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#605153 4-Apr-2012 16:12

i find nzgameshop.com the cheapest when buying games. based in UK, but all prices are in NZD and all free shipping. takes about 4 days to get something usually

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#605154 4-Apr-2012 16:12

$1 to $10 Wow! Will have to travel to Tauranga no DS in bro town, that's Paeroa to outsiders.

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#605158 4-Apr-2012 16:19

can we trade some of our souvlaki shops for a Wendys burger joint, last one fell to pieces, one of the few things I miss about Auckland

will have to make sure I am at DSE bright n early next week

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#605333 4-Apr-2012 21:40

Kyanar: According to Woolworths Australia, they've opted to stop selling games. Which is inevitably bad, as it gives Gamestop a frighteningly large monopoly. Let's hope The Warehouse or someone steps up their game. (Ha. Ha.)

Interesting - I can only assume games are used as a loss-leader to get people into the store.
But as orgainsing games / consoles / accessories takes a lot of effort, they'll be looking to remove staff numbers involved with this area of the business. I wonder how much the market has actually shrunk since people have began buying their games on-line through their consoles?

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#605338 4-Apr-2012 21:56

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#605339 4-Apr-2012 21:58

stevenz:
chiefie:
stevenz: JB HiFi sell games, and are generally the cheapest option.

There is no JB HiFi in CHC

They do online ordering & free shipping.

Sometimes it's about impulse purchase... if ordering online, I'd have done through MightyApe most the time. And no Trade Me... some of the sellers and people on Trade Me are hard to deal with and rather not use it unless totally a must when all else are exhausted with options.

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#605350 4-Apr-2012 22:18

http://www.news.com.au/technology/gaming/dicked-off-customers-furious-at-dick-smiths-7m-game-sale-scam/story-e6frfrt9-1226316539362

Hopefully the game sale doesn't end up going badly enough to require an apology in the media...

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#606745 8-Apr-2012 17:16

I asked one of the young staff at DSE Lower Hutt about this Saturday and was told starting Monday or Tuesday but some was already marked down however the cheapest game was $15 and it was one that was labelled as $1 on their website. He did say that they were trying theiirr best to clear out all stock 1 or more years old.

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#606972 9-Apr-2012 09:35

Dunnersfella:
Kyanar: According to Woolworths Australia, they've opted to stop selling games. Which is inevitably bad, as it gives Gamestop a frighteningly large monopoly. Let's hope The Warehouse or someone steps up their game. (Ha. Ha.)

Interesting - I can only assume games are used as a loss-leader to get people into the store.
But as orgainsing games / consoles / accessories takes a lot of effort, they'll be looking to remove staff numbers involved with this area of the business. I wonder how much the market has actually shrunk since people have began buying their games on-line through their consoles?

Well, some DSE Australia employees are actually denying those reports, and saying they're just trying to get rid of old stock (then why are Xbox 360s on sale then?)

Hard to say what's really going through their minds.

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#606981 9-Apr-2012 09:58

When is this expected in NZ? Today, or Tuesday?

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#607001 9-Apr-2012 10:54

Is the sale on today?

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#607226 9-Apr-2012 22:48

So is it tomorrow (tuesday) or wednesday?

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#607294 10-Apr-2012 09:32

P1n3apqlExpr3ss: So is it tomorrow (tuesday) or wednesday?

Today :)

Cheap software (mainly old titles though). No deals on hardware. I am very happy with my haul though, should keep me going for a while:

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#607324 10-Apr-2012 10:42

Turns out it is today (even though I was told by 3 Dick smith employees it was tomorrow) went down and they had less then 10 PS3 games on clearance.

Got Smackdown Vs Raw 2012, Mirrors Edge and Avatar for PS3 for $21 combined.

I wasn't really bothered for the lack of games, any deals a good deal.

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#607326 10-Apr-2012 10:45

Yeah i just popped down, looks like i may have missed all the good ones, only one PS3 title left in the $1 section lol

Oh, and word to the wise, don't ask the sales staff if they have any others in stock, the guy i talked to became rather unfriendly when i did (even though i was pretty sure i was polite lol)

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