Play Asia

jayteecork

Well my copy of the Orange Box popped in the letterbox today.
Still waiting on my copy of Bioshock.
That reminds me, I popped into Xtra Vision today and they're doing Brand new copies of Bioshock for 29.99.
Of course I buy it online for 33 and think I'm getting a great deal yet 3 week later it hasn't arrived and I see a European copy for less.
Usual.

Sad Professor

Well my copy of Mass Effect arrived this morning. Finally. Took about 3 weeks.

Kur4mA

I didn't think play-asia were this slow. I know I'm not supposed to tout but anyone needing these quicker I have some of the above mentioned games in stock. Thats all I'll say. pm me

ShaneU

I'm thinking of buying a DS off them, but god knows how long it'll be till it gets here.

Asmodean

they're usually only a week or two to arrive but since its that time of year its taking a bit longer. Got Assasins Creed yesterday, took 3 weeks also.

jayteecork

Bioshock arrived today so all's well that ends well. Came with a packet of Japanese sweets - Strawberry flavour.
Not bad really.

Basq

Ordered the standalone copy of 'Guitar Hero 2' off PlayAsia a while back. It was the same day Guitar Hero 3 came out as I had just gotten it and the guitar.

Thought it was odd how it didn't arrived yet.. just checked it's status there:



:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Sad Professor

Was it listed as in stock when you ordered, basquille? It looks like it might have been a backordered title. I was waiting ages for Orange Box to ship before I gave up and cancelled. I stick to new releases now.

grizzly

basquille wrote: »

Ordered the standalone copy of 'Guitar Hero 2' off PlayAsia a while back. It was the same day Guitar Hero 3 came out as I had just gotten it and the guitar.

Thought it was odd how it didn't arrived yet.. just checked it's status there:



:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

So like 17 days? I think that's ok for the money you save. I use play asia for games I can wait for – for stuff I really want that day it's out e.g. CoD4 I get in Dublin.

Basq

Sad Professor wrote: »

Was it listed as in stock when you ordered, basquille? It looks like it might have been a backordered title.

I'm not sure really..!

The only reason i ordered it from there is because it's the only place you can get 'Guitar Hero 2' without buying the guitar. Unless i look for one on EBay i suppose.

Will give it til the end of the month anyways.. i'm in no rush with it to be honest.

grizzly wrote: »

So like 17 days? I think that's ok for the money you save.

It's not even shipped yet - it still says 'Preparing Order'!

Will more than likely be waiting a while for it to get here when it is eventually shipped.

zuchum

is there delivery charge? cos if there is how much do you actually save on 360 games?

Basq

zuchum wrote: »

is there delivery charge? cos if there is how much do you actually save on 360 games?

You can see the delivery charge in the image i posted. It's roughly €2 (first time i ordered so I presume it's per-game).

Gran Hermano

Basquille,

I've ordered 30+ titles from Play-Asia over the last couple of years
and it sounds like you ordered it when it was out of stock as
Sad Prof mentioned.

Basq

Cheers Gran.

Should i bother waiting or will i just cancel it? I'm in no rush i suppose.

EDIT: It's listed as 'Usually ships within 5-15 days' here!

jayteecork

they'll come eventually.
However I'm gonna shop around the place before I order in future.
I paid 33 for Bioshock and in the meantime I saw it for 29.99 new in Xtra Vision.

Basq

Really? Must pop into Xtra-Vision tomorrow so.

jayteecork

just picked up a brand new copy of Rainbow Six: Vegas from play-asia for 20 euro.
Sweet.

Basq

Oh, this reminds me.

My copy of Guitar Hero 2 arrived last Friday!

Gran Hermano

basquille wrote: »

Oh, this reminds me.

My copy of Guitar Hero 2 arrived last Friday!

Glad to hear it, I'd have been surprised if Play-Asia had mucked up as
I've found them up there with the best of the European online stores
in terms of reliability and customer service. I'd say the Christmas postal
chaos caused a fair whack of the delay - I know a couple of my orders
from other Asian sites took longer than normal over Christmas.

If anyone's ordering in early February, watch out for delays with Chinese
New Year.

Unearthly

Woah I thought I was waiting long for my 2 games(call of duty 4 and Assassins creed) which I ordered 2 weeks ago but some people had to wait many weeks! Hoping atleast 1 arrives tomorrow

My postman is fairly atrocious though, I once got my college exam results 1 week after everyone else.

If anyone's ordering in early February, watch out for delays with Chinese
New Year.

Doh

jayteecork

wish play-asia would get in a region free copy of Burnout Paradise.

Unearthly

Both arrived today in same envelope

Happy days

robinph

jayteecork wrote: »

wish play-asia would get in a region free copy of Burnout Paradise.

There is no such thing.

acri

So, if I buy a 360 in Asia (much MUCH cheaper), it should work over here with our PAL games and on our TVs?

Kiith

Assuming its a region free title yes. It says on play-asia what regions it will work in.

rejkin

how much would it cost to ship a game from china to here?

Stokolan

acri wrote: »

So, if I buy a 360 in Asia (much MUCH cheaper), it should work over here with our PAL games and on our TVs?

The Video output will be fine if its an lcd your using. if its a PAL 360 then PAL games and region free games should work on it. You might need to get a 220v power brick for it or a 100v Transformer.