Helpful -- BB Gamer's Gift Card, Coupons, CD Jewel Cases

Hork

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I know the Best Buy Gamer's Gift Card has been mentioned before in various threads of this forum, but here's some good ideas for use... YMMV as far as being in stock... they had tons of these lying around at the Fresno store.

The Best Buy Gamer's Gift Card is packaged in a CD jewel case and can be purchased for any amount that you want to put into the card. Inside each jewel case there is a coupon for $5 off any video game title or accessory priced $19.99 or up. The coupons are good until 12/31/03, and are good for B&M purchases only. There is no tax on these GCs.

Here's what I did today...

I had a $100 BB Gift Certificate that I received for Christmas as a present. I purchased 20 Gamer's Gift Cards and had the cashier make each of them worth $5. I now have:

20 $5 BB Gamer's Gift Cards (20x$5=$100)
20 $5 off $19.99 video game title or accessory good 'till 12/31/03 ($100 worth of coupons)
20 free CD jewel cases

Note that it's a pain for the cashier to charge all these cards, and an equal pain to use lots of them when purchasing items.

Here are some thoughts about it, though:

* Since (from what a clerk told me at the store) there is no minimum to what you can charge the cards for, theoretically you could get 20 $1 cards and still get the coupons to use throughout the rest of the year, plus the jewel cases. (Someone let me know if this is incorrect!)
* All PS2 Greatest Hits games are $19.99 -- this means you can get any of those for $14.99
* Eternal Darkness for the Gamecube is $19.99 at BB right now, so that makes it $14.99 as well. (Thanks to the Big Gamecube List for this one! I picked up a copy!)
* You can use multiple coupons in a single purchase, but only on items that are priced over $19.99. I picked up 2 copies of Beach Spikers for the Gamecube (thanks again Big Gamecube List!) for $9.99 each, and couldn't use a coupon on the combined value.
* These can't be used online, and there were no pre-orders for the new Zelda or other games in the store, so I was out of luck there.
* These gift cards can be used on anything in BB, not just gaming stuff.
* They don't give you cash back as change... you have to keep track of the remaining value on a card.

Good luck!

Hork
 

Hork

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LOL... yeah... I was kind of embarrassed. But a $5 GC is still a reasonable request. :-D If I had asked for 20 $1 GCs, I would have killed me too.

And I *know* I can use a bunch of those coupons throughout the year!
 

Squalish2357

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So it works out to a $5 off any game>$20 coupon and a free jewel case - I kinda wish they would just make normal coupons, instead of hiding them in GC boxes.
 

Hork

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Yeah... they let me buy the smaller GCs with the larger GC. As I said, YMMV.

I'm off to go pricematch Beach Spikers at CC and get it for about $6 each. Then maybe I'll return the 2 copies I bought at BB with my GCs. :-D

Deals is fun! :-D
 

Hummercash

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Whenever I need the coupon, I just put $0.25 on the card. Also, you can't use the CD cases for CDs since they don't have the little round 'holder' that goes through the hole in the cd to keep it secure...


.//chris
 

Runciter

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Originally posted by: Hummercash
Also, you can't use the CD cases for CDs since they don't have the little round 'holder' that goes through the hole in the cd to keep it secure...

Yes, but invariably the part that cracks (at least on my CD cases) is the outside part (or the "hinge" tabs). Just swap out the internal black part and you are G2G.
 

TheCub

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Did something like this the other day. Grabbed 3 of these cards and put $1.00 value on each card. So I now have $3.00 in gift cards for myself to use on anything in the store and 3-$5.00 coupons for use on any video game or accessory $19.99 and up. It does work out great since they are good for 10 more months. ;)

Thanks Tallgeese & AU TIger!
 

Dedicated

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Hork, this is great advice. I was just going to goto BB and buy a game. So let me see if I understood you correctly. Suppose I wanted to buy a $50 game, and didn't want to go crazy on the GC's (like $1 per). Could I simply buy 2 x $20 GC's, use those GC's and the 2 x $5 off coupons, and walk out after paying extra in tax?
 

Hummercash

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Originally posted by: Dedicated
Hork, this is great advice. I was just going to goto BB and buy a game. So let me see if I understood you correctly. Suppose I wanted to buy a $50 game, and didn't want to go crazy on the GC's (like $1 per). Could I simply buy 2 x $20 GC's, use those GC's and the 2 x $5 off coupons, and walk out after paying extra in tax?
no, i think ur only allowed one coupon per item.

.//chris
 

Metalloid

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Is this still going on? I asked about it at BB yesterday and they looked at me as if I was asking for bedsheets.
 

jfunk

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Originally posted by: Metalloid15
Is this still going on? I asked about it at BB yesterday and they looked at me as if I was asking for bedsheets.

This isn't really a promo, so they may be unaware of it. Just look for the "Gamer" Gift Cards. They are by the register and also usually on the racks in the video games sections.

I think all the ones I've seen had an X-Mas looking theme to them, so it's possible some stores may not have any more.

But anyway, its just a regular gift card, but if you look at the back of the package, there is a $5 off $20 coupon for video games & accessories.

edit: Just realized my GF had given me one of these recentlyand looked at it and it is Birthday themed, so its not just an XMAS thing.


j
 

SoylentGreen

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Since you have to spend 19.99 anyway, just make your GC 20 bucks.

Nothing like nickel-and-diming a place.
 

Eric1285

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Lol, I did the above once, and it doesn't work. What you want to do is make your card for $14.99 + Tax. Then you've got it down. For NJ, it'd be $15.89.
 

Metalloid

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I think I saw those, but I just figured they were gift cards with a special birthday theme. Will have to go check back in a few days. Thanks guys.