[DEAD] BB: Metroid Prime Pinball (NDS) $10!($5 w/ coupon); PM FS $6! (*?09/15 only?*)

[mahjongmaniac]

UPDATE 09/15/06 AM:

price online has gone back up to $50...

so any coupons or PM deals seem to be dead ATM.


instore price? i'd doubt it'd scan in at $10....

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hm.. this is weird,... this isn't advertised in their national flyer, but seems like some of the BB grand opening spcls in the GTA (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=340031) are avail. online too!...

not sure if this'll last for the rest of the sale wk, but starting TODAY, BB is selling Metroid Prime Pinball for the NDS for only $10! (reg. price $50)

BB ($50): Metroid Prime Pinball (Nintendo DS) (http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10068097&catid=22031)

http://www.futureshop.ca/multimedia/products/large/10068097.jpg

EDIT: it's OOS online right now ;),... but you can order online for ISPU


EDIT2: thx to nounou23, there's a $5 digital dollars coupon off ANY NDS game (f/ other thread)...

SAVEFIVE240631582720

apply it upon checkout, and voila! $5 game :razz:


... and for those interested in PMing, FS still has this for $50

FS ($50): Metroid Prime Pinball (Nintendo DS) (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10068097&catid=22019)

PM for ~$6 + tax! :D



Game Reviews:
Gamespot (8.2/10): http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/metroidprimepinball/index.html
IGN (8/10): http://ds.ign.com/objects/729/729293.html

[kcjchan]

Does this come with the rumble pack?

[jshebib]

weird, i can't seem to get it to confirm in store pick up --- it just keeps booting me to the login after I have added the item to my cart for checkout.

might just visit a store and see if they'll honour the price.

[mahjongmaniac]

Does this come with the rumble pack?

what rumble pk?

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weird, i can't seem to get it to confirm in store pick up --- it just keeps booting me to the login after I have added the item to my cart for checkout.

might just visit a store and see if they'll honour the price.

for online ISPU, your store must have a "checkmark" beside it... otherwise, you won't be able to do the ISPU option.

but even that, the online inventory isn't always correct as your local BB B&M MUST have this instock in order for your online ISPU order to be processed.

[ironchef]

just ordered mine for instore pickup in St. Catharines, the Burlington store is OOS.
Piece o cake.

[nounou23]

I found this coupon in another thread.

SAVEFIVE240631582720

Save 5$ on any NDS Games.

now only 5$....woohooo!

[mahjongmaniac]

I found this coupon in another thread.

SAVEFIVE240631582720

Save 5$ on any NDS Games.

now only 5$....woohooo!

i totally forgot about that coupon...


thx. cancelled my 1st ISPU and now a 2nd one at $5 + tax :D


thx4da headsup on the coupon!

[kool1]

Nothing left anywhere near me... DEAD DEAL.

Crappy BB and their tiny quantities.

[convoluted]

what rumble pk?


Metroid Pinball was the first game to be released with rumble pack compatibility. Thus far, very few games do utilize it, but i hope more in the future do. It originally released with the pack inside, so hopefully this one does as well, although it is not fitted for the DS lite (GBA slot size). Games that use it are: Metroid Pinball, Prime Hunters, Mario and Luigi Partners in Time, Magnetica, and probably a few others I am not aware of.

[AlphaTwo]

Metroid Pinball was the first game to be released with rumble pack compatibility. Thus far, very few games do utilize it, but i hope more in the future do. It originally released with the pack inside, so hopefully this one does as well, although it is not fitted for the DS lite (GBA slot size). Games that use it are: Metroid Pinball, Prime Hunters, Mario and Luigi Partners in Time, Magnetica, and probably a few others I am not aware of.Starfox was the new game that uses it.

As for not fitting in the DS Lite. Nintendo does have one in Japan that fits the DS lite, its expected to come here soon.

[deals168]

Not available for in store pick up :mad:

[deals46]

Thanks mahjongmaniac and nounou23.

Ordered for ISPU... odds of it actually being in stock? and order going through??

[taro-chan]

Ordered =)
Thanks.

OOS Heartland.
In stock both Ottawa stores.

[convoluted]

Starfox was the new game that uses it.

