$4.99 games at Circuit City

[kainemaxwell]

Or we'll use the CC thread in B&S!

[The Manimal]

I went to one store today, and they had a few games left that I wanted (GBA RPGs)...and they said they wouldn't offer the $5 deal as the sale HAS NOT STARTED YET. I guess they were selling them but were told from corporate or some crap I don't remember that they are aware of this 'mistake' and aren't doing this for now. The sale starts tomorrow? Or next week? From what the guy said, it sounded like he was saying it starts tomorrow.

I just want to pick up certain titles but of course they are all gone. Wipeout, X7, Castlevania, Disgeia, Viewtiful, Wild Arms 3, Lunar Legend, etc etc...

[scooterb23]

All I found today was Wipeout Fusion and the Universal Studios game.

I'm hoping some will get restocked when the sale is actually supposed to happen!!

[bluecollarninja]

I hate you all :angry: :(

I'm going back to that store on the 11th, and if they don't have the games there, they are getting reported to the Better Business Bureau and CC home office. That f***king place is going to be closed down when I'm done with them.


seconded. f*ckers locked them all up.

[8-Bit Dad]

Well I went out to my local Circuit City and went a lookin with my wife and my baby boy, he didn't care too much for CC though lol
Wife looked at Xbox titles while I took PS2 and GC this is what we came out with
First went and looked and found 2 copies of REZ!!!!!!
brought them up to the counter asked if they came up on sale
Serious the guy looks at me after scanning and says what should they have come up I said 4.99 his eyes bugged out @_@
We then traveled to the local library to get online and look at the list
Well after spending 40 minutes writing every damn title lol we were off again

Came back and I started sifting through the games they were all on the shelves now looking thru my list after picking up about 5 one the guys comes over and asks if I need help LOL I responded no just looking

Here is what we got
Ps2
REZ!!!!! 2 copies
Mobile Suit Gundam Federation vs Zeon
Roadkill
Ninja Assault
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter
Rygar
Chaos Legion
Wakeboarding Unleashed
Legaia 2
Wild Arms 3
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance
Legends of Wrestling 2

Xbox
Crimson Sea
Crazy Taxi 3 High Roller
VEXX
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Stars Wars The Clone Wars

Gamecube
Resident Evil Code:Veronica X
Ikaruga
Mega Man Network Transmission

Even helped out another guy who was looking said he didn't have his list so I pointed him in the direction of a few good ones
From what I could tell we must have been the firsts to hit since they all looked at us strange LOL
Smiled all the way out the door and home :D
Sweet Haul for us
Do you guys know if they are getting more game shipments for the 11th sale?

[ClubNinja]

Went back for a second dip today and the place was almost completely barren of applicable games. I did manage to locate:

Duke Nukem Advance
Mega Man Zero

I wanted those, so I was happy. Yesterday, I had been a little annoyed by all the people taking numerous copies of titles away, leaving very few for the folks who just wanted one copy each of the games they actually wanted to play (ie: me vs the 10000 copies of Viewtiful Joe dude, etc). Today. it's no biggie though, since I figure I can score whatever else I wanted via the flooded ePay or just go pricematching when a printed sale comes out. This sale = fun.

[DDCecil]

Went again yesterday afternoon, and saw the employees stocking up on the games as they were putting them into the bin... Managed to get Yanya Caballista for PS2. Went again this morning, and EVERYTHING was gone, except for the GBA titles, which were still on the shelves. Not sure if they were 5.00 yet, but I will pick up Final Fight One if it is still avavilable on payday.

EDIT: My brother picked up 5!!!! copies of Marvel vs Capcom 2 that day. Should of held onto them until today.

[orrimarrko]

Well, thank God I happened to check the forums Saturday night. I missed the Best Buy sale fo the most part, but not this time!!

2 days, 3 stores, and $410.27 later...here's my scores:

GBA: (9)

Bomberman Max 2: Red Advance
Disney's Party
Final Fight One
Fire Pro Wrestling
Justice League Chronicles
LUNAR: Legend
Max Payne
Shining Soul
Stuntman

PS2: (27)

Ape Escape 2
Aqua Aqua
Bloody Roar 4
Dark Cloud 2
Dino Stalker
Disaster Report
ESPN NHL Hockey
ESPN X Games: Skateboarding
Freedom Fighters
Freestyle Metal X
Frequency
JET X2O
Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon
My Street
Mystic Heroes
Ninja Assault (x2)
Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
Roadkill
Simpsons, The: Skateboarding
Stretch Panic
Terminator, The: Dawn of Fate
Wakeboarding Unleashed (featuring Shaun Murray)
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Rhythm n' Groove
Wheel of Fortune
Wipeout Fusion

XBOX: (19)

Aggressive Inline
Aliens versus Predator: Extinction
Burnout 2: Point of Impact (Developer's Cut)
Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars
Crimson Sea
Dino Crisis 3
Freaky Flyers
JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future
Motor Trend Presents: Lotus Challenge
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
MVP Baseball 2003
NBA Live 2002
NHL 2002
Pro Race Driver
Roadkill
Sega Sports NFL 2K2
State of Emergency
Superman: The Man of Steel
Voodoo Vince

Gamecube: (21)

2002 FIFA World Cup
Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, The: Jet Fusion
Aggessive Inline
Bomberman Generation
Cel Damage
Dead to Rights
Disney's Party
Dragon's Lair 3D
ESPN MLS Extratime 2002
Fairly Odd Parents!, The: Breakin' Da Rules
Legends of Wrestling II
NHL 2003
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Rocky
Sega Sports NBA 2K2
Sims, The
UFC Throwdown
Universal Studios: Theme Park Adventure
Wolverine's Revenge
Zoocube


76 titles!! Not too bad, I think. A little harsh on the wallet, but some of these I already have, so they will be sold to help me keep the rest.

