Cheap Arse Gaffer (Euro Gaming) Thread 2 - Add to your backlog with ease

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Starwolf_UK said:
If by worth it you mean re-sell value. Probably not, I saw vast amounts of used copies in GAME a few weeks ago (i.e. before Play and Amazon were selling the game for £15) which is probably part of the reason the price is dropping through the floor (its not selling and what comparatively little was sold has become used...its not unknown for retail to do that when they have too many of a title so its hard to tell if it is little replay value).

Gameplay-wise. I hope so as I just bought it
hope its easy to ignore the story, I don't normally do that in games but given everyones thoughts on this one...
:lol I also got Sin and Punishment 2 which is probably a safer bet if you want a Nintendo game for £15. If you like high scores and that sort of thing you'll gets lots of play out of it. Heck if you liked other treasure games or Starfox it would be worth a spin.
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Cheers, picked up Sin and Punishment 2 instead.

I still have Metroid Prime 3 to play actually.
 
UK games may get pricier next year
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-16-uk-games-may-get-pricier-next-year

British shops may charge more for games after next month's VAT rise to 20 per cent.

As much as a pound may be tacked on to the pricey products, MCV reports.

The impact on consoles may be even more dramatic: MCV used the examples of a 160GB PS3 rising from £250 to £255, and the 320GB PS3 going from £285 to £291.

Shops' hands have been forced by the distributors, which demand sellers "accomodate" the imminent VAT rise. The result is a difficult choice for shopkeepers: either increase prices or suffer from lower profits.

The problem with increasing prices, however, is that supermarkets play by different rules, and continue to offer ludicrous savings that game-specialised shops can't match.

Heck, that's ASDA price.
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Does not seem that bad... and stuff will still drop anyway
 
J Tourettes said:
I don't think they will rise, apart from maybe the indies. Games retailers are just trying to put pressure on the distributors. The fuckers didn't put down the prices when vat was at 15% yet they're the first to complain when it goes up.
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Exactly, it's a farce but we shouldn't have expected anything less, Keyser is right though, prices will still drop. Plus they have spent the past 2-3 years conditioning us not to buy anything until it's £20 1 month later :lol
 
Modern Warfare 2: [Presitge Edition w/ Night-Vision Goggles] (360/PS3) - £49.99 @ GameGears

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...has COD Classic too, and other stuff from Hardened Edition
 
If anyone sees Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga (the remastered game) for £20 below I would appreciate a heads up. Thank you all.

EDIT: The 360 version.
 
Keyser Soze said:
Modern Warfare 2: [Presitge Edition w/ Night-Vision Goggles] (360/PS3) - £49.99 @ GameGears
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I'm getting confused. I thought the *only* Night Vision Goggles edition was the Prestige one, but there's mention on that page of an "NVG edition", with the goggles, and Prestige being distinct from that.
 
mclem said:
I'm getting confused. I thought the *only* Night Vision Goggles edition was the Prestige one, but there's mention on that page of an "NVG edition", with the goggles, and Prestige being distinct from that.
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NVG Edition is just regular game and goggles. They made it a few months after launch to clear the stock of goggles.
 
People often ask about UK PSN cards here, but where can I found the cheapest UK PSN cards that deliver to your email? It turns out I can't buy Uncharted 2 DLC for my UK copy from the Finnish PS Store.

I have to admit I already bought the DLC from the Finnish store before I read about it. Region locking inside the EU is ridiculous!

Right now I have my eyes on ShoppityToppity, but I'll wait till tomorrow if someone has a better advice.
 
Just my luck, ShöpTö is out those instant codes today. What kind of experiences have people had with the sites that are specialized in live points and psn cards like cheapxboxlivecodes.com? Are they reliable?
 
Spwn said:
Just my luck, ShöpTö is out those instant codes today. What kind of experiences have people had with the sites that are specialized in live points and psn cards like cheapxboxlivecodes.com? Are they reliable?
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I've used them & had no problems, the 1st time you use them though they may phone you (for verification) before sending the points.
 
First time experience with Zavvi this week, not impressed.

Ordered on the 10th with "3-5 days delivery". Got an email today, 7 days later, saying can't guarantee before xmas.

Poor. Only reason I'm not cancelling is I can't get it as cheap anywhere else.
 
I wouldn't think that's exclusive to Zavvi - the UK postal service is swamped at the moment trying to fulfil a traditionally heavy period as well as the enormous backlog built up over the weather in recent weeks. I didn't get any post whatsoever for over a week before last weekend. In Scotland at least, loads of places said they couldn't guarantee Christmas delivery on anything ordered after the 5th.
 
lochnesssnowman said:
I wouldn't think that's exclusive to Zavvi - the UK postal service is swamped at the moment trying to fulfil a traditionally heavy period as well as the enormous backlog built up over the weather in recent weeks. I didn't get any post whatsoever for over a week before last weekend. In Scotland at least, loads of places said they couldn't guarantee Christmas delivery on anything ordered after the 5th.
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If they'd mentioned a delay when I ordered, I'd have zero problem. I know some places are struggling, but many aren't.

