Some of you people might think that EB games are good but they are rip offs.It's because they give bad trade in values. I once wanted to trade my PSP 1000 to them for the PSP Go and they said they will take it for $60 and i had bought it for $300. Same with my brother's DS Lite they said they will take it for $25 and my mum had bought it for $200. What is this this Bush Week? Don't answer that question.And another thing when I was looking at PSP games I walked past the back room of EB Games and I saw a box that had brand new Wii consoles in it that were ready to be put on the shelf. But I saw a sticker on the box that said: eBay Order delivery to EB Games Chadstone Brand New Wii Console with Wii Sports $170. And that was how I knew the wii consoles were new. They buy the stock from eBay and sell them for twice as much!!!!
Some of you people might think that MASSIVE DONGS are good but they are rip offs.It's because they give bad trade in values. I once wanted to trade my medium dong to them for the even smaller dong and they said they will take it for $60 and i had bought it for $300. Same with my brother's pink dong they said they will take it for $25 and my mum had bought it for $200. What is this this Bush Week? Don't answer that question.And another thing when I was looking at dong accessory's I walked past the back room of MASSIVE DONGS and I saw a box that had brand new purple dongs in it that were ready to be put "on" my "shelf". But I saw a sticker on the box that said: eBay Order delivery to MASSIVE DONGS Chadstone Brand New purple dong with dong Sports $170. And that was how I knew the dongs were new. They buy the stock from eBay and sell them for twice as much!!!!
What is this this Bush Week? Don't answer that question.
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Shops aren't there to give consumers a good deal. Shops are there to make you pay the highest possible cost you can. It's called having a viable business.
Some of you people might think that MASSIVE DONGS are good but they are rip offs.It's because they give bad trade in values. I once wanted to trade my medium dong to them for the even smaller dong and they said they will take it for $60 and i had bought it for $300. Same with my brother's pink dong they said they will take it for $25 and my mum had bought it for $200. What is this this Bush Week? Don't answer that question.And another thing when I was looking at dong accessory's I walked past the back room of MASSIVE DONGS and I saw a box that had brand new purple dongs in it that were ready to be put "on" my "shelf". But I saw a sticker on the box that said: eBay Order delivery to MASSIVE DONGS Chadstone Brand New purple dong with dong Sports $170. And that was how I knew the dongs were new. They buy the stock from eBay and sell them for twice as much!!!!
oh also, if you want the real value of your game you sell it on ebay you idiot
if you want a quick trade in you go to a shop like EB, it's a convenience you're paying for - they have to sell it again at a higher value to make their money back at all, let alone a profit
Some of you people might think that EB bangs are good but they are rip wad pulls.It's because they give bad trade in charvers. I once wanted to trade my PSP 1000 to them for the PSP Go and they said they will take it for $60 and i had bought it for $300. Same with my brother's DS Lite they said they will take it for $25 and my mum had bought it for $200. What is this this Bush "Airing the Orchid" Week? Don't answer that question.And another thing when I was asslicking at PSP games I walked past the deep throating back room of EB Games and I saw a muff sniffing box that had brand new Wii raids in it that were ready to be put on the shelf. But "Bumbanger" I saw a sticker on the box that said: eBay Order delivery to EB Games Chadstone "Ass-stitcher" Brand New "Son of a gangbanging whore" Wii Console with Wii "Scrotscrubber" Sports $170. And that was how I knew the wii fingers were new. They buy the gangbanging stock from eBay and sell them for twice as much!!!!
I sometimes stroll into EB to see what games have come out and for how much. Then i go inquire at the front desk for 'coming soon' games and how much they're on preorder for. Then I make it sound like i'm interested but i umm and ahhh like i just need a bit of a nudge before i lunge into my impulse purchase. Then i ask about some of their trade in deals and what games are they willing to trade for what price. Then i umm and ahh some more like i need a lil bit of a nudge to make said trade in deal. Then i ask them if they can price match online stores which i know they don't but i ask em anyway. Then I umm and ahhh some more.Then I tell them about UK pal and how much cheaper it is for me to purchase from overseas to which they insist on telling me that they don't work on aussie consoles. Then i umm and ahhh some more to make it sound like i'm not really sure about the whole and thing and then i tell em to fuck off and eat a fat black dick and walk out the store.
You have two options:
1) Put in no time of your own, stroll into EB and get a guaranteed albeit lower sale (for absolutely no effort and no risk at all!)
