Re: Game.co.uk
Buying pre-owned games is a lottery in my opinion. I have mates who have bought pre-owned games from CEX or Gamestation and have found Platinum discs inside a black label case. As many stores gut their games and keep discs & manuals behind the counter, they simply reach into a drawer, pull out the game (be it the black label or Platinum disc) and insert into the case. Most people do not realise until after they get home, and some are clueless about it entirely
I have also found that most people who trade in games are the kind who don't generally tend to look after their things anyway. I have also noticed that the kind who tend to buy pre-owned are the same kind who are more likey to trade them back in again as soon as they've played them (or to raise funds for their alcohol / cocaine / heroin addiction). Whereas the ind of consumers who buy a brand new game, either in-store on release day or via eBay sometime afterwards, are generally the kind who want to keep the game in their collection (or rather, library) and look after them for years to come
But I agree that it is pretty sloppy for GAME to have received a German disc, which just goes to show that their staff really don't pay much attention to detail, and don't check these things. There's probably a German case somewhere with a UK disc inside
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