Bargain Hunter: Preorder Games, Get Fashionable

13 responses to “Bargain Hunter: Preorder Games, Get Fashionable”

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   Corey Lee

   June 9, 2010 at 11:18 am

   No point considering Gametraders have so few stores, no online shopping, and the nearest one to me is on the other side of Sydney. I have been it to it though and it was ok from what I remember.

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      Ridley200

      June 9, 2010 at 3:16 pm

      Uh, actually you can buy online from them, just that you have to talk to them. That’s how i got a mint condition MGS3: Subsistence for $30.

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         Corey Lee

         June 9, 2010 at 4:13 pm

         See… I wouldn’t know that if they didn’t openly advertise it (or if you hadn’t of told me).

         Also, when I visited the store in Castle Towers, their PS2 games were mostly all overpriced..

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   Wozza

   June 9, 2010 at 11:32 am

   I have never seen a gametraders in Sydney before except at Castle towers which is miles away.

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      JJ

      June 9, 2010 at 12:11 pm

      There once was a gametraders in burwood westfield.

      Also game has been offering a shirt with starcraft for a few weeks now.

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   Joshua Nash

   June 9, 2010 at 11:57 am

   It sucks that they have so few stores. They opened one up at robina after it had all its reonvations, within 6 months they had left. Was a real shame, heaps of stuff there i would have liked to get

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      dzc12

      June 9, 2010 at 2:01 pm

      Those dudes were at Robina for years. It was my go to store when I lived on the Coast. I remember when I used to hire PC games from them in High School. Good times…

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         Strand0410

         June 10, 2010 at 5:29 am

         Helllooo Robina guys.

         The Gametraders there was nice to stop into because they had a nice imported/2nd hand section. The problem was that they were far too overpriced. You’d save a lot of money simply resorting to eBay. A couple of incidents stuck out with me.

         – Their price matching policy isn’t exactly ‘policy’. It’s seemingly up to the managers’ discretion if he wants to sell you at a competitor’s price. I could have picked up GTA4 from JB or something but decided to see if they’d match it and give the same to a smaller store. They refused.

         -The WoW: Wrath of the Lich King expansion release. They didn’t take pre-orders, instead having a midnight launch where they auctioned off Collector’s Editions in-store to highest bidders… Never looked at that place the same way again.

         Ultimately, it was the opening of GAME and Big W (on top of Kmart, JB and Target) that closed them.

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   Claian

   June 9, 2010 at 11:59 am

   Much prefer the shirt that GAME are offering
   http://www.game.com.au/stores/starcraft2

   Not the best picture of it, the one i saw instore when i preorded mine looked a lot clearer.

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5. 

   Forrest

   June 9, 2010 at 12:31 pm

   I don’t know. I like the Gametraders shirt better, but I know GAME will price match and give me the shirt and GT will only do one or the other..

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6. 

   hows

   June 9, 2010 at 2:48 pm

   is ok..
   I do have one question, if you pre-order from GAME, do they deduct the $$ straight away or they deduct it when they ship the game?
   The reason – they are closing stores and sacking staff, will they close b4 SC2 release?

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      Mercsal

      June 9, 2010 at 5:25 pm

      Game have Close to two hundred stores if I recall, and have had literally millions of dollars invested into those stores.
      Calm down, they arnt going anywhere. Besides, all they ask is $10 as a deposit

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7. 

   Needs A New Username

   June 9, 2010 at 4:00 pm

   $99.95 for a PC game?

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