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"GameCube SR Price"

Special Reserve will be selling Game Cubes at £159.99.

There was speculation in the trade press that they could be as high as £179.99. The trade price has been set in Euro's not £Sterling and therefore prices could fluctuate in the UK.

And im not allowed to buy a GC or any other Hardware item off SR because it states in their policy: UK Mainland only.
So that means orders on the GB Island only.
Shame that.

There is a certain reputable Australian site that is selling the GC for £135 delivered to your door with P+P inc!
That's right, delivered right to your door!
The reason being is that because we live outside Austrailia, they have the right by International law to sell Items with No Austrailian VAT added. And they have a licence to distribute items without it being checked and taxed at customs, because of this licence the goods arrive pretty cheap and quick.
They are EXTREMELY reliable too,i know that for sure. And they are pretty big in OZ too-REALLY big!, rather like SR in UK.
There is one drawback though, if I was to order a GC I wouldn't get it till the end of May, it takes roughly 10-12 days for delivery. And the system isn't out in Australia till 23rd May.

And yes that 'Just £10' mentioned earlier would go a long way.
Money is Money. A Saving is a Saving.

And the other sites doing the offer are reputable and pretty massive in terms of popularity, I was quite surprised at SR and particularly the other company sites price. There isn't anything wrong in pointing that out.

Prodigy wrote:
> Well in typical Nintendo fashion i bet £50, might be £35, but
> Nintendo always have to cost more than anyone else for games


thats because they were on cartridges they wont be now

OrÝega wrote:
> Aussies getting it for $399=£145.

US get it for $199=£140

Rest
> of Europe gets it for €249=£150

Rip-off Britain. It sucks.


There is local tax to add in the USA if you buy from a shop. But in the UK, as you know, our prices are inclusive of 17.5% VAT. That's where the main difference lies, but on some products there is import duty too!

Special Reserve pays a multi-million pound sum of your money to the tax man every year - and not because it makes big profits!

I can't imagine any supplier holding it at £149.99 unless the exchange rate moves. At that price they will have other traders wanting to buy from them.

Be careful only to order from reputable dealers. There are a few around at the moment that look like they are going under. At least one trader has a chunk of money from customers for orders that he cannot supply.

Ant wrote:
> Sméagol wrote:
> Nope, sorry but still, the £159.99 is still a
> little dear!
Considering
> that TWO Major online companies have it priced
> at a finalised £149.99.

*Makes stupid, fake, scared bunny face*

Oooh
> no!! An extra £10!!!!

That's an extra week of doing my paperound then

heh ;-)

Ant wrote:
> Sméagol wrote:
> Nope, sorry but still, the £159.99 is still a
> little dear!
Considering
> that TWO Major online companies have it priced
> at a finalised £149.99.

*Makes stupid, fake, scared bunny face*

Oooh
> no!! An extra £10!!!!


Hey, £10 makes the difference between getting it a week later than if it was £10 less

It's a biiiig deal

Heh

Sméagol wrote:
> Nope, sorry but still, the £159.99 is still a little dear!
Considering
> that TWO Major online companies have it priced at a finalised £149.99.

*Makes stupid, fake, scared bunny face*

Oooh no!! An extra £10!!!!

Edgy wrote:
> Half a penny sweet?

(due to inflation and production costs, penny sweets have
> increased their price by 100%)


^ that's just not on!

Tony_Blair wrote:
> no no

1 GC + game = 199.99 (gameplay)

1 GC + game = 199.98 (Special
> Reserve)

But SR will be selling their games for 30 pounds, WON'T you SR... (hint,hint), or 25 even, then we can pick them up for hint GAD's :-D!