Game.co.uk

[mosavon]

Hey, has anybody bought a pre-owned game with GAME.co.uk? i just got Battlefield 2 today from them with a German disc inside, i know you cant trade foreign games in the UK, so whats up with that?

Pretty lame huh?

[evilvort3x]

ROFL for preowned game can be crap..... i ordered a preowned svr2009 collectors... what do i get ........................ normal one lol

[evilvort3x]

otherwise they are good for new games etc :O

[mosavon]

the box sleeve was the UK/Pegi logo
inside the disc was German, so some twat at game has taken a foreign game as a trade from somebody, will be returning as the disc also had light scratches, to be expected i suppose

[vhal_x]

Originally Posted by mosavon

the box sleeve was the UK/Pegi logo
inside the disc was German, so some twat at game has taken a foreign game as a trade from somebody, will be returning as the disc also had light scratches, to be expected i suppose

Yeah their preowned on the site is pretty, well, shit. I ordered, um, Bionic Commando? Something like that LOL, and it came with a pretty scuffed up case and a lightly scratched disc.

TBH, buying preowned instore ain't too great either, but at least then you can judge the case if you want.

Gamestation are SHITE. Instore, I bought COD4 GOTY (since my ex took my original copy ) and they put the normal disc inside (well done gamestation, great knowledge of what you're doing there !)

I tend now to only buy preowned from ebay or amazon, with the occasional one from Game, but now, barely ever from GS... xx

[gurpswoo1]

Is the text on the Disc in German and the game itself in german also?

[Gemini-Phoenix]

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

[mosavon]

The game disc itself has the German Certification, thats as far as ive got, but i know from experience these shops dont accept anything other than UK certified products...its getting returned tomorrow i have a store 5 mins from my house

[vhal_x]

Originally Posted by Gemini-Phoenix

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

Completely agree with you on the whole 'type' of people who tend to buy preowned, obviously there are some - like us - who buy preowned, so that we get a cheap game once in a while, but the people who buy preowned, then trade in, to buy more preowned tend to be the junkies, etc of the world.

Especially in Glasgow, where I'm from, I saw a guy trying to trade in a whole bunch of PS2 games (no joke, there must have been about 30) so he could get money for them. He walked in, in an absolute state, staggered to the counter and asked to trade them in. When told that they would only give him £15 of store credit, or say, £12 of cash, he FLIPPED.

Started screaming at the guy who served him, picked up his games and staggered out

I rarely trade in, although I once traded in my old Xbox Core console (as I had just bought the new Slim) and got Fable III collector's edition and the controller, and the guide for like £10.

Don't tend to trade in games though, don't like the idea of shrinking the collection haha! xx

[flairjen]

I have bought a few special editions/CE preowned from Gamestation and Game in the past and numerous times they had stuff missing. No usb stick with saints row 2 and no comic or poster with mortal kombat dc etc. I always ask now at the desk if they are complete.