The "Official" Kmart Clearance Thread (SEPTEMBER DROPS NOW! GLITCH IS SLOWING DROPS)

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Sept Update: Computer glitch is slowing markdowns - some games are marked up instead of marked down. Example: Feel the Magic should be tagged at $9, sept drop should make it $3, glitch is having it ring up $15. Glitch appears to be YMMV or just on certain games. Some games havent dropped at all. Glitch is on the corporate level - no info on when it will be fixed.

FAQ

Q: Why was this thread created?
A: Because there are multiple threads floating around, and its useful to consolidate. THis one will have the OP constantly updates so you don't have to go digging.

Q: Are these prices YMMV?
A: No, they shouldn't be. I currently have 10 K-Marts in my shopping radius, and they've all been consistent. At one time it was thought that they were YMMV, but I'm pretty sure it was instead employee incompetence at keeping prices updated.

EDIT: Some people are reporting prices that are YMMV, but I am hesitant to mark the deal as such. If you get a different price, it seems to be the exception to the rule, not a true YMMV where it is hit or miss. I'd say these prices are 90% accurate.

Q: An employee said the price was higher than what's on the list.
A: Get the game scanned at the register.

Q: The employee got that price gun and said it was higher than what's on the list.
A: GET THE GAME SCANNED AT THE REGISTER. The gun is incorrect sometimes.

Q: Can I use the price checker thingies?
A: YES! Brilliant idea! They will give you an accurate price. Also, if you have the problem of useless employees not opening the cases for you, you can print off the UPC codes and check them at the price checker.

Q: How can I help?
A: Multiple ways:
- Get a job at K-Mart so we have an inside man
- Post the prices of the games you get
- Write down the prices of games you do not get, then post those too

Q: When are items marked down?
A: Once a month, near the middle of the month.

Q: Does this have anything to do with the weekend 50% off sales K-Mart usually runs?
A: No. While some of these games used to be on the list, this is completely seperate. None of these games are on the 50% list anymore and will not be reduced during these sales.

Q: What if I bought a game at a higher price and it gets reduced? Can I get a price adjustment or a return/rebuy?
A: Chances are VERY SLIM. K-Mart does not do price adjustments on clearance items. A return/rebuy might be possible, but most Kmarts do not employee people with the mental capacity to fully understand this concept.

Q:Can I price check the games without getting into the cases?
A: Yes, thanks to this UPC document from TimTucker. You can scan these at self scanners located in most K-Marts, but note that sometimes prices may not be accurate
http://www.timtucker.com/games/kmart_upcs.doc


Q: What if the price is higher than what's on the list?
A: Then your store has not done markdowns left. Ask them if they have any pending PCLs and perhaps they can do it for you, or just wait it out. Also, you could try a return/rebuy if you have another local store that did the drops. Use the UPC sheet to check this

Q: What if a price doesn't come up? It says "Check shelf tag for pricing".
A: This means that the game was at 90% off, and for some reason it was scheduled to be marked down further. If you have a cool employee, you can get games for cheap. If you have a game with outdated tags, you could be in for a hassle. This is similiar when Target marks things down for salvage.

Q: Are these markdowns YMMV?
A: NO. These are universal nationwide prices. If you arent getting them, its your stores problem and doesnt indicate a larger problem as a whole.

Q: How are things marked down?
A: AFAIK, it can be done manually via gun, or it can be done en masse at the register. If you want further details, we are currently looking for a CAG to take one for the team and get a job at K-Mart to infiltrate and learn their secret methods.

Q: What games will drop further?
A: As a GENERAL RULE, games at 1.00, 1.50, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00 are at 90% off AND WILL NOT DROP FURTHER. Games ending in .99 will drop 2 bucks at a time in random intervals.

Q: What do I do with all these games?
A: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95481


THE NEW GAME LIST (These are from July, please post August prices if you get any!) -

**Clearance prices seem to be hopping 20% at a time this go around. For example, Pokemon Ruby was at $17 (50% off) and is now $10 (70%). Mercanaries Xbox was $10 (50%) and is now $6 (70%). Please keep posting prices.

