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Okay… I have a bit of buyers remorse.

A week or two back I bought Ninja Gaiden 2, and since I saved $10 when I picked it up (Best Buy was slow to get me my on-line order in the store), I also bought Lost Planet: Colonies. I teetered between the two versions, but decided to go with Colonies since it was newer.

Later I find out that the two version are completely different in the way of achievements. I started playing through the single player game and after clearing the first few missions and not getting achievements, I started digging around the inter-web and found that Colonies is more geared toward the on-line portion - to an extent. I have no real desire to play through the game multiple times on different difficulty levels or really jump on-line just to get a few gamer points - I don’t have the time.

So my dilemma is this:

• Do a find someone to do a straight up-and-down-trade - My Colonies for your Extreme Condition?
• Do I post it on Goozex.com (get 700 points for Colonies and then get Extreme Condition for 500)?
• Do I use it to trade in at GameCrazy or GameStop?
• Buck up and deal with it?

Thoughts? Wanna trade?

[UPDATE 06.19.08]

I ended up trading LP:C in at GameCrazy last night and getting my Halo 3 disc buffed (stupid 360 drive - maps wouldn’t load - nice ring around the outer edge). I managed to get an extra 20% on my trade in so I actually ended up with some store credit after the swap. So now I can start earning normal achievements in Lost Planet: Extreme Condition.

I did contemplate going the Goozex route but didn’t want to wait.

Putting out some feelers for a copy of Blue Dragon. I know Target has been reported as sellling it on clearance for $15 but I can’t find a copy within 60mi. So, I’m asking friends, readers that if you have a copy, no longer play it, no longer want it; I’m willing to send you $20 (PayPal, Revolution Money Exchange) to ship me your copy. If you’re feeling generous, my birthday’s coming up on 4/24 - so a gift of Blue Dragon would also be welcome.

You can email me if you want to set something up.

[UPDATE 04.16.08]

I just caught wind of Amazon and Toys-R-Us dropping Blue Dragon down to $19.99, so my theory is that a price drop from Buy.com won’t be too far off and I should be able to nab this for $10 like I did Overlord. Patience is a virtue!

[UPDATED 04.18.08]

Okay, so maybe I don’t have very much patience. I managed to score Blue Dragon for $8 after signing up for the Buy.com credit card and getting an instant $30 off my first order. Not bad. I never have to use the card again and I scored a game for less than I could have ever bought it at - short of having it gifted to me. The kids will be thrilled.