Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread XVI

[DealSeeker2U]

Amazon has some great warehouse deals, and most of their used games are in like new condition (condition listed can be acceptable, good, very good, like new, or new). Please post specific deals you find via Warehouse deals in this thread. Check latest posts for the newest deals, or click the link below.

Links:

Amazon Warehouse Deals Storefront - I usually go here just to check out things.

"Just Arrived" Video Games
**There is no guarantee how long these will be in stock, so if you see something, better grab it fast**

Link To Items By Price:

$0-$24 Deals
$25-$49 Deals
$50-$99 Deals
$100-$199 Deals
$200-$499 Deals


Browse Games by Console:

Current Gen:

Wii U

PS4

Xbox One

PS Vita

Nintendo 3DS

Last Gen:

Sony PSP

Xbox 360

Wii

PS3

Retro:

All Other console and handhelds

F.A.Q's

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What is Amazon Warehouse Deals?

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From Amazon: Get deep discounts on open-box, like-new, refurbished, or used products that are in good condition but do not meet Amazon.com's rigorous standards as "new".

Warehouse Deals is part of amazon that has open box, new but with damaged packaging product aka "dinger" and trade ins in generally like new condition. They are considered 3rd party by affiliation and as such the "Amazon Warehouse Deals" distinction but are still part of Amazon.

What is AmazonSmile?

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From Amazon: AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization. You can choose from nearly one million organizations to support.

For more information follow the link below:

About AmazonSmile

Is the Amazon Warehouse Deals return policy the same as Amazon's return policy?

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Yes! All purchases are eligible for Amazon customer service and 30 day return policy.

I'm using the games sort by console link, and the games will not sort by price properly. What is wrong?

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You aren't doing anything wrong, the sort by price feature on Amazon is broken during restocks and or when pricing algorithm goes haywire. During those times, prices don't adjust and assimilate with the current inventory quickly enough to show the sorting as such

I'm waiting for a ps4, xb1, 360, ps3, 3ds, or PS Vita to pop up.. What time do they usually appear?

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They can show up any time, the best way to find it is have the item tabbed on your browser, and download an auto refresh app and frequently check it, and or set alerts... Sometimes they will not pop up on amazon warehouse deals storefront, you will need to check the "used" section of the item

Why did all the prices of games randomly jump up?

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Games on warehouse deals generally go on a cycle. They will get extremely low, great deals.. Then they will jump back up and restart the cycle of falling in price again.

I have a gaming credit and/or an Amazon gift card. Can both of these be applied to Warehouse Deals orders?

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Gift cards can be applied to orders made on warehouse deals, however video game credit is only good for items shipped and sold by "amazon.com", warehouse deals does not count as this.

What was Penny Deals?

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In early September of 2011, tons of newer release, more expensive games popped up for 1 penny each. Many CAG members placed orders, expecting them to get cancelled. Some were cancelled, however many CAGS got a large amount of games for a penny each. There has been no confirmation what exactly happened and why these games were sold for a penny.

What is this "glitch deals" that I keep hearing about in this thread?

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On August 7th, 2014, AWD glitched out similar to how it did around penny deals, except lot of stuff went for cheap instead for a penny. The pricing algorithm went haywire and in the process lot of stuff went for cheap across the AWD spectrum from games to iphones to tablets and everything else in between. The "glitch deal" lasted for maybe a couple of hours and fellow CAGs that were around during that time made out like a bandit. Below is the timeline leading up to the night and the deals that went down on that night.

August 5th - 12:20 pm post 8532

Ryse $7.14

August 5th - 2:35 pm post 8541

PlayStation 3 80GB Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Bundle (A) $44.10
PS3 Little Big Planet 2 Special Edition (A) $2.78
Doom 3 BFG Edition (G) $2.67

Shadow Hearts (A) $7.xx

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (G) $14.12

Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion (G) $5.47 (LN) $6.15

Call of Duty: Ghost Hardened Edition $7.64
Halo 4 Limited Edition (A) $7.07
Marvel Ultimate Alliance Gold Edition (G) $19.19
Max Payne 3 (A) $1.30

