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tedtropy · Nov 3, 2006

For some reason they have FFXII marked as "low price", but it's retailing for what Circuit City is selling it, at around $37.99. Additionally, all seasons of Stargate on DVD are selling for $19.99.

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warcrow · Nov 3, 2006

Oh hell yea, THANK YOU!

Community Forum · Nov 3, 2006

Why would you ever advertise something with a "before savings" price? Makes no sense.

Brotherman · Nov 3, 2006

SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
Why would you ever advertise something with a "before savings" price? Makes no sense.

I think that it's better than posting discount prices and then posting after rebate. This way the customer has no way of being decieved into thinking that a price is lower than it is. I do see your point though as you could miss out of deals if you aren't playing attention.

BTW, thanks tedtropy for posting this.

Stabby McSter · Nov 3, 2006

So essentially GoW is $49? I don't remember Fry's ever doing ads like that.

Community Forum · Nov 3, 2006

Brotherman said:
I think that it's better than posting discount prices and then posting after rebate. This way the customer has no way of being decieved into thinking that a price is lower than it is. I do see your point though as you could miss out of deals if you aren't playing attention.

BTW, thanks tedtrophy for posting this.

There are no rebates involved. The price of Gears of War, for instance, is $49.99 when you buy it, but it is advertised at $59.99 before savings.

This is not a before rebate / after rebate deal. There is no chance for being deceived into thinking that a price is lower than it is.

I've never seen any other store advertise this way.

Why, in the same ad, is Phantasy Star Universe advertised for $49.99, and not $59.99 before savings?

tedtropy · Nov 3, 2006

SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
There are no rebates involved. The price of Gears of War, for instance, is $49.99 when you buy it, but it is advertised at $59.99 before savings.

This is not a before rebate / after rebate deal. There is no chance for being deceived into thinking that a price is lower than it is.

I've never seen any other store advertise this way.

Why, in the same ad, is Phantasy Star Universe advertised for $49.99, and not $59.99 before savings?

Yeah, it's a little odd. Not sure why they wouldn't emphasize their considerably lower price, especially since it's not like the savings is through some backdoor rebate/gift card. Maybe there's some goofy retail rule that prevents them from advertising their direct lower cost in certain instances.

Wario64 · Nov 3, 2006

SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
Why would you ever advertise something with a "before savings" price? Makes no sense.

They've been doing this on a few selected games recently. No idea why. Maybe to screw people who pricematch? Still didn't stop me from pricematching the Lego Star Wars 2 sale a while ago

dirtmonkey37 · Nov 3, 2006

HOly crap!!

I must buy Gears from Frys for 49.99!!!

tedtropy · Nov 3, 2006

Wario64 said:
They've been doing this on a few selected games recently. No idea why. Maybe to screw people who pricematch? Still didn't stop me from pricematching the Lego Star Wars 2 sale a while ago

Yeah, that's probably true. Alot of places say they won't match a price unless they can see the ad and it's directly stated. Circuit City's been pretty cool with matching all of Fry's prices for me though.

dirtmonkey37 said:
HOly crap!!

I must buy Gears from Frys for 49.99!!!

Yes. You must.

Version 3.0 · Nov 3, 2006

Excellent. Gears of War for regular price. I don't have to break my next-gen pricing boycott (again).

I love Fry's. It's awesome and it's on the way home from work. Can't beat it.

distantmantra · Nov 3, 2006

SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
Why would you ever advertise something with a "before savings" price? Makes no sense.

Sometimes the publisher doesn't like actual advertised sale prices, since it leads to other stores pricematching. I wouldn't be surprised if Fry's was asked to do it this way by Activision and Microsoft.

warcrow · Nov 3, 2006

Has anyone called a local Frys yet? This is all good, right? I want to get a Pink DS for the wife.

tedtropy · Nov 3, 2006

warcrow said:
Has anyone called a local Frys yet? This is all good, right? I want to get a Pink DS for the wife.

There's no reason it wouldn't be legit, that's actually a fairly unspectacular bundle for them. But hey, you get a game all the same.

hyp · Nov 3, 2006

if you've been on the fence, jump on this, NOW.

Swordian · Nov 3, 2006

One thing to note is that this ad may not apply to all Fry's locations. There are location specific deals sometimes.

hyp · Nov 3, 2006

tedtropy said:

ummm, so do you guys know if Fry's is getting the CE in for Gears? i'd totally consider this if it's discounted. otherwise, i'm just going for the normal edition.

Eggo · Nov 3, 2006

So how much does FF12 cost? Is low price = $37 or $58?

mikeGFG · Nov 3, 2006

For the truly lazy, Frys.com has Gears for $52.80 shipped.

Come next week, I'll attempt to pricematch the CE for $50. They actually sold me 360 Phantasy Star for $40 last week. Fingers crossed for cheap Gears CE.

Eggo said:
So how much does FF12 cost? Is low price = $37 or $58?

$37

tedtropy · Nov 3, 2006

Eggo said:
So how much does FF12 cost? Is low price = $37 or $58?

tedtropy said:
For some reason they have FFXII marked as "low price", but it's retailing for what Circuit City is selling it, at around $37.99.

Swordian said:
One thing to note is that this ad may not apply to all Fry's locations. There are location specific deals sometimes.

Yeah, but these prices tend to be pretty universal at most Fry's locations.

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