10/19 penny guide drops

[carlcarlson]

The only drop I know of over the past few months is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex Edition(Wii). Best Buy pennied this guide out a few weeks ago and I have only managed to find three so far between all my Best Buy's. The good thing is that you can also use this guide for the 360 and PS3 versions of this game, although there are some obvious differences between the two versions.

There were a bunch more, but most weren't very interesting. The only one I grabbed was GTA4, and that's because I hid it prior to the drop.

For the complete list I'll have to suggest you check out CAG

[The 1 2 P]

There were a bunch more, but most weren't very interesting. The only one I grabbed was GTA4, and that's because I hid it prior to the drop.

For the complete list I'll have to suggest you check out CAG

I keep checking that link that you posted and they don't have anything listed after December of last year.

[carlcarlson]

I keep checking that link that you posted and they don't have anything listed after December of last year.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=248922

They started a new thread at some point I guess. I'll update the first post.

[The 1 2 P]

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=248922

They started a new thread at some point I guess. I'll update the first post.

Thank you sir. I'll see what I can pick up tomorrow.

[The 1 2 P]

Looks like they made another new forum on cag. I know for a fact that Best Buy has had atleast one price drop this year but I'm only aware of two of the guides that were pennied out.

[DuckTalesNES]

Wait, do these places really sell strategy guides for 1 cent? I have never seen this before, do they usually sell out really fast??

[Cornelius]

Wait, do these places really sell strategy guides for 1 cent? I have never seen this before, do they usually sell out really fast??

Not really. If you get lucky you may get a cashier that is clueless or doesn't care and will sell them to you for .01 (or give them to you). At GS I hear you can improve your odds by offering to put down a pre-order; cashiers there are evaluated on pre-orders, so this can go a long way. It costs you $5, but depending on the guide/amount, could be totally worth it. But the vast majority of the time the guides will have been taken off the floor like they are supposed to or they just won't sell them to you at all.

[Flashback2012]

Not really. If you get lucky you may get a cashier that is clueless or doesn't care and will sell them to you for .01 (or give them to you). At GS I hear you can improve your odds by offering to put down a pre-order; cashiers there are evaluated on pre-orders, so this can go a long way. It costs you $5, but depending on the guide/amount, could be totally worth it. But the vast majority of the time the guides will have been taken off the floor like they are supposed to or they just won't sell them to you at all.

I don't miss the idiot customers, the forced suggestive selling, the reservation/subscription quotas, the disc only trades from crackheads, or any of the other stupid nonsense I had to put up with at GS but I DO miss the pre-order swag for upcoming releases (that I did pre-order so I could legitimately partake of said swag) and the pennied out guides. I've managed to save many a guide from a trashy death but it's been almost 2 years since I've been there and many guides since have gone off to the heap.

I've never had any luck getting pennied guides from Best Buy. The ones around me must all be on the ball about clearing them off the shelves.

[DuckTalesNES]

So this is most likely a wasted effort that almost never works. When you do get there and they have a penny guide out on the floor, do you just bring it up to the counter and have them ring it up like normal?

[The 1 2 P]

So this is most likely a wasted effort that almost never works. When you do get there and they have a penny guide out on the floor, do you just bring it up to the counter and have them ring it up like normal?

It isn't a waste of time for me. I've been getting pennied out guides for the better part of the last decade. Every store is different but I have no problem getting them from Best Buy(mostly) and occassionally Gamestop. And yes, you just take them up to the counter and they get ringed as usual. Of the 10+ times I've gotten guides last year, only one time a clueless cashier didn't know what to do and called for assistance. But their "help" just assured them it was ok and rang my guides up. Atleast around here some of the Best Buys even make .01 price tags so you know which guides are clearanced(although they usually hold the good guides in the back for themselves).

[MarioMania]

Is Super SFIV a penny yet??

[Cornelius]

So this is most likely a wasted effort that almost never works. When you do get there and they have a penny guide out on the floor, do you just bring it up to the counter and have them ring it up like normal?

Most likely, yes it will be wasted effort, from my experience and from what I've read of other people's experience. But, a big BUT, if you haven't checked your local stores when a drop comes along, you should. Maybe you'll get lucky like 12p (who i'd like to throttle out of jealousy) and your store will sell them no problem. You won't know until you try.

[The 1 2 P]

Is Super SFIV a penny yet??

That was pennied out sometime ago last year. I sold mine on ebay for $5.

[MarioMania]

Do you have another one??