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UK Retailer GAME is dead | Brera's Lament
- Thread starter CrunchinJelly
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Foliorum Viridum
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If the nearest GAME wasn't 15 miles away I might be tempted to go for a drive and see if I can find a bargain. Probably nothing I'd be interested in, though.
Plus it would make me happier to not give them a few last coins.
Plus it would make me happier to not give them a few last coins.
Is Amalur going to be £22ish everywhere? My local stores had mostly finished pricing the preowned games, but none of them had many new games on sale.
It should be the same everywhere, but I'm very unsure about the £22 price - I'm pretty sure when we were pricing 360 yesterday the single 2nd-hand copy we had was down from £38 to £32.
Oxford Street doesn't really have much worth speaking about to pick up, but they do have several copies of Disaster (Wii) for £1.98, which is definitely worth paying that much for if you don't already have it.
Nothing new stickered up, and pre-owned Amalur was still £30. I think AssCreed Revelations was also £30, which is more than they've been selling new copies for!
Nothing new stickered up, and pre-owned Amalur was still £30. I think AssCreed Revelations was also £30, which is more than they've been selling new copies for!
CBA to check the Oxford store. If people report hardware discounts I'll go and take a look.
Yeah, went in there for the first time in years just the other day. Seemed normal, staff were upbeat. Overheard someone complaining about ME3 pre-orders, lol.
frankie_baby
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The staff there all seemed happy enough the orher day
How much was R&C: Crack in Time? I saw a copy in Game but it wasn't priced up yet. May pick it up after work.
Planning to go there tomorrow after work during my Sainsbury's trip. Is the concession in Debenhams still there? Been ages since I was last in Debenhams.
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Queen of Hunting
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Hardware for my store comes end of day and will be ready for tomorrow. We are still taking trade ins. And will keep selling preowned. As far as I'm told they are trying to make as much money as fast as possible if it involves big sales then so be it
Zomba13
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Awww sucks I didn't see a copy of Space Marine. That price is amazing.
About 6 or 7, I believe. It was one of the more expensive ones.
Oh, and I missed Darksiders off that list as well.
Space Marine @ £1.98 is fucking insane. Enjoy!
frankie_baby
Member
The debenams one aint there any more
Foliorum Viridum
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Fuck you guys are tempting me to jump in my car. ARGHHH. I don't want to drive 20 miles to find nothing though!
You can demand a box wrapped in cellophane and they can tell you they don't have any. If you've already walked out of the shop then you've been chumped unfortunately.
frankie_baby
Member
You are completely within your rights to
Fare Godmace
Member
For the love of God, don't let Gamestop buy GAME's stores in Spain! :'(
I'll go check some GAMEs later, but I don't expect any decent deals... GAME even carries SFxTekken and Mass Effect 3 here. Damn you, lucky brits
I'll go check some GAMEs later, but I don't expect any decent deals... GAME even carries SFxTekken and Mass Effect 3 here. Damn you, lucky brits
Wait really! Cause it was when I took off the shitty sticker about returns policy I found the disk covered in scratches.
frankie_baby
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Then you've got every right to take it back and demand an exchange
King of the Potato People
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From Stockport, Manchester
PS3 games cost me from Gamestation.
Heavenly Sword (98p)
Dead Space 2: Limited Edition (£4.98p),
Borderlands GOTY Edition (£2.98p)
BioShock 2 (4.98p)
Soul Calibur IV (98p)
Killzone 2 was under 50p!
Pre-owned of course, but still good.
PS3 games cost me from Gamestation.
Heavenly Sword (98p)
Dead Space 2: Limited Edition (£4.98p),
Borderlands GOTY Edition (£2.98p)
BioShock 2 (4.98p)
Soul Calibur IV (98p)
Killzone 2 was under 50p!
Pre-owned of course, but still good.
Just picked up my copy of mass effect from my loal indie (what street date?) and had a chat with the owner about Game's problems. Popped into the local Gamestation (space marine for the 360 for £8, not quite as good as £2 but I'm still happy) and saw him in there looking for stock to sell in his store! Felt strangely dirty picking through gamestation's preowned, a little like I was looting a corpse :/
I don't feel bad. They fleeced me when I was younger and knew no better, and they've been fleecing my less-informed friends for years too, so this is just payback.
If it's scratched then of course you can take it back. Same as if there is supposed to be a DLC/online pass but isn't.
If however, it's just a loose disk and manual in a random box then that can constitute as 'new' because they'll sometimes separate games from boxes for security reasons.
It seems prices can vary between stores but I saw Rage for £12 new on ps3.
King of the Potato People
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My Killzone 2 was the only that has about 3 medium-size scratches yet it'll work. The rest look like the discs haven't been touched.
Killzone 2 is worth 48p right?
Killzone 2 is worth 48p right?
Mr. Luchador
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We used to be an adventurous Gaming Retail Chain until we took a financial arrow to the knee.
They did this to me when i bought DJ Hero new and the turntable was covered in greasy fingermarks and scratches. They wouldn't let me return it at the store so i had to phone the company headquarters and pretty much demand my money back. Customer services phoned up the store and said they couldn't do anything because the manager refused to give me a refund, i wouldn't to give up though and ended up being passed so far up the chain that if i went any higher i'd have been speaking to the CEO, anyway in the end the most i got was store credit. I now refuse to buy anything from Game.
However, as this sale is probably leading to their demise i may partake.
kingellesar
Member
I have £40.50 to spend in gamestation....what a load of crap they have.
I went in wanting either SSX Xbox 360 or NHL 12, none. Then i thought MGS HD, none, Jak HD? None.
The pre owned sale on ps3 is good but ive played most of them, the 360 pre owned sale is pathetic. The only thing I could see that I wanted is soul cali on xbox but it was £35, i think its £25 in tesco >_<
Kingdoms of Amalur was £42.99 brand new on xbox.
I went in wanting either SSX Xbox 360 or NHL 12, none. Then i thought MGS HD, none, Jak HD? None.
The pre owned sale on ps3 is good but ive played most of them, the 360 pre owned sale is pathetic. The only thing I could see that I wanted is soul cali on xbox but it was £35, i think its £25 in tesco >_<
Kingdoms of Amalur was £42.99 brand new on xbox.
Picked up 5 games for £9.50. Bulletstorm, Halo 3 & ODST, Brutal Legend and Killzone 2.
Got back to the office, ODST's campaign disc looks like it's been used as a coaster for cups made from razor blades.
Found out I also had £10 on my reward card, so that's getting spent asap on PSN credit.
Got back to the office, ODST's campaign disc looks like it's been used as a coaster for cups made from razor blades.
Found out I also had £10 on my reward card, so that's getting spent asap on PSN credit.
Fixed. The only Gamestation I'm aware of in the Oxford area is the one down the road from me in Templar's Square outside the city centre. I'll be dropping in there on Saturday when I go to send my mother's day card!
Fuck sake, all you guys getting deals, i thought maybe most of the sales were online, but seeing your hauls from brick and mortar stores is shocking. It says "mega sale" in marker on a sign outside of game here but they only have a few games stickered up with the red sticker and they are selling absolutely no pre-owned wii games for a lower price, you guys get pikmin for £1.98, here it's £7.99 still. Gamestation doesn't even look like it has anything on sale, nothing is marked down and there is no sign.
Zomba13
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Definitely.
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