The reason I still sometimes shop at EBStop starts on 4/30

Xenogears of Bore

Buy 2, get 1 free used games at EBstop.

A good third of my GBA library comes from these sales and the Toys R Us sale on new games. Exciting.

Kaseius

Where'd you hear/see this?

B:L

CAG.


Should be a few good deals around, what with the reprint of SMT Nocturne (and DDS?).

Also, No More Heroes dropped to $29.99 new, so maybe the used copies are even cheaper than that.


Edit: I put Zack & Wiki as $29.99 new, but it's actually $19.99 new.

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=12374

ManetherenWolf

Yeah, Gamestop starts B2g1 on used games and accessories tommorrow.

Stores JUST got told about this today too.

jothki

Hmm, I might have to check this out.

tardcore

Damnit. After I just bought GTA4 and a Wii.

Damnit

Shadowfire

B:L wrote: »

CAG.


Should be a few good deals around, what with the reprint of SMT Nocturne (and DDS?).

Also, No More Heroes dropped to $29.99 new, so maybe the used copies are even cheaper than that.


Edit: I put Zack & Wiki as $29.99 new, but it's actually $19.99 new.

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=12374

They forgot to lower the used NMH price, so it may be a day or two before that catches up...

Lunker

I don't even need new games but I know I'm going to swing by on my lunch break to see if there are some DS/PSP games I might want, because I can't stand paying retail. :x I've been hemming and hawing on Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters for ages, so if that's down to the proper $17.99 used price I might have to jump on it.

Evander

Neat.

xWonderboyx

Neat-o.

GoodOmens

Hoorah, cheap DS games! Just the thing to tide me over until Age of Conan.

Xenogears of Bore

Some NEW, not USED prices.

Sega Superstar Tennis Wii/360/PS3/PS2 $19.99
No More Heroes Wii $29.99
Super Swing Golf Season 2 $29.99
Ben 10 Wii $19.99
Marvel Ultimate Alliance $19.99
NitroBike $19.99
Super Swing Golf $19.99

DS:
Touch Detective 2 1/2 $9.99
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games $24.99
Sega Superstar tennis $14.99
Mega Man ZX Advent $19.99
Insecticide $19.99
Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin $19.99
Phoenix Wright: Justice for All $14.99

360:
Assassin's Creed $29.99
Overlord $19.99
Guitar Hero III Bundle $79.99
Bioshock $39.99
Guitar Hero 3 Game Only $39.99
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic $29.99

PS3:
Assassin's Creed $29.99
Unreal tournament III $39.99
Guitar Hero 3 Bundle $79.99
Guitar Hero 3 Game Only $39.99
Stranglehold $29.99
Lost: The game $39.99
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men $39.99

PSP:
Ratchet & Clank: Size matters $19.99
Ben 10 $19.99
Killzone Liberation $19.99
Splinter Cell: Essentials $19.99
Harvey Birdman $19.99

PS2:
God Of War 2 $19.99

jeddy lee

Hmmm... exciting. Now to see if my GS in the frozen north is actually doing this.

Ryadic

Any word on how long this sale lasts? I think I may have to dedicate some of my $600 check for the economy stimulus thing to this sale. And I just bought a Wii and a used Zelda. Think I'll return the Zelda for a refund and then purchase it again so I can get a free game.

sabyul

I heard the guys at my EB talking about it, and they said that the stores themselves don't know for sure when it ends-- it ends when corporate sends them an email saying that it ended. That being said, generally it's a week to around 10 days.

I got Sonic Rush, Assassin's Creed, and God of War II. Sweet.

Gyral

OF COURSE! The one weekend I'm going to be out of town is the one they have it. Even though it starts tomorrow, I won't be able to swing by because I'm tied up the whole day in work/packing for a freaking 6 AM outbound flight.

Evander

Ryadic wrote: »

Any word on how long this sale lasts? I think I may have to dedicate some of my $600 check for the economy stimulus thing to this sale. And I just bought a Wii and a used Zelda. Think I'll return the Zelda for a refund and then purchase it again so I can get a free game.

I heard Sunday.

Ryadic

Sunday May 4th, or 11th? If it's the 4th then shit...

Evander

This sunday.

If I hear otherwise, I'll update you all.

Elementalor

Wait, does this start on 4/30(today) or 5/1(tomorrow)? Everyone's saying tomorrow, but OP says 4/30(today)?

Mmmm... Cocks...

Elementalor wrote: »

Wait, does this start on 4/30(today) or 5/1(tomorrow)? Everyone's saying tomorrow, but OP says 4/30(today)?

You realize a lot of those posts are from yesterday right?

Elementalor

No, no I did not. Haha, actually, they all say 'Today' for me and I just didn't bother to check the times posted, so yes, I am a durf.

reddog

Hmmm....maybe I should go and stock up on a few cheap used games for my Goozex library...hehehehe.

Dodge Aspen

This type of sale is the reason I have a gigantic backlog. I'll be shutting myself in for the duration so as not to be tempted.

