PC World selling games cheap (really cheap..)

Matt Simis

For all platforms, but specific prices Ive been told are:

BF: Vietnam €15
Athena Sword €9.99
Farcry €20
and so on.

Those prices are from the Blanch Pc World, if that makes a difference. Have to say, find it hard to believe, despite the fact several co-workers were there themselves.



Matt

satchmo

fook! :eek:

RobertFoster

uh, crap - I just bought FarCry in Xtra-Game in Blanch for €40

User45701

This makes me want to eat some nice cake and then go up to that place and buy cheap games.

monument

Originally posted by Matt Simis
BF: Vietnam €15
Athena Sword €9.99
Farcry €20
and so on.

Captain Trips

Beyond Good & Evil was there for 20 quid on SUnday for PS2. Didn't see much else unless Farcry came in on Monday (today)

Ronan|Raven

Thats selling the things almost below cost.. :eek:

KdjaCL

PC World in Liffey Valley have same deals , try and beat me to the door at 10am with €35 for farcry and BFV ,go on try


kdjac

kensutz

any news on the Waterford branch if they have the same deals? if so Play can stuff their waiting on stock and i'll cancel my order

projectmayhem

:ninja: :ninja: leetness!

kensutz

Just in the door from checking the waterford branch, they have the games you said apart from Far Cry. I got BF Vietnam €14.99, Deus EX €14.99, Savage €14.99, Total Club Manager €14.99, MOH: Breakthrough €14.99, Star Wars KOTOR €19.99, Star Wars Galaxies €19.99, Armed and Dangerous €19.99 NFS Underground €14.99, Vietcong Purple Haze €14.99, Ghost Recon Complete €14.99


ps Unreal Tourney 2k4 was on the poster for €19.99 but they didnt have it out. the girl behind the desk said there's a lot more to come out including flight sims

Samson

I'm just back from the Liffey Valley branch, where I picked up Battlefield: Vietnam for €14.99
No sign of FarCry, but I'm heading over to Blanchardstown after lunch, so here's hoping.
I also noted that they had both Deus Ex 2 and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time for €14.99 too.

Hyzepher

Originally posted by kensutz
ps Unreal Tourney 2k4 was on the poster for €19.99 but they didnt have it out. the girl behind the desk said there's a lot more to come out including flight sims

I got it in Liffey Valley for €14.99 - had loads of copies.

Hyzepher

Samson

Originally posted by Hyzepher
I got it in Liffey Valley for €14.99 - had loads of copies.

Hyzepher

What time were you there?
Did you notice if they had any copies of FarCry at that time?

Hyzepher

None - or I would have got a few - they said they would definitely be getting more

Hyzepher

kensutz

did anyone see any more copies of far cry around? still no sign of it here, although its only down the road from me in waterford so i can keep checking. she said they have 2 copies of UT2k4 in stock

shinzon

I was only in there on sunday an im absolutely sure i saw far cry in pcworld waterford, wasnt really looking at the games that day was after memory but im sure i saw it in there


Shin

Winters

So this is actually for real? They are selling games for €15 that other places sell for €45+? Im amazed, they must still be making a profit with them as it would be stupid to sell them below cost price. They are going to make a profit by quanity sold I assume.

Hopefully they will keep it at those prices and not raise them back up, that way possibly forcing other retailers to also lower their prices. BUT shurly how can they sell games for those prices, thats even cheaper then any online store.

Hyzepher

Actually the volumes of each game that they have leads me to believe that either they had a purchasing error or they got a good price on massive bulks and now need to get rid of them.

Hyzepher

Winters

Originally posted by Hyzepher
Actually the volumes of each game that they have leads me to believe that either they had a purchasing error or they got a good price on massive bulks and now need to get rid of them.

Yes but even so, they could still sell them for €30 a pop and sell nearly asa many and make a larger profit. Just seems like weird business to me. If they are constantly doing it with all games from now on I will commend them, but if its just a once off thing I'll shake my fist. BFV cost me €45

Quigs Snr

Was in Waterford one just now.

Got....

XIII 14.99
BF Vietname 14.99
Prince of Persia (& control pad) 14.99
Unreal 2004 19.99

No far cry, but they literally had everything else, even flight sim 2004 for 19.99 and they were packing more boxes of games onto the shelves.

kensutz

Back down i go for flight sim. Was it in the boxes by the tills or on the shelf?

DirtyDog

Any idea if there are any PS2 games?

CombatCow

Just back from the blanchardstown branch - picked up BF:V -E15,UT2004 -E20,COD -E20.frikken sweetness,altho i went to buy another copy of ut2004(49.99) and a differant checkout assistant said only games with the low price sticker on them can be sold at that special price, evan tho they had a huge poster with on sale for E20 :rolleyes

**also,think i got the last BF:V,was serching for a copy for 15 mins**


CombatCow

kencleary

Aaaarrrgghhhh are any of the PC Worlds in the city centre doing similar deals? In fact are there any PC Worlds in the city centre?

Epitaph

Originally posted by kencleary
Aaaarrrgghhhh are any of the PC Worlds in the city centre doing similar deals? In fact are there any PC Worlds in the city centre?

