Welcome to the Official CAG Blockbuster/Gamerush video game deal thread.
Sadly, Blockbuster has cut down it's maximum trade-in value from $33-$35 to $25 or so and dropped all other values along with it. So welcome to the new world of Blockbuster featuring Gamestop trade-in prices (but without the Edge card and frequent trade-in deals to make it more appealing). Continue on if you feel like there is any need...
ALERT: More POG games (disc-only used games sold for $9.99) sighted at stores week of Nov 9th
Many CAGs have reported finding new shipments of POG games (prepacked previously owned games) showing up on Nov 10th-12th. This is YMMV as many stores will not get them. But if they do, they are usually in clear cases, disc-only, and are priced at $9.99. Some notables include Call of Duty World at War, CoD Modern Warfare, Halo 3, Halo Wars, etc. It appears to be all 360 games this time. These are disc-only refurbs but are usually in excellent shape. Note that these all have the same barcode that rings up $9.99 - if you find the same games with regular cover art and specific bar codes for that used game, then they are not part of this POG stock and will be regular prices (generally way over $9.99 for the newer titles).
ALERT: B1G1 NOW OVER (but possibly returning in late November)
The latest Buy 1 Get 1 Free sale on games $14.99 has ended. The following list of $14.99 and under used games will be maintained for the next sale though. It seems highly likely from various reports that a B1G1 sale will be returning some time in late November. Some are even a decent buy without the B1G1 sale:
$6.99 or less
Arcade Unplugged
Beautiful Katamari
Blue Dragon
Bullet Witch
Condemned 2
Dark Sector
Dirt ($4.99)
Earth Defense Force
Fantastic 4
Frontlines Fuel of War
Golden Compass ($4.99)
Jumper
Kung-Fu Panda
Meet The Robinsons ($4.99)
Monster Madness ($4.99)
Narnia Prince Caspian
NHL 2K8
Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End
Prey
Project Sylpheed
Sega Superstar Tennis
Shrek The Third
Spiderman 3
Star Trek Legacy
Superman returns
Transformers: The Game
Universe At War
Virtua Fighter 5
Virtua Tennis 3 ($4.99)
World Series of Poker 2007
$9.99
Armored Core 4
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Beautiful Katamari
Bee Movie Game
Bigs, The
Blazing Angels 2
Bourne Conspiracy
Club, The
Condemned 2
Crackdown
CSI
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (or $6.99?)
Def Jam Icon
Devil May Cry 4
Don King Presents
Enchanted Arms
F.E.A.R
Facebreaker
Fifa street 3
Forza motorsport 2
Fracture
Guitar Hero III
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Harry Potter Order of Phoenix
Hitman: Blood Money
Incredible Hulk
Ironman
Kingdom Under Fire Circle of Doom
Lost
Lost Planet
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Moto GP 2007
Naruto Rise of a Ninja
NBA Ballers Chosen 1
NBA Street Homecourt
Open season
MLB 2K8
Phantasy Star Universe
Quake 4
Ratatouille
Shadowrun
Soldier of Fortune
Sonic
Spiderman Friend or Foe
Spiderwick Chronicles
Stranglehold
Stuntman Ignition
Test Drive unlimited
Timeshift
TMNT
TNA Impact!
Tom Clancy Splinter Cell
Tomb Raider Anniversary
Top Spin 3
Turning Point
Turok
Two Worlds
Viking
Wall-E
$14.99
007 Quantum of Solace
Army of Two
Baja
Battlefield Bad Company
Battlestations Midway
Bioshock
Blitz the League 2
Bolt
Bully
Burnout Paradise
Dead Rising
Enemy Territory
Eternal Sonata
Fifa 08
Golden Axe Beast Rider
GRAW
GTA IV
Infinite Undiscovery
Juiced 2
Lego Batman
Lego Indy
Lego Star Wars (OT or TCS?)
