What a complete waste of $5.

Wow, nice... I needed a points card, so now it'll be like buying a points card and getting Ridge Racer for $5 more.

Unfortunately it doesn't look like the deal is available for Phantasy Star Universe.

/cry

While I cannot blame Microsoft, or any game company for that matter, selling 'points' or any other virtual wares, I still yearn for the good old days of playing for the sake of playing and not trying to get enough game time in so I could be privileged enough to buy non-physical items.

That being said, that is pretty cheap.

Now we can all afford Lumines Live!

Also if you need to renew your xbox live and your planning on getting gears of war you can get $20 off Plus 200 free points and a free live headset.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat103500050...

Oh, and you also get the billards game for free as well. Not a bad deal at all.

I kinda always wanted that billards game but refused to spend 1200 pnts on it. Free I can handle.

Oh and just choose to pick up the gamer points and live kit at your store to avoid shipping charges.

Any idea if this is just online orders or at the stores too?

It's available in stores, that's direct from the ad, and it says ANY Xbox 360, so I think Phantasy Star fits those conditions...it being a 360 game and all.

Spiltmilk, look closer and you can see that that $20 off coupon expired in, oh, let's say June. I have no idea why theyre still printing those and sticking them on boxes...

I picked up the Gears of War Pre-Order at Best Buy along with the Points card and the deal was valid on it. So I spent $10 and received a 1600 pts card, a GoW t-shirt, and $5 off GoW when it comes out.

looks like the promotion is only for USA Best Buy stores. The Canadian best buy store has nothing on getting 1600 pts for 5 bucks. :(

Raynre, it comes with a $20 rebate coupon that is no good but they do take $20 off your order when you put them in your cart. And you can then put the 1600 points in your cart for $5.

I did it yesterday. For about $100+ stupid tax I got Gears of War preorder, a year of live gold, 1800 points, a free live headset, and bankshot billiards.

Not a bad deal since I only had a month to re-up my live anyhow and I was definately getting Gears.

You can get the points for $5 online as well. Check out http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat10350005... for info. I already got mine :)

Or you can get the same amount for free.

Here

this is NOTHING. Best Buy just finished a deal in canada yesterday... buy Splinter Cell Double Agent for 10bucks less, and get 1 FULL YEAR of XBLX.

thats 59.99cdn and get a 79.99cdn xbl card.

I caved in and bought it last night... but its too late, enjoy you 5dollars for pts card.

just to verify, has anyone tried it w/ a $30 game? I'm thinking of finally getting project gotham racing.... and I'd like some points to go w/ it.

Yesterday I bought the Gears of War pre-order $5 with t shirt and got the points for $5 because the gears pre-order counts as a game in the system.

I already had Gears pre-ordered but $5 for a shirt (XL BTW) and $5 for 1600 points, awesome.

superbagman: It's available in stores, that's direct from the ad, and it says ANY Xbox 360, so I think Phantasy Star fits those conditions...it being a 360 game and all.

Ooh, I thought it was an online-only deal, but it's there in the weekly ad. The reason I said I couldn't get it with PSU is because every time I added it through the online store, it wasn't flaged for the $5.00 deal.

Looks like I'm stopping by Best Buy on the way home tonight.

"just to verify, has anyone tried it w/ a $30 game? I'm thinking of finally getting project gotham racing.... and I'd like some points to go w/ it."

Exactly what I got, worked for me.

sweet, thanks.

Did it yesterday while buying the latest Splinter Cell. Boy, did I have to fight for it, though.

When I brought it up to the counter, it rang up as the regular price. I thought it would happen, so I had the ad ready to give to the clerk. I pointed to the article and told her that it should be $4.99 instead.

She looked at me like I just insulted her mother. Instead of correcting the price, she added a magazine subscription on to my order and kept repeating that the price of the card was $19.99.

Obviously, she didn't know what the hell I was talking about. I had to call up the manager, which is something I absolutely hate when I work retail as well. He came over and told her to let the transaction go through and it would automatically take it off of the final price.

I feel bad for doing that to a fellow retail clerk, but oh well, it happens. The knowledge that I can get eight "Horse Armor" packs now comforted my conscience. By a minuscule amount.