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    #152
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,431 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I'd rather pay a tiny bit over what play charge to get the game a day before or on release day than waiting 2 weeks for it from play.

    Also play can fook right off until they sort their sterling to euro price conversion. They're the real rip off merchants.
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    #153
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    yep, im boycotting play.com until they let me buy in sterling. shopto.net let me buy in sterling. even with delivery charge, they are cheaper then play.com's euro price. quicker too


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    #154
    Brimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Brimmy


    nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »
    Fallout 3

    play 56.99
    snatch 38.99:rolleyes:

    I laughed. Never bought off Gamesnash, was going to once but decided not to buy the game after reading the advanced reviews (TNA Impact). Haven't heard a bad peep about them and know that I'll probably check them out for advanced orders in the future.

    Sick of the exchange rate and slow delivery of Play. Ordered a boxset from them once (and while not a game) it got lost and had to wait 21 days before I could lodge for a replacement. It was a present for my brother for Christmas who had to go back to London so I wasn't happy. Haven't bought from them since or even looked at the site when looking for prices.


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    #155
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »
    gamesnatch recession buster prices v play.com

    Fifa 2009 xbox 360

    Play 23.49
    Snatch 49.99:rolleyes:

    Alone In the Dark 360

    Play 16.32
    Snatch 54.99:rolleyes:

    Assassin's Creed xbox 360

    Play 12.99
    snatch 34.99:rolleyes:

    Army Of Two xbox 360

    Play 19.49
    Snatch 34.99:rolleyes:

    Condemned 2

    play 14.92
    snatch 34.99:rolleyes:

    Fallout 3

    play 56.99
    snatch 38.99:rolleyes: ( should be the other way round but thanks for the compliment :D )

    farcry

    play 23.49
    snatch 57.99:rolleyes:

    Mass Effect

    play 17.40
    snatch 59.99:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    there prices are a joke avoid at all costs

    Sometimes I struggle to work out with you are intentionally misleading people or genuinely incapable of understanding what has been said to you on numerous occasions. :)

    We have explained ad nausem to you in several threads including this one why in general play.coms prices will be slightly lower than ours principally because of the VAT situation. We have also addressed how when play.com have special clearance offers or overstocks we would not have access to the same offer so picking their cheapest titles and looking at our price is very selective.

    The quotes you use above are also very inaccurate ( again I'd question your motives and / or abillity to comprehend ) as usual and similar to the first set of quotes earlier in the thread.

    You have in some cases compared our price for the normal standard release versus a classics or platinum edition on play.com.

    In other cases you have quoted the playtrade price. Playtrade is a facillity for independent traders to sell their goods through play.com. This is akin to comparing us with somebody selling off their used items on ebay and is again misleading. You aren't even comparing our prices with play.coms

    Mind you in another case you mixed the two prices up and implied we were cheaper which I suppose we could say was a gesture on your behalf :D;)


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    #156
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    thebman wrote: »
    Anyway changing the topic, Gamesnash are you going to start stocking PlayTV?

    It wasn't generally released in Ireland because it requires access to digital broadcasts. Up in the border counties you would certainly pick up BBC etc but RTE have to the best of my knowledge not yet started broadcasting digitially so the product is not deemed suitable for the Irish market.


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    #157
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Gamesnash.ie wrote: »
    It wasn't generally released in Ireland because it requires access to digital broadcasts. Up in the border counties you would certainly pick up BBC etc but RTE have to the best of my knowledge not yet started broadcasting digitially so the product is not deemed suitable for the Irish market.
    I think there was a thread here somewhere saying that the last update allowed you to view irish channels but you cant actually use the guide, DVR or anything


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    #158
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    Yeah it is working on the RTE Digital Trial service at the moment (almost) with further updates coming in future so it will be available eventually for the Irish market.

    So that is supposed to launch by the end of the year I think and people are buying PlayTV at the moment on the terrestial tv forum and using it as they can pause TV at the moment.

    Apparently the problem is a bug on playback for the PS3 and not the actual PlayTV device. Maybe we'll need to wait until the service is officially launched before Sony will say it is okay for the Irish market or something.


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    #159
    Vic Vinegar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭Vic Vinegar


    Gamesnash.ie - are you gong to have Infamous in stock? and how much will it cost if you do?

    cheers.

    By the way "nevaeh-2die-4" is a very cantankerous geezer. Ignore him and he might go away....