Lost Odyssey
Mass Effect
Mercs 2
Mirror's Edge
NBA 2K8
Need For Speed Pro Street
NFL Tour
Ninja Gaiden 2
Onechanbara Bikini Zombie Slayers
Overlord
PGR 4
Rapala Tournament
Shellshock 2
Simpsons
Spiderman Web of Shadows
Zoids Assault
$6.99
Alien Syndrome ($4.99)
Alvin and the Chipmunks
AMF Bowling
Battle of the Bands ($4.99)
Cranium Kabooki
Elebits
Ghost Squad
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Naked Brothers Band ($4.99)
Narnia Prince Caspian
Ninja Reflex
Octomania
Pinball Hall of Fame
Samba de Amigo
Spyro
SSX Blur
Tak Guardians of Gross
Zack & Wiki
$9.99
Bee Movie Game
Big Beach Sports
Bolt
Bully
Coraline
Crash of the Titans
Excite Truck
FIFA 08
Geometry Wars Galaxies
Guitar Hero World Tour
High School Musical 3
Houses of the Dead 2
Incredible Hulk
Ironman
Kung-Fu Panda
Mario Super Sluggers
Meet The Robinsons
Metal Slug Anthology
Monster 4x4 World Circuit
MLB Power Pros
My Sims Party
NCAA Football 09
Nights
No More Heroes
Okami
Onechanbara Bikini Zombie Slayers
Pool Party
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Sega Superstar Tennis
Sonic Secret Rings
Speed Racer
Spiderman Friend or Foe
Spiderwick Chronicles
SSX Blur
Super Swing Golf Season 2
Table Tennis
Think Fast
Thrillville
Tony Hawk Downhill Jam
Tony Hawk Proving Ground
Wall-E
We Ski
Wii Music
$14.99
All Star Cheer Squad
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader
Battalion Wars 2
Ben 10
Ben 10 Alien Force
Big Brain Academy
Bleach
Block Party
Bomberman Land
Boom Blox
Bratz the Movie
Cabela's Trophy Bucks
Cake Mania
Carnival Games Mini Golf
Cars
De Blob
Destroy All Humans
Dragon Quest Swords
Endless Ocean
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Go Diego Go
Godfather
Godzilla Unleashed
Guiness Book of World Records
Heatseeker
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
Lego Indy
Lego Star Wars (TCS?)
Madagascar 2
Mario & Sonic At the Olympics
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Medal of Honor Vanguard
Metroid Prime 3
MLB Power Pros 2008
My Sims Kingdom
Naruto Clash of Ninja
NCAA Football 09
Need for Speed Pro Street
Nicktoons Attack
Pikmin
Rapala Trophies
Resident Evil 4
Scarface
Simpsons
Sonic Riders Zero Gravity
Sonic Unleashed
Soul Calibur Legends
Spongebob SquarePants Globs of Doom
Spongebob Atlantis
Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
Star Wars Clone Wars Lightsaber Duels
Star Wars Force Unleashed
Super Monkey Ball
Tiger Woods 08
TMNT
Top Spin 3
Wonderworld Amusment
Worms A Space Oddity
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 09
$6.99
Dark Sector
Genji
Lost
Monster Madness
Narnia Prince Caspian
NBA 2K8
Top Spin 3
$9.99
Armored Core 4
Club, The
Conan
Condemned 2
Darkness
Devil May Cry 4
Dirt
Facebreakers
FEAR 2
Folklore
Fracture
Full Auto 2
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Gundam Mobile Suit
Haze
Hellboy
Incredible Hulk
Ironman
Kung Fu Panda
Lost
Mercenaries 2
NBA Street Homecourt
NCAA Football 09
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End
Sega Rally Revo
Spiderman 3
Timeshift
TNA Impact
Unreal Tournament III
Untold Legends
Viking
Virtua Fighter 5
Virtua Tennis 3
Warhawk
$14.99
Army of Two
Assassin's Creed
Baja
Battlefield Bad Company
Bioshock
Blitz the League 2
Burnout Paradise
Bolt
Call of Duty 3
Def Jam Icon
Enchanted Arms
EndWar
Enemy Territory Quake Wars
F.E.A.R.
