Before replying, the reason I posted: Monster Jam for the Wii held at $30 this week.
[quote name='stoned99']Anyone know if BB got Lego batman in yet ?[/quote]
They got that one in on release date and since practically no one buys from there it's a safe bet they have it to buy. To rent... maybe.
[quote name='io']Anyway, how the hell do you have time for 3-4 stops a day? It takes me a couple hours to do that many stops and it is usually 1 or 2 games per (since I can't find that many different things at GS for BB at once).
I mean, I'm doing what I consider a lot of flipping while I'm here in Arizona for work. But that means buying a couple of crap games at BB, trading them to GS and buying 1 or 2 games there, trading them to a BB, then buying 2 or 3 cheap more games, and then maybe finally trading them at another GS (and not buying anything because there's nothing worth it). I've been doing that like once per day the last 3 days but only because I'm travelling for work and have no other responsibilities in the evening

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I live just outside the city in the burbs, that basically means I have no shortage of either store and sometimes a lot in a small area. There's one place that has two Gamestops 200 yards from each other. Hell, there was a mall in Jersey that had two Gamestops 100 feet from each other until they finally closed one last month (sob... I miss it). I have trade accounts at 8 different Blockbusters and know of 4 more I frequent during sales that I don't consider to be too out of the way. As far as Gamestops go there were 2 in Jersey (now 1), 13 that I frequent, and 4 others I could go to if they had something I really needed. These are all before even hitting anywhere near the center of the city where I would find 6 more Blockbusters and 10 more Gamestops (I checked once). So I guess I'm lucky in placement. It does take time to hit them though. I usually try to limit myself to like 5 stops a day during a good coupon week to keep up with my buying. However this week a did a bit more.
[quote name='stoned99']Thats something I never do, I learnt the hard way many years ago, trading the same game to a single store will eventually get you banned. I'm very careful to only trade 1 copy of any game to any store. I don't think it really matters to be honest as the store manager can trigger a ban in a heart beat, but at least I can argue my case next time I find myself in a DM ban situation.[/quote]
Yeah I was sticking to that method until I got sloppy and traded a couple of the same title in at one of my BBVs. I don't think they cared, but I'm going to have to start keeping track of new titles. I tried to do that when I started but then the perfect storm hit and I was transferring 30 games a day between the stores so I really couldn't keep up with it all.
[quote name='dyeknom']Some updates from a GS->BBV day.
PS3 Sega Superstars Tennis - TIV 20.00 (9.87 with 30% off applied)
Death Jr. Wii - TIV 23.00
Prices of games I noticed today:
BBV-
Super Mario Galaxy: 29.99 (10 copies all marked this price)
Ant Bully Wii: 9.99
Nights Wii: 9.99 (I remember hearing somebody mention they raised it?)
Meet the Robinsons Wii: 9.99
Manhunt 2 Wii: 14.99
GS-
Eye of Judgment: 24.99 w/ eye and mat.
Trade-in value (some drops):
Elebits: 2.25 - before bonuses or edge (7.47 with, bad flip)
Nights: 4.50 - before bonuses or edge (9.95 with, .84 cent loss for me)
Avatar Burning Earth: 5.00 - before bonus or edge (10.50 with)
Spyro Wii: 5.75- before bonus or edge (11.33 or so with)
I was doing some random flipping today, with a copy of Death Jr. Wii (CC) and I bought 2 copies of SST (one to keep) and AITD I got from Gamestop.
By the time I finished, I actually managed to spend 10$ in GS credit. I did pick up 6 blu-ray movies, Cubivore and a copy of SST to keep. Im relatively happy with the way it worked out.[/quote]
Are you sure your GS isn't screwy? I traded in some games at about 9:15 pm eastern (yay for malls and getting out of work early) and all of the values held for me including Nights, Elebits, and Spyro.
[quote name='stoned99']Sorry to say dude, then I think you may have shone a little too bright a little too quickly and thus your corp-a-ban comes as no surprise. You'll be lucky if GS don't decide to ban you as well... (I hope not).
But something just occurred to me, I will no longer buy items from BB and give them my membership card, I will be mister anonymous as much as humanly possible.[/quote]
Yeah I started doing that but the employees kept asking for it because they knew I was a member and said it would make returns easier.
[quote name='Xfactor4']I got screwed tonight on Rayman Rabbids 2. TIV at GS dropped to $10 before bonus & edge or $16.00 after.
Too bad I paid $19.99 for it earlier today !

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Yeah there was some talk of the trade-in value dropping, although $10 is still a good price considering it was supposed to drop to $19.99 at GS as well.