As for not fitting in the DS Lite. Nintendo does have one in Japan that fits the DS lite, its expected to come here soon.

Oh right, forgot about Starfox. hehe... Yeah I'd like to get the DS lite rumble packs soon. Plus, the metroid pinball ones are large and dark grey.

[mahjongmaniac]

Metroid Pinball was the first game to be released with rumble pack compatibility. Thus far, very few games do utilize it, but i hope more in the future do. It originally released with the pack inside, so hopefully this one does as well, although it is not fitted for the DS lite (GBA slot size). Games that use it are: Metroid Pinball, Prime Hunters, Mario and Luigi Partners in Time, Magnetica, and probably a few others I am not aware of.

well i've heard of the rumble pk b4,... just that never knew what it was... :o

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Ordered for ISPU... odds of it actually being in stock? and order going through??

order should go thru, but stock varies f/ store to store.

[Shrooms]

Ordered for ISPU, hope it'll work well

Wow thank you very very much !!

I'm so excited right now ... $5 for this game is so better than the one day sale at EBGames this summer !!

You.Are.God :cool:

[BaconMunch]

Oh man, so sweet. Total 5.69 for instore pickup in Kitchener. Thanks OP and coupon.

I was hesitant at the $10 price and limited quantity but for $4.99, you can't go wrong!

Edit: Got my e-mail confirmation, can't wait for instore pickup.

[pete5000]

Thanks for the post! Got one for $5 store pickup in London.

[Xon]

Thanks OP, ISPU'ed

[mahjongmaniac]

Oh man, so sweet. Total 5.69 for instore pickup in Kitchener. Thanks OP and coupon.

I was hesitant at the $10 price and limited quantity but for $4.99, you can't go wrong!

ltd qty shouldn't be a worry since today's the 1st day of sale... so order online for ISPU means in the morning when ur local BB rec'vs your order, you've already got one reserved :)


...unless your local BB had no stock to begin w/, then you're SOL :P

[ballfire8888]

Darn it ... OOS in GTA and BB will not allow shipment. :(

[jjrooster]

yeehaw ordered, and thanks MJM and coupon man! I'll see you at the K/W store baconmunch :)

[ficklen]

how do i apply the coupon
i dont see anywhere to put it


edit
nm i got it to work

[lizard]

Available at Langley, BC location for in store pick up. Thanks OP!

[themanfromvlad]

ISPU worked for me. Now, here's my question....after paying $5.60 for the game, how much will EB Games give me for it?

[ephemera]

These are OOS in the GTA thanks to people buying them to flip them to ebgames for a quick buck. Great!

[convoluted]

ISPU worked for me. Now, here's my question....after paying $5.60 for the game, how much will EB Games give me for it?

Hopefully, $6. Play the game, it's pretty fun.

[BinaryJay]

This is hot, I paid over 300 Yuan for mine in Guo Lo (with rumble pak, in Japanese, so I guess I pay for the exotics hehe)!

I would have bought another at $5 to give away but none of the stores anywhere around me seem to have ISPU. Sucks.

[slippy]

no more stock in my local stores!

thanks for the info anyways

[actyper]

ISPU worked for me. Now, here's my question....after paying $5.60 for the game, how much will EB Games give me for it?

Greedy bastard, some people want the game, and others try to make $2 from it.

[taro-chan]

Weee

My local BB just confirmed my game. =)
Picking up after work.

Thanks again.

[Haz]

Sweet! Just ordered one for pick up! Thanks MJM and nounou23!

[sebdoy]

Just got my confirmation from BB in Gatineau. Metroid pinball for 5$! Kool!
Many thanks.
Can't wait to get another "Sears-10$-rebate"...

[sjwong]

MJM, my Asian brother, thanks for the posting.

[rogue]

Just PM at FS....had to explain the 110% policy again to the CSR.

Thanks MJM.

[deals46]

order should go thru, but stock varies f/ store to store.


The email confirmation just came in! :)

(I have had several occasions when the order for ISPU comes back with a reply that the order cannot be filled! :mad: Why accept the order in the first place if there is actually no stock available!)

[GeneralCho]

Thanks OP!!! I just ordered my copy at BB Richmond, BC for $5.64.

[themanfromvlad]

Greedy bastard, some people want the game, and others try to make $2 from it.