Fifa 08
Fifa Street 3
Formula 1 Championship
GTA IV
Lair
Lego Batman
Lego Indiana Jones
Lego Star Wars (TCS?)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Mirror's Edge
Motor Storm
MX vs ATV Untamed
Need for Speed Carbon
Need for Speed Prostreet
Oblivion
Resistance
Ridge Racer 7
Skate
Soldier of Fortune
Stuntman Ignition
Tom Clancy Splinter Cell
Tony Hawk Proving Ground
Turning Point
Turok
$6.99 or less
007 Quantum of Solace
Assassin's Creed ($4.99)
Chronicles of Narnia
Final Fantasy III
Flash Focus ($2.99)
Hotel Dusk
High School Musical 2
High School Musical 3
Yu Gi Oh Tag Force ($4.99)
$9.99
Brain Age 2
DK Jungle Climber
FF XII Revenant Wings
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
Guitar Hero On Tour Decades
Ironman
Lock's Quest
Madagascar 2
Madden 09
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
Ninja Town
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team
Prince of Persia
Professor Layton Curious Village
Sims 2 Castaways
Spiderman Web of Shadowns
Star Wars Force Unleashed
The World Ends With You
Viva Pinata Pocket Paradise
Wall-E
$14.99
Disneys Tinker Bell
Drawn to Life
Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass
Lego Batman
Lego Indy
Littlest Pet Shop (Jungle, Garden, etc)
Mario & sonic at the Olympics
Monsters vs. Aliens
My Sims Party
My Sims
My Sims Kingdom
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Darkness/Time
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Sim Animals
Sonic Chronicles
Sonic Rush Adventure
Spongebob Squarepants
Spore Creatures
Spyro Dawn of the Dragon
Star Wars Clone Wars Jedi Alliance
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009
Zubo
$6.99
B-Boy
Patapon
$9.99
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics
God of War Chains of Olympus
Loco Roco 2
Ratchet & Clank Size Matters
Secret Agent Clank
Silent Hill Origins
Spiderman Friend or Foe
Untold Legends
$14.99
FF Crisis Core
Lego Batman
Star Ocean Second Departure
($9.99 unless otherwise noted)
Disgaea 2 ($6.99)
God of War
Kingdom Hearts II
Manhunt 2 ($6.99)
Ratchet & Clank Size Matters
Rogue Galaxy
Shadow Hearts From the New World ($6.99)
Soul Calibur II ($6.99)
Soul Calibur III ($6.99)
Valkyrie Profile 2 ($6.99)
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What is this thread for?
The primary function of this thread is to discuss current trade-in and sale promos, post any trade-in values you have obtained, and discuss new and used game selection and availability. Please post trade-in values with the date of the trade (or quote) and system.
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 (and Blockbuster for that matter) 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). 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
- Depending on state law you may or may not get sales tax added to your trade-ins (and thus get more than normal). You will always be charged sales tax where applicable on purchases, even when using credit from a Value card.
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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 (see here for a list of GR stores: http://www.blockbuster.com/content/v.4.286.1.0/media/gameStoreList.pdf) 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 [highlight]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 2007 and since then they have expanded their hardware sales. As of right now (Dec 2008) most Blockbuster stores are selling PS3's, Xbox 360's, Wii's, and DS's. They do not sell PSP's. However, they have also started selling other electronics including Blu-ray players, portable DVD players, and digital picture frames. 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. And even if they do get them, it tends to be a few days later than other stores.
- While many Gamerush stores have cut back on their new game stock, most 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.
- 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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Featured Preorders
Most Blockbuster stores (in addition to Gamerush stores of course) are featuring several games for preorder. $5 is required for a deposit. There are a few others in addition to what is listed below:
Multiplatform
Beatles Rock Band
Madden 10
They usually get these featured games in on release day like any other game retailer (though note - as of late they have been very bad about this and have gotten many games several days late!). Note that you can preorder just about any other game as the system will allow them to preorder anything they have listed (yes, even at regular stores). I have preordered Mario Super Sluggers and Dragon Quest IV myself even though they are not "featured" as preorders. However, if it is not a featured preorder they may or may not get it in, and it may arrive as late as Friday of the release week (postscript - Mario Super Sluggers did indeed arrive on Friday when every other store had it Tues. or Weds. and Dragon Quest IV never arrived).
