The Blockbuster/Gamerush Thread XXIV - 5 for $20 on $9.99 and under Blu-Rays

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

Blockbusters Facebook promo page:
http://www.facebook.com/blockbusterinc?v=app_17037175766

5 for $20 on used Blu-Ray movies active now (read the last pages of the thread for details)

Buy 1 Get 1 free on used games $14.99 and under may be returning at the end of May!

Below is a list of $14.99 and under games at Blockbuster...
:360:

$6.99 or less
Arcade Unplugged
Armored Core 4
Beatles Rock Band
Beautiful Katamari
Blue Dragon
Bullet Witch
Club, The
Condemned 2
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Dark Sector
Dark Void
Dead Or Alive 4
Dirt ($4.99)
Earth Defense Force
Fantastic 4 ($4.99)
Frontlines Fuel of War
Golden Compass ($4.99)
Guitar Hero III
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Guitar Hero World Tour
Harry Potter Order of Phoenix ($4.99)
Incredible Hulk
Jumper
Kung-Fu Panda
Madden 08 ($2.99)
Meet The Robinsons ($4.99)
MLB 2K8 ($4.99)
Monster Madness ($4.99)
Narnia Prince Caspian
NBA Ballers Chosen One
NBA Street Homecourt
NHL 2K7 ($4.99)
NHL 2K8
Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End ($4.99)
Prey
Project Sylpheed
Ratatouille
Sega Superstar Tennis
Shrek The Third
Soldier of Fortune Payback
Spiderman 3
Star Trek Legacy
Stuntman Ignition
Superman Returns ($4.99)
Timeshift
Tony Hawk Proving Ground
Top Spin 2 ($4.99)
Top Spin 3
Transformers: The Game
Two Worlds
Universe At War
Unreal Tournament III
Viking
Virtua Fighter 5
Virtua Tennis 3 ($4.99)
Viva Pinata
World Series of Poker 2007
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 ($4.99)

$9.99
007 Quantum of Solace
Afro Samurai
Army of Two
Avatar
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Battlefield Bad Company
Banjo Kazooie
Bayonetta
Bee Movie Game
Bigs, The
Bigs 2, The
Bionic Commando
Bioshock
Blitz the League 2
Bolt
Blazing Angels 2
Bourne Conspiracy
Brutal Legend
Bully
Burnout Paradise
Chaotic
Civilization Revolution
Condemned 2
Crackdown
CSI
Damnation
Def Jam Icon
Devil May Cry 4
Dirt 2
Don King Presents
Eat Lead
Enchanted Arms
Eternal Sonata
F.E.A.R
F.E.A.R. 2
Facebreaker
Fallout 3
Fifa street 3
Forza motorsport 2
Fracture
Fuel
Ghostbusters
Grid
Guitar Hero Metallica
Guitar Hero Van Halen
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
HAWX
Hitman: Blood Money
Ironman
Kingdom Under Fire Circle of Doom
Legendary
Lego Rock Band
Lost
Lost Planet
Madagascar 2
Madden 09
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mercs 2
MLB 2K9
Moto GP 2007
Naruto Rise of a Ninja
NCAA Football 09
NFL Tour
Onechanbara
Open season
Operation Flashpoint
Overlord
Overlord II
Phantasy Star Universe
PGR 4
Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands
Pure
Quake 4
Risen
Rogue Warrior
Rock Band Metal Track Pack
Shadowrun
Sonic
Sonic Unleashed
Spiderman Friend or Foe
Spiderwick Chronicles
Star Wars Clone Wars Republic Heroes
Stranglehold
Street Fighter IV
Tekken 6
Terminator Salvation
Test Drive unlimited
Timeshift
TMNT
TNA Impact!
Tom Clancy Splinter Cell
Tomb Raider Anniversary
Tomb Raider Underworld
Too Human
Turning Point
Turok
Viva Pinata Trouble In Paradise
Wall-E
Wet
Where The Wild Things Are
Wolfenstein
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009

