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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #200 on: September 07, 2017, 01:09:38 am »
Ratchet and Clank is a better game, and very cheap.  I played through it twice.  I got bored of Knack....

Tearaway Unfolded is also somewhat similar in gameplay and price.


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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #201 on: September 07, 2017, 07:18:45 am »
Ratchet and Clank is a better game, and very cheap.  I played through it twice.  I got bored of Knack....

Tearaway Unfolded is also somewhat similar in gameplay and price.

Thanks for the info. I've always thought the Ratchet and Clank games looked pretty cool for the earlier PS systems. Although admittedly I've never actually played any of them. Can you jump right in on this latest installment without having played any of those earlier games?

I'll take a look at the Tearaway Unfolded game as well. That one seems like a pretty "trippy" concept. Definitely unique. 

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #202 on: September 07, 2017, 10:10:55 am »
I've never played any of the original Ratchet and Clank games before the PS4 one and you'll be fine.  I understand it's sort of a reboot and expansion of the first one.  It has the best graphics I've ever seen - there are several times you'll think you're watching a Pixar movie.

Fry's keeps putting it on sale for $10.  Amazon and GameStop have had it that cheap before, too.  That and Mad Max have probably been the biggest $10 surprises I've had this generation.




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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #203 on: September 07, 2017, 12:23:03 pm »
Nice! I will have to keep my eyes peeled for a copy on sale. Thankfully I'm not in a big hurry as I've got some other stuff I am working on at the moment. But it would be nice to have it on hand when I'm ready to break in the new system.  :)

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #204 on: September 07, 2017, 03:58:38 pm »
Gamestop doing 16% off used games with code CAG16.  Stacks with free shipping code.... wait for it..... FREESHIPPING. 

Snagged Uncharted 4 for $13 survey bucks.

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #205 on: September 07, 2017, 04:23:19 pm »
Gamestop doing 16% off used games with code CAG16.  Stacks with free shipping code.... wait for it..... FREESHIPPING. 

Snagged Uncharted 4 for $13 survey bucks.

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Does that include used consoles? Howard, jump on that dreamcast

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #206 on: September 07, 2017, 05:16:52 pm »
Eh I ended up buying a steam link.  Realizing that getting lightguns to work on individual consoles is going to be a colossal pain in the butt and I really don't want to put a beast of a pc in the living room it seemed to make sense.  The dolphin bar is detected by the steam link, so maybe I'll work on getting that going again. 

Steam link was 15 bucks.... still had a gamestop giftcard, so that knocked it down to 5.  Even if it's a failed product, I think I did pretty good for something that originally retailed for 100 bucks. 

I hooked it up and with some fidgeting you can get emulators and any pc app to run within it.  The only caveat is that it freaks out when security prompts pop up.  So I'll have to launch everything from within a FE or write a little script to press ok for me.   

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #207 on: September 07, 2017, 05:24:07 pm »
Doesn't work on consoles, but you got my pulse going for a minute.   :lol

Anyway, figure I'll have to blow my remaining $11 on something or another quick while these promos are good.... or hold out until they do a new game for $9.99 again....

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #208 on: September 12, 2017, 05:36:12 pm »
Star Wars Battlefront digital down to $5.09 and the season pass is free....  A bunch of expansions are free....

They finally released enough single player content that I'll get a few hours out of it.

I'm gonna snag it with my free Gamestop bucks - $6.33 shipped.... codes CAG16 and FREESHIPPING

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #209 on: September 12, 2017, 10:35:17 pm »
Not bad.  I wonder if amazon will price match....

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #210 on: September 12, 2017, 11:28:45 pm »
I submitted the lower digital price for ps4 to Amazon.  That frequently seems to work.  Then I remembered my GameStop card and went physical.




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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #211 on: September 13, 2017, 11:53:14 am »
Went ahead and ordered one of these....

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D0L5BH8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&psc=1

Getting tired of deleting games off my 750GB internal drive.  I paid about $32 for that a couple years ago, so $60 for 2TB isn't bad.

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #212 on: September 13, 2017, 12:10:46 pm »
Yeah that's not bad.  I seriously need to upgrade my hdds.... largest one is 500gb, but I think I'm saving amazon cards for a pro action replay on the Saturn and a set of scart cables. 

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #213 on: September 16, 2017, 03:36:36 am »
Disc I got from GameStop was beat to hell and crashes constantly.  It's actually missing chunks on the rim.


Sigh.


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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #214 on: September 16, 2017, 11:52:40 am »
Disc I got from GameStop was beat to hell and crashes constantly.  It's actually missing chunks on the rim.


Sigh.

I gave up on buying discs at gamestop long ago.  I think half of their stock is crap meth heads got out of their dumpster in the back to sell back to them. 

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #215 on: September 16, 2017, 10:57:52 pm »
Walked in, got minty replacement, walked out.  2 minutes tops.

I've bought a lot of used PS4 games, that was my first problematic one.

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #216 on: September 17, 2017, 12:32:31 am »
I thought you meant by mail.  That's a lost cause. 

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #217 on: September 17, 2017, 09:57:09 am »
Yes, I ordered it online and exchanged in the store.


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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #218 on: September 20, 2017, 04:31:07 pm »
Gamestop doing 16% off used games with code CAG16.  Stacks with free shipping code.... wait for it..... FREESHIPPING. 

Snagged Uncharted 4 for $13 survey bucks.

And today they've dropped the price to $9.99.   :timebomb:

I've already e-mailed them asking if I can get a credit for the difference... what the hell...


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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #219 on: November 03, 2017, 10:28:33 am »
EDIT: NO MORE CODES.  Good luck to the rest of you.