Of course you can cancel a preorder at any time and get your deposit back or switch it to another game, even after the game comes out. So don't worry about preordering something they might not get - you can always switch it to something else. However, since I've always used credit for purchasing things at Blockbuster I'm not sure how they would handle a cancellation of a cash deposit. They may simply issue a credit to your account so beware of that if placing a cash deposit on a preorder.
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Current Trade-In Deals
There are no trade-in deals at this time nor have there been for a very very long time. They did however just recently cut down all their trade-in values to Gamestop-like levels (but without deals to make them more appealing as at GS).
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Trade-In Values
Trade-in price quotes will now be maintained by CAG Friend of Sonic in the THIRD post of this thread. The second post will continue to highlight specific games used to transfer credit from Blockbuster to Gamestop and vice versa.
Trade-in prices are usually universal at both Blockbuster and Gamerush, but can be wildly different at franchise Blockbuster stores. Used game prices change on Sunday with trade-in price drops following the next day (Monday). Thus any quotes given in this thread will almost certainly be good through Sunday of the current week. If you want to be sure to get the same value another CAG has reported then do your trading by Sunday as the price may drop on Monday.
Also note that many stores will no longer accept video games without cover art. This is the official policy for DVD trade-ins but apparently many clerks will confuse the two and not allow it for games either. Just beware that it might be a hassle if you have a disc-only game to trade.
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Gamerush website
The old Gamerush web site is now defunct, but the following link will take you to Blockbuster online, which may or may not have some info there about games. I dunno - I haven't looked at it in years.
http://www.gamerush.com
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Links to previous Gamerush Threads (dating back to June 2005!):
1 (by no means the first one but the earliest that can be found - check it out for some drama)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 181920
Sadly, Blockbuster has cut down it's maximum trade-in value from $33-$35 to $25 or so and dropped all other values along with it. So welcome to the new world of Blockbuster featuring Gamestop trade-in prices (but without the Edge card and frequent trade-in deals to make it more appealing). Continue on if you feel like there is any need...
ALERT: More POG games (disc-only used games sold for $9.99) sighted at stores week of Nov 9th
Many CAGs have reported finding new shipments of POG games (prepacked previously owned games) showing up on Nov 10th-12th. This is YMMV as many stores will not get them. But if they do, they are usually in clear cases, disc-only, and are priced at $9.99. Some notables include Call of Duty World at War, CoD Modern Warfare, Halo 3, Halo Wars, etc. It appears to be all 360 games this time. These are disc-only refurbs but are usually in excellent shape. Note that these all have the same barcode that rings up $9.99 - if you find the same games with regular cover art and specific bar codes for that used game, then they are not part of this POG stock and will be regular prices (generally way over $9.99 for the newer titles).
ALERT: B1G1 NOW OVER (but possibly returning in late November)
The latest Buy 1 Get 1 Free sale on games $14.99 has ended. The following list of $14.99 and under used games will be maintained for the next sale though. It seems highly likely from various reports that a B1G1 sale will be returning some time in late November. Some are even a decent buy without the B1G1 sale:
$6.99 or less
Arcade Unplugged
Beautiful Katamari
Blue Dragon
Bullet Witch
Condemned 2
Dark Sector
Dirt ($4.99)
Earth Defense Force
Fantastic 4
Frontlines Fuel of War
Golden Compass ($4.99)
Jumper
Kung-Fu Panda
Meet The Robinsons ($4.99)
Monster Madness ($4.99)
Narnia Prince Caspian
NHL 2K8
Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End
Prey
Project Sylpheed
Sega Superstar Tennis
Shrek The Third
Spiderman 3
Star Trek Legacy
Superman returns
Transformers: The Game
Universe At War
Virtua Fighter 5
Virtua Tennis 3 ($4.99)
World Series of Poker 2007
$9.99
Armored Core 4
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Beautiful Katamari
Bee Movie Game
Bigs, The
Blazing Angels 2
Bourne Conspiracy
Club, The
Condemned 2
Crackdown
CSI
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (or $6.99?)
