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Is there still postage & packaging for us plebs with the normal membership? That is the reason I tend not to buy from Special Reserve. And that Resi Evil 4 fiasco but to be fair that happened on many other sites. Please don't hurt me Mr.Moderator.Haha.

oasismark1 wrote:

> Then i'd say watch out cos notifying people of discounts got me
> banned.

They should see it as market research for them so they can compete with other firms.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
>
> Does anyone actually buy here blindly, without checking out prices
> elsewhere first? Probably not. So does posting links make any
> difference? Probably not.

It's the only game site I can remember that accepts postal orders, so there is that. Not that linking to a competitor that doesn't accept them would change anything - but it does explain why some people would buy from here without checking elsewhere.

Lukeman wrote:
> Rai wrote:
> Because they don't know when Shadow the Hedgehog is out, I can't
> claim
> it. Still, this is the PS2 forum, and we should be talking about PS2
> related stuff.
>
> Good luck with that.
>
> I can't, site bugs is BLOCKED at school, remember Rai? XD

Like I said in another thread?

Stupid school computer restrictions...

Rai wrote:
> Because they don't know when Shadow the Hedgehog is out, I can't claim
> it. Still, this is the PS2 forum, and we should be talking about PS2
> related stuff.
>
> Good luck with that.

I can't, site bugs is BLOCKED at school, remember Rai? XD

Because they don't know when Shadow the Hedgehog is out, I can't claim it. Still, this is the PS2 forum, and we should be talking about PS2 related stuff.

Good luck with that.

I think it's a shame that SR arn't as competitve as Game and other stores/sites. Especial;ly when they provide such an excellent service like this and gameaday.

I don't see why there's a problem linking to better discounts, but it's when people post things like "Free PSP, no credit card needed! Go to www.im-a-stupid-prat/free/spyware.com" that bugs me.

Still, I try to check out SR's deals first when ordering a game, what bugs me is the innacuracy of some of their release dates (FFXII this November?!). Some of their prices are actually pretty good, £25-£30 is quite common, I hope they get more business, then they CAN lower prices more.

I'd check the site bugs forum, but I'm at school.

Better check that my post in General Chat is still around. They might have taken offence at my suggestion that only stocking the top 10 most popular pre-orders is a bad idea.

And yes, one of the staffies mentioned that is what SR are now doing on the site bugs forum, so its not me making things up. Plus, anyone can see this for themselves by checking just how few games SR have got for the PSP.

I'm all for SR trying to get more customers, I don't want them going away, I've been with them for ages, but they need a better strategy...

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> As you know, though, you can always sign up again.
>
> And there are other forums.
>
> Banning people for trivial matters is a better way to lose customers
> than having uncompetitive prices.
>
> Does anyone actually buy here blindly, without checking out prices
> elsewhere first? Probably not. So does posting links make any
> difference? Probably not.
>
> I'm guessing most of SR's remaining customers either don't know about
> or don't visit these forums anyway.
>
> SR should invest in some advertising, make sure the prices are
> competitive and then get themselves listed on sites like
> find-games.co.uk, Kelkoo, PriceRunner and so on. It'll do more for
> sales than deleteing links to Tesco.


Amen to that brother!

:D