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John Salerno wrote:
> snorkdoggle wrote:
>> Okay, here's the skinny...
>>
>> The trainer's guide really only has a tear-out map of Kanto, and some
>> very basic poke info. It also has some teaser info, but nothing that
>> we haven't seen on this newsgroup already.
>>
>> $34.99 is the actual MSRP, but this may vary slightly with your
>> location's cost of living. The wireless adapter *does* come free
>> with it, and the Trainer's guide *is* a free giveaway for reserving a
>> copy of the game. Don't pay extra for the TG, spend that money on a
>> strategy guide instead (available now), for the huge pokedex inside.
>> (Side note...Mew, Celebi and Lugia not available in the US...what's
>> THAT about?!?)
>>
>> And....as for reserving the game, c'mon now. John, you've been
>> dealing with Nintendo products long enough to know that they are
>> going to be stingy with how many copies are going to be available. I
>> work in the video game industry, and we received an e-mail two days
>> ago stating the tight allocation of this game. Go, reserve the game
>> at Gamestop. Then you know you have one. Then go try to get it
>> wherever you have the coupon...if you get it, great, go get your
>> $5.00 back. If it's not at Best Buy, you at least have one waiting
>> for you at GameStop. Then you can get 20% off the strat guide for
>> buying it at the same time as the game.
>>
>>
>> "John Salerno" <johnjsal@NOSPAMrcn.com> wrote in message
>> news:41361d5c$0$19720$61fed72c@news.rcn.com...
>>>
>>> "DeepThought" <deep.42.thought@gmailEARTH.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uDmZc.980$rL5.407@trndny09...
>>>> In-store USA, many places are giving away the pocket guide as a
>>>> ($5) pre-order bonus; I guess Amazon is selling it as a set.
>>>>
>>>> Gamestop.com (possibly different from in-store) is selling FR/LG
>>>> with "bonus" guide for $34.99, which IIRC was what release Ruby
>>>> cost. I'd expect
>>>> anywhere from $30 to $34.
>>>
>>> Ah. I thought I read somewhere that the reason the MSRP is $39.99 is
>>> because of the adapter. Well, that's great if it's being sold for
>>> $29.99. I'm going to go to Gamestop and ask if I can buy a trainer's
>>> guide, but I don't want to preorder it because I have a 10% coupon
>>> for Best Buy.
>
> wouldn't it be too late to reserve now anyway? and yeah, i definitely
> plan to get the strategy guide, so the 20% discount won't be much
> less than the 10% on the game, but does that discount count for any
> guide, or just nintendo's?
no, not too late, and you've convinced me...i'm going to reserve it
tomorrow...the discount on the guide will be almost as much, or more if the
guide is $19.99, as the best buy coupon...i can always use the coupon later
for another game...
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