feint_ruled
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Yeah, never got strategy guides myself. It's like buying a big book full of spoilers!
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UK Retailer GAME is dead | Brera's Lament
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Yeah, never got strategy guides myself. It's like buying a big book full of spoilers!
haha!!!!
Exactly. As mentioned previously in the thread, there's a little shop near me called Gotham Games that sells tonnes of retro stuff. If they had a bigger store with some TVs/demo units and some new games, then it'd be a haven for folks that want to buy games. I'd be happy to spend a quid or 2 more in a shop that I enjoy going to.
Dr Frasier Crane
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Rage, feel it on my finger tips
Hear it from the GAME counter
Your love's coming down like
Rage, I'm just here to buy a game
Please don't talk to me
This GAMEs making me just rage
And in the US, getting $10 off is a "steal". When your only major player is gamestop, best buy, wally world, and amazon... picking be slim. They don't compete and don't really try to undercut the other.
anastazius
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Manchester? Same hereThere are so many GAFers from the North West.
I have an indie where I live but he's the only one. The other one shut and moved to Ashton but I don't know if he's still going or not. It was called Intergames. There was one in the Arndale but they closed down. They were a bit crap though tbh. There's definitely the potential for a couple in the Manchester area though
You guys should get on the bus to Stretford and get to Grainger Games there, or even better get on the 86 to Chorlton and come to Chips. Ace stores, both of them.
It'll be sad to see Game go, mainly coz I worked there a few times and feel sorry for my ex-colleagues. If only they realised having multiple stores in each city competing against each other was a bad idea early on. Also their preowned games prices are disgusting.
Dr Frasier Crane
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Manchester? Same here
I have an indie where I live but he's the only one. The other one shut and moved to Ashton but I don't know if he's still going or not. It was called Intergames. There was one in the Arndale but they closed down. They were a bit crap though tbh. There's definitely the potential for a couple in the Manchester area though
I remember in the late 90s going to Ringo's in the basement of the Colliseum in Manchester. For all your "import"/"backup" needs.
To my followers on rllmuk,
Don't worry, I can afford the losses ive made. It's not nice but I'm comfortable.
I've been strong these past few months but fucked up monday. Fuxked up big style and lost my balls but I've got them back. At 3.5p I won't make as much as I would have, but I'm just after a break even point now.
6p and I'm out. With 5000 shares, I'd make fuxk all anyway! I can't see it reaching 10p.
But then...anything can happen. I was too slow to react yesterday :-(
Don't worry, I can afford the losses ive made. It's not nice but I'm comfortable.
I've been strong these past few months but fucked up monday. Fuxked up big style and lost my balls but I've got them back. At 3.5p I won't make as much as I would have, but I'm just after a break even point now.
6p and I'm out. With 5000 shares, I'd make fuxk all anyway! I can't see it reaching 10p.
But then...anything can happen. I was too slow to react yesterday :-(
checkeredknight
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We receive a copy of each new MCV magazine at work, so it was amusing to see that front cover enter the shop today. We were in quite high spirits, to be honest. People still buying a lot of sale stuff and a crap load of trade-ins came in (which I managed to get Advance Wars: Dark Conflict for 98p and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for £1.98 out of.)
I laughed hard. Usually you can tell when a customer knows what they're doing / buying. I wouldn't have kept hammering on, but that's just me. Besides, whenever I think PS2 emulation I just think back to the thread here on GAF with those amazing Dragon Quest VIII shots. :X
I laughed hard. Usually you can tell when a customer knows what they're doing / buying. I wouldn't have kept hammering on, but that's just me. Besides, whenever I think PS2 emulation I just think back to the thread here on GAF with those amazing Dragon Quest VIII shots. :X
Five years ago, it was cheaper to buy NTSC games but the import market is dead, I've not gone to play-Asia in years and I've spent thousands there.
Right now, the UK is a gamers paradise. GAME might have 42.99 on games but the rrp is 49.99! Not to mention you can get good deals in there sometimes.
The most surprising thing I've heard on gaf is a US gamer in this thread saying he imports from the UK!
Some of you need to pop into shopto.co.uk....
We receive a copy of each new MCV magazine at work, so it was amusing to see that front cover enter the shop today. We were in quite high spirits, to be honest. People still buying a lot of sale stuff and a crap load of trade-ins came in (which I managed to get Advance Wars: Dark Conflict for 98p and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for £1.98 out of.)
I laughed hard. Usually you can tell when a customer knows what they're doing / buying. I wouldn't have kept hammering on, but that's just me. Besides, whenever I think PS2 emulation I just think back to the thread here on GAF with those amazing Dragon Quest VIII shots. :X
Just a question...how much is game giving for these trade ins?
30p for advance wars?
