They kicked in an extra 10% on all trade in games as well. If you tend to hold onto games for awhile then you know how good of a deal this can be. The downside is that you have to deal with the crowds, employees, and traffic getting to and from said Gamestop. I am more of an instant gratification guy so no online for me. Had to be on the shelf, and spontaneously compulsion to purchase.Almost everyone I talked to this weekend has an unique Gamestop story. They all involve scoring some excellent games.
Fellow contributor here on this site had an interesting run in with what can only be described as Thug Life. Thankfully he is pretty Gangsta himself and managed to bond with the individual before he left. Funny thing is the thug actually gave him excellent advice on choosing which used games to buy. No, it wasn't 50 Cent Sands of Time, of all genre's it was an single player RPG. Consider the stereotype shattered. Not sure if gamertags were exchanged or not.
Fellow contributor here on this site had an interesting run in with what can only be described as Thug Life. Thankfully he is pretty Gangsta himself and managed to bond with the individual before he left. Funny thing is the thug actually gave him excellent advice on choosing which used games to buy. No, it wasn't 50 Cent Sands of Time, of all genre's it was an single player RPG. Consider the stereotype shattered. Not sure if gamertags were exchanged or not.My experience did not involve me meeting any new "friends" but did involve a blockbuster bounty of tier 1 used games. Contrary to what I wrote above, this time around there was planning and forethought. I had a list of fairly new games I wanted to buy used, and a list of Badges I still needed G's for, from one of my favorite sites (360voice.com). My plan was to buy 3 used games priced at $54.99. This would net me a savings of $54.99 right away. I then planned on wading through the vast collection of used titles priced at $12-14.99. Another savings of $12.99. Total savings would have been around $65 bucks. I brought with me a few used games and shaved another $8.50 off the total price. It was a great plan......as things unraveled, I was stuck. I had only 1 game priced at $54.99 and 2 games priced at $14.99. No way I was going to spend $$$ and only save $14.99. I couldn't believe it, I was going to walk out of the store with no new games to play. Last ditch effort, lets look at the used Wii games and maybe find something there. I mean I only needed 1 more $14.99 game to complete one transaction. I think Gamestop was on to me, none of the Wii titles caught my attention, and they are all priced funky like around $29.99.
As I turn back the 360 area, head down, feet shuffling back to wall of shame, I noticed a tall stack of used games sitting on the end of the rack. Near where the new "hot" releases were positioned. It was like the Leaning stack of Pisa...well only in plastic. Here is where I found the holy grail of used games.
With a smile only the "Big Book of British Smiles"
can compare to, I ran out of Gamestop spending only around $90 bucks and taking home these excellent games :
can compare to, I ran out of Gamestop spending only around $90 bucks and taking home these excellent games :1.) Call of Duty : World at War 
2.) Gears of War 2 
3.) Fable II 
I was very happy!! If you have a interesting Gamestop story or would like to share you big score this weekend, drop us a note in the comments.
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