Bargain Prices

[fahrenheit]

Forgot to mention, I also saw 60gb 360's there for $299 and 80gb Killzone 2 bundled PS3's for $649.

[ahmad]

^^ Delta Jaspers?

[fahrenheit]

Unlikely. But too hard to tell from behind the glass cabinet.

[ahmad]

Oh my god you guys are bloody LEGENDS.

I can honestly hand on heart say that I've never been to be a better Gaming sale in my entire life (and those who know me will know that says a lot).

I spent over $100 and am considering a $299 DSi (should I? should I?).

Best deal will have to be the SingStar wireless mics for $60 (still expensive and occupies as USB port but I'm seriously over the obstacle course posed by the cords).

Others included:

Big Brain Academy Wii for $30
SingStar Vol. 1 $15 (SingStar Pop is $40)
Animal Crossing and Wii Speak for $70 (now what to do with yet ANOTHER Nintendo accessory...)

[FaceAche]

Originally Posted by ahmad

I spent over $100 and am considering a $299 DSi (should I? should I?).

Me too. And they have DS Lites for $199.

Bought Newsy's LBP - $40.00

Also got;
Fifa 09 on 360 - $40.00 (no copies laft at Hamilton store)
Stuntman on 360 - $20.00 (no copies laft at Hamilton store)
Nintendogs on DS - $15.00 (I got Dacshund, but there is Dalmation and Chihuahua left i think)
Worms 2 on DS - $2.01 (that's right, two dollars and one cent)

[ahmad]

I want to add here that the reason that I haven't hit such a good sale for years, is the growing trend for "going out of business" places NOT to clear their stock.

Look at Soundnz. After stealing people's pre-order deposits and not delivering, and cancelling gift vouchers, they then held half hearted "10-20%" type sales knowing people would think they were getting a bargain because they were in receivership.

Finally they just offload the remaining stock to the highest bidding retailer prepared to resell the stock.

Which means we get no fire sales.

Thanks guys.

[ahmad]

Originally Posted by FaceAche

Me too. And they have DS Lites for $199.

Bought Newsy's LBP - $40.00

Also got;
Fifa 09 on 360 - $40.00 (no copies laft at Hamilton store)
Stuntman on 360 - $20.00 (no copies laft at Hamilton store)
Nintendogs on DS - $15.00 (I got Dacshund, but there is Dalmation and Chihuahua left i think)
Worms 2 on DS - $2.01 (that's right, two dollars and one cent)

What the?

Any more Worms left? lol. Is it 2player?

[FaceAche]

Nah no more Worms 2 left.

What happened was, i saw it on this table of randon stuff - UMD's, loose discs, etc. It was Worms 2 cartridge and manual in a bag, sellotaped to a Worms 1 case, with a $20 sticker on it.

Cheapest i'd seen it was on special at JB's for $34, so i grabbed it. Took it to the counter, and the dude said "This is $20, but if you see that dude over there, he'll give you a bit more discount".

I turn around, and the table is crowded with people 2-3 deep. Turns out that they'd just announced it over the PA system - everything on this table, $2.01. They had loose Pokemon cartridges, Ratatouille cartridges, and all kinds of other shit on the table. I already had five games in my hand, and it looked like the crowd were starting to elbow each other out of the way, so i split.

Was rad.

[ahmad]

Originally Posted by FaceAche

... and it looked like the crowd were starting to elbow each other out of the way, so i split.

Was rad.

Yeah some high tension here too. I passed up a few games I'd have taken in a pinch had they been just $10 lower.

Link's Crossbow Training with oversized yet-another-Nintendo-peripheral for $30, Warioland Shake Dimension thingy for $30.

[clark007e]

So is this at all k marts or is it just the hamilton ones might pop out to porirua tomorrow if its at all of them

[bradleycampbell]

Originally Posted by clark007e

So is this at all k marts or is it just the hamilton ones might pop out to porirua tomorrow if its at all of them

Porirua is the one I went to. They had almost nothing left when I got there on Sunday

[clark007e]

ah that sucks.

[ahmad]

Sam and Max: Season 1 for Wii is available at Mighty Ape for $25 - "one day only!"

http://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/N...son-1/2693910/

[nzBrowncoat]

This is just a badly researched broad sweeping comment.....But I get the feeling that Trade Me has had a sort of natural price adjustment in games (well 360 at least).

There still seems to be the inability to drop under the magic $20 figure.

But there still seems to be better deals around. IE: nabbed PURE for $39 and Banjo for $30. (including postage)

[ahmad]

Originally Posted by nzBrowncoat

This is just a badly researched broad sweeping comment.....But I get the feeling that Trade Me has had a sort of natural price adjustment in games (well 360 at least).

There still seems to be the inability to drop under the magic $20 figure.

But there still seems to be better deals around. IE: nabbed PURE for $39 and Banjo for $30. (including postage)

Probably due to recession? People seem to be turning to used for many things.