What's the quickest way to get a Dual Shock 3 in Dublin

steviec

As my sixaxis broke and there's not much point getting another one, I was wondering if anyone knew the quickest way to get a Dualshock pad?

I know I could go the ebay route but I'm moving house in a few weeks and I don't trust something to get here from Hong Kong in time so I'd ideally like to find an Irish or at worst UK seller if anyone had any ideas, cheers.

sharkDawg

Gamenash.ie have them for €42.99 delivered,

steviec

Cheers, I put in an order for one there

bennyob

€35.00 delivered from http://www.videogamesplus.ca/

items should arrive within a week.

bennyob

bennyob wrote: »

€35.00 delivered from http://www.videogamesplus.ca/

items should arrive within a week.

http://www.videogamesplus.ca/default.php?cPath=486_488

This page shows it been €40 and thats not including postage!?

bennyob

gilberto_eire wrote: »

http://www.videogamesplus.ca/default.php?cPath=486_488

This page shows it been €40 and thats not including postage!?

it works out at 55 canadian dollars with delivery, which converts to a little under 35 yo yo's

steviec

I knew you could get them from videogamesplus.ca, but I've bought stuff from there before that took a few weeks to arrive so I'm happy to pay a couple of quid extra to get it from an Irish company.

KillerShamrock

Cd wow sell them for 52.99 they are a decent company to order from though a little expensive sometimes, i got a voucher for them so im only paying 40 for mine and delivery is free usually in 4 working days

Super Sidious

bennyob wrote: »

it works out at 55 canadian dollars with delivery, which converts to a little under 35 yo yo's

Its 65Canadian Dollars, which works out at €41 euro delivered.

I ordered one last week on monday, and it arrived by following Tues.

No price on it so no worry with customs!

But Gamesnash would be well worth a shout, i would have ordered from them if I had of known! DS3 is brilliant with MGS4... was quite missing the vibrartion in games, adds to the tention/atmosphere!

LuckyFinigan

Gamesnash are probally ur best i got mine for 43 and it only took a day to come:)

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

LuckyFinigan wrote: »

Gamesnash are probally ur best i got mine for 43 and it only took a day to come:)

Thanks for the vote of confidence - we have dualshock 3 controllers back in stock for those who have been looking for them.

noodler

Im hoping you guys can become the Irish equivalent of Play at some stage, although your prices, whil;st still better then High Street, aren't quite there yet.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

We certainly hope so too.

The more customers that use us the better buying power we have with the suppliers / publishers which in turn means we can keep lowering the prices.

We try our abosulte best to match and indeed beat the likes of play.com where it is possible. In the products that we are a couple of euro dearer on we are confident our service level and speed of delivery are worth it to the customer.

kmart6

Is there any white one's in stock...tempted by it,although it might look a bit stupid with the black PS3!?

Creamy Goodness

doesn't look anymore stupider than it being more expensive than the black based solely on its colour.

kmart6

Yeah noticed that as well,prob wait another month,the sis is going to America so just get her to pick one up!

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

Cremo wrote: »

doesn't look anymore stupider than it being more expensive than the black based solely on its colour.

They are costing us more to get them in - the US versions of the Dualshock 3 are cheaper than the Asian ones. Different price points from Sony at the start which filters down through the wholesalers etc. The white ones we have in stock are sourced from Asia hence the difference.

Creamy Goodness

Gamesnash.ie wrote: »

They are costing us more to get them in - the US versions of the Dualshock 3 are cheaper than the Asian ones. Different price points from Sony at the start which filters down through the wholesalers etc. The white ones we have in stock are sourced from Asia hence the difference.

wasn't a direct dig at yourselves, i know shops have to make a profit, if the shop are charged more to get them in then they have too as well.

it was more of a dig towards sony pricing it more due to it's colour and nothing else.

Enda89

I heard DS3's are out in Europe on Friday but they're only in black and I really wanted a white one.

I see gamenash have them though. I dont care about the price tbh, just want the white one. Are gamenash reliable enough? Since they're based in Ireland I'm guessing they deliver pretty sharpish?

edit: never mind, just saw they had an express post option that only takes 1 day for €11. I went for that since I'm on holiday all next week and need to get it this week/weekend :P If they're reliable I'll definatly order again. They had some nice bargains elsewhere and I like the fact that they're based in Ireland.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

Cremo wrote: »

wasn't a direct dig at yourselves, i know shops have to make a profit, if the shop are charged more to get them in then they have too as well.

it was more of a dig towards sony pricing it more due to it's colour and nothing else.

