$99 Gamecube at Electronics Boutique

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gwlam12

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Originally posted by: CtlAltl33t
Much to my dismay I stubled across this page at EB - Create-a-bundle

Apparently this deal IS good online, and now that I've seen this I am extremely pissed because I was raped by taxes and the store's extra mark up. If you need the bundle coupon, that can be found here - $50 voucher

Anyway, buying online is a much better choice and i regret not seeing this sooner

thanks for the help!
 

rockyct

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Also, it looks like if you wait three weeks, you can get a platinum colored Gamecube.
 

gwlam12

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Originally posted by: rockyct
Also, it looks like if you wait three weeks, you can get a platinum colored Gamecube.

would that work though? it comes out only a few days before the promotion ends. would it be cutting it kind of close?
 

RBC

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I just got one from an EB B&M. They went on about the thing only having a 60 day warranty and that I should buy a one year extended service plan for $15. What does anyone think about this, is it worth it? Also, babbages was selling refurb's GC for $90 with a 90 day warranty. Anyone think that's a better deal than this one? (refurb PS2 and Xbox were $120).
 

UltraWide

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i returned my PS2 2x already, so the 3rd time i got an extended warranty. i bet you now that i bought the warranty it will never break. LOL

i hope GC is better quality.
 

pecel

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Originally posted by: reboos
I got in on this today, when I walked into EB there were some Gamecubes with flyers on them that said "$99.99 Gamecube".

The basics of it are buy a console, memory card and a game over 29.99. I asked the guy there and the game according to what information he had has to be new, not a used game. Then they give you a $50 rebate coupon to mail into EB with the ORGINAL reciept. So i guess no returns. They then mail you a $50 gift voucher for anything in the store. I will probably use mine for GTA Vice City.

I also noticed they had another promotion going on. You trade in any 5 PS2, Gamecube of Xbox games and you get a $100 store credit. I was wondering if I bought 5 9.99 used games could I then turnaround and trade them in for the $100. Well I don;t know I didn;t try it or ask, but its a thought.

Buy 5 games at 9.99 = $50 roundabout

get $100 store credit.

then buy a gamecube, mem card and $30 game = $150 + $20 + $30 - $100(store credit) = $100

get the $50 voucher in the mail.

basically you spend $50 to get $100, $100 for cube and you end up with another $50 at the end.

all spent $150, you get a console, game, mem card and a $50 voucher.

Nice Trick
Where I can find $9.99 game?
Any suggestion?

:)
 

Eymar

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Most of the $9.99 games you'll find are probably on their exclusion list. Call ahead before trading any cheap games to save yourself time.