$14.99
Army of Two 40th Day
Baja
Band Hero
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Battlestations Midway
Bioshock 2
Crackdown 2
Dante's Inferno
Dead Rising
Enemy Territory
Fable II
Far Cry 2
Fifa 08
G-Force
Gears of War 2
Golden Axe Beast Rider
GRAW
GTA IV
GTA Episodes From Liberty City
Guitar Hero 5
Infinite Undiscovery
Iron Man 2
Juiced 2
Lego Batman
Lego Indy
Lego Star Wars (OT or TCS?)
Lost Odyssey
Lost Planet 2
Madden 10
Mercs 2
Mirror's Edge
MLB 2K10
MX vs ATV Reflex
NBA 2K8
NCAA Football 10
Need For Speed Pro Street
NFL Tour
Ninja Gaiden 2
NHL 10
Onechanbara Bikini Zombie Slayers
PGR 4
Rapala Tournament
Red Fraction Guerrilla
Shellshock 2
Simpsons
Singularity
Spiderman Web of Shadows
Splinter Cell Conviction
Tiger Woods 10
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
UFC Undisputed 2010
Velvet Assassin
Zoids Assault

:wii:

$6.99
Alien Syndrome ($4.99)
Alvin and the Chipmunks
AMF Bowling
Battle of the Bands ($4.99)
Brunswick Bowling
Cranium Kabooki
Elebits
Ghost Squad
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Guitar Hero World Tour
MLB 2K8
MLB Power Pros
MLB Power Pros 2008
Naked Brothers Band ($4.99)
Narnia Prince Caspian
NBA Live 08
NCAA Football 09
Ninja Reflex
Octomania
Pinball Hall of Fame
Samba de Amigo
Spyro
SSX Blur
Tak Guardians of Gross
We Ski ($6.99?)
Wing Island
Wonderworld
Worms A Space Oddity
Zack & Wiki

$9.99
Alvin and the Chipmunks Squeakel
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader Game Time
Astroboy
Avatar: Into The Inferno
Avatar: The Game
Band Hero
Beatles Rock Band
Bee Movie Game
Ben 10
Ben 10 Vilgax
Big Beach Sports
Big Brain Academy
Bigs
Bleach
Block Party
Bolt
Boom Blox
Bully
Cake Mania
Cars
Carnival Games Mini Golf
Chaotic
Coraline
Crash of the Titans
Dancing With The Stars: We Dance
De Blob
Destroy All Humans Big Willy Unleashed
Diego Safari Rescue
Dirt 2
Drawn to Life Next Chapter
Excite Truck
Far CrY Vengeance
FIFA 08
G-Force
Geometry Wars Galaxies
Godfather
Guitar Hero Van Halen
Hannah Montana The Movie
High School Musical 3
Houses of the Dead 2
Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones Staff of Kings
Ironman
Ironman 2
Kung-Fu Panda
Madagascar 2
Mario & Sonic At the Olympics
Mario Super Sluggers
Meet The Robinsons
Metal Slug Anthology
Monster 4x4 World Circuit
Mushroom Men
My Sims Party
Nights
No More Heroes
Okami
Onechanbara Bikini Zombie Slayers
Overlord Dark Legend
Pikmin
Pool Party
Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands
Princess and the Frog
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Scarface
Scooby-Doo First Frights
Sega Superstar Tennis
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Secret Rings
Soul Calibur Legends
Spectrobes
Speed Racer
Spiderman Friend or Foe
Spiderwick Chronicles
Spongebonb Krusty Krab
Spongebob SquarePants Globs of Doom
SSX Blur
Star Wars Force Unleashed
Star Wars Republic Heroes
Super Swing Golf Season 2
Table Tennis
Think Fast
Thrillville
Tiger Woods 07
Tiger Woods 08
Tiger Woods 10
Tony Hawk Downhill Jam
Tony Hawk Proving Ground
Top Spin 3
Trauma Center New Blood
Wall-E
We Ski & Snowboard
Where The Wild Things Are
Wii Music
World of Zoo

$14.99
All Star Cheer Squad
Animal Crossing City Folk
Bakugan
Band Hero
Battalion Wars 2
Biggest Loser
Bomberman Land
Boom Blox Bash Party
Bratz the Movie
Cabela's Trophy Bucks
Cars Mater National
Cars Race-O-Rama
Destroy All Humans
Dragon Quest Swords
Endless Ocean
Endless Ocean Blue World
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Godzilla Unleashed
Guiness Book of World Records
Guitar Hero Metallica
Guitar Hero Van Halen
Heatseeker
Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
Iron Man 2
Lego Indy
Lego Star Wars
Mario & Sonic At The Winter Olympics
Mario Party 8
Mario Power Tennis
Marvel Super Hero Squad
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Medal of Honor Vanguard
Metroid Prime 3
My Sims Kingdom
Naruto Clash of Ninja
NBA 2K10
Need for Speed Pro Street
NHL 2K10
Nicktoons Attack
Prince of Persia Rival Swords
Rapala Trophies
Resident Evil 4
Scarface
Simpsons
Sonic Riders Zero Gravity
Spongebob Atlantis
Spongebob Truth or Square
Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
Star Wars Clone Wars Lightsaber Duels
Super Monkey Ball
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Tiger Woods 09
Tiger Woods 10
TMNT
Toy Story Mania
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 09
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 10

