Really Cheap Games @ PC World (merged)

JCL

There were one or two left I think. They had drawers full of stock in the Kilmarnock store.

Still worth a look.

PHickman

dadada wrote:

This site is named " moneysaving "

It seems to be more about ebay and moneymaking.

Probably a lot of "kids" whose pocketmoney would have gone far on this deal who have missed out to adults buying them simply to sell on ebay.

There is a distinct lack of Carin n Sharin on MSE.

Heh, you stirred up quite a reaction with that post! But to be fair, you need to think about what you posted. Yes, people will have bought these items specifically to sell them on eBay and to profit - but think about what that means! With such a huge influx of XBOX games the eBay price will be rammed down, so more kiddies [err, I mean parents!] can spend their [kiddies] pocket-money buying cheaper anyway. Ahhhh, the joys. Without even checking eBay I am confident that you will now be able to find games to buy for ~£5 as opposed to having to spend ~£10 only last month... maybe even cheaper as XBOX360 comes nearer.!

JCL

Here's some of the Gamestation trade prices as of today. I chose to trade in some of my games for credit which I will use for an Xbox360 when it's released.

For the guy who was on his high horse about this it is money saving. I was going to get an Xbox360 anyway and this way I now have £68 worth of credit to use towards it for an outlay of £7.99. Seems like money saving to me!

Anyway, here's the trade in value for games I had in alphabetical order. Note that these are the values given for credit and may be higher than if you trade for cash.

Backyard Wrestling £3
Blinx £6
England International Football £4
Genma Onimusha £3
Hobbit £6
Midway Arcade Treasures £3
Mission Impossible: Operation Surma £4
Return to Castle Wolfenstein £4
Rainbow Six 3 £2
Starsky & Hutch £3
The Great Escape £3
Voodoo Vince £6
Yager £3

purplegirluk1

Do you know if all blockbusters have gamestation inside? I went with a few games to our local and there was no mention of game station so I got the impression that the prices I was given were less than would be offered by gamestation.

JCL

Most up here seem to. It was a Gamestation within Blockbuster that I went to. You would definitely know as there's Gamestation plastered all over the front of the store and inside in the games section. Effectively a shop within a shop.

There is still some standalone Blockbusters and I do believe they accept games in trade.

i-luv-free-stuff

royalsteve wrote:

Tough luck!

It seems there is too much moaning and bleating on here as the lazy or slow ones (or both) missed out yet again....i missed out this time as I have been so busy lately apart from a couple of games but I just move onto the next bargain as thats life

Life isnt fair......live with it and move on

so you didnt miss out if you got a couple of games then did you?

biglugs

At the risk of stirring it up a bit I see that once again some MSErs aren't happy that some other MSErs take advantage of special offers for themselves and don't leave them for other people.
As I have said on these boards before we don't live in a Communist society where we all get one of everything and no-one has more opportunity than anyone else. This board is titled "Grab it while you can" for a very good reason! I don't see why I shouldn't take advantage of offers which are out there, and just leave them for others to come along later and have "their fair share". Like many MSErs I spend a lot of time looking for bargains instead of sitting in front of the telly - that time is rewarded when I do find something worth having. And like many MSErs when I do find bargains I like to tell other people about them so they can get a share too.
Yes I do occasionally buy items expressly to sell on Ebay. Other times I trade up (usually with PCs) and sell my old kit on Ebay. If I make a profit on this it helps to offset the cost of other things I buy, so it really is "money saving". If Boots are stupid enough to sell Ipods at a ridiculous price then I am willing to take advantage of that - result: my daughter gets an Ipod for Xmas costing me about £70 and 2 other people get Ipods for £20 less than the shop price - happiness all round.
The attitude of "leave something for everybody" wouldn't go down too well with those people who sit in queues for days to get the best bargains in the January sales - try telling them that they should have equal access to offers as those people who turn up at 11am on Sale Day and complain that all the best bargains have been taken!
That's my rant for today out of the way! Just got to wait for the Dell new prices to come out tomorrow night now!

JCL

JCL wrote:

Anyway, here's the trade in value for games I had in alphabetical order. Note that these are the values given for credit and may be higher than if you trade for cash.

Backyard Wrestling £3
Blinx £6
England International Football £4
Genma Onimusha £3
Hobbit £6
Midway Arcade Treasures £3
Mission Impossible: Operation Surma £4
Return to Castle Wolfenstein £4
Rainbow Six 3 £2
Starsky & Hutch £3
The Great Escape £3
Voodoo Vince £6
Yager £3

Just to add to the above I took a few more games in today to get more credit.

Secret Weapons of Normandy £8 (£7.50 Gamestation credit profit on that one!)
Carve £3

hokers

Someone just posted on DVDF that some more games are reduced, any of our insiders know anything about this?

NDK49

Max Payne 2 for Xbox is now £1.97

Fifa Street for Xbox is 47p