August 6th - 12:06 am Post 8628

PS3 500 GB Assassin's Creed III Bundle (G) $99.69

Battlefield 4 (A) $3.98

August 7th - 3:18 am Post 8709 (The Epic Night)

Borderlands Loot Chest G for sub $30

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag Limited Edition $13-(LN) $15
COD: Ghosts Prestige (VG) $10
Tomb Raider $8

ACIII 500GB PS3 (LN) $111.88
80Gb Motorstorm bundle $90-$105
80GB Metal Gear Solid 4 (G) $46.43
PS3 320gb Uncharted Bundle $38.64

FFXIII-2 CE G $19.80
Socom 4 Full Deployment $17.66
God of War III Ultimate (A) 14.28 (LN) $15.XX
AC Brotherhood CE $12
Batman Arkham Origins CE (G) $10.53
Borderlands 2 Deluxe Valut Hunter Edition $9.xx
Max Payne 3 Special Edition $9-10
Tron CE $8.XX
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Limited Edition) (G) $7.20-$7.66
DC Online CE (Batman Statue) $6.xx
Tomb Raider CE $6
Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition G $5.06
Lord of the Rings War in the North CE $3
Tony Hawk Ride $3

Dark Souls II Black Armor Edition (A) $16.44
Disney Infinity $7
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Limited) (LN) $6.55
Cross Edge $5.92-$6.66
God of War Ascension (LN) $5.90
Metro Last Light Limited (LN) $5.51
DJ Hero $5
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 A $3.96
Cabela's African Adventures (LN) $3.67
Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z LN $3.48
Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (LN) $3.02
Heavenly Sword (A) $3.xx
Dynasty Warriors 6 $2.87
Dead Space (LN) $2.60
Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning $2.55
Tomb Raider $2.19 $2.53
Madden 25 $2.xx
Dead Island $2.XX
Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest $1.56
Mass Effect 2 (A) 1.23 (LN) 1.48
Infamous $1.XX
Aliens $1.XX

Shadow Hearts (G) $8.24
Samurai Western $3.40
Gungrave (G) $3
Xenosaga $2.38
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland $2.38
Capcom Fighting Evolution $2.07
Maximo vs Army of Zin $1.94
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny $1.14
Warriors of Might and Magic $.95
Silent Scope 3 $0.89

Grand Theft Auto: Collector's Edition (G) $3.49

Legend of Mana $7-$8.47

Star Ocean: The Second Story $6.XX-$7.69

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (G) 12.09

The Legend of Dragoon 5.38

Parasite Eve 2 (A) $5.19 (LN) $6.23

Parasite Eve $4.61-$X.XX

Metal Gear Solid $3.90

Wild Arms 2 $3.75-$4.00

Resident Evil 2 $3.62-$4.62

Evil Zone $1.86

Monopoly $0.83

PSP bundles for $24
Warriors of The Lost Empire 1.90

ZombiU LN $6.98
Assassin Creed IV Black Flag VG $3.02 (LN) $3.19
Mass Effect 3 (LN) 2.77
Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition (LN) $2.25
Need for Speed $2
Fifa 13 $2
Scribblenauts Unlimited $2

Metroid Prime Trilogy $10-15

Pokemon Colosseum (LN) $20.83
Pikmin $6.17-$7.40
Resident Evil 0 $2.23-$2.38

Nintendo DS Electric Blue and Animal Crossing Wild World Bundle $12
Tecmo bowl kick off (LN) $2.65
Rayman (LN) $0.97

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance $8

COD: Ghosts Prestige (VG) $42
Forza 5 LE $9-$10
Forza day one $7.xx (LN) $8.xx
Ryse Day One $7.77
Tomb Raider Defenitive Edition Art Book Packaging $6.91
Tomb Raider $6 - $10+

Xbox 360 Resident Evil 5 Elite Red Console $70-$80
250GB Holiday Bundle $20
Consoles $20-$23
xbox360 Arcade Edition $12 (LN) $14
Kinect Sensor with Adventures (Refurbished) $7.77-$8.26