:ps3:

$6.99
Condemned 2
Dark Sector
Dark Void
Genji
Lost
MLB 2K8 ($4.99)
Monster Madness Grave Danger
Narnia Prince Caspian
NBA 2K8
NBA Live 09
Timeshift
Top Spin 3
Turning Point

$9.99
Afro Samurai
Armored Core 4
Avatar
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Bayonetta
Bioshock
Bolt
Brutal Legend
Civilization Revolution
Club, The
Conan
Darkness
Darksiders
Dead Space
Devil May Cry 4
Dirt
Enchanted Arms
Facebreakers
Fallout 3
Far Cry 2
FEAR 2
Folklore
Formula 1 Championship
Fracture
Full Auto 2
Ghostbusters
Godfather II
Grid
Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Guitar Hero World Tour
Gundam Mobile Suit
HAWX
Haze
Hellboy
Incredible Hulk
Ironman
Kung Fu Panda
Lair
Lego Rock Band
Lost
Madagcascar 2
Matt Hazard
Mercenaries 2
Mobile Suit Gundam Crossfire
MX vs ATV Reflex
MLB 2K9
NBA Street Homecourt
NCAA Football 09
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Operation Flashpoint
Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End
Prince of Persia
Pure
Ratchet & Clank Future Tools of Destruction
Ridge Racer 7
Rock Band 2
Rogue Warrior
Sega Rally Revo
Spiderman 3
Star Wars Republic Heroes
Tekken 6
Tiger Woods 09
Timeshift
TNA Impact
Turok
UFC Undisputed 2009
Unreal Tournament III
Uncharted
Untold Legends
Viking
Virtua Fighter 5
Virtua Tennis 3
Warhawk
Where The Wild Things Are
WWE Smackdown 09

$14.99
Army of Two
Army of Two 40th Day
Assassin's Creed
Baja
Band Hero
Battlefield Bad Company
Beatles Rock Band
Bioshock 2
Blitz the League 2
Burnout Paradise
Call of Duty 3
Dante's Inferno
Def Jam Icon
Dragon Age Origins
EndWar
Enemy Territory Quake Wars
F.E.A.R.
Fifa 08
Fifa Street 3
Fight Night Round 3
G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra
G-Force
God of War III
Guitar Hero Smash Hits
Guitar Hero Van Halen
GTA IV
Iron Man 2
Lego Batman
Lego Indiana Jones
Lego Rock Band
Lego Star Wars (TCS?)
Lost Planet 2
Madden 09
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Mirror's Edge
Motor Storm
MX vs ATV Untamed
NCAA Football 10
Need for Speed Carbon
Need for Speed Prostreet
Oblivion
Overlord II
Prototype
Ratchet & Clank A Crack In Time
Resistance
Resistance 2
Singularity
Skate
Soldier of Fortune
Stuntman Ignition
Tom Clancy Splinter Cell
Tony Hawk Proving Ground
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
White Knight Chronicles
Wolverine: Xmen Origins
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010

:ds:

$6.99 or less
007 Quantum of Solace
Assassin's Creed ($4.99)
Chaotic Shadow Warrior
Chronicles of Narnia
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings
Flash Focus ($2.99)
Guitar Hero Decades
Hotel Dusk
High School Musical 2
High School Musical 3
Lock's Quest
Overlord Minions ($4.99)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Time/Darkness
Professor Layton Curious Village
Star Fox Command
Viva Pinata Pocket Paradise
Yu Gi Oh Tag Force ($4.99)

