You'll save big money at Menard's!!! (PC, GC, PS2, XBox)

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You'll save big money at Menard's!!! (PC, GC, PS2, XBox)

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He said it, not me!

I was in Menard's tonight (looking for a microwave, imagine that :roll: ), when I spied PC games - a bigger rack than the nearby Gamestop has now.

A good bunch of them were the usual shovelware, but they had a good selection of non-mainstream titles. I remember seeing:

~Echelon: Wind Warriors
~Europa 1400: The Guild (Gold version w/expansion included)
~Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
~Microsoft Money 2003
~One Must Fall: Battlegrounds
~Platoon
~GI Combat
~A bunch I don't remember

Plus a ton of children's software. I'm sure that the selection varies from store to store. All of the PC software was $5.99.

They also had a big selection of Gamecube, XBox, and PS2 games for $14.99 each.

Also, through the 8th, they are passing out coupons at the door for 11% off any purchase (total bill, not just a single item).
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Never heard of the place...and why is Phil Donahue working there under the name of Ray?
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It's kind of a midwest thing. I don't know if they have any here in Illinois, but I've seen a lot of them in Iowa in South Dakota.

Basically Home Depot, with a few extra things.
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Thank you, bhawk. now i can't get that damn jingle out of my head.

hope you're pleased with yourself now!
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Valael wrote:It's kind of a midwest thing. I don't know if they have any here in Illinois, but I've seen a lot of them in Iowa in South Dakota.

Basically Home Depot, with a few extra things.
They're in Illinois. Menard's and Lowe's are the two big hardware stores in Peoria. Never would've thought to find video games there, though. :shock:
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You save big money...you save big money...when you shop Menard's...

That's AWESOME! I finally have an excuse to go there! It always smells like wood shavings.
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Woah! I didn't know Microsoft Money 2003 was a game! Is it good?
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Yeah, they're great to buy from as long as you don't have to drive into the yard to pick up something large like lumber or a toilet. In that case, be prepared to spend all after-damn-noon waiting for someone to help you.

Hell, I once spent nearly an hour in the showroom just trying to find one damn dowel. Finally found someone who helped, and they didn't have my size.
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Batteries are really cheap there too right now.
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So, here's my Menard's Heavy Discount Story:

My roommate from college, let's just call him . . . Brian . . . he grew up with this guy Paul. Paul's father drives freight trains across the country but when he's not busily doing that, he has a farm he lives on/works. Menards, aside from their video-game deals, stocks items such as fertilizer, 2x4's, etc.

Well, one day Paul and his dad go into Menard's and load up one of those hand-held flat-bed things with all manner of goods. I'm talking like a good eighteen inches of stuff just piled high on there.

On top of that he stacks giant, twenty-pound bags of fertilizer. Paul told me he could barely push the flat-bed by himself.

His dad tells him, "you push right up to the counter and then right out the door -- I'll take care of the rest" and Paul, figuring his Dad was about to be made to look like an arse, agrees.

So, Paul's pushing and his Dad -- apparantly there was a seperate cashier in the back, by the fertilizer, or something -- waves off the cashier of the aisle they're going through with a beat up, tattered receipt from some previous visit, jabs a thumb at the back of the store, and keeps on walking.

Boom -- right out the door.

"Dad, that's ridiculous," Paul says.

"Oh, I don't know," his father replies. "That receipt's been working the last two years."

And that is my Menard's Heavy Discount Story.
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2/03 Update: all stock on sale @ $3.99

Was in getting some Sundry House Effects (tm) & per my Menards at least, I noticed all pc games in stock on sale at $3.99. Shelf sticker ways 'till 2/06 (Sunday).

I picked up a couple things: Europa 1400 Gold & MS Encarta 2004 (dvd). Worth a look-see/browse if you're in a Menards anyway.
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Speaker2Animals wrote:2/03 Update: all stock on sale @ $3.99

Was in getting some Sundry House Effects (tm) & per my Menards at least, I noticed all pc games in stock on sale at $3.99. Shelf sticker ways 'till 2/06 (Sunday).

I picked up a couple things: Europa 1400 Gold & MS Encarta 2004 (dvd). Worth a look-see/browse if you're in a Menards anyway.
Thanks, picked up Europa 1400 gold Saturday.
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