Couldn't you just 'ship to store' in those cases? Or is BB so committed to top percentile that they don't even carry it?
Frankly, I don't really shop there unless they have something I'm really looking for. And that doesn't include actual games. I picked up a couple of those chrome LE 360 controllers when they put them on sale. But generally I stick to picking up fauxbux cards for XBL and Steam and the occasional DVD. I feel I could bet a better deal on new games practically anywhere else.
The Best Buy Club actually seems worthwhile now, assuming you don't mind locking yourself into Best Buy.
Problem with Best Buy is that good luck getting what you want if your interest is in something beyond AAA titles. Etrian Odyssey? lol wat the hell is that
If you buy three AAA games in two years, there is no problem whatsoever with the BB program. Seriously, the amount of value there is absurd.
Tomb Raider Definitive Edition Xbox One Game 67%
Murdered: Soul Suspect Xbox One Game 67%
Dragon Age Inquisition Xbox One Game 40%
Dragon Age Inquisition Deluxe Edition Xbox One Game 40%
Zombie Driver Ultimate Edition Xbox One Game 67%
Ryse: Legendary Edition Xbox One Game 40%
Sunset Overdrive Season Pass Add-On 25%
Also, add the following to the 360 deals:
Hitman HD Pack (GoD) 80%$4.99
And it appears that the NBA 2K15 stuff may be discounted permanently. Nelson doesn't list it, but that could just be an oversight. He also didn't list Assassin's Creed 4 as part of any sale. AC4 is now 33% off for $19.99.
I got Best Buys Gamer Club Unlock...and I think I got really screwed over...
I buy the card at the store, I ask the clerk how it works online, and she says as long as you use the same number I gave her with my Best Buy account it'll work automatically.
I order 4 games at bestbuy.com. Before I check out I look and look and I don't see the discount being applied anywhere.
I livechat with a customer service rep who walks me through the order process but still can't get it to work. She tells me to just place the order, give her the number afterward and she'll see what happens. I do so and I still get full-charged. She tells me to call the Bestbuy customer line and they can apply the discount to my order.
So I call and get juggled between several departments. While on hold I get disconnected twice.
In the process I learn that both the store clerk and the livechat service rep both straight up misinformed me, and that in order to get a discount I apparently need to put in a code that gets emailed to me.
But I'm also told that the GCU SHOULD be connected to my phone number and account, but it didn't this time...because apparently I have SIX BestBuy accounts!! How the hell did that happen!?! They killed all those other accounts and supposedly put the GCU on the account I used to place the order...
About 3/4 through the above I asked if I could cancel my order and just redo after everything's sorted out, so I don't get charged full price...
...but they told me that the order's already been sent to the warehouse, I'm going to be charged and they're going to be shipped to me, and there's nothing anybody can do to stop it. They said that once I get it maybe I could mail them back or maybe turn them into a local store to get my money back. Maybe.
...and when I placed the original order I also used a $25 e-gift certificate that I got for Christmas. Where THAT went to in all this mess I don't know. It says on my order at the website that it was applied (and was the ONLY discount that was applied), but the receipt emailed to me shows everything still at full price. Ugh...
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
The multiple accounts are probably because you've set up the rewards card in the past multiple times, or bought the protection plans on different items but not signed up with the same account. I know my wife and I ended up with three accounts because we messed up signing up a couple times.
The quickest and simplest way to deal with all this is that once your account stuff is sorted out, just wait for your packages and then go to your local Best Buy and have the customer service desk re-fund and re-ring the order for you with your proper account info. Easy peasy.
Just in time for...today...the following have been discounted for an undetermined period of time:
Rabbids Invasion: Interactive TV Show (GoD) 33%$19.99
Smurfs 2 (GoD) 43%$19.99
South Park Stick of Truth (GoD) 33%$19.99
Titanfall Deluxe Edition (GoD) 25%$29.99[/color]
The quickest and simplest way to deal with all this is that once your account stuff is sorted out, just wait for your packages and then go to your local Best Buy and have the customer service desk re-fund and re-ring the order for you with your proper account info. Easy peasy.