$9.99
Bakugan
Brain Age 2
Cars Race-O-Rama
Crash: Mind Over Mutant
Disney Jonas
DK Jungle Climber
Drawn to Life Next Chapter
FF XII Revenant Wings
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
Ghostbusters
Harry Potter Half-Blood Prince
Ironman
Kirby Superstar Ultra
Kung Fu Panda Legendary Warriors
Lego Battles
Lego Rock Band
Madagascar 2
Madden 09
Mario & Sonic At The Olympics
Mario Party DS
Marvel Super Hero Squad
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
Ninja Town
NSMB!
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team
Prince of Persia
Princess and the Frog
Raving Rabbids TV Party
Shrek Forever After
Sims 2 Castaways
Sim Animals
Spiderman Web of Shadowns
Spongebob Truth or Square
Spyro Dawn of the Dragon
Star Wars Force Unleashed
The World Ends With You
Tinkerbell
Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure
Transformers Animated
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
Up
Viva Pinata Pocket Paradise
Wall-E
Where The Wild Things Are
World of Zoo
Zubo

$14.99
Animal Crossing Wild World
Astro Boy
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Drawn to Life
Kingdom Hearts
Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass
Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks
Lego Batman
Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4
Lego Indy
Littlest Pet Shop (Jungle, Garden, etc)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Monsters vs. Aliens
My Sims Party
My Sims
My Sims Kingdom
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky
Rayman Raving Rabbids Go Home
Scribblenauts
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

:psp:
$6.99
B-Boy
Call of Duty Roads to Victory
Loco Roco 2
Patapon

$9.99
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics
Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core
G-Force
God of War Chains of Olympus
Jak & Daxter Lost Frontier
Ratchet & Clank Size Matters
Secret Agent Clank
Silent Hill Origins
Spiderman Friend or Foe
Star Ocean Second Evolution
Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron
Star Wars Force Unleashed
Untold Legends

$14.99
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars
Lego Batman
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Soul Calibur Broken Destiny

:ps2: ($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 Amazon or EB/GS). As of right now, we have no indication of Blockbuster'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 Blockbuster 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 (BBVto Amazon 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 BBV.

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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. Most regular Blockbuster stores do not sell new hardware at all. They did a year ago or so and some may still have some of that stock, but they have stopped bringing in more to sell. They also no longer sell new games except for a few selected preorders. 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.

- 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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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 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 18 19 20 21 22
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[quote name='JKSonic']Have price drops been posted for this week or am I missing it (sorry if I am).[/QUOTE]

Yes, the only new 14.99 title is Kane & Lynch 2
 
[quote name='dinovelvet']Yes, the only new 14.99 title is Kane & Lynch 2[/QUOTE]

Huh, sucks, thanks though. I saw something about that but didn't see anything about THAT being the price drop. Oh well, thanks again.
 
[quote name='nintendokingdom']How about you not be an asshole? If you took the time to write that comment you could've taken the time to just given me the info or linked me. Instead you want to act like an asshole, on a thread that at the time was 42 pages long with 98% of it (this included) being full of useless unhelpful information such as your post.

I'm sorry you get off to being the smart ass jerk in a video game deal forum where everyone is pretty much trying to help out one another. You must be one miserable loser.[/QUOTE]
You know there is a search function on CAG and Hawaiiboy is the one to provide the updates on price drops, so why not just search for posts by him?;)
[quote name='craig.courtney']You can trade up to 3 of the same game for one trade-in. I think you could do another separate package for more though.[/QUOTE]
I believe that just like Best Buy/Deal Tree, Amazon(actually Nor-Am/PieceOfMindMedia who run their trade program) only allows three of a particular title per year per account. Note I said PER ACCOUNT.;)
 
[quote name='nixmahn']So is this a company wide adding more inventory to the sale Tuesday or is it their regular Monday mark downs that Hawiiboy has been updating us on?

Any other confirmations?[/QUOTE]

Sorry I can't confirm whether this is a company wide thing.
I do know that this is different from the mark down that Hawaii has been talking about. So far, what I know is that they're going to widen their inventory of Pre-Owned games by taking games from their Rental Inventory.

I'm not 100% sure that it's a company wide thing. But the guy I talked to said that the BBVs in my area will all be bringing more games to their Pre-Owned inventory by taking games off the Rental shelves.
 
That's a common practice, kyrhon. They did that last weekend when they pulled the copies of White Knight Chronicles and any other ones that price dropped. They convert them all the time.

Although if it were some decent titles that would instantly qualify for the BOGO I'd be all over that.;)
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']That's a common practice, kyrhon. They did that last weekend when they pulled the copies of White Knight Chronicles and any other ones that price dropped. They convert them all the time.