Hooray!

Good luck,
Steve

[kainemaxwell]

I'd love to see sales figures with this "accidental sale" this weekend myself. I think more shipments are supposed to be coming in to CC's for the weekend sale.

[Richter]

have an extra Syberia and Pikmin up FT

[portnoyd]

I have a most excellent plan.

Now, we're all hoping for he circular to come out, and then we pricematch it like crazy. However, D_N_G brought up a good point - in limited space, CC won't list every game - they just can't. So how do we get our pricematch?

Simple. Get our receipts. Now you have proof of purchase at $4.99. But you already bought these games...

But I didn't. And odds on, 90% of the boards didn't. So, we swap. If everyone who's clocked in here submits a receipt scan, I'd think we'd have 95% of the games covered. We simply run over to every store who pricematchs, and go to town.

I'll gladly compile, just find me on AIM (portnoyc8x) or email them to port@segasaturn.org or portnoyd@gmail.com. Be sure to mark out any personal info you wouldn't want anyone else to see.

Any flaws in this plan? I mean, a flyer vs a receipt copy? Does anyone think they wouldn't take it as proof of lower price? Maybe get you on the 'it's clearly clearance BS'?

dave

[Half Japanese]

Wow. This is working out nicer than I ever could have imagined. I don't care much for the fact that some people are hoarding these games in an attempt to resell them on eBay, but people are greedy by nature and some lack the decency to overcome that instinct.

Anyway, on to some updates:

- More games may be marked down as this goes on. I know for a fact that as of yesterday, Gladius (Xbox) was ringing up $29.99, but today a guy had me pricecheck it and it rang up at the new $4.99 price. What does this mean? I don't know, but hopefully it means the Dynasty Warriors 4 I have stashed away will drop to $5 soon.

- The status of these titles being replenished is still unknown. I will know for a fact tomorrow whether or not we are getting anymroe of these titles in, as Tuesday is our biggest day for shipments (being new release day and all) and we'll have an assload of boxes to put out tomorrow. Your best bet is to call your CC tomorrow and ask one of the employees.

- Also, thought I'd mention this: be nice to the employees at your CC. So far this hasn't been a problem at all, although to my credit, I've been extremely helpful to all who have come in my store looking for things. Being an asshole to the employees will probably get you worse service in return. Also, don't hoard like an asshole. Moral issues rather than updates, but important in my eyes, nonetheless.


Also, thanks for all the....uh....thanks! Good luck hunting.


- J

[Richter]

i'm all for that

[sale/trade page in B&S]

[kainemaxwell]

Sounds good! I'm trying to keep an up-to-date list myself (based off Richter's post) for copying over to a few places in LJ when the time comes.

I think next shipment is supposed to replenish for the real sale on Sunday from what a friend told me, I'll find out for sure.

[D_N_G]

I did about the same amount of damage as Orrimarrko:

Gamecube 14:

Disney Extreme Skating
Megaman Network Transmission
MLB Slugfest 2004 (2 copies)
MOH Frontline
Mortal Kombat DA
Piglets Big Game
PN03
Resident Evil Code Veronica X
Scooby Doo
Spyhunter
Universal Studios
Viewtiful Joe
Zoocube

PS2 32:

Black & Bruised
Bouncer
Chaos Legion
Dark Cloud 1
Devil May Cry 2
Dino Stalker
Dynasty Tactics
Dynasty Warriors Extereme Legends 3
Dynasty Warriors 4
Ephemeral Phantasia
Futurama
Gitaroo Man
Guilty Gear X
Jungle Book
Legends of Wrestling 2
Megaman X7
Metropolismania
Mystic Heroes
Naval Ops Warship
Okage
Onimusha 2
Parappa 2
Robin Hood PS2
Rygar
Simpsons Skateboarding
Spyhunter 2
SF EX3
Summoner 2
Tenchu 3
Timesplitters 2
Ty The Tiger
Wallace & Grommit

XBOX 14:

Buffy Choas Bleeds
Cat in the Hat
Crimson Sea
DOA Beach Volleyball
Dead to Rights
Dino Crisis 3
Gunvalkyrie
Kung Fu Chaos
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance
Morrowind
New Legends
Roadkill
Run Like Hell
Syberia

GBA 16:

Backyard Baseball
Breath Of Fire 2
CHuChu Rocket
Doom 1
Driver 2
Fire Pro Wrestling
F Zero
Gauntlet Dark Legacy
MaxPayne
Megaman & Bass
Mega Man Zero
Mega Man Zero 2
STuntman
Shining Soul
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
Zone Of Enders

PSX 3:

Dragon Warrior 7
Dragon Valor
Final Fantasy Origins

I figure selling the Backyard Baseball, MLB SLugfest 2004's and Gitaroo man, will net half my cost.

BTW Backyard Baseball GBA and MLB Slugfest 2004 GC are not on any other lists anywhere. So good luck hunting for them, they may not be taken yet (if there were even any in the first place, these are both hard to find)

[Daria]

I went yesterday looking for Shining Soul, as I'd seen multiple copies there no less then a week ago. Course now they were sold out. Dammit.

But I picked up Okage instead, which I'd been eyeing for awhile, there's always like 10 copies in the discount bin but the price tag had stayed at $30 for a long time so I was never sure of the price.

[MarioAllStar2600]

I went today only looking for gamecube games because im so short on cash right now and tehy didn't have much anyway. Here is what I found

Extreme-G 3
Hunter The reckoning
Smashing Drive
Medal Of Honor Frontline

[classicb]

is anyone else wondering how cc came up with $4.99? I'm sure we still would have gone out to find games at $9.99 or even a 50% off sale. Of course I'm not complaining as I got a chance to pick up games I normally wouldn't have. Just seems like there is no way they can be making any money on this.

