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hey guess wat?
Yesterday I went to EB to check out the latest DS games. I saw a preowned Mario Kart game on Game Boy Advance for $45 bucks!Such a crappy deal....But then later on I went to JB HI-FI and I saw a brand new Mario Kart game on DS for only $44.Cheaper and not preowned!

Whatever happened to EB's cheap preowned games?

12/07/2008

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insectoid says:

They never existed, that's what happend

12/07/2008

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Azza123 says:

The only cheap PreOwned game EB have are Xbox games.

12/07/2008

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jons2ann says:

EB is never cheap. Occasionally nice to browse around for accessories though.

But what you do is bring a JB catalogue in and get an item at JB's advertised price.

13/07/2008

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insidious says:

eb games preowned isnt a good deal at all.. one near where i live, extra 10 bucks can buy brand new copy of metroid prime 3 along with many other games for wii and ds.. they take what 10-15 dollars off full price. pretty lame.

jb always have better deals.

13/07/2008

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violetv says:

EB is only good when they do price match...

13/07/2008

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insidious says:

violetv said: EB is only good when they do price match...

true that

14/07/2008

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m24ychal says:

insidious said: eb games preowned isnt a good deal at all.. one near where i live, extra 10 bucks can buy brand new copy of metroid prime 3 along with many other games for wii and ds.. they take what 10-15 dollars off full price. pretty lame.
jb always have better deals.

they only take 3.99 off here.

14/07/2008

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Rell says:

They make a whole lot of money on trade-ins.

14/07/2008

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insidious says:

m24ychal said:
insidious said: eb games preowned isnt a good deal at all.. one near where i live, extra 10 bucks can buy brand new copy of metroid prime 3 along with many other games for wii and ds.. they take what 10-15 dollars off full price. pretty lame.

jb always have better deals.
they only take 3.99 off here.

i was just guessing. but yeah its stupid...

14/07/2008

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viperz says:

Yknow what even worse when you trade in games they give you like 10 bucks and once i saw Final Fantasy 12 for $70 preowned and 50 brand new

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insidious says:

yeah theyve got heaps of those.. i went and picked up a preowned once and my mum came over and said "this is new and its cheaper" so i tried to swap it they said that it was too late, mind you they didnt scan it yet, and for some reason they wouldnt swap it so we just walked out, saved my money. till i found it else wehre even cheaper

14/07/2008

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Rell says:

Wow..I can't believe they did that!

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insidious says:

i hadnt been there since. although recently theyve upgraded and now have 2 stores in the shopping center, might check it out cause of this sale.. kinda looking for a cheap Pikmin game on cube.

14/07/2008

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Rell says:

I stopped going to EB's here because they NEVER had any new releases. It was really bad at one stage.

14/07/2008

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insidious says:

Rell said: I stopped going to EB's here because they NEVER had any new releases. It was really bad at one stage.

thats pretty poor that.. i bet they still advertised games under the "coming soon" and "pre order now" banners yet when you went in to pick those games up they didnt have em.

i used to go all the time ages ago during the n64 days when they used to have good deals. but then they got really expencive so i started going to dicksmith where i got staff discount. and the games were always cheaper there.

14/07/2008

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Rell says:

You know I never go to DickSmith! I should go there!

Yeah I was a regular EB customer. I pretty much get all my games at JB's now unless i'm not totally sure on a game I want..then i'll use EB's for the 7 day trade/refund thing.

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insectoid says:

Rell said: They make a whole lot of money on trade-ins.

They make most of their money re-selling trade-in's.

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Rell says:

insectoid said:

Rell said: They make a whole lot of money on trade-ins.

They make most of their money re-selling trade-in's.

Tell me about it. I traded a game with them last week and they gave me $7 for it. It was in a store I rarely get to but i'd love to see what they resell it for.

14/07/2008

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insidious says:

insectoid said:
Rell said: They make a whole lot of money on trade-ins.

They make most of their money re-selling trade-in's.

i asked them how much for ds games, 10 dollars i think they said, we paid what.. 65-69 or there abouts for them, they sell them at 45-55.

your better off selling your stuff over ebay or trading post or something.

im just checking eb website for game cube games, preowned, alot of them are 50-60 dollars still. Zelda Twilight is still 94 dollars preowned wth is that? i found the game im after its $24.94 half price $14, so im in luck there considering i was bidding on ebay for $30.

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jons2ann says:

Rell said: You know I never go to DickSmith! I should go there!
Yeah I was a regular EB customer. I pretty much get all my games at JB's now unless i'm not totally sure on a game I want..then i'll use EB's for the 7 day trade/refund thing.

Dick Smith is still a bit too expensive.
I'd try Big W, Target or K-mart as well. They're fairly cheap.

14/07/2008

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Rell says:

jons2ann said:
Dick Smith is still a bit too expensive.
I'd try Big W, Target or K-mart as well. They're fairly cheap.

Definitely! I keep an eye on their catalogues...you can get some great deals from them that's for sure.

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insectoid says:

I never trade it. I prefer to have a collection, and it isn't worth it for the amount you get anyway...

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Sumguy0 says:

At Liverpool in NSW, EB Games and JB Hi-Fi are right next to each other. So every time i go buy games i check both places before buying

But EB Games are always having special sales like 1/2 price or $10 - $40 off marked games. Only problem is that they're crap games

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insidious says:

im going to liverpool eb tomorrow.. they have pikmin for 15 bucks on gamecube just gotta ring em up make sure it comes in proper box and instructions and all otherwise i wont go.

there was one closer but i guess they sold it

14/07/2008

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