I never thought this would happen, but Amazon has succeeded in pulling me away from Gamestop to become my primary video game supplier. Just look at this list of pre-orders I have!
With no tax in my state, release date delivery on practically any big game (thanks to Amazon Prime), a 10% discount on all video game purchases (ECA membership), $10-$15 gift certificates for several big games releasing this Fall, and various trade-in promotions such as 50% off any game, Amazon has converted me. What kills me is that I have hundreds of dollars in Gamestop credit, but why buy any of these titles new for $64 at Gamestop when I can get them for 1/3 less on Amazon?
The tricky part now is that I’m trying to convert my Gamestop credit to Amazon credit, and this involves buying used games from Gamestop with my credit and trading those same games into Amazon so I get credit there. I’m hoping for a chance when Gamestop runs a B2G1 free sale or 20-25% off coupon on all used games, and Amazon is running something like +50% trade-in credit so I can actually even make some money when I transfer my credit.
But as you can see, it looks like my gaming for the rest of the year is set. Now I just need to figure out what to do with Alpha Protocol, Dragon Age Origins, and Left 4 Dead 2. Will they be bought this year, or bumped back to next year?
How’d you get all those games to all those random prices? Are you just stacking promotions? Impressive…
I just jumped on the Best Buy (ggggaaagggg) deal, buy one game, get one half off.
Can’t wait til Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 shows up, then its back to shooting people with Modern Warfare 2 two months after.
the BestBuy deal that Bibliotecher is talking about isn’t so bad either – especially if you live in NY and have to pay tax on Amazon purchases.
All this week, all 360 games (including pre-orders) are available for buy 1, get 1 50% off, so that comes out to about $45 per game + tax. Next week, starting on 9/6/09, BestBuy will be doing the same deal for all PS3 games.
worth considering, especially for the pre-orders.
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ya i’m netting out all the promotions and giftcards that come out of the purchase on Amazon. for example, that Halo 3: ODST net price comes out after the $15 credit you get when you buy it (that you just mentioned), $6 off from the ECA discount, and $3 off from getting it in my Gold Box picks. and no tax for me now!