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stretchs · Feb 25, 2008, 02:13 PM // 14:13

Confirmed price in both Chicagoland and St Louis areas this price was valid

Dronte · Feb 25, 2008, 03:06 PM // 15:06

Any chance for a non-american to buy GW:EN for that price? :/

sevendash · Feb 25, 2008, 04:32 PM // 16:32

Don't know, the tag was actually changed so that 9.99 is the permanent price now. Seems odd, but I bought it for my alternate account.

Kalendraf · Feb 25, 2008, 08:41 PM // 20:41

I can confirm the $9.99 price is in effect for both Targets in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The north store was sold out, but the south store still had at least 3 on the shelf as of last Friday night.

I also have a friend who picked it up for $9.99 from the Target store in Rochester, MN.

At all 3 of these stores, the price is posted by the GW boxes as a Price Reduction. There are price reductions on the other GW games too, but the drop isn't as large for the regular campaigns.

warcrap · Feb 26, 2008, 12:48 AM // 00:48

crap i paid 40 bucks at eb games.

ducktape · Feb 26, 2008, 04:18 PM // 16:18

Hi, at one of my jobs I work at a Target. I also thought this was weird since all the other GW games we sell are $29.99 or $39.99 and have been out longer. I went into the inventory system and checked the status of GW:EN to find out what the deal with the $9.99 price is. It is not a sale. It is not a temporary price cut. It is a permanent price cut, and the game is not discontinued or clearance, so that's how much we (Target) will charge for it from now on, and we aren't going to stop carrying the game.

Enjoy!

LOL Sidenote: Tabula Rasa is a clearance game already at Target. Ouch XD

Dronte · Feb 26, 2008, 05:42 PM // 17:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by ducktape

Hi, at one of my jobs I work at a Target. I also thought this was weird since all the other GW games we sell are $29.99 or $39.99 and have been out longer. I went into the inventory system and checked the status of GW:EN to find out what the deal with the $9.99 price is. It is not a sale. It is not a temporary price cut. It is a permanent price cut, and the game is not discontinued or clearance, so that's how much we (Target) will charge for it from now on, and we aren't going to stop carrying the game.

Enjoy!

LOL Sidenote: Tabula Rasa is a clearance game already at Target. Ouch XD

I hope that means ppl in other countries will get price cuts as well.

RamenFiasco · Feb 26, 2008, 06:10 PM // 18:10

I'll have to check out the Target near me today. Here goes for Massachusetts!

**cosyfiep** · Feb 26, 2008, 07:08 PM // 19:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by ducktape

Hi, at one of my jobs I work at a Target. I also thought this was weird since all the other GW games we sell are $29.99 or $39.99 and have been out longer. I went into the inventory system and checked the status of GW:EN to find out what the deal with the $9.99 price is. It is not a sale. It is not a temporary price cut. It is a permanent price cut, and the game is not discontinued or clearance, so that's how much we (Target) will charge for it from now on, and we aren't going to stop carrying the game.

Enjoy!

LOL Sidenote: Tabula Rasa is a clearance game already at Target. Ouch XD

ah so target is the first seller to see the 'actual' price of the game (ok closer to what it should be)....ah, proud to say I was a target employee (decades ago

)
way to go target!!

Kula · Feb 26, 2008, 07:36 PM // 19:36

Thank you, ducktape. My first reaction was that it was a mistake due to the extremity of the price drop. However, I kinda knew it wasn't clearance since I noticed the price didn't end with an '8' or '6' using the Target price checker. Years ago, I also used to work for a small department store/company called Mervyn's back when it was a sister store of Target. We even used to have employee discounts for each other. Our pricing scheme and inventory system (i.e. "common replenishment" using telxons) used to be very similar. I bet a lot has changed since then though.

Anyway, this post is really for anyone that missed out on EOtN for $9.99 because they were Sold Out at Target! Let me remind you that there are other store chains that carry this product AND have a Price Match guarantee. Circuit City and Best Buy are two that come to mind, but they have to be within driving distance to a local Target. I don't think they will price match to a Target that is 50 miles away!

The trick will be to convince them at customer service that Target is really selling it for that price. The only way this would've been guaranteed to work is if EOtN was advertised in the Target circular to show to them as proof, but since it isn't, they will have to call Target themselves to verify that EOtN is at $9.99 so that they could match it. It's a long shot but worth a try if willing to go the extra mile to save $20-$30.

Aerian_Skybane · Feb 26, 2008, 07:49 PM // 19:49

They are still listed as sales in my Targets...

Crispie · Feb 26, 2008, 10:34 PM // 22:34

I bought the last GW:EN at my local target for $9.99.

ducktape · Feb 27, 2008, 06:02 AM // 06:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aerian_Skybane

They are still listed as sales in my Targets...

If you can, get the Target electronics dude to scan the box or the shelf barcode with his portable scanner (PDT). I am pretty sure you have to be in Item Search mode to see the screen with the important info about the price change. When the item is scanned, it should say up at the top of the item page: [Sell:9.99] in the left corner and [Regular:9.99] in the right corner to indicate the everyday regular old price is 9.99. If it's just a sale and not a price change it would say [Sell:[down arrow]9.99] for the left corner and then [Regular:39.99] in the right corner. I see they are selling it for $10 less than usual at Target.com, it's only $29.99 there now, so I am curious to see if other regions did not get the price cut at Target and only got a sale. That would be a total bummer, I was all excited that it was so affordable for everyone now, hope it's a Target-wide price change and not a regional price change.

IMPORTANT: If you can't get a hold of the game for 9.99 and your Target is only having a temporary sale, have them print a raincheck for you! Just hang onto that raincheck and whenever they get the game back in stock, you hand them that and you get the game for 9.99

Also, good advice from Kula, and last I knew it also applies to Wal-Mart. I hate Wal-Mart, they are the devil, and are one of the worst/stupidest companies I have ever worked for, but since they are they devil and will do anything to make an extra penny, they have that pricematch policy for competitors' prices and would have to sell you their copies of GW:EN for 9.99. Please run to Wal-Mart and cost them $30 in lost revenue many times over if possible XD

MisterT69 · Feb 27, 2008, 11:33 PM // 23:33

Now does anyone know if Target will be continually receiving more copies of EoTN at $9.99 or is this just to get rid of inventory. Because if there will be more copies supplied, then I gotta go get me one

Nemo the Capitalist · Feb 28, 2008, 02:56 AM // 02:56

*****just switch the barcode number for a cheaper game***

*evilgrin*

politicsxxox · Feb 28, 2008, 02:58 AM // 02:58

i just got BMP off the shelf in a nearby Target store in New York. Confirmed as well. I wish it came to best buy -.- , wouldnt have to drive that far

MisterT69 · Feb 29, 2008, 03:55 AM // 03:55

About EoTN being 9.99 at a sale price...seems to me like it's more of a clearance price. I called 5 Target's around Chicago all sold out. And on Target.com, there's no EoTN on the website anymore. But they may just be waiting for more to come in stock, can anyone confirm that?

DJCoastal · Feb 29, 2008, 04:03 AM // 04:03

Awww...

too bad there isn't any Targets up here in Canada.

Someone... Buy me a copy and ship it to me? lol.

afrika18 · Feb 29, 2008, 04:24 AM // 04:24

I live in Canada, but when I heard about this, I got a plane ticket to Buffalo! $9.99 for EOTN, Great Deal!! Thank god for this forum!!

razixx · Mar 03, 2008, 01:41 AM // 01:41

This is confirmed for New Hampshire. I got the last copy... And now, off to price-match, and ruin Best Buy employees' days!