BioShock Infinite: Ultimate Songbird Edition $60-(LN) $71.34
MK9 Tournament Edition $25
BlOps 2 Care Package $20
Game of Thrones Art Book Bundle (LN) $11.94
Bioshock Infinite Premium $9
Payday 2 CE $9.xx
Borderlands 2 Deluxe G $8.72
Forza Horizon Limited Edition $8
Alan Wake CE $8.xx (LN) $9.77
Batman Arkham origins Collectors Edition $7.90
CoD: MW3 Hardened Edition (LN) $6.35
Max Payne 3 Special Edition $6.xx-$7.xx $8.17
Splinter Cell Conviction CE LN $6.03
Street Fighter 4 Collector's Edition (G) $6.70-8
Resident Evil 6 Archives (A) $5.92
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition (A) $5.30:
Skylanders SWAP Force Starter Pack LN $5.09
COD: Black Ops Hardened Edition $4.xx
Deus Ex Human Rev Augmented Ed. $4.xx
Defiance Collector Edition $4.xx (LN) $5.55
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion CE (LN) $3.97
Absolution Professional Edition $3.xx
Perfect Dark Zero LE $1.xx (LN) $1.20

Bioshock Infinite $6
onechanbara: Bikini Squad (LN) $4.50 $4.79
Battlefield 4 $4.xx
Spec Ops: The Line LN $3.92
EDF 2017 $3.08
Batman Arkham City (LN) $2.85
Little League World Series 2010 $2.82
Madden 25 $2.79-$3.44
The Last Remnant $2.72
Gears of War: Judgment (A) 2.47
XCOM EU (LN) $2.15
Left 4 Dead $2.xx
Aliens: Colonial Marines $2
Rage 360 (LN) $1.92
DoA5 $1.88
Defiance (LN) $1.80
Battlefield 3 LE $1.72
Assassin's Creed 2 (LN) $1.50
Prince of Persia LN $1.32
Kinect Sports Season 2 $1.xx
Dead or Alive 5 $1.xx

Panzer Dragoon Orta (LN) $9
Call of Cthulhu (LN) $9
Halo 2 Limited Edition $5-$6
Star Wars KOTOR 2 (LN) $4.76
Monopoly Party $0.90

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes $5.77

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition (VG Black 32GB $214.55 | VG White 32GB $261.87)
Apple iPad (3rd gen 16GB Verizon 4G White) LN 166.72
Dell Venue 8 Pro $126
Nexus 7 (2013) 32GB VG $114.84
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 White 7in LN $74+
Iphone 4s 64gb @ $74
Lenovo Ideapad (VG) $38.67
10" Dell Windows 8 tab $38
Samsung Galaxy Tab (AT&T) $15-$20
16gb iphone 3 $10
HTC Droid Eris Phone (Verizon Wireless, Phone Only, No Service) (G) $5.26

What states does Amazon charge sales tax?

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Items sold by Amazon.com LLC, or its subsidiaries, and shipped to destinations in the following states are subject to tax:
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Note: No sales tax is charged when purchasing gift cards; however, purchases paid for with gift cards may be subject to tax.

Items sold by Warehouse Deals and shipped to destinations in Alaska are also subject to local sales tax.

What do you mean by a "dinger"?

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Dinger = Item is new but the packaging is damaged in some way or form.

These are speculative guesses at best going by descritption of any given item and also taking into account the length of time an item has been out since its release. Shorter the span of time from release of a game or console, better the chance of scoring a new item with damaged packaging aka "dinger".

AWD product description says "Factory Sealed", is this item new?

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First and foremost, AWD sells used / open box items so in their terms it has been sealed / resealed at an Amazon Warehouse and hence the "Factory Sealed" part so no it isn't necessarily new. It isn't necessarily new because it could go one of two ways:

1. It was traded in / open box return / test unit that was resealed at an Amazon warehouse facility.
2. It was a dinger (new with damaged packaging and with seals intact).

What condition are products from Warehouse Deals generally in?

