The Bargain Thread

unbongwah · 2009-06-08T07:14:12.000Z

This week’s B&M deals (shamelessly swiped from CAG):

Best Buy:
Saints Row 2 (PS3/360) $29.99
Legends of Wrestlemania (PS3/360) $39.99
Call of Duty 4 GOTY (PS3/360) $29.99

Gamestop:
Call of Duty World at War (PS3/360) $39.99
$10 off X-Men Origins: Wolverine (all systems)
$10 off Monsters vs. Aliens (all systems)
PS3 Driving Force GT Racing Wheel $99.99

Target:
Buy any 2 regular priced PSP, PS2, or PS3 games, get 1 free
Buy a Wii console, get a free nunchuck

Toys R Us:
Buy 1, get 1 50% off all DS games
30% Off any DS or DSi accessory with purchase of system.

Free $10 Gift Card with purchase of these Wii titles: Tiger Woods 10 (shows bundle with motion+) $59.99 and Wii Grand Slam Tennis $49.99
Reserve Wii Sports Resort, get a $5 gift card when you pick it up

Free $20 Gift Card With Purchase (any system)
Wrestlemania Legends
Prototype

Free $15 Gift Card With Purchase (any system)
Gears Of War 2
Rock Band (PSP Only)
Smackdown Vs Raw 09
Wolverine Origins

Free $10 Gift Card With Purchase (any system)
Banjo Kazooie
Halo Wars
Resident Evil 5
Up
Red Faction
Street Fighter IV
Boom Blox Bash Party
EA Active
UFC Undisputed
Infamous

MSUSteve · 2009-06-08T07:49:51.000Z

Via @GamerDeals, Amazon.com has Prince of Persia (360) for $19.97.

DaveLong · 2009-06-08T08:27:26.000Z

MSUSteve:

Via @GamerDeals, Amazon.com has Prince of Persia (360) for $19.97.

Target stores have a billion Prince of Persia (360) for $14.98 on clearance at both stores near me.

MSUSteve · 2009-06-08T08:34:25.000Z

Dave Long:

Target stores have a billion Prince of Persia (360) for $14.98 on clearance at both stores near me.

The Target deals are so hit and miss, aren’t they? My local Target isn’t doing that at all.

DaveLong · 2009-06-08T08:35:06.000Z

MSUSteve:

The Target deals are so hit and miss, aren’t they? My local Target isn’t doing that at all.

Look around the store. There’s a clearance rack you haven’t found yet.

MSUSteve · 2009-06-08T08:38:36.000Z

Dave Long:

Look around the store. There’s a clearance rack you haven’t found yet.

Trust me, I know where the game clearance rack is at my Target. Perhaps our Targets just have different games on clearance. That’s certainly not unprecedented.

JonRowe · 2009-06-08T08:41:42.000Z

Yeah Target clearance is a huge YMMV situation.

Aleck · 2009-06-08T08:48:34.000Z

MSUSteve:

The Target deals are so hit and miss, aren’t they? My local Target isn’t doing that at all.

Weird. They were $30 at my local target yesterday afternoon.

MSUSteve · 2009-06-08T08:57:28.000Z

Aleck:

Weird. They were $30 at my local target yesterday afternoon.

Oh, it might be $30 at my Target. I dunno. What I meant was it’s not out on the clearance rack for $14.98. If they still have PoP, it’s in the glass case.

DaveLong · 2009-06-08T09:12:06.000Z

Were you in there this past weekend? Because they just dropped again on Saturday to the $14.98 price.

They have sooooo many of these that I’m waiting for $9.98. It’s almost guaranteed.

Bahimiron · 2009-06-08T09:17:42.000Z

My local Target kinda blows. They just did a huge store expansion and now their games section has gone to hell. They’ve got a huge rack for their discounted titles, $20 or $30 off. But I have no idea where they moved the clearance hub, which used to be near the pet food. Dean, DragonPup, you guys know where the cheap stuff is these days?

That $20 gift card for buying Prototype seems pretty nice, but for a guy who doesn’t trust his car, there’s not really a Toys R Us convenient.

zengonzo · 2009-06-08T09:18:23.000Z

Man, that would have been an awesome price a few months ago - but my cup already way overfloweth at present.

WarrenM · 2009-06-08T09:20:13.000Z

My backlog is growing now thanks to all of these $20 sales. I’m grabbing games left and right it seems. $20 is impulse purchase territory!

mike · 2009-06-08T09:26:31.000Z

My local target moved the videogame deals (and I think some other odd’s and ends) in the back of the store around the electronics. They do seem to move it around now and then, and you have to hunt for it.

I grabbed Wheelman for the ps3 for 29$ there last week. Still 59 at most places.

Dean · 2009-06-08T09:30:26.000Z

bahimiron:

My local Target kinda blows. They just did a huge store expansion and now their games section has gone to hell. They’ve got a huge rack for their discounted titles, $20 or $30 off. But I have no idea where they moved the clearance hub, which used to be near the pet food. Dean, DragonPup, you guys know where the cheap stuff is these days?

For Target deals the best place to go is the Solomon Pond Mall out near Worcester (which is where I work, so it’s on the way). It’s always deserted, so the clearance deals last longer than the Watertown store. In fact, they have three large clearance racks instead of the single one at Watertown.

I can never find the clearance sales at the Watertown Target.

Hell, Solomon Pond Target had Wiis in stock shortly after launch.

Ranulf · 2009-06-08T09:57:06.000Z

It really does seem to vary on Target deals. I think there is one small clearance rack for console games at my local one and usually not much there worth buying. The PC games are usually up near the books/magazine section.

Crater · 2009-06-08T10:15:54.000Z

Dean:

For Target deals the best place to go is the Solomon Pond Mall out near Worcester (which is where I work, so it’s on the way). It’s always deserted, so the clearance deals last longer than the Watertown store. In fact, they have three large clearance racks instead of the single one at Watertown.

I can never find the clearance sales at the Watertown Target.

Hell, Solomon Pond Target had Wiis in stock shortly after launch.

Hmm, I like the way you think!

For reference, the Watertown Target had PoP for $30 when I was there yesterday. They’re often really slow to mark things down.

Jag · 2009-06-08T10:57:49.000Z

Music blowout sale at Gamestop

I just pulled the trigger on RB2 SE PS3 for $95.

More plastic instruments, yay! (the wife will be so proud)

JonRowe · 2009-06-08T11:00:33.000Z

Whoa!!!

DragonPup · 2009-06-08T11:32:52.000Z

bahimiron:

My local Target kinda blows. They just did a huge store expansion and now their games section has gone to hell. They’ve got a huge rack for their discounted titles, $20 or $30 off. But I have no idea where they moved the clearance hub, which used to be near the pet food. Dean, DragonPup, you guys know where the cheap stuff is these days?

I have no idea where Target keeps them now, but BB usually places their clearance by the registers.