Sony Pulse Wireless headphones €59.99!!!

Richard Dower

sweetie wrote: »

I got the last one on the shelf in hmv grafton st. I then went to GameStop and apologised on behalf of the gaming community for RD's behaviour. But thanks for the BA RD!

I dont feel embarrased, but i do accept i was rude to the Gamestop staff....but i was just pissed and couldnt understand the price difference. I wanted to brag....but in doing so, yeah...i've alerted them to the error

tok9

noodler wrote: »

Fcuking brilliant - priceless!

(A few reviews compared them to the previous model and said it wouldn't really be worth an upgrade if you have them for those of you who might be wondering).

Saw that in the review too. I really like the older model ones tbh and use them a good bit when playing with other boardsies.

These ones do look nicer but I'll be sticking with the other ones for now

Richard Dower

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Good bargain alright though I'm not going to open the headphone debate here. :rolleyes: There are plenty of other posts on this if anyone is interested in the Home Audio section.

However, it sounds like you walked out like something else which also has 4 letters to me. GAME and HMV are owned by the same parent company. Even if they weren't I would imagine the manager of GAME having a quiet word with the manager of HMV asking about the pricing. What will likely happen as a result of your display is HMV will amend the price of their obvious pricing error to €160. So you've possibly ruined it for everyone else. Could you not have perhaps said nothing and just posted the offer/misprice?

I accept that this is what i've most likely done....i should have said nothing and just posted here. I apologise to Boardsies......

ButtersSuki

Richard Dower wrote: »

I dont feel embarrased, but i do accept i was rude to the Gamestop staff....but i was just pissed and couldnt understand the price difference. I wanted to brag....but in doing so, yeah...i've alerted them to the error

Maybe say sorry to the girl in GAME? Just a thought......

jmorrisey

Richard Dower wrote: »

I accept that this is what i've most likely done....i should have said nothing and just posted here. I apologise to Boardsies......

I will say this.

Fair play to you OP for answering every charge and criticism leveled against you. I can see this going on forever. You should just make a closing comment and walk away from the thread as this thing is going in circles now

Richard Dower

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Maybe say sorry to the girl in GAME? Just a thought......

That would alert them to the price....if i haven't already. I'll wait a few days and see if HMV have upped the prices....then i'll admit it was MHV who was in error, not Gamestop.

FutureGuy

I think this will be the first great bargain alert that gets no "thanks". lol.

Richard Dower

FutureGuy wrote: »

I think this will be the first great bargain alert that gets no "thanks". lol.

...all i can say is....get in there today!!

dodzy

Richard Dower wrote: »

Like i said i couldnt understand how they could justify selling them for 160 Euros to customers while a few doors down it was 60, i was pissed as a consumer....thinking about others going into Game and spending 100 Euros extra.

Thank f**k you didnt see the Argos razor here a few weeks back for a shade over €30. You would have had a field day informing all the competition that they were overcharging, to a ridiculous extent in some cases ......:rolleyes:

Richard Dower

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Maybe say sorry to the girl in GAME? Just a thought......

Even if it wasnt a mistake i would have done the same and ranted, and bragged.

Lucious Sweet

Only one left in HMV Cruises St now.
Thanks OP.

Richard Dower

moz wrote: »

Only one left in HMV Cruises St now.
Thanks OP.

really?.....did they sell or take them off the display?

noodler

Richard Dower wrote: »

That would alert them to the price....if i haven't already. I'll wait a few days and see if HMV have upped the prices....then i'll admit it was MHV who was in error, not Gamestop.

We already know Gamestop are not "in error".

Lucious Sweet

Richard Dower wrote: »

really?.....did they sell or take them off the display?

Don't know. There were two left when I went in. I had one which left one. Still at €60 btw.

jacool

Good shout OP.
I presume all the others on here were too busy ranting to actually benefit from the offer.
This type of (over) reaction here can only encourage people not to post BAs in case it sets them up as a target for abuse.

Chavways

I desperately want one of these but can't get into Limerick at this stage. :mad:

Richard Dower

jacool wrote: »

Good shout OP.
I presume all the others on here were too busy ranting to actually benefit from the offer.
This type of (over) reaction here can only encourage people not to post BAs in case it sets them up as a target for abuse.

To be fair to the posters....they made valid points and pointed out some rather ass behaviour, not to the staff....because well, thats me....but to other Boardsies.

Basq

jacool wrote: »

This type of (over) reaction here can only encourage people not to post BAs in case it sets them up as a target for abuse.

THIS!!

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The OP gave me a laugh.. even if he was serious regarding going into Gamestop or not.

Rude maybe but worth chastising for to this degree? I think not..