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    #160
    wayne040576
    Registered Users Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭wayne040576


    Bombleswizzum wrote: »
    Gamesnash.ie - are you gong to have Infamous in stock? and how much will it cost if you do?

    cheers.

    By the way "nevaeh-2die-4" is a very cantankerous geezer. Ignore him and he might go away....

    +1 For Infamous.


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    #161
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    Bombleswizzum wrote: »
    Gamesnash.ie - are you gong to have Infamous in stock? and how much will it cost if you do?

    cheers.

    By the way "nevaeh-2die-4" is a very cantankerous geezer. Ignore him and he might go away....

    The unfortunate thing is that if we were to ignore him people might be misled by the inaccurate information being posted so we just go round and round in circles. :)

    As for Infamous - we will be stocking it and will have stock available for shipping on Monday / Tuesday of next week ( it is not on our pre order list as we were unable to guarantee our usual pre release day shipping ) Retailing at €54.99


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    #162
    Vic Vinegar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭Vic Vinegar


    Cool, do you take Paypal?


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    #163
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    Bombleswizzum wrote: »
    Cool, do you take Paypal?

    We do ! :)


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    #164
    TelePaul
    Registered Users Posts: 4,093 ✭✭✭TelePaul


    In fairness, Gamesnash couldn't possibly achieve the sale economies enjoyed by play.com. Per unit costs are obviously higher and they've no choice but to apss these costs onto the consumer in the form of retail prices - they're a business looking to make a profit after all. They've overheads, admin costs, wages to pay etc. If you don't like their prices, you can go to play.com, it's a perfectly competitive market.

    /economics rant.

    Moving on, I've never had a problem with Gamesnash in terms of service; their games are delivered quickly and they've responded to my queries in an efficient manner. I have noticed a fall-off in the money paid for traded games since I started using the service, but I noticed that when Gamestop quit their "This Game FREE When You Trade in 2 Games!*" offer too. Swings and round-a-bouts. I'd still rather give my money to GNASH, because I think they provide better value nonetheless.


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    #165
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    TelePaul wrote: »
    In fairness, Gamesnash couldn't possibly achieve the sale economies enjoyed by play.com. Per unit costs are obviously higher and they've no choice but to apss these costs onto the consumer in the form of retail prices - they're a business looking to make a profit after all. They've overheads, admin costs, wages to pay etc. If you don't like their prices, you can go to play.com, it's a perfectly competitive market.

    /economics rant.

    Moving on, I've never had a problem with Gamesnash in terms of service; their games are delivered quickly and they've responded to my queries in an efficient manner. I have noticed a fall-off in the money paid for traded games since I started using the service, but I noticed that when Gamestop quit their "This Game FREE When You Trade in 2 Games!*" offer too. Swings and round-a-bouts. I'd still rather give my money to GNASH, because I think they provide better value nonetheless.

    Thank you :)

    In terms of trade in value ( and to bore you with an economic lesson ) as with all businesses a resale price is based on a cost price of a particular item. Trade ins are a kind of reverse of that scenario. We have to look at what price the game will currently sell pre owned for and then work backwards to establish how much credit can be given out.

    The price of pre owned games has fallen in conjunction with the fall in price of new games. It's very rare to see a RRP of €69.99 these days when this time last year most titles would have been set at this. When a game was selling new for €69.99 it could be worth up to €44.99 ( on our price structure ) or as high as €59.99 in some of the bricks and mortar stores. Now the majority of titles are coming out with an RRP of €54.99 to €59.99 which pulls the price of a pre owned title down and obviously the trade in credit too. That said though at the end of the day the cash element of the transaction would remain fairly similar in both cases.


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    #166
    giggsy664
    Registered Users Posts: 2,457 ✭✭✭giggsy664


    nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »
    i dont really give a **** why there prices are high, im just pointing out how more exspensive they are against play.
    you would be an idiot with to much money to go out and buy a game from snatch rather than play from the list i posted

    Even because of your wreckless behaviour, lack of ability to read a thread, lack of proper puncuation, and spelling, and bad "research" if I may call it that, the only thing you have managed to break so far is my heart.


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    #167
    TelePaul
    Registered Users Posts: 4,093 ✭✭✭TelePaul


    Gamesnash.ie (Pat) wrote: »
    The price of pre owned games has fallen in conjunction with the fall in price of new games. It's very rare to see a RRP of €69.99 these days when this time last year most titles would have been set at this. When a game was selling new for €69.99 it could be worth up to €44.99 ( on our price structure ) or as high as €59.99 in some of the bricks and mortar stores. Now the majority of titles are coming out with an RRP of €54.99 to €59.99 which pulls the price of a pre owned title down and obviously the trade in credit too. That said though at the end of the day the cash element of the transaction would remain fairly similar in both cases.

