GAME overcharging on budget games

super_furry · 30-10-2004 3:12pm #1

Anyone else noticed this recently? They've been selling both Gradius V and now Midway Arcade Treasures 2 for €44.99, instead of €29.99. Ended up ordering them both from Play.com for €20, but it's a pain in the arse when you want to get something on release day.

Cake Fiend · 30-10-2004 3:37pm

Did you ask them about it?

smiaras · 30-10-2004 3:40pm

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super_furry · 30-10-2004 3:41pm

I didn't bother arguing the toss over MAT2 because the place was packed with people looking for GTASA. But with Gradius V, they insisted they had the right price and it wasn't a budget game. The funny thing was, it was €44.99 in one GAME and €59.99 in another.

It's strange because they seem to be the only places that had both of Gradius and MAT2 on release day. I've since seen Gradius for €29.99 nearly everywhere, but nowhere else has MAT2.

Retr0gamer · 30-10-2004 6:51pm

They are ripping people off. Gradius V is definitely a budget game. The rrp from Konami is 29.99 euros.

Khalim · 30-10-2004 7:41pm

i also saw Wario Ware: Mega Party Games at GAME Henry Street for 59.99Euros.

I thought that game was supposed to be budget as well?

rainbow kirby · 30-10-2004 9:01pm

That's 29.99 in Tallaght...

RicardoSmith · 30-10-2004 9:10pm

Whats so unusual about GAME overcharging? Been doing it for years...

Gummy Panda · 30-10-2004 10:44pm

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I bought midway arcade 2 for €30 outta xtra-vision today. Gamestop are usually the same

smiaras · 31-10-2004 9:37am

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RicardoSmith · 31-10-2004 12:52pm

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Translation, we'll rip you off if you're too lazy to shop around, and if you do realise this and complain to us the best we'll do is match the price. So you might as well buy it where you find it cheaper.

smiaras · 31-10-2004 12:55pm

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monkey tennis · 31-10-2004 1:35pm

RicardoSmith wrote:

So you might as well buy it where you find it cheaper.

Well, you could ring around and find out prices in other stores, then go into Game if it's handier. Plus, you get to use your Game club card (which is probably worth bugger all actually...)

RicardoSmith · 31-10-2004 1:37pm

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These days I find few games that are worth the sticker price that I am less and less willing to pay sticker price for them. Theres still a few that I would, Rome Total War, Pacfic Fighters, etc. But I won't pay much for a title like Doom3 which for me personally has so little replay value. Other games like Far Cry etc., I'll wait to get 2nd hand or in the budget bin. Theres lots of great older games, like HomeWorld2 in the budget bins these days. But like the title of the thread you still have to shop around as its price even on budget varies enormously.

RicardoSmith · 31-10-2004 1:43pm

monkey tennis wrote:

Well, you could ring around and find out prices in other stores, then go into Game if it's handier. Plus, you get to use your Game club card (which is probably worth bugger all actually...)

Why reward them with your business? Thats just lazy and self defeating.

Game club card - give them free market research you mean....

smiaras · 31-10-2004 2:59pm

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the_obsolete · 31-10-2004 3:42pm

Ah no xtra-vision are a bit of a joke these days, I saw them selling GTA3 and GTAVC seperately, even though they were supposed to be in the GTA Double Pack- oh yeah, they were retailing for €50 EACH!!

monument · 31-10-2004 4:03pm

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The old shop around nonsense. Find a retailer that does their best to get you the lowest price; if that means go online, then go online…

And, yeah, shop around... :rolleyes:

http://www.play.com/
http://www.cdwow.ie/
http://www2.cd-wow.com.hk/

Wertz · 31-10-2004 4:37pm

RicardoSmith wrote:

Whats so unusual about Irish retailers overcharging? Been doing it for years...

Fixed.

smiaras · 31-10-2004 4:51pm

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monkey tennis · 31-10-2004 5:02pm

RicardoSmith wrote:

Why reward them with your business? Thats just lazy and self defeating.

Self-defeating? Explain how.
It is indeed lazy, and I have no problem with that. If I live five minutes from a Game store, why would I trek over to some other shop just to 'stick it to the man'?

There's no need to be so negative.

smiaras · 31-10-2004 5:07pm

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kaimera · 31-10-2004 5:14pm

people still buy games in shops these days? :-|

smiaras · 31-10-2004 5:17pm

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RicardoSmith · 31-10-2004 5:27pm

Wertz wrote:

Fixed.

What is that meant to mean?

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..and they'd prefer to pay MORE for a game?

monkey tennis wrote:

Self-defeating? Explain how.
It is indeed lazy, and I have no problem with that. If I live five minutes from a Game store, why would I trek over to some other shop just to 'stick it to the man'? There's no need to be so negative.

Your sustaining high prices, by not shopping around.

smiaras · 31-10-2004 5:29pm

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monument · 31-10-2004 5:33pm

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Well there are sites out there where you can find pre-owned games too, including the for sale part of boards.

smiaras · 31-10-2004 5:35pm

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RicardoSmith · 31-10-2004 5:40pm

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I don't get the logic, where someone who can't get a credit card, can afford to throw money away by buying overpriced goods.

Trading in saves a pittance and then only on console games. You still won't make back the difference of being overcharged in the first place.

Ultimately it means you can afford less games. Where the smarts in that?

smiaras · 31-10-2004 5:45pm

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RicardoSmith · 31-10-2004 7:01pm

By buying in Game you are over spending even without using a credit card. If you have to start buying and selling games between shops, then that kinda suggests that your watching the pennies doesn't it. So buying in Game doesn't make any sense.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 31-10-2004 8:16pm

The prices in GAME are laughable... HMV sometimes have the same game for €10 less than what GAME are asking.
Although you can sometimes get an alright discount if you have a GAME store card, like when I bought vice city I got I think five or ten euro off the badge price.

smiaras · 31-10-2004 8:30pm

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RicardoSmith · 31-10-2004 8:40pm

The credit card and the internet is usually the cheapest way to buy a new game. If you think selling an existing game worth €25 for €25 back to a shop somehow negates that, I can't agree with you.

smiaras · 31-10-2004 8:46pm

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Wertz · 31-10-2004 9:17pm

RicardoSmith wrote:

Wertz wrote:

Fixed.

What is that meant to mean?

Go back and read the "quote".

Cake Fiend · 01-11-2004 4:30pm

RicardoSmith wrote:

Your sustaining high prices, by not shopping around.

We were discussing Game's price matching. What's the difference between buying a game in Smyths for €30 and buying the same game in Game for €30? How is buying it in Game sustaining high prices as opposed to buying it somewhere else for the same price?

RicardoSmith · 01-11-2004 9:27pm

Sico wrote:

We were discussing Game's price matching. What's the difference between buying a game in Smyths for €30 and buying the same game in Game for €30? How is buying it in Game sustaining high prices as opposed to buying it somewhere else for the same price?

The thread title is Game overcharging?

If you can't be bothered to seek out cheaper prices then why would Game lower prices to stay competitive? They won't. So the result is that you not seeking lower prices means that Game will continue to charge as much as the lazy consumer will pay.

Why would price matching encourage you to shop in Game. I'd have assumed you'd shop in the place where you find the lower price.

Smyths and Game used to be a lot cheaper than other stores, but these days they are the most expensive places.

TacT · 01-11-2004 9:34pm

RicardoSmith wrote:

Your sustaining high prices, by not shopping around.

way over the top I reckon
Get price match first, march into GAME, demand price match -- happy punter

GAME overcharging on budget games

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