Swindled a K-Mart Employee

**cooliscool** · February 16th, 2004

I was at K-mart earlier since I had gotten some Valentine's money to blow, and I saw a HUGE pile of the latest Zelda promotional disc (OoT, MM, Zelda 1, Zelda 2, 20 Min. Wind Waker Kiosk, Zelda Retrospective, WW video), so I asked the clerk how much could I buy one for. She said that since it said "not for resale" on the box, she'd give me one for free! I was so happy, I got 4 free games! Zelda, nonetheless!

(the Zelda Anthem sounds so good on my Cheapo Receiver & Kenwood 4.1 speakers). :guitar:

To show off my new babies:

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cutie · February 16th, 2004

Hi all. cooliscool I would that you are quite fortunate to have got such a nice bargin. But I would not call it swindling really. To swindle someone means that you stole from them or that you cheated them in some way. Since you neither cheated nor stole the disk and in fact even offered to buy the disk, I would say that nothing was done wrong. You offered to buy it the employee said no and then gave it to you free. No swindling at all. Just being in the right place at the right time. Congratulations.

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**hushypushy** · February 16th, 2004

heh, nice swindling, especially since you can get this for free if you send them 4 UPC labels of GC games

but it's still quite awesome anyway

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**cooliscool** · February 17th, 2004

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Originally Posted by cutie

Hi all. cooliscool I would that you are quite fortunate to have got such a nice bargin. But I would not call it swindling really. To swindle someone means that you stole from them or that you cheated them in some way. Since you neither cheated nor stole the disk and in fact even offered to buy the disk, I would say that nothing was done wrong. You offered to buy it the employee said no and then gave it to you free. No swindling at all. Just being in the right place at the right time. Congratulations.

cutie

Heh, you're right. It's just that "swindle" and "k-mart" sound so good together, ya know?

hushy: I don't have 4 GC games.. I got 6 stolen a while back and I still haven't recovered.

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zukeft · February 17th, 2004

I don't see how that's swindling... I mean, she swindled herself, not you swindled her. Anyway, it's pretty sweet nevertheless.

N1ghtw0lf · February 17th, 2004

enough with the swindelling conversation...nice job Cooliscool...i have a bonus disk but i dont ever seeing that retrospective thingie...

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Rhombus · February 17th, 2004

I don't think you get the bonus with any 4 GC games... I think only with certain ones. I got mine included with my GameCube over this holiday season (is that promotion still going on?).

I was pretty disappointed by the "retrospective". I thought maybe they'd have information or interviews or at least show stories or something about the Zelda games. Nope. All the retrospective shows is like 30 seconds of gameplay from each of the Zelda games. I was also surprised (and puzzled) by the fact that they didn't put Link to the Past on the disc. Oh well, a cool bonus nonetheless

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madmonkeyboy · February 17th, 2004

if nintendo put zelda ALTTP on this disc they could be doing themselves out of sales, as it is a current GBA title.

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**hushypushy** · February 17th, 2004

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hushy: I don't have 4 GC games.. I got 6 stolen a while back and I still haven't recovered.

im sorry, that really sucks....

well, you can always do what one of my friends did: went to blockbuster, rented a couple games, and took the UPC's out of those manuals

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bishopx · February 17th, 2004

k-mart rawks

**hushypushy** · February 17th, 2004

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k-mart rawks

uh...ok? that's just plain spam, that doesnt help anybody out...come on

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**Chrono Archangel** · February 18th, 2004

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Originally Posted by Rhombus

I don't think you get the bonus with any 4 GC games... I think only with certain ones. I got mine included with my GameCube over this holiday season (is that promotion still going on?).

You only need to register three things to receive the Zelda Colelctors Disk. Well at least thats what they and thats what I did. You just need to create an account at MyNintendo and register your GameCube (with the serial number under) with 2 games. You can only register a few games like Mario KArt, 1080 Snowboarding, Mario & Luigi ...and 2 other games IIRC

Aniway, have fun cooliscool! Im enjoying this disk alot

(Zelda II is so fun

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Valcrist · February 18th, 2004

I work at k-mart and they wouldn't even let me have one, they said they were to be given out with the next batch of gamecubes, even though they didn't have the "comes with zelda bonous disk" on then.....I hate working there....

madmonkeyboy · February 18th, 2004

i have registered a gamecube, a GBA-SP & Zelda WW, and i'm not even half way to enough points for the Zelda collecters edition

1,000 for GC, 500 for GBA-SP, 250 per game (Zelda WW), 200 for joining, and 5 per day for visiting the site, Zelda WW is 4,500 stars and they are sold out! (i have 1,960 stars so far, but i would get 250 for each new member who joins through me) i think i have an idea for a new sig!

