Games that are cheap at most stores

[Matt Young 0]

I know that some people here won't condone this, but I also know that others have done this, so I figured I'd ask.

 

I'll be straight with you guys. I'm wanting to get a PS2, but I'm strapped for cash. I'm wanting to find games that stores like Best Buy sell for $10-20 that are still priced at $40-50 at places such as Wal-Mart or K-Mart. i can then purchase them cheaply and exchange them for store credit toward a PS2.

 

So... any suggestions?

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

I've never seen Wal-Mart have prices that are any more than you would find at places like Best Buy or Future Shop. Zellers on the other hand...

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

In order to get store credit, wouldn't you have to had bought the game from Walmart/Kmart in the first place? I don't think they give full credit for used games from elsewhere.....

[LaParkaMarka 0]

Yeah, what Replacement said. I doubt your plan will work.

[Matt Young 0]

I'm not talking about used games.

 

You can buy a new, sealed game from anywhere and return it to a store, saying it was a gift, and get store credit. It's very simple.

[Guest Coffey]

Yeah. It works with clothes too. You can get jeans for like, three bucks a pair at the light house mission, and then return them to K-Mart for around $20.

 

When you're poor, you know about these things.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Yes even so they will require receipts sometimes. Though today I learned Walmart resets every 4 months so try to find a game that is almost 4 months old in terms of release date, and then try to trade it in I guess.

[Guest TheDon]

Or why not just get a job. Or cut expenses and bills.

[Matt Young 0]

Yeah, I tried those methods already. I've learned that finding a job in California is harder than finding one in Illinois.

[Damaramu 0]

I bought NCAA 2004 before Christmas of the 03' season. Well it started malfunctioning and after christmas but Gamestop didn't have any more in so I couldn't replace it.

The Gamestop clerk suggested I go to Wal-Mart and exchange it.

I went to Wal-Mart and said "I got this for christmas and it doesn't work..." and they let me exchange it for a new one.

[LivingLegendGaryColeman 0]

It's very rare anywhere has a differing price unless it is on sale. There are a few exceptions (I bought my friend the X-box Paintball game for Christmas at Best Buy for $20 and everywhere else it was still $50, but even that was changed within the next week). The only break you might catch if you are trying to do that is sometimes Circuit City has the best sales, where thye will take something that's $50 and make it like $37, but keep in mind, although Wal-Mart doesn't take reciepts, they do track it. They check your driver's liscense and will know if you make a regular habit of doing it, along with seeming somewhat suspicious trading in a bunch of games for credit with no reciept.

[Matt Young 0]

From my experience, Wal-Mart often sells games for $50 that other stores offer at reduced prices. I hope that hasn't changed.

 

In the past, I have exchanged 6 "greatest hits" titles that I got for $5 and I received $20 credit for each of them. I wasn't intending on doing that, but I couldn't find a PS2 to play them on. I just said that they were gifts and no questions were asked.

 

I guess it really just depends on where you go.

[Ripper 0]

Yeah, a sealed game, they will take it back, and you can find plenty of games they still charge the full price for. But at the same time, you could spend the time required to pull this off working and buy the shit with your own money.

[Matt Young 0]

True, but this method takes a lot less time, saves me money that I don't have, and, as I mentioned before, I am unfortunately unemployed at the moment.

[Nighthawk 0]

Nah... Wal-Mart's cheaper than everybody, that can't be.

 

Really though, your Tom Sawyeresque plan is entirely too involved. It would be easier to outright steal it.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

How about just saving your money and then buying a PS2?...

[Black Lushus 0]

i'm sure they're paying plenty for gay pornstars out there in Cali, you could try that route?

 

"So what do you do for work"

 

"I suck cock...sure it sounds bad but it puts food onthe table"

[haws bah gawd 0]

The K-Mart close to here still has several copies of the original 2001 PS2 release of Resident Evil Code Veronica X, with the Devil May Cry demo for a steal of $49.99. Our Wal-Mart is pretty fairly priced, as long as theyre competing with another store's ad. They were selling DBZ Boudakai 3 for $19.99 a couple weeks back to beat another store's (Target, I think) price.

[Guest ArchoanJB]

Hell just work at Wal-mart! It'll solve all your problems, just about everybody and their mother works at Wal-mart now.

[cbacon 0]

Wal-Mart isn't our enemy. It's our neighbourhood friend.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

I know that some people here won't condone this, but I also know that others have done this, so I figured I'd ask.

 

  I'll be straight with you guys.  I'm wanting to get a PS2, but I'm strapped for cash.  I'm wanting to find games that stores like Best Buy sell for $10-20 that are still priced at $40-50 at places such as Wal-Mart or K-Mart.  i can then purchase them cheaply and exchange them for store credit toward a PS2.

 

  So... any suggestions?

If I was the person doing your transaction, I would want to beat your ass. You obviously have no retail work experience. Another thing, where are you going to get the money to buy the games for $20?

Edited February 3, 2005 by pinnacleofallthingsmanly

[Matt Young 0]

I don't see how it affects you as a person. How the hell do you know where I got the games from? What if I really did get them as gifts and didn't have a receipt?

 

I do have retail experience, by the way, so there goes that logic.

 

If you would want to "beat my ass" over something like that, you really have some issues, pinnacleofallthingsangry.

 

P.S. You apparently aren't anywhere near the pinnacle when it comes to spelling, seeing as how your sig has two errors in easy to spell words.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

To the people doubting that this plan will work:

 

I work at Wal-Mart. We take back things that we don't even SELL.

 

We let people buy above-ground swimming pools in June, then return them in September. Hell, Christmas the year before last, people were taking DVD players off the shelves, and returning them.

 

The only flaw in the plan is that Wal-Mart usually has better prices on games then most people.

[Matt Young 0]

People seriously can take things off the shelves and take them to the service desk for a return? Can't they tell that the items weren't scanned out? I thought people at least needed the person at the door to put a sticker on the box in order to be able to exchange it.

 

Damn, even I wouldn't stoop to that.

 

I guess maybe Wal-Mart has changed, but as late as last year they were selling 2-3 year old games that were $20 at other stores, for the full $50.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

Can't they tell that the items weren't scanned out?

 

Not until they do inventory.

 

I thought people at least needed the person at the door to put a sticker on the box in order to be able to exchange it.

 

Not really. They just put stickers on things coming in to show that the person came in with it. If you came in with the item in a bag, then they'd just put a sticker on the bag, not the item itself.

 

And as far as I know, it only happened a small handful of times, and the cashiers KNEW they were doing it, but the managers are FUCKING PUSSIES.

 

Seriously. The three words that will get you whatever you want at Wal-Mart: Get the Manager.

[alfdogg 0]

Forget this. McVan's in Fishers, IN charges $60 for Mega Man 7.

 

That's right. The SNES game.

[spman 0]

Forget this. McVan's in Fishers, IN charges $60 for Mega Man 7.

 

That's right. The SNES game.

The game is scarce and (or at least was before being re-released) in demand, so 60 bucks is generally what it goes for. Still cheaper then trying to get a copy of Megaman X3

[alfdogg 0]

Hmm. I've seen X3 at Funco/GS before for somewhere in the 50's now that you mention it. Still though, the *console* is only $45 at McVan's.

 

I saw some Atari stuff there too. No Crystal Castles, though.

[razazteca 0]

I guess maybe Wal-Mart has changed, but as late as last year they were selling 2-3 year old games that were $20 at other stores, for the full $50.

The UFC game is going for $49.95 at the local store.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Hey Metal Maniac: Do they drug test at Walmart?