And if they don't, be sure to keep a timeline of these events and dispute the charges with your bank.
I'm not super thrilled with BestBuy either. Pokemon was discounted by $3 online, I had a $5-off coupon, and BestBuy is on my way to work. $8 off. Excellent.
But then the game in the store was full price. I asked about it and they had to price match their own website. But the discounts don't stack. And the clerk wasn't being forthcoming about this.
I just walked out. Which is maybe a bit dramatic when they won't appply a $3 discount? But the text on the site and the coupon didn't mention any of this, and I was disgusted.
I don't know anything about the gamers club thing, but I have never had an issue using my rewards certificates with price matching, even from their own website.
I don't know anything about the gamers club thing, but I have never had an issue using my rewards certificates with price matching, even from their own website.
It wasn't a rewards certificate; I was using this coupon from their Nintendo event thing.
Oh, yeah. Almost forgot that Tomb Raider is still available for free via GwG for probably another five or so hours. Starting tomorrow, the free offering will be BioShock Infinite.
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Wonder if I still have my save for that.
I deleted my save for TR and played through It and 100%ed the collectables/upgrades (everything that's not multi).
Kinda wonder if I can do a "no upgrades" challenge run for Tomb Raider. Nothing but the story upgrades.
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
GOG.com is giving away copies of the 2013 Rise of the Triad reboot. 10k copies left right now.
BioShock (GoD) 75%$4.99
Escape Dead Island (GoD) 66%$13.59
GTA San Andreas (XBLA) 75%$3.94
GTA IV (GoD) 75%$4.99
GTA IV The Lost and Damned (DLC) 75%$2.49
GTA IV The Ballad of Gay Tony (DLC) 75%$4.99
GTA V (GoD) 58%$25.19
P4AU (GoD) 40%$35.99
Risen 3 Titan Lords (GoD) 50%$24.99
Sacred 3 (GoD) 50%$24.99
It's possible BioShock will be available for the rest of the month since Infinite is free. More info when Nelson's blog goes back up.
I don't know anything about the gamers club thing, but I have never had an issue using my rewards certificates with price matching, even from their own website.
It wasn't a rewards certificate; I was using this coupon from their Nintendo event thing.
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Neat! I was almost going to buy a couple games....then the 'wallet' lurked it's ugly head and I stopped.
Sick of marketplaces that force you to "add funds" instead of just letting you pay flat out for whatever you're purchasing. I know it's to get you roped in and spend more later, but I just hate it and stop bothering with any markets that do it.
Neat! I was almost going to buy a couple games....then the 'wallet' lurked it's ugly head and I stopped.
Sick of marketplaces that force you to "add funds" instead of just letting you pay flat out for whatever you're purchasing. I know it's to get you roped in and spend more later, but I just hate it and stop bothering with any markets that do it.
It's more to cover the merchant fees from credit card companies, honestly.
PSN has a $5 minimum to add funds, but anything over that, you can just add the exact amount you need. I find it pretty easy to zero out my PSN wallet.
Weekly ads time, after a couple of weeks of meh, there are a few deals this week. Probably the best deal is for people looking to pick up a PS4 and Bloodborne: at Target this week use Cartwheel and get a PS4, Bloodborne and a $20 PSN card for $425.
