The "I got a cog tag from one of the retail stores" thread

[onemeanlincoln]

lets use this thread to keep track of anyone that is lucky enough to get one of the retail store cog tags. the promo starts today so get out there and start bothering those retail people!!!!!

if you do get one let us know which store, best buy, circuit city, or gamestop. also let us know what the button the person was wearing looked like.

[xboxcrazy33]

I will be heading to all three stores as soon as they open at 10 A.M. With only one Best Buy, one Circuit City, and two Gamestops here in Fort Collins, CO, I feel like I have a decent chance.

[crazyflo188]

i cant check the site. Are there any stores participating in NYC?

[Toddster420]

nope, sorry bud.

[Toddster420]

meanlincon, which store are you going to check so i know and i dont go there also.
im gonna check the best buy and circut city just south of oakland park this afternoon when i get off work. i gotta head up that way, so i figure id look

[onemeanlincoln]

i live over by sawgrass mills so i will try to hit up all 4 gamestops near there as well as the best buy and circuit city there. sadly i wont be able to go till after work today and i have to try to fit those trips in while doing other things.

[Toddster420]

yea im with you on that buddy. good luck with the rush hour traffic. i still dont know why they call it rush hour when nobody is able to go fast for like 3 hours it should just be idle four hours.

[Toddster420]

im gonna map out all the gamestops and best buys and circut citys and try and figure which ones i can make it to

[onemeanlincoln]

miami is the worst for traffic, there is just traffic there 24 hours a day for no reason what so ever!! of course i work in miami so i have to drive north to get home

[Toddster420]

check your PM, starting to get off topic.

[onemeanlincoln]

well its 11am here on the east coast which means its 10am central i am curious to see if th retail ones come in a box like the ones that were mailed etc or if they come without a box like the ones placed out in the wild.

[Toddster420]

im guessing they come in a box, it would be kinda hard to hide one in the wild when its in a box.

[onemeanlincoln]

the main reason i want to know is because the ones that come in the box dont have the actual metal tag attached where as the ones in the wild do. i dig it with the metal tag attached!


i have friends wife out on the hunt right now. she is going to hit up at least one of each of the three stores!

[Toddster420]

i think the metal tag had the CSID on it thats why.

[Windowlicker77]

i think the metal tag had the CSID on it thats why.

No the CSID is printed on the side of the cog itself, the dog tag just had "if found visit gears of war.com etc"

[Toddster420]

i did not know that, thanks.

[Black Gorrilla]

well... im in miami as well... i will be hitting up best buys on us1 @ dadeland station, us1 @ 190ish st and Kendall Dr. and 124ish.
and all gamestops along the way (only like 20 or so)
i filled my tank (68 bux) so im set for about 350 miles of driving.

[Toddster420]

well... im in miami as well... i will be hitting up best buys on us1 @ dadeland station, us1 @ 190ish st and Kendall Dr. and 124ish.
and all gamestops along the way (only like 20 or so)
i filled my tank (68 bux) so im set for about 350 miles of driving.

make sure you talk to a manager

[Raymax]

ok.. heres my thought on this.. Maybe they havent even sent out the tags to the stores, they might be sent in some warehouse, or inside some semi's trailer????

[xSASQUACH]

ok.. heres my thought on this.. Maybe they havent even sent out the tags to the stores, they might be sent in some warehouse, or inside some semi's trailer????

thatd make sense, but the promotion started yesterday. :/

[Toddster420]

yea so the package could have come late afternoon. they could have gotten it but who knows (besides them). a guy at the gamestop next to my office said they are getting delviery today with the GHB tokens he doesnt know if there will be a COG in it. im guessing that a Rep. goes to the store and talks directly to them.

[onemeanlincoln]

yeah i am pretty sure this promo will be hand delivered to the stores by a microsoft rep.

[Simburgur]

So, is this US only? or are there some stores in the UK that are participating?

[Raymax]

my official report for today... 14 stores and no luck, even different times of the day, and after all delivery people could have delivered

[Crossphyre]

Check eBay. I bet all the little turds working at these stores are hording them and selling them. I doubt this promo goes the way Epic and Microsoft intended.

[nismojoe]

Check eBay. I bet all the little turds working at these stores are hording them and selling them. I doubt this promo goes the way Epic and Microsoft intended.

Exactly...

[SergeantMajorFury]

So, is this US only? or are there some stores in the UK that are participating?

I asked Six this a few days ago, he said he wouldn't know about any UK promotions, only North American ones. He did kinda agree it was a bit unfair though.

[jjag20]

i got some tags at gamestop

[NDrew2]

i got some tags at gamestop

Really? How? Where? Post pics?

[Black Gorrilla]

Really? How? Where? Post pics?

probly the little ones on a chain....

[Black Gorrilla]

yeah i am pretty sure this promo will be hand delivered to the stores by a microsoft rep.

then that means that the gamestops in south kendall probly wont get any in.

[kingkrazy]

I'll be heading to a gamestop in Brooklyn just a few blocks away from me. Wish me luck.

[buddygz]

im going to call my gamestop tommorow
ill pick it up tommorow if they have one too
in your faces!

[xCOG_4_LIFEx]

its really gay.you cant trust the people at the game stores in houston tx around my house.they usually take all the stuff they are supossed 2 give out.i know cause i know people who work there and the managers take em....

[xCOG_4_LIFEx]

its gay.i live in the second biggest state with like the third biggest population.and theres nothing here in TEXAS!!! you cant trust people at stores.how easy is it for one of the workers to call there friend and tell them to come up ther and get it?!?!?! think epic i mean really think about it!!! do you know HOW BAD ME AND MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE WANT ONE OF THOSE FREAKING AWESOME COG TAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU COULD FIND A BETTER WAY.... im dissapointed in u epic...

[jjag20]

Really? How? Where? Post pics?

u want pics better yet ill give you a video but i dont think they are the cog tags your talking about they are tage that came in a package that says HOPE RUNS DEEP 1-7-08

[xCOG_4_LIFEx]

i mean just look how many are on ebay that are still in the package!!! and i dont mean the box with the gears logo. i mean the ****ing bubble rap...

[jjag20]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gears-of-War-2-p...d=p3286.c0.m14 heres what mine look like (this is not my ebay listing)ill never sell mine

[jjag20]

bubble wrap huh weird i know about the big steel ones me and my dad search for them when we go downtown stl all the time

[Raymax]

well, Im gonna go try later this morning. At least gas isnt too expensive right now, but it just sucks walking into the same stores over, and over. Asking and looking for a gears pin or button. Either they did a really good job of lying or they just dont have any idea whats going on with this give away. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!