got it at on Wednesday and in any case they had no more today. The other store had none yesterday and I just found out the 3rd TRU in the area is closed till Nov so they can remodel it as a Babies R Us/Toys R Us combo store. I almost drove all the way up there today too!

[quote name='sprintfinanceguy']Io-

The trade value for AI for 360 is still Above $30. Can't remember and can't find my receipt, but I flipped two copies yesterday after finding them for $25 and using the infamous coupon of which we should not speak.

Also, a HUGE thanks to you, [highlight]I picked up 7 copies of FF:ROS today for $4 each (promo worked for me) and 5 copies of Super monkey ball[/highlight].
[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the AI info. But :wall: on the rest ;). I found 1 F4, and 1 SMB (which I'm keeping). At the very least, I was able to price adjust those down to $4 today (they couldn't do it yesterday 'cause they were still $5).

[quote name='Draknight']Damn visited 6 TRU by me already and nothing. NO FF:RoSS at all.

Looks like all the hoarders got to it already. Sucks :bs:
[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't necessarily be so sure about the hoarders. I'm fairly certain there is no one else doing BB flipping in my area and probably not even that many people buying the good GS flippable stuff. Chances are they just didn't have much if any stock of those to begin with. I think that was the case around me.
 
The new coupon is $15 bonus for 2 360, Wii, or PS3 games. Minimum $4 TIV for qualifying titles Check the NCAA 09 GS thread.
 
[quote name='SonictheHedgehog1337']http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?affid=7500&product_id=14521

Where's the link for backordered items?[/quote]

Search for a game, any game. At the bottom of the page you should find something that says "Show Backordered Items." My link works perfectly fine for me.

@Kunai

Link to the coupon? I haven't even heard about it yet.

Edit - Oh... that coupon. Too bad I'm not planning on pre-ordering NCAA.
 
Just a note. I did not find any FF:RoSS in the game area. They were at one of the cashier endcaps. Same goes for SMB. So look around.
 
[quote name='DrNo888']Just a note. I did not find any FF:RoSS in the game area. They were at one of the cashier endcaps. Same goes for SMB. So look around.[/QUOTE]

I had heard reports of that and looked all over and people in the RZone told me all the clearance games were in the little bin they had there... (plus that is where I found the 1 copy of each the other day).

I'm calling another store that is kind of far away now - looks like they might have one... Now, do I drive there or not (25 miles each way)? :lol:
 
io, read my last post. You might want to make sure it's there and have them hold onto it for you.

As far as if it's worth it or not, you're going to spend around $10 for that game (the trip there and back + the game itself, depending on your mpg), but you'll get $20 on top of that. You could turn that credit into games you could sell online and make your money back. It may be an interesting venture, but then again, driving that far for one game may not be the best, but a deal like this may not show its face for a very long time. ;)
 
[quote name='spauldingfan']Im starting to believe the B2G1 sale is not happening any time soon, fall maybe.....but now...eh.[/quote]

Don't lose hope! They just have to do something big for the July 4th weekend.
 
I just have to say that this thread is out of control.:) I don't look at it for a couple of days and I end up with 6 or 7 new pages to catch up on. I'll be up tommorrow morning looking for the Silver Surfer. Thanks for the heads up IO!
 
Tonight

360 Fatal Inertia $32
360 Over G Fighters $15
PS3 Nascar 08 $16

(all more than GS with edge and new +$15 coupon)

No Silver Surfers at TRU but found a couple used for $14.xx at GS...double was good to me)
 
[quote name='nyprimus4']The "limited" one is pretty much this...

darkknightjokerow3.jpg
[/QUOTE]just. Wondering if there are two kinds of posters. I have seen two at each blockbuster and he is wearing either purple or black.
 
[quote name='io']I had heard reports of that and looked all over and people in the RZone told me all the clearance games were in the little bin they had there... (plus that is where I found the 1 copy of each the other day).

I'm calling another store that is kind of far away now - looks like they might have one... Now, do I drive there or not (25 miles each way)? :lol:[/quote]

The Toys R Us near me didn't have any copies of FF in the RZone so I thought I missed out on yet another great flipping opportunity. However, there was a display at the registers at my store too, with 9 copies there! The games weren't marked clearance though, they were Wii and DS titles that had a 14.99 price tag on the display. I figured my store out of all the stores in America would be the one that doesn't have them for $5, so I take it to the price checker and it says "Was $5 Now $4. I bought them all. Flipped 2 so far. Will flip 5 more tomorrow across 3 districts (I'll be driving a lot anyway).
 