2) Put in some time of your own, advertise your game on Gumtree, eBay, etc, and make a bit more for it but also risk losing your $4 or so when your game doesn't sell for the amount you want.
The only decisions you need to make is whether you want to put any time in of your own and if you want to risk the small posting payment to eBay.
i remember going in to eb(they were called electronic boutique in those days.. thats what the eb is for duh!) in the late 90's and walking out with about 5 games for the price of 2 because the sales dude threw in a heap of extra shit to get the sale.
fuck those were the days.
anyway, in regards to op. Anyone with half a brain cell can tell EB are rip offs.. for starters 99% of new releases are $20 more expensive there then anywhere else. It's understandable, the mark up on games and consoles isn't that high in retail, they don't really sell a lot of other shit, and they generally have 3-4 sales people in each store. It's a huge cost to have a ship like that running, thus they are more expensive, there ideal customers are dumb parents and idiot teens who don't know any better.
Learn to shop around and find the best price, then price match it with EB so you can get the benefits of there 7day return policy.
or fuck the "man" and shop somewhere else.
i personally like making them sell me a game at a reduced cost thinking that im stealing moneys from them.. i like it even more when i return it in 7 days.
Cerb and I loll'd at EB in Queens Plaza today on our way to get a curry fix, they have SOO MANY BANNERS hanging from every inch of ceiling space and all over the doors that you literally have to fight your way through signs to get it.
So would EB by my copy of MS Flight Simulator 2 for $1000 because it's a vintage game. As we know vintage cars appreciate in value so I think games should as well.
yeah i'm kind of in 2 minds about EB, on one hand their shit is all expensive but then they have sales it's totally worth going in and having a look because some of their sales are really good
i personally couldn't be fucked with trying to sell games on ebay and shit and you will only get a small fraction more for it on ebay, unless it's a brand new game. i was kinda pissed when they told me i could only get $30 for God of War 3 which came with my ps3 this was in the store the same day i bought the ps3 which was released not that long ago
also i noticed in jb hi-fi the other day that they do trade in on games too, anyone done this? is it pretty much the same deal as EB
also i pretty much wouldn't pre-order a game ever hey, you can usually go into big W the day it's released and get it for $20 cheaper than EB
Although there's no point in ranting, I also know EB are shit.
I haven't bought anything from EB in a very long time.
There is one thing though: Eb are a great place to browse. Look at a few games, think about their value, settle with the price and head over to just about any other store. Chances are if you're able to walk into an EB you can walk into a k-mart or target and find the exact same game anywhere up to 50 dollars less. And that's if you want the convenience.
If you can hold out for a couple of weeks at most, you can have the convenience of ordering from home and having it delivered to your door, order from somewhere better like game365.
You're a consumer, you have the power to make the decision yourself. Obviously the free market has decided that there is a place for an expensive game retailer with brainless staff who give great recommendations to your mum and dad (sarcasm). I wanted to post a youtube of Marge buying a video game for bart from a recommendation of the shop assistant, but youtube is failing me.
I once wanted to trade my PSP 1000 to them for the PSP Go and they said they will take it for $60 and i had bought it for $300. Same with my brother's DS Lite they said they will take it for $25 and my mum had bought it for $200.
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I like how EB is considered a bad company because they're awesome at buying low and selling high. In my opinion they're a great company, you're just a knob.
yeah - i remember walking in to target the day before release of some wow expansion and getting the game which was "sold out" in eb for pre-orders, waiting till midday for servers to come online and playing a good 12 hours ahead of the rest of australia's midnight launch. Helped me hit 80 before anyone else. Phew glad i gave up that though.
I like how EB is considered a bad company because they're awesome at buying low and selling high.
I'm shocked that you have failed to see that this is a point of view from consumers making fun of other consumers who fail to make good capitalist judgements on buying the exact same product for the lowest price considering equal availability.
Of course from an investment side it's not a bad model, but that's not what we're talking about is it? Then as an investment you'd probably consider asking why their staff costs so much money considering their lack of competence? Wouldn't it be easier employing a robot who was able to just say each big name game when asked what to buy, and then offer it at a 5 dollar discount if you buy it second hand?
It always amuses me when I walk into eb and see second hand cod4 for $95, new cod4 for $99, second hand cod6 for $109.95 and new cod6 for $109.99
love conslols idiots who buy that crap.
It must be worth doing, otherwise EB would go out of business.
each time i have seen this, and brought it to the attention of the staff, they refuse to budge on the price.