Target Cartwheel Coupon App
10% off PS4
10% off PSTV
Target
$25 Gift card with purchase of Wii U
Save $15 on 3 month XBLive or BF Hardline season pass with purchase of BF Hardline
Save $15 with purchase of Bloodborne and $20 PSN card
Save $20 on Borderlands collection with trade in of Borderlands the Pre-Sequel
Buy 2 get 1 free on Disney Infinity Figures
$49.99
Evolve
$39.99
Disney Infinity 2.0
Skylanders starter sets
GTA5
DA Inquisition
Destiny
COD Advanced Warfare
Fifa 15
$29.99
Farcry 4
$19.99
AC Unity
Best Buy
Free Sony Silver headset with purchase of PS4
$5 off 1 year PS+ with purchase of PS4
$30 off PS3 consoles
$274.99 Wii U
All Disney Infinity figures $9.99
$49.99
Dragonball Xenoverse
Skylanders Trap team
$39.99
Warlords of Draenor expansion
WWE 2k15
LBP3
DA Inquisition
Rugby 15
Evil Within
Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel edition
$29.99
PvZ Garden Warfare
Destiny
$24.99
Disney Infinity 2.0 Toy Box starter pack
$19.99
Monopoly Family Fun Pack
Fry's Promo code deals
$275 Wii U
$30 Project STEAM 3ds
$16 for $20 PSN/Nintendo EShop cards
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Every week, or more often, @nusu and @Santa Claustrophobia spend time posting and formatting deals for us. Just wanted to post an official thank you for keeping up on this for us.
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Frankly, I don't really shop there unless they have something I'm really looking for. And that doesn't include actual games. I picked up a couple of those chrome LE 360 controllers when they put them on sale. But generally I stick to picking up fauxbux cards for XBL and Steam and the occasional DVD. I feel I could bet a better deal on new games practically anywhere else.
If you buy three AAA games in two years, there is no problem whatsoever with the BB program. Seriously, the amount of value there is absurd.
Hmm.
Why isn't Zoo Tycoon $10?
Kind of feels like some kind of special sale happening. More info if there is any.
Also, add the following to the 360 deals:
And it appears that the NBA 2K15 stuff may be discounted permanently. Nelson doesn't list it, but that could just be an oversight. He also didn't list Assassin's Creed 4 as part of any sale. AC4 is now 33% off for $19.99.
Maybe it's a permanent price drop?
A very polite glitch.
That's super cool of them to give away the DLC for free.
And today I learned that Xbox Live and Origin will let you buy DLC's for games you don't own!
If I ever bother getting Titanfall I have all the DLC for the 360, XB1 and Origin.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
I buy the card at the store, I ask the clerk how it works online, and she says as long as you use the same number I gave her with my Best Buy account it'll work automatically.
I order 4 games at bestbuy.com. Before I check out I look and look and I don't see the discount being applied anywhere.
I livechat with a customer service rep who walks me through the order process but still can't get it to work. She tells me to just place the order, give her the number afterward and she'll see what happens. I do so and I still get full-charged. She tells me to call the Bestbuy customer line and they can apply the discount to my order.
So I call and get juggled between several departments. While on hold I get disconnected twice.
In the process I learn that both the store clerk and the livechat service rep both straight up misinformed me, and that in order to get a discount I apparently need to put in a code that gets emailed to me.
But I'm also told that the GCU SHOULD be connected to my phone number and account, but it didn't this time...because apparently I have SIX BestBuy accounts!! How the hell did that happen!?! They killed all those other accounts and supposedly put the GCU on the account I used to place the order...
About 3/4 through the above I asked if I could cancel my order and just redo after everything's sorted out, so I don't get charged full price...
...but they told me that the order's already been sent to the warehouse, I'm going to be charged and they're going to be shipped to me, and there's nothing anybody can do to stop it. They said that once I get it maybe I could mail them back or maybe turn them into a local store to get my money back. Maybe.
...and when I placed the original order I also used a $25 e-gift certificate that I got for Christmas. Where THAT went to in all this mess I don't know. It says on my order at the website that it was applied (and was the ONLY discount that was applied), but the receipt emailed to me shows everything still at full price. Ugh...
And if they don't, be sure to keep a timeline of these events and dispute the charges with your bank.
But then the game in the store was full price. I asked about it and they had to price match their own website. But the discounts don't stack. And the clerk wasn't being forthcoming about this.
