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maxfisher 01-21-13 11:38 AM

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Yeah, used the coupon on my lunch for some Blu-rays and they had to override it to make it work. No way it'll be live past today. If it had worked on giftcards, I would've been pretty tempted to hit several stores, use it four times and get a Wii U and a game for half off.

OldBoy 01-21-13 12:14 PM

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XBOX Live Gold 1-year @ $34.99

gryffinmaster 01-21-13 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by scott1598 (Post 11548347)
XBOX Live Gold 1-year @ $34.99

Oh, good. I needed one. :up:

Deftones 01-21-13 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by maxfisher (Post 11548316)
Yeah, used the coupon on my lunch for some Blu-rays and they had to override it to make it work. No way it'll be live past today. If it had worked on giftcards, I would've been pretty tempted to hit several stores, use it four times and get a Wii U and a game for half off.

some people have reported getting a nice CSR or manager and doing gift cards, but most will reject you.

shumway 01-21-13 02:12 PM

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I was shot down at lunch even though it wasn't in the wording.

OldBoy 01-21-13 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by gryffinmaster (Post 11548415)
Oh, good. I needed one. :up:

how many years of membership can you stack again?

gryffinmaster 01-21-13 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by scott1598 (Post 11548710)
how many years of membership can you stack again?

I have no idea, but I seem to recall that a few members on the forum have, I think, three years stacked?

tlwizard 01-21-13 04:13 PM

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3 years max, yes.

SoonerDoc 01-21-13 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by scott1598 (Post 11548347)
XBOX Live Gold 1-year @ $34.99

$47.99 now

nickdawgy 01-22-13 02:40 AM

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Lmao.

RichC2 01-22-13 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SoonerDoc (Post 11549133)
$47.99 now

$34.99 @ Buy.com

uteotw 01-22-13 09:10 AM

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Far 3 Cry $34.99 on amazon. Seems like a pretty good deal:

http://www.amazon.com/Far-Cry-3-Xbox...ords=far+cry+3

adrenaline78 01-22-13 09:32 AM

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Thats awesome.. I don't think i have a mastercard tho. would work excellent with the upgrade and save event!

fujishig 01-22-13 10:44 AM

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Man, some of those stories on SD and CAG, and the justification... ugh. I don't have a problem with people using coupons and such, but thousands and thousands of dollars of gift cards? And we wonder why the deals are fewer and further between, and why the cashiers are trained to be skeptical.

On a side note, before the holidays I used the Target coupon to get a gift card for spending over a certain amount of money, and had to wait a while for a manager come to verify it, even though it scanned in directly. It ticked me off at the time, since it was a valid coupon printed from their own homepage, but I understand why they did it.

Krayzie 01-22-13 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 11549520)
Man, some of those stories on SD and CAG, and the justification... ugh. I don't have a problem with people using coupons and such, but thousands and thousands of dollars of gift cards? And we wonder why the deals are fewer and further between, and why the cashiers are trained to be skeptical.

On a side note, before the holidays I used the Target coupon to get a gift card for spending over a certain amount of money, and had to wait a while for a manager come to verify it, even though it scanned in directly. It ticked me off at the time, since it was a valid coupon printed from their own homepage, but I understand why they did it.

It's probably because of all the people who used multiple $10 gc coupons on one big ticket item. IE it would accept a coupon for each $50 interval up to 5.

maxfisher 01-22-13 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Krayzie (Post 11549567)
It's probably because of all the people who used multiple $10 gc coupons on one big ticket item. IE it would accept a coupon for each $50 interval up to 5.

Actually, I read about that one somewhere. People figured out they could buy a $50 giftcard with a $50 giftcard and get the free $10 one for the transaction. So people were going through a bunch of lines at multiple stores to just keep changing out their $50 and getting a fresh $10 each time. It's got to be tough for retail marketers to come up with promotions that some people won't find a way to exploit the hell out of, though in the current instance, Best Buy fucked up what could've been pretty easy to execute.

Krayzie 01-22-13 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by maxfisher (Post 11549610)
Actually, I read about that one somewhere. People figured out they could buy a $50 giftcard with a $50 giftcard and get the free $10 one for the transaction. So people were going through a bunch of lines at multiple stores to just keep changing out their $50 and getting a fresh $10 each time. It's got to be tough for retail marketers to come up with promotions that some people won't find a way to exploit the hell out of, though in the current instance, Best Buy fucked up what could've been pretty easy to execute.

Yeah, last year target completely screwed it up by having the system allow target gc purchases.

Best Buy should have known better than to use a generic upc and for making such a crappy exception list.

fujishig 01-22-13 01:17 PM

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Well, plus apparently you don't even need to use a Mastercard since it totals out before payment...

nickdawgy 01-22-13 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 11549520)
Man, some of those stories on SD and CAG, and the justification... ugh. I don't have a problem with people using coupons and such, but thousands and thousands of dollars of gift cards? And we wonder why the deals are fewer and further between, and why the cashiers are trained to be skeptical.

On a side note, before the holidays I used the Target coupon to get a gift card for spending over a certain amount of money, and had to wait a while for a manager come to verify it, even though it scanned in directly. It ticked me off at the time, since it was a valid coupon printed from their own homepage, but I understand why they did it.

I was thinking the same thing. I heard one guy spent $6k to get $12k in cards. That's bad enough. But then he sold them for profit.

mattysemo247 01-22-13 03:41 PM

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So back on the deals, NewEgg has Hitman Absolution (PS3 or 360) for $27.99 w/ free shipping

SoonerDoc 01-22-13 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by richc2 (Post 11549355)

thanks!

starman9000 01-23-13 10:58 AM

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D&D Ultimate Pack, which includes D&D Anthology: The Master Collection and D&D Anthology: Neverwinter Nights Complete, is supposed to be on sale starting today at gamestop.com for $11.24. (not steam, and you have to install gamestops app to download it)


Sale price isn't active yet, but it's in the ad:
http://www.gamestop.com/pc/games/dd-...te-pack/102768

starman9000 01-23-13 11:36 AM

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It is live now, much better deal than 20$ for the new Baldur's Gate :)

60gb of space needed if you were to install everything. :eek:

mattysemo247 01-24-13 07:52 AM

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Amazon is offering a $20 bonus credit when ordering Dead Space 3, Crisis 3, Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel and Sim City: Limited Edition

uteotw 01-24-13 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by mattysemo247 (Post 11552268)
Amazon is offering a $20 bonus credit when ordering Dead Space 3, Crisis 3, Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel and Sim City: Limited Edition

Sweet. Cancelled my newegg preorders for Crysis & DS. Glad to see amazon getting back on board with these nice credits.


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