Well, due to the congruence of several gaming deals this past weekend, I mananged to score an X-Box and a game for a small sum and a good amount of effort. After reading this, I imagine some of you will congratulate me, whilst others will curse me. I also think that some of you will highlight how I could have done better at such-and-such point. But I thought my tale would be of interest regardless, so why not.
It all began this past Saturday night. I was spending the weekend at my buddy's house. I had just logged on to this forum to see if there was something amusing or such to peruse, when I came across Wario64's little post about (what I'm sure will be called) the Great CC Game Liquidation of Doom. Recalling that Game Rush was running a deal for trading in any 2 games to get another used game for $9.99, I point out this opportunity to my friend, and we hightail it to the nearest CC. Arriving within 15 minutes of closing time, I managed to score a copy of Disgaea (for trading purposes) along with Okage, GG XX and Wild Arms 3, as my friend fruitlessly sought Vietiful Joe; he eventually just grabbed 2 junk titles for Game Rush. We then proceeded to the nearest Game Rush, where he traded in the 2 games he got for Mario Kart DD. We were quite surprised when the Blockbuster clerk advised us that the trade-in value of the games my friend brought in (a total of $10) could be applied to the $9.99 for Mario Kart as part of the deal. After taxes, my buddy ended up owing 60 cents. That store didn't have anything I desired, so we left. Once we returned to his domicile, I set about doing some more reasearch betwix this forum, CheapAssGamer, and FatWallet. Needless to say, a strategem began to congeal within my warped little mind-we would sally forth to several CC's on the morrow and score some cheap games, then proceed to a Game Rush to get a high-value used game (like say Spiderman 2 or such) on the cheap, then go to a Gamestop to build up a goodly amount of trading value.
The following day, we hit another CC as soon as it opened and I scored (this is where most people will start hating me) another 2 copies of Disgaea, another copy of Okage and a copy of Defender. We left after that to go to the Braves game that afternoon, and we didn't get to another CC till 5 PM, where I scored FirePro GBA. We then hit a different Game Rush, where I gave my buddy Defender and Okage to trade (I owed him a bit o' money) for a used copy of Viewtiful Joe (for his collection); he ended up with the game & $5 worth of credit. Once more finding nothing of interest to me, we left and decided to start with the Gamestops the following day.
We started out yesterday with all 3 Disgaeas, Wild Arms 3, and FirePro for the 1st Gamestop. At that point I was thinking about the "get $10 extra credit when trading in 3 games" thing they were running earlier, but they had stopped that. Instead, they were now doing a coupon for $3 extra credit per traded game. The clerk at the 1st Gamestop said he could take only 1 Disgaea for $25 (with the aforementioned coupon), and that Wild Arms 3 was worth $6 and FirePro was $1. I decided to trade just the Disgaea and he gives me a $25 certificate. On our way to the 2nd Gamestop, we came across another Game Rush. We pull over and I find a used copy of Driv3r and I note a used copy of Burnout 2 for X-Box. I go up to the counter with Wild Arms and FirePro and Driv3r for the $9.99 deal, hand them over to the clerk, and he says ,"FirePro is worth $1.50, and Wild Arms 3 is worth $25." I leave grinning like a loon with Driv3r and Burnout 2 for $5. The 2nd Gamestop gets Driv3r and another Disgaea-I get a $52 certificate. At the final Gamestop, I hand over the final Disgaea and my certs. The clerk goes wide-eyed and asks how I got so many copies of Disgaea. I tell him about the CC deal-I was kinda surprised that he didn't seem aware of the CC Liquidation of Doom-and he just about shits himself. I ask if they had a refurbed Box, and he brings one out. With all the credits, I shelled out another $28 and waltzed out with the Box. Found out it had a Samsung drive when I got it back to my buddy's place.
Life is good sometimes.
It all began this past Saturday night. I was spending the weekend at my buddy's house. I had just logged on to this forum to see if there was something amusing or such to peruse, when I came across Wario64's little post about (what I'm sure will be called) the Great CC Game Liquidation of Doom. Recalling that Game Rush was running a deal for trading in any 2 games to get another used game for $9.99, I point out this opportunity to my friend, and we hightail it to the nearest CC. Arriving within 15 minutes of closing time, I managed to score a copy of Disgaea (for trading purposes) along with Okage, GG XX and Wild Arms 3, as my friend fruitlessly sought Vietiful Joe; he eventually just grabbed 2 junk titles for Game Rush. We then proceeded to the nearest Game Rush, where he traded in the 2 games he got for Mario Kart DD. We were quite surprised when the Blockbuster clerk advised us that the trade-in value of the games my friend brought in (a total of $10) could be applied to the $9.99 for Mario Kart as part of the deal. After taxes, my buddy ended up owing 60 cents. That store didn't have anything I desired, so we left. Once we returned to his domicile, I set about doing some more reasearch betwix this forum, CheapAssGamer, and FatWallet. Needless to say, a strategem began to congeal within my warped little mind-we would sally forth to several CC's on the morrow and score some cheap games, then proceed to a Game Rush to get a high-value used game (like say Spiderman 2 or such) on the cheap, then go to a Gamestop to build up a goodly amount of trading value.
The following day, we hit another CC as soon as it opened and I scored (this is where most people will start hating me) another 2 copies of Disgaea, another copy of Okage and a copy of Defender. We left after that to go to the Braves game that afternoon, and we didn't get to another CC till 5 PM, where I scored FirePro GBA. We then hit a different Game Rush, where I gave my buddy Defender and Okage to trade (I owed him a bit o' money) for a used copy of Viewtiful Joe (for his collection); he ended up with the game & $5 worth of credit. Once more finding nothing of interest to me, we left and decided to start with the Gamestops the following day.
We started out yesterday with all 3 Disgaeas, Wild Arms 3, and FirePro for the 1st Gamestop. At that point I was thinking about the "get $10 extra credit when trading in 3 games" thing they were running earlier, but they had stopped that. Instead, they were now doing a coupon for $3 extra credit per traded game. The clerk at the 1st Gamestop said he could take only 1 Disgaea for $25 (with the aforementioned coupon), and that Wild Arms 3 was worth $6 and FirePro was $1. I decided to trade just the Disgaea and he gives me a $25 certificate. On our way to the 2nd Gamestop, we came across another Game Rush. We pull over and I find a used copy of Driv3r and I note a used copy of Burnout 2 for X-Box. I go up to the counter with Wild Arms and FirePro and Driv3r for the $9.99 deal, hand them over to the clerk, and he says ,"FirePro is worth $1.50, and Wild Arms 3 is worth $25." I leave grinning like a loon with Driv3r and Burnout 2 for $5. The 2nd Gamestop gets Driv3r and another Disgaea-I get a $52 certificate. At the final Gamestop, I hand over the final Disgaea and my certs. The clerk goes wide-eyed and asks how I got so many copies of Disgaea. I tell him about the CC deal-I was kinda surprised that he didn't seem aware of the CC Liquidation of Doom-and he just about shits himself. I ask if they had a refurbed Box, and he brings one out. With all the credits, I shelled out another $28 and waltzed out with the Box. Found out it had a Samsung drive when I got it back to my buddy's place.
Life is good sometimes.