[lendelin]

Goodwillhunter, since we are both in Milwaukee, and I couldn't find a Dark Cloud 2, we could trade if you're interested and you have more than one Dark Cloud 2...I got duplicates of PN03 and Mega Man X7 and Mobile Light Force 2 shrinkwrapped, if you're interested in one of them and willing to trade for a Dark Cloud 2 contact me, ok?

BTw, nice finds :)....you were a bit more successful than me, in particular regarding Disgaea (got it though for the outrageous price of $50 a couple of months ago :)

Sorry, but Disgaea and Shining Soul were the only ones I got doubles of...alll the rest are going right into the collection. I hit the Southridge and Brookfield CCs on Saturday night, and kind of lucked out at Northridge Sunday morning. The CC website lists them as opening at 11:00 am on Sunday. I gave myself 45 minutes to get there, and with no traffic on the 4th, got there at 10:45. Almost crapped myself when I saw on the door that they in fact open at 10 on Sundays!

No problem, I actually like it that you didn't hoard ten Dark Clouds. :)

I was at Southridge on Sunday morning at 11:15 and I noticed too that they actaully open at ten already!! I was at Brookfield on Saturday evening, and there was no run at the games, but already on Sunday morning there were a lot of guys hunting. :) I got still lucky with the games I got.

The only duplicates I bought were MMX7 and PN03 on Saturday evening, but when I left there were at least four or five still of each there. I didn't expect that these games were so much so fast in high demand. Otherwise I just bought one of each I really wanted. I don't like it when people hoard games for ebay. In this regard, ebay really messed it up, although I can understand that guys wanna sustain their hobby; but I think honesty, politeness, and consideration for others should come first.

It was (and is) a GREAT sale, five bucks for current games, among them gems; it was really adrenaline pumping to get there, look around, get games, and watch the face of the cashier when everything rang up for five dollars.

About the CC employees: I have and had only very good experiences with game store employees, including CC at the weekend. Nice, great, helpful guys. The guys at my local Gamestop helped me out more than once, I can't complain at all.

[Richter]

is anyone else wondering how cc came up with $4.99? I'm sure we still would have gone out to find games at $9.99 or even a 50% off sale. Of course I'm not complaining as I got a chance to pick up games I normally wouldn't have. Just seems like there is no way they can be making any money on this.all these games are old stock. they're probably clearing out their warehouse(s)

[Half Japanese]

Actually, another interesting tidbit I heard at work today:

Apparently doing a pullback (sending back to the warehouse/manufacturer) on these games would have netted $4.85 each, so I guess they figured to cut their losses and end up $0.14 cents ahead on every title, which adds up over time. They're still losing much of the initial investment, but it's a little better than sending them all back. Also, that means the games you guys have been paying $4.99 for....I can get for $4.85! Of course, I usually don't take the time to hunt down a manager to save $0.14 a game, I get someone else to ring me up.

[zektor]

Well, I had to work the entire 4th of July weekend, and nearly missed this sale. I went to a local CC tonight around 6pm and saw people diving into the 4.99 bin. I scoured the bin for Gamecube titles, and found quite a few. I brought them up the the register and only 3 out of the 8 I grabbed rang at the 4.99. They tell me to go to customer service, and the snotty manager bitch told me that perhaps a customer put those titles in the bin. I asked her why MULTIPLE titles of these games were there then, and she had no response but that the sign stating 4.99 should not have been there. Not my problem, but she wouldn't give me the other titles for that price. I am calling the manager about this tomorrow however. Like I said, it is not MY fault that the employees threw a slew of 14.99-29.99 games in that bin, and to top it off she was just so damn nasty with me when I tried to explain that point. Well, I got:

Tiger Woods 2003 (scratched, going back tomorrow)
Bad Mother Truckers
MX Superfly


All crap basically, but for $5 a game I said what the hell. Just wished I got the Super Monkey Ball, Luigi's Mansion, and the other goodies that came out of that bin for the $5.

[-hellvin-]

Good ol' circuit city. They seem to have these kinda sales a lot. The games I've noticed rarely ever scan at the tagged price but it's not like us at best buy who can change the tags out whenever the price goes down or up. Gotta love it =D.

Been a fun sale. Too bad I leave for vacation on the 11th or I'd go looking for more.

[Half Japanese]

All CC stores are supposed to get the official list TOMORROW (Tuesday, today technically on my time). This means that anything they put in a bin is just fucking stupid on their part. Also, all the $4.99 games, once the sale officially starts, are supposed to be taken out of their cases, making it easier to see what is and isn't on sale. I would completely argue with the manager about your situation though. Mistakes are mistakes, regardless of who is at fault, and while she may not be able to buckle on her stance there, she should also have her employees trained better than a bunch of bed-wetting monkeys not to start things until they're supposed to. I would ask for the DM's number if I were you. The DM seems to strike fear in even the most intimidating managers.

[portnoyd]

Well, I had to work the entire 4th of July weekend, and nearly missed this sale. I went to a local CC tonight around 6pm and saw people diving into the 4.99 bin. I scoured the bin for Gamecube titles, and found quite a few. I brought them up the the register and only 3 out of the 8 I grabbed rang at the 4.99. They tell me to go to customer service, and the snotty manager bitch told me that perhaps a customer put those titles in the bin. I asked her why MULTIPLE titles of these games were there then, and she had no response but that the sign stating 4.99 should not have been there. Not my problem, but she wouldn't give me the other titles for that price. I am calling the manager about this tomorrow however. Like I said, it is not MY fault that the employees threw a slew of 14.99-29.99 games in that bin, and to top it off she was just so damn nasty with me when I tried to explain that point. Well, I got:

Tiger Woods 2003 (scratched, going back tomorrow)
Bad Mother Truckers
MX Superfly


All crap basically, but for $5 a game I said what the hell. Just wished I got the Super Monkey Ball, Luigi's Mansion, and the other goodies that came out of that bin for the $5.