[quote name='DarkRider23']Search for a game, any game. At the bottom of the page you should find something that says "Show Backordered Items." My link works perfectly fine for me.

@Kunai

Link to the coupon? I haven't even heard about it yet.

Edit - Oh... that coupon. Too bad I'm not planning on pre-ordering NCAA.[/quote]

Thanks DarkRider
 
[quote name='io']
Note that I also tend not to do the reverse flip (GS -> BB) nearly as much as others here, so I keep adding to my GS total ;).[/QUOTE]


io, i do the same thing. i always assume there is going to be another BB/GR flip right around the corner and there usually is !!! i almost never transfer from GS to BB because i consider the GS credit much more valuable....
 
[quote name='thedream77']This current stretch, with BB trying to make a splash in video game trading, may go down as the greatest era in flipping history.

Today (6/28) I traded 2 copies of The Club (PS3) for $60. F1 (PS3) fetched $23. HOTD 2/3 (Wii) scored $17. Gfather The Game (360) was $12. And drum roll please......5 copies of FF:RoSS (wii) netted $150. There's no way this is going to go on much longer, the 5 copies only cost $26 with tax @ TRU.[/QUOTE]

not even close to being the greatest. 2 or 3 years ago when BB/GR was doing the trade in 2 games get a new release preorder for $30 they were basically giving you the current trade in values PLUS and additional $20 off a new release. TIV were similar to now. you could get a drake 99 dragons, echo night, red something (ninja? sonja?) for $5-$8 dollars OOP and trade in for $30-$35 dollars. would be nothing to buy 2 $5 games for a total investment of $10 and end up with a $50 preorder for a game paid off and $40 in store credit leftover !!!! essentially a $10 ---->$90 flip !!!!!!!!
 
sorry for the multiple posts but one other thing occured to me. talking with the really nice guy i deal with most of the time at my BB. today when i was trading in fantastic four he asked me a couple of times if there was anything i wanted to preorder and noted i had nothing preordered on my account. said that corporate was really pushing them for preorders, so i preordered NCAA 09 for ps3. this BB in general and in particular this guy have been good to me, i figured it was my duty. so if you guys want to take care of the guys at BB that have been helpful, throw a couple of preorders their way....
 
I'm surprised you guys (especially io) aren't hyped for the $15 coupon at GS. I'll post it in about 20 minutes. Just print and scan. Makes Jumper worth it.
 
[quote name='djkunai']I'm surprised you guys (especially io) aren't hyped for the $15 coupon at GS. I'll post it in about 20 minutes. Just print and scan. Makes Jumper worth it.[/quote]

I was going through like 4 pages of posts and I think your post my have gone through my eyes and my brain neglected to register it. Sounds like a great deal since there is a massive amount of Spider-Man: Friend of Foe at a Blockbuster I went to today (like 10+ copies)
 
[quote name='mkernan']Dude, this FF:RotSS is the frickin' motherlode. My "local" Toys R Us is like 25 minutes down the highway, but its near my parents' house, which we happened to be visiting today. So, the wife and I picked up 7 copies of FF, came up at $4 automatically (the 20% off). I had her buy one copy seperately, with a $3 off coupon I had then I bought 6 copies with a $5 off $25 coupon..[/quote]

Wheres the 5 dollar off coupon? I cant find it anymore. Can someone please post a link.
 
does anyone know if the price adjustment for the 20% off the 5 dollar toys r us clearance games require you to actually have the games with you? i actually flipped them all yesterday at bb so i dont have the game. but would i still be able to get the price adjustment? thanks in advance!
 
[quote name='Karuto']io, read my last post. You might want to make sure it's there and have them hold onto it for you.

As far as if it's worth it or not, you're going to spend around $10 for that game (the trip there and back + the game itself, depending on your mpg), but you'll get $20 on top of that. You could turn that credit into games you could sell online and make your money back. It may be an interesting venture, but then again, driving that far for one game may not be the best, but a deal like this may not show its face for a very long time. ;)[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I didn't mention they were holding 1 for me. It turned out it wasn't necessary because this store had the front-lane display with tons more of them. I ended up buying 5 total along with a couple more SMB. There was no indication they were anything less than the "$19.99 and under" that the display said. Now I'm thinking I may have, in fact, missed these displays at the other stores. The difference, though, was that this store did not have a clearance bin at all in the RZone. And like I said, one store did have these games in the RZone bin a few days ago (with correct price tags - so presumably they pulled them from the frontlane if there is one and tagged them and cleared them out quickly). At the store tonight, I found some of the PSP stuff just on the regular shelves and saw the frontlane display on the way in.