Variable

gonna be going tomorrow with some plans.

Xenogears of Bore

Elementalor wrote: »

Wait, does this start on 4/30(today) or 5/1(tomorrow)? Everyone's saying tomorrow, but OP says 4/30(today)?

I did 4/30 for a reason, mainly because I posted that near the day shift to avoid confusion.

I almost got away with it too...

Elementalor

Yes, you should have posted 43 minutes later and saved me embarrassment.

Nah, I just should have read more carefully.

So I'm thinking of picking up Ratchet and Clank and Uncharted with this. Anyone have advice for a third? (I have all the systems, but I'd rather get something else for PS3, trying not to get anything for 360 that I don't have to)

Kaseius

Went in to buy GTA4, walked out with GTA4 special edition, Gitaroo Man (psp), Dungeon Siege (psp), and Burnout (psp).

It was awesome.

TeeMan

EB Games in AU does this every few months. Always good for a scrounge

Mashalot

oh man I cleaned up last time they did this. Fuck. I shouldn't spend the $. Last time, damn, god hand, eternal darkness, geist, rule of the rose, gradius 3&4, one of those dk bongo games, one of those shitty midway comps... stuff i'm forgetting about. just, fuck. most of that stuff was <$10 but I definitely didn't need most of it.

MegaMan001

God. I fucking hate Game Stop. I've even started a few threads here bitching about their nefarious practices.

But you know what, you just can't go wrong with these sales.

I just picked up Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect, and Ace Combat 6 (all like new mint copies with great CDs) for fucking $110.

Can't be blamed for essentially being given one game for buying two more awesome ones.

jothki

So it seems that people just don't sell back very many good DS games to Gamestop. I went in hoping to grab three games, but the only thing I could find used that I actually wanted was No More Heroes. I ended up walking out with a new copy of AW: DoR.

Xenogears of Bore

Yggdra Union, Mega Man Zero 4, Breath of Fire II=22 bucks.

Did I do ok?

Kaseius

I would say so!

I think today or tomorrow is the last day for this sale, so everyone should go and get something new (used) to enjoy!

Xenogears of Bore

They also had Tactics Ogre (KoL not LUCT) but I already had a copy.

Sunday is the last day of the sale.

DoctorArch

Had a good haul. I just picked up a Wii this week, and this was a great way to quickly build my collection. I picked up Metroid Prime 3, Twilight Princess, and Mario Galaxy for 90 total. Threw in a new Zack & Wiki for 19.99, and I'm a happy Wii camper.

Ryadic

So this is a reason I still enjoy shopping at the Gamestop I go to. The guys that work there are pretty awesome. I got there pretty often and they know me pretty well as a regular. So I go in there with a copy of Twilight Princess I purchased last Sunday, a few days before the sale, and the receipt and tell him that I wanna get a refund then buy it again with another game so I can take advantage of the deal. The guy says he'll do it for me since I'm a regular, but they wouldn't really do it for anyone else because they want them to buy more games. So I ended up getting No More Heroes and Phantom Hourglass for about 30. So about 70 overall for the three games.

Evander

Ryadic wrote: »

So this is a reason I still enjoy shopping at the Gamestop I go to. The guys that work there are pretty awesome. I got there pretty often and they know me pretty well as a regular. So I go in there with a copy of Twilight Princess I purchased last Sunday, a few days before the sale, and the receipt and tell him that I wanna get a refund then buy it again with another game so I can take advantage of the deal. The guy says he'll do it for me since I'm a regular, but they wouldn't really do it for anyone else because they want them to buy more games. So I ended up getting No More Heroes and Phantom Hourglass for about 30. So about 70 overall for the three games.

For the record, as long as you bought that used game within 7 days of the day you returned it, he would HAVE to make that deal for you, regular or not.

Used games can be returned within 7 days of purchase, for ANY reason. (this can be refused at a manager's discretion, but only really for cases where some one is abusing the policy.)

Ryadic

Techincally what I did could be considered abusing policy. The guy could've been a real dick about it, but wasn't. Most likely if it were someone else they would've said no that way they could sell more games. I'm just saying the guy didn't give me shit that you would expect from a lot of other places.

Evander

Ryadic wrote: »

Techincally what I did could be considered abusing policy.

ABSOLUTELY not!

What you did was well within any store's policies. You bought an item which they put on sale within your return period. There's no policy issue there.



Abuse of policy is when peole start treating it as free rentals.



What I'm saying is that the guy did what he was supposed to do, but dressed it up as though he was doing you a favor. It just bugs me because we ACTUALLY go out of our way for our regulars at our store, so seeing a guy pretend to like that is kind of an insult.

Kaseius

Heh, I remember when I traded in 3 cheap PS2 games for Wipeout Pure on PSP back when it was 40$ new with some deal they had.. took it back in the next day and got the newest Gran Turismo for like 10$.. the guy working there was pissed