Def Jam Icon
Devil May Cry 4
Don King Presents
Enchanted Arms
F.E.A.R
Facebreaker
Fifa street 3
Forza motorsport 2
Fracture
Guitar Hero III
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Harry Potter Order of Phoenix
Hitman: Blood Money
Incredible Hulk
Ironman
Kingdom Under Fire Circle of Doom
Lost
Lost Planet
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Moto GP 2007
Naruto Rise of a Ninja
NBA Ballers Chosen 1
NBA Street Homecourt
Open season
MLB 2K8
Phantasy Star Universe
Quake 4
Ratatouille
Shadowrun
Soldier of Fortune
Sonic
Spiderman Friend or Foe
Spiderwick Chronicles
Stranglehold
Stuntman Ignition
Test Drive unlimited
Timeshift
TMNT
TNA Impact!
Tom Clancy Splinter Cell
Tomb Raider Anniversary
Top Spin 3
Turning Point
Turok
Two Worlds
Viking
Wall-E
$14.99
007 Quantum of Solace
Army of Two
Baja
Battlefield Bad Company
Battlestations Midway
Bioshock
Blitz the League 2
Bolt
Bully
Burnout Paradise
Dead Rising
Enemy Territory
Eternal Sonata
Fifa 08
Golden Axe Beast Rider
GRAW
GTA IV
Infinite Undiscovery
Juiced 2
Lego Batman
Lego Indy
Lego Star Wars (OT or TCS?)
Lost Odyssey
Mass Effect
Mercs 2
Mirror's Edge
NBA 2K8
Need For Speed Pro Street
NFL Tour
Ninja Gaiden 2
Onechanbara Bikini Zombie Slayers
Overlord
PGR 4
Rapala Tournament
Shellshock 2
Simpsons
Spiderman Web of Shadows
Zoids Assault
$6.99
Alien Syndrome ($4.99)
Alvin and the Chipmunks
AMF Bowling
Battle of the Bands ($4.99)
Cranium Kabooki
Elebits
Ghost Squad
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Naked Brothers Band ($4.99)
Narnia Prince Caspian
Ninja Reflex
Octomania
Pinball Hall of Fame
Samba de Amigo
Spyro
SSX Blur
Tak Guardians of Gross
Zack & Wiki
$9.99
Bee Movie Game
Big Beach Sports
Bolt
Bully
Coraline
Crash of the Titans
Excite Truck
FIFA 08
Geometry Wars Galaxies
Guitar Hero World Tour
High School Musical 3
Houses of the Dead 2
Incredible Hulk
Ironman
Kung-Fu Panda
Mario Super Sluggers
Meet The Robinsons
Metal Slug Anthology
Monster 4x4 World Circuit
MLB Power Pros
My Sims Party
NCAA Football 09
Nights
No More Heroes
Okami
Onechanbara Bikini Zombie Slayers
Pool Party
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Sega Superstar Tennis
Sonic Secret Rings
Speed Racer
Spiderman Friend or Foe
Spiderwick Chronicles
SSX Blur
Super Swing Golf Season 2
Table Tennis
Think Fast
Thrillville
Tony Hawk Downhill Jam
Tony Hawk Proving Ground
Wall-E
We Ski
Wii Music
$14.99
All Star Cheer Squad
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader
Battalion Wars 2
Ben 10
Ben 10 Alien Force
Big Brain Academy
Bleach
Block Party
Bomberman Land
Boom Blox
Bratz the Movie
Cabela's Trophy Bucks
Cake Mania
Carnival Games Mini Golf
Cars
De Blob
Destroy All Humans
Dragon Quest Swords
Endless Ocean
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Go Diego Go
Godfather
Godzilla Unleashed
Guiness Book of World Records
Heatseeker
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
Lego Indy
Lego Star Wars (TCS?)