Nintendo DS
Feel The Magic $9
Polarium $24
True Swing Golf $28
Asphalt Urban $6
Madden NFL 2005 $15
Metroid Pinball $28
Spiderman 2 - $10
Ridge Racer - $10
Sprung - $1.99
Ping Pals - $0.99

Sony PSP
Dynasty Warriors $40
Gretzky NHL $24
Medievil Resurrection $32
Neopets $32
The Con $32
NBA $24
Ridge Racer DS $32
Tiger Woods PGA Tour $24
World Tour Soccer $24
Sony PSP 1800 MaH Battery $3
Sony PSP Car Adapter $4


Nintendo GBA
Banjo Pilot $4
Bomberman NES Classic $5
Drill Dozer $24
Dynasty Warriors $24
Final Fantasy I & II $8
Hot Wheels Stunt $10
Ice Climber NES Classic $4
Legend Of Zelda Minish Cap $21
LOTR The 3rd Age $10
Mario Pinball $12
Metroid NES Classic $4
Ms. Pac-man Maze Madness $9
Sonic Advance 3 $6
Texas Hold 'Em $7
World Championship Poker $5
Yu Yu Hakusho Tourn. $15
Zelda II Adventure Of Link NES Classic $7
Nyko Worm Light for GBA $.70
GBA e-Reader $4
Donkey Kong Country 2 $21
DBZ Supersonic $18
Jimmy Neutron Attack Of The Twonkies $10
Power Ranger DT $14
Snood $6
Tak 2: Staff Of Dreams $12
Nintendo GBA Link Cable - $1
Nintendo GBA Wireless Adapter - $2
Pokemon Ruby - $10
Pokemon Sapphire - $10
Pokemon Leaf Green - $17
Pokemon Fire Red - $17
Zelda: Minish Cap $15
Kirby: Amazing Mirror $15

Nintendo Gamecube
007 Everything Or Nothing $10
Donkey Konga w/Bongos $15
Donkey Konga 2 w/Bongos $40
Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 $15
Finding Nemo $10
Legend Of Zelda Windwaker $8
LOTR The 3rd Age $12
LOTR Return Of The King $10
Madden 2005 $6
Mario Golf Toadstool Tour $8
Mario Party 6 w/Microphone $30
Metroid Prime $10
Museum $12
NBA Live 2005 $15
NBA Street 2 $12
NCAA Football 2005 $15
Need For Speed Underground $14
Spongebob Squarepants Battle For Bikini Bottom $12
Super Monkey Ball 2 $6
Zelda 4 Swords $6
Rainbow Six Lockdown $16
The Urbz: Sims In The City $12
Gameboy Player $15
Zelda: Windwaker $8
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles $8
Pikmin 2 $6
Luigi's Mansion $8

Xbox
007: Everything Or Nothing $10
Advent Rising $25
Clancy Triple Pack $20
Dragon Ball Z Sagas $32
ESPN NBA 2K5 $7
Finding Nemo $10
Ghost Recon $6
Goldeneye $10
Half Life 2 $14
Harry Potter: Prisoner Of Azkaban $15
Incredibles, The $10
LOTR: 3rd Age $6
LOTR: Return Of The King $10
Madden 2005 $15
March Madness 05 $15
Mech Assault 2 $6
Mercenaries $6
Namco Museum $12
NBA Street Vol. 2 $10
NCAA Football 2005 $6
NCAA Football 2006 $24
Need For Speed Underground $12
NFL Street $10
NFL Street 2 $6
Oddworld Stranger $15
Outlaw Golf 2 $5.99
Pac-man World 2 $12
Project Snowblind $8
Psychonauts $24
Rainbow 6 Lockdown $16
Rogue Ops $5.99
Simpsons Road Rage $10
Soul Calibur II $10
Spiderman 2 $12
Spongebob LCP $24
Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic $12
The Urbz: Sims In The City $10
Tiger Woods 05 $15
True Crime $5.99
World Championship Poker $5
XBOX RF Adapter $2
Breakdown $5.99
Ghost Recon 2 $10
Indigo Prophecy $32
Mark Ecko's Getting Up $32
NBA Street Vol. 2 $10
Nightmare Before Christmas $24
Outlaw Volleyball $9.99
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection $6
Tron Killer App $20
Tony hawk Underground 2 $6

Sony Playstation 2
Ace Combat 4 $6
Ape Escape 3 $32
Dragon Ball Z Sagas $32
Getaway, The $9
ESPN Hoops 2K5 $4
ESPN NBA 2K5 $4
Eye Toy Kinetic w/Camera $40
Eye Toy Antigrav w/Camera $15
Eye Toy Groove w/Camera $9
Eye Toy Operation Spy $24
Fight Night 2004 $12
Hot Shots Golf: Fore $12
Indigo Prophecy $32
LOTR Return Of The King $12
March Madness 05 $9
Midway Arcade Treasures 3 $16
Musashi: Samurai Legend $24
MX Unleashed $14
Namco Museum 2002 $12
NBA Live 2005 $9
NFL Street $12
Pac-man World 2 $12
Psi Ops Mind $9.99
Rainbow 6 Lockdown $16
Ratchet & Clank Going Commando $12
Rogue Ops $5.99
Siren $5.99
Sly 2 Band Of Thieves $12
SRS Street Racing Syndicate $9
Taiko Drum Master w/Drum $15
Time Crisis: Crisis Zone w/Guncon $18
Time Crisis 3 w/Guncon $18
World Championship Poker $6
Ace Combat 5 $14
KOF Maximum Impact (Non Deluxe) $5.99
Madden 2005 $9
Mark Ecko's Getting Up $32
Midway Arcade Treasures 3 $16
Nascar 2005 $18
Football 2005 $9
The Getaway $9
Turok Evolution $4.99
Wild Arms 3 $9.99

