Flaming HOT: Half Life 2, 19.99 after $35 instant rebate

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crazydave

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Success finally! If anyone else had bad luck like me w/BB and CC may I suggest you try Fry's? I know we all complain about the lack of service and how the employees don't give a rat's ass..but for once it worked to my advantage Although I got shuffled around through a few different people, everything was smooth--although they were like wow, that's a pretty big drop from $55->$20, there were no questions asked, no making me fight for it. And they had a ton more copies than the other stores. Good luck!

Screw BB and CC--if they're not willing to do PMs they should just get rid of their policy and stop wasting everyone's time...
 

walkure

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Originally posted by: IronOxide
Both stores in my area were out, but I asked for a raincheck and they were totally cool with it. So I have two copies coming. Also, when they were ringing it up, I heard the employees talking and that the register came up with a bunch of astericks. I asked later and he said when the store is losing money on a sale it'll put up the percentage, but since they were losing so much on this sale it just astericked out the whole line. He said they pay $45 a copy for HL2! That's insane! Anyways, get a raincheck and get it later!


This was at CompUSA? How could any store pay $45 a copy? Best Buy currently has it on sale for $39.99, so they'd also be losing money. Impossible.
 

Pr0d1gy

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Originally posted by: walkure
Originally posted by: IronOxide
Both stores in my area were out, but I asked for a raincheck and they were totally cool with it. So I have two copies coming. Also, when they were ringing it up, I heard the employees talking and that the register came up with a bunch of astericks. I asked later and he said when the store is losing money on a sale it'll put up the percentage, but since they were losing so much on this sale it just astericked out the whole line. He said they pay $45 a copy for HL2! That's insane! Anyways, get a raincheck and get it later!


This was at CompUSA? How could any store pay $45 a copy? Best Buy currently has it on sale for $39.99, so they'd also be losing money. Impossible.

Exactly...luckily we have these losers to come in and bother us for an hour about a stupid game & throw a hissy fit like a little brat girl if we don't have any in stock. Hey if it wouldn't cost us our jobs, we would kick your mentally overhyped, socially underdeveloped as5ses from the store all the way back to your parents' basement.

The amount of time & money we lose dealing with you PM losers is going to be a part of the reason brick & mortar will die. And people like me & my friends I work with will be the ones who are screwed, all because you couldn't cough up a little extra money. Screw you guys, get a real job or quit sitting on the money you're making at your real job...nobody respects either of those kinds of people and only ugly women can deal with a person like that.

1. Quit being cheap
2. !!!!!!!!!!?
3. Profit (and maybe get laid for once)
 

Triforceofcourage

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Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
Originally posted by: walkure
Originally posted by: IronOxide
Both stores in my area were out, but I asked for a raincheck and they were totally cool with it. So I have two copies coming. Also, when they were ringing it up, I heard the employees talking and that the register came up with a bunch of astericks. I asked later and he said when the store is losing money on a sale it'll put up the percentage, but since they were losing so much on this sale it just astericked out the whole line. He said they pay $45 a copy for HL2! That's insane! Anyways, get a raincheck and get it later!


This was at CompUSA? How could any store pay $45 a copy? Best Buy currently has it on sale for $39.99, so they'd also be losing money. Impossible.

Exactly...luckily we have these losers to come in and bother us for an hour about a stupid game & throw a hissy fit like a little brat girl if we don't have any in stock. Hey if it wouldn't cost us our jobs, we would kick your mentally overhyped, socially underdeveloped as5ses from the store all the way back to your parents' basement.

The amount of time & money we lose dealing with you PM losers is going to be a part of the reason brick & mortar will die. And people like me & my friends I work with will be the ones who are screwed, all because you couldn't cough up a little extra money. Screw you guys, get a real job or quit sitting on the money you're making at your real job...nobody respects either of those kinds of people and only ugly women can deal with a person like that.

