some games stores are absolute ripoffs

don't mind my ranting i am furious at 1 store in particular .... put it this way the store i am ranting about sells games for all kinds of systems you know all the usual ones from each era and games too almost always overpriced , and their trade in policy is really stupid like some items they offer 1 dollar trade value on and sell for 20 dollars >,< others they trade 5 dollars and sell anywhere between 15-40 dollars etc i wanted a few games from there recently ... i was about to pay ! and the guy calls me up saying the ONLINE prices have risen since that listed prices and that i am going to need another 95 dollars to complete my order of 10 ps1 boxed complete games so i said forget it you shouldnt sell any items if you are false advertising and hang up the phone and deleted my order

 

Lol it wasn't Gametraders was it I went in and they had FF7 used on ps1 for $120 bucks I laughed and walked out ebay is cheaper than that!

 

lol Gametraders is ok i got some decent deals there but this other store is worse it ! it has a trade in for Shantae gameboy color cart 10 dollars and boxed good condition 15 dollars and excellent near mint 20 dollars .......... thats the type of trade in deals you get there a 300 dollar game trade values at 10 - 20 dollars how i wish i could get that game for so cheap xD

 

Walked into a game store in the Sydney CBD, saw a USED (in bad condition) and a mint copy of FF7 - both were priced at over $250. I had to ask if they were serious about the price and the staff looked at me and were like "Well, yeah.", I had to resist laughing my ass off as my Father was tempted to jokingly ask them if he'd get that much for bringing in used copies of the game. XD

Pity there's no Gametraders or anything I'm aware of nearby (unless I'm completely unaware of some in/around Sydney?) because it sucks when online ones try to pull a shifty on you like that. If you put an order through next time and they charge you more than the listed price, you could always take it to the fair trade commission if you think others will get scammed like that.

 

i have seen some copies of FF7 at 149.95 in cash converters lol

 

What?! Hahaha, oh man. So many rip-offs around the area.

Anyway, I hope you can find those games you were after for a good price. I've had to take to eBay to try and get decent prices on stuff because I don't know any decent old game stores around Sydney (not going out of the city I mean into the outer suburbs as I haven't got a car) and the ones around the CBD that I know of are an absolute bloody joke.

 

i have got lucky on ebay a few times recently Like Judgement silversword near mint for 124 including shipping am considering dealing with this idiots store again provided they stick to the online advertised price otherwise i will set out on a seek and destory mission online about their service lolz

 

Funnily enough. Some secondhand store do give you cheap games as they have no idea what they are wort. I ended up getting a like new copy of Tales of Symphonia on the Gamecube for 25 bucks and someone left a memory card 59 in the case SCORE! Damn Good Game Ebayed it and realised what an awesome deal I got!

 

good deal ! best deal i have found in a second hand store/ thrift shop was a complete famicom game for just 50 cents !

 

come see gamestop in italy selling used ps3/x360 games at 50-60euros...

sometimes you find the new at a lower price also they value any game you bring them at max10euros and sell for 40-50...

 

Comic Book Shops price fairly

 

Gametraders are stupid with their Nintendo products and Dreamcast stuff... A yellowed bug shat on Dreamcast no box for $200 I'm dead fucking serious... My friend was with me and I'm like "ARE THEY SERIOUS?!" really loud so the staff would hear me... No idea if it could read games or not though.
Another time they had a Pikachu Nintendo 64 for $200 without a box, also waayyyy over priced. They seem to have a flood of UK copies of Nintendo 64 games and selling them at stupid prices like Superman 64 for $50 -_-

 

Gametraders gets stuff off ebay as well i can confirm this i once stupidly sold a bundle of n64 games gold zelda cart included for barely 45 dollars big mistake i know ! =s and i rang the number the paypal listing said and someone answered Mount Gambier gametraders whos speaking ? LOL

 

Opposite time:
Buddy of mine runs a used game store. I bring in a handful of duplicate games I have for trade in, I walk out with 2 Xbox Lightguns, Dracula X on SNES and a few other things.

He also sold me an NES for 20 bucks the other day.

 

I used to know someone who owned a used game store, he was really awesome got so much promo items and what not... really wish he didn't close it :/

 

Was it a used or factory sealed FF7, I did sell my factory sealed PAL FF7 for $130

 

Just remember retail space isn't free. And just like car dealing, it's cheaper to buy from an individual than a dealer. Some game shops really are awful. We used to have some good ones around here a long time ago. Internet sales really ruined the used gaming market. You would think with a bigger region to sell the prices would actually go down, not up. But the internet induces stupidity. Like believing that games like Final Fantasy 7 are rare. It's always really strange how people think that extremely popular and commercially successful games are "rare". An example of a rare game is something like Demon's Crest for SNES. I'm pretty sure it was produced in about the minimum run of units and I recall reading alot of people returned the game after buying it. But you don't see it going for insane amounts.

It's all in dumb people's heads.

 

Funcoland had pretty fair pricing on their NES carts back in the day, shame they closed up shop

 

Random guy at my friends game store: I still have the original Final Fantasy for NES. It's like really rare. I wonder how much it goes for
Me: Honestly, about 20 bucks if it's complete in box.
Him: :/

 

A game store in my town had a limited edition FF wonderswan console priced at £179. I told the staff member I had another I wanted to trade in and he asked his manager how much thy could offer... £10 was the reply!