Although if it were some decent titles that would instantly qualify for the BOGO I'd be all over that.;)[/QUOTE]

x) Yeah, I know it's common that they pull down Rental games to go to Pre-Owned, I just wanted to give you guys a heads up that they'll be replenishing their Pre-Owned inventory this coming Tuesday in case anyone missed out on any game that they didn't get to buy cuz it was out.

Hopefully my local BBVs will bring in additional copies of GTA IV Liberty City and Brawl.
 
there is a transfer from rental to pre-owned every week. number of titles vary but we do 20-25 usually and its stuff that we have excess inventory (ie bioshock 2) or stuff that doesnt rent anymore. i dont know why a store would wait til tuesday to do it but i guess thats their choice. the transfer report and price drops come over in email either late friday night/sat morn. most stores do the transfers on sunday since we technically cant do it til then but i almost always have them out on saturday.
 
[quote name='hawaiiboy']there is a transfer from rental to pre-owned every week. number of titles vary but we do 20-25 usually and its stuff that we have excess inventory (ie bioshock 2) or stuff that doesnt rent anymore. i dont know why a store would wait til tuesday to do it but i guess thats their choice. the transfer report and [highlight]price drops come over in email either late friday night/sat morn[/highlight]. most stores do the transfers on sunday since we technically cant do it til then but i almost always have them out on saturday.[/QUOTE]

Forgive me for asking, but when do the price drops go into effect? I thought that was Sunday, but then remembered it might have been Monday. I went to a BBV to get K&L 2 tonight and it was still $24.99 (scanned). The guy had no clue if it was dropping or when that would happen or when any prices normally drop :roll:.

I know I should know this, but I get confused with all the drop/conversion/email days and frankly, your post above confused me further since it sounds like it should be Friday/Saturday from that...

But then again, I kind of remember a game everyone wanted at the last sale (maybe Mario & Sonic Winter Olympics?) dropping to $14.99 the last week of the sale and only being available for 1 day of the B1G1: Monday. So I guess that means price changes go into effect Monday.
 
price drops go into effect on Mondays. it used to be sundays a while ago.

we get the report of what to transfer and any price changes friday night/sat morning so we can prepare for the upcoming week.

we have a window from sunday-tuesday to get the rental transfer done. if its not done by tuesday night we can no longer do the transfer as the system will not allow us to.
 
[quote name='hawaiiboy']price drops go into effect on Mondays. it used to be sundays a while ago.

we get the report of what to transfer and any price changes friday night/sat morning so we can prepare for the upcoming week.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I knew they should at least know about it now. It was great to see the guy Sunday evening be so clueless about it. Well, at least now I know where there are about 10 copies of K&L 2 for 360...

And it's good to know it used to be Sunday - I haven't completely lost it yet. There was some basis for my confusion there ;).
 
[quote name='hawaiiboy']there is a transfer from rental to pre-owned every week. number of titles vary but we do 20-25 usually and its stuff that we have excess inventory (ie bioshock 2) or stuff that doesnt rent anymore. i dont know why a store would wait til tuesday to do it but i guess thats their choice. the transfer report and price drops come over in email either late friday night/sat morn. most stores do the transfers on sunday since we technically cant do it til then but i almost always have them out on saturday.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I some new titles out on the shelf today with the 12/12 date on the barcode sticker thing. (They weren't any exciting games, just more of the usual Bayonetta/Darksiders type stuff)
 
[quote name='io']Yeah, I knew they should at least know about it now. It was great to see the guy Sunday evening be so clueless about it. Well, at least now I know where there are about 10 copies of K&L 2 for 360...

And it's good to know it used to be Sunday - I haven't completely lost it yet. There was some basis for my confusion there ;).[/QUOTE]

Darn, I just bought Kane and Lynch 2 at GS yesterday. Maybe they'll let me swap it for something else.

So Kane and Lynch 2 for 360 should ring up $14.99 today (Monday) ? Any other drops today? I read back and I only see Hawaiiboy mention Kane and Lynch.
 
I have a few questions about the BBV liquidation sales. One of my stores is doing their final markdown today.

What percentage off do the Blu rays get marked down during the final drop?

What percentage off do the DVDs get marked down during the final drop?

How much is everything else marked down?

I'd greatly appreciate any help.
 
Hawaiiboy,

Can you tell us what are the :ps3: and :360: games this week out of those 25 games that were on that email list you had received for the transfer? Thanks.