Hey man, did you go to the one on Rt 46W in Totowa? Yeah, that bin has been there forever and it's NOT $4.99 games exclusively. If it was labeled as such, then it was a mistake.

dave

[orrimarrko]

Ok,

Took a look, and entered all of my purchases into my inventory spreadsheet, and looks like I bought a couple that I already had.

You'll notice that I only bought 2 of one game intentionally - no hoarding here.

However, I would like to offer up the following for even trade:

PS2

Dark Cloud 2
Ninja Assault

XBOX

Aliens versus Predator: Extinction

Gamecube

Dragon's Lair 3D
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

Here's what I'm looking for:

Gamecube

Mario Party 4
Outlaw Golf
Red Faction II
Tetris Worlds
Viewtiful Joe
PN O3
Mega Man: Battle Network
Mega Man Network Transmission
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy

XBOX

Panzer Dragoon Orta
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
SWAT
Vexx

PS2

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Capcom vs. SNK 2
Mega Man 7
Street Fighter EX3
Silpheed
ZOE: 2nd Runner

Mostly looking for the Gamecube games, but will trade even for any of these games - SEALED, of course.

Just send me a message!

Thanks,
Steve

[Half Japanese]

All CC stores are supposed to get the official list TOMORROW (Tuesday, today technically on my time). This means that anything they put in a bin is just fucking stupid on their part. Also, all the $4.99 games, once the sale officially starts, are supposed to be taken out of their cases, making it easier to see what is and isn't on sale. I would completely argue with the manager about your situation though. Mistakes are mistakes, regardless of who is at fault, and while she may not be able to buckle on her stance there, she should also have her employees trained better than a bunch of bed-wetting monkeys not to start things until they're supposed to. I would ask for the DM's number if I were you. The DM seems to strike fear in even the most intimidating managers.


Also, Hellvin, I would say that the lack of proper markdowns on games and such is as much the management's fault as it is the employees. Strike one, they don't train you really well enough to be able to know where and how to access markdown sheets (I was there for months before I learned, and the guy over that section didn't print them out that often). Strike two, the pricetag guns they give us absolutely fucking blow. I swear, half of the equipment in that store (registers, scanning guns, signature pads, monitors, etc.), given a few more months, could easily qualify as antiques.

[zektor]

Well, I had to work the entire 4th of July weekend, and nearly missed this sale. I went to a local CC tonight around 6pm and saw people diving into the 4.99 bin. I scoured the bin for Gamecube titles, and found quite a few. I brought them up the the register and only 3 out of the 8 I grabbed rang at the 4.99. They tell me to go to customer service, and the snotty manager bitch told me that perhaps a customer put those titles in the bin. I asked her why MULTIPLE titles of these games were there then, and she had no response but that the sign stating 4.99 should not have been there. Not my problem, but she wouldn't give me the other titles for that price. I am calling the manager about this tomorrow however. Like I said, it is not MY fault that the employees threw a slew of 14.99-29.99 games in that bin, and to top it off she was just so damn nasty with me when I tried to explain that point. Well, I got:

Tiger Woods 2003 (scratched, going back tomorrow)
Bad Mother Truckers
MX Superfly


All crap basically, but for $5 a game I said what the hell. Just wished I got the Super Monkey Ball, Luigi's Mansion, and the other goodies that came out of that bin for the $5.

Hey man, did you go to the one on Rt 46W in Totowa? Yeah, that bin has been there forever and it's NOT $4.99 games exclusively. If it was labeled as such, then it was a mistake.

dave

Hah! Yes, I did. I live about 1/8 of a mile from it :) It actually had a sign on one of the bins that said 4.99. She said that she was not aware that they put out a sign. Odd.

[Achika]

PS2
Robin Hood
Dark Cloud 2
Vexx
Mega Man X7
Black & Bruised
Breath of Fire: Dragon's Quarter
Chaos Legion
Devil May Cry 2
Haunted Mansion
Gun Griffon Blaze

Gamecube
Mega Man Network
Mystic Heroes

XBox
Aliens Vs. Predator
Crimson Sea

GBA
Golden Sun Lost Age (at Target thought $5)

Other Simple Life DVD for $6.99 :)

I've only been picking up the ones I want to play, I figured from the start that eBay would not be worth my time picking up extras. Plus, that cuts into CGE spending money at this point. I'm going to wait until Sunday to see if there's a second shipment of anything else I want, or grab some of the ads and take them around for price matches for games that I want but stores around here don't have.

[lendelin]

Well, I had to work the entire 4th of July weekend, and nearly missed this sale. I went to a local CC tonight around 6pm and saw people diving into the 4.99 bin. I scoured the bin for Gamecube titles, and found quite a few. I brought them up the the register and only 3 out of the 8 I grabbed rang at the 4.99. They tell me to go to customer service, and the snotty manager bitch told me that perhaps a customer put those titles in the bin. I asked her why MULTIPLE titles of these games were there then, and she had no response but that the sign stating 4.99 should not have been there. Not my problem, but she wouldn't give me the other titles for that price. I am calling the manager about this tomorrow however. Like I said, it is not MY fault that the employees threw a slew of 14.99-29.99 games in that bin, and to top it off she was just so damn nasty with me when I tried to explain that point.

