Matt Young 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 I was wondering if anyone knew of any video game deals for the day after Thanksgiving. I was lucky enough to get a GameCube with the Zelda Collector's Edition for $80 last year, so I was hoping some stores would have some decent bargains this November 26th. Has anyone heard of any? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 Uh... http://cheapassgamer.com/ CompUSA (Prices good Friday & Saturday only) [Opens 6am] Xbox Holiday Bundle (FREE Extras INSTANTLY ~ $50 Value) $149.99 - Xbox Console w/ Top Spin & NCAA Football '05 - Extra Xbox Gaming Edge Controller - 6-Outlet Surge Protector - 2.1 Speakers Set GameCube Bundle (FREE Extras INSTANTLY ~ $40 Value) $99.99 - Regular GC Console [black/Indigo/Platinum] - CD Case with 6 AA Batteries - 6-Outlet Surge Protector - 2.1 Speakers Set Gameboy Advance SP Bundle (FREE Extras INSTANTLY ~ $35 Value) $79.99 - GBA SP System [Flame/Cobalt/Platinum/Onyx] - Travel Case - Car Adapter + 2 Game Protectors + Body Armor Set - Wing Grip - CD Case with 6 AA Batteries Receive a $10 CompUSA Gift Card via Mail on these select games ($49.99 each): PS2 GTA: San Andreas XB Halo 2 Regular GC Metroid Prime 2 PS2/XB Mortal Kombat Deception PS2/XB/GC Call of Duty Finest Hour PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3 $9.99 Games PS2/XB Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six 3, Prince of Persia PS2 Smackdown vs RAW $39.99 Buy 1 Get 1 Free Instantly: Logitech Controller (PS2/XB) $24.99 $39.99 PC Games World of Warcraft Sims 2 Doom 3 Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 $29.99 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga, SW: Jedi Knight Jedi Academy $9.99 each (FREE SW: Rogue Squadron with either purchase) EBgames Early Bird 7am-Noon Buy 2 Pre played Games, Get 1 Free 2 for $25 (all platinum hits, player's choice, greatest hits, GBA videos and more) Madden 2005, Doom 3, Spiderman 2, Call of Duty United Offensive $19.99 each Zelda, Red Dead Revolver, Rome Total War, City of Heroes $29.99 each F-Zero GX, Midway Arcade Treasures, Pokemon Channel, Max Payne 2, thirteen, Rainbow Six 3, Finding Nemo, Call of Duty $9.99 Buy 1 featured game get 1 free (pictured are Jeopardy! 2003, Risk Global Domination. Wheel of Fortune) $19.99 Buy 1 Gamecube 2x memory card, Get 1 free $9.99 PS2 or XBOX wireless Lynx controller $19.99 Three day Specials 11/26-11/28 PS2 Slimline $149.99 Nintendo DS $149.99 Platinum Nintendo Gamecube system and controller, Mario Kart: Double Dash, $15 "You've got money" check $99.99 Halo 2 $49.99 (receive 20% off the game guide when you buy game and guide together $16.99) Grand Theft Auto San Andreas $49.99 (receive 20% off the game guide when you buy game and guide together $16.99) Chronicles of Riddick $9.99 Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban $19.99 Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 $34.99 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 $29.99 PC, $39.99 console A Series of Unfortunate Events $39.99 Zoo Tycoon 2 $34.99 Shark Tale $39.99 Grand Theft Auto $29.99 Star Wars Battlefront $39.99 Full Spectrum Warrior $29.99 X-Men Legends $39.99 Call Of Duty Finest Hour $49.99 (receive $10 EBGames mail in gift voucher with purchase) GameBoy Advance SP $79.99 (Cobalt, Onyx, Flame, Tatoo) Buy Any MadCatz Accesoyry get 2nd one for half off Gift Box Bundles: PS2 $199.97 (Jak 2) GameCube $149.97 (Super Monkey Ball) GBA SP $119.97 (Sonic Advance) XBox $199.97 (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic) (all items included in bundles were NOT listed) Kmart Select Playstation 2 Games -- limit 2 $7.99 Sears Call of Duty (Xbox) $45 Golden Eye (Xbox) $45 Halo 2 (Xbox) $45 Killzone (PS2) $45 Metal Gear Solid 3 (PS2) $45 Smackdown vs. Raw (PS2) $45 Target PS2/XB ESPN NBA 2K5 $13.44 PS2 GTA Vice City $13.44 XB Project Gotham Racing $13.44 XB Halo $23.44 Gameboy Advance SP System with Spiderman 2 GBA Game $79.99 PSTwo System with Corvette PS2 Game $149.99 XBOX Holiday Bundle (3 free games: NCAA Football 2005, Top Spin, and Crimson Skies) $149.99 Toys R US Buy 2 Get 1 Free on all Gameboy Advance Video Cartridges Buy 2 Get 1 free TV Games (PacMan, Ms. PacMan, Frogger, Spongebob, Activision, Atari Classics, Atari Paddle, Spongebob Dilly, Spiderman, Classic Pinball, Pocket Namco, World Poker Tour, Blues Clues, Disney, Tele-colors) GameBoy Advanced SP w/ Cartoon Network Bundle (Bundle contains headphones, GBA Video Cartoon Network, and GBA Cartoon Network Speedway)-- $79.95 (until noon) PSTwo Value Pack (Console, Tony Hawk Underground 2, and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas or Spiderman 2) -- $219.97 Select Majesco GameBoy Advance Games $9.99 (Museum, F-18, Monster Truck, Strawberry Shortcake, Texas Hold'em, the Golden Nugget, Pacman, Frogger Advance, Battlebots, and Quad Desert Fury) 2 for $15 on select PS2 games (American Idol, Tomb Raider, Strike Force Bowling, Sitting Duck, Trigger Man, Bad Boys, Reel Fishing, Amplitude, Jet X20,Robotech Battlecry) TRU will also be running an ad from 11/21 to the 24th, which has one R-zone deal. It says all PS2, GC, and XB games $19.99 and lower will be $5 off(hmm I wonder if green tag games will be $5 off plus