If RD did say that in Gamestop, the girl probably simply blasted him to her co-workers when he left and got on with her day.

People need to lighten up..

Richard Dower

Chavways wrote: »

I desperately want one of these but can't get into Limerick at this stage. :mad:

I'll sell you mine for €100..........;)

Richard Dower

Basq wrote: »

THIS!!

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The OP gave me a laugh.. even if he was serious regarding going into Gamestop or not.

Rude maybe but worth chastising for to this degree? I think not..

If RD did say that in Gamestop, the girl probably simply blasted him to her co-workers when he left and got on with her day.

People need to lighten up..

I wasn't troling or bluffing...it went down like i said.

Basq

^ Fair "nuff"..

Richard Dower

Btw...HMV also have the *new* version 2.0 blu-ray media remote...the one being sold in the US:



Different button layout, extra buttons + Netflix ready....22.99
The older remote is still there for 24.99

Richard Dower

They also have the PS3 Super Slim HDD caddy for 9.99 and the new steering wheel thing for racing games/PS Move etc for 29.99

They got alot of new PS3 stock in and they didnt have it yesterday when i was in there.

JohnnyChimpo

Shine on you crazy diamond, RD. I wasn't interested in the BA, but this is one of the most entertaining threads I've seen in a while. And at least you seem to recognise on some level you made a bit of a tit of yourself. Anyone taking the opposite side in this great debate has perhaps never worked a menial hole of a job in customer service where customers are constantly climbing up your arse over pricing issues that have nothing to do with you. Happy days...

Sugarlumps

This makes for hillarious reading. You deserve you're own sitcom Dower.

Richard Dower

Sugarlumps wrote: »

This makes for hillarious reading. You deserve you're own sitcom Dower.

Funny part is.....i dont even want them now, twas an impulse buy



I have the receipt though........:p

jmorrisey

Richard Dower wrote: »

Funny part is.....i dont even want them now, twas an impulse buy



I have the receipt though........:p

Bring em back to Game and tell them you lost the receipt....They'll hardly remember you

Richard Dower

Richard Dower wrote: »

Like i said i couldnt understand how they could justify selling them for 160 Euros to customers while a few doors down it was 60, i was pissed as a consumer....thinking about others going into Game and spending 100 Euros extra.

I'm fairly certain that any Irish man or woman would have a hard time picking up those headphones in their local GAME as they all **** down last year.

Richard Dower wrote: »

Imo as a consumer and for other consumers the HUGE price difference should be highlighted, its wrong to charge such a big difference from shop to shop.

I was in two electronic stores today, Currys and a smaller local store. The same TV was in both, in Currys it was on special off with 200 euro off. In the other it was the normal price. By your way of thinking the smaller local store is ripping people off by selling the TV at it's rrp.

Richard Dower wrote: »

I cant speak to a barcode reading wrong, for all i know HMV are doing a special deal for a limited period, or it could be an error or it could be the real price.

All i know is she scanned it, came up 60 quid....i asked her to check because i knew i'd seen it more expensive....she said thats the price and thats what i paid.

I came here to post a bargin alert and gloat and get my angry consumer face on over Gamestop. I dont feel embarrased at saving 100 Euro.

HMV do deals like this all the time. Every time I go into my local store there's a bargain or three to be had. Sure the same item can be twice that up the road but it takes a certain kind of dick to avail of a bargain and then head up the road to gloat about it and try to show up some poor working stiff whose most likely getting minimum wage and having to deal with crap all day.

Basq

Alright... enough of the chastising of Richard now.

It's getting tiring..

positron

Richard Dower wrote: »

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/gaming/gaming-accessories/sony-pulse-wireless-headset-elite-edition-1100892/review

That review is for the 'Elite Edition' (this one on amazon link)

The one HMV has is not the elite edition - Now having said that, I can't really find any difference between the description of Elite edition in Amazon and what HMV has for 59.99 (I picked up one, probably the last one from HMV Henry St - thanks OP.)

PS: This is the HMV version on Amazon (link)

Vurnon San Benito

Richard Dower wrote: »

Funny part is.....i dont even want them now, twas an impulse buy



I have the receipt though........:p

I'll buy them off you for €55 if you don't want em. Second hand and all that...

positron

positron wrote: »

That review is for the 'Elite Edition' (this one on amazon link)

The one HMV has is not the elite edition - Now having said that, I can't really find any difference between the description of Elite edition in Amazon and what HMV has for 59.99 (I picked up one, probably the last one from HMV Henry St - thanks OP.)

