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I'm sure many gamers have traded in their old games and feel like you've got a bum deal. I've once asked how much would a games dealer give me for Dino crisis two and the answer I got was six pounds.
Why are the prices they offer us so low as I have actally seen a second hand game cost more than what it cost in the shops new (this was an army man game, so now one was going to buy it nw anyway)
I feel that we sould have set rules and regulations in which the dealer has guide lines on how much to give their customers instead of their own guidelines.
Why are the prices they offer us so low as I have actally seen a second hand game cost more than what it cost in the shops new (this was an army man game, so now one was going to buy it nw anyway)
I feel that we sould have set rules and regulations in which the dealer has guide lines on how much to give their customers instead of their own guidelines.
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It's not a little thing called maths it's about he industry just wanting you money. Do you think that they care about the indivual gamer? I think not!
The best thing to do is sell it to a mate.
You get more than you would have done if you'd tradedit in, and your mate gets it cheaper than if he'd bought it from the shop.
Everyone's happy.
You get more than you would have done if you'd tradedit in, and your mate gets it cheaper than if he'd bought it from the shop.
Everyone's happy.
The industry works on the fact that you will finish your games and buy new ones. That's life !
Before trade-in, you got nothing for your old games. If your game is such that you do not want it anymore, go ahead. You get something back, the shop gets something and the person who buys it again get something too.
Everybody is happy !!!!
Before trade-in, you got nothing for your old games. If your game is such that you do not want it anymore, go ahead. You get something back, the shop gets something and the person who buys it again get something too.
Everybody is happy !!!!
You know why you get hardly any money when you trade them in, don't you?
It's a little thing called maths.
I buy a game new for £40 (say). I play it, have it for a couple of months, then want to sell it.
The price of the new game has gone down to, say £35, as it's no longer a brand new title. Therefor, if you want to sell it secondhand, the most you can charge for it is £20.
The shops want to make some profit from it, so they'll give you £10.
If the game is £35 when it first comes out, by the time you want to sell it it's £30. Second hand it's £15, you sell it to a shop you'll get around £6 or £7.
See?
It's a little thing called maths.
I buy a game new for £40 (say). I play it, have it for a couple of months, then want to sell it.
The price of the new game has gone down to, say £35, as it's no longer a brand new title. Therefor, if you want to sell it secondhand, the most you can charge for it is £20.
The shops want to make some profit from it, so they'll give you £10.
If the game is £35 when it first comes out, by the time you want to sell it it's £30. Second hand it's £15, you sell it to a shop you'll get around £6 or £7.
See?
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If I lend some one a game and it gets damaged I don't lend them another game, chewie. Also if you want to stop getting quotes from obi one then I might take you seriously. You walking carpet.
Norman Chimp wrote:
> I look after all my disc's it is the peolpe I
> lend them to that don't, the morons
So who's the bigger moron - them for damaging them, or you for continuously lending them? ;-)
> I look after all my disc's it is the peolpe I
> lend them to that don't, the morons
So who's the bigger moron - them for damaging them, or you for continuously lending them? ;-)
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