Recently JB Hi-Fi has decided to bypass local distributors and sell a selected range of imported video games in-store at reduced prices. We spoke to Scott Browning, Marketing Director at JB about the decision, who confirmed that JB Hi-Fi has gone down the parallel imports route, and explained some of the reasons why.
Plenty of major retailers have sold parallel imports in-store: GameTraders did it to get a headstart on local release dates, EB have sold imported games, and troubled retailer GAME has also sold imported games as ‘pre-owned’. Now JB Hi-Fi is getting involved, but its scheme is a little different…
We’ve just gotten confirmation from JB Hi-Fi that the retailer will no longer be taking pre-orders for, or selling, the 3G version of the PlayStation Vita and is limiting its stock to the Wi-Fi version of the console only.
No doubt there are plenty of deals going around, considering it’s Boxing Day. But, if you still haven’t picked up an Xbox 360, or are in the market for a Slim, then this $149 4GB model from JB might tickle your fancy.
If wall scrolls and pre-order bonuses are your thing, then you might want to head into JB Hi-Fi at some stage and slap the cash down for Asura’s Wrath, Street Fighter X Tekken or Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.
It’s the golden rule of the internet – if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. There’s currently a JB Hi-Fi scam doing the rounds on Facebook promising a free $200 gift card to the first 25,000 attendants of a special JB Hi-Fi event. The only thing you’re going to win by joining the event is compromised privacy and online security.
They’re calling it JB’s Gift Giving Frenzy. Starting from 6pm today until late JB Hi-Fi have a pretty decent sale going on, and I’m thinking of heading over the road to my local to check it out, considering the fact they have some petty good sales in the games department.
If you’re in NZ and insanely eager to play Battlefield 3 before your Kiwi compartiots, the JB Hi-Fi in Westfield Albany will be holding a special event on October 26, starting from 6pm, where you can play the game six hours prior to its official release.
