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Raw Deal Capcom Pre-Paid Credit Card Policy Changed

When Capcom announced its pre-paid Visa debit card, folks got excited. Then they saw that the card carried exorbitant fees and got angry. CheapAssGamer’s goomba478 did what most would. He started complaining.


October 21, 2007
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Congratulations, Cheapy D and Mrs. Cheapy!

Cheapy D, my friend and owner/operator of the awesome CheapAssGamer is now a father. I got to spend some time hanging out with Cheapy and his lovely wife while I was at TGS. They even put me up for a few nights, took me to some amazing restaurants I wouldn’t have been to otherwise and were extremely gracious hosts. They are a wonderful couple and I am thrilled to congratulate them officially, if not somewhat impersonally here on Kotaku. I’m sure I speak for the entire staff when I say congratulations Cheapy, Mrs. Cheapy and welcome to little baby Cheapy!


September 6, 2007
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Japan’s Eternal Sonata Core Bundle Unboxed

Best part of Japan’s Eternal Sonata Xbox 360 bundle? It has an Eternal Sonata alarm clock. But! The alarm clock has no batteries. So spend a couple hundred bucks, but don’t get free batteries for your free alarm clock. That’s kinda odd, wouldn’t you say?


August 23, 2007
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Cheap Ass Gamer Responds To Circuit City Subpoena

As we mentioned previously, electronics retail giant Circuit City subpoenaed video game shopping community CheapAssGamer.com. Circuit City is demanding that CAG turn over information about registered member Speedy1961, who has been posting CC ads on the site before they are released. Today, CAG Productions CEO CheapyD (aka”David Abrams”) has posted Circuit City’s complaint, which is the basis for its subpoena. CAG has responded: CheapyD has filed an objection to this action — a “Motion to Quash” the subpoena based on procedural errors made by CC’s legal eagles, such as failing to include certain documents. What’s more, it seems that CAG Productions, a New York Limited Liability Corporation, is out of the Virginia court’s jurisdiction, where the suit was filed. Circuit City needs a commission to a New York court.


August 10, 2007
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Circuit City Subpoenas CheapAssGamer

Electronics retailer Circuit City has served CAG Productions with a subpoena. CAG Productions is responsible for popular video game shopping community CheapAssGamer.com, which has 100,000 registered members. The retail giant wants CAG to turn over all personal information about registered forum member Speedy1961, who has been posting weekly CC ads prior to their release on the site. Speedy has also posted them on DVDtalk.com, and that site appears to have received legal action as well. The subpoena mentions one CheapAssGamer thread in particular, which prior to E3 revealed that the PS3 would get a price drop as well as pricing for games at Circuit City as well as game prices at Target and Best Buy. In that subpoena mentioned thread, here’s what Speedy wrote:


August 9, 2007
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Red Ring, Towels and One Busted Robo-Cop Gun

Sure, I’ve heard of the “towel trick” used to revive Xbox 360s sporting the Red Ring of Death, but I’ve never actually seen it. Well, now I have! CheapyD from CheapAssGamer provides a step-by-step walk through so you can squeeze a few more minutes days out of your croaked 360 before it craps out again. For those who have already seen or done this, there’s a Robo-Cop gun to keep you entertained. It even breaks. The irony!