I wasn't going to do it! I wrote that because I once purchased Kirby's Air Ride for GameCube and since it sucked, I sold it a month later to EB. I had bought it for $14.99, but EB gave me $21 for it!

Just got my pickup ready email from BB.

[illogic]

Awesome, ordered mine for ISPU in Queensborough, New West! Thanks OP!

[habfan]

Woohoo!!! Picked it up at Ottawa Best Buy...the clerk asked me why it was only $5!!! Hahaha. Thanks RFD.

[taro-chan]

Woohoo!!! Picked it up at Ottawa Best Buy...the clerk asked me why it was only $5!!! Hahaha. Thanks RFD.Bah.. you beat me to it.
They better have my copy.

[Bamelin]

Greedy bastard, some people want the game, and others try to make $2 from it.

If somebody takes the time to search out deal, then brave the lines, and finally race in to get a deal ... they deserve whatever profit they get from it ... be that actually using the product or making a quick flip for cash.

[Haz]

If somebody takes the time to search out deal, then brave the lines, and finally race in to get a deal ... they deserve whatever profit they get from it ... be that actually using the product or making a quick flip for cash.I think he's referring to the guys who clear out the stock. I remember when TRU had a price error for a number of DS and PSP titles and one RFDer witnessed a guy with something like 60+ games in 2 baskets, many of the same games. $15 + tax each game and potentially good trade in value. Example: Death Jr. was $15 + tax and the trade in value at EB was something like $31.

[jjrooster]

The coupon code doesn't seem to work for me anymore (is it a one time use?). It applies the discount, then reverts back to 9.99 at the end of the checkout...

Anyways, I wonder if you could actually PM at FS using the BB receipt showing the game purchased at 4.99? 110% of that difference would mean the PM'ed game would be about 50 cents?

Now that's dirty, eh crawdaddy?

[crawdaddy]

Thanks, OP. Picked up in Kitchener for $5.69 inc tax. You're right, jjrooster. That would indeed be dirty.

[mahjongmaniac]

ISPU worked for me. Now, here's my question....after paying $5.60 for the game, how much will EB Games give me for it?

don't tell me you wanna trade it in for NHL 07... ;)


no seriously, think about the ppl out there that actually want to buy the game to play, not ot resell for profit.

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MJM, my Asian brother, thanks for the posting.

just cuz i play MJ doesn't necessarily mean i'm Asian... ;)


:P

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Can't wait to get another "Sears-10$-rebate"...

lol after what happened, i'd doubt that'd happen anytime soon lol

[Haz]

Wow! It's back to $49.99! I was ordering one for a friend and put it in my cart for $9.99. At the last step of the checkout, it was $49.99!

[BaconMunch]

If you think about, this online ordering system including instore pick up TOTALLY fugz up their 15 store limit. Because with an online order and ISPU we have up to 5 days to pick up the game, so they can't control 15 a day/store if they've already taken 75 orders at 4.99 and we all show up the same day.

[DealsLookout]

Wow! It's back to $49.99! I was ordering one for a friend and put it in my cart for $9.99. At the last step of the checkout, it was $49.99!

Yeah, it's back at $49.99 but I already got my email confirmation to pick-up for $4.99.
They're not gonna change the price when I pick this game later, would they?

[mahjongmaniac]

The email confirmation just came in! :)

(I have had several occasions when the order for ISPU comes back with a reply that the order cannot be filled! :mad: Why accept the order in the first place if there is actually no stock available!)

what FS/BB really needs to do is follow a real time inventory system where you check online exactly how much stock remains at a particular store... sth like TS's inventory system (i find that their's is actually quite accurate most of the time)

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If somebody takes the time to search out deal, then brave the lines, and finally race in to get a deal ... they deserve whatever profit they get from it ... be that actually using the product or making a quick flip for cash.

lol so you mean ... "1st come 1st served" , "you snooze you lose"?...

the prblm is ppl that just hoard ... and then try to resell on egay.


any1 remember last time TRU had a price error on the new PSP games for $15? i recall RFDers claiming that there were greedy ppl hoarding as many games as they can... :|

EDIT: seems like Haz remembers at the least... > > >

I think he's referring to the guys who clear out the stock. I remember when TRU had a price error for a number of DS and PSP titles and one RFDer witnessed a guy with something like 60+ games in 2 baskets, many of the same games. $15 + tax each game and potentially good trade in value. Example: Death Jr. was $15 + tax and the trade in value at EB was something like $31.