I just walked out. Which is maybe a bit dramatic when they won't appply a $3 discount? But the text on the site and the coupon didn't mention any of this, and I was disgusted.
I don't know anything about the gamers club thing, but I have never had an issue using my rewards certificates with price matching, even from their own website.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16878190547
Target
Free copy of Destiny with purchase of a PS4
2 free Rockstar drinks with purchase of BF Hardline
15% off Disney Infinity Stitch collector case
Best Buy
30% trade in bonus for games
Free Titanfall with purchase of XBO
Save $8 on 3 months of Live with purchase of BF Hardline for XBO
Save $5 on BF Premium with purchase of BF Hardline for XBO
All Disney Infinity single figures are $9.99
$59.99
Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel edition
$49.99
Evolve
COD Advanced Warfare
$44.99
Halo MCC
Disney infinity Toybox edition
$39.99
Destiny
NBA 2k15
Saints Row 4 remaster
$24.99
Just Dance 2015
Fry's
Sunday Promo code deals:
$274.99 WiiU with Super Mario 3d land
$47.99 Smash Bros WiiU
Non-promo deals:
Free year of PS+ with purchase of PS4
$39.99 for 1 year of XBL with purchase of XBO
$49.99
GTA5 PS4/XBO
Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel edition
$9.99 Disney Infinity figures
It wasn't a rewards certificate; I was using this coupon from their Nintendo event thing.
https://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/343182-best-buy-coupon-37-314-5-off-any-single-wii-u-or-3ds-video-game-and-10-off-accessories/
I deleted my save for TR and played through It and 100%ed the collectables/upgrades (everything that's not multi).
Kinda wonder if I can do a "no upgrades" challenge run for Tomb Raider. Nothing but the story upgrades.
It's possible BioShock will be available for the rest of the month since Infinite is free. More info when Nelson's blog goes back up.
To their credit, with all that you get beside Burial at Sea, it's probably one of the better priced passes.
Ugh, I learned about that coupon far too late and was unable to use it. I totes would have picked up Captain Toad. Bah.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/flash-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-9_FLASHSALE15ALL
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If you don't already have Pac-man CEDX and Tokyo Jungle, there's no excuse anymore.
Sick of marketplaces that force you to "add funds" instead of just letting you pay flat out for whatever you're purchasing. I know it's to get you roped in and spend more later, but I just hate it and stop bothering with any markets that do it.
It's more to cover the merchant fees from credit card companies, honestly.
Target Cartwheel Coupon App
10% off PS4
10% off PSTV
Target
$25 Gift card with purchase of Wii U
Save $15 on 3 month XBLive or BF Hardline season pass with purchase of BF Hardline
Save $15 with purchase of Bloodborne and $20 PSN card
Save $20 on Borderlands collection with trade in of Borderlands the Pre-Sequel
Buy 2 get 1 free on Disney Infinity Figures
$49.99
Evolve
$39.99
Disney Infinity 2.0
Skylanders starter sets
GTA5
DA Inquisition
Destiny
COD Advanced Warfare
Fifa 15
$29.99
Farcry 4
$19.99
AC Unity
Best Buy
Free Sony Silver headset with purchase of PS4
$5 off 1 year PS+ with purchase of PS4
$30 off PS3 consoles
$274.99 Wii U
All Disney Infinity figures $9.99
$49.99
Dragonball Xenoverse
Skylanders Trap team
$39.99
Warlords of Draenor expansion
WWE 2k15
LBP3
DA Inquisition
Rugby 15
Evil Within
Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel edition
$29.99
PvZ Garden Warfare
Destiny
$24.99
Disney Infinity 2.0 Toy Box starter pack
$19.99
Monopoly Family Fun Pack
Fry's Promo code deals
$275 Wii U
$30 Project STEAM 3ds
$16 for $20 PSN/Nintendo EShop cards