Great Cheap 'Games Console Package' Hunt

mamazaac

Muddyfox wrote:

First ever post so bear with me..... my son, having decided his old PS2 took too long to load, asked me to trade in his old games, Game Boy Advance etc for a new slimline PS2. Off down to Game Station then....

To cut a long story short I got £87 for the trade - ins toward a £95 PS2. I was informed by the staff that as I had bought a new PS2 I could buy any game for £5. Not knowing which my son would want I initially declined the offer but then bought Fifa 07 (which he already had!) for the required £5 and then immediately asked what then Trade in value was - to which the reply was £20!!!! Needless to say I sold it (back) to them & it was deducted from the cost of the PS2.

All in all the new PS2 was paid for by the trade-ins and I left with a £7 credit note.

May be useful to know if anyone is planning to buy a new PS2.

Do you know if they are prepared to do a trade-in for a PS1 please?

mamazaac

TraciJ2 wrote:

Not 100% sure, but i'm pretty sure that the guarantee is the same as any new game/console bought. My hubby buys pre-owned all the time as they are considerably cheaper and considering that he can finish a game in a week means that not only do we get our points building up, but he can then return the games for a trade-in (for a cheaper price obviously) and we get to keep the points!!
They also do a 3 for 2 deal on pre-owned games. They are priced at £3.99, £7.99, £9.99 and £12.99 and they deal is buy the three and the cheapest is free.
Hubby buys threes games, finishes one of them and takes maybe three back and normally gets approx. £11 trade in for them.

PS2 consoles are sold for approx. £60.00. All with controllers and cables etc.
As i said early, not 100% sure of prices etc, but i'll be going there tomorrow so i'll get some more info.
hope this helps
:j
xx

Thank you for the info - if you do get a chance to post any more info, it would be much appreciated.

thekitkatshuffler

thevilraggydoll wrote:

XB360 20GB PREMIUM PACK AND 4 GAMES
GEARS OF WAR
PRO EVO 6
SPLINTER CELL
PROJECT GOTHAM RACING
FOR £259.99 AND 50 £1 OFF RENTAL VOUCHERS
This is on sale now even though Gears of War is not released until 17th November. However you can buy the whole package, take home the items in store and pick up Gears of War on day of release.

Is this definitely correct?! I've seen the same package posted elsewhere but they claim it to be £350 at Blockbuster. The price you quote seems too good to be true. :think:

mamazaac

pinkorchid wrote:

Try Blockbusters...i work there and i know everyone thinks its just rentals but we get so may pre-owned games and consoles in its not even funny.

Also, every store has been given loads of new stock to shift - I work in a pretty small store and we have tonns of 360's, PSPs, Nintendowhatsits ... so the bigger the store the more stuff and everyone wants them out of our site by Xmas!!!

Got really good deals as well, don't know if they are online but just pop in to your local store and have a look.

Hope that helped.

Thanks for this - have bought a used ps2 today with a 6 month guarantee for £64.99. Game quoted me £69.99 for the same one. They also told me that, although they have none in stock at the mo, they sometimes get steering wheels which, on average, they sell for only £5-10, also with a 6 month guarantee.

marco_79

XB360 20GB PREMIUM PACK AND 4 GAMES
GEARS OF WAR
PRO EVO 6
SPLINTER CELL
PROJECT GOTHAM RACING
FOR £259.99 AND 50 £1 OFF RENTAL VOUCHERS


Just been in to blockbuster, price for this package is £350 still a real good deal though. £279 and £299 respectively

YOUNGE1

Does anyone know if gameboy micros are going out of production?
That is what gameplay have told me because they have not honoured order I made.

TonyTheSuperPerson

I doubt it, Ninty have been a little underwhelmed with sales but they haven't made any announcements or comments to the effect of stopping production as far as i'm aware and a quick search turned up nothing.

Cerenia

marco_79 wrote:

XB360 20GB PREMIUM PACK AND 4 GAMES
GEARS OF WAR
PRO EVO 6
SPLINTER CELL
PROJECT GOTHAM RACING
FOR £259.99 AND 50 £1 OFF RENTAL VOUCHERS


Just been in to blockbuster, price for this package is £350 still a real good deal though. £279 and £299 respectively

Making a MAJOR loss on that per console sold, it costs more than that in production costs! That and Gears of War isn't out until friday 17th.

vaderag

Ok, if people arent bothered about getting it on release day (i dont think there is a guarentee), there is a 10% HMV voucher here: http://www.ukdiscountvouchers.co.uk/
which means you can get a Wii for 162 pounds Then, Play3k.com seem to be cheapest on games with Twilight Princess fro 29.99 and Wii Play + remote for 27.99 (1pound more than a remote on its own!) Hope thats helpful for someone!

TonyTheSuperPerson

Cerenia wrote:

Making a MAJOR loss on that per console sold, it costs more than that in production costs! That and Gears of War isn't out until friday 17th.

I think the idea is to bring you into the store as much as possible with all those vouchers.