[mahjongmaniac]

The coupon code doesn't seem to work for me anymore (is it a one time use?). It applies the discount, then reverts back to 9.99 at the end of the checkout...

it should be a generic coupon ...

the many early birds here can confirm that it worked for them. so obviously it's a "public use " coupon.

Anyways, I wonder if you could actually PM at FS using the BB receipt showing the game purchased at 4.99? 110% of that difference would mean the PM'ed game would be about 50 cents?

Now that's dirty, eh crawdaddy?

you could, but the thing is if BB decides to call or check online to verify price, well then it'll be obvous the $5 price is not the "actual" selling price.


GL trying to pull that off :P

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Wow! It's back to $49.99! I was ordering one for a friend and put it in my cart for $9.99. At the last step of the checkout, it was $49.99!

heh.. omg this deal's dead already?

i was expecting it'd last 'til the end of the day at least...


congrats to all the early birds... including myself :D

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If you think about, this online ordering system including instore pick up TOTALLY fugz up their 15 store limit. Because with an online order and ISPU we have up to 5 days to pick up the game, so they can't control 15 a day/store if they've already taken 75 orders at 4.99 and we all show up the same day.

that 15 limit per store, if i'm not mistaken, is for the grand opening spcl for GTA.

so theoretically spking, all other stores in Canada could have >15 or much <15...

and about the online ISPU being f'd up... in many ways it is, but about the store taking "75 orders when there's e.g. 15 avail.", well they'll accept the 1st 15 orders that they rec'v for online ISPU (less if instore customers have already p/u'd the game ready to buy at the till.)

[Bamelin]

what FS/BB really needs to do is follow a real time inventory system where you check online exactly how much stock remains at a particular store... sth like TS's inventory system (i find that their's is actually quite accurate most of the time)

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lol so you mean ... "1st come 1st served" , "you snooze you lose"?...

the prblm is ppl that just hoard ... and then try to resell on egay.


any1 remember last time TRU had a price error on the new PSP games for $15? i recall RFDers claiming that there were greedy ppl hoarding as many games as they can... :|

EDIT: seems like Haz remembers at the least... > > >

Personally I think the guy with two baskets is smart and probaly made a killing either on Ebay or selling them used. If he was able to fill two baskets he must have made it to the sale really early and had a plan of attack ready to go.

Yes it sucks if he is gets there before you do and cleaned off the shelves (I'd be pissed too) This is why it is so important to be at these sales super early so you get a crack at the deal. If that person didn't clean off the stock, somebody else probaly would. Wouldn't you rather that person be you?

Moral of the story, line up early and partake of the prize. The early bird gets the worm.

To be honest this is a non issue at most stores. Aside from pricing errors, large sales like the Best Buy one's generally have limits on how much a customer can "take advantage" of door crashers and crazy sales.

There is no point trying to moralize stating there is a "right" and "wrong" way to get a deal. For that guy the "Deal" was undoubtedly the hundreds of dollars he was going to make off the sale.

*shrug* It's all a matter of perspective I suppose. I can see it from both sides and in the end unless a store has "limits" per customer there really is no way to stop people from grabbing as much of it as they can

[DealsLookout]

heh.. omg this deal's dead already?

i was expecting it'd last 'til the end of the day at least...


congrats to all the early birds... including myself

Yeah, that's my routine daily at work. Check first RFD! :cheesygri
before work email. hehehehe.

Thanks MJM for the deal.

[Haz]

heh.. omg this deal's dead already?

i was expecting it'd last 'til the end of the day at least...


congrats to all the early birds... including myself :DI woke up this morning and order it at 7:55am PST, got my order confirmation but have yet to get my pick up confirmation. I hope it goes through... :|

Yes it sucks if he is gets there before you do and cleaned off the shelves (I'd be pissed too) This is why it is so important to be at these sales super early so you get a crack at the deal. If that person didn't clean off the stock, somebody else probaly would. Wouldn't you rather that person be you?

