Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

Being the noob I am, I cant read between the lines, so... I'm going to ask the obvious, sorry.

Which platform is it and which EB did you see this at? (Because their site's cheapest is 39.95 for the PC version)

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

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What I meant to say was more close to what Fyuusii had to say. Sometimes you just get people who assume because you're a salesman you're out to rip them off. Even if you DO give them an awesome price. Ah well.

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This is a really dumb question, and dont get offended (I'm a little un-pc), but...

Aren't you?

I mean really... I have a friend who works at JB, unfortunately, he works in the city (which means I have to travel that far). Anyway, my point is, if I go to Chatswood JB they offer me next to no discount, and I understand they dont get any commission on the gaming products, but even the computing products like laptops, cooling fan things the laptops sit on etc etc. But my friend offers me about 30~50% discount on the same product. Ok, lets say that the staff discount is something like 10%, where did the remaining 20~40% come from? Lets say the commission is another 10%, but if you are getting a staff discount, why would you get a commission, but for arguement sack, lets just say they do, thats still another 10~30%. So, as a salesman, you can offer about 10~30% discount, but they dont.

I guess, you as a sales man, dont have to, but not every customer who asks for a discount is out to leech you dry. How do you chose who to give discounts and not to give discounts? (And, no I'm not one of those people who say COME OOOOOOOOOOONNN!!!! I'm one of those people who ask, if I buy this this and that, whats the best price you can do for me?)

Just wondering more than anything else.

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

If I remember correctly, I think you HAVE TO spend all the store credit when you trade in. In sydney anyway. I've heard victoria lets you but gift cards with them, which isnt the case here.

At least this is how I understood it.

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

It was on top of the pile at macquarie shopping centre.

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

I thought 'The Darkness' wasnt too bad for $13

Re: What really ticks you off? (3 years ago)

They might be charging you for the mobile unit itself, because thats what they were doing to my $20 cap with virgin, until I called them up and fixed everything. They also gave me the wrong data pack, but thats a different issue.

Re: Australian Gaming Bargains - 31/12/09 (3 years ago)

Yea... the JB store in chatswood wouldnt take my second hand Lost Magic (DS) which I picked up from Game 2 floors down because it was an import (which I didnt know at the time).

On another note...

Sorry to keep pointing these smalling things out, but......
You missed $109 for the price.

Re: What really ticks you off? (3 years ago)

The 4 day long weekend just ended and when I came back to the office, I was greeted with about 50 messages. So, here I am call each and everyone of them, but you know a funny thing? Some of these people call back 5 to 6 times, knowing its christmas long weekend. We're a real estate agency, not santa.
But, the story gets better. I call out a old chinese lady, she tells me her hot water system is not work. Feeling guilty that she's had no hot water, I decide to skip calling the owner and send a work out to a plumber, and I tell her honestly that no one, and I mean no one wants to work during christmas break and new years, but I'll try my best to send someone by tomorrow. All is good and well until 2 hours later her son rings the office shouting at our receptionist. So I take over and guess what he wants. He wants me to follow up on an order that our plumber most likely hasn't even read yet. Everyone wants their toliets and taps fixed because they go off on holidays and our 4 different company of plumbers are fully booked out. So, I tell him straight forward, I basically just sent out the work, his most likely havent even read the order yet, what do you want me to do about it? And all this guy can tell me is that he wants me to follow it up. And I ask him, follow what up? He wants me to follow up on the plumber, and I tell him again that the work hasnt even been 24 hours and I really dont have anything to follow up on. Now he tells me his pissed and that his going to come and see me. Great, like I didnt have another 49 messages to reply to. So I said fine, come to our office. Later he comes to our office and he throws his buissness card on my table and tells me, thats my bussiness card, so you know who your dealing with, as if I was to get scared of this ANZ "executive" buissness card. And through the whole conversation, I was think how the hell did a d*** **** like this even get a job at ANZ, and remembered the time when ANZ allowed you to over draw on your bank card ten charge you like 50 dollars later for dishonour fee and how I ever since quit using their bank.

My boss noticed the scene we were making and came over to my desk wondering what the hell is going on. As soon as he realised what was going on, my boss said to the guy 'sir, you're not very bright, are you?' the guy tries to refocus on the endless circle of its your job to follow it up, and me going, I will if the plumber isn't there by tomorrow, and him telling me ow he left many messages during christmas break. Not even to my phone, but the office phones. Because so many of us go to the office during holidays to check all our messages, right? Wow, ANZ must be open 24-7, because why else would he think that we're open during chritmas, right?

And as he leaves he tells my boss, a lawyer by trade, that he'll see him in court. This got me wondering why a big shot like him lets his parents live in a shit hole, where my dogs wouldnt even live.

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

Edit: Thought it was for PS3, what a let down with the K-mart thing and now this...

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

Yea... I know, but NOT EVERY SINGLE ONE of there stores, like DJ, Myers and target have some closed some open.

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

Is it just me or are all the Big W stores in Sydney closed on boxing day (26 Dec)?

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

because its finished.

All I stuff I bought got cancelled because they were out of stock.

Grrrrr!!!!!

Re: Gaming Bargains V2 (3 years ago)

It was also $19.99 in the Town Hall (sydney) store, if anyone was wondering.

Re: Australian Gaming Bargains - 17/12/09 (3 years ago)

Just a minor typo:

PS3 console + bonus game (bonus game varies from store to store): $44

how I wish it was that price..........

