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hmm the manager at the gs i now frequent is super nice and now sets aside penny guides for me to go through and pick from. i dont hoard and take everything, just the guides for games i have or are planning to get soon. the other gs i used to get penny guides from just sold them to me for .01 each. your best bet is to develop a friendly relationship with the employees and frequently shop there as a regular. they are more likely to hook you up that way as compared to just showing up randomly on days guides are pennied out.
Reduced Price Guide Thread-Lucky Number XIII(FAQ in 2nd post)
By
IAmTheCheapestGamer
, Feb 14 2011 05:02 PM
#62
RANCH! RANCH! RANCH!
Posted 21 February 2011 - 02:48 AM
Lots of people. It's within their rights to do so. Contrary, it's your right to tell them no thanks at that point.
I'm not sure if it's within their rights. From what I understand, at the point it gets tagged in the system at .01 they receive credit for the guide. If they mark it back up, they are getting a publishing credit for a guide they just sold at full price. Ask Prima or Brady what they think of that.
Dave
#63
Corporate Shill
Posted 21 February 2011 - 02:58 AM
I'm not sure if it's within their rights. From what I understand, at the point it gets tagged in the system at .01 they receive credit for the guide. If they mark it back up, they are getting a publishing credit for a guide they just sold at full price. Ask Prima or Brady what they think of that.
Dave
Or maybe they take care of it with some extra accounting and aren't ripping off Prima and BRady as you suggest.
#64
CAGict
Posted 21 February 2011 - 02:59 AM
First of all, sorry it took me so long to get the list up. I was held late at work, super busy through the day, all that jazz.
Now then, here is what will drop tomorrow:
I'll add SKU's later.
Happy Huntings!
Now then, here is what will drop tomorrow:
Spoiler
I'll add SKU's later.
Happy Huntings!
Edited by shrike4242, 21 February 2011 - 04:24 AM.
#67
the incredible disappearing moderator
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:01 AM
A good argument.I'm not sure if it's within their rights. From what I understand, at the point it gets tagged in the system at .01 they receive credit for the guide. If they mark it back up, they are getting a publishing credit for a guide they just sold at full price. Ask Prima or Brady what they think of that.
Technically, the DMs are supposed to physically go through all the guides which were pulled. So if a store says they had 12 copies of guides of Bread Baker that were pennied, and they only have 7 copies of that guide, that store would only get credit for those seven copies. And the missing five copies should then either show up as sold or be marked against the store as shrink (missing/stolen).
With different chains/bookstores, the methods of how they ensure that pennied publications are actually field destroyed are different. Some chains and even some districts within chains are more strict than others. But without seeing the legal contracts between the publishers and the retailers, I couldn't comment further without going into pure speculation.
#69
poyo
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:04 AM
Is the Final Fantasy XIII guide listed the CE or the standard edition? I would assume the former, but I figured I should at least point out that the list shows the standard guide. Regardless, thanks a ton, Lox!First of all, sorry it took me so long to get the list up. I was held late at work, super busy through the day, all that jazz.
Now then, here is what will drop tomorrow:Spoiler
I'll add SKU's later.
Happy Huntings!
EDIT: Just noticed that the posted list now shows "LE" for the FFXIII guide. Thanks for the update, Lox.
Edited by shrike4242, 21 February 2011 - 04:25 AM.
Neo. You're alright.
#76
CAGiversary!
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:30 AM
First of all, sorry it took me so long to get the list up. I was held late at work, super busy through the day, all that jazz.
Now then, here is what will drop tomorrow:Spoiler
I'll add SKU's later.
Happy Huntings!
Thank you very much for all your effort. It is much appreciated. Does the 1 cent price go into effect as soon as the stores open on Monday or does the time of the drop vary by store?
Edited by shrike4242, 21 February 2011 - 04:25 AM.
#77
CAGiversary!
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:33 AM
Are those at gamestop? If so I need to get me one of each: SMG2 CE, DR2 LE, Castlevania LOS and Spiderman.
yes they are and if they dont give them to you be sure to throw glitter in the guys face and knock over some magazine racks
#78
That Weird Guy
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:33 AM
So, I think I'm going to have to sit out of this drop tomorrow - I suffered a femoral hip fracture on the 1st and I still can't put weight on my leg or get around without a walker, and I have both a nurse and physical therapist performing a checkup on me tomorrow. I'm still going to make an effort to get there with some help, but would anyone be willing to assist me with a few specific books as a backup? nyone who helps can get a copy of my x-ray sent to them 
#79
CAGiversary!