Corleth the Fey
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That's not their address.
checkeredknight
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I really don't remember. It was either 20p or 50p. I pointed it out to the chap trading the games in and he was all "Oh it's okay, I just want to get rid of them." He ended up with over £100+ anyway, since he had a tonne of other DS / 360 games to trade in.
Ban evasion!oh it is, it works
checkeredknight
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Eh, I wouldn't call him stupid. He wanted a clear-out, needed the cash, walked away with £100+ for a pile of games he never plays any more. He had pretty good taste in games, hell, he sold me on two of them (and they're great.) I also don't see how offering 20p/50p cash value when we sell it at 98p is management stupidity. I made clear to him he wouldn't be getting much, and he was totally okay with that. Some of his other games were worth £10+ anyway.
In regards to this transaction Brera; if you was GAME management, what would you do? When someone wants to trade in a title that is sold for 98p. I'm curious to hear. :X
grandmastashi
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Good grief, just read a guy picked up Steel Battalion plus the gargantuan controller for 0.49p at Gamestation in Salford. Surely the deal of the firesale?
grandmastashi
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It's now on Hot Uk Deals
Better than the deals I got:
How do I best remove that crap from Undead Nightmare's case?
Better than the deals I got:
How do I best remove that crap from Undead Nightmare's case?
I always use a flannel and warm soapy water. Use the corner of the flannel and gently rub back and forth until all of the paper and the adhesive underneath is washed away.
Why the hell have they repriced everything up mere days after the sale first began?
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NinjaFridge
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Picked up Space Marine for £1.98, hard to pass up. Even if I don't like I won't feel like I've wasted money.
Terbinator
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Fellow Salfordian? Hi-five!
Hand sanitizer is good for this too, if you go to poundland i think you can get 3 bottles for a £1. Always good to have a bottle handy.
frankie_baby
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the 3ds section in all their stores is pathetic, the other week the sales guy in one tried saying theres only about 30 games available for it, oh i chuckled
Coppertracks
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3DS section was crap in my local game too. New & Pre-owned. £15 for SMB/Puzzle Bobble? No stock of Tales of Abyss? Pish.
Little Old Man
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So all the stores have raised the prices back up? Oh Game, you so funny.
I'm genuinely struggling to comprehend what good they thought raising prices to their usual "it's cheaper somewhere else" levels would do when they need to pay the rent in a week. "We need money, fast. Let's raise all the prices so people are much more likely to not buy anything, that'll work!"
MattyH
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i hope not guess il find out tomorrow
Which store? I know the Liverpool stores have raised most of their prices, there's the odd cheap cricket or FIFA game left, and a couple of PSP games, but apart from that, pretty much everything is back to "meh, cheaper elsewhere" levels.
Little Old Man
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I'm tempted to go for a look in Game and GS in the post apocalyptic town of St Helens tomorrow for any PSP stuff, since I feel like a wonder around somewhere.
Place is a dump though, I'd only be going there on the off chance of a PSP bargain.
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
I guess they were thinking "Lower the prices dramatically, get back lots of old customers to remind them why they think we're great, then go back to the old prices and enjoy all our loyal customers returning because they remmeber how great we are and would miss us"?
Little Old Man
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So tempted to just order the couple of PSP games I want from Play. £6/7 a pop there.
I traded mine in years back to buy my 360 when I was a dirty student... It was a damn fine PC controller...
JennyTablina
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To me that would suggest they are pretty positive that one of these buyers are gonna pony up pretty quick, that or they realized that maybe selling all the preowned for super-cheap maybe wasn't helping get the Publishers on side anyway.
We'll see what transpires tomorrow and monday I imagine - they'll be keen to get the purchase thru asap if it is all a-okay to go ahead
We'll see what transpires tomorrow and monday I imagine - they'll be keen to get the purchase thru asap if it is all a-okay to go ahead
I can believe it but please post a link.
dreamcastmaster
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Loading their customers up with cheap games isn't going to get them back instore for a while anyway.
J Tourettes
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CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Comet are a terrible company. They would be a good fit for GAME.
If I was offered 30p for advance wars: dark conflict, I'd tell you to go fuck yourself. I wouldnt be stupid enough to trade it in for the that much...I wouldn't even trade my shit in at GAME.
I would have taken it to CEX or cash converters and got cash, then go to game and stock up on even more games.
Dark conflict is worth much more than 98p never mind 30p. I can see why game over that price, but can't understand why someone would go for 30p just to get rid of the game. I'd rather chuck it in the bin and save the cost of petrol.
Considering all the office staff they have I'm not surprised.
Dandare4444
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I live there, save yourself the effort, most of the stock has been repriced up now and there ain't too much left in Game, you may fare better in GameStation but don't hold your breath.
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