I was at Palisades Mall in New York (second biggest mall in America). My first stop was CompUSA. I see this PS2 controller there for $4.99 and free after rebate. So I pick that up (and pay $4.99+tax) and head over to the GameCube section. There I see a kid (around 5-8years old) playing the Viewtiful Joe 2 demo on the GameCube. He asks me for help, so I help the kid out. He thanks me and I go to the line to pay for the controller.
As I am leaving the store, I see the kid running after me. He tells me that he cannot find his parents and asks me if I can help him. I agree (being the nice guy that I am) and we search the mall for his parents. We finally find them in BestBuy and the parents are very happy that they found their son. The parents are also glad that I helped their son out, so the mom says that she will buy me something. I decline, and then she picks up Doom 3 (Xbox) and asks me if I have an Xbox. I say yes and she buys Doom 3 for me and hands me the bag and leaves the store. I thank her and I am amazed at my luck. I then go and pull out the master penny guide list and look for some. I am amazed that there are so many there. I do not want to be a jerk so I pick up only 5 guides (Pikmin 2, Paper Mario: TTYD, Psi Ops, NBA 2K5, and NFL Street 2). As I am going to the line, I see a cart with marked down games. I take a look and I see the Xbox Live Arcade bonus thing (the Ms. Pac-Man one) and I pick that up. I go online and the Ms.Pac Man thing rings up as free so I pay five cents. The woman behind me sees this and asks me how I knew. I handed her the CAG list and she runs to the video game section and grabs every penny guide she can find.
So I exit the store amazed at what I got. I got a PS2 controller, 5 penny guides, Doom 3, and the Ms.Pac Man arcade disc all for $.05 + tax on the PS2 controller.
As I am leaving the store, I see the kid running after me. He tells me that he cannot find his parents and asks me if I can help him. I agree (being the nice guy that I am) and we search the mall for his parents. We finally find them in BestBuy and the parents are very happy that they found their son. The parents are also glad that I helped their son out, so the mom says that she will buy me something. I decline, and then she picks up Doom 3 (Xbox) and asks me if I have an Xbox. I say yes and she buys Doom 3 for me and hands me the bag and leaves the store. I thank her and I am amazed at my luck. I then go and pull out the master penny guide list and look for some. I am amazed that there are so many there. I do not want to be a jerk so I pick up only 5 guides (Pikmin 2, Paper Mario: TTYD, Psi Ops, NBA 2K5, and NFL Street 2). As I am going to the line, I see a cart with marked down games. I take a look and I see the Xbox Live Arcade bonus thing (the Ms. Pac-Man one) and I pick that up. I go online and the Ms.Pac Man thing rings up as free so I pay five cents. The woman behind me sees this and asks me how I knew. I handed her the CAG list and she runs to the video game section and grabs every penny guide she can find.
So I exit the store amazed at what I got. I got a PS2 controller, 5 penny guides, Doom 3, and the Ms.Pac Man arcade disc all for $.05 + tax on the PS2 controller.