R.I.P. GCU. Well, mine ran out a couple years ago. And guess what? I pretty much stopped buying games at Best Buy outside of BF deals. So, good job I guess?
#182
Posted 02 March 2021 - 04:31 AM
RIP GCU. It was a hell of a run. Sadly, I stopped buying physical media years ago, and when my GCU ran out, it was all digital all the time for me, and still is to this day. But man, I made out like a bandit during the Xbox One era. So many great deals....and the trade-in program was just comically amazing. I still have $450 in credit from those days banked on a gift card that I still haven't decided how to spend yet. I would say I wish someone would come up with a similar program for digital titles, but with Game Pass and how new'ish games are constantly being added faster than I thought they would be, there's really no need to.
#187
BK All Day
Posted 09 March 2021 - 02:18 PM
From what I recall, we're supposed to get them by the end of the month.
I just got mine today. They did say all check's should be out by the end of the month.
I just received mine today.... it’s going right to a digital mlb the show pre order for ps5
#192
Walp!
Posted 11 March 2021 - 09:07 PM
Got mine a few days ago, it's a shame it's over, but hey at least that $30 was free (for me at least thanks to their system glitching and giving me 4 years free).
Not to mention the thousands I've bled out of them over the last decade with that deal, and that's in addition to all the pricing goofs they've had over the years.
#195
Henshin A Go-Go Baby!
Posted 02 April 2021 - 06:13 AM
Best Buy isn't going out of business because it's not selling you video games. It's going to be because other retailers are taking all the big ticket item sales - like appliances and smartphones - away from them.Me neither. They'll be the next Circuit City. Only a matter of time.
Video games, like bluray movies, have been disappearing from the floor space, and soon will be gone anyways.
#197
Cheaper than Cheap!
Posted 02 April 2021 - 07:39 AM
Best Buy isn't going out of business because it's not selling you video games. It's going to be because other retailers are taking all the big ticket item sales - like appliances and smartphones - away from them.
Video games, like bluray movies, have been disappearing from the floor space, and soon will be gone anyways.
The new Best Buy that opened up in the mall I work at has no physical movies of any kind (even 4K Ultra Blurays) on their floors and gaming is a shell of what other stores normally have. It's not a big moved for them as much as it used to so they use the space for stuff that actually moves relatively quicker than them.
#207
Infamous
Posted 11 April 2021 - 07:03 AM
Discount applies even after GCU expires but only if you don't have a CC expiring on the order before the game releases
Not if BB can cancel it first! Had that happen with an old pre-order and they refused to reinstate it saying I could just order it again. Coincidentally, I haven't bought anything from them since. . .
Oh and the reason was it was "unavailable". No other reason at all. Monkeys.
#208
Posted 02 May 2021 - 06:34 PM
Not if BB can cancel it first! Had that happen with an old pre-order and they refused to reinstate it saying I could just order it again. Coincidentally, I haven't bought anything from them since. . .
Oh and the reason was it was "unavailable". No other reason at all. Monkeys.
I believe this happened with Digimon Tactics; it was unlisted for a while, then brought back. My GCU expired in July of last year, so I got on with customer support and they reinstated the 20% discount for this game, due to it not being canceled by me.
#209
Posted 04 May 2021 - 02:57 AM
since this got bumped, and for historical purposes, I'll share my GCU story. I got my GCU membership online and it never worked... well, it worked ONLY on the initial purchase. I called best buy, spoke to managers for days, even went into a brick and mortar store (unless if that store was made out of wood), and nobody could get it to work. They gave me $30 in best buy money and told me to buy another membership. That still didn't work... I ended up somehow buying the membership AGAIN but with cash. That time, the membership stuck to my account. They never refunded me for the second cash purchase, so I had 4 years with everything considered stacked on my account. I was upset, but whatever.
My membership was suppose to end the last day of Feb 2021, 1 day before the official end of the program... I got an e-mail saying that I'll get a refund for each membership. A month or so later, a nice $60 check from BBY showed up in my mailbox . I was happy.
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