Re: Need some wireless internet help. (3 years ago)

Before you go buying anything, just make sure your modem's signal is not weaken to limit neigbours stealing your internet.

Re: Coming To Sydney! (Feb 2010) (3 years ago)

Well, I'm currently working in strathfield for a real estate agency. I'm sure there are some empty studio (which actually is just a room.) for a very very short rent. Problem being, I'm quiting at the end of january. Then again, my parents have about 5 empty rooms in strathfield south, but transport will be a problem.

Re: Current Trade In Values (Updated 07/04/09) + Exclusion Lists (3 years ago)

GAME

Need for Speed: Undercover (PS3) - $5

Battlefield: Badcompany (PS3) - $12

EB Games

Need for Speed: Undercover (PS3) - $13

Battlefield: Badcompany (PS3) - $12

JB Hifi

Need for Speed: Undercover (PS3) - $21

Battlefield: Badcompany (PS3) - $19

Re: Australian Gaming Bargains - 13/08/09 (3 years ago)

Wii Fit: $126
Wii Fit: $74

i could be wrong here, but I think the $74 is meant to be ea sports activa(?) or something like that.

Re: SO we cannot import games anymore? (3 years ago)

Yep. In a country that doesnt even have complete seperation of powers, it would be hard to see this happening.

Hardware question about ATAPI. (4 years ago)

Just wondering if anyone knows a simple way to convert ATAPI to USB. Cant seem to find a simple USB cable like for IDE or ATA.... Grrrrr....

Re: Trade in Value Help (4 years ago)

I cant remember which shop it was, but I think GAME was trading in the slim one for 110.

Re: Australian Gaming Bargains - 21/05/09 (4 years ago)

Wow - Sight and Sound

Big Beach Sports is missing price.

Re: What really ticks you off? (4 years ago)

nope. hopefully its all settled, since Charly decided I wasnt a racist, just an idiot. And I'm happy with that as long I dont have to argue with my psychology defence with someone who hasnt studied psychology.

Re: What really ticks you off? (4 years ago)

it doesnt. The fact that he park in my drive way when I need to go to work does. Race isnt the problem here. Him parking in my drive way does. my self acclaim racism made the race a problem for you. not me. the only reason the race because a problem was because you tell a white person to move the car they move it, you tell a black person, they still move it. you tell his GUY, he ignores you.

And for your plane question. they can be scared of both the plane and the colour. because one the colour can remind them of the plane. two because when you're crashing inside the plane, you cant see the colour! Now, if the plane looked like a car, felt like a car and didnt fly, then they would be ok to go on that plane, because nothing reminds them of a plane.

Have you never heard of the little albert experiment? what do people teach in schools these days...?

Re: What really ticks you off? (4 years ago)

Yep. I will. I'm sorry.

Just like to add:

I already contradicted myself, since I wasnt trying to judge all Lebanese people.

Oh well. I will keep my trangled political views to myself. Sorry everyone.

Re: What really ticks you off? (4 years ago)

nope. I dont think my problems justify racism. but thats how people think and work. one bad experience and that's actaully enough to make them fear something. In my case, its a race of people. Your on a plane that crashes, no matter how safe the next plane is, that person is still going to be bias against planes, and may never decide to go on a plane again. This is speically true when its your first experience. the first dog you ever meet attacks you. You'll fear dogs doesnt matter if its a nice one or a bad one. some times you dont even have to experience it. you hear stories about people dying from spider venom, and depending on your personality, you may fear spiders. It doesnt mean it justifies anything. the spider may not even have fangs long enough to get past your skin. we all fear something and for completely unjustified reason. I just had lots of bad experiences, and have fallen to that trap. I'm not racist per se. racism isnt even the correct word for what I have. Its a hate for this type of people (as you say, 'assholes') from that race. I've friends who are 'assholes' but they arent assholes to me because they are my friend. which makes me distinguish between 'assholes' by race. Its quiet common. you may fear big dogs but not small dogs, which means you've distinguished by size. Everyone has unintentional bias. Yes, even you Charly. whether you like it or not. Mine just happens to be a small portion of people. Actually, you did it just then, you distinguished me by my choice of expression of my point of view on a portion of race of people.

Re: What really ticks you off? (4 years ago)

Yea... I guess my words were pretty harsh last night. But you'll think differently, when some Lebanese person and a Lebanese friend and askes to burrow some water and electricity (tap and power plug) and you say no and his friend tells you (this is his exact words.) "I hope you get hit by a car and die!" then when you go out (thats if you can go out. remember his cars still in the drive way.) to work or what ever. they trespass onto your property and use your water and electricity anyway. For water alone, we got a bill for around $1000. I dont know how its possible to use that much? I mean, our pool is green because of water restrictions (to vaction the pool, the water must go out because replacing the filter is expansive!) I mean, I wasnt trying to say all Lebanese people are like this, I actually have a good friend whose Lebanese and even he feel disgraced.

Re: should you defragment your externl HDDs ? (4 years ago)

Yep. I think youre completely right. Sorry, its werid reading translations of program titles. I should have looked at the picture first.

Re: should you defragment your externl HDDs ? (4 years ago)

fragment is basicly just junk left from files you've already deleted, but werent deleted with the rest because it was a link or was somewhere else or was in use at the time. etc etc.
and you should defragment almost everytime you delete something big. But its mainly used to free up space more then anything else.

Re: What really ticks you off? (4 years ago)

or he'll just slash more of my tires. Thanks to him, I carry a 26cm blade in my bag.