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| Charly wrote: | | Well, at least someone is going to get a pre-owned copy of Fallout 3 in lovely condition. Heh. |
And minus 10 points to gamers who go to JB or Big W or wherever else and find they're out of stock and have to resort to a $110 pre-owned copy from EB 
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Wouldn't EB sell it as brand new? It's sealed, they could keep it sealed.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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I think they would open it for legal reasons and to make sure it's not a fake game etc..
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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No they make more money selling pre-owned. It doesn't matter if it's sealed or not either, it's illegal to sell as a brand new copy. What that guy is doing though, is just wrong. People are ultimately going to miss out and be forced to pay $100+ for a pre-owned copy when they can't just walk into a store like JB and take one off the shelf, as every copy has been bought as trade-in credit.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Off topic:
Pre-owned can be pricematched, essentially.
Pricematch as normal, and then take some off as it is pre-owned. But that is no help if, as has been whinged about previously, all the new copies have been bought for trade schemes.
On topic:
I have bought numerous toys for my cat and what does she go spaz for? A piece of uncooked thin spaghetti. You have to love it.
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Well, if you return a game in 7 days, they sell it as brand new, that's why they open up every game, and you rarely get a sealed copy.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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Justin getting his mole removed.
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| Charly wrote: |
I have bought numerous toys for my cat and what does she go spaz for? A piece of uncooked thin spaghetti. You have to love it. |
Sounds like my cat. We have a whole box full of toys but it would rather attack my toes....
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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And your toes used to be so pretty..
Regardless, Obama's result made me happy in the pants.
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| Sambo110 wrote: | | Well, if you return a game in 7 days, they sell it as brand new, that's why they open up every game, and you rarely get a sealed copy. |
I really have to question the validity of some of your statements. True games get returned and this accounts for a small percentage of the opened games, but the majority of opened games can be attributed to ... wait for it ...
Anti-Theft Measures.
If the case is on the store floor, it is genuinely empty. Sealed games are in the store room. I rarely get an unsealed game. Heck, most of them are still sealed.
So no, 'they open up every game' is very much untrue. Just ask if there is a sealed copy available.
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Hmm, well I have only ever gotten 2 sealed game from EB, and my friends have never gotten sealed games either. Also, my friend returned some DS games, I wanted to buy that game, they guy that worked there said there were no copies left, but then found one. I got home, played it and my friends account was on it. And it was sold to me as brand new.
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| Charly wrote: | On topic:
I have bought numerous toys for my cat and what does she go spaz for? A piece of uncooked thin spaghetti. You have to love it. |
Ooooh, reminds me of kids who play with refrigerator boxes instead of their $100 electronic toys with all the bells and whistles.
..WAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHH I WANT A REFRIGERATOR BOX!
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I named my 360 account "GREAT2BATE"
hurr hurr hurr hack cough hur hur
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I've never received an unsealed game at EB either, they always go out the back and grab a copy, unless it's preowned (which makes sense).
Also, as far as the whole "OMG EB **** j00 in the a-hole 4 prepwn3d!!!1!!", brand new titles generally have the awesome trade in values, which people exploit to the ****house, so if they are giving you a hundred bucks back for your "secondhand game" (Which I'm quite sure will ALWAYS be brand new) what else are they going to charge but 110 bucks? Maybe you want them to charge you 50 dollars, because that doesn't make any sense and we're all living in bizarro EB is evil land anyway, right?
Receiving Fallout 3 made me happy today, and now whenever I want to smile I flick my Pipboy bobblehead. Heehee, look at him go.
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A customers offering me $200 in hand to sell him a copy of gears of war 2 today.
Also a number of folk ringing me up with one character saying "So you won't be doing a k-mart" and laughing when i told him i wasnt selling it to friday. He said 'worth a try right? time to call Big W!' lol.
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I agree with everyone else, Obama's victory made me smile.
Also I've been listening to some of the old Ricky Gervais XFM shows I missed. Freaking hilarious. I was in tears of laughter driving home today. Probably not the safest way to drive!
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Finally scored in futsal last night.
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Okay we all know FOX are not really Fair and Balanced as they claim to be. But the truth is,there are some good folks out there at FOX.
Anyway, I did watch a bit of FOX and Friends (FOX's breakfast show) last evening and was expecting them to be ungracious in the McCain defeat. But to my surprise they did take it with grace and respect to Obama.
But I was also impressed by what you can see in this clip FOX anchor dressing down a guy a who spoke unkindly words about Obama yesterday.
So all in all, its always nice to see that there are at least some good folks at FOX who don't always follow the Republican talking points.
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that we salute everyones purchases.
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^^I actually said the same thing a few weeks back lol.
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| MoistFlaps wrote: | A customers offering me $200 in hand to sell him a copy of gears of war 2 today.
Also a number of folk ringing me up with one character saying "So you won't be doing a k-mart" and laughing when i told him i wasnt selling it to friday. He said 'worth a try right? time to call Big W!' lol. |
I love customers like that. I especially love their line of thinking:
"This guy will be willing to accept $200 to give me something that I'll can't wait 24 hours for, even though it will cost him his job".
Getting Fable II for free today made me smile.
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The "plastic" bag I got from the Apple store in Chadstone when I bought another external HDD. It has an interesting texture... I'm strange =/
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two things made me smile today.
listening to sweet love for planet earth by **** buttons and finally figuring out nuclear magnetic resonance for chemistry
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Finally figuring out how to master lockpicking in Fallout 3. No forced unlocking or broken locks for me!
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