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:34 AM
Originally posted asking this in the Discussion Thread but got no response, figured maybe lox or frosty might know the answer:
Hmm, from the ones listed so far most of them in my area are only available for Ship to Store. If I were to order some and not pick them up in the 7/8 days (whatever it is) so they don't charge me, what happens to the guides? Do they put them on the shelf in store or send them back from wherever they got them?
Hmm, from the ones listed so far most of them in my area are only available for Ship to Store. If I were to order some and not pick them up in the 7/8 days (whatever it is) so they don't charge me, what happens to the guides? Do they put them on the shelf in store or send them back from wherever they got them?
#80
Banned
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:35 AM
I was trading in games and other stuff every week or two to some GS stores in my area(before my ban), so I got to know which stores were ok with just giving out stuff that dropped and which would tow the company line when I would bring up a guide that had pennied.hmm the manager at the gs i now frequent is super nice and now sets aside penny guides for me to go through and pick from. i dont hoard and take everything, just the guides for games i have or are planning to get soon. the other gs i used to get penny guides from just sold them to me for .01 each. your best bet is to develop a friendly relationship with the employees and frequently shop there as a regular. they are more likely to hook you up that way as compared to just showing up randomly on days guides are pennied out.
But since my ban I can't even go into the stores.
As for Best Buy, I only shop there if there's 1) A pricing error/glitch 2) guides/PC games pennied or 3) if I have credit from trading shit into them. But now that I know that sell Amazon gift cards since I bought some there last week any credit I get from them is getting immediately converted into AMZ gc's and spent there.
:applause:
#84
10 years of backlog building
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:39 AM
Originally posted asking this in the Discussion Thread but got no response, figured maybe lox or frosty might know the answer:
Hmm, from the ones listed so far most of them in my area are only available for Ship to Store. If I were to order some and not pick them up in the 7/8 days (whatever it is) so they don't charge me, what happens to the guides? Do they put them on the shelf in store or send them back from wherever they got them?
I'm pretty sure you get charged right away. After the 7/8 days it will most likely get sent back. I have no idea. I stay away from customer service.
The Final Fantasy XIII LE guide is out of every store in my district :(
#85
CAGiversary!
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:42 AM
So, I think I'm going to have to sit out of this drop tomorrow - I suffered a femoral hip fracture on the 1st and I still can't put weight on my leg or get around without a walker, and I have both a nurse and physical therapist performing a checkup on me tomorrow. I'm still going to make an effort to get there with some help, but would anyone be willing to assist me with a few specific books as a backup? nyone who helps can get a copy of my x-ray sent to them
PM me what you're looking for, my store right by my house had almost every guide on that list. Now to hope they don't yank em all :(
#86
the incredible disappearing moderator
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:42 AM
Sugar, these are at BestBuy.Are those at gamestop? If so I need to get me one of each: SMG2 CE, DR2 LE, Castlevania LOS and Spiderman.
That's what Lox hooks us up with, why someone mentioned that a few guides are down from bestbuy.com, and why IATCG was talking about the inventory trick from bestbuy.com that he tells you how to do in the OP.
#87
Texas CAG
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:42 AM
I'll add some SKUs to what Ultragamer found:
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Edited by htown01, 21 February 2011 - 04:29 AM.
Spoilered SKUs
#88
Corporate Shill
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:45 AM
Please tell me you're trolling.
Read back about 20-30 posts and catch up with the rest of us, please.
hahah when I saw his comment, I thought "poor IATTCG is gonna get banned in about 2 minutes..."
By the way, tomorrow is a holiday. Everyone better head out early if you want to snag these.
#89
Or so they say...
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:45 AM
Spoiler
Only SKU I didn't have was Resident Evil 5, if someone could post it that would be awesome.
Personally, I'll be going after Super Mario Galaxy 2 CE, Sly Collection(If I don't get it I hope someone can get a spare to trade), Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks, and Assassins Creed II.
Edited by shrike4242, 21 February 2011 - 04:24 AM.
#90
the incredible disappearing moderator
Posted 21 February 2011 - 03:47 AM
I should have thought of that with my spinal injury. I should offer my left over meds to folks who hook me up with the months of crap I missed out on.nyone who helps can get a copy of my x-ray sent to them
Seriously, get better fast Visc. It's no fun being laid up, in excruciating pain for months. Believe me, I know... I honestly had to talk with my bro about "if I'm never able to stand or walk on my own again..." Thankfully, a hip fracture shouldn't be terribly tricky. Just a total pain in the neck to suffer through. Let us know how we can help.
Only RE5 info I can find so far is from B&N's website: ISBN-13: 9780761561613
ISBN: 0761561617
Oh, here we go: SKU: 6879003 from this page... although that doesn't look like it matches the other BB sku patterns. hrmm.
