Video game retailers

[Not Thread Owner]

Yes but that doesn't mean anything financially.

Try taking a John Lewis bought TV back to Waitrose and see how far it gets you.

You actually can take a TV bought in John Lewis back to Waitrose though.

[Dudley]

Of course I would trip over the one time that was true.

Ok, try taking your Audi back to a Ducati dealer

[Not Thread Owner]

I took my Seat back to an Audi dealer once.

[Tofu]

Thanks for clearing that up, the prices are exactly the same in each store its just a matter of convenience when I'm shopping. So best method is to just buy psn points and sell that on.

[Camel]

Anyone have any idea what they're giving for King of Fighters XIII?

[thesnwmn]

You actually can take a TV bought in John Lewis back to Waitrose though.

Post of the day!

[deerokus]

I traded in 9 games and got £122. The highlights - Arkham City £22.90, Binary Domain £25.40 (I only paid £22 for it new!), Command and Conquer 3 £10.40 (that's a 5 year old game), The Orange Box £13.40, Mass Effect 3 £21.40.

No idea what to spend that on.

[pranny]

More Dudley wrongness proof : "You can use your Topman Card in Topman, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Outfit, Topshop and Wallis. You can also use your Topman Card online @ TOPMAN.COM. "

I would have guessed it was 50/50 whether a shop will let you use its card with other shops in its group. Cant see why anyone would be outraged at someone enquiring if you can use a game card at gamestation!! ( I 've done it too )

[deerokus]

On that - the Game I was in actually printed my receipt on Gamestation till roll. That would probably confuse anyone who didn't know they're the same company.

[joffocakes]

Anyone have any idea what they're giving for King of Fighters XIII?

I should hope they'd give you a stern talking to and send you back home with it.

[Camel]

I should hope they'd give you a stern talking to and send you back home with it.

Would they give me extra credit if I told them I have another copy?

[Dudley]

More Dudley wrongness proof : "You can use your Topman Card in Topman, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Outfit, Topshop and Wallis. You can also use your Topman Card online @ TOPMAN.COM. "

I would have guessed it was 50/50 whether a shop will let you use its card with other shops in its group. Cant see why anyone would be outraged at someone enquiring if you can use a game card at gamestation!! ( I 've done it too )

Who was outraged?

[new member]

The GAME and Gamestation reward schemes are two very separate things and in their current form they are impossible to work throughout the two brands. Who knows, it may change in the future though.

[BeeJay]

I took another pile in yesterday and got enough in credit to get a pre-owned wifi vita. It looked like a new one traded in, unused. Also got £10 in elite card points too. I have now got about £360 in credit remaining which I will now probably hang on to. Still got a few games left to trade in when I get back to work next week.

[DarhkFox]

Anyone know what earth defence force gets?

[BeeJay]

2017 or ia? Ia is on the list I believe, not sure about 2017

[SozzlyJoe]

This is like Fallout, where you scour the Wasteland for massive amounts of tat and go back to a vendor and sell it all to them.

Is it some kind of hair shirt punishment GAME are inflicting on themselves, to win back the sympathy of gamers?

"We'll take anything! ANYTHING"

"I've got Fifa 06, a cracked OPM coverdisc and this slightly ripped copy of Penthouse I found in a hedge"

"FIVE POUNDS!"

[SeanR]

Anyone know what earth defence force gets?

[Not Thread Owner]

Girl[1] I spoke to in Game (Norwich) yesterday was lovely. Chatted about Skyrim, no hard sell, asked if I was excited about the Kinect support for Skyrim (um, no), said about the trade-in deal being amazing and normally they'd give you 50p at most for FIFA 11 or older, very apologetic about no copies of Kid Icarus in, generally awesome.

Much more pleasant than they used to be. More like this please.

Shame they still had virtually no stock of anything that wasn't 5-year-old crap or Mass Effect 3 though.

[1] No, no pics. Sorry.

[MaffewE]

Girl[1] I spoke to in Game (Norwich) yesterday was lovely. Chatted about Skyrim, no hard sell, asked if I was excited about the Kinect support for Skyrim (um, no), said about the trade-in deal being amazing and normally they'd give you 50p at most for FIFA 11 or older, very apologetic about no copies of Kid Icarus in, generally awesome.

Much more pleasant than they used to be. More like this please.

Shame they still had virtually no stock of anything that wasn't 5-year-old crap or Mass Effect 3 though.

[1] No, no pics. Sorry.

I can verify this re: Norwich branch. The guy (not girl, boo) in Game when I went both times was exceptionally polite, didn't try and force anything on me, and even had a chat about Trials Evolution when I was buying XBox Live points.

[A Hen]

Much more pleasant than they used to be. More like this please.

Yeah, my experience when I took in my pile of old tat in was much better than any Game encounters in recent memory. When I said I probably wasn't going to spend my credit today, the guy said "fair enough", and that was it. I wasn't asked if I wanted to pre-order a game that doesn't come out for two years, didn't have a loyalty card pushed at me, didn't have own-brand peripherals recommended to me, etc. The staff member was a little bored, but friendly and helpful, etc. I wonder if they have re-thought their policy of scripted selling at the till, and getting staff to stalk customers, or if it's just a lull while the new organisation gets its shit together. If the former, I may actually go into Game every once in a while - the hassle I used to get made me steer well clear.

[SeanR]

I have identified 51 games that I. Will. Not. Miss.

007 Bloodstone

007 QoS

Army of two

Beowulf

Blacksite

Chromehounds

Conan

Dark Sector

Dirt

Dirt2

DOA4

DW5

Fuel

Full Auto

GRAW

GRAW2

Hawx2

Just Cause

Kane and Lynch

Madden NFL 08

Midnight Club: LA

MotoGP07

MotoGP09/10

Nascar 08

NBA 2K7

NBA 2K9

NHL 2k9

PDZ

Prey

Prince of Persia

Pro Evo 06

Pro Evo 08

Pro Evo 09

Project Sylpheed

Pure

Quake4

R6:vegas

R6:vegas 2

Sonic Unleashed

Stranglehold

SW Snowboarding

TH American Wasteland

TH Project8

The Bourne Conspiracy

The Outfit

TimeShift

TMNT

TW06

TW08

VF5

WSC2007

the big problem of finding the cases will be addressed today and tomorrow, and I'll report back with my findings.

If I go through with it.

There's a certain amount of trepidation, an attachment, nostalgia even.

Does anyone want to talk me into keeping some of the games on here?

(and yes, some of them are still on my list of shame)

Edited April 20, 2012 by SeanR

[mr twig]

You'll basically buy anything, won't you.

[Stanley]

Get rid - you're sitting on a small fortune there. You will regret not doing it.

[Uncle Mike]

We should just rename this the "People who buy any old shit get a small proportion of their money back" thread

[bradigor]

I tend to buy and sell a lot, so don't have a stock pile of games. Times like this I wish I never did that, as I would then be able to afford a Vita.

[squirtle]

So just to confirm, Gamestation are doing this deal too, yeah? The one here in Lincoln has a much wider range of stock than the Game does at present.

[DirkCrisis]

Yes. It's where I've traded in all my rare and valuable titles.

[Sprite Machine]

There's a certain amount of trepidation, an attachment, nostalgia even.

Does anyone want to talk me into keeping some of the games on here?

(and yes, some of them are still on my list of shame)

Fuck that, get rid of them. It's liberating.

Mind you, once you start, you'll never stop. You'll be selling off your internal organs within six months.

[Not Thread Owner]

We should just rename this the "People who buy any old shit get a small proportion of their money back" thread

I got more than I paid though.