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Smyths - 3 for 2 games

  • 30-12-2009 10:55pm
    #1
    Nonoperational
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    Don't know how good this is but Smyths are doing 3 for 2 on all games second hand. Picked up Uncharted 2, Batman Asylum and Fifa 10 for €90. Seemed good value to me.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    gpf101 wrote: »
    Don't know how good this is but Smyths are doing 3 for 2 on all games second hand. Picked up Uncharted 2, Batman Asylum and Fifa 10 for €90. Seemed good value to me.
    Not great when you can get them all new for €105 in Xtravision. Be sure to check the disc surface condition on all preowned games you purchase before you pay for them.


  • #3
    noodler
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    hellboy99 wrote: »
    Not great when you can get them all new for €105 in Xtravision. Be sure to check the disc surface condition on all preowned games you purchase before you pay for them.


    So every game is 35e in XV for a while?


  • #4
    Gavin "shels"
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    hellboy99 wrote: »
    Not great when you can get them all new for €105 in Xtravision. Be sure to check the disc surface condition on all preowned games you purchase before you pay for them.

    Can't be right man, Uncharted 2 is €54.99 new (well it is in the XV I work in), FIFA is at least €44.99 and I think Batman is the same.


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    Gavin shels wrote: »
    Can't be right man, Uncharted 2 is €54.99 new (well it is in the XV I work in), FIFA is at least €44.99 and I think Batman is the same.
    I got Brutal Legend for €35, Batman was €35 and seen a good few others marked €35 too. Someone else here on the boards said the games were €35 too.


  • #6
    Gavin "shels"
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    hellboy99 wrote: »
    I got Brutal Legend for €35, Batman was €35 and seen a good few others marked €35 too. Someone else here on the boards said the games were €35 too.

    Well Uncharted is defo €54.99.


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  • #7
    Super Sidious
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    gpf101 wrote: »
    Don't know how good this is but Smyths are doing 3 for 2 on all games second hand. Picked up Uncharted 2, Batman Asylum and Fifa 10 for €90. Seemed good value to me.

    Not a great deal, Batman is €22 in HMV, Fifa was €35 somewhere cant remember and you paid €43 for U2... all second hand... should deffo shopped around first!

    In saying that the trade in value of the games would be decent enough for the next while, handy with the new games coming out!


  • #8
    jenno86
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    Gavin shels wrote: »
    Can't be right man, Uncharted 2 is €54.99 new (well it is in the XV I work in), FIFA is at least €44.99 and I think Batman is the same.

    Same as the one I work in.


  • #9
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    flynner13 wrote: »
    shopped around first!
    Thats just what you have to do, Uncharted 2 as others here have said is €54.99 in Xtravision, €49.99 in Smyths and can be got online at CD Wow for €39.59.


  • #10
    Fnz
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    Terrible offer for second hand games tbh.

    Uncharted 2 can be had for €43 in HMV, btw.


  • #11
    RoboSpud
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    Actually, the best deal on Uncharted 2 online is to go with Game.co.uk

    It's £29.98, with £2.95 delivery charge (works out better if you order more games, as it's just a one off charge it seems per order) which is 36.78 Euro

    I tend to use http://www.find-games.co.uk/ to find the cheapest price, and then see what the delivery prices are like. Much cheaper than buying games over here!!

    :D

    Generally refuse to buy a game for more than £25


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  • #12
    Nonoperational
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    flynner13 wrote: »
    Not a great deal, Batman is €22 in HMV, Fifa was €35 somewhere cant remember and you paid €43 for U2... all second hand... should deffo shopped around first!

    In saying that the trade in value of the games would be decent enough for the next while, handy with the new games coming out!
    You can't get it for €22 any more. Its €50. Never saw FIFA 10 for 35.
    hellboy99 wrote: »
    Not great when you can get them all new for €105 in Xtravision. Be sure to check the disc surface condition on all preowned games you purchase before you pay for them.

    Grand it's not a huge bargain but you can't get them for €105 in xtravision. They are €145 so thats a saving of €55. No point coming on here talking complete rubbish...All the Discs are perfect.


  • #13
    ice27
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    gpf101 wrote: »
    You can't get it for €22 any more. Its €50. Never saw FIFA 10 for 35.



    Grand it's not a huge bargain but you can't get them for €105 in xtravision. They are €145 so thats a saving of €55. No point coming on here talking complete rubbish...All the Discs are perfect.