1. Quit being cheap
2. !!!!!!!!!!?
3. Profit (and maybe get laid for once)


Wow, you bring the cranky and bitter nature of bestbuy employees to ATOT......
 

vrbaba

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Jul 17, 2003
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Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
Originally posted by: walkure
Originally posted by: IronOxide
Both stores in my area were out, but I asked for a raincheck and they were totally cool with it. So I have two copies coming. Also, when they were ringing it up, I heard the employees talking and that the register came up with a bunch of astericks. I asked later and he said when the store is losing money on a sale it'll put up the percentage, but since they were losing so much on this sale it just astericked out the whole line. He said they pay $45 a copy for HL2! That's insane! Anyways, get a raincheck and get it later!


This was at CompUSA? How could any store pay $45 a copy? Best Buy currently has it on sale for $39.99, so they'd also be losing money. Impossible.

Exactly...luckily we have these losers to come in and bother us for an hour about a stupid game & throw a hissy fit like a little brat girl if we don't have any in stock. Hey if it wouldn't cost us our jobs, we would kick your mentally overhyped, socially underdeveloped as5ses from the store all the way back to your parents' basement.

The amount of time & money we lose dealing with you PM losers is going to be a part of the reason brick & mortar will die. And people like me & my friends I work with will be the ones who are screwed, all because you couldn't cough up a little extra money. Screw you guys, get a real job or quit sitting on the money you're making at your real job...nobody respects either of those kinds of people and only ugly women can deal with a person like that.

1. Quit being cheap
2. !!!!!!!!!!?
3. Profit (and maybe get laid for once)

it wasnt us who asked them to put it 19.99....and have a PM policy. stop telling lies and live up to ur customer satisfaction but1heads
 

superHARD

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Originally posted by: 5ayle
OOS here in OP, KS too

but you can PM at best buy

me and a buddy PM'ed at 2 diff best buy w/ the ad. The cashier just did it. No calling a manager or anything.

GL!

What 2 BB's did you go to?...I am going tomorrow and don't want to waste alot of time.
 

IronOxide

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Originally posted by: superHARD
Originally posted by: 5ayle
OOS here in OP, KS too

but you can PM at best buy

me and a buddy PM'ed at 2 diff best buy w/ the ad. The cashier just did it. No calling a manager or anything.

GL!

What 2 BB's did you go to?...I am going tomorrow and don't want to waste alot of time.

Ya, I'm in KC MO, so I went to the Compusa over in Independence. And I like the best buy employee that's all worried about his job 'cause his corporate company makes silly policies. Sorry man, maybe you should start looking for a better job :Q
 

Gern Blanston

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Jun 17, 2005
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I took CompUsa's ad to CC, and they PM'd it immediately. I got Half Life 2 for $16.99. They didn't give me any kind of difficulty.
 

FlyBono24

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Jan 21, 2005
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By the way... the HL2 Collector's Edition is discontinued... so you better buy them up because the stores won't get any more shipments after the shelves are empty.
 

intogamer

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Originally posted by: FlyBono24
By the way... the HL2 Collector's Edition is discontinued... so you better buy them up because the stores won't get any more shipments after the shelves are empty.

:Q
 

lsman

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Originally posted by: erick
Dude, Take a copy of the ad to WALMART, and get it for 16.99, they will price match anything. Screw Circuit City and Best Buy, they really don?t want to gain customers by selling something at another competitor?s lower price. I am surprised that big retail stores like that can still stay in business, with their outrageous prices, and sales tax.

The idea is to screw Best Buy... I think you got the whole idea of PM wrong. Unless you dislike walmart.
 

KamakaziRcr

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Jan 15, 2000
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The CrapUSA store near me was out, so I took the ad to my nearby Circuit City. Found HL2 and took it up to the register with the CrapUSA ad. Ask the lady to see if she can do a PM. She did so without questions. Quick and easy. But then again, my nearby CC has been very easy to get PM from for a while now.
 
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