When I got my bunch of games, Mojo for the Xbox rang up $19.99. Since I suspected that there are more games on sale than the first lists indicated, I went to the CC website before I went to CC, and wrote down the games for $5, among them Mojo. The cashier changed without hesitation the price to $4.99.

The second CC I went to had already most of the GC games on sale marked $4.99, not however the PS2 games and XBOX games.

[norkusa]

I have a most excellent plan.

Now, we're all hoping for he circular to come out, and then we pricematch it like crazy. However, D_N_G brought up a good point - in limited space, CC won't list every game - they just can't. So how do we get our pricematch?

Simple. Get our receipts. Now you have proof of purchase at $4.99. But you already bought these games...

But I didn't. And odds on, 90% of the boards didn't. So, we swap. If everyone who's clocked in here submits a receipt scan, I'd think we'd have 95% of the games covered. We simply run over to every store who pricematchs, and go to town.

I'll gladly compile, just find me on AIM (portnoyc8x) or email them to port@segasaturn.org or portnoyd@gmail.com. Be sure to mark out any personal info you wouldn't want anyone else to see.

Any flaws in this plan? I mean, a flyer vs a receipt copy? Does anyone think they wouldn't take it as proof of lower price? Maybe get you on the 'it's clearly clearance BS'?

dave

This is a *really* good idea. Anybody try it yet to see if it works? I think I heard some of the CAG's were gonna try it but I don't know what happened. Me and a friend are going to go to Best Buy Tuesday with my CC receipts and see what we can get. If it does, I'll scan my receipts and post them here. The ones I have got some good stuff on it like Viewtiful Joe, Lufia, DOA Volleyball, Code Veronica (GC) and a bunch more. I'll keep you guys posted....

[zektor]

Question:

Where on the CC site do you see a list of $5 titles? I would love to get this list, print it, and go to a CC with it to avoid any problems. Link?

[-hellvin-]

All CC stores are supposed to get the official list TOMORROW (Tuesday, today technically on my time). This means that anything they put in a bin is just fucking stupid on their part. Also, all the $4.99 games, once the sale officially starts, are supposed to be taken out of their cases, making it easier to see what is and isn't on sale. I would completely argue with the manager about your situation though. Mistakes are mistakes, regardless of who is at fault, and while she may not be able to buckle on her stance there, she should also have her employees trained better than a bunch of bed-wetting monkeys not to start things until they're supposed to. I would ask for the DM's number if I were you. The DM seems to strike fear in even the most intimidating managers.


Also, Hellvin, I would say that the lack of proper markdowns on games and such is as much the management's fault as it is the employees. Strike one, they don't train you really well enough to be able to know where and how to access markdown sheets (I was there for months before I learned, and the guy over that section didn't print them out that often). Strike two, the pricetag guns they give us absolutely fucking blow. I swear, half of the equipment in that store (registers, scanning guns, signature pads, monitors, etc.), given a few more months, could easily qualify as antiques.

I hate how best buy just doesn't really give a fuck about the equipment we use....the telxons and the printers they give us BLOW. Then I get yelled at because the printer won't print god damn tags or the telxon won't add multiple tags to the god damn signbatch and it prints me out just one tag for every game I spent 30 minutes scanning. ARG

But I noticed at circuit city you guys just have a large tag on the actual game and don't really see how it's possible for you all to do price changes on that other than to pull the game out the case and peel the sticker then put on a new one unlike best buy where you can just retag the little cards we have. So many times in the past I've gotten games off 4.99 or 14.99 lists like this occasion and the employes are like WHOOOOAAA with a googley eyed face at the price it scanned at.

Sigh...wish I found copies of Devil May Cry 2, Megaman Zero 1 & 2, Megaman & Bass and RE: Code Veronica. Perhaps I shall try a CC in Aneheim if I can find one on Sunday.

[zektor]

-hellvin- :

Tell em to switch to Symbols...what we use. Telxons absolutely suck, I know. Used to use them at Rite-Aid back in the day! :)

[-hellvin-]

-hellvin- :

Tell em to switch to Symbols...what we use. Telxons absolutely suck, I know. Used to use them at Rite-Aid back in the day! :)

Oh how I would love to make them change but they won't =\. I would smash that telxon to death if I could but it does cost several thousand dolalrs...

[Hovoc]

dude, luigis mansion was 4.99??

it rang up for 19.99 :(

i bought it, starsky and hutch, and kingdom hearts, couldnt find any 4.99 games

[Crush Crawfish]

I've heard rumors that CC is getting in more shipments of games for $4.99, but aren't selling them until 7/11, the real sale date. Can anyone confirm this for me?

[vincewy]

Just a note for those looking for those $4.99 games, I figured it's not worth it at all driving up to CC now ($15 gas money) when I just got Beach Spikers for $10.00, other titles like Evolution Worlds are going for $8, makes no sense at all buying and resell at on eBay.

[kevincure]

Luigi's Mansion wasn't 5 bucks at my store either.

No Best Buy here, but both Walmart and Target do price match right? I'll be swinging over there Sunday - possibly Saturday if I can get an early edition of the Sunday papers.

[Overbite]

First went and looked and found 2 copies of REZ!!!!!!


ah!

i'll trade you my extra copy of Gitaroo Man for that :D

I went to 2 stores, one in Concord NH and the other in Manchester NH and walked away with...

PS2
Gitaroo Man (2 copies)
Maximo
Frequency
Bloody Roar 4

GBA
Boktai
Megaman & Bass
Megaman Battle Network 2
Final Fight One

my bro got a lot more than i did, including another gitaroo man.

dude, if you're willing to part with that rez, i'll give my gitaroo man. name it!

oh im also willing to trade frequency for Chaos Legion, or dynasty warriors 4 or whatever cuz i already have a copy of that

[classicb]

well at the off chance that they do restock I have a question for everyone. I like to think everyone here plays the games they buy. I'm sure many of us picked up games we wouldn't normally if they weren't $4.99.