    I got Fifa10 for €34 (brand new)just before christmas in xtravision in douglas cork. They were doing a special offer for a while so I can confirm this could have been got for that price.


  • #14
    Pushtrak
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    XV don't have regional prices. Hell, even comparing two XV stores in Limerick you'll find two different prices. One in the city, and one more suburban.


  • #15
    RobertFoster
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    I think different Xtravisions have different offers, so not necessarily complete rubbish.

    Using Find-Game.co.uk, the cheapest new you can get the games is just under €90 (Uncharted 2 - Amazon - £30.87 (~€35), Batman - TheHut - £18.73 (~€22), Fifa - TheHut - £25.73 (~€30)).

    Personally, I don't think second-hand games should ever be posted on Bargain Alerts as there's too many "YMMV" factors to consider.


  • #16
    Basq
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    Agreed about Xtra-Vision's odd-pricing policy.

    Was told they'd Mirror's Edge for the Xbox 360 at €4.99, and €9.99 for the PS3. Said I'd pick it up for the 360. It was €9.99 for it on both platforms in my local Xtra-Vision this morning.

    Regarding the OP's bargain - 3 pre-owned games for €90 can't be considered a bargain. I picked up 3 new (and well-reviewed) games in Curry's for €21 (Fallout 3 for the PS3, Saints Row 2 for the 360, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for the 360).


  • #17
    The Freeman
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    http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=s9_al_bw_srch?rh=n:!676457011&pf_rd_m=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=04T3MDSW38GT9PG7DDQN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=478995893&pf_rd_i=16423381


    amazon is cheaper again with free delivery at 24.99 pounds


  • #18
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    gpf101 wrote: »
    You can't get it for €22 any more. Its €50. Never saw FIFA 10 for 35.
    If the price mentioned above was an offer then it was an offer just like the 3 for 2 offer on all preowned games you got in Smyths, for what you got wasn't really an offer at all to be honest, you paid for all three.


  • #19
    Lawdie
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    Smyths have very high priced seconds imo.


  • #20
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    Lawdie wrote: »
    Smyths have very high priced seconds imo.
    They do and give you nothing for trade in too.


  • #21
    Zonda999
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    gpf101 wrote: »
    Never saw FIFA 10 for 35.

    The week after it came out, it was 35€ alright in tesco for both 360/ps3 versions, a few of the other major retailers followed suit IIRC


    Generally, agree with you, used games are perfect, given the choice of paying a small bit extra for new games though, i would every time


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  • #22
    Fnz
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    Zonda999 wrote: »
    Generally, agree with you, used games are perfect, given the choice of paying a small bit extra for new games though, i would every time

    Yeah, I hate seeing used games priced but a fiver less than the new copies - knowing the developer will see none of that money. People, obviously, must be buying them. Afaik, it's where retailers make the biggest margins.

    In the OP's example, the 3 for 2 offer implies that Smyths value 2 second hand titles at €90. I very rarely find myself having to pay more than €45 for a brand new game.


  • #23
    subway
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    i was in smyths yesterday,they had forza 3 for 44.99 second hand as part of this offer.
    they were selling it for 29.99 new on the other side of the shop


  • #24
    kendragon
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    Lawdie wrote: »
    Smyths have very high priced seconds imo.

    I agree... and its strange because they are incredibly competitive in the rest of the store (toys etc.). I think its just a unwillingness on their part to not put a proper team in place in the head office to keep track of current pricing trends etc...


  • #25
    Shryke
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    Smyths used to have decently priced second hand games but a while back they started jacking prices because the sales were good. It's nothing but greed. And now sales are heading back to dirt, big surprise there.
    Mostly I'll buy games new. If I see a good deal in a 3 for 2 I'll go for it but that just doesn't happen very often.


  • #26
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    basquille wrote: »
    Agreed about Xtra-Vision's odd-pricing policy.

    Was told they'd Mirror's Edge for the Xbox 360 at €4.99, and €9.99 for the PS3. Said I'd pick it up for the 360. It was €9.99 for it on both platforms in my local Xtra-Vision this morning.

    I went in yesterday to pick up some stuff and found that all the Xbox and PS3 titles were the same price except for Soul Calibre which was 9.99 on the 360 and 14.99 on the PS3. In another store it was the other way around with the Xbox version costing 14.99 and the PS3 version costing 9.99.


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