    Yeah, I was surprised to see GTA go for €40 in Tesco and now UFC going for €40 in Smyths.


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    #168
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    TelePaul wrote: »
    Yeah, I was surprised to see GTA go for €40 in Tesco and now UFC going for €40 in Smyths.

    Not half as surprised as the Iirsh distributors were with GTA. Tesco were retailing cheaper than the national distributors were buying it in for themselves never mind what we were then being charged after their markup.

    UFC has a RRP of €54.99 so it's an extremely agressive price that Smyths went out for ( they have now put it back up to €49.99 ) but the bigger lads are having themselves a price war on certain titles.


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    #169
    TelePaul
    Registered Users Posts: 4,093 ✭✭✭TelePaul


    Gamesnash.ie (Pat) wrote: »
    Not half as surprised as the Iirsh distributors were with GTA. Tesco were retailing cheaper than the national distributors were buying it in for themselves never mind what we were then being charged after their markup.

    Is there nothing against selling below cost in that industry?


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    #170
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    TelePaul wrote: »
    Is there nothing against selling below cost in that industry?

    Not that I'm aware of. If there was we'd be guilty of it ourselves tbh.


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    #171
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    TelePaul wrote: »
    Is there nothing against selling below cost in that industry?

    If a company has stock that it can't get rid of at it's RRP then it should be allowed sell it at whatever price they see fit.

    I do however understand from a new release point of view that some companies won't be able to compete with Tesco or someone similarly as large.


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    #172
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    Lol Tesco are a rip off and highly disorganised on the game front anyway.

    The one in Maynooth is shockingly bad. LBP is still priced at 70 euro on the shelf. I don't get it. It could be cheaper and they are too lazy to change the price or they could be hoping to get kids begging mums to buy it for them and flog it at that price. I went to get Killzone 2 from them and there was no price on it.

    I just looked it while the staff when by and commented loudly to my mate that I'm not going to bring it to the counter to find out that it is more expensive than I want to pay and how disgraceful it is that they don't have prices up. Done this a few times with different members of staff around me and still the bullcrap continues. I'm sure one of them was a manager. They obviously just don't care so no business from me :P

    I don't like buying games there anyway. When you go to the counter, the auld grannies at the counter act like there is something wrong with you for buying a game because your 25 :rolleyes: I've stopped buying games there, too much hassle.


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    #173
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    I agree with you on their general game stock but they tend to have some crazy prices (I bet there are users that are too young to get that :() on new games on the day of their release.


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    #174
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    Kinetic^ wrote: »
    I agree with you on their general game stock but they tend to have some crazy prices (I bet there are users that are too young to get that :() on new games on the day of their release.

    You just brought me back to my first part time job in a red shirt for the princely sum of £1.76 an hour. :D


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    #175
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Have ye got deus ex in stock by chance?


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    #176
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    Not at the moment - what console are you looking for it on - think that came out on PS2 and PC only ? We have arrangements with other etailers to source back catalogue stock from each other so we can put the word out and see if there is any available.


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    #177
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Gamesnash.ie (Pat) wrote: »
    Not at the moment - what console are you looking for it on - think that came out on PS2 and PC only ? We have arrangements with other etailers to source back catalogue stock from each other so we can put the word out and see if there is any available.

    I want to get it for the pc if possibly :).


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    #178
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    We'll spread the word and see what we can turn up for you. :)


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    #179
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Have ye got deus ex in stock by chance?

    its available in most stores at this stage, even the crappy ones like PCWorld, its part of the "Sold Out" series. Doubt it'd cost you more than 5 euro anywhere

    Failing that, if you live in Dublin ye can have my copy ;) if you're willing to collect


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    #180
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    its available in most stores at this stage, even the crappy ones like PCWorld, its part of the "Sold Out" series. Doubt it'd cost you more than 5 euro anywhere

    Failing that, if you live in Dublin ye can have my copy ;) if you're willing to collect

    haha forget it im all the way down in cork like :) I had a look in all those shops you mentioned they did'nt have it.


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    #181
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Gamesnash.ie (Pat) wrote: »
    We'll spread the word and see what we can turn up for you. :)

    I would appreicate it that :)


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