Huge Video Game Clearance at Best Buy B&M

[DriftChamp]

Took this list off ByteSizeDeals. There's also a big thread about this going on at CAG. I know there's a thread here on $4.99 games on bestbuy.com, but those games are sold out. This list is for Best Buy B&M, and is much more comprehensive.

All games are $4.99 unluess noted. If it's priced different at your BB store, have them scan it (it will probably scan at $4.99).

Playstation 2
Blowout $0.99
Total Immersion Racing $0.99
Armored Core 3
Black & Bruised
Clock Tower 3
Dark Cloud
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
Dynasty Tactics 2
eJay Clubworld
Devil May Cry 2
Dynasty Tactics 2
Evolution Skateboarding
FIFA Soccer 2003
Freedom Fighters
Goblin Commander
Guilty Gear X-2
Head Hunter
Hidden Invasion
Hot Wheels: World Race
Hulk
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Jet X2O
Lethal Skies II
Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
Minority Report
Mobile Light Force
Monster Jam 4x4
Monster Rancher 4
NCAA Final Four 2003
NCAA March Madness 2003
NBA Jam 2004
Pac-Man Fever
Parappa The Rapper 2
PowerPuff Girls: Relish Rampage
Rayman 3
Reel Fishing 3
Resident Evil Dead Aim
Road Kill
Road Trip
Robotech Battlecry
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII
Shox
Silent Hill 2
Smash Cars
Smugglers Run
Twisted Metal Black
Unlimited Saga
Whiplash
Wild Arms 3
X2 Wolverine's Revenge
XGRA
Legend of Legaia 2 $9.99
RPG Maker II $9.99
Winning Eleven 6 $9.99

Xbox
Batman Rise of Sin Tzu $0.99
Pulse Racer $0.99
Aggressive Inline
Amped
Apex
Batman Dark Tomorrow
Big Mutha Truckers
Blinx
Bloody Roar Extreme
Crimson Sea
Dino Crisis 3
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
Drome Racers
ESPN Football
Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick
FIFA Soccer 2003
Freedom Fighters
Great Escape
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
Haunted Mansion
Jet Set Radio Future
Legends Of Wrestling II
Metal Arms Glitch in the System
Motor Trend Presents: Lotus Challenge
NASCAR Thunder 2004
NBA Jam
NHL Hitz Pro
Nightcaster II
Phantasy Star Online I & II
Robotech Battlecry
Rogue Ops
Run Like Hell
State of Emergency
Syberia
Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines
Test Drive
The Thing
UFC 2
Voodoo Vince
WWF Raw

Gamecube
Backyard Baseball
BeyBlade
Big Mutha Truckers
Beyond Good & Evil
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
Dead to Rights
Freedom Fighters
Gladius
Godzilla Destory All Monsters Melee
Haunted Mansion
Hulk
I-Ninja
Mary Kate & Ashley: Sweet Sixteen
Megaman Network Transmission
NCAA Football 2004
Rogue Ops
Sphinx & The Cursed Mummy
Star Wars: Clones Wars
Wario World

Game Boy Advance
Battlebots
Backyard Hockey
Disney's Magical Quest
Dragon ball Z Legacy of Goku
Fairly Odd Parents
FIFA 2004
Golden Sun Lost Age
Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak
The Hobbit
Madden 2004
Medabots
Muppets On With The Show
Sim City 2000
Tom & Jerry
Wario Ware Inc

PSone
Putter Golf $0.99
Dino Crisis 2
Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22
Final Fantasy Origins
Grand Theft Auto 2
NASCAR Thunder 2004
Soul Blade
Turnabout

 

[hifi]

just went to a nearby BB, they have none of the games listed here except T3:Rise of Machine for $4.99. the sales guy told me all the $4.99 games all taken by BB employee before put on display. oh well, wasted trip

 

[bullbert]

Originally posted by: hifi
just went to a nearby BB, they have none of the games listed here except T3:Rise of Machine for $4.99. the sales guy told me all the $4.99 games all taken by BB employee before put on display. oh well, wasted trip

Way to go, BB! I wonder if any Pro-BB/Employee comments will show up on www.bustbuysux.org next week, since the BB employees got their "bonuses" today.

 

[chynkboi]

Golden Sun Lost Age!!

running to best buy tomorrow!

 

[Dantzig]

I visited two stores and found one copy of Beyond Good & Evil and Wario World for Gamecube. Neither store had anything else on the list.

 

[SoylentGreen]

Originally posted by: bullbert
Way to go, BB! I wonder if any Pro-BB/Employee comments will show up on www.bustbuysux.org next week, since the BB employees got their "bonuses" today.

 

[DefRef]

Damn. The BB by my work has a lousy selection and will prolly be picked over by the time I get there t'row. Drat.