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First and foremost all games from AWD are considered used unless specified as new. Usually, games are re-shrinked wrap and depending on condition they can be perfect / brand new, brand new with damaged packaging aka "dinger" to just a game in a generic case. AWD has 5 condition criteria for their listings and they are:

New: Just like it sounds. A brand-new, unused, unopened video game in perfect condition in its original packaging and with all original packaging materials included.

Like New: An apparently unopened video game in perfect condition (although it may be out of its original wrapping). The box and item are pristine, with no signs of wear. Suitable for presenting as a gift. Activation codes for bonus online content may be missing or expired. Product may not include downloadable content.

Very Good: A well-cared-for video game that has been played but remains in great condition. The game and its original packaging are complete and slightly worn, but unmarked and undamaged. Activation codes for bonus online content may be missing or expired. Product may not include downloadable content.

Good: The video game shows wear from consistent use, but remains in good condition. There may be clear external signs of wear and damage to the original packaging or instructions, but the game plays perfectly. The video game may have identification markings from its owner. Activation codes for bonus online content may be missing or expired. Product may not include downloadable content.

Acceptable: The video game is fairly worn, but it continues to work perfectly. The box and instructions may be missing or damaged. The video game may have identification markings from its owner. Sellers are required to note whether the box or instructions are missing in the condition notes field for the item. Activation codes for bonus online content may be missing or expired. Product may not include downloadable content.

Any game I have personally ever bought in good or above condition has been in near mint condition. Acceptable ones have been a gamble. Getting DLC with games has also been a gamble and since AWD games are considered used, don't expect unused DLC even though there will be occassions where they may come unused. In regards to DLC, ymmv. Conditon wise, some people have reported that games were scratched with stickers on the insert. Consoles are also usually reported in like new or new condition with box damage. Rarely, a console may be missing a key component such as a power brick. Games listed in "acceptable" condition likely have very beaten up cases, or are missing cases and inserts, and are in not so great condition, but generally have a working game disc. Consoles listed in "acceptable" conditon can be either new in damaged packaging and or a pure gamble in what conditon they will truly be in along with what is included in the box depending on the time frame from release of the console.

Here is an example of a like new handheld (PS Vita) - Thanks Slixshot
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JoNLqd0lqk[/youtube]

Any tips on finding deals?

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Sure! Here is a guide for a plugin for Chrome users to set alerts for items. Part 2 of the tutorial helps get AWD link to item not currently instock or that hasn't come out yet.

For Chrome users PageMonitor is a handy plugin to catch deals. (Guide listed below)
For Mozilla users, Check4Change is a handy alternate plugin to that of chrome's.

Also, http://theforklift.net/ for those looking for AWD deals in a pinch.

From my original post (concerning PageMonitor and AWD links):

I wonder if I'm doing it right. I'm adding the used page of the product (and selecting free shipping to filter it), however the program alerts me there is a change eventough there is none (the Sorry message we see when there are no products with free shipping - usually AmazonWarehouse).

The way I do it is selecting the price itself. For example I go here: http://www.amazon.co...&qid=1427814309 then I select the game/console that I want too look and click where it say used (dont click on the item link, click where it say used under the item you want). Then with page monitor I select monitor this page. After that I go to options (on the page monitor tab) advance and then click custom mode, pick. That will open a new tab withe the webpage of the item that I selected to monitor and there is where I select the price (the number) of the item. Then click done. Thats it, thats how it worked for me.

Time to revisit Feb 25th 2014 (and March 30th 2012) :




Time to revisit March 30th 2012 . I posted a guide then and it very much still applies with some tweaking to what I know now, so on with it.

Before I begin, know this that you need to go to the AWD site if you are after something specific from AWD like the vita in this example. Also you can fast click the link to the edition you want (if it is a console, handheld, or games), and see each price for AWD only items if they are available. You would be lucky to see something pop up on AWD if bunch of people are hunting down the same hot ticket item at any given time. On that note, the alert DOEScatch AWD items before they appear on AWD and if sniped quickly (1-click), others will most likely just see a ghost listing on AWD by the time it appears on AWD page. Setting alert on AWD page also eliminates false positive alerts since only AWD listings will appear on AWD page vs every minute change that will happen on the main Amazon listing page. Now onto the guide:


This may help answer the question for few who are wondering how to use "Page Monitor" extension for Chrome.

