b2g1f at gamestop/eb??
 

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Employees don't know until the week or so before, usually. Even then, it could be pulled at the last minute.

Just keep an eye on the forums, there will be a post when the next sale kicks off. I have several friends that work for EB / Gamestop in this area, and one of them always makes sure to call me when the sale is going to start.

I was at gamestop today & was told the sale will start on feb 18th or 19th & run for 3 weeks..there was a e-mail they sent out & this sale will only apply to dvds.


like always ymmv & like MovieExchange stated they can always pull it at the last minute...you should ask ur gamestop/eb manager If they have read the e-mail to confirm in ur area.

i cant wait...

I guess the rumors might be true...gamestop/eb no longer will be paying cash for dvd trade ins...that is was a dm is telling me as of today!


wait theres more!...he also said that the b2g1 on dvds will be changed also...the new b2g1 is a ongoing deal & all signs with the 3/$30/$20/$10 are no longer in effect as of this monday..the new deal is dvds will be b2g1 at all times & that is it.


the only good thing about this I'm hoping is that it includes box sets(still needs to be confirmed)


so in closing I can't say I'm a 100% sure on all the above until I hear it from a few more people but I did see the new signs that will replace the old 3/$30/$20/$10 signs :sad:


ps...I'm going to go cry now.

Meaning the previous 3 for $10 and B2G1 deal (3 for $6.66) is now B2G1 at $5.99 each (3 for $12)?

yes,from what I was told that is what the plan is.


nothing is 100% until I hear a few more gamestop managers tell me the same thing.

I hope I'm wrong & all the info I got was bogus but it doesn't look good.

i would accept that trade off as long as box sets are included in the b2g1 sale.

If that does indeed turn out to be the case, I'm glad my GS card just expired as I'll never spend enough to justify keeping it.

Thanks for the heads up.

I concur.

no matter how we look at it we all get screwed on this if it goes down.


example>>pookie & his band of merry thieves will no longer trade in anything if they are not getting payed $$$ to fund there addictions.

NO MORE LIKE NEW DVD BOX SETS & NEW RELEASES!

THE END! :shrug:

It's really a dumb move as they usually pay ridiculously low prices for dvds that often have scratches here and there. They then sell them for a pretty high price is bought without the discounts. Even with the discounts, I think they still make a little profit.

will b2g1f also work for HD/BR discs? They have HD-DVDs for $13.50 with the edge card so 3 for $27 would be nice

Hey, im an honest guy :lies:

I can vouch for him. For what little that's worth.

The assistant manager at one of my local stores told me the same thing about GameStop no longer paying cash. I haven't heard anything about them doing away w/ the 3 for $10/$20/$30, though.

The current rationale on getting rid of cash for DVD's is that corporate is getting concerned about potential lawsuits from other stores over buying / selling stolen merchandise. While such a lawsuit would not succeed, the cost of it could still damage the company.

Personally I don't think it could damage the company that much, but I don't make the decisions.

FYE gives more in cash than Game Stop, which is why any GS / EB near an FYE always has such a shitty stock of newly stolen movies. Hell, go into GameStop / EB, grab some crappy movies out of their $5.99 / 3 for $10 bin, take 2 of them over to FYE and trade them in for a freshly stolen new release priced at $14.99 or lower.

Working in the legal field for nearly two decades now, I can assure you that any such lawsuit, since it would be at the corporate level, would be quite expensive for them, regardless of the outcome. Given the fact that people here are so quick to label their inventories of newly-released (yet somehow "used") movies as stolen, it doesn't surprise me one bit that they're making this move for this reason. Quite frankly, it's a wonder it took them this long.

crap. I know of a few stores that seem to have a better selection than Best Buy on release day :lol:

Okay, so to sum up... there's not going to be any official sale, they're just revamping the way the pricing is set up, correct?

I spoke with a manager today and it seems Sunday is the last day of the current pricing {no more 3 @ $10} and Monday starts the B2G1...

So no more 3 @ $6.66 anymore, they will be 3 for $11.98

Overall this is a very bad thing if they're getting rid of the 3 for $$$ system. The only positive would be for the occasional time you want two $12.99's and instead of hunting around for a third $12.99 in a mess of things you don't want, you can grab that $9.99 title that you wanted instead.

Of course the point is really moot. If they're ending cash sales then as has been said previously... you won't find new release titles at any GS / EB anymore.

You said pookie :) I've had a rough week at work and that's the funniest thing I've seen all day. rotfl What you said is true, though. Us honest folks won't be getting deals from the dishonest anymore...I imagine a percent of those that buy, burn & trade will continue to break the law. I wonder if this will spark a 70-page thread like the Amazon B1G1 philosophical debate :p

Stopped in one of the local EB / GS stores last night and it's all 100% true. The employee hadn't heard of all the changes, so he grabbed the new marketing planner and we looked it up. As of Sunday or Monday:

1. A sign will be put up saying that they will no longer pay cash for DVD's. Cash will still be paid for anything else, which employees I talked to think it a dumb idea as the thieves will just move to games or back to memory sticks.