They may not have the authority to change the price. Even if they do have the authority and refuse to change the price out of stupidity, nobody is forcing anybody to buy the second hand copy while the new copy is sitting there at a lower price.
There is one thing though: Eb are a great place to browse.
Yeah and you feel like a awesome shopper when you go somewhere else then and find that $110 game for like $80 or less. Havn't bought anything from EB in years.
I just pre-ordered GT5 CE @ EB oh also, if you want the real value of your game you sell it on ebay you idiot if you want a quick trade in you go to a shop like EB, it's a convenience you're paying for - they have to sell it again at a higher value to make their money back at all, let alone a profit welcome to the real worldlast edited by tequila at 21:16:16 06/Jul/10
idiot u think i am an idiot. you thought i did trade it in at eb u r truly the idiot im not that stupid to trade it iun
DSE were selling games cheaper then EB during EB's HUGE GAME SALE. I made them price match a couple of games to DSE out of spite, no one should be more expensive then DSE, no one.
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shut up its my opinion and believe anyone gonna post some thing about sandyvaginas they r making a big mistake
I once wanted to trade my PSP 1000 to them for the PSP Go and they said they will take it for $60 and i had bought it for $300. Same with my brother's DS Lite they said they will take it for $25 and my mum had bought it for $200.
We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you an important newsflash! Second hand goods are worth less than brand new! Popular electronic games retailer resells second hand goods! Film at 11.
no seriously they said $25 and the ds is only 2 years old and i bought it brand new the first year it came out and then they take $175 off the price i got it and hardly any scratches far out crap prices they are so hungry for money and profit
no seriously they said $25 and the ds is only 2 years old and i bought it brand new the first year it came out and then they take $175 off the price i got it and hardly any scratches far out crap prices they are so hungry for money and profit
So what's a DS worth after 2 years? They will need to make a profit on both the transactions (buy and then sell), because they are a business. If it dies in 30 seconds after you hand it to them, they need to eat that - which is built into the price they offer you.
Ebay it if you want a private sale price. $25 is what you can walk in off the street and get anytime.
i know huh far out and only about half the shop has things on sale and they stuff the shop with signs saying sale sale sale sale sale salenow 50% off now $20 and today i saw a mario kart wii game with no paper cover for $1 less than the new one. And they had an ugly special trade in 1 wii game and get Super mario galaxy 2 for 72 bucks but at GAME the game buy itself brand new was 70 Bucks but trade in 2 games u get it for 20 bucks
no seriously they said $25 and the ds is only 2 years old and i bought it brand new the first year it came out and then they take $175 off the price i got it and hardly any scratches far out crap prices they are so hungry for money and profit
So what's a DS worth after 2 years? They will need to make a profit on the transactions (buy and then sell), because they are a business. Ebay it if you want a private sale price. $25 is what you can walk in off the street and get anytime.
no seriously they said $25 and the ds is only 2 years old and i bought it brand new the first year it came out and then they take $175 off the price i got it and hardly any scratches far out crap prices they are so hungry for money and profit
So what's a DS worth after 2 years? They will need to make a profit on the transactions (buy and then sell), because they are a business. Ebay it if you want a private sale price. $25 is what you can walk in off the street and get anytime.
but com on 25 bucks crapest price ever seen
So what is the price you think you should get for it? Ebay, sold.com.au, trading post it for that price.
$25 is what you can get when you walk in off the street for a 2 year old DS, no questions asked. The hock shop price is the lowest you will get for your second hand goods. Why is this news to you? Why are you surprised AT ALL? How old are you?
he's at least 12 because he's still posting after 7pm
actually i am 11 and i dont get u buy saying posting after 7 pm
If that's true then I might have been a bit harsh.
Second hand retailers operate like convenience stores. You can instantly sell your stuff but you take a huge hit in price. A private sale (like ebay) doesn't have as much overheads and profit between the buyer and seller, so the sale price is often more favourable (but the sale is slower).
Its just how it works, if the business model allowed them to make money by giving better prices then someone would open a shop and do just that and steal all the business!
A couple years ago, I went into EB to purchase a copy of SC. I had no need for the expansion since a friend had given it to me, so I was in just to buy the original. They had SC for sale, too, just a few copies. I grabbed one and took it to the counter. When iI told the clerk I wanted to buy it, he replied with "sure let me grab a disc for you" and he disappeared into the back of the store.
he came back 5 minutes later and REFUSED to sell me just the original SC by itself, he wanted me to purchase the battlechest. I told him I had the expansion and had no need for the expo + some shitty SC guide. He still refused to sell it to me even after i told him that i picked up the box for the original, not the battlechest. In the end I told him to fuck off (in a polite manner, of course) and since then i've been very reluctant to shop around at EB.