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**Chrono Archangel** · February 18th, 2004

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Originally Posted by madmonkeyboy

i have registered a gamecube, a GBA-SP & Zelda WW, and i'm not even half way to enough points for the Zelda collecters edition

1,000 for GC, 500 for GBA-SP, 250 per game (Zelda WW), 200 for joining, and 5 per day for visiting the site, Zelda WW is 4,500 stars and they are sold out! (i have 1,960 stars so far, but i would get 250 for each new member who joins through me) i think i have an idea for a new sig!

but the Zelda Colelctors disk doesnt work with points or anything...you need specific games registered to get it. When you buy Mario Kart for exemple, where the little booklet is, there is a code especially put there for that. If you know someone that works at a video location store, then you could ask him for those codes

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madmonkeyboy · February 18th, 2004

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but the Zelda Colelctors disk doesnt work with points or anything...you need specific games registered to get it. When you buy Mario Kart for exemple, where the little booklet is, there is a code especially put there for that. If you know someone that works at a video location store, then you could ask him for those codes

i wish i did know someone who works at a games store, but i don't, nintendo have it listed at their site at 4,500 stars, and i have less than 2,000, as 3 Zelda games reside in my top 5 games of all time, i would love to have this disc! but i don't know which games to register to get this disc for free.

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halthewalker · February 24th, 2004

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hushy: I don't have 4 GC games.. I got 6 stolen a while back and I still haven't recovered.

I feel your pain. I had my GBA and 17 games robbed last summer. I've managed to get that back up to a GBA & 3 games but can't seem to throw my all into it anymore. My spirit was stolen too, I guess...

Valcrist · February 24th, 2004

The most I've ever had stolen was One DC game : Grandia II, One Nes Game, Original FF

, and Soul Reaver II for PS2

**Kane** · February 24th, 2004

I got my first N64 and PSX stolen way back when. Each had around 15 games.

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Quatro · February 24th, 2004

lucky you cooliscool... wish I could do that here

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February 16th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
cutie A new look Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Antelope, California USA Posts: 97	Hi all. cooliscool I would that you are quite fortunate to have got such a nice bargin. But I would not call it swindling really. To swindle someone means that you stole from them or that you cheated them in some way. Since you neither cheated nor stole the disk and in fact even offered to buy the disk, I would say that nothing was done wrong. You offered to buy it the employee said no and then gave it to you free. No swindling at all. Just being in the right place at the right time. Congratulations. cutie __________________ I am gone (the picture of me) for now.

February 16th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	heh, nice swindling, especially since you can get this for free if you send them 4 UPC labels of GC games but it's still quite awesome anyway __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

February 17th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
zukeft Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 1,157	I don't see how that's swindling... I mean, she swindled herself, not you swindled her. Anyway, it's pretty sweet nevertheless.

February 17th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
N1ghtw0lf Crasher of Castles Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 6,970	enough with the swindelling conversation...nice job Cooliscool...i have a bonus disk but i dont ever seeing that retrospective thingie... __________________

February 17th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
Rhombus The Moogle Assassin Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 2,081	I don't think you get the bonus with any 4 GC games... I think only with certain ones. I got mine included with my GameCube over this holiday season (is that promotion still going on?). I was pretty disappointed by the "retrospective". I thought maybe they'd have information or interviews or at least show stories or something about the Zelda games. Nope. All the retrospective shows is like 30 seconds of gameplay from each of the Zelda games. I was also surprised (and puzzled) by the fact that they didn't put Link to the Past on the disc. Oh well, a cool bonus nonetheless __________________ Processor: Athlon 64 3400+ Mobo: MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R RAM: 1 GB Corsair XMS GFX Card: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Sound Card: SB Audigy 2 ZS HDD1: Seagate 160MB 8MB 7200 HDD2: Seagate 80MB 8MB 7200 Burner: NEC 16x DVDR Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB Gamepad1: PS2 Dual Analog/KiKY X USB Gamepad2: Gravis GamePad Pro OS: Windows XP Pro sp2 *Tempus fugit et nos fugimus in illus.* *Fiat justitia; ruat coelum.*

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madmonkeyboy Old Gitt!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ipswich, England Posts: 338	if nintendo put zelda ALTTP on this disc they could be doing themselves out of sales, as it is a current GBA title. __________________ sig removed, please refer to the new sig regulations next time

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bishopx Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: usa Posts: 5	k-mart rawks

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Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	I work at k-mart and they wouldn't even let me have one, they said they were to be given out with the next batch of gamecubes, even though they didn't have the "comes with zelda bonous disk" on then.....I hate working there.... __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

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madmonkeyboy Old Gitt!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ipswich, England Posts: 338	i have registered a gamecube, a GBA-SP & Zelda WW, and i'm not even half way to enough points for the Zelda collecters edition 1,000 for GC, 500 for GBA-SP, 250 per game (Zelda WW), 200 for joining, and 5 per day for visiting the site, Zelda WW is 4,500 stars and they are sold out! (i have 1,960 stars so far, but i would get 250 for each new member who joins through me) i think i have an idea for a new sig! __________________ sig removed, please refer to the new sig regulations next time

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Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	The most I've ever had stolen was One DC game : Grandia II, One Nes Game, Original FF , and Soul Reaver II for PS2 __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	I got my first N64 and PSX stolen way back when. Each had around 15 games. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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Quatro c3rTifiEd V@mpIr3 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Laguna Posts: 8,292	lucky you cooliscool... wish I could do that here __________________ BE ONE OF US I JOIN THE WOLF CLAN - when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...