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GAME overcharging on budget games

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    #32
    DonkeyStyle \o/
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    The prices in GAME are laughable... HMV sometimes have the same game for €10 less than what GAME are asking.
    Although you can sometimes get an alright discount if you have a GAME store card, like when I bought vice city I got I think five or ten euro off the badge price.


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    #33
    smiaras
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    #34
    RicardoSmith
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    The credit card and the internet is usually the cheapest way to buy a new game. If you think selling an existing game worth €25 for €25 back to a shop somehow negates that, I can't agree with you.


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    smiaras
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    #36
    Wertz
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    RicardoSmith wrote:
    Wertz wrote:
    Fixed.
    What is that meant to mean?


    Go back and read the "quote".


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    #37
    Cake Fiend
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    RicardoSmith wrote:
    Your sustaining high prices, by not shopping around.

    We were discussing Game's price matching. What's the difference between buying a game in Smyths for €30 and buying the same game in Game for €30? How is buying it in Game sustaining high prices as opposed to buying it somewhere else for the same price?


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    #38
    RicardoSmith
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    Sico wrote:
    We were discussing Game's price matching. What's the difference between buying a game in Smyths for €30 and buying the same game in Game for €30? How is buying it in Game sustaining high prices as opposed to buying it somewhere else for the same price?

    The thread title is Game overcharging?

    If you can't be bothered to seek out cheaper prices then why would Game lower prices to stay competitive? They won't. So the result is that you not seeking lower prices means that Game will continue to charge as much as the lazy consumer will pay.

    Why would price matching encourage you to shop in Game. I'd have assumed you'd shop in the place where you find the lower price.

    Smyths and Game used to be a lot cheaper than other stores, but these days they are the most expensive places.


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    #39
    TacT
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    RicardoSmith wrote:
    Your sustaining high prices, by not shopping around.
    way over the top I reckon
    Get price match first, march into GAME, demand price match -- happy punter


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