True story.
Also dragons, ninjas and samurai were present in the store.
EDIT: not really a rant, but meh
roflmao yup i agree 100% i bought the game Resonance of Fate for like $120 bucks finished it in two days and got it valued for a trade in so i could get Star Ocean: The Last Hope. But they offered $50 -____- i was like dude wtf really?
I used to go to EB because there was this very VERY attractive guy there that I boggled. But yes they are rip offs, 'GAME' offers better value imo.
I think they get decent guys to work there so they draw girls in and also, there was a russian girl working at my local EB when the MW2 got released last year. She was wearing camo and the guys were instantly googlie eyed. I think they do this on purpose.
it is all about consumerism and a little thing called perceived value. what one person perceives as value will be totally different to what someone else perceives as value. shop around if you don't like what's on offer. EB, or any other store, have no obligation to pay what you think something is worth only what they consider it is worth.
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What is this this Bush Week?
man that's an oldy....my parents used to use that one. never did get what it's derived from but it is an expression of ridicule as in "you've got to be kidding"
yup i agree 100% i bought the game Resonance of Fate for like $120 bucks finished it in two days and got it valued for a trade in so i could get Star Ocean: The Last Hope. But they offered $50 -____- i was like dude wtf really?
Why didn't you return it under there 7 day return policy instead of trading it back in?
I used to go to EB because there was this very VERY attractive guy there that I boggled. But yes they are rip offs, 'GAME' offers better value imo.
I think they get decent guys to work there so they draw girls in and also, there was a russian girl working at my local EB when the MW2 got released last year. She was wearing camo and the guys were instantly googlie eyed. I think they do this on purpose.
In my local EB there used to be this really hot chick, really nice and friendly, would always chat about other games rather then just the one you were buying, asking if you liked them etc. Really great girl. Total lesbian though.
All it is, is my abiltiy to receive and respond to stimuli.
As an actual gamer and not some dumb parent trying buy something for my kids, i find anyone who comes up to me and talks to me about games to be the most annoying retail experience, female and hot or otherwise.
Not like she would come up and go "Hey buy these other games". I meant she would remember what you had bought and ask if you liked them. Think I completely missed that point in my first post though.
Not like she would come up and go "Hey buy these other games". I meant she would remember what you had bought and ask if you liked them. Think I completely missed that point in my first post though.
Still annoying, there was an eb i frequented enough for the guys to remember what i was buying and they started to try pick my taste, in the end i generally make people at eb angry, as im an artist of buying games earlier from other retailers then walking in with my receipt to eb and smashing it on there counter asking for another copy.
eb games is a company, if you were running eb games and someone wanted to trade something in, you would obviously want to give them the lowest possible offer because you are trying to make $$$ if they are going to give you what it is worth....they won't get far lol, but yeah if you don't like them, don't buy from them or sell go ebay.
They claim to match advertised prices locally available and in stock locally, but they will make all sorts of claims if you try to use it on a good price.
I've gone to several retailers that advertise that they'll match or beat prices, it always turns out to be bullshit when you go there and talk to the sales staff. They spin some shit about only matching prices with places that aren't selling stuff cheaper than them, which doesn't make sense. Thinking of the "The Good Guys" as a particular example.
A few won't even match the price on their own website, like JB Hifi - "oh we don't control what's on the website..."
yeah I had that exact same problem with Harvey Norman, they wouldn't honor a competitors price
I just went to the competitor and bought it, saved $250~
i can just say now that eb are the biggest heap of **** i haver ever stepped into, they are selling preowned modern warfare ( cod 4) for $120 dollars still WTF? i got the game of the yr adition brand new for $15 (on sale of course) but still what the **** is this shit! I also went to trade in farcry without the case or book, they said that they would give me 11 dollars so i was like thats ok, then they deducted $5 for n case and $10 for no book, that meant i would have to give them $4 to take the game, that s***s f***d!!!!!!
I also went to trade in farcry without the case or book, they said that they would give me 11 dollars so i was like thats ok, then they deducted $5 for n case and $10 for no book
What were you giving them? A dvd in a sleeve? wtf?
also went to trade in farcry without the case or book, they said that they would give me 11 dollars so i was like thats ok, then they deducted $5 for n case and $10 for no book, that meant i would have to give them $4 to take the game, that s***s f***d!!!!!!