THE OLD GAME LIST - All Games on this list are NOW YMMV. These prices are the lowest reported prices, but many are out of the system and will now depend on the employee you get, the tag on the game and your own negotiating skills:

**SPECIAL NOTE** - All games at a certain price point seem to drop across the board. So if say one game dropped from $8 to $5, all other $8 games also dropped to $5. I believe this is due to percentages, I will discuss this in the theories section later. Here are some examples for this month:
Apr --> May
$12 $7 (some $12 items dropped to $9)
$16 $12
$8 $5
$5 $2
$3.50 $1.50

XBox
007: Agent Under Fire - $2
Backyard Wrestling 2 - $1.50
Blinx - $2
Blinx 2 - $2
BloodRayne 2 - $3
Conflict: Vietnam - $2
Crash Twinsanity - $2
Dead or Alive 3 - $2
Driv3r - $2
Enter the Matrix - $2
ESPN NHL 2K5 - $1.50
Fight Night 2004 - $2
Full Spectrum Warrior - $1.50
Hitman 2 - $2
Hitman: Contracts - $6
Kill Switch - $2
Lemony Snicket - $2
Medal of Honor Frontline - $2
Men of Valor - $2
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 - $2
Moto GP - $5
Need for Speed 2 - Hot Pursuit 2 - $2
Outrun 2 - $2
Rainbow Six 3 - $3
Rainbow Six Black Arrow - $2
Red Dead Revolver - $2
Riddick - $2
Robotech Invasion - $2
Shark Tale - $2
Spiderman - $2
Splinter Cell - $2
Spyro: Hero's Tale - $2
Star Wars Obi Wan - $4
Street Racing Syndicate - $3
SSX 3 - $2
Thief - $3
Tony Hawk Underground - $2

DS
Zoo Keeper - $2
Sprung - $6 (?)
Feel the Magic - $6 (?)

Gamecube
1080 Avalanche - $4
Army Men RTS - $1.50
Army Men Sarge's War - $1.50
Baten Kaitos - $3
Beyblade V Force - $6
Bomberman Jetters - $10
Custom Robo - $4
F-Zero GX - $2
Killer 7 - $15
Medal of Honor Rising Sun - $2
Medal of Honor Frontline - $2
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes - $3
Mario Party 4/Wavebird - $7
Metroid/Wavebird Combo - $20
Mega Man Anniversary Collection - $2
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 - $2
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - $2
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - $2
NFL Street - $2
Shark Tale - $2
Sims - $2
Spyro: Hero's Tale - $2
Starsky & Hutch - $1
Star Fox Adventures - $2
Street Racing Syndicate - $3
SSX 3 - $2
Tak (which one?) - $2
Tiger Woods 2005 - $3
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2 - $2
Soul Calibur 2 - $2
Viewtiful Joe 2 - $1.50
Wario Ware Inc - $3
Winnie the Pooh - $2

Playstation
PSOne/LCD Combo - $10
PSOne LCD Screen - $13
PS1 Car Adapter - $4
PS1 Multitap - $18 (HA!)

Beyblade - $1
Final Fantasy Origins - $10
My Disney Kitchen - $2
Namco Museum 3 - $3
Spyro Ripto's Rage - $3
Spyro Year of the Dragon - $3
Syphon Filter 2 - $3
Twisted Metal Small Brawl $2
Winnie the Pooh Preschool - $1
Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten - $1