Coke is giving a $5 Amazon gift card if you redeem 10 codes from any of their products.  Limit 2 per account.

I've got a spreadsheet with ~300 codes on it.


If you have a My Coke Rewards account (10 seconds to set up) and shoot me a PM, I'll send you 20 codes and you send me one of the two cards in return.

Go go go go go.


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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #220 on: November 03, 2017, 11:07:53 am »
That was easy money. Thanks PBJ.

The gift card is applied to my Amazon account.

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #221 on: November 03, 2017, 11:24:54 am »
$80 and counting.... c'mon.... c'mon....




$165... still going....

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #222 on: November 03, 2017, 12:54:57 pm »
Damn.  Nice!   :applaud:

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #223 on: November 03, 2017, 01:10:53 pm »
Final count - $205. 

 :droid :gobama :droid

:woot :woot :woot


Coke will probably ban my IP for life.

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #224 on: November 03, 2017, 08:15:40 pm »
Dang... Mom gave up Coke and I don't drink it at all for health reasons. 

Isn't power aid a coke product?  I think I've got some of those lying around. 

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #225 on: November 03, 2017, 08:51:41 pm »
Dang... Mom gave up Coke and I don't drink it at all for health reasons. 

Isn't power aid a coke product?  I think I've got some of those lying around.
Yes it is

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #226 on: November 03, 2017, 08:55:10 pm »
EDIT: NO MORE CODES.  Good luck to the rest of you.


Coke is giving a $5 Amazon gift card if you redeem 10 codes from any of their products.  Limit 2 per account.

I've got a spreadsheet with ~300 codes on it.


If you have a My Coke Rewards account (10 seconds to set up) and shoot me a PM, I'll send you 20 codes and you send me one of the two cards in return.

Go go go go go.


 :cheers:
When does it end?

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #227 on: November 03, 2017, 11:20:20 pm »
Mid December or until supplies run out.  Go go go.

I was actually kind of surprised - I checked several recycle bins and came up dry.  People have obviously cut down their soda consumption.  When I was in Vancouver I felt like everyone there only drank coffee or room temperature water.  I finally got my hands on a Diet Coke.....served warm.  Damnedest thing.

I felt like an idiot compiling that spreadsheet after they pulled the plug....  Vindication is mine.

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #228 on: November 04, 2017, 01:02:46 am »
Here's the thing... I just threw out three buckets of caps after the rewards program ended.  I didn't think I'd ever need them again.  So I'd probably had 200 bucks worth of them as well. 

My Doctor suggested cutting out all pop just to see if it'd help my headaches and hypertension and to my surprise, after a few months of only water, it did!  Not only that, but my metabolism stabilized and I've been slowly but steadily losing weight ever since.  I had to go cold turkey to quit pop, but now I might drink one a week or something if I happen to be eating out... just no more Mountain Dew... it's the devil's drink and after one sip of that sweet, sweet nectar I'd be hooked again.

I think there might be a few stray caps around here somewhere... it'd probably be good for a few bucks. 

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #229 on: November 05, 2017, 02:34:06 pm »
Looked in couch, in drawers, over at grandma's ect..... I've found around 50 to 60 of these caps lying around and she still drinks the stuff, so I'll get a little out of the promotion anyway. 

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #230 on: November 05, 2017, 03:05:51 pm »
Text the word Joy to 2653.  5 caps = $5

The Coca-Cola Company: Go to http://CokeURL.com/pjtl6 to link your mobile number and enter. Reply STOP to cancel. Msg&data rates may apply.

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #231 on: November 05, 2017, 08:29:05 pm »
Finally got around to this... Frames were lifted from the same tool pile that yielded that Fluke Multimeter.

Posters were freebies from the Houston arcade show....

Was even able to reuse one matte.

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #232 on: November 06, 2017, 07:38:02 pm »
Nice posters. 


I couldn't get the 20oz deal to work.... must some limitations or something.  I figured what the hell, so I'm dusting off my ancient email accounts and using every one..... one of these guys is a Hotmail address. ;)  25 dollars in amazon so far and counting. 

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« Reply #233 on: November 07, 2017, 09:46:52 am »
I think you have to text JOY and HOLIDAY to 2653 and you'll get a custom URL associated with your cell phone.  Those aren't instant redemptions but at $1/cap I can wait a few weeks for a card in the mail.


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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #234 on: November 07, 2017, 01:02:48 pm »
And my free cell phone has been ordered.

Thanks, Coke!

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Re: 2017 Free Crap Thread
« Reply #235 on: November 08, 2017, 02:15:01 pm »


$290 and counting.

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« Reply #236 on: November 08, 2017, 02:22:43 pm »


$290 and counting.

 :lol

How many email addresses did you create man?

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« Reply #237 on: November 08, 2017, 02:25:34 pm »
PBJ....have you ever considered starring in your own reality TV show?
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« Reply #238 on: November 08, 2017, 02:34:00 pm »
PBJ....have you ever considered starring in your own reality TV show?

Several people have asked me that....  :lol  I'd find it more interesting than a few of them I've seen.


It's almost obscene the amount of stuff I've gotten from Coke over the years.  Silver belt buckles, basketball tickets, amusement park tickets, shirts, oven mitts, Yeti cup, dozens of 12 packs of soda, $1,200 of Outback Steakhouse gift cards.... 

I catered a New Year's Party with those and traded the remainder for $500 in Itunes codes.... 

Like it's to the point that I think I might actually be dead even with them on what I've spent vs what I've gotten back in the past few years.


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« Reply #239 on: November 09, 2017, 09:46:46 am »
Horizon Zero Dawn is $20 at Amazon.  $1 no rush shipping digital credit, too.

Thanks again, Coca-Cola company.

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