[quote name='hawaiiboy']price drops go into effect on Mondays. it used to be sundays a while ago.

we get the report of what to transfer and any price changes friday night/sat morning so we can prepare for the upcoming week.

we have a window from sunday-tuesday to get the rental transfer done. if its not done by tuesday night we can no longer do the transfer as the system will not allow us to.[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='craig.courtney']This, redid my Amazon trade in and got another $15 out of it, thanks.[/QUOTE]

Noticed this last night when putting together another group for trade. Was able to generate another $12.00.
 
[quote name='SonictheHedgehog1337']I have a few questions about the BBV liquidation sales. One of my stores is doing their final markdown today.

What percentage off do the Blu rays get marked down during the final drop?

What percentage off do the DVDs get marked down during the final drop?

How much is everything else marked down?

I'd greatly appreciate any help.[/QUOTE]
From my own personal experience with the liquidation sales if it's the last couple of days the percentage may finally bump up to beyond 50-60% for most everything.

But if you really want the best discount(though probably the least amount of selection unless you're there right when they do this markdown) wait till the final day of business as everything is $1 then typically.:D

Of course, by then you're only likely to find movies with C and D list 'stars'(aka people you've never heard of and likely never will outside of those movies).
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']From my own personal experience with the liquidation sales if it's the last couple of days the percentage may finally bump up to beyond 50-60% for most everything.

But if you really want the best discount(though probably the least amount of selection unless you're there right when they do this markdown) wait till the final day of business as everything is $1 then typically.:D

Of course, by then you're only likely to find movies with C and D list 'stars'(aka people you've never heard of and likely never will outside of those movies).[/QUOTE]

At the location near me that went under this year, they went to $1 dvds the friday before they closed forever on sunday. There was a lot of good items available, I took and looked up trade in values for secondspin.com and picked up enough titles to treat myself to about 30 movies and make a small profit. As far as the blu rays, they were still only 15% off that day and I was told they probably wouldnt go lower, but YMMV... I never got to check back as I was out of state for the weekend

Movie gallery stores were even better this year, I got many titles for .50... blu rays for $2... made a ton in trade ins and sales... good times...

I really expect next year to be the last that we see the B&M stores open... they have all been ghost towns when Ive went to them... pretty sad. I expect the online, by mail, and kiosks to continue to survive though
 
[quote name='zman73']At the location near me that went under this year, they went to $1 dvds the friday before they closed forever on sunday. There was a lot of good items available, I took and looked up trade in values for secondspin.com and picked up enough titles to treat myself to about 30 movies and make a small profit. As far as the blu rays, they were still only 15% off that day and I was told they probably wouldnt go lower, but YMMV... I never got to check back as I was out of state for the weekend

Movie gallery stores were even better this year, I got many titles for .50... blu rays for $2... made a ton in trade ins and sales... good times...

I really expect next year to be the last that we see the B&M stores open... they have all been ghost towns when Ive went to them... pretty sad. I expect the online, by mail, and kiosks to continue to survive though[/QUOTE]
Either that or some other company will buy up the rights to the Blockbuster name, much like Systemax/TigerDirect did with Circuit City or the company will come back but under another name(Woolworth's discount store chain is Foot Locker).
[quote name='confoosious']the TIV for Kane and Lynch 2 went from 50 cents to 75 cents. Quick, lock that shit in!![/QUOTE]
Woo hoo. Time to grab all dem shitz.;)
 
[quote name='zman73']At the location near me that went under this year, they went to $1 dvds the friday before they closed forever on sunday. There was a lot of good items available, I took and looked up trade in values for secondspin.com and picked up enough titles to treat myself to about 30 movies and make a small profit. As far as the blu rays, they were still only 15% off that day and I was told they probably wouldnt go lower, but YMMV... I never got to check back as I was out of state for the weekend

[/QUOTE]

Yeah one of the BBV that closed 6 months ago did it this way and i bought at least 40 movies, figured a buck each you can not go wrong. After that i wished i'd bought more at that price. Then a few months ago another BBV was going out of business so i kept going to the store on my way to work every 2 or 3 days but they never lowered their prices than $3 a dvd so i never bought a thing and was really disappointed. I'm hoping no more BBV close in my area but a year ago there were 10 stores in my area now there's only 5 left but if they do go under at least drop dem shitz to a buck a dvd for your loyal customers instead of giving some liquidator the deals!!
 
