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A player cut their Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-order cost down to about $2 by redeeming Best Buy card rewards earned from an earlier PlayStation 5 Pro purchase, a trick anyone with banked store credit can repeat.<\/p>\n
A player pre-ordered Grand Theft Auto VI<\/a> and paid effectively $2 for it, just the tax, by stacking a Best Buy credit card promotion against the purchase. They had upgraded to a PlayStation 5 Pro earlier, earned card perks and rewards along the way, and applied them to the pre-order. The best part? You can do it too, so long as you’re patient enough to stack multiple rewards.<\/p>\n As shared on Reddit<\/a>, the player didn’t find an exploit, a glitch, or scam anyone. They used a store credit card, in this case Best Buy’s, that earns rewards or promotional credits on purchases like a PS5 Pro console. Those rewards piled up over time, and when GTA 6 pre-orders opened, they cashed that built-up credit against the $80 game, knocking the out-of-pocket cost down to basically the sales tax. So the game was not really $2. It was paid for with rewards they earned by spending money elsewhere first.<\/p>\n The rewards were not free money falling from the sky. They were earned from real spending the player did anyway, then redeemed at the best possible moment.<\/p>\n Tired of GTA rumor recycling in your search results?<\/p>\n Make GTA BOOM your preferred source so Google prioritizes verified GTA coverage in Search, Top Stories, and AI Overviews.<\/p>\n This is a genuine deal, if, as we’ve already mentioned, one that takes patience and time.<\/p>\n Math Behind Pre-ordering GTA 6 for $2ElementThe Reality<\/p>\n Sticker price<\/p>\n $79.99 for the Standard Edition<\/p>\n What they paid<\/p>\n Roughly $2, the tax<\/p>\n The difference<\/p>\n Covered by accumulated Best Buy card rewards<\/p>\n How the rewards accrued<\/p>\n Earned on prior purchases like a PS5 Pro<\/p>\n The catch<\/p>\n You had to spend money earlier to bank the credit<\/p>\n This is how this player paid just $2 for GTA 6 by cashing in Best Buy rewards.<\/p>\n With the next Grand Theft Auto<\/a> costing $80<\/a> (or $100 for the Ultimate Edition<\/a>) and coming without a physical disc<\/a>, many are looking for ways to get it for a lower price because of its resale value, or lack thereof. Deal hunters suggest buying discounted PlayStation and Xbox gift cards at warehouse stores, then using those to pay a reduced price. Others have had success stacking rewards points from programs like Microsoft Rewards<\/a> to cover the cost entirely. Fuel apps, GameStop credit<\/a>, and card cashback all feed into similar ideas of chipping away at the $80 with credit you earned elsewhere.<\/p>\n As for the Best Buy rewards, banking enough to nearly cover a game like GTA 6 means you have to spend a fair amount at Best Buy first. In this case, the player bought a PS5 Pro, a several-hundred-dollar purchase that just got more expensive earlier this year<\/a>. The rewards are a nice byproduct of spending you were going to do, but they are not a strategy for saving money unless you were already buying that stuff. If you go open a store card and start spending just to chase a cheap GTA 6, you will spend far more than $80 getting there.<\/p>\n Reader discussion<\/p>\n Join the conversation.<\/a><\/p>\n Sign in to react, ask questions, and talk it over with other players.<\/p>\n To be fair, none of that takes away from the win. It is a legitimately satisfying result and a decent reminder that if you already use a rewards card, timing a big redemption around a launch you were going to buy anyway is just smart.<\/p>\n Deals like this are the lighter side of a launch that has been dominated by the discless physical edition backlash<\/a> that has so far reached politicians in Brazil<\/a> and France<\/a>. While some players are angry about what GTA 6 costs and what is locked behind the higher tier<\/a>, others are quietly gaming the system to pay almost nothing, which is its own kind of commentary on how differently people are approaching the same $80 game.<\/p>\n