Once the extension is installed, do this. Select the AWD page (not the main Amazon listing page to avoid false positive alerts) to be monitored by clicking on the Page Monitor icon and selecting "Monitor This Page" link (Use the link swapping trick mentioned earlier to get to the page if the game isn't out yet). Then go to Page Monitor options and do as following:

(You can choose to have custom notification sound, desktop notification, length of duration for notification, and the length of duration for refreshing as you please.)

Once done tweaking the settings, then do this:

Once you have done step 6, you have set the page to be monitored and you are set. A notification will go off that a change has been found but that is just to notify that you have set an alert. Mark it off as visited and from this point forward you are set to go.

Pro Tip: Set it to monitor the "used" tab via "selector" under the options by checking off "custom mode" instead of monitoring the whole page. If you set if from the warehouse side then it will only alert you if one pops up in the warehouse.

Those step diagrams have been here since the 1st time I made the guide back in March of 2012 and it is under my profile in my gallery so feel free to revisit it if the need arises.

I hope that helps my fellow CAGs. Happy hunting everyone





Mulder, on 04 May 2015 - 3:24 PM, said:

One thing for the procedure is that there are no New 3DSs available in the warehouse at this time, so I need to wait to test this approach.

Part 2 of the equation on how to get notification for items not on AWD and or ones say coming out in the future (like MGS V: CE)

Do this to get AWD listings for those items. Open a link to an AWD item (any item) but it needs to be an AWD link. Say something like this:

http://smile.amazon..../offer-listing/B00841ZJYO/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used&m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&qid=1430778305&sr=1-15

The part in bold is the Amazon's item listing and each item has its own unique listing identifier so to get the new XL item listing go to the item's page and from it's link get B00S1LRX3W

http://www.amazon.co...DS-XL-Black/dp/B00S1LRX3W/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1430778512&sr=1-1&keywords=new+3ds+xl

and replace the B00841ZJYO with B00S1LRX3W in the AWD link and voila you have AWD listing for an item not yet availabe.

http://smile.amazon..../offer-listing/B00S1LRX3W/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used&m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&qid=1430778305&sr=1-15

Here are all the new xl links:

Nintendo - New 3DS XL Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Limited Edition - Gold/Black
New Nintendo 3DS XL - Black
Nintendo New 3DS XL Red

I hope that helps. Good luck and happy hunting!

Previous Threads:

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Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread I
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread II
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread III [The penny deals]
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread IV
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread V
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread VI
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread VII
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread VIII
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread IX
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread X
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread XI
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread XII
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread XIII
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread XIV
Amazon Warehouse Deals Thread XV

Lastly, credit for creating and maintaining previous threads and a huge thanks to the one and only "The AWD Guy" poker360. :bow:

 

[PenguinMaster]

And no bestbuy doesnt drop their prices like that.

They have plenty of times, you're just not paying attention.

I recognize that I'm being condescending to those without GCU, but first and foremost I'm trying to save you money. If you have this preconceived notion that Best Buy doesn't have that great of prices so GCU isn't worth it then you'll never notice the great prices they do have. Best Buy has been very aggressive with sales in the past couple years so being a CAG without GCU just doesn't make sense.

 

[Lil Frier]

I find it funny how people are in here complaining about the mentioning of GCU. The anti-GCU people are just as bad, if not worse.

 

[qp Rop3ADop3 qp]

GCU

 

[PokeChaos480]

I find it funny how people are in here complaining about the mentioning of GCU. The anti-GCU people are just as bad, if not worse.

Agreed.

 

[godofwar7]

Best buy almost always has the best sale prices on new games and that's before GCU discount. Where are you guys finding cheaper prices online? And why do you not share?!

 

[Miami Flash15]

I'm more of a $59.99 + tax kinda guy at GameStop.

 

[Joao]

Best buy almost always has the best sale prices on new games and that's before GCU discount. Where are you guys finding cheaper prices online? And why do you not share?!

I stand corrected if thats the case, but i must have missed those sales recently... All i have seen is get a free beanie or bobble head or something like that.

