metalhawk said:Just got my ads for next week,...Toys R Us (and presumably, Amazon) is having the Buy 2 get 1 free sale again on *all* Game Cube, XBOX and PS2 titles. Starts Sunday 10/23

Also, BOGO Barbie Fashion Dolls and 5 packs of matchbox and hot wheels.

Might be even hotter with coupon

Excludes diapers, formula, video games and “R”US Gift Cards. Can be used in conjunction with a manufacturer coupon.
Video Games

Are any of the xbox 360 games out yet? I know the system doesn't come out till the end of Nov. but I hear the playable kiosks are starting to show up in some stores.

it is just gc, ps2, xbox. no handheld

From past experience, it usually starts working online the day before, even when the codes aren't posted online. Does the ad have a coupon sku?

The games I looked at currently have free shipping, hopefully that doesn't change. GTA will be out this week too.

Up until last year, it worked on preorders too, but no go with preorders last year. We'll see.

Could this be pricematched to Best Buy and paid for with BB bucks??

Doesn't appear to be available online yet, which is too bad, and there is no code in the ad. BTW I checked Mario Baseball and it brought up GameStop as the default version, which was a pain, since they were the same price.

Question: in general can you pre-order stuff with the code online (my son wants games that are not available yet, but they are online)? I know you can't in-store, although my past experience has been that if you get a gift receipt and make sure that you have them scan a game you want to keep last (so it shows up on the receipt as free), you can go back and return it and get another game within the return period.

billrubin said:Doesn't appear to be available online yet, which is too bad, and there is no code in the ad. BTW I checked Mario Baseball and it brought up GameStop as the default version, which was a pain, since they were the same price.

Question: in general can you pre-order stuff with the code online (my son wants games that are not available yet, but they are online)? I know you can't in-store, although my past experience has been that if you get a gift receipt and make sure that you have them scan a game you want to keep last (so it shows up on the receipt as free), you can go back and return it and get another game within the return period.

Bilirubin:

Yes, I have use the B2G1 at Rus/Amazon to get a preorder and 2 that were in-stock of Leapseter games, and they all shipped when the preorder came in stock, so I would presume that would work for the Video Games too.

Others: Yes, the coupon doesn't work for video games, it was late and I was pretty tired and neglected to check and write that, updating OP

I will scan the ad, and/or other ads if people want, I didn't see much else exciting however...but I often miss stuff. Someone else would have to host.

gizmo said:See 5 posts up Sometimes I've used them as future exchanges too. You can also exchange without a receipt (if they give you a hassle about the free game) but you pay sales tax again.
Well, if there is no free shipping, I may as well just buy them in-store since I can get 5% back with my TRU credit card, plus my son has a $5 gift card to use. I think TRU is pretty picky about returns w/o a receipt these days... but YMMV. In any event, the trick is just to get the one you are definitely keeping scanned last so it's the free one. And to make sure to ask for gift receipts.

It's going to be a one week sale. I seem to recall that they run it a second time before Xmas, but I'm not positive.