 

[DefRef]

Bump

 

[gshock888]

stupid employees should not be allowed to abuse these deals

 

[DefRef]

Originally posted by: gshock888
stupid employees should not be allowed to abuse these deals

If you worked there, I'd bet you'd be all over it before the peasants got their shot.:roll:

 

[Murph74]

Originally posted by: DefRef

Originally posted by: gshock888
stupid employees should not be allowed to abuse these deals

If you worked there, I'd bet you'd be all over it before the peasants got their shot.:roll:

Depends on the store's policy, and what the intent of the clearance was. Back in '93 I worked at Office Max (then BizMart) and we had a blow out on Sega Genesis stuff, at like $5 a game, and an ad in the paper. Management only allowed small portion of the games to be sold internally (we were limited to 1 or 2 games each as I recall), as to make sure we had stock for actual customers. No one had a problem with that. Of course, employees were still telling everyone they knew to come when we opened to buy games-- but that was kind of the point-- to get people in the store. Even though it was a clearance anyway, it was also promoted as a loss-leader.

If it was unadvertised, then I guess it's a different situation. But I shudder to think what things like Black Friday specials will become if this 'employee buying' trend continues.

(Stepping down from his soapbox....)
Murph

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: gshock888
stupid employees should not be allowed to abuse these deals

they have everything too good and yet they complain about unfair treatment from their manager or their fellow peer

 

[RudeBoie]

Originally posted by: gshock888
stupid employees should not be allowed to abuse these deals

I notice how all employees AND customers tend to complain about everything.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: DefRef

Originally posted by: gshock888
stupid employees should not be allowed to abuse these deals

If you worked there, I'd bet you'd be all over it before the peasants got their shot.:roll:

 

[AmitPatel]

Went to BB during lunch. Picked up Pac-Man Fever and Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb for my PS2. The guy there saw me going through the games with a tiny printout of the list in my hand and asked if I was looking for the 4.99 games. I said yep, I got the list online. He told me that some of the games on the list are wrong and that he'd check the prices for me before going to the register. I also had Monster 4x4 with Monster Jam technology (??) but it turned out to be 29.99.

 

[masterxfob]

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: gshock888
stupid employees should not be allowed to abuse these deals

they have everything too good and yet they complain about unfair treatment from their manager or their fellow peer

they make minimum wage, they put up with a lot of shi7 from the managers, and raises and promotions are extremely difficult to comeby. then again, they get these crappy discounts on overpriced merchandise and then once in a while get lucky on some clearance deals. golly, they sure have it good :roll:

 

[AmitPatel]

BTW, Best Buy employee discount is extremely good (5% over cost or something close...) I had a friend who worked there and it really gives you an idea on what stuff is overpriced (car audio, cables, and accessories usually have more than a 100% markup)

 

[DefRef]

Went at lunch and they were pretty picked over (Dearborn, MI store), but I got Freedom Fighters (PS2) for my g/f's dad. Woohoo. (Not.)

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: masterxfob

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: gshock888
stupid employees should not be allowed to abuse these deals

they have everything too good and yet they complain about unfair treatment from their manager or their fellow peer

they make minimum wage, they put up with a lot of shi7 from the managers, and raises and promotions are extremely difficult to comeby. then again, they get these crappy discounts on overpriced merchandise and then once in a while get lucky on some clearance deals. golly, they sure have it good :roll:

Crappy discounts? Let me see if I can recall a few from when I used to work there....

$36 printer cable = ~$6 employee (this is true for almost any cable in the store)

$2000 television = ~$1300-1500

$600 receiver = ~$200-400

The problem is that you just don't make quite enough money to take advantage of a lot of the really great things you can get with your employee discount. But, that's why having friends who work for Best Buy is such a great perk.

 

[toolfan]

Went to the East store in Madison, WI this evening and the only thing I found was Freedom Fighters for PS2 (last copy). Buddy of mine went to the West store and didn't find anything. Thanks for the heads up though.

 

[Borg20001]

Thanks for the Heads Up OP.

Went to a BB in CT but found very little. Did get Disney Skate Adv for the kids on XB but that was all that I saw in the store. No special place for em, just mixed in with all the regular inventory. Lotsa Shrek 2 games for all platforms (big surprise).

 

[dabuddha]

Picked up 4 games from the Pentagon city store yesterday. I met a guy there who had a similar print out He was kind enough to give me a copy of each game he was able to find.

 

[zikronix]

3 stores in my area all tapped out...

 

[Fritzo]

Most of these games were on sale for $9.99-$14.99, so most stores are tapped out. They had a copy of the crappy BattleBots for the GBA at my local BB's, but nothing else.

 

[wfay]

Of course my stores were gone when I called last night. Doh. (Jacksonville, FL)