For the record im not anti-gcu. Just havent seen the need for it YET.

 

[nintendospy]

For the record im not anti-gcu. Just havent seen the need for it YET.

Then, like was said above, you haven't been paying attention. At $15/year, it is unbeatable in terms of value.

 

[dreamer131313]

Also gcu a great value compared to GameStop membership at the same exact price since GameStop pur is $15 a year and only discount used games versus Best Buy GCU also average out to $15 a year and discount both new and used games

 

[godofwar7]

I stand corrected if thats the case, but i must have missed those sales recently... All i have seen is get a free beanie or bobble head or something like that.
For the record im not anti-gcu. Just havent seen the need for it YET.

You must be thinking of target.

I have never gotten a free beanie or bobble head from best buy

Don't worry about going OT guys. AWD is raising their prices today, considerably too, not gonna find any good deals today.

 

[PokeChaos480]

I'm more of a $59.99 + tax kinda guy at GameStop.

Opened and already played. The only way I game.

 

[PenguinMaster]

You must be thinking of target.

I have never gotten a free beanie or bobble head from best buy

Star Wars Battlefront came with a free bobble head, but it also came with a $10 reward certificate. So it was $38... $12 cheaper than elsewhere and you get a free bobble head.

 

[Nothing-]

I like how dude comes by to reasonably mention his dislike for Best Buy powerfans, and everyone responds to him by explaining the benefits of GCU lol

 

[whoknows]

I'm more of a $59.99 + tax kinda guy at GameStop.

#powertotheplayers

 

[refinition]

Opened and already played. The only way I game.

Sloppy seconds eh

 

[PokeChaos480]

The same way I like my pussy.

 

[whoknows]

Pre-inspected to make sure it works?

 

[PokeChaos480]

They're just testing to make sure it works.

 

[Zalaki]

Worst Buy is the Best ever!

 

[ackbar7]

The responses from this thread only illustrate his point. I have GCU and like it, but the responses here pretend that the only options are Best Buy or Gamestop, which is stupid. Target, Amazon and Gamefly all can provide comparable, or better, deals without GCU. Throw in that he mentioned that Best Buy is inconveniently located and it may not be the best choice for him.

 

[whoknows]

I don't see why Best Buy being inconveniently located is an issue.

He just needs to move.

 

[lusal]

War never changes.

Console Wars
 

Retail Store Wars

Loyalty Rewards Program Wars

 

[Stickboy46]

I agree... Its really annoying. I just try to ignore the ignorance when it comes to these GCU fanboys.

I'm not sure fanboy is the right word. It's just an amazing deal. It's worth making a trip to a store to buy. They normally always have the lowest price and then you get 20% off too... Including collectors editions

 

[Joao]

There are 2 things I try to never argue about because no one ever wins. Religion and politics. I think im going to add GCU to my list

 

[terrance_aka_magnus]

If someone mentions GCU at Thanksgiving tomorrow, quickly change the subject.

 

[PokeChaos480]

GCU ruined my family.

 

[whoknows]

GCU is my family.

 

[Lil Frier]

War never changes.


Console Wars

Retail Store Wars

Loyalty Rewards Program Wars

IDK, the desktop processor wars seem deader than last week's cat.

 

[PokeChaos480]

I'm telling your wife Mrs. Vita.

 

[whoknows]

I'm telling your wife Mrs. Vita.

She appreciates that we get our children for 20% off.

 

[4aron7]

Oh it didn't bring the price down. They just made new copies that weren't shrink wrapped and sold them as pre-owned at their inflated price.

They did the same thing with Metroid Prime Trilogy but it was even more obvious because they replaced the steelbook with a regular white case.

Wow, that's kind of shitty. They could at least seal the damn games if they still wanted $55 (I think that was the price anyway). At least there's more to go around for people like me who are extremely late to the party, I guess. An Atlus-like reprint would've made me happier though.

now the reprints are easy to tell since now they started to reprint only the discs for games without manuals and cases

What?! Being someone who considers the cases and manuals part of the product, that really kind of bothers me. They could at least sell them at a reduced price then, but I guess that goes against their policies a little.