Madagascar 2
Mario & Sonic At the Olympics
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Medal of Honor Vanguard
Metroid Prime 3
MLB Power Pros 2008
My Sims Kingdom
Naruto Clash of Ninja
NCAA Football 09
Need for Speed Pro Street
Nicktoons Attack
Pikmin
Rapala Trophies
Resident Evil 4
Scarface
Simpsons
Sonic Riders Zero Gravity
Sonic Unleashed
Soul Calibur Legends
Spongebob SquarePants Globs of Doom
Spongebob Atlantis
Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
Star Wars Clone Wars Lightsaber Duels
Star Wars Force Unleashed
Super Monkey Ball
Tiger Woods 08
TMNT
Top Spin 3
Wonderworld Amusment
Worms A Space Oddity
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 09
$6.99
Dark Sector
Genji
Lost
Monster Madness
Narnia Prince Caspian
NBA 2K8
Top Spin 3
$9.99
Armored Core 4
Club, The
Conan
Condemned 2
Darkness
Devil May Cry 4
Dirt
Facebreakers
FEAR 2
Folklore
Fracture
Full Auto 2
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Gundam Mobile Suit
Haze
Hellboy
Incredible Hulk
Ironman
Kung Fu Panda
Lost
Mercenaries 2
NBA Street Homecourt
NCAA Football 09
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End
Sega Rally Revo
Spiderman 3
Timeshift
TNA Impact
Unreal Tournament III
Untold Legends
Viking
Virtua Fighter 5
Virtua Tennis 3
Warhawk
$14.99
Army of Two
Assassin's Creed
Baja
Battlefield Bad Company
Bioshock
Blitz the League 2
Burnout Paradise
Bolt
Call of Duty 3
Def Jam Icon
Enchanted Arms
EndWar
Enemy Territory Quake Wars
F.E.A.R.
Fifa 08
Fifa Street 3
Formula 1 Championship
GTA IV
Lair
Lego Batman
Lego Indiana Jones
Lego Star Wars (TCS?)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Mirror's Edge
Motor Storm
MX vs ATV Untamed
Need for Speed Carbon
Need for Speed Prostreet
Oblivion
Resistance
Ridge Racer 7
Skate
Soldier of Fortune
Stuntman Ignition
Tom Clancy Splinter Cell
Tony Hawk Proving Ground
Turning Point
Turok
$6.99 or less
007 Quantum of Solace
Assassin's Creed ($4.99)
Chronicles of Narnia
Final Fantasy III
Flash Focus ($2.99)
Hotel Dusk
High School Musical 2
High School Musical 3
Yu Gi Oh Tag Force ($4.99)
$9.99
Brain Age 2
DK Jungle Climber
FF XII Revenant Wings
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
Guitar Hero On Tour Decades
Ironman
Lock's Quest
Madagascar 2
Madden 09
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
Ninja Town
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team
Prince of Persia
Professor Layton Curious Village
Sims 2 Castaways
Spiderman Web of Shadowns
Star Wars Force Unleashed
The World Ends With You
Viva Pinata Pocket Paradise
Wall-E
$14.99
Disneys Tinker Bell
Drawn to Life
Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass
Lego Batman
Lego Indy
Littlest Pet Shop (Jungle, Garden, etc)
Mario & sonic at the Olympics
Monsters vs. Aliens
My Sims Party
My Sims
My Sims Kingdom
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Darkness/Time
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Sim Animals
Sonic Chronicles
Sonic Rush Adventure
Spongebob Squarepants
Spore Creatures
Spyro Dawn of the Dragon
Star Wars Clone Wars Jedi Alliance
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009
Zubo
$6.99
B-Boy
Patapon
$9.99
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics
God of War Chains of Olympus
Loco Roco 2
Ratchet & Clank Size Matters
Secret Agent Clank
Silent Hill Origins
Spiderman Friend or Foe
Untold Legends
$14.99
FF Crisis Core
Lego Batman
Star Ocean Second Departure
($9.99 unless otherwise noted)Disgaea 2 ($6.99)
God of War
Kingdom Hearts II
Manhunt 2 ($6.99)
Ratchet & Clank Size Matters
Rogue Galaxy
Shadow Hearts From the New World ($6.99)
Soul Calibur II ($6.99)
Soul Calibur III ($6.99)
Valkyrie Profile 2 ($6.99)
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What is this thread for?