As for the cost, yeah, it ended up being more like 65-70 miles and in my smaller car that's probably about 2 gallons - so $8.40 or so. Had I only found 1 copy it would have been a waste. But getting 5 - and, more importantly, stopping at two BB's I've never been to before to trade 2 of them in on the same trip, made it worth it. I hadn't even considered doing the trading when I was heading out so I didn't bring a Value Card. This was a mistake as neither store had them and the first one had a hell of a time getting the credit on a gift card (the first 4 didn't work). They also fed me the line that it was impossible to issue a gift card from an account balance. I thought I'd have to leave it there and then return some other day with a Value card (keep in mind the 65 mile round trip!).

I still have 3 more and I'm not sure when I'll be able to trade those - hopefully the value holds past Tuesday. My wife was pretty angry I went on a 70 mile gaming run late Saturday night (left at 8pm). She's pretty steamed right now - I need to factor that into the equation as well ;). Thus tomorrow is probably out for sure for leaving the house for anything but groceries. I already traded the 1st copy I got to my local store so I need to hit up the more remote ones to do these. I'll probably do 1 at the store 10 miles away Monday perhaps. I just hope the used price doesn't nosedive tomorrow. I guess we'll find out soon. It is also unlikely I'll be able to PM these at Gamecrazy - I'm just not bold enough to try that as I'm sure their regular trade-in on it is $4 or something. They were pretty amazed at what I got for MLB 07 the other day ($13 vs their value of $4).

[quote name='djkunai']I'm surprised you guys (especially io) aren't hyped for the $15 coupon at GS. I'll post it in about 20 minutes. Just print and scan. Makes Jumper worth it.[/QUOTE]

You know, I haven't gotten at all excited about that coupon because I figure it is a rock solid no way that you'll be able to use copies on that. I thought this was an exclusive "preorder NCAA 09 only" coupon and they would rigidly enforce that unlike other coupons. The problem is I would never buy stuff from BB or open my sealed stuff when I might have to try 3-4 GS's to get them to take the stupid coupon or just have it rejected everywhere.

Unless it is an email coupon that is meant to be printed and has a generic (ie, not one-time use) bar code. Then that is a different matter of course ;).

As for the issue of preordering games from Blockbusters - I would absolutely love to, but they need to get more available. There's nothing on their very short list that I want right now. I'm content to play my $5 Target copy of NCAA 08 and planned on renting Star Wars Force Unleashed. Now if they would add Tales of Vesperia and some of the other just-announced 360 RPGs that would be nice. I'd be more inclined to preorder DS games, too, but except for LoZ:pH and Guitar Hero, they've never gotten any for sale even.
 
[quote name='io']Yeah, I didn't mention they were holding 1 for me. It turned out it wasn't necessary because this store had the front-lane display with tons more of them. I ended up buying 5 total along with a couple more SMB. There was no indication they were anything less than the "$19.99 and under" that the display said. Now I'm thinking I may have, in fact, missed these displays at the other stores. The difference, though, was that this store did not have a clearance bin at all in the RZone. And like I said, one store did have these games in the RZone bin a few days ago (with correct price tags - so presumably they pulled them from the frontlane if there is one and tagged them and cleared them out quickly). At the store tonight, I found some of the PSP stuff just on the regular shelves and saw the frontlane display on the way in.

[/quote]

Quick question. Where did you find the display with all the FF games in TRU? Near the registers at the front of the store? Near the registers in the games area? Or someplace completely obscure. I ask because I didnt see any in my local TRU but then again I didnt see ANY clearance games in my local TRU and they dont have a bin or shelf for clearance games either. So Im wondering if they are just slack.

Thanks!
 
[quote name='Lamplitersniper']Quick question. Where did you find the display with all the FF games in TRU? Near the registers at the front of the store? Near the registers in the games area? Or someplace completely obscure. I ask because I didnt see any in my local TRU but then again I didnt see ANY clearance games in my local TRU and they dont have a bin or shelf for clearance games either. So Im wondering if they are just slack.

Thanks![/QUOTE]

Right smack on an endcap at the regular front registers. It was just at the end of one of them but I started looking when I noticed that at this store nearly every register had some sort of mdeia item at the end - most were movies. It was very hard to miss as it was an entire display full of just Wii games. I really don't think the other stores had these as I don't think I would have missed them. But then again, I usually cruise right past the regular registers and into RZone, so who knows.
 
