Play-Asia... Whats the story?

Hail 2 Da Chimp

What is the story with this play-asia web site? Had a look on it and it seems pretty cheap, so I have a few questions.
Will the games work over here?
Are the games real or cheap knock offs?
How much does postage cost?
Are there any other hidden costs?
How long does it take to deliver them to Ireland?
Do you have to pay tax on the games when they're delivered?


Thanks

Royale with Cheese

Will the games work over here?

Only the ones that are region free. If you go into Xbox 360, and then games by version you can select region free which will show you all the games that will work here. I think also Gears of War is region free but they're not telling anyone about it.

Are the games real or cheap knock offs?

Real

How much does postage cost?

About $3

Are there any other hidden costs?

You may get charged duty by Irish customs but it hasn't happened to me yet. Order everything individually and keep all orders to under $50 is your best bet. Apart from that, no. It costs what it says it costs.

How long does it take to deliver them to Ireland?

It used to take 2 weeks but as of late it's only taking about a week.

Do you have to pay tax on the games when they're delivered?

Like I said above

Hail 2 Da Chimp

[borat] NIIIICCEE!!!!!!!!![/borat]

Thanks Royale, having a look now. Gears of war says region free. its on the main 360 page...

kensutz

There's so many threads about Play Asia which could've saved you all the hassle.

Royale with Cheese

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote:

[borat] NIIIICCEE!!!!!!!!![/borat]

Thanks Royale, having a look now. Gears of war says region free. its on the main 360 page...

The us and eu versions are region free but the asian version is the one you want to get as it's the cheapest. Usually they are completely like the American versions, everything in English. But the cover of the Asian version of gears of war has chinese writing on the front. Other people on this forum have got it and it works on European consoles.

Royale with Cheese

kensutz wrote:

There's so many threads about Play Asia which could've saved you all the hassle.

Can someone just sticky this one? Or make a play-asia faq and sticky it?

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Yup, Maybe I should have done a search before I posted D'oh!

kensutz

Royale with Cheese wrote:

Can someone just sticky this one? Or make a play-asia faq and sticky it?

It will be done soon.

sarahn11

just an FYI the asian version of gears IS region free...

also has anyone ordered tony hawks p8 off them??i pre ordered it and it hasnt shipped yet...still processing order

god's toy

sarahn11 wrote:

just an FYI the asian version of gears IS region free...

That's good to know, I have it on the way from them...

Hail 2 Da Chimp

I know the game cover is in chinese but are the speach and subtitles in English?

savemejebus

English all the way in the version I got from play asia (bog standard asian version)

grizzly

sarahn11 wrote:

just an FYI the asian version of gears IS region free...

also has anyone ordered tony hawks p8 off them??i pre ordered it and it hasnt shipped yet...still processing order

I ordered it on the 11th of last month. Still waiting

sarahn11

grizzly wrote:

I ordered it on the 11th of last month. Still waiting

phew, glad im not the only one! will drop em a mail and see what the craic is with them. Going to order viva pinata now from them.....its back in stock!

Stokolan

Just to say that it looks like play asia are not getting stopped by customs. I ordered rainbow 6 last week and received it today.

koneko

Same here. Got Rainbox 6 through my door last week, no mention of customs.

robinph

Stokolan wrote:

Just to say that it looks like play asia are not getting stopped by customs. I ordered rainbow 6 last week and received it today.

You'll be fine in getting passed customs as long as you only ever order one game at a time. Do not think of saving a couple of quid on postage costs and getting them to ship you two games at the same time as you are then likely to get stung.

sarahn11

Dropped play-asia a mail about my copy of tony hawks, got a friendly mail from them apologising and saying that it would be shipped out today. about an hour later i got a mail with an invoice and another with a shipping confirmation....Good stuff!!

ive ordered 4 games off them in the last few months, never had any trouble nor got stopped for customs.

randomname

sarahn11 wrote:

phew, glad im not the only one! will drop em a mail and see what the craic is with them. Going to order viva pinata now from them.....its back in stock!

cheers for the heads up gonna order it now.

Ordered a few games off them over last few weeks no problems.

Stokolan

robinph wrote:

You'll be fine in getting passed customs as long as you only ever order one game at a time. Do not think of saving a couple of quid on postage costs and getting them to ship you two games at the same time as you are then likely to get stung.

Yeah I know that but with the supposed crack down on play.com some of use were not too sure if the same applied to play-asia.

quinnd6

So if I chose to start a paypal account would I be able to buy stuff without needing a credit or debit card?
Would the money just come out of my bank account?
and
Would there be no extra transaction fees?

Stokolan

Afaik you cannot deposit funds from an Irish account into paypal. I think it only works if your taking money from your PayPal account. You could try one of those V3 cards. I think you can buy them at 3 shops.

quinnd6

if only I knew what a V3 card was

god's toy

https://www.3v.ie/

Asmodean

I only heard about the customs issue after I put in an order, and quite a ****ing big one at that! I ordered F.E.A.R, prey, splinter cell:double agent and the 4 disc FF9 OST from them, adding up to a total order of around 140 Euros.......Ya know what the sweet thing is?? I got away with it! Not a mention of customs, am I a lucky MoFo or what? Fluke!!!
I'll be defo ordering singly from now on!!

Hail 2 Da Chimp

You ARE a lucky MoFo

robinph

Maybe they missed it on their checks as they figured no-one would be daft enough to place a single order that big and they would mostly be looking at the smaller packages for catching people out on.