Best Buy Shuts Down One Of The Best Deals In Gaming

@RossRichard: Those were some sweet deals. They nipped that in the bud in '16. LoL

@The_Dragon_Born: Same, that was the only reason I shopped there for games. I work in a video game store and even our new game deals werent nearly as good for employees. I do have a little over a year left at least lol.

@ballashotcaller: This is one of the big problems with the "loss leader" philosophy of retail, where you sell some items at very low prices to get customers into the store so they might buy full-price merchandise: if people only buy the loss leader, you take a bath. I'm guessing Best Buy has the transaction data that show that many/most of Gamers Club members didn't also buy something else at the same time.

@ballashotcaller: I just looked up some games online. My GCU account is still active until Nov 19, but the discount is no longer coming up. Granted, I’m using the iOS BestBuy app, so maybe that has some issues. Are you still able to see your GCU discounts when you look up games online?

@ballashotcaller: it might not be worth it to them. I wouldn't be surprised if they are losing more money than they are making because of the membership (3 new games already saves you more than the membership). I even wonder if publishers are the ones forcing Best Buy to end the program. 20% off every game, including games on sale, is a lot for a 2 year membership that can easily be abused (I've been using my friends membership since he got it years ago).

@Onipaladin: Considering they probably were losing money on each sale - no, they won't be losing money if you stop shopping there entirely.

@ps3gamer1234: Dude it was $30. Thirty bucks. Even a casual gamer would have more than made that up in two years even with a few purchases a year. There was NO EXCUSE to not have it. If you chose to not enroll in the program, that is your fault alone.

@ps3gamer1234: Umm, that makes no sense at all...

@ps3gamer1234: Wait, so you think it was unfair that people who signed up for a paid program received discounts and people who did nothing had to pay full price?

@tnielsen2010: Selling more but making less. Doesn't make financial sense.

@tnielsen2010: Maybe it wasn't cost effective to keep the program running? The "bottom line" seems like the likely reason for them shuttering the program (if it's true).

@ballashotcaller: That's about where I'm at with it too. I have always really liked Best Buy, but for awhile I stopped shopping there because I could get things cheaper on Amazon or pay off pre-orders at GameStop little by little. When I signed up for Gamer's Club it get me in the store again and convinced me to buy movies and other things while there for my games. Dropping this will drive out customers I would think.

@tnielsen2010: i dont think you can stack.

@snugglebear: amazon, the biggest online store in the world, somehow can’t keep their date n day arrival promises. Or it doesnt show in stock. I really hate amazon.

@snugglebear: my bigger gripe about Amazon is the shipping. Im glad I'll still have an option for 20% off once the GamerClub membership ends but I liked the option of store pickup and the guarantee that I'll have the game on launch day. There's been times in the past where I've preorder a game from Amazon and got them a day or two later. Not a big issue in the grand scheme of things but that's one of the main reasons for preordering an item. To get it right when it comes out.

I'll also miss getting an extra 20% off games when they go on sale.

@snugglebear: How do they forget to give the discount? I have never encountered that problem, and the discount is reflected during the checkout process so even if they didn't add it, you could clearly see that before placing the pre-order.

@souththdz: I refuse to ever shop at Gamestop again. After about the 5th time, at a 5th store, of them trying to sell me a used game as new I had enough.