[quote name='ballbarfer']Yeah one of the BBV that closed 6 months ago did it this way and i bought at least 40 movies, figured a buck each you can not go wrong. After that i wished i'd bought more at that price. Then a few months ago another BBV was going out of business so i kept going to the store on my way to work every 2 or 3 days but they never lowered their prices than $3 a dvd so i never bought a thing and was really disappointed. I'm hoping no more BBV close in my area but a year ago there were 10 stores in my area now there's only 5 left but if they do go under at least drop dem shitz to a buck a dvd for your loyal customers instead of giving some liquidator the deals!![/QUOTE]
One thing I've noticed from every one of these liquidation sales I've been to in the last couple of years is that the DVD boxsets will have random discs get bought up and then those sets will languish on the shelves till the last day.

Personally, it's a good tactic to keep all but the most diehard fans of X or Y series from buying those sets and assuring that they stick around till the end of the sale. After all, who's going to buy a DVD set that's missing the middle of a season?

Unfortunately by the end of the BBV closing sales here the only shit that was left were some 4-5 year old 360 sports games, caseless DVD's that were scratched to shit and tons of gaming accessories(since none of those were discounted AT ALL).

One thing that truly pissed me off though was the sheer volume of shit being 'held' by employees and their friends and family. The employees I can understand getting first dibs and maybe even holding shit, but fuck that noise about letting your friends and family keep shit locked up till the good percentages off.:bomb::bomb::bomb:

The same shit happened at those $5 game sales at HWV when I would be the first person into the store on the day the sale started. I get in there and see that none of the shit I checked out the night before was on the shelves and there would be a HUGE stack behind the register.:roll:
 
[quote name='jiggyteddy']Got WKC and A02: 40th Day.

Both were 14.99 and I'm a happy camper.[/QUOTE]
What is WKC? And what is FME? I'm not getting what a couple of these acronyms stand for even though I'm being a good cag and reading previous pages in this thread.
 
[quote name='PublikDefender']What is WKC? And what is FME? I'm not getting what a couple of these acronyms stand for even though I'm being a good cag and reading previous pages in this thread.[/QUOTE]


White Knight Chronicles and Front Mission Evolved. The latter a franchise destroyed from it's turn based RPG roots. Yeah I said it.
 
[quote name='kaydigi']White Knight Chronicles and Front Mission Evolved. The latter a franchise destroyed from it's turn based RPG roots. Yeah I said it.[/QUOTE]
That's probably why I'm loving that game then, since it's not some turn based yuck. I loved the hell out of the Armored Core games last gen and since this one is an action title I'm loving it as well.

I just wish they would release a Big O title here for PS3. As long as it was pretty close to the animated series I'd buy that in a second.
 
[quote name='hawaiiboy']FYI, FME still holding at $22 both systems.[/QUOTE]

Sweet!! By any chance, do you know the TIV of Star Ocean: Last Hope International for the PS3?

Thanks for the updates HawaiiBoy!
 
[quote name='darkpice']sweet!! By any chance, do you know the tiv of star ocean: Last hope international for the ps3?

Thanks for the updates hawaiiboy![/quote]

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[quote name='SonictheHedgehog1337']I have a few questions about the BBV liquidation sales. One of my stores is doing their final markdown today.

What percentage off do the Blu rays get marked down during the final drop?

What percentage off do the DVDs get marked down during the final drop?

How much is everything else marked down?

I'd greatly appreciate any help.[/QUOTE]

AT my local store teh DVD's all dropped to $1 or less on the last day, the Bluray's and Games didn't drop much and were still around 40-50 percent off even on the last day, they said that they move them on to the next store getting liquidated.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']

One thing that truly pissed me off though was the sheer volume of shit being 'held' by employees and their friends and family. The employees I can understand getting first dibs and maybe even holding shit, but fuck that noise about letting your friends and family keep shit locked up till the good percentages off.:bomb::bomb::bomb:

The same shit happened at those $5 game sales at HWV when I would be the first person into the store on the day the sale started. I get in there and see that none of the shit I checked out the night before was on the shelves and there would be a HUGE stack behind the register.:roll:[/QUOTE]

Dude! our BBV and MG went out the same month... The employees held so much good stuff.....the manager at the MG was awesome though and let me buy part of one employees stack towards the end of the sale. lol.
 
Checked BB again today.

They had Batman AA for : ps3 : but was marked for $19.99 I had the girl scan it and it still came up as $19.99.

