GTA V Megathread *READ OP*

Couple of clarifications needed it seems

First off RRP for GTAV is €69.99 - nobody in Ireland has sold at full RRP for the past 3 years at least so that's not an indicator of street price. (I'm expecting 60-65 in stores myself)

We're having a lot of trouble sourcing stock of GTAV. We deal with official Irish and UK distributors for the game as well as other wholesalers / resellers who themselves buy through the same distributors. Think of it as a bar buying coke off coca-cola but if they run out they can run down to musgraves cash and carry and get some there all be it a bit dearer than off coke directly. What has happened us is demand for the game has been unprecedented. We can't get any more stock directly until October so we're having to buy off the musgraves equivelent. Problem is that musgraves equivilents are sticking on a bit of profit for themselves totally understandably and in some cases are jacking up the price due to the fact they are the last few sellers with stock.

We originally were selling at €54.99 which was beating all Irish retailers by at least €5.00 - we're now at €57.49 to reflect the higher cost price but again are still the cheapest in Ireland. When that stock goes we will have to make a decision whether or not to buy in even dearer stock and put the price up again (assuming there is any left to buy) At no time though are we profiteering or ripping people off on this. Our own profit margin is the same - in fact we've sold some orders to boardsies at a small loss as we held the €54.99 price into the new stock for a couple of days. Zavvi are of course a bit cheaper than us at first glance but when you factor in the 23% VAT we are obliged to charge here we are actually taking less money in ourselves than they are. They won't have it to you for release day and there is a chance your order will get stopped by customs and VAT levied onto it making it much dearer. For most people that's a deal breaker but if you don't mind waiting a bit then price is of course king.