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| Blakey | Nov 9 2009, 09:51 AM Post #166 |
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Well the MW2 rumour looks a little more solid today. I've seen screenshots of official Sainbury's ads running with the £26 sticker (although I must also add that there weren't any in the Metro this morning). I'll be outside my local one at 7am tomorrow morning to try and get mine. |
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| Retrovertigo | Nov 9 2009, 05:23 PM Post #167 |
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Well, all I can say about the loss leader thing, is that Tesco's and Morrisons do it all the time. It might seem like a silly idea, but those guys like to make money, not throw it away. I would imagine the first time either of those sold a game at a loss and saw it didn't work, they wouldn't do it again. There has to be some sense behind them doing it - not least the massive buzz it causes across games sites. For example, my local Sainsbury's usually has a handful of titles in on launch day, but I have been told by my store they have "at least" 500 copies of just the 360 one. They are obviously expecting lots of potential customers, and there has to be a payoff for that loss to be accepted. |
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| crazypunk | Nov 30 2009, 09:27 AM Post #168 |
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If anyone's interested in Borderlands but couldn't justify full price for it PLAY are offering it on both platforms for £17.99 Here but I'm not sure how long for. I was just about to post a link to Left 4 Dead 2 for £14.99 on Tesco's entertainment website but it appears to have been pulled from listings. I think they realised their mistake as they were still charging £24.99 for the PC version! Shame that.. ...if anyone manages to spot Assassin's Creed 2 on the cheap let me know! |
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| Juz | Nov 30 2009, 02:07 PM Post #169 |
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I think Liz got me Borderlands for £16-17 from somewhere yesterday....don't think it was from Play, but may be wrong! Oh yeah, ditto on the Assassin's Creeed 2 info! |
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| Zaichik | Nov 30 2009, 10:49 PM Post #170 |
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Apparently AC2 is free with a sub to Empire magazine at the moment. |
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| crazypunk | Dec 1 2009, 08:41 AM Post #171 |
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Well my order with Tesco was cancelled, with a £2 voucher being the only consolation. Shan't be doing business with them again, at least amazon honour price balls-ups most of the time. Went to get Borderlands but the price has gone up to £25 so I can't be bothered. Should have Red Faction Guerilla and Arkham Asylum coming at some point so I guess I'm not in any rush to get anything just yet. |
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| Juz | Dec 1 2009, 08:45 AM Post #172 |
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Red Faction: Guerilla is fucking brilliant! Edited by Juz, Dec 1 2009, 08:46 AM.
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| Lost Phil | Dec 1 2009, 10:58 AM Post #173 |
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Couldn't for the life of me work out what AC2 stood for for a good few minutes... Armoured Core 2? Ace Combat 2? Damn. And my Tesco order was cancelled. But oh look, they have a load of new account details ready to market to. Pricing mistake my arse... Although probably a good thing now my job's under threat of redundancy (and a very high chance of it being me too). |
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| Zaichik | Dec 3 2009, 10:12 PM Post #174 |
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Got a pretty good bargain today for Assassin's Creed 2 - PS3 version + The Dark Knight blu ray for £29.99. Sadly, it disappeared from the site just after I ordered, so I didn't have time to post it on here. |
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| Juz | Dec 4 2009, 09:40 AM Post #175 |
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Dude - I hope you're wrong! |
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| Lost Phil | Dec 4 2009, 10:02 AM Post #176 |
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Nope. Turned out it was me and so I volunteered to get it finalised yesterday. But I don't want to derail the thread! And got RROD on wednesday night. Typical! |
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| crazypunk | Dec 5 2009, 01:31 PM Post #177 |
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Bloody hell, bad luck mate. To keep it on topic bad luck just with the RRoD. If anyone ordered L4D2 from Tesco they said they hadn't charged anyone and have actually charged you and refunded when head office noticed the mistake. Called them to complain today and apparently they have had floods of complaints about it and head office may have to actually honour the price reduction. If they don't I'll drop a quick email to trading standards as by taking my money, regardless of whether they refunded it or not they entered into a contract with me. Since I'm not working in the law it'll at least be fun to keep my skills sharp! |
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| Lost Phil | Dec 7 2009, 09:23 AM Post #178 |
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Sweet, I hope they do honour the deal! I did think they entered the contract but I wasn't going to kick up a fuss over a game. I did a bit of business law due to the accountancy qualification and that was one of the basics covered. And cheers, was sent off on friday - UPS guy said I should get it back in a week or so which would be nice. If a £15 L4D2 came through the post at the same time, would make my day! |
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| crazypunk | Dec 7 2009, 11:18 AM Post #179 |
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Yeah, MS have really got their act together in repairing them now (although obviously not in making them)-my last repair was quick but that was the 2nd fail for that console so they just replaced it. Checked the T&C's to see what their interpretation of when the contract is binding is and it is immediately prior to dispatch (ie when the game is sent to you) rather than when they take payment. The clause has been expressly included and relates directly to mis-pricing so I can bet this is intentional/there will be a lot of mistakes. So technically legal but very bad customer service. Only way they'll honour it is if they get enough complaints now. |
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| Retrovertigo | Dec 21 2009, 05:05 PM Post #180 |
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If anyone is interested, HMV are doing Beatles Rockband with the old style instruments for £40. That is mic, guitar and drums plus game. Bargain if you like the Beatles. That's all formats by the way. They are also doing the Harrison Gretsch guitar for £29.99 which is supposed to be a nice piece of kit as well. |
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