[quote name='io']Right smack on an endcap at the regular front registers. It was just at the end of one of them but I started looking when I noticed that at this store nearly every register had some sort of mdeia item at the end - most were movies. It was very hard to miss as it was an entire display full of just Wii games. I really don't think the other stores had these as I don't think I would have missed them. But then again, I usually cruise right past the regular registers and into RZone, so who knows.[/quote]

Yeah thats exactly what I did....straight to the RZone. I called this store and asked if they had any but got an INSTANT "No we havent had that for awhile". So I dont think I can totally believe the person who answered. I might have to go recheck.

Thanks.
 
F4 was located in the back at my toysrus. Thats why i think i was so lucky besides having no flippers in my area. They could not find it out on the floor but they had to search the back for inventory. I think my BB are catching on to me too. BUT i made friends at both i was trading to. I went to one the other night and called them the next mourning. It was the same guy who i traded in games too. He recognized me for trading in F4 and i asked him about having multiple copies. He was around my age and was really cool. He was talking silently giving me the down low and took my number down to call me back. He said its fine to trade with him and the manager didn't really care neither. So im good with trading multiple copies there under his simple guidelines.
 
Oh I forgot I had another quick question if anyone knows.

During my buying of games to flip today I had a bad disc get by me. Its a WWE 2007 disc. I bought it at a rather remote BBV. Do I have to bring it back to that specific one or can I bring it to any BBV?
 
[quote name='mkernan']Dude, this FF:RotSS is the frickin' motherlode. My "local" Toys R Us is like 25 minutes down the highway, but its near my parents' house, which we happened to be visiting today. So, the wife and I picked up 7 copies of FF, came up at $4 automatically (the 20% off). I had her buy one copy seperately, with a $3 off coupon I had then I bought 6 copies with a $5 off $25 coupon.

So, all in all, I got 7 copies for like $23 after tax. I went ahead and ditched 2 per store at 2 farther away stores and now I just need to trade in the remaining 3.

Once that's all done I will have done $23 out of pocket -> $210 BB credit. I might go do it tonight b/c I think we may rent a movie anyway. Darn good day.

EDIT: I'd originally planned to buy 6 copies total (my wife buying 1 separately) but since they were $4 and not $5, I couldn't use my $5 off of $25 coupon, so I bought 1 more. I should have bought the few more they had too though.[/quote]



where can I find these coupons?
 
How are people trading the games to GS without original cases and cover?
Just bring in the discs by themselves?
I would think that GS may get suspicious seeing all the games I trade in have BBV cases.
 
Went back to TRU and picked up the last 3 FF:RotSS they had. They had 7 left after I picked up the first 3 copies. I only trade at 3 BBs and only trade multiple copies at one so I only picked up 3 the first time. I actually picked up the first 3 intending to trade them at GS. :shock:

Since FF: RotSS $4.32 -> $30 is the best flip I've seen in the 2 months I've been flipping, I decided to pick up the last 3 and will open trading accounts at a couple more BBs.
 
[quote name='DrNo888']How are people trading the games to GS without original cases and cover?
Just bring in the discs by themselves?
I would think that GS may get suspicious seeing all the games I trade in have BBV cases.[/quote]

GS doesn't care anything about cases or manuals. They only look for scratches on the disc so they can deduct the $2 or $3 refurb fee. About half of the games (over 30) that I've traded to GS in the past couple of weeks have had a BB case. One time I even missed a BB barcode sticker on the back of 2 games. The clerk just pulled the game cover out to scan the original barcode. He didn't even bat an eye. :lol:
 
[quote name='soonerdoc']sorry for the multiple posts but one other thing occured to me. talking with the really nice guy i deal with most of the time at my BB. today when i was trading in fantastic four he asked me a couple of times if there was anything i wanted to preorder and noted i had nothing preordered on my account. said that corporate was really pushing them for preorders, so i preordered NCAA 09 for ps3. this BB in general and in particular this guy have been good to me, i figured it was my duty. so if you guys want to take care of the guys at BB that have been helpful, throw a couple of preorders their way....[/quote]

I preordered GH Aerosmith and paid in full only to have my BB call my GF today and lie to her that it won't arrive til Monday and no BB's in all of Mighigan got any. So I called the BB 3 miles away who had one. Got my money back bought from the other one. Last time I try to help out that store. I wish I had like 5 copies of FFROSS so I could shove them down their throats. lol

btw... I forgot that History Channel Behind the Pacific for 360 nets you $25 at BB
 
Buy Silver Surfer

Trade into Blockbuster for $32 credit

Buy 4 copies of Meet the Robinsons for $27.96 (I have A LOT of blockbusters near me)

Current trade in for MtR is $10.50 with the extra $10 coupon and edge. So for every 2 games you add another $5 for the $15 coupon. If I'm trading in 4 copies add $10.