What games did you pick up just to try but turned out to be a lot of fun?

for me it was Frequency

I thought Maximo was a bit of a disapointment. I'm going to give a few more tries but I haven't found it that fun yet.

[-hellvin-]

well at the off chance that they do restock I have a question for everyone. I like to think everyone here plays the games they buy. I'm sure many of us picked up games we wouldn't normally if they weren't $4.99.

What games did you pick up just to try but turned out to be a lot of fun?

for me it was Frequency

I thought Maximo was a bit of a disapointment. I'm going to give a few more tries but I haven't found it that fun yet.

Once I open em, I'll be able to answer that question, hehe.

Personally if I had to guess it would be mega man x7 and dark cloud 2.

I thought that the whole 3dish evolution of mega man x7 would cause it to suck not only considering the fact I have not enjoyed the later evolutions of the x series. Dark Cloud 2 just never interested me in the slightest but an rpg for 5 bucks, why not?

[Aussie2B]

Well, I went earlier this evening to the one in Tacoma, and it was a complete, absolute bust. :/ Not a SINGLE game I was interested in. There was nothing but a bin with a meager number of crappy games.

I think a big part of the problem was that the guy there was TOO nice. As soon as I got in the store and started browsing in the game area, the guy came up and told me that there was a bin of 4.99 games. He already had a list from the 'net printed out, and they had pulled everything they knew was 4.99 for the bin. If they told every person who came into the store about the sale, it's no surprise that it's been totally cleaned out (not to mention all the deal hounds online who must've rushed to buy every copy of every decent game as soon as they found out).

I guess I'm shit out of luck. The next closest Circuit City around here is in Federal Way, and I have no idea where it is, so I'm not going to drag my mom out there or take the bus. I always seem to get the shaft with this kind of stuff. I think I'm destined to always miss out on these kind of sales, only able to get so-so finds, and get screwed over on eBay. I think it's God's way of telling me I'm poor and shouldn't be spending more money. :/

[classicb]

Well, I went earlier this evening to the one in Tacoma, and it was a complete, absolute bust. :/ Not a SINGLE game I was interested in. There was nothing but a bin with a meager number of crappy games.

I think a big part of the problem was that the guy there was TOO nice. As soon as I got in the store and started browsing in the game area, the guy came up and told me that there was a bin of 4.99 games. He already had a list from the 'net printed out, and they had pulled everything they knew was 4.99 for the bin. If they told every person who came into the store about the sale, it's no surprise that it's been totally cleaned out (not to mention all the deal hounds online who must've rushed to buy every copy of every decent game as soon as they found out).

I guess I'm shit out of luck. The next closest Circuit City around here is in Federal Way, and I have no idea where it is, so I'm not going to drag my mom out there or take the bus. I always seem to get the shaft with this kind of stuff. I think I'm destined to always miss out on these kind of sales, only able to get so-so finds, and get screwed over on eBay. I think it's God's way of telling me I'm poor and shouldn't be spending more money. :/

well you can still hold out hope for a restock but the chances of that might be slim. sitll on the plus side so many people are dumping their stuff on Ebay that many games aren't going for more than $10 +shipping

[Overbite]

when i went to the manchester CC there were a lot of people there with lists, but no one was greedy and we compaired lists and stuff. the 2 employees even price scanned the games we had to make sure they were really $5, and they even made photocopies of the lists. If it wasnt for someone who let the employee copy their list (the exact list richter posted) i wouldnt have known about the GBA games.

also i could have bought a lot more than i did (they had quite a bit of games left even with all the people. no really great ones, but not all crap) but i just got what i wanted.

[kainemaxwell]

I hope DW3XL is on the offical list...

[Tritoch]

I went yesterday to a semi-rural CC and scored a very nice haul. I'm glad I went when I did, because I ended up competing with about six others...all of whom were talking about finding a list on the Internet (none mentioned DP or CAG by name). Unfortunately the big ones were already gone, but I got most of what I wanted all for $5:

GBA:

Boktai
Duke Nukem Advance
Sim City 2000

GCN:

Bomberman Generation
Dead to Rights
Evolution Worlds
James Bond 007 in Agent Under Fire
Pikmin
Rocky
The Sims

Xbox:

Star Wars Starfighter: SE
Syberia

PS2:

Breath of Fire: DQ
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy
Futurama
Headhunter
Legaia 2
Maximo
No One Lives Forever
Ring of Red
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

At that point I reached my spending limit, so I called it a day (passing up several more I was interested in). All of those are one copy each, and only games I'm genuinely interested in playing as I figured eBay would be flooded with these as it has been. Most are tradeable though since it'll be years before i get to them all, in particular for Disgaea, Dark Cloud 2, Viewtiful Joe, Skies of Arcadia Legends, Pirates of the Caribbean (Xbox), or any other RPGs.

[captain nintendo]

Does anybody have an updated list to post or a link ?

I will be hitting a few CC stores after work and want to be prepared ;)

Thanks in advance :D


- Rick

[MarioAllStar2600]

Will the actual sale go on now? The sale wasn't suppose to start yet, but the prices got logged into the computer. I am wondering if they said screw it that was the sale or it will still go on. If it still goes on I could see them re-stocking some games. :-P

[Richter]

UPDATED TUESDAY 7/7 @ 10:05PM CST

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[kainemaxwell]

Thanks Richter!

[Goodwill Hunter]

Xbox Bloodwake can be added to the list....I picked it up for $4.99 last night.

Rich

[Arcade Antics]

I have a most excellent plan.