 

[BonedChaos]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00ZDNNRB8/ref=sr_1_9_olp?s=merchant&ie=UTF8&qid=1448473621&sr=1-9&condition=used - Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller $110.22

 

[stringycupps1]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00ZDNNRB8/ref=sr_1_9_olp?s=merchant&ie=UTF8&qid=1448473621&sr=1-9&condition=used - Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller $110.22

Just noticed this on the page:

Note on Availability:
Due to high customer demand, orders shipped from and sold by Amazon.com placed now are unlikely to be delivered until Spring 2016. Order now and we'll notify you by email when we have an estimated delivery date for this item. Orders will be fulfilled in the order in which they are received.

Orders shipped from and sold by Amazon.com placed between 12:53 PM PST on October 9th, 2015 and 3:30 PM PST on October 20th, 2015 will not arrive until mid December. We will notify you by email when we have an estimated delivery date for this item. Orders will be fulfilled in the order in which they were received.

 

[srocky26]

Just noticed this on the page:
Note on Availability:
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The item listed was available from AWD, not Amazon.com, so it would've been available immediately. I did pick it up at the $110 price. I've been watching for one to pop up for a week or so.

Amazon itself had the controller up for a backorder for at least the last week at the regular price, but that option went away this morning.

 

[stringycupps1]

The item listed was available from AWD, not Amazon.com, so it would've been available immediately. I did pick it up at the $110 price. I've been watching for one to pop up for a week or so.

Amazon itself had the controller up for a backorder for at least the last week at the regular price, but that option went away this morning.

I know... this is a AWD thread... was just pointing it out because of the back order, bro...

 

[shadowysea07]

Most major titles come with a $10 reward certificate at Best Buy, so they are effectively $38 to pre-order.

When they drop to $40 after a few weeks, that is often at Best Buy as well, so they are $32 there.

Best Buy with GCU is cheaper... Just accept it.

Amazon has coupons and reward certificates too so your argument is moot. and both have credit to factor into this equation. And its really easy to get amazon credit in comparison since you can get amazon credit via a gamestop. This is a fruitless argument.

The responses from this thread only illustrate his point. I have GCU and like it, but the responses here pretend that the only options are Best Buy or Gamestop, which is stupid. Target, Amazon and Gamefly all can provide comparable, or better, deals without GCU. Throw in that he mentioned that Best Buy is inconveniently located and it may not be the best choice for him.

this^ I have no best buy so gcu is out of the question for me. Just like some people have meijers frys ect.

Lets not forget other places like walmart, jet, gohastings, ebay, five below, biglots, cowboom, estarland, playasia and yesasia ect.

There are at least 20 or so to pick up a good deal besides a bestbuy.

 

[Beatles93]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00ZDNNRB8/ref=sr_1_9_olp?s=merchant&ie=UTF8&qid=1448473621&sr=1-9&condition=used - Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller $110.22

John Candy was an amazing actor, he has some great movies. One of those actors we lost too soon.

 

[shadowysea07]

But here at CAG we wait for the new stuff to be converted to used at GS to get CEs for cheap. That is the exact same thing. New item, sold as used, the price point just went in the other direction. It is their perogative. And there is nothing unethical about charging market price for a game, and as the market has corrected GS has lowered the cost of their copies.

And anyone "investing" in video games is making a poor choice. Video games largely devalue over time, and with reprints and random market forces it is impossible to know which games will go up in value and getting mad at Nintendo (who owns the property) or GS (who negotiated rights to the property) for looking out for themselves and trying to make money off of intellectual property that they own is crazy.

GS is not the best company, but reprinting games and making rare games more widely available is not why.

You still don't seem to get it. Reprinting a new game then selling it as used to bypass msrp is shady and unethical. If they were going about the NORMAL routes reprinting then that would be fine. But they didn't. They chose to sell them as used just so they could charge more than they legally should be able to. The market corrected only when it became common knowledge that the market was flooded with the reprint copies and people finally accepted this fact instead of thinking it was tinhat theory.