We're very sensitive here - For what it's worth the cost price to us for a black Asian version dualshock is the same as a white Asian dualshock. It's just the fact that we can't get a US version in white which means the extra costs.

As far as we know Sony's price is the same for the Black / White but its the regions that the cost differs.

noodler

There is something extremely easing about being able to chat and give feedback to the a rep of the site like this!

grames_bond

just so everyone knows i was in smyths yesterday and i was told that the dualshock 3 will be out friday (tomorrow) no prce has been given as of yet however, if its crazy money-(which lets be honest it will be) i guess gamesnash will have another customer in myself! actually a question for yourself, now that it will be released in europe that means you should have more controllers and therefor more competitive prices am i right?! (economics student in me coming out lol)

noodler

Im an even bigger Economics tudent than you.

grames_bond

noodler wrote: »

Im an even bigger Economics tudent than you.

you're a bigger tudent than me?! ok then :rolleyes: :pac:

noodler

I spell good, no?

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

The actual cost prices to retailers have not been confirmed but we understand that it will be priced dearer than the US versions. We will carry both the European and US versions on our site but it is fairly safe to assume that the European versions will be dearer not cheaper I'm afraid.

As it stands it is cheaper for us to import the US dualshock than it is to purchase the standardsix axis controller through European channels.

noodler

They are identical though?

Well, you should just buy a helluva lot less of the european model-hopefully others will buy from the likes of you, why do we get everything last and at the worst prices? Bad time to say this coming into a recession but people need to discover the internet over here. Retailers on the high street are getting away with absolute murder.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

Yep - other than the packaging they are the same unit.

It is no secret that games are cheaper outside of Europe - there are various reasons / excuses offered for this that we could not in fairness comment on. At the end of the day we are European based and in order to serve the Irish / European community we must deal within the European market and its price structure. Don't bite the hand that feeds you We will though occasionaly import products like the Dualshock controllers and the likes of DS consoles that are not available over here.

As far as we are concerned there is no bad time to say discover the internet and its cost savings

noodler

Fair enough, wasn't a jab at you or anything. Play are selling them for 56 euro. Disappointing price too. There you go, something you are beating them on!

grames_bond

thanks gamesnash, like another poster said its great to have an actualy rep to ask questions to! im buyin my ps3 tomorrow, ill probably be in touch on your site over the next few weeks!

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

noodler wrote: »

Fair enough, wasn't a jab at you or anything. Play are selling them for 56 euro. Disappointing price too. There you go, something you are beating them on!

You make it sound like thats the only thing. :P We beat their tax dodging jersey exiled asses on a lot more than that.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

grames_bond wrote: »

thanks gamesnash, like another poster said its great to have an actualy rep to ask questions to! im buyin my ps3 tomorrow, ill probably be in touch on your site over the next few weeks!

No problem at all - look forward to seeing you on the site soon.

rabbitinlights

I bought a white DS3 from gamesnash.ie yesterday, very happy with the price and would prefer to support an Irish retailer.


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Enda89

my dualshock just arrived there and it looks quality in white tbh. Very happy indeed

noodler

Meh, Im happy with a black one if its cheaper.

BKtje

Was about to order from canada and just happened to drop into this thread. Will give gamesnash a go, sameish price and irish so no down sides that i can see.

steviec

Just thought I'd mention, since I started this thread, that mine arrived from gamesnash last week and very happy with it. I meant to update at the time but I've been busy

noodler

Can anyone tell me what the rumble takes away from the battery time of a DS3?

How much game time will you get before you gotta plug in the USB?

Creamy Goodness

noodler wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what the rumble takes away from the battery time of a DS3?

How much game time will you get before you gotta plug in the USB?

i notice no difference between a DS3 and my sixaxis ones tbh.

Enda89

noodler wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what the rumble takes away from the battery time of a DS3?

How much game time will you get before you gotta plug in the USB?

I got mine Friday morning, charged it straight away. Used it a good bit Friday (few hours), used it yesterday morning and afternoon and been using it for the last hour or two this morning. Still on 3 bars battery. I'd say its about the same as the Sixaxis

noodler

Thats quite a technical achievement.

Enda89

been using it all morning/afternoon, still at 3 bars battery. My sixaxis was obviously on its last legs. had it since launch and would have to charge it about every 2 days, maybe 3