Now, we're all hoping for he circular to come out, and then we pricematch it like crazy. However, D_N_G brought up a good point - in limited space, CC won't list every game - they just can't. So how do we get our pricematch?

Simple. Get our receipts. Now you have proof of purchase at $4.99. But you already bought these games...

But I didn't. And odds on, 90% of the boards didn't. So, we swap. If everyone who's clocked in here submits a receipt scan, I'd think we'd have 95% of the games covered. We simply run over to every store who pricematchs, and go to town.

I'll gladly compile, just find me on AIM (portnoyc8x) or email them to port@segasaturn.org or portnoyd@gmail.com. Be sure to mark out any personal info you wouldn't want anyone else to see.

Any flaws in this plan? I mean, a flyer vs a receipt copy? Does anyone think they wouldn't take it as proof of lower price? Maybe get you on the 'it's clearly clearance BS'?

dave

This is a *really* good idea. Anybody try it yet to see if it works? I think I heard some of the CAG's were gonna try it but I don't know what happened. Me and a friend are going to go to Best Buy Tuesday with my CC receipts and see what we can get. If it does, I'll scan my receipts and post them here. The ones I have got some good stuff on it like Viewtiful Joe, Lufia, DOA Volleyball, Code Veronica (GC) and a bunch more. I'll keep you guys posted....

Here's the potential flaw, FWIW:

Many stores will only price match if other local stores have the item IN STOCK.

Also, as an aside, some stores will also decide not to honor the price match under extenuating circumstances, e.g., when SW Attack of the Clones came out, Toys R Us sold it for like $9 or something. Other stores (CC included) flat out refused to price match.

[bigdaddychester]

We stooped by the CC last night, list in hand, ready to do some damage. just a quick glance for titles we knew were on the list was all we needed to tell us the games were gone. So I picked up Konami Collector Series Arcade for the GBA and Viewtiful Joe for the GC. I had to "sweet talk" one of the associates into getting the VJ game for me. She said word had leaked about the sale and the computer problem so they were holding the rest of the games in the back.

[Geddon_jt]

Went to 4 stores in the Tampa Bay area today, 4/6. Most of em had been picked dry, but I found (last copy of each):

PS2
Gundam Federation v. Zion
Ring of Red
Robin Hood
Robotech: Battlecry
Robot Alchemic Drive

GC
Dragon's Lair 3d

GBA
Boktai
DBZ: Legacy of Goku

I already have Boktai, so if anyone wants it and would like to swap one of the GBA mega man games (except battle network 3), or perhaps Mega Man X7 or Network Transmission, just shoot me an email or PM.

[nhamze]

Anyone have an extra copy of Panzaar Dragoon or RE Code Veronica that they wish to sell to me.

Nick

[captain nintendo]

UPDATED MONDAY 7/6 @ 11:17PM CST

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Thank you Richter ! :D

[Richter]

UPDATED MONDAY 7/6 @ 11:17PM CST

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Thank you Richter ! :D*cough*i still want a copy of Dead to Rights (non-PH., XB)*cough*

>.> <.<

[donkeykong1]

Thanx for the list, I'm off to CC. :D

[captain nintendo]

Thank you Richter ! :D*cough*i still want a copy of Dead to Rights (non-PH., XB)*cough*

>.> <.<


If I see it I got you covered ;)

[Richter]

Thank you Richter ! :D*cough*i still want a copy of Dead to Rights (non-PH., XB)*cough*

>.> <.<


If I see it I got you covered ;)sweet thanx

And for the receipts:
http://members.cox.net/richter4/receipt1.gif
http://members.cox.net/richter4/receipt2.gif
http://members.cox.net/richter4/receipt3.gif
(i didnt list Rez on my trade list because i dont want to part with it :))

[TheRedEye]

Scratch Jet X2O for PS2 and Monopoly Party for XBox off of the list, they're both at $19.99.

Also, I totally own The Pinball of the Dead now.

[RavenHawk]

Hey Richter, if you are going to "borrow" someone's list have the decency to keep it updated! LOL

http://cheapassgamer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=256371#256371

[Richter]

Hey Richter, if you are going to "borrow" someone's list have the decency to keep it updated! LOL

http://cheapassgamer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=256371#256371ha, i'm too lazy to be searching through all them posts for new games XD

plus you gotta register to enter the forums

[Tricky X]

YES!! I missed out on a good chunk of the Best Buy Deal. I read about it after getting back from vacation and was 4 days late getting there. I got some. But this time I scored pretty good.

2 Days, 3 Circuit Cities, about 400 bones and netted 71 Games!! WOOT!! 8-)

I noticed that quite a few I got as you will see are not on any of the lists on this tread. Kinda odd.

PS2
The Thing
X Squad - 2 Copies
Wipeout Fusion
ESPN International Track and Field
The Operative - No One Lives Forever
Mobile Light Force 2
Army Men - Green Rouge
City Crisis
Fantavision
Metropolismania
The Haunted Mansion
Dark Summit
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
MDK 2
Barbarian
Project Eden
Turok: Evolution
Smuggler's Run
Eternal Ring
MLB Slugfest 2004
Evergrace
Formula One 2001
Q-Ball Billards Master
Fisherman's Bass Club
Taz - Wanted
Hyper Sonic Extream - 2 Copies
Reign of Fire
RoadKill
Terminator - Dawn of Fate
Extermination
Men in Black II
NHL Hitz PRO
AquaAqua
Endgame
Seek And Destroy
RC Revenge Pro
AirBlade
Super Trucks Racing
Yanya Caballista: City Skater (With Finger Board Controller) - 2 Copies


Xbox
Knoutout King 2002
Stake - The Foutune Fighters
Lotus Challange
2002 Fifa World Cup
Dr.Muto
State of Emergency
SWAT - Global Strike Team
The Great Escape
Pro Race Driver
Aquaman


GC
Universal Studios Theme Park
NHL Hitz 2003
Minority Report
FreekStyle
UFC - Throwdown
Defender


GBA
Metal of Honor Underground
Disney's Party
Mortal Kombat Advance
Jet Grind Radio
Fire Pro Wrestling
Drome Racers
The Pinball of the Dead
Scooby-Doo Mystery Mayhem
Tekken Advance
Spy Hunter
Galidor
Space Channel 5
Earthworm Jim

Tricky X

[kainemaxwell]

Argh, this point I'm never gonna get over to CC...

