PSone retro games system bargains (merged)

zak1976

There is something very fishy going on here!

Called several branches, central system says they have stock, people in store claim they have none. Staff buying them methinks????

RichyRich

Just ordered one of these off the web site. Peeved at having to pay £6.99 delivery but have 2% Quidco cashback and 5% "McDonald's employee" discount (thanks to hotukdeals) - searched for free delivery code online but couldn't find one except if I spent over £199. Never mind.

Can't wait for it to arrive. I always wanted one of these :-D

manhattan

zak1976 wrote:

There is something very fishy going on here!

Called several branches, central system says they have stock, people in store claim they have none. Staff buying them methinks????

im thinking the same.

someone should email dixons asking why there is stock but employees are saying that there are none in stock.

some dodgy goings on here? they are probably all on ebay right now!

yaacov81

i agree
when i was in currys (staples corner) he even brpught one out for me ans said that there 2 more. he said they werent on the stock list so he couldnt sell them as he didnt know the price (i showed him that they wer £15 on the web but he claimed the price may be more instore.
said he would call me fri pm after checking eith the manager (said he could nt check then as it was lunch time (12.40ish).
needless to say i received no such call

manhattan

i had to order one online at £21 delivered which is still a good price. in my local store they said that they had not sold them for ages.

i couldnt be bothered to hustle them to check and just ordered when i got home.

i still havent received my confirmation acceptance e-mail though? so it wouldnt surprise me if the warehouse bloke has cancelled the order and placed it for sale on his ebay account! lol

RichyRich

I've got a confirmation email. I hope it comes as I've been buying on eBay like no-one's business (shedload of PSOne games, anyone?)

Will have a look at Game in town tomorrow to see if there are any bargains. Hope I can remember what I've bid on though :-S

Mr_Gordon_2

I've just had an email from Currys saying my credit card was declined, any my order cancelled! So the folk processing the orders must be at it too!!!!

manhattan

Mr_Gordon wrote:

I've just had an email from Currys saying my credit card was declined, any my order cancelled! So the folk processing the orders must be at it too!!!!

what a surprise!!!

they must be employing a few ex nigerian ebayers? lol

butterflymum

Thanks, Artofdookie, I managed to get one in Currys, Ballymena just after 9am this morning (assistant who checked the computer for me said they only had the one in the display cabinet but then another assistant overheard, disappeared off and came back with one in the box) so have cancelled the one I ordered online from Dixons at the weekend (I did grudge the thought of paying postage). Also, popped into Wyse Buys in Ballymena afterwards and picked up 4 childrens Playstation games for £10 total (just checked amazon and same ones are selling for about £6/7 each).

Grover

diamond57 wrote:

I managed to get a couple at our local Currys, although husband had just asked at customer services if they had any PSone's he got laughed at so I went and asked some-one else to check the product code (thankfully I remembered from looking on line) they found they had three in stock one of which was reserved. So, don't take no for an answer and take the code 928985 with you.

Similar thing happened to me at Aintree store. I rang beforehand and was told that I needed to look at retro game specialists if I wanted something 'as old as a ps one'. Thanks to an earlier post, I had the product code and asked the girl to check the stock. She then informed me that they has two in stock. So the moral is to make sure that you give them the code as they don't always know what they're talking about.