The primary function of this thread is to discuss current trade-in and sale promos, post any trade-in values you have obtained, and discuss new and used game selection and availability. Please post trade-in values with the date of the trade (or quote) and system.
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 (and Blockbuster for that matter) 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). 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
- Depending on state law you may or may not get sales tax added to your trade-ins (and thus get more than normal). You will always be charged sales tax where applicable on purchases, even when using credit from a Value card.
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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 (see here for a list of GR stores: http://www.blockbuster.com/content/v.4.286.1.0/media/gameStoreList.pdf) 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 [highlight]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 2007 and since then they have expanded their hardware sales. As of right now (Dec 2008) most Blockbuster stores are selling PS3's, Xbox 360's, Wii's, and DS's. They do not sell PSP's. However, they have also started selling other electronics including Blu-ray players, portable DVD players, and digital picture frames. 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. And even if they do get them, it tends to be a few days later than other stores.
- While many Gamerush stores have cut back on their new game stock, most 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.
- 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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Featured Preorders
Most Blockbuster stores (in addition to Gamerush stores of course) are featuring several games for preorder. $5 is required for a deposit. There are a few others in addition to what is listed below:
Multiplatform
Beatles Rock Band
Madden 10
They usually get these featured games in on release day like any other game retailer (though note - as of late they have been very bad about this and have gotten many games several days late!). Note that you can preorder just about any other game as the system will allow them to preorder anything they have listed (yes, even at regular stores). I have preordered Mario Super Sluggers and Dragon Quest IV myself even though they are not "featured" as preorders. However, if it is not a featured preorder they may or may not get it in, and it may arrive as late as Friday of the release week (postscript - Mario Super Sluggers did indeed arrive on Friday when every other store had it Tues. or Weds. and Dragon Quest IV never arrived).
Of course you can cancel a preorder at any time and get your deposit back or switch it to another game, even after the game comes out. So don't worry about preordering something they might not get - you can always switch it to something else. However, since I've always used credit for purchasing things at Blockbuster I'm not sure how they would handle a cancellation of a cash deposit. They may simply issue a credit to your account so beware of that if placing a cash deposit on a preorder.
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Current Trade-In Deals
There are no trade-in deals at this time nor have there been for a very very long time. They did however just recently cut down all their trade-in values to Gamestop-like levels (but without deals to make them more appealing as at GS).
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Trade-In Values
Trade-in price quotes will now be maintained by CAG Friend of Sonic in the THIRD post of this thread. The second post will continue to highlight specific games used to transfer credit from Blockbuster to Gamestop and vice versa.
Trade-in prices are usually universal at both Blockbuster and Gamerush, but can be wildly different at franchise Blockbuster stores. Used game prices change on Sunday with trade-in price drops following the next day (Monday). Thus any quotes given in this thread will almost certainly be good through Sunday of the current week. If you want to be sure to get the same value another CAG has reported then do your trading by Sunday as the price may drop on Monday.
Also note that many stores will no longer accept video games without cover art. This is the official policy for DVD trade-ins but apparently many clerks will confuse the two and not allow it for games either. Just beware that it might be a hassle if you have a disc-only game to trade.
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Gamerush website
The old Gamerush web site is now defunct, but the following link will take you to Blockbuster online, which may or may not have some info there about games. I dunno - I haven't looked at it in years.
http://www.gamerush.com
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Links to previous Gamerush Threads (dating back to June 2005!):
1 (by no means the first one but the earliest that can be found - check it out for some drama)
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) and certainly don't want to waste it on a $12.59 ($17.99 - 30% for coupon + Edge) -> $5 flip.