 

[dreamer131313]

Couldn't I get Best Buy credit via GameStop to though? Lol GameStop credit to eBay gift card to Best Buy gift card

 

[dreamer131313]

John Candy was an amazing actor, he has some great movies. One of those actors we lost too soon.

aka Canadian bacon lol and the girl from Cheers was in that movie to but forgot her name

 

[shadowysea07]

Couldn't I get Best Buy credit via GameStop to though? Lol GameStop credit to eBay gift card to Best Buy gift card

Actually I think you can get a paypal or something card and just use it as is now. Someone in the last or thread prior to that for moving credit where you need it.

 

[leecy]

aka Canadian bacon lol and the girl from Cheers was in that movie to but forgot her name

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is still one of my favorites.

 

[DealSeeker2U]

All right guys, stop repeating like a broken record all this talk about deals here and there. We are CAGs (key part Cheap Ass) so anywhere a deal happens is a good place to be a cag. GCU has its benefits, especially if you play games at launch and trade them in shortly thereafter and as such pay barely anything out of pocket (if you are rolling with certificates and giftcards from trade ins). Others don't have time and or for circumstances unforeseen (don't have BB near or around them, backlog, redbox / gamefly the game, life gets in the way, etc.) don't shop and or can't shop at BB and can wait for them to drop lower which the games generally do and pick them up elsewhere for cheap. This site facilitates and caters to those of us who utilize it to its full potential (for ex: BFriday sales thread) so you make the call on what is a deal to you (preferably in comparison to GCU discount) and go from there. No need to bash each other. We all like getting in on deals together.

... so post non deal chatter in non deal section; okay.

 

[no658ea3]

All right guys, stop repeating like a broken record all this talk about deals here and there. We are CAGs (key part Cheap Ass) so anywhere a deal happens is a good place to be a cag. GCU has its benefits, especially if you play games at launch and trade them in shortly thereafter and as such pay barely anything out of pocket (if you are rolling with certificates and giftcards from trade ins). Others don't have time and or for circumstances unforeseen (don't have BB near or around them, backlog, redbox / gamefly the game, life gets in the way, etc.) don't shop and or can't shop at BB and can wait for them to drop lower which the games generally do and pick them up elsewhere for cheap. This site facilitates and caters to those of us who utilize it to its full potential (for ex: BFriday sales thread) so you make the call on what is a deal to you (preferably in comparison to GCU discount) and go from there. No need to bash each other. We all like getting in on deals together.

... so post non deal chatter in non deal section; okay.

I wish everyone on here would think like you

 

[Deader2818]

You still don't seem to get it. Reprinting a new game then selling it as used to bypass msrp is shady and unethical. If they were going about the NORMAL routes reprinting then that would be fine. But they didn't. They chose to sell them as used just so they could charge more than they legally should be able to. The market corrected only when it became common knowledge that the market was flooded with the reprint copies and people finally accepted this fact instead of thinking it was tinhat theory.

Msrp isn't a law retailers have to stand by. It means manufacturers suggested retail price. Key word is suggested.

With that said I don't know why they didn't just keep them sealed and sold as new at the same marked up price.

 

[Modoru]

GCU doesn't exist in the land if sunshine and palm trees. That said, were those 70-odd emails just straight up arguing? I thought I missed a glitch overnight.

 

[Joao]

I wish everyone on here would think like you

Your one to talk

But yes! I wish everyone would also think that way. and not put people down because of certain things that are neccesary or unnecessary based soley on opinion and personal situations.

 

[stringycupps1]

Msrp isn't a law retailers have to stand by. It means manufacturers suggested retail price. Key word is suggested.

With that said I don't know why they didn't just keep them sealed and sold as new at the same marked up price.

As with most things in business, it's usually determined by contract. There's no law against it, but it could be a violation of the contract if they sell to high or too low.

 

[whoknows]

GCU doesn't exist in the land if sunshine and palm trees. That said, were those 70-odd emails just straight up arguing? I thought I missed a glitch overnight.

Sometimes people confuse GCU for being a glitch because it's such an amazing deal.

 

[no658ea3]

Sometimes people confuse GCU for being a glitch because it's such an amazing deal.

LOL