Don't think there's any in the City centre Ken

3 in Dublin suburbs

dgarrad

Well up until about 2 months ago I worked in Pc World in Liffey Valley, and had been there for about 3 years. Things like this happen every now and again, but it won't last. What usually happens is when the Head Office people notice that other stores are out-selling them in games, they bring out these special offers. Sometimes games get sold at discount that weren't supposed to be, so in these cases just snap them up! I've been asking people I still know there about this, but they haven't been told how long these offers will last. But when they happen it's great! I got loads of stuff cheap when I was there due to these Head Office mistakes!
The same thing sometimes happens in Currys and Dixons, so keep an eye on them. I once got a Gameboy Advance, AC charger, screen magnifier, and light, all for €15! And a 28" widescreen tv with universal remote for under €200. Just keep checking the bargain zone!

shinzon

just back from waterford one, they were actually restocking the shelves when i went in there

got

armed and dangerous
judge dredd for a tenner

hope it lasts until payday next week then im in again for a lot more lol

The Smircher

There are only 2 retail stores in Dublin, the rest are offices.

These are Liffey Valley and Blanchardstown.

dgarrad

Just to confirm, the only PC Worlds in Ireland are Liffey Valley, Blanchardstown, Limerick, Waterford, and a new one in Dundalk.

Ronan|Raven

Do they have an outlet in Galway?

dgarrad

Nope, not unless they've opened one recently. When I left they hadn't even opened the Dundalk one. But there might be a Dixons around there somewhere, they're much more common.
By the way, you can buy anything from them over the phone, once you have a credit card. They'll ship whatever you want out via SDS, so you should have it within 2-3 days. As far as I remember shipping is about €8 per parcel, and you can package quit a few games in one parcel. Might be worth considering.

dgarrad

Oh yeah, one crazy rule they have about phone orders is that you have to have a listed phone number. :rolleyes:

RobertFoster

If I had a euro for the amount of times the phone has rung out when trying to contact PC World in Blanch...

I love it lasts until Friday and Splinter Cell is part of the deal

Horsefumbler

thats weird. they're normally a rip off. This a permanant thing?

Quigs Snr

No they told me they were clearing out overstock.

Kensutz, FS2004 was in a box next to the shelf about 10 copies of it getting ready to be put up on the shelf.

They have loads of copies of all of them.

No splinter Cell pandora etc.... but they did have the original for 14.99

RobertFoster

Just took a trip over to the Blanch store just to have a look.

There's not a lot left

After I dug around in the bins for a bit I saw one UT2k4 for €19.99, Harry Potter galore, lots of Max Payne 2, a few coppies of Halo. The other cheaper bins hadn't much in them worth mentioning...C&C Generals.....

Walked around the shop a bit and saw Prince of Persia with the gamepad among some books and I though - someone hid this and is coming back with €15 for it...*yoink*

Asked how much it was when I got to the cash desk: €27.95 :mad:

Might take a trip over to Liffey Valley to see if they have a larger selection tomorrow...

Also, went across to Currys to see if they were charging the same, everything is at full price.

Dixons is charging €25 ish for PS2 and Xbox games.

Stormfox1020

Ah combat cow ya bastard u got the last one! I was just in there and i was looking for ages but no sign of it . They all got Deus Ex in there to.

Lenny

Tha was my copy!!!!

skywalker_208

these PC games or PS2 games your all on about?

KdjaCL

PC games and PS2 and Xbox.
They overstocked as said above and all offers are until stock is gone, then resume normal price, If you find one game with the 50 price on it will cost you 50 but if 3 feet to the left with 14.99 then it that.

I got Farcry ,BFV , COD Hit and Run Desert Storm 2 Unreal 2004 and Sims somfin for under 100 ,thats fekkin class

Some of the games wont sell so i going back over on thurs with another 100 and seeing what i can get.

LOL i hid BFV in the kids section until i got to the pass machine , 2 guys followed me around store knew i had no cash with me HA! to them i say

Also to whoever was looking for Fl2004 today when i was there i say well done ,he was looking for that one game at the till he had 16 games and a trail of drool behind him, i was like that also with less drool.

Kdjac

shinzon

COD Hit and Run

Im just curious is that COD hit and run or cod and hit and run, cause if its an expansion to cod mes getting it

Shin

CombatCow

Originally posted by Stormfox1020
Ah combat cow ya bastard u got the last one! I was just in there and i was looking for ages but no sign of it . They all got Deus Ex in there to.

LOL,sorry.I wanted another UT2004 aswell but dam u RobertFoster.I looked in that bin aswell

Im sure a little price sticker swapping was going on today


CombatCow

KdjaCL

Originally posted by shinzon
Im just curious is that COD hit and run or cod and hit and run, cause if its an expansion to cod mes getting it

Shin

Simpsons Hit and Run, missed a comma
Kids wanted somfin.

kdjac

shinzon

had a good laugh at that alright, i knew i didnt miss any expansion packs kdjac





Shin

kensutz

I stood there at the till this morning in the Waterford Branch with 15 games in my hand and it took the girl ages to scan em in there was a couple of fella's standing behind me and i thought it was funny coz they were impatient

kensutz

if anyone is around a PC World tomorrow and see's a Farcry will they let me know??

RobertFoster

Originally posted by Combatcow
I wanted another UT2004 aswell but dam u RobertFoster.I looked in that bin aswell

I just stuck my hand in and out came UT2004

I didn't get it though...so you might have a chance if you run...

DirtyDog

Didnt see any Far Cry's - lots of BF Vietnam and CoD's still in the Liffey Valley branch.

Epitaph

If any kind soul should go to either store, would they please pick me up copies of CoD, Halo, BF:V and Prince of Persia, and I'll throw in a fiver extra per game.

I'm a research student with a conference looming so I've absolutely no time available to go into town and then get the bus out

I can meet up in town anytime before Friday afternoon, or anywhere round the northside.

I may also give my special helper a hug

PM meh if you'd be kind enough to assist a stressed-out student

/points to spreading grey areas in hair

KdjaCL

Originally posted by Epitaph

I may also give my special helper a hug

Are you of the female variety?

I be over later but can send mate over now to get stuff.

kdjac