$50 off $99 of preowned games at EBGames +FREE SHIPPING + 10%off!!!!(expires 5/31, 2pm)

[TheTechnique]

Originally posted by: taurean
All the good ps2 games are gone.

FYI: Grand Theft Auto III is for sale at Best Buy for $39.99 brand new.. no need to buy it preowned for that price.

With the discounts and free shipping you get it for about $16 and change shipped to your door. Bestbuy would be $39.99 + tax...

Also, ALL PS2 games are now $39.99, so that's not a hot deal...

 

[Dan2]

Damn, missed the deal basically..
All that's left are 15 crappy PS2 games, 35 crappy GBA games, and no Xbox/GC games..

 

[taurean]

Also, ALL PS2 games are now $39.99, so that's not a hot deal...

I'd like to know where you buy games.. But Bestbuy is the only place I know of that has GTA3 for that price. $49.99 @ Ebgames, $49.96 @ walmart, heck it even sells for $40ish used on Ebay. If you don't mind, please provide a link to the store where they're all $39.99.

But yes, I guess with the rebates above a 39.99 used copy wouldn't be so bad.

 

[Dan2]

I wonder if EB will go through with this deal. If they do (which means they'll probably have an extra 30x the daily orders to ship tomorrow ), then I wonder if they're planning to stop selling pre-owned games... because this is going to kill their supply for the time being.

I'm kind of sketchy about buying pre-owned games now, anyway. A while back I ordered two copies of Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero for PS2 from EB. One copy worked, the other did not (PS2 wouldn't even try to load it, on three different PS2s we tried). So I sent it back three weeks ago and never received a refund, replacement, or even a reply. I have tried contacting them many times before.

A friend of mine bought Golden Sun a few months earlier from EB and it didn't work either. It played fine, but would not save (bad cart battery maybe?), so it was totally useless. He attemped to return it as I did, but never received a reply or refund.

 

[TerryMathews]

Actually, EB was overflowing with preowned games and had to reduce inventory somewhat.

The store I work at, in Springfield OH (Small city, small store), had so many preowned PS and PS2 games that we filled up all of our storage space under the counter and had to start storing games in the back room.

For a while (And currently, for that matter), we have had a promotion going on where you could trade a previous-gen gaming system (Dreamcast, N64, Playstation) with 10 games, instructions and so forth towards a $100 credit off of a new Xbox, PS2, or GameCube. Now I know some of you will argue the merits of this deal, but most people ate it up like nobody's business. In no time, we went from having no preowned Dreamcasts to having a dozen. And of course, since it was 10 games to one system, we were looking at an extra 100+ games.

Sorry for the long story; short story is that EB is not getting out of the preowned game business.

 

[Leejai]

11pm pst......i checked ebgames...and it seems lots of games have already been sold out!

 

[Dan2]

Originally posted by: TerryMathews

Sorry for the long story; short story is that EB is not getting out of the preowned game business.

Glad to hear it though..

I would still consider this deal if there were some games I wanted, despite my previous bad experience.

I wonder if the physical stores will have a discount or some sort of deals to get rid of the games they have a surplus of...

 

[LungFuMoShi]

Late to the deal, but I get this:

"The department you requested is currently not available." when going to the Preowned -> Xbox section.

Does this mean I'm SOL?

 

[TheTechnique]

Originally posted by: LungFuMoShi
Late to the deal, but I get this:

"The department you requested is currently not available." when going to the Preowned -> Xbox section.

Does this mean I'm SOL?

They are out of all preowned XBOX games...

 

[LungFuMoShi]

*sniff*.

 

[SpongeBobPalmBay]

Inventory updated a few minutes ago!!!!

MOST GAMES ARE BACK IN STOCK!!!!

I picked up 3 gameboy advance and one Gamecube for 60.96 shipped...

203476 1 $29.99 $29.99 Preowned - Mario Kart Super Circuit
204933 1 $17.99 $17.99 Preowned - F-Zero Maximum Velocity
204952 1 $17.99 $17.99 Preowned - Namco Museum
216590 1 $44.99 $44.99 Preowned - Sega Soccer Slam

 

[SpongeBobPalmBay]

TerryMathews

is correct... My brother in-law works part time at an EBotique and said they are having the same problems - too many games and no place to store/display them!


Also... anybody else noticing a little trend going here with games... stores blowing out inventory at unbelievable low prices. This is looking a bit like the early 80's when the market started to bottom out....

Examples - KB toys - 50% sale
Best Buy - Buy 3 Gamecube/Xbox get 30$ off
Target - Decent titles showing up on clearance racks for 19.99 (Xbox,GameCube,PS2)
BJ's & Sam's - crates of games showing up for $8/$18


Seems like every retailer has a method of unloading unsold inventory...

 

[lzpoof]

The 10% or 15% coupon codes are no longer stacking with the $50 for me. The free shipping one and $50 off work together though.

 

[Insomniac]

No GCN games.

 

[DaveJ412]

Originally posted by: lzpoof
The 10% or 15% coupon codes are no longer stacking with the $50 for me. The free shipping one and $50 off work together though.

mine wasn't stacking either, so i called in... then they let everything work... just some information...

 

[Mong]

8 PS games shipped, 1 DC not shipped . I wonder if they'll ship it if they find another?

 

[TheTechnique]

I got a bunch of e-mail confirmations today for my various orders, they have all shipped via UPS 2-day air. Delivery on June 4th. I'm looking forward to see which games have cases and/or manuals...

 

[Enkidu]

Well I received 11 games today. All of them had the original cases. And 10 of them had manuals. So all in all, a really good deal. It looks like one of the games had some bigger scratches, but they said I can exchange them with a local EB if they have a pre-owned in stock. So that worked out well also.

11 games total and only 83.92 for all of them.

 

[TheTechnique]

Ordered 16 games, 12 of them were GTA3 so I could give em as gifts to friends and sell the remainders on flee bay... 8 copies of GTA3 were perfect, including the MAP & Manual, 2 copies just had the manual, 1 copy just had the map, and 1 copy had just the disc!!! All games came in their original cases, only gripe is that a few of the cases had yellow "PREOWNED" stickers on them, but they peeled off nicely with a little 3M adhesive remover...

Oh ya, the other 4 games all had manuals....

 

[fletch713]

TheTechnique: So you're the one that ripped my GTA3 out of my shopping cart. Bastard! j/k

 

[TheTechnique]

Originally posted by: fletch713
TheTechnique: So you're the one that ripped my GTA3 out of my shopping cart. Bastard! j/k

lol! Ya, me and about 100 other people on this forum did the GTA3 thing ;-) I love this place!!! hehehehe

 

[Leejai]

anyone else still waiting for the games or has the order on hold?

 

[js1973]

Of the 11 DC games I ordered, 10 shipped, 9 had manuals & cases, and 1 was cracked. Decent deal.

 

[RabidMongoose]

I got 13 PS2 games and only one didn't come with a case & manual. One game came with another game's instructions and another one of my games is new & sealed!

 

[lytylim]

Enkidu

Were you able to exchange a game at a local EB? I was told I had to mail my defective game back.