Will keep an eye out since that one has been on my wish list for awhile now.

It is frustrating though because there are several 19.99 games I would get for the B1G1.
 
Like what? What else did you see for the PS3 at $19.99 that you would have gotten? Thanks.

[quote name='Bulletpig']Checked BB again today.

They had Batman AA for : ps3 : but was marked for $19.99 I had the girl scan it and it still came up as $19.99.

Will keep an eye out since that one has been on my wish list for awhile now.

It is frustrating though because there are several 19.99 games I would get for the B1G1.[/QUOTE]
 
They wouldn't take another copy of Front Mission Evolved from me today(and converted over the two I traded in last week to rental copies), but I still picked up two games.

I picked up:

:ps3: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days-$14.99
:ds: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Of Sky-$14.99

I can trade PMD: EOS in to SecondSpin.com for $12 cash and essentially have only paid $3.89 for K&L2.;)
 
iv still got some kane and lynch 2 locked in for 15 and 12 from gazelle a few weeks back. ill have to check bbv n see if i can find any. thanx hawaiiboy. i just got the knl2 plat a few days ago, woot, hardest part was making my grrl play through easy co-op with me.
 
can you guys confirm that prince of persia forgotten sands ps3 is the only version still $19.99? I remember xbox and wii versions being $14.99 but I think i forgot to have the ps3 version scanned, and that was the version i was gonna keep for myself.
 
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Psst... Hey, I'll let you all in on a little TRADE secret...

MLB 2K10 (X360) went up to $20 TIV on Amazon. Lock it while it's hot!

Shh.. don't tell anyone. :whistle2:$
 
Great Sale. Got Bayonetta and POP: The Forgotten Sands, then three days later got Army of Two: 40th Day and LostP2, which I sold, and FFXIII for the heck of it.
 
[quote name='hatback']Psst... Hey, I'll let you all in on a little TRADE secret...

MLB 2K10 (X360) went up to $20 TIV on Amazon. Lock it while it's hot!

Shh.. don't tell anyone. :whistle2:$[/QUOTE]

Thank you much, sir. The right price to dump my personal copy, and go hunt for free games for each copy I find @ BBV.
 
TIV for Spiderman: Shattered Dimensions?

Next question: I don't see a TIV list anymore on the first page. Is everyone just calling for TIV?

If that's the case, please don't go through the trouble ... I can call BBV on my lunch break. Truly not a lazy CAG, just not seeing it listed anywhere.
 
[quote name='hatback']Psst... Hey, I'll let you all in on a little TRADE secret...

MLB 2K10 (X360) went up to $20 TIV on Amazon. Lock it while it's hot!

Shh.. don't tell anyone. :whistle2:$[/QUOTE]

hells yeah, thanks, time to go hunting again!
 
hey questions, I need the manual right for amazon trade ins? and can it be in one of those black BBV cases as long as it has everything?
 
[quote name='xfade']Thank you much, sir. The right price to dump my personal copy, and go hunt for free games for each copy I find @ BBV.[/QUOTE]
Except that Amazon(actually it's a company called Nor-Am running their trade program) only takes two or three of any one title from someone in a year, just like the Best Buy/ Deal Tree program.

So don't go buying up 10 copies to send to Amazon, since any over those 2-3 will be denied and you'll be stuck with them due to BBV's strict return policy.:whistle2:#
[quote name='merchie89']hey questions, I need the manual right for amazon trade ins? and can it be in one of those black BBV cases as long as it has everything?[/QUOTE]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200302930&#eligible
Determining Product Eligibility


Only items that match the exact version displayed in our Amazon Trade-in Stores are eligible for trade-in. For textbooks, the exact version is determined by ISBN. We're constantly updating the trade-in program with new titles. Please check back often to see what's been added:
Items must be in good condition and arrive complete with all elements undamaged and in original packaging. For textbooks, this includes the cover, pages, binding, and any associated media. For video games and movies, this includes the correct disc(s), manual, cover art, bundled accessories, UPC, and case. For hardware, this includes all cables, controllers, bundled media, memory cards, hard drives, batteries, etc. Media items must have been originally sold by a retailer in North America.

When in doubt send an original factory case with the game(s).
 
I picked up some games for me and my kids. Bayonetta (360) and Kingdom Hearts (DS) for $15. Drawn to Life:Next Chapter (Wii) and No More Heroes 2 (Wii) for $10.
 
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