$10.50 x 4= $42 + $10 for the new coupon = $52 at Gamestop = All I have to add is $8 and I have paid off Madden '09 for $12
 
Ugh. I'm itching to start making good on my previous blunder and get to flipping but I'm too damn tired from moving to get off my ass and start driving. I'll start tomorrow because I seriously doubt there are any copies of FF left anyway so I've got to compile a NEW list of values combining this thread and the GS thread leaving out the next gen bonus.

I seriously hope all of this effort is going to pay off (I seriously want a PS3 and a 360 for the hell of it), but congratulations to those who actually found copies of the game.
 
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']Ugh. I'm itching to start making good on my previous blunder and get to flipping but I'm too damn tired from moving to get off my ass and start driving. I'll start tomorrow because I seriously doubt there are any copies of FF left anyway so I've got to compile a NEW list of values combining this thread and the GS thread leaving out the next gen bonus.

I seriously hope all of this effort is going to pay off (I seriously want a PS3 and a 360 for the hell of it), but congratulations to those who actually found copies of the game.[/quote]

If the next gen bonus promo is in fact over TODAY (which some are saying it will go on for another 3 weeks but nothing official yet), then flipping from BBV to GS is pretty much next to impossible and not lose a good amount of money.

So if the promo doesnt continue (or you dont get ahold of the NCAA coupon) then you just need to wait for the next promo from GS and build up credit at BBV for now.
 
What are guy's thoughts on this matter?

Im pretty mad right now, I just got back from Blockbuster....I traded in 2 Fantastic Four: ROTSS & Viking PS3 yesterday at one blockbuster and got $100 credit, I went back today to trade in 1 more copy (Fantastic Four) to the same girl who works their.....I handed her the game, and she uttered these words,

Her "This is the same exact game youn traded yesterday"

Me "umm yea said you guys can limit the amount of how many you can trade, but its not specify just to one copy or not"

Her " Thats not what Im talking about, Im saying when I did roll call this morning for everything that was traded the day before.....I couldent find either of the games you traded, I must of been clumbsy and gave them back to you?

Me "ummm you dident give me anything back but a receipt, I know for a fact you dident give me the games back.....if you lost them or an employee took them from the back room, how would this effect me"

Her "This is how you will be effected, I am subtracting $100 from your account, until you come and talk to the manager tommorow"

Me" ummm if you guys are taking the credit away, where are my games then?

So I lost basically 3 games, and she is bein a clown about it, I cant prove that they have it in the back, what are my options? if the manager does not solve this tommorow, Im calling corporate, I have my receit from yesterday when I traded it, showing they took them three games in and gave me credit for them, I put my signature on their which now made it their property, so if they lost them, then thats their fault not mine"

What do you guys think I should do? she is basically saying she gave me back my games yesterday on accident, and Im trying to trade in Fantastic four which was the exact same one she gave me back yesterday"

If you read the back on the Trade Agreement..

8. ALL trades are FINAL and CANNOT be reversed (so how was she able to take $100 credit away from my account, if on trade agreement it sayis all trades are final"

P.S I have the Toys R us receit also showing I bought 2 Fantastic four: ROTSS, I of course marked out the price and date, just in case they see I only bought them an hour before I traded
 
wait for her outside in the parking lot and fuck her up soo bad that she will ask you to come over that same night ... then take her wallet and take $100 ... thats what I would do...
 
[quote name='Poor2More']What do you guys think I should do? she is basically saying she gave me back my games yesterday on accident, and Im trying to trade in Fantastic four which was the exact same one she gave me back yesterday"

If you read the back on the Trade Agreement..

8. ALL trades are FINAL and CANNOT be reversed (so how was she able to take $100 credit away from my account, if on trade agreement it sayis all trades are final"[/quote]

Bring your receipt and show it to them...i believe that they can't take back your credit...it's the employees fault that she lost the games...

On another note...if you want to trade in the same game two days in a row at the same blockbuster...go inside and make sure that you are going to trade to a different employee...you should at least scout the BBV...check if there are no employees from the day before too...its very easy to get banned...you should take precautions when trading multiples of games...and another thing...you should always put your credit on a value card...there would be no way for them to take back your credit if it's on a card...with a value card you could purchase things at other BBV..while if you put your cash in store credit...you could only purchase things at the BBV that you traded at...
 
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