Where do you buy your games (online)?

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human5892

Queen of Denmark
I'm doing a bit of a survey, so if you could kindly answer the question, I'd greatly appreciate it. List as many or as few online (I'm not interested in B&M) retailers as you want, but don't bother listing sites that you've only bought from once or twice, or sites that have screwed you over somehow (late merchandise, merchandise never arrived, other dodgy business practices, etc.).

Thanks in advance.

Totals:
- Play-Asia (9)
- Amazon (7)
- Videogames Plus (6)
- NCSX (4)
- Lik-Sang (4)
- DVD Box Office (4)
- EBGames (4) (-1)
- Gamestop (3)
- Outpost (2)
- Play.com (2)
- The Rage (2) (-1)
- CD-WOW (1)
- Game.net (1)
- Cart-Mart (1)
- Himeya (1)
- Futureshop (1)
- Importmadness (1)
- Videogamedepot (1)
- Tronix (1)
- Game-Fly (1)
 
-DVD Box Office (I am one of the not so few and not so proud PAL gamers, so..)
-Play-Asia
-Lik-Sang

In no particular order and truckloads more than once or twice :).
 
Thanks guys, keep 'em coming.

When we get some more responses I'll edit in some running tallies into my original post, if anyone is interested.
 
Ebgames fucked me in the ass. Apparently when you have an online preorder sent to a store for pickup, you aren't entitled to what you pay for. I wanted the pinky miniature and it is the only reason I pre-ordered from them. But I guess there's some obscure fine print hidden on thier site somewhere that says you don't get what they promise if you have it shipped to a store.

So fuck them heh. It wasn't even the pinky as much as it was the principle of the thing. I've been using gamestop lately.

or sites that have screwed you over somehow
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Heh, bite me. I'm still pissed at those fuckers.
 
Play-Asia for Japanese stuff and normally Videogames Plus for US releases. Although it's PA for RE4 due to the exchange rate at the moment. Works out as 34 euro. :)
 
therage.com for hard-to-find PS2 items (I got Disgaea from them when I couldn't find it anywhere else, as well as the VF4:Evo Hori stick)

Gamestop for pre-orders

Amazon/Toys R Us if I'm placing an order with them for something else as well.
 
I'd be really happy if some Europeans replied to this thread..

The only place I know with acceptable/free worldwide shipping and has PAL games is CD-WOW.. Any others?
 
For US-Releases I use DVDBoxoffice or videogamesplus. For PAL games I use play.com, game.net or amazon.de. And for cables and such I use play-asia.com
 
NCSX (always good)
Play-Asia (not as blazingly fast as NCSX but seems very good so far)
DVDBO (very slow, I only use them for non-urgent US stuff I want)
Lik-Sang (good, I guess... seems risky to order stuff (customs) but they have a Europe branch for common accessories like cables and dance mats)

Minus one for The Rage. An order was lost in shipping and they weren't particularly helpful about it. I don't know, but I'd like to think that NCSX or PA would have replaced it for me.
 
In Europe, but I use videogamesplus.ca for pretty much everything(HD Loader/Modded GC/Modded Xbox). It's about half the price of local importers and arrives at least a week before they get stock. Lik-Sang for the odd Asian release.
 
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