Moral of the story, line up early and partake of the prize. The early bird gets the worm.I was reasonably prepared for that pricing error deal. Mapped out the driving route and time and everything. Had to go to almost all the TRU in the GVR (except for the Surrey one) to get the games my gf and I actually wanted for ourselves to play!

[bcti]

Thanks for the deal... just got my email confirmation for pickup from this am.

[taro-chan]

I woke up this morning and order it at 7:55am PST, got my order confirmation but have yet to get my pick up confirmation. I hope it goes through... :|

I was reasonably prepared for that pricing error deal. Mapped out the driving route and time and everything. Had to go to almost all the TRU in the GVR (except for the Surrey one) to get the games my gf and I actually wanted for ourselves to play!
Bah.. I am wondering if they would magically change the price on me at the counter when I get there later today to pick up. i already got the ordered filled instore confirmation.

I remember the TRU deal. lol. No one in Ottawa St Laurent store hoarded. The worse was probably me with 8 games. However, all different and all for myself. I even had to go into the storage room to find what I needed. =P

[mahjongmaniac]

Yeah, it's back at $49.99 but I already got my email confirmation to pick-up for $4.99.
They're not gonna change the price when I pick this game later, would they?

in the past, there's been similar situations like yours where your online ISPU price conflicted w/ the instore SCANNED price...

what i usually ask is that they honour the lower of the two prices (i believe somewhere in their online ISPU agreements, it states that they do honour whichever price is lower)

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Personally I think the guy with two baskets is smart and probaly made a killing either on Ebay or selling them used. If he was able to fill two baskets he must have made it to the sale really early and had a plan of attack ready to go.

well of course he made it there early... prbly right when TRU opened

Yes it sucks if he is gets there before you do and cleaned off the shelves (I'd be pissed too) This is why it is so important to be at these sales super early so you get a crack at the deal. If that person didn't clean off the stock, somebody else probaly would. Wouldn't you rather that person be you?

well i'd go early to get the best selection, but not necessarily "clean out the stock"...

seriously,,.. i guess everyone thinks for themselves nowadays...

thank god there are CSRs at TRU that limit the qty per person :idea:

To be honest this is a non issue at most stores. Aside from pricing errors, large sales like the Best Buy one's generally have limits on how much a customer can "take advantage" of door crashers and crazy sales.

true... but for price errors like the TRU one, many stores didn't have any limits enforced...

some did have limit of 1 or 2 per customer.

[mahjongmaniac]

Yeah, that's my routine daily at work. Check first RFD! :cheesygri
before work email. hehehehe.

Thanks MJM for the deal.

LOL... you wouldn't want your boss to find out about THAT... :lol:


err... unless you're your own boss of course :razz:

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Bah.. I am wondering if they would magically change the price on me at the counter when I get there later today to pick up. i already got the ordered filled instore confirmation.


since this $10 deal for MPP was supposed to be a "GTA only, instore" deal (as per the BB grand opening deal thread)... i'd suspect the price scanned during the 1st few hrs of opening might've been $10, but now that the online price is back up, the instore price is likely $50 as well....

like i said b4, i heard/read somewhere that they would honour the lower of the 2 prices...

personally i've never had a prblm about price conflicts... the CSRs have always given me the lower price when i go for my online ISPU order :cheesygri

[BaconMunch]

I wonder if the DEAD deal could be contributed to the sole effect known as the RFD effect..or the effect of people at work checking RFD and pulling their credit cards out in the middle of the day... >.<

[taro-chan]

since this $10 deal for MPP was supposed to be a "GTA only, instore" deal (as per the BB grand opening deal thread)... i'd suspect the price scanned during the 1st few hrs of opening might've been $10, but now that the online price is back up, the instore price is likely $50 as well....
Sounds like some programmer is going to get heat for this one. Sounds like a bad programming / slacker job to me.

Programmer thinks.
Hmm.. its only instore for a couple of hours, no one will notice. Goes to modify the prices on scanners and forgets about the online prices are linked (maybe?).

Just sounds like he got lazy and did half the work on this GTA instore only thing and screwed up big via RFD effect.

We'll see what happens today. I am not really in the mood for BS from BB.