[kainemaxwell]

Argh, this point I'm never gonna get over to CC...

[Jasoco]

Mine had nothing yesterday. No sign of it either. I'll be going back on Sunday anyway, but I fear I missed out this time.

[portnoyd]

Here's the potential flaw, FWIW:

Many stores will only price match if other local stores have the item IN STOCK.

Also, as an aside, some stores will also decide not to honor the price match under extenuating circumstances, e.g., when SW Attack of the Clones came out, Toys R Us sold it for like $9 or something. Other stores (CC included) flat out refused to price match.

Well, that's why go now before it's 'official' and in the weekly flyer. And that's why you go for the speds (no offense to anyone on the register.. or offended by the word speds... the register monkeys at my local BB are DEFINITELY speds) when you pricematch, as they just want to get rid of you and will do whatever.

This will be total YMMV. You may go at one time, and get shot down - but 6 hours later on a different shift - paydirt!

As far as in stock, well, careful bullshitting and social skills should be able to pwn anyone in your way as far as that goes.

So now, armed with Richter's receipts, and my own, I will put my plan into action. TO GRATE SAVINGS!

dave

[RavenHawk]

Well I'll let it slide if you hook me up with your avatar! :-P



Hey Richter, if you are going to "borrow" someone's list have the decency to keep it updated! LOL

http://cheapassgamer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=256371#256371ha, i'm too lazy to be searching through all them posts for new games XD

plus you gotta register to enter the forums

[Tricky X]

"Mine had nothing yesterday. No sign of it either. I'll be going back on Sunday anyway, but I fear I missed out this time."


Take a printed out list. Most don't have 4.99 stickers on them. 2 of 3 Circuit Cities I went to had bins with them marked. The other didn't. One of them that had the bin of them, also had lots that on the shelves that were on the list but not marked down. Just because you don't see any 4.99 games don't mean they are not there. Take a list and scan the shelves. Good luck!!

Tricky X

[MegaDrive20XX]

Ok I just learned that "Star Wars: Obi-Wan" is not on sale, like the list says, because the one here charges $19.99 still

Anyways, today I got

Grabbed By Ghoulies
Dead to Rights
Stake: Fortune Fighters

also, on my way to Target, I got TMNT for $20! (Someone returned this sealed copy and forgot to put it in the case, so they marked it down by $20!) woot!

[Half Japanese]

A very important thing to note: Some of the games on the list that aren't ringing up at their proper price may have a "value game" sticker on them and also check the original upc on the game's packaging (on the top for ps2, as well as the regular upc on the back on all 3). These 9/10th's of the time won't ring out at the sale price. i got lucky with Mad Maestro and that's it. Despite the fact these games are no different from the non "value game" stickered versions, they won't ring up any cheaper usually. Whoever made this "value game" decision at corporate should be hung by their balls.

Also, replenishment of stock is highly, highly doubtful. A memo sent out today on our intranet's store updates noted that there would be "no replinishment from Lousisville (main warehouse I guess?)."

Also we got the official list today, but it only listed the games that we had in our store that were part of the promotion, meaning that if we didn't have it in stock, it didn't show up on our list. So that means that basically, every CC is going to have a different list as stock varies from store to store.

[BloodshedPlague]

I got 8 new games for just over $40. Thanks for the heads up guys.

[orrimarrko]

Yep,

I couldn't stay away. In fact, I didn't even try. LOL

So, two stores, a little bit of instinct, and here's the next batch of games that I've added to my collection, most of which will never be played...

XBOX: (14)

Dynasty Warriors 3
High Heat: Major League Baseball
Kabuki Warriors
MLB Slugfest 2003
MLB Slugfest 20-04
Nascar Thunder 2003
NBA Live 2003
New Legends
RLH (Run Like Hell)
Sega Sports: NCAA College Basketball 2K3
Sega Sports: NHL 2K3
Sega Sports: World Series Baseball
Triple Play 2002
UFC: Tapout 2

PS2: (3)

Nascar: Dirt to Daytona
NHL Hitz 2003
Sega Sports: Tennis

Gamecube: (7)

Batman: Dark Tomorrow
Beyblade V-Force: Super Tournament Battle
Bionicle
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
F1 2002
Nascar: Dirt to Daytona
Piglet's Big Game

GBA: (4)

Backyard Hockey
Bomberman Max 2: Blue Advance
Razor: Freestyle Scooter
Sega Smash Pack Advance (Ecco, Sonic Spinball, Golden Axe)

Bascally, about $520 in the hole - 103 games (5 doubles).

I must be crazy...

By the way, having a "complete" list is damn near impossible. Ricter's list is a great start, but there are MANY games not on there.

My Advice, and Rule of Thumb:

If it's more than 6-8 months old, try it. Get it scanned, because you never know. Also, if it has a small price sticker on it, most of the time, you're in luck.

Some prices to look for, on those "price gun" stickers: $54.96, $15.96, $19.6, $9.96 (see a pattern?)

Anyway, good luck to all.

See my other thread on page 8 for the 5 doubles that I have up for trade.

Peace,
Steve