half off). Also all PC software will be $5 off. Walmart Game Boy Advance (not SP) $40 Namco 2-pack Plug 'n' Play TV Games $20 Im advising everyone to not shop at Best Buy. Its really a complicated story, but it comes down to them not wanting unwanted or "Devil" customers to shop their stores any more. "Devils" would be people who buy stuff only when they have it on sale for a deep discount and also people who send in rebates. They want "angels" to continue to shop there, people who walk in and buy stuff no matter what the price is and dont send in rebates. As I said, its kinda more complicated than that, but if you want to know more you can read this article http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19603 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Stanley 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 Is that Madden 05 for XBOX 19.99? Cause i work at the MOA and EB is 3 stores down and i come in to work at 8am! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ced 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 Im advising everyone to not shop at Best Buy. Its really a complicated story, but it comes down to them not wanting unwanted or "Devil" customers to shop their stores any more. "Devils" would be people who buy stuff only when they have it on sale for a deep discount and also people who send in rebates. They want "angels" to continue to shop there, people who walk in and buy stuff no matter what the price is and dont send in rebates. As I said, its kinda more complicated than that, but if you want to know more you can read this article http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19603 'Devils' to them are the ones that take the rebate and return the product and return opened items and buy them again at the discounted opened item price. However, if I'm to be lumped in with the devils because I mainly buy rebate items and opened items but not do the underhanded tactics associated with them, then they'll take my devil money and like it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agent_Bond34 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 Fuck I wish I had a CompUSA nearby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 Im advising everyone to not shop at Best Buy. Its really a complicated story, but it comes down to them not wanting unwanted or "Devil" customers to shop their stores any more. "Devils" would be people who buy stuff only when they have it on sale for a deep discount and also people who send in rebates. They want "angels" to continue to shop there, people who walk in and buy stuff no matter what the price is and dont send in rebates. As I said, its kinda more complicated than that, but if you want to know more you can read this article http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19603 Wow, that's a poorly written column. I'll give him that he ties everything into his theme of illusions, but he really stretches to make this essay work: - First he explains the concept of the 'Devils', and cites two cases - customers who buy something, send in the rebate, and then return the product, and customers who buy something, return it, and then buy it back at a discount on the 'open items' rack. - Then he jumps to the conclusion that because BB doesn't like these 'Devils', they dislike all people who buy loss leaders, and wonder why they have them in the first place, since BB is out to screw everyone over. (Not that he tries to really prove this, since he's already going to his next point, which is that) - Apparently BB - and BB alone - 'force' the manufacturers to create a mail-in rebate that apparently noone likes, and especially not the consumer. And somehow, this causes rifts between everyone. (Which is why consumers and manufacturers keep coming back to BB.) - And then he somehow goes into a rant about data collection (in this case BB asking you for your zip code) and how smart he is by paying cash and refusing to give out his zip code... actually, I'm not sure what this has to do with illusions. Maybe he just doesn't want to be found when SkyNet goes online? So anyways, in the end I'm not really sure what point this guy is trying to make other than pay cash and fly under the corporate radar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 good sales sad thing happened to me two weeks ago. I went to best buy to get sd vs raw and coudnt find it so I picked up the holiday game guide there to see the release date on it . I asked a worker and the computer said it was in stock so he went to back and got it finally. I went and paid the full 49.95 price. then was horrified to learn later that in the holiday game guide was a 5 buck off coupon for sd vs raw or DOR man was I poed the neew sd magazine also has the coupon for best buy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2004 should have waited to buy it damn I have a compusa actually across the street from our best buy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 Don't feel bad, I paid full price as well, less $5 from my BB Rewards coupon. Sadly, Fry's decided to not run a sale for SDvRaw that I could price match... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted November 22, 2004 Black Friday Deals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMann2003 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 See, this is why I asked for Friday off from work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMann2003 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2004 Black Friday Deals Damn Best Buy's selling 24 Season 1 for 12.99!!!! And I thought I got a good deal when it was 14.99 on Amazon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eclipse 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 I work at a Toys R Us R Zone. All those specials are in effect. Man, it's gonna be a FUN 5am opening Friday... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nevermortal 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 I'm so glad I don't work retail anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamoaRowe 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 I'll be working at Best Buy from 5:30 am to 2 pm tomorrow. It's going to be hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agent_Bond34 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 I'm gonna hit up a few of the stores on those links tomorrow. Hopefully I can get some good stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted November 26, 2004 Best Buy can fuck itself. I read the ads and made my plan of attack for what to go for. I had 3 items I wanted, and figured if I got 1 I'd be happy. Went when they opened at 6am. I braves the 20 degree weather and the crowds. Went in and first looked for the mp3 player I wanted. I asked an employee and she showed me where they were and handed me one. Then I went for this portable TV, and found that too. So I thought wow I'm 2/2, I won't even bother going for the 512 mb cruizer mini. So I get in the line and after 40 minutes I get through, only to be told I need a ticket to buy the mp3 player. The ad had no mention of a ticket, the employee who handed it to me said NOTHING about a ticket, just here you go and have a nice day. I complained but to no avail. If I hadn't gotten the mp3 player I was going to go for the cruizer mini, but didn't, and now they were most likely all gone, and I wasn't going to go through the line again anyhow. Needless to say I'm fucking pissed off, it's bullshit. I don't even know where I was supposed to get a ticket, I saw NOTHING on a ticket anywhere. And you'd think the employee who handed me the damn thing would have said something but nope. Anger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DubWiser Report post Posted November 26, 2004 I'm sorry sir, but you need a ticket to vent in this thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted November 26, 2004 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Actually I'm now past the angry stage and onto the just depressed stage. And it's a good thing I had something else to buy and not just the mp3 player, because if I waited through the line with just that and couldn't buy it I would have gone off and either A. gotten my mp3 player or B. been kicked out/arrested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted November 26, 2004 Regarding Smues -- WTF? You had an MP3 player in your hand and they said you had to have a ticket?! Last year at Best Buy I purchased a bunch of stuff and was in one of the 20 improvised lines they had. When it finally got to my turn I was told that I needed to go into the line that stretched across the STORE becuase I was buying some specific item (I can't remember what it was). Although what REALLY ticked me off last year were the 20-or-so times I saw CSR pimping reward-zone cards/special warranties/etc... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted November 26, 2004 Regarding Smues -- WTF? You had an MP3 player in your hand and they said you had to have a ticket?! Yes, in my fucking hands, for all 40 minutes I was in line. It was handed to me by an EMPLOYEE. I didn't grab it off a rack. I couldn't find them, so I asked an employee and she pointed at a basket of them they had behind a counter and then handed me one. Didn't say a damn word about a ticket. Nothing in the ad said anything about a damn ticket. That's great store communication they have going there. What made it even more fun was the fact that the people ahead of me in line had to ahve something grabbed from the back or something special so they stepped aside so the cashier could ring me up, and when she started she told me i'd need a ticket for the mp3 player, then the item arrived for the customers so she went back to them and that took 5 more minutes. So I got to stand there for 5 minutes wondering what the fuck she was talking about with a ticket. It's not like the mp3 player was the most important thing in the world or something, but it just ticks me off to have an employee give me something without a word of limitations, and then tell me nope sorry we suck ass, no mp3 for you! I'm also guessing that however you get a ticket, they were out, since she didn't say anything about how I could get one, just some crap about "you need a ticket, I have 8 people with tickets who need these." Or some crap like that. Argggggg the anger is back. DIE BEST BUY DIE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