PS: This is the HMV version on Amazon (link)

And I think I saw at least one of these newer headphones at HMV Herny Street for €89.99, which is listed £89.99 at Amazon link

mtkenne2

i will give ya 60for them

Richard Dower

Doocey wrote: »

I'll buy them off you for €55 if you don't want em. Second hand and all that...

i might hold onto them, good story for my upcoming book of memoires.

Richard Dower

positron wrote: »

And I think I saw at least one of these newer headphones at HMV Herny Street for €89.99, which is listed £89.99 at Amazon link

thats an older model. i dont think there is any difference in the US elite edition and those selling in the UK, besides a different designed box.

Richard Dower

mtkenne2 wrote: »

i will give ya 60for them

i was jesting, in fact the entire thread is a piss take........:D

Mental Mickey

Richard Dower wrote: »

i was jesting, in fact the entire thread is a piss take........:D

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO??????????????!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????? Really???????????????????????

Would never have guessed!!!!??? :rolleyes:

dave1982

I got the same ones for 39.99 beat that Richard

CaSCaDe711

Cunning stunt :rolleyes:

Liam O

Someone was on the sauce early today I see

maiden

Ah leave the OP alone! He is happy he got a bargain! And he told us about it..........

cyburger

Richard Dower wrote: »

i was jesting, in fact the entire thread is a piss take........:D

Stunned.

Brian

Not that anyone's paying attention to the item in question at this stage, but essentially all 7.1 headphones are garbage and even at this price you'd be much better off getting a wired, stereo pair.

mayordenis

Brian wrote: »

Not that anyone's paying attention to the item in question at this stage, but essentially all 7.1 headphones are garbage and even at this price you'd be much better off getting a wired, stereo pair.

They are stereo headphones with a virtual 7.1 option, they also come with a standard headphone jack for using with any other audio device, they are far from garbage.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming-headset-headphone-reviews/sony-pulse-review-ps3-elite-edition/

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/gaming/gaming-accessories/sony-pulse-wireless-headset-elite-edition-1100892/review

http://www.gamefront.com/sony-pulse-wireless-headset-elite-edition-review-omg-bass/

Brian

None of the websites you link to have any credibility when it comes to reviewing audio.

Richard Dower

Brian wrote: »

None of the websites you link to have any credibility when it comes to reviewing audio.

Even if the cans have several speakers inside the housing?

mayordenis

Brian wrote: »

None of the websites you link to have any credibility when it comes to reviewing audio.

Tech Radar are fine, but I suppose you probably have only one source that you lend credence to.

Why didn't you respond to the fact that they're not surround and that they are infact just good stereo headphones? Hmm.

Basq

Basq wrote: »

THIS!!

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The OP gave me a laugh.. even if he was serious regarding going into Gamestop or not.

Rude maybe but worth chastising for to this degree? I think not..

If RD did say that in Gamestop, the girl probably simply blasted him to her co-workers when he left and got on with her day.

People need to lighten up..

I have to admit, the way he acted in Gamestop is what made me hate working in retail and is a large part of why I left.

Richard Dower wrote: »

I says to yer wan in Gamestop....100 Euros cheaper, HOW can you explain this???????

''we don't set the prices'' blah....so ya i showed them up and walked out like a star

Customers giving out to you about prices, making a holy show of themselves and you, when the simplest of people know the staff have nothing to do with the prices of the products in the store. If he put into writing what he did in store to one of the "Talk to" forums here instead he would have been reprimanded and rightly so by one of the mods, for coming under the "don't be a dick" rule on boards.

Brian

Richard Dower wrote: »

Even if the cans have several speakers inside the housing?

especially if they have several drivers, since that just means that each one gets a smaller part of the overall budget, is cheaper, smaller, and probably of inferior quality

Richard Dower

Sacramento wrote: »

I have to admit, the way he acted in Gamestop is what made me hate working in retail and is a large part of why I left.

Customers giving out to you about prices, making a holy show of themselves and you, when the simplest of people know the staff have nothing to do with the prices of the products in the store. If he put into writing what he did in store to one of the "Talk to" forums here instead he would have been reprimanded and rightly so by one of the mods, for coming under the "don't be a dick" rule on boards.

Valid points....but i say again, as a consumer i and all of ireland have been ripped off by retailers for years. The staff are the first thing the consumer sees....its who they pay money to and complain when things go wrong.

I know from 1st hand experience emailing corporate acheives NOTHING....a generic auto reply is all you get, so yeah i vented....in admitted error given the facts established after my rant.

And, you or anyone was not in the shop....i wasnt abusive but yeah i did make a sence, in front of several customers....as i said even if it wasnt a pricing error i would have done the exact same.

I'm pissed off time and again getting ripped off in Ireland......