Thursday, December 11, 2008

Scam Of The Century: Completed

As some of you know, in September I started a scam, called "The Scam Of The Century". It took about three months, and included a number of stores, including FYE, Moviestop, Gamestop, and Amazon.com.

What I did was use sales/trade-in opportunities in conjunction with eachother, and without going through every step that I did, I will say this:
Gamestop had a big sale, 75% off, plus my 10% off card, which brought all their DVDs to a price of 85% off.
Of course, their DVD section was incredibly small and many people were buying (as this sale was very crazy).
I used this in conjunction with many other sales/deals and, after three months, I will now tell you what I have gained from this scam, and finally, how much I spent on the entire thing.

What I Now Have:
- 2 two-disc special edition DVD pre-orders (Pineapple Express, Step Brothers)
- 1 two-disc special edition blu-ray pre-order (Dark Knight)
- 1 two-disc blu-ray (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
- 15 DVD seasons
- 152 DVDs
- And on top of all that, I have $400 more in credit at FYE and Moviestop ($179/FYE and $221/Moviestop)

Click here for complete list of all 15 seasons

30 Days Season 1
American Dad Vol 1
Chappelle's Show Season 2 (donated to the B Lau missing-disc fund)
Ellen Show Series
Family Guy Vol 1
Family Guy Vol 2
Family Guy Vol 3
Family Guy Vol 4
Family Guy Vol 5
Family Guy Vol 6
Family Guy Collectible Stewie Head (holds all seasons and DVDs)
Friends Season 2
Jamie Kennedy's Blowin Up
King Of The Hill Season 5
King Of Queens Season 9
Wildboyz Season 3 + 4

Click here for complete list of all 152 DVDs

(All DVD's are special/unrated/two-disc edition if available)
28 Days Later
3 Ninjas
50 First Dates
Aladdin
American Pie 2
American Pimp
American Wedding
Amityville Horror
Analyze That
Anchorman
Before Sunset
Benny and Joon
Big Daddy
The Big Easy
The Big Hit
Boondock Saints
Boys Don't Cry
Breach
Can't Hardly Wait
Capote
Care Bears Nutcracker
Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached
The Cell
Charlie And the Chocolate Factory
Child's Play
City By The Sea
City Hall
Club Dread
Corky Romano
Coyote Ugly
Cruel Intentions
Cry Wolf
Dane Cook: Rough Around The Edges
Dane Cook: Vicious Circle
Darkman II
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Dave Chappelle: Killin Em Softly
Dazed and Confused
Departed
Desperado
Dickie Roberts
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
El Mariachi
Elektra
Elf
Entrapment
Erin Brockovich
Ernest Scared Stupid
Exorcism Of Emily Rose
Family Guy: Blue Harvest
Family Guy: Stewie Griffin Untold Story
FMW: Legend Daws
FMW: Ring Of Torture
FMW: Torn To Shreds
FMW: Total Carnage
FMW: War Of Attrition
Forever Hardcore
Freedomland
Frequency
Gangs Of New York
Get Rich Or Die Tryin
Girls Next Door
Gladiator
Good WIll Hunting
Home Alone
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
The Incredibles
Indiana Jones: Kingdom Of The Crystle Skull (Blu-ray)
Indiana Jones: Last Crusade
Indiana Jones: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Indiana Jones: Temple Of Doom
Inside Man
Interview With A Vampire
James and the Giant Peach
Jungle Book
Kill Bill
Kill Bill 2
King Kong
Kiss Of The Dragon
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda: Legend Of The Furious Five
Labyrinth
Lion King
Little Nicky
Malibu's Most Wanted
Mallrats
The Man Who Wasnt There
Matrix
Minority Report
Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible 2
Mr. Deeds
Murder By Numbers
Nacho Libre
Never Die Alone
Nightmare Before Christmas
O Brother Where Art Thou
Ocean's Twelve
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Peter Pan
Pirates Of The Carribean: Curse Of The Black Pearl
Pirates Of The Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
The Pixies: Live In Newport, RI
Planet Terror
Producers
Punch Drunk Love
The Replacements
Reservoir Dogs 15th Anniversary (Gas Canister Tin)
Rudolph The Reindeer
Running Scared
Scary Movie
Scary Movie 2
Schindler's List
Shark Tale
Shaun Of The Dead
Silent Hill
Sin City
Sixth Sense
Slackers
Sleepwalkers
Slums Of Beverly Hills
Smokin Aces
Star Wars Episode I
Star Wars Episode II
Star Wars Episode IV
Star Wars Episode V
Star Wars Episode VI
Stargate
Steve-O Vol 1: Don't Try This At Home
Stigmata
Summer of Sam
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Three Stooges: Four Pack
TNA: Best Of The X-Division Vol 2
Toy Story
Twister
Wedding Singer
The Whole Nine Yards
The Whole Ten Yards
Vanilla Sky
Varsity Blues
V For Vendetta
WWE Best Of Raw
WWE Ladder Match
WWE Road Warriors
X-Men The Last Stand
XPW: Damage Inc.
XPW: Liberty Or Death
You Me And Dupree
Zoolander

Total Spent: $416

So I basically still have (in credit) just as much as I spent in the first place.

Or (if you completely take the credit out of the picture) I spent $2.21 on each DVD, and $4.42 on each season/blu-ray. But then, of course, I DO have $400 more dollars in credit.

Let's give it up for the cheapest man in the world.