Some of you people might think that EB games are good but they are rip offs.It's because they give bad trade in values. I once wanted to trade my PSP 1000 to them for the PSP Go and they said they will take it for $60 and i had bought it for $300. Same with my brother's DS Lite they said they will take it for $25 and my mum had bought it for $200. What is this this Bush Week? Don't answer that question.And another thing when I was looking at PSP games I walked past the back room of EB Games and I saw a box that had brand new Wii consoles in it that were ready to be put on the shelf. But I saw a sticker on the box that said: eBay Order delivery to EB Games Chadstone Brand New Wii Console with Wii Sports $170. And that was how I knew the wii consoles were new. They buy the stock from eBay and sell them for twice as much!!!!
how else is an evil videogame company supposed to make money?
n00b: eb sux cause they wont give me top dollar for my second hand piece of shit old tech gaming machine
everyone else: yeah, how dare companies make money!
yeah I had that exact same problem with Harvey Norman, they wouldn't honor a competitors price I just went to the competitor and bought it, saved $250~
Harvey Norman do not price match. They have 110% guarantee which entitles you to a further 10% discount if you see a cheaper price advertised elsewhere and have already bought the item from Harvey's. It's designed for peace of mind, not the savvy discount shopper.
Yeah their mark up on electronic is a bit out there.
I remember my mate and I walked into harvey norman each wanting to buy a laptop, cash. We ran into 2 other mates of our who also happened to be wanting to pick up a laptop, cash. We worked out a good price for each, combined our, cash, got one of us who was born with a mouth to go to a salesman and said: "gimme 300 KRUSTY BURGERS!!" gimme 4 laptops for $3500 CASH!!!". (from memory they were easily close to $1500 each). After much haggling and emphasising the fact that we had, cash, we got the deal that we wanted and even hard extras thrown in. We thought we were high rollers.
It's suprising a lot of you miss the point that EB are a retailer and not a company like 'Cash Converters' where they pro-actively buy to re-sell...
Also the fact that if you have an old game that you dont want anymore because its out of date and the game has lost a lot of popularity... chances are slim to re-sell those games and especially of the graphics are poor and the platform is old (Supply and demand).
I know they match advertised prices. Some people have said they called and confirmed for non-advertised prices, but I never had that happen.
Yeah they used to match unadvertised prices at least, remember the guy ringing BIG W and pretending to be a customer to find out the price of bf1942 for me. This was a few years ago mind you, so things may have changed.
On a sidenote, bargain bins + any game 10years old at eb=win for anything else they are a joke. Always overpriced, and sales clerk would not stfu about how awesome he was at wow.
EB has little to nothing going for it! If I was after something in Aust, always go the local Game store. What's wrong with a store that has a points system? I love it! It's like achievements :3
EB does suck balls. i refuse to enter there shop. GAME is a great shop. they give me points for every 5 $$ i spend and then i get a voucher to spend in there shop. i spend a lot there so i just used my points to buy duke nukem forever: collecters edition. HAIL TO THE KING BABY!!!!!!!
EB does suck balls. i refuse to enter there shop. GAME is a great shop. they give me points for every 5 $$ i spend and then i get a voucher to spend in there shop. i spend a lot there so i just used my points to buy duke nukem forever: collecters edition. HAIL TO THE KING BABY!!!!!!!
Not a big fan of GAME or EB, even though I once bought all my games from EB. JB hi fi is the way to go. Have traded games before at EB and even though they buy $10 for a game and then sell it for $70, I understand this is business and they need to make money. Once I went to a local second hand shop they offered me $10 for 4 PC games which were up to a year old, I nearly fell on my ass.
^ Are GAME employees now coming in and saying how great GAME is?
EB is alright. I traded in some old DS games for the new Pokemons and they price matched Big Dubs. I know I could get a better price for the games on Ebay or something, but I really couldn't be arsed dealing with ebay.
I found i can pit EB and JB HiFi marketed prices against them, and always have had the prices matched from EB if in JB and vice versa, some times even saving further 10%, but, saying this, sometimes you just cant avoid the stingy sales rep.
I now mostly shop from JB HiFI nowa days , usually 5-10 dollars cheaper then EB.
OH, and Game, never went there, games over priced, and now my local GAME store has closed shop.
Yeah I picked up 'The Witcher' for $7.99 yeah it's old but still a great game I've never played; i stopped paying full retail for games along time ago I shop around for specials or just buy online.
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