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16  Gaming Boards / Nintendo Board / Re: ATTN: Wii Clan Veterans from MoHH2 on: November 24, 2014, 08:03:59 pm
 Kiss
17  General Discussion / Entertainment / The All-Seeing Eye / My Stupid Target Adventure (tried to con them and failed) on: November 07, 2014, 03:02:08 pm
I posted this on Facebook earlier and thought I might as well post it here in case anyone wants to laugh at my stupidity.
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Emma (my girlfriend) and I had quite the adventure today at Target. They put up a sale on video games this week. Buy 2 get 1 free. I made sure to show up there just before they opened to make sure I could get what I wanted before they all sold out. They didn't have most of the games I wanted, so I decided to try and beat the system a bit by buying a couple games I didn't want/only kind of wanted so that I could return them and get what I actually wanted later.
Of course, I didn't think it would actually work so I asked one of the employees very specific questions first. I asked her if I would be able to return the ones I paid for and get my money back, and keep the free one. After she talked to other people over the phone she came back and told me yes. As long as they weren't opened, I had 30 days to return them. I just wouldn't be able to return the free one. I then specifically asked if they were going to just discount the 3 games for the value of the third game, instead of actually giving me a free game. She said no. I bought the games and at that point it actually gave me the third game for free. I was excited and confused at how it actually worked.
10 minutes later on the way to another store in Windsor we notice the receipt is wrong. This ruins my plan, of course. We head back to Target so they can sort out the problem with my receipt. The problem was that I paid less than I should have. Normally that isn't something you complain about, but for my plan to work it was an issue. The 3 games I bought were CoD:AW (I was going to trade this back in), The Evil Within (I was also going to trade this back in), and Hyrule Warriors. I should have paid $69.99 for the first 2, and 64.99 for the third, making HW the free game. However, she scanned HW twice so I actually paid 69.99, 64.99, and 64.99. I saved ~$6. Like I said, normally I would be ok with that. Since it ruined my plan because it was incorrect, we returned the 3 games and got her to fix the receipt. I gave them the $6 more.
For a moment, I felt relieved because the plan was back on track. Then we hit another snag that ends up ruining this whole thing. The original receipt I got actually DID give me the third game for free, instead of just discounting the value of the 3rd game from all 3. I may have actually been able to do the plan because they messed up. My new receipt said that the 3 games were all just discounted and could not be given back individually for full value. So basically, the first girl I asked specific questions gave me false answers. I bought the games because I was told I could pull it off by an employee. She lied, I bought games I didn't want and now I'm stuck with them.
I'm going to try and sell CoD and TEW today unopened and maybe make a profit on this by selling them for $120 together, but otherwise I have to go back tomorrow when they open and try again when they actually have some games in (hopefully). I will return all 3 of these, get my money back, and then pick up 3 games I actually want. Bayonetta 2, Lords of the Fallen, and Hyrule Warriors.
The plan was to buy 2, get 1 free - then return the first 2 and get a new set of three. Repeat until I feel bad enough to stop. According to the first employee, I could have. I knew there must've been a problem with it but I tried anyways. Oh well.
Man. That was like 2 hours at Target today for almost nothing. It was fun trying to be a con man, though.


Edited in afterwards: WELL THEN. Everything worked out. I just sold Freedom Wars to a guy on Kijiji for $20, and after he left he told me to tell him whenever I'm selling Vita games. I told him about CoD and TEW and he's going to give me $70 + Shadow of Mordor for them. Woooo!


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18  Gaming Boards / Microsoft Xbox Brand Board / Re: The Official Gamertag Thread on: November 07, 2014, 03:00:11 pm
no&no  Kiss
19  Gaming Boards / Microsoft Xbox Brand Board / Re: The Official Gamertag Thread on: November 06, 2014, 09:47:21 am
who is this scrub
20  Gaming Boards / Nintendo Board / Re: Smash Wii U Stream Event (10/23-10/24) on: October 24, 2014, 11:19:10 am
This was the best live-event Nintendo has ever done. Better than any live event I've seen streamed, actually.

Yes I know it wasn't technically live.
21  Gaming Boards / Nintendo Board / Re: Smash Wii U Stream Event (10/23-10/24) on: October 21, 2014, 08:47:22 am
 Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
22  General Boards / Welcome to We Unite Gaming / Re: Hello there. on: August 30, 2014, 09:34:43 am
gg
23  Gaming Boards / Mario Kart / Re: More MK8 DLC Revealed (Zelda, F-Zero, Animal Crossing Related) on: August 27, 2014, 10:05:21 am
Link + the tracks make this worth it, I think.
24  General Boards / Feedback / Re: Thinking about starting a Facebook group for us. Hear me out. on: August 12, 2014, 07:08:32 pm
Yeah, there are a few people from the site in it.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1384945755085889/
25  General Discussion / Entertainment / TV / Movies / Anime / Re: Robin Williams dies by alleged suicide on: August 11, 2014, 06:46:53 pm
One of few comedians I liked a lot. He was hilarious when he went on Whose Line. Ms. Doubtfire, Flubber, Jumanji, etc. are all great.
26  General Discussion / Entertainment / The All-Seeing Eye / Re: Gamestop game trading is changing on: August 09, 2014, 01:43:48 pm
That's alright news, I guess. I've never understood peoples' complaints about GS/EB Games trade-ins. They are mostly great deals. Not all the time, but there are always good deals going on where you can get a new game by trading in 2 others. It's half the reason I get so many games. They just keep paying for themselves.
27  General Discussion / Entertainment / The All-Seeing Eye / Re: This board is died. on: August 05, 2014, 11:54:13 am
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28  General Discussion / Entertainment / The All-Seeing Eye / Re: * * * The Official GOOD MORNING CREW Thread * * * on: July 31, 2014, 05:38:12 pm
what is this
29  Gaming Boards / Video Game General Discussion / Re: Super Smash Bros. Character Announcements on: July 16, 2014, 10:21:07 am
 Afro
30  Gaming Boards / Nintendo Board / Re: ATTN: Wii Clan Veterans from MoHH2 on: July 16, 2014, 10:20:53 am
 Cool
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