2. The 3 for $10/$20/$30 promotion will be over.

3. B2G1F will be permanent on DVDs only, with new signage.

I predict that we'll see the $5.99 DVDs really pile up. Heck, I see some of the same DVDs still there time after time and they were never going to move, not even at $6.66 or whatever the lowest price was for three of them. They'll never move at $5.99 now.

I've literally seen a few of the same exact copies of titles at stores for the past 14-15 months at the old pricing. A couple of the stores shelves are so overflowed with the $5.99 titles that the shelving has already broke and titles are all over the place making browsing, or even walking in a few foot areas, very cumbersome.

The only time they seemed to sell them in any numbers was during the rare B2G1 sales over the past 11 months (admittedly a very cursory observation though as the only times I tend to visit is during the sales but they always appear to have anywhere from 1.5-2 times the amount of stock in between sales).

They need another tier of pricing, maybe a $2.99 one. I had a bunch of crap sitting in my store for 2 years, and when I finally made a new section of "$3 each B2G1F," I finally started to get rid of some of them.

Just called my local GameStop and was told all DVDs are Buy 2, Get 2 Free as of today (that's right, 2 and 2). Box sets included. I'm driving out there later today to check it out. Also called a local EB and was told they don't have any special promotions on DVDs right now. YMMV.

I went in to my local EB games (which apparently merged with Gamestop so they're the same company.) and the girl that helped me showed me a flyer that they were going to be posting in the window on Monday that states that they will no longer be giving cash for DVD's and that they won't be carrying them at all. She said the company has said they won't refocus on only games and will be phasing out DVD's altogether.

I picked up Yellowbeard, Constaintine(2 disc with a comic) and TAPS anniversary edition for $10.71(which she had to do manually since the computer was no longer applying it automatically).

The Gamestop, EB Games merge happened on February 2006.

Went into a Gamestop today and saw the signage being prepped for tomorrow. Seems like it'll be a Buy 2 Get 2 Free on all used dvds to get rid of their inventory. Also saw a flyer posted that said they won't be accepting trade-ins anymore starting 3/5. Looks like they'll be phasing out used dvds/hd-dvd/blu ray indefinitely. I picked up about 8 HD discs in the last two days and a few box sets. I'm going to call around tomorrow and see if any stores have any HD software left.

Is this Nation Wide tomorrow? The B2G2

Mike

Not sure. I didn't look that close at the marketing plan when the employee showed it to me, so all I saw were new "buy 2" signs, and just assumed that they were B2G1F. Then I was at a mall about an hour south of here yesterday, and the employee at the EB there said they were doing B2G2F.

I might have to drive back. They had one of those large black wire bins completely full of box sets.

Hmmm...

So with the B2G2:

$5.99 will be $3 each for 4...

$9.99 will be $5 each for 4...

$19.99 will be $10 each for 4...

Interesting...

So if GS is going to stop buying dvds, who will step up and corner the used dvd market?

I'm assuming we're going to see a lot more Movie Stops opening. I was there yesterday and it was recently restocked with quite a few used DVDs that weren't there last week. Seems like they may be transferring some from Game Stops/EB Games already.

B2G2 is in limited markets only. It's not in any of the 6 EB / Game Stop stores in Flint, Michigan.


Don't count on it. With the new policy of not giving cash for DVD's, there won't be enough stock to open more stores. What little good stock that is left will be gone within a month thanks to the permanent B2G1F.

It's B2G1F here in Portland, but that includes box sets, so the sting isn't so bad. Unfortunately, the GS by my house didn't have anything that warranted a spending spree and since today's a holiday, I won't get to the EBG by my office until tomorrow. Hopefully they'll have a better selection.

I just got completely screwed over by the stores in my area giving me misinformation between stores. I'm somewhat less than amused. I ended up with Star Trek the original series for about 95.97. Yes, $5 more than the 'list' price for the 3 sets used b2g1.

b2g1 in Rhode Island at the Warwick location, but the North Kingstown store says they're unaware of any sale, which I found odd.

Talked to the manager at a Software Etc. on Saturday and he knew nothing of the sale, but he did acknowledge that his marketing stuff has been arriving a few days late, so he said he was going to be sure to blast through it as soon as it arrived to make sure his store was current. Haven't been there since, so I don't know if he got his materials and got his signs up, etc.

oh and in the process of being misinformed and lied to, I DID discover that only something like 20% of stores are getting b2g2, and they are (to those mgrs' knowledge) the only stores that are going to be getting rid of dvds completely.