Playstation 2
Nyko Airflow Controller - $6 (June --> $3.50?)
Logitech Wireless Controller - $12
Eye Toy Camera ONLY - $9 (--> $4)
Eye Toy Groove (no cam) - $3
Amplitude - $10
Alias - $15
Athens 2004 - $3
ATV Offroad Fury - $2
Backyard Wrestling 2 - $1.50
Beyond Good & Evil - $10
BloodRayne 2 - $3
Conflict Desert Storm II - $3
Conflict Vietnam - $2
Dark Cloud - $6
Dark Cloud 2 - $3
Destruction Derby Arena - $4
Devil May Cry - $15
Driv3r - $2
Duel Masters - $1.50
DBZ Budokai - $2
FFXI w/HDD - $10 (!!)
Final Fantasy X - $2
Gran Turismo 3 - $2
Hitman Contracts - $6
Hobbit - $6
Jak II - $5 (?)
Jet Li - $5 (?)
Jimmy Neutron Twonkies - $2
Karaoke Revolution volume 2 - $2
Kill Switch - $2
King of Fighters MI - $8
Lemony Snicket - $2
Lord of the Rings Two Towers - $2
Mark of Kri - $21
Medal of Honor Frontline - $2
Mega Man Anniversary Collection - $2
Mega Man X Command Mission - $2
Mega Man X8 - $2
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 - $2
MLB 2005 - $3
Monster Hunter - $3
Monsters Inc - $2
NBA Ballers - $2
Outlaw Golf 2 - $2
Onimusha 3 - $2
Poweer Rangers Dino Thunder - $1.50
Rumble Roses - $1.50
Shaman King - $2
Silent Hill 2- $10
Silent Hill 3 - $10
Shadow Hearts: Covenant - $3
Sims - $2
Soul Calibur 2 - $2
Sphinx - $3
Splinter Cell - $2
Starsky & Hutch - $1
SSX3 - $2
Star Wars Jedi Starfighter - $4
Street Fighter Anniversary - $2
Tekken 4 - $2
Terminator 3 - $4
TMNT 2 Battle Nexus - $2
Vietcong: Purple Haze - $2
Viewtiful Joe - $10
Winnie the Pooh - $2
X Games Skateboarding - $15

NEW - Game/Comtroller Combo (Terminator 3, Prince of Persia, etc.) - $3.50
E-Reader
E-Reader - $4

Donkey Kong 3 - $.40
Mario Bros - $.40
Mario Party E - $2
Pokemon Ancient Ruins - $1.50
Pokemon Freezing Ray - $.60
Pokemon Iron Defense - $.60
Super Mario Series 1 & 2 - $.60

Gameboy Advance
Battlebots - $3
Beyblade G Revolution - $2
Beyblade VForce - $.80
Bionicle - $2
Boktai - $8
Bookworm - $2
Bubble Bobble - $2
Castlevania NES - $3
Circle of the Moon - $8
DBZ Taiketsu - $2
Dora Super Spies - $8
Dragonball GT - $1.50
Duel Masters Kaijudo - $1.50
Excitebike - $3
Eye of the Beholder - $5
F1 2002 - $2
F-Zero GP - $3
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - $4
Final Fight One - $8
Galidor - $3
Gradius Galaxies - $6
Gulden Nugget - $1.50
Hamtaro - $3
Kim Possible 2 - $2
Lemony Snicket - $2
Lilo and Stitch 2 - $2
Lord of the Rings ROTK - $3
Mario Golf Advance Tour - $3
Mega Man Battle Net 4 (Red or Blue) - $3
Metal Slug Advance - $10
Metroid Zero Mission - $3
Midway Arcades Greatest Hits - $1.50
Oddworld Munch Oddyssey - $3
Operation Armored Liberty - $2
Pokemon Pinball - $3
Powerpuff Girls - $10
Prince of Persia - $6
Reign of Fire - $2
Rugrats Grown Up: Express Yourself - $2
Super Hornet FA-18 - $1.50
Samurai Jack - $15
Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed $3
Shaman King Master of Spirits - $1.50
Sonic Adventure 2 - $3
Sonic Battle - $3
Sword of Mana - $3
Tak & Power of Juju - $2
Top Gear Rally - $3
Wing Commander - $3
Winnie the Pooh - $2
Xevious - $1
GBA VIDEOS - Fairly Oddparents, Spongebob, Dragonball GT - $1.50

If I forgot anything from the other threads, please notify me and I'll fix it.

Anyways, I'll keep the lists updated, so feel free to add or discuss. Hope this helps everyone.

Dave
 
[quote name='irishsoccermbw']This bump should result in a ban, damn this thread is old[/QUOTE]

Seriously. I mean I know he's a newbie to this site and all, but unless you're new to the INTERNET, you should know that necro-posting is frowned upon.
 
[quote name='confoosious']Hey, has anyone seen Halo 2 on clearance? I hear that's the hot new game.[/QUOTE]

I saw it at my local Wal-Mart for $59.99 the other day. Might have to check Target and see if its any cheaper there. lol
 
The hell? I thought someone went and edited my Kmart thread with some sort of September glitch info :rofl:

Yeah, time to lock this down I think...
 
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