Whoa! Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando - Preowned $9.99

Just called my local gamestop. They said they don't pricematch the site. So I guess I'm gonna have to hope my online order goes through.
 
This is from the review at Gamespot (I am no fan of Gamespot either) and I thought this sounded cool:


The first game didn't really give you too much reason to use your weapons. If you were skilled with the wrench, you could get by without expending too much weapon ammo. Aside from this game's enemies being tougher, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando gives you plenty of reasons to fire away. The main addition is that most of your weapons gain experience as you use them, and once you cross a certain usage threshold, you'll receive the upgraded "gold" version of that weapon. This turns your gravity bombs into mushroom cloud-laying mini-nukes, it lets you fire off three seeker rockets instead of one, and it gives you various other similar increases. Ratchet also gains experience, so, as you eliminate enemies, you'll level up and add additional segments to your life meter. You'll also find damage-reducing armor and stronger wrenches as you make your way through the game. On top of that, you'll find hidden platinum bolts throughout the game. These bolts can be taken to specific shops and traded for even more weapon upgrades, letting you add shock, acid, or lock-on effects to some of your firearms. These upgrades are cool additions, though they don't make dramatic changes to the game.
 
[quote name='LiquidKil']Just called my local gamestop. They said they don't pricematch the site. So I guess I'm gonna have to hope my online order goes through.[/quote]

GS does pricematch the site. I have done it many times.
 
I swear. That dumb bitch that works at my GS doesn't know jack-shit. So do I just print out the site and bring it in when I go to gs tomorrow?

Update:
My gs doesn't have any in stock right now. Can I bring that print out of the website in any time or does it somehow expire?
 
listen man.... this is obviously a mistake on the sites behalf.

dont bother planning a print out and bring in thing.....

by noon friday.... gamestop.com will reckognize the problem and fix it.

so by tommorow... expect the price to jump back up to the normal 37.99 for preowned.

your only hope is to add it to your cart now and order it.
this is where the guesswork comes in....
if they know whats good for them... and they dont want to lose our business... they will make good on this large mistake by sending it to thos who ordered it... unlike bestbuy.com which... as you know..... screwed about a thousand cheapassgamers on what wouldve been the deal of the year (SoL Legends and PD Orta)

its against the law to change the price after you've confirmed a set price of ten bucks pluss shipping on your credit card.... so you dont have to worry about them charging you more for their mistake... you just have to know that they may not ship it.

do as i did.

order this fine game... and hope they make good and actually send it.
theres not much to lose. they can either refund your money and not send the game... or send it and fix the price before anyone else orders it.

good luck.
 
This is a great deal, but I'm not holding my breath on it going through. Hopefully they will ship these. My question is how many used copies of this game are they really going to get in over the next month or so, seeing how new it is? That's another reason this seems too good to be true, but we can hope, right? Also you can use the coupon code FREESHIPALL and get free value shipping on this if it does go through.
 
Whether a GS store price matches the website or not is pretty much at the manager's discretion. The online site is actually run by different areas that than the regular B&M stores.

I used to manage a GS store and sometimes I would price match and sometimes not depending on the situation. It never hurts to ask though. Sometimes you'll get lucky and catch the worker in a good mood.
 
Yay, it seems my B&M gamestop store is getting some titles in. I'm just gonna check it out tomorrow and see if there are any and if I can pricematch.
 
Or you can print out the ad and bring it to EB or Circuit City and try to have them pricematch, maybe they won't know that its online only.
 
It seems to me that the chance of these going through is pretty low, but then again, I've been wrong before and I will be wrong again.

Just some friendly advice...be prepared for disappointment.

EDIT

Great game, by the way...pretty graphics and fun gameplay.
 
[quote name='Britai 7018']Or you can print out the ad and bring it to EB or Circuit City and try to have them pricematch, maybe they won't know that its online only.[/quote]

And maybe they won't notice that it is for a pre-owned game.
And maybe they won't notice that it is out of stock.
And maybe they will sell you a 50" plasma TV for the same price as one of those lens kits that we all keep getting spammed about.

And maybe not.
 
[quote name='guessed'][quote name='Britai 7018']Or you can print out the ad and bring it to EB or Circuit City and try to have them pricematch, maybe they won't know that its online only.[/quote]

And maybe they won't notice that it is for a pre-owned game.
And maybe they won't notice that it is out of stock.
And maybe they will sell you a 50" plasma TV for the same price as one of those lens kits that we all keep getting spammed about.

And maybe not.[/quote]

LOL!
 
[quote name='guessed'][quote name='Britai 7018']Or you can print out the ad and bring it to EB or Circuit City and try to have them pricematch, maybe they won't know that its online only.[/quote]

...
And maybe they won't notice that it is out of stock.
...[/quote]

Actually, on more than one occasion, I have gotten CC to price-match BB's web prices when BB doesn't have the game in-stock. The manager who price-matched for me is normally a real stickler when it comes to matching competitors' prices, but he doesn't hesitate when I show him websites, whether the item is in-stock or not.
 
[quote name='guessed'][quote name='Britai 7018']Or you can print out the ad and bring it to EB or Circuit City and try to have them pricematch, maybe they won't know that its online only.[/quote]

And maybe they won't notice that it is for a pre-owned game.
And maybe they won't notice that it is out of stock.
And maybe they will sell you a 50" plasma TV for the same price as one of those lens kits that we all keep getting spammed about.

And maybe not.[/quote]

THANK YOU for saying that.

It seems like for some of these people, "cheap" and "insane" are synonymous.
 
But I mean, it's worth a try to price-match. Besides, since when has "cheap" been synonymous with "lazy ass mofo".
 
I could always try this, though. Nothing to lose if GameStop simply cancels the order, right? I'm sure it's a mistake, but it hasn't been fixed yet for whatever reason.
 
[quote name='ryosnk']I GOT IT FOR $10 AT MY GAMESTOP :)[/quote]

How did you manage to get it? Did they really price match it?
 
I called my local Gamestop and they said they match ALL prices from their website. The only issue was if they had R&C2....which they didn't unfortunately.

I do'nt know if I really want to drive that extra 10-20 miles to get it although it would be pretty worthwhile I suppose.
 
I'm going to print it out now in case it goes off sometime soon...I don't mind paying 10 bucks...then even if I don't like it, I could put it up on ebay and easily get double.
 
How did you manage to get it? Did they really price match it?

Well I called my local gamestop and the guy didn't believe me so he told me to print it out and bring it and he will price match it. So I did and when I got their he was like :shock:. So he called his manager at home and he/she was not their so he called another store manager at another gamestop store. So he finishes talking to him and he tells me that usually gamestop.com and regular stores have different promotions so I dont think we can do it. SO I was :evil: because I told him that he said over the phone that he will do it. So then paused and said ok I will be able to do for you, but I hope you inderstand that gamestop.com and gamestop stores run different promotions. So overall I got thr rachet and clank: going commander for $10 :D .
 
Concerning the issue of whether or not this price is a mistake, it is listed under GameStop's price drops. The fact that they dropped the price is no mistake, but whether they meant for the new price to be $10 is unknown.
 
Well, the price is back up to $35 on Gamestop's website, however my order (at $9.99) hasn't been cancelled yet, so keep your fingers crossed.
 
[quote name='ryosnk']Has anyone else gotten this game from the store or confirmed to receive it from their online order?[/quote]

No updates here, hopefully we will hear something soon [-o
 
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