It's just the notification a whole week later that irks me.
 
lochnesssnowman said:
I wouldn't think that's exclusive to Zavvi - the UK postal service is swamped at the moment trying to fulfil a traditionally heavy period as well as the enormous backlog built up over the weather in recent weeks. I didn't get any post whatsoever for over a week before last weekend. In Scotland at least, loads of places said they couldn't guarantee Christmas delivery on anything ordered after the 5th.
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Yeah I had an item from Amazon, with Prime, that was supposed to arrive Monday and still hasn't got here yet.
 
DodgerSan said:
If they'd mentioned a delay when I ordered, I'd have zero problem. I know some places are struggling, but many aren't.

It's just the notification a whole week later that irks me.
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If it makes you feel any better (or worse) I had to wait a month for Valkyria Chronicles after them canceling and sending out another or something. This was during a time when the game was in stock and here was no Christmas rush. They gave me my payment back hough before it arrived so I got it for free :)
 
Jexhius said:
Yeah I had an item from Amazon, with Prime, that was supposed to arrive Monday and still hasn't got here yet.
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Yep, I ordered God of War with Amazon Prime on Thursday 28th November and it didn't arrive until Tuesday 7th December. One week and five days for next day delivery.
 
MikeDub said:
Exactly, it's a farce but we shouldn't have expected anything less, Keyser is right though, prices will still drop. Plus they have spent the past 2-3 years conditioning us not to buy anything until it's £20 1 month later :lol
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I have to learn how to do this especially seen as I don't have a job anymore hopefully. :(
 
My experience so far with Amazon.co.uk regarding the free delivery and paid delivery (First Class Delivery) to Sweden, is that the free delivery is faster and trackable.

When I paid for delivery the order was almost a week later than with the free delivery.
Most of my packages were trackable with the free delivery, while not a single of my 5 paid orders were trackable.

The free delivery was with DHL.
The paid delivery was with Royal Mail.
 
Because of the bad weather and courier backlogs and stuff I would not expect that anyone in the UK is going to get anything they order off the Internet now before Christmas unless you pay for the very highest level of delivery (i.e. next day). Even then, it won't actually arrive next day. Many of the couriers have status updates on their front pages so you can get some idea how far behind they are.
 
Danj said:
Because of the bad weather and courier backlogs and stuff I would not expect that anyone in the UK is going to get anything they order off the Internet now before Christmas unless you pay for the very highest level of delivery (i.e. next day). Even then, it won't actually arrive next day. Many of the couriers have status updates on their front pages so you can get some idea how far behind they are.
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That applies mostly to Scotland, it's at north pole levels up there.
 
Steroyd said:
That applies mostly to Scotland, it's at north pole levels up there.
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And northern Ireland today, Wales and the south east tomorrow, remaining below freezing into next week meaning no quick thaw...
 
DodgerSan said:
If they'd mentioned a delay when I ordered, I'd have zero problem. I know some places are struggling, but many aren't.

It's just the notification a whole week later that irks me.
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Depends on the game with Zavvi.

I ordered Borderlands GOTY, then Marvel Kids, and then a 2nd BL.

Marvel kids came 1st. Then I got delay e-mails after a week on the two BL about 4 days apart - and have now got the 1st copy, but the 2nd copy hasn't shipped yet so will likely be post Xmas. Shame as the whole point was to make a party, but I should have thought and got both at the same time.

They always sell things they know they can get that aren't in stock, but I thought they had reduced the lag on this. I think the snow must be playing havoc with their distributors.
 
mrklaw said:
And northern Ireland today, Wales and the south east tomorrow, remaining below freezing into next week meaning no quick thaw...
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Yup, there'll be nothing coming in anytime soon. I'm right beside the city airport and it's been closed all day, still loads of snow about too.
 
Anyone know if Fallout New Vegas is £20 in-stores at the minute? I want to play it over the Christmas holiday but I don't trust it to arrive on time if I order it online.

Do GAME or Tesco have it for £20 or there abouts in-store?
 
Steroyd said:
That applies mostly to Scotland, it's at north pole levels up there.
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mrklaw said:
And northern Ireland today, Wales and the south east tomorrow, remaining below freezing into next week meaning no quick thaw...
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Unfortunately it's not just Scotland and Northern Ireland, for example the courier City Link has a backlog of 3 days' worth of packages almost everywhere. I urge everyone to check the status page on the website of whatever courier their stuff ships with.
 
randomwab said:
Anyone know if Fallout New Vegas is £20 in-stores at the minute? I want to play it over the Christmas holiday but I don't trust it to arrive on time if I order it online.

Do GAME or Tesco have it for £20 or there abouts in-store?
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I saw New Vegas for £20 in Asda yesterday.
 
mrklaw said:
And northern Ireland today, Wales and the south east tomorrow, remaining below freezing into next week meaning no quick thaw...
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One hour after that post there was a godamn blizzard where I live and now it looks like it's snowed up in the northwest to. :lol :(
 
Not asking you guys to search for me (I appreciate you're not a service) but if you happen to stumble upon a good Kinnect (solo) deal post it up. I'm considering getting one just to program on Windows. Seems way out of my price range atm though.
 
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