[mahjongmaniac]

I wonder if the DEAD deal could be contributed to the sole effect known as the RFD effect..or the effect of people at work checking RFD and pulling their credit cards out in the middle of the day... >.<

well, i think we were lucky to actually HAVE this sale online (and be able to do ISPU at our local stores) when in fact this deal seems like it should've only been a GTA-instore-only deal...

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Sounds like some programmer is going to get heat for this one. Sounds like a bad programming / slacker job to me.

Programmer thinks.
Hmm.. its only instore for a couple of hours, no one will notice. Goes to modify the prices on scanners and forgets about the online prices are linked (maybe?).

Just sounds like he got lazy and did half the work on this GTA instore only thing and screwed up big via RFD effect.

We'll see what happens today. I am not really in the mood for BS from BB.

intentional or carelessness, i dunno... but i like this deal :D


and btw, notice that this item wasn't the "only" item that had the "GTA-only grand opening" sale price...
if you look in the other grand opening thread, some other items were also mentioned to have the same instore advertised price online....

[rocafellarec]

dunno why people are getting so excited and worried over this deal. This was available over 4 months ago at EBgames for 9.99 and then with PM at FS for 4.99. Picked up two copies myself two months ago. So... meh.

[Shrooms]

so short deal,

just got my copy from my local best buy with no problem

And yes it comes with the rumble pack. I'm not really impressed about this but it offers something cool.
By the way, i played 10 minutes of it and it looks cool enough to even pick it up at $10. But $5 is sooooo better !

Viva RFD

[D-Sisive]

anyone wanna trade? extra copy perhaps?

i have star wars battlefront II for psp sealed for it

i wanted to get this today but couldnt find one in the store downtown (guess i was late)

im not going to bestbuy again this weekend so probably cant get the game

[mahjongmaniac]

dunno why people are getting so excited and worried over this deal. This was available over 4 months ago at EBgames for 9.99 and then with PM at FS for 4.99. Picked up two copies myself two months ago. So... meh.

yeah, but that was GOTD right?

you think that many were successful in PMing at FS/BB against a competitor's 1-day only deal?

not every1 gets lucky...



EDIT: well, this was like a ~10hr online deal too i guess lol

[lizard]

I ordered for ISPU at the Langley BC location, got the order confirmation but no Store P/U Notification e-mail, even though they said it would be within 3 hours of the store opening (I ordered at 6am PST, store opened at 10am PST).

Has anyone else had more than a 3 hour delay either now or in the past?

[themanfromvlad]

I picked mine up two hours ago. The guy at the pick-up counter scanned it, and said "That'll be $56.xx" I had to point to the pick-up sheet attached to the game where the $45 discount was listed. He modified the price and gave it to me for $5. Then he said "That's why four other people have bought this game today!"

[lizard]

Nevermind, just got my ISPU notice. All looks good.

[Haz]

I ordered for ISPU at the Langley BC location, got the order confirmation but no Store P/U Notification e-mail, even though they said it would be within 3 hours of the store opening (I ordered at 6am PST, store opened at 10am PST).

Has anyone else had more than a 3 hour delay either now or in the past?
Submitted mine for the Richmond location at 7:55am. Finally got the "ordered filled ready for pickup" confirmation at 2:30pm. Woohoo!! :cheesygri

[Princess Zelda]

Thank You Mahjong,

I was able to order a copy for my cousin this morning, It'll make a great Christmas gift.

[flito ray]

dunno why people are getting so excited and worried over this deal. This was available over 4 months ago at EBgames for 9.99 and then with PM at FS for 4.99. Picked up two copies myself two months ago. So... meh.

thanks for shaing it with us 2 months ago. really appreciate it.

[lizard]

Picked up mine tonight. Thanks again OP!

[jeffx]

argh... will this work today? sept 16?

[mahjongmaniac]

I picked mine up two hours ago. The guy at the pick-up counter scanned it, and said "That'll be $56.xx" I had to point to the pick-up sheet attached to the game where the $45 discount was listed. He modified the price and gave it to me for $5. Then he said "That's why four other people have bought this game today!"

LOL :lol:


what was the point of him saying "$56.XX" if he knew ppl were comin' in to p/u for $5... haha :razz:

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argh... will this work today? sept 16?

errr.... i doubt it...

wait and see.