Discussion for Nintendo Deals Supreme: Getting DS Games on the Cheap

[Shane R. Monroe]

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[entexman]

Nice article. I refuse to shop at Gamestop myself. I wish I had a fry's in my area though. I remember the fry's you gave us a tour of in Arizona and I am still kicking myself for not picking up a couple of games I saw there.

I used to go to stores to buy games. Nowadays I mostly purchase online at Amazon. The deals on Amazon are great and I only go for the free shipping option. I may venture out for some holiday deals this year, but that's about it for me.

[Shane R. Monroe]

You just need to use the outlook of making Gamestop pay for their actions. I've saved hundreds in game rentals using Gamestop

[alexjlopez]

I've gone a long way towards catching up on my DS collection by comparing notes with Shane and following many of the suggestions he outlines in this article. I walked away from Frys with about a dozen games for under $50 once, and realized what a sucker I'd been for paying retail for games that sit on the shelf for weeks sometimes before I get around to playing them.

I tend to take advantage of the Buy 1 Get 1/Buy 2 Get 1 deals for building up my collection as well. As an example, this week at Toys R Us they have a Buy 1 get 1 @ 50% off deal on DS games. I managed to pick up Soul Bubbles (which is getting harder and harder to find these days) for $5 marked down from an already low clearance price of $9.99.

I try and avoid GameStop as much as anyone, but they do serve their purpose. They are still a good resource for cheap GBA games and the Buy 2 Get 1 Used deal can be worthwhile on older titles that are already cheap--as long as your local GameStop"s DS section isn't a disaster like some I've seen where 80% of the games don't have original cases or manuals.