The Bargain Thread

Lorini · 2009-03-10T06:36:43.000Z

Take the ad from the website into the store. Since you can pay for it online then pick it up from the store, there is no reason for there to be this price difference.

unbongwah · 2009-03-10T07:14:29.000Z

Recent-ish drops at Newegg: Brothers in Arms:HH (PC) for $10; Guild Wars Platinum (orig + EotN) for $15; GW Factions for $10.

TimJames · 2009-03-10T07:37:10.000Z

Cool, I wanted to pick up BIA:HH just because I love anything that has to do with suppress-and-flank, but now I’m wondering if I even want to sit through the cutscenes and crap.

routlaw · 2009-03-10T07:39:10.000Z

Tim James:

Cool, I wanted to pick up BIA:HH just because I love anything that has to do with suppress-and-flank, but now I’m wondering if I even want to sit through the cutscenes and crap.

I bought BIA:HH for that price last night and am just going to skip through or laugh at the faux-drama stuff. I’m more worried about the tank driving sections, to be honest.

TimJames · 2009-03-10T08:03:53.000Z

Not to be a hateable savebaby, but does anyone know if it has quicksave on the PC? I’ll put up with most shit in a game if I only have to put up with it once.

Telefrog · 2009-03-10T08:35:59.000Z

Lorini:

Take the ad from the website into the store. Since you can pay for it online then pick it up from the store, there is no reason for there to be this price difference.

Didn’t BB already very publicly establish that their online prices sometimes do not match their local price and that was that?

Rock8man · 2009-03-10T08:52:48.000Z

Telefrog:

Didn’t BB already very publicly establish that their online prices sometimes do not match their local price and that was that?

They did, but you can still use their “store pickup” policy to your advantage, which is what Lorini is saying. I’m a bit confused by that though Lorini. If you do in-store pickup, don’t you actually have to buy it online, and then can’t use the coupon?

MSUSteve · 2009-03-10T10:14:53.000Z

EB/Gamestop is offering Resident Evil 5 for $19.99 if you trade in two titles off of this list.

What I noticed is that you can trade in 09 sports titles, including Madden and NCAA Football, as part of this deal. $20 a piece for those titles as trade-in value is a good deal, even compared to what you could sell them for on Half.com. I think I’ll probably take advantage of this offer as I have no plans on playing either Madden 09 or NCAA 09 again.

Lorini · 2009-03-10T10:29:15.000Z

Rock8man:

They did, but you can still use their “store pickup” policy to your advantage, which is what Lorini is saying. I’m a bit confused by that though Lorini. If you do in-store pickup, don’t you actually have to buy it online, and then can’t use the coupon?

You don’t need the coupon. I just checked, and all you have to do is buy it online and choose store pickup. Don’t forget to enter your Rewards Zone number. You couldn’t use the coupon for the rest of the stuff though.

If I were in the store and they wouldn’t honor the online price, I’d make the manager walk over with me to a kiosk, order it online right there, and then take the game to customer service, where they would immediately hand it back to me. Glower at the manager, and tell him/her if it happens again, I’m not coming back.

Fry’s doesn’t honor its online prices either, so this isn’t just an issue at BB.

Cubit · 2009-03-10T11:21:16.000Z

Direct2Drive’s deal of the week is NWN 2 + Storm of Zehir for $49.95. Thats $20 off their normal price.

unbongwah · 2009-03-10T11:27:54.000Z

Not really a deal: NWN 2 Gold is down to $24 while SoZ is $20, so you might as well save an extra six bucks.

Jorune · 2009-03-11T06:49:01.000Z

unbongwah:

Recent-ish drops at Newegg: Brothers in Arms:HH (PC) for $10; Guild Wars Platinum (orig + EotN) for $15; GW Factions for $10.

Thanks, grabbed Brothers in Arms.

Jorune

Jorune · 2009-03-11T07:01:51.000Z

Rock8man:

They did, but you can still use their “store pickup” policy to your advantage, which is what Lorini is saying. I’m a bit confused by that though Lorini. If you do in-store pickup, don’t you actually have to buy it online, and then can’t use the coupon?

That’s correct, you can’t use the coupon.

What I did was purchase it online so that it was in stock. Than when I went to the counter with the coupon, they said that they would put in that I DID NOT pick it up, they gave me the games, I walked to the check out and used the coupon.Than I called the online number and cancelled the order.

HOWEVER, the price online was the same in the store.

Sounds like your outta luck. However, if you really want it, try it anyway. Than when you go to pick it up, act innocent and stupid and try to use the coupon. When they explain that you’ve already purchased it online, see what they can do. Being very polite and talking to the right people (managers), they could help you IF they really want to. Help you in the way that MAYBE they’ll price match it for you and let the coupon go through.

Jorune

MSUSteve · 2009-03-12T05:32:14.000Z

Amazon’s Deal of the Day is Heavenly Sword for $39.98. How is it that this game is still listed at $59.99 retail?

Rock8man · 2009-03-12T05:42:33.000Z

MSUSteve:

Amazon’s Deal of the Day is Heavenly Sword for $39.98. How is it that this game is still listed at $59.99 retail?

Yeah, they’re really stubborn that way. Even $40 isn’t much of a deal. I say this as a public service: I’ve played all the way through it, it’s not worth that much.

Rob_Merritt · 2009-03-12T05:51:59.000Z

But it was on Heroes and everything…

zengonzo · 2009-03-12T05:57:17.000Z

That is just mind-boggling. I’ve been set to snag it once it hits twenty bucks, too. SET.

Perhaps my grandchildren will live to see such a price.

RickH · 2009-03-12T06:14:45.000Z

Rock8man:

Yeah, they’re really stubborn that way. Even $40 isn’t much of a deal. I say this as a public service: I’ve played all the way through it, it’s not worth that much.

No way is it worth more than $20. This is one of those games that uses boss fights where they must be finished with a QTE, but if you blow the QTE, the boss gets his health back and you don’t. I hate that so much, the game immediately got ejected and put back into the GameFly envelope.

BigWeather · 2009-03-12T07:09:49.000Z

I got HS free with my PS3 a ways back. Still haven’t opened it.

Even at free my time is still worth something.

unbongwah · 2009-03-12T07:35:45.000Z

Odd mix of older PC games under $5 in the latest GoGamer sale, including Nox, Crimson Skies, StarSiege Universe, Cossacks, SW Battlefront, Silent Hunter 4, LOTRO (orig), and R6V2.