There are several stores that I hit up in Japan for my used game excursions and they all seem to haev their own little deals. Point cards and so on for the most part.
This one store I go to has a little lottery that costs ¥1000 (about $10). You get a capsule and there is a coupon inside. Now, the basic “You lost” coupon is a coupon for up to ¥1500 (about $15) in games. You can’t go over, so unless you pick out some games that total the amount, you’re bound to lose some of that bonus cash.
But if you’re going to buy a couple of cheap old games anyway, it seems like it would be worth shooting for a prize, which can range from a game that’s around ¥2000~¥3000 or a Playstation 3 at the top prize.
So, they make a little less money off of me with the basic coupons, or, almost a little less but I was planning on not spending any money and they got ¥2000 yen off of me and I got a bunch of cheap used games that they probably paid less than that for. Everyone wins, I guess?
