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m00
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okey so I saw a a Mario Galaxy for $70 at JB Hi-Fi and went to GAME to ask for a price match (they had it for $100) and the guys like: "sorry we cant price match it to $70 because thats too low for us"...

okey so what the hell? isn't the point of price matching to get a low price? GAME are retarded!
24/03/2008
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m00 said: okey so I saw a a Mario Galaxy for $70 at JB Hi-Fi and went to GAME to ask for a price match (they had it for $100) and the guys like: "sorry we cant price match it to $70 because thats too low for us"...

okey so what the hell? isn't the point of price matching to get a low price? GAME are retarded!



I heard some complaints about that place from other people, they don't seem to great, and i've never heard of them but they claim to be the best games store in australia (according to my newspaper).

We have a store opening here soon, i might go work there
24/03/2008
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so just go buy it at JB?
24/03/2008
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Cham-balam said: m00 said: okey so I saw a a Mario Galaxy for $70 at JB Hi-Fi and went to GAME to ask for a price match (they had it for $100) and the guys like: "sorry we cant price match it to $70 because thats too low for us"...

okey so what the hell? isn't the point of price matching to get a low price? GAME are retarded!

We have a store opening here soon, i might go work there.




Geez Cham that seems a bit like spam to me, you didn't reply to the post above and you didn't contribute any sort of help for the topic, hmm...


insectoid said: so just go buy it at JB?



Good call, why do people insist on price matching if they saw it somewhere cheaper, unless of course they live in some remote are where the only game shops are GAME and EB...
24/03/2008
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gokhan said: Cham-balam said: m00 said: okey so I saw a a Mario Galaxy for $70 at JB Hi-Fi and went to GAME to ask for a price match (they had it for $100) and the guys like: "sorry we cant price match it to $70 because thats too low for us"...

okey so what the hell? isn't the point of price matching to get a low price? GAME are retarded!

We have a store opening here soon, i might go work there.

Geez Cham that seems a bit like spam to me, you didn't reply to the post above and you didn't contribute any sort of help for the topic, hmm...



True, and i could have sworn i meant to add a bit more which i'm about to edit.

Technically your post can be considered spam, but to save an ongoing chain of events in public view, PM anything more to me.
24/03/2008
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insectoid said: so just go buy it at JB?



I would have to agree with that why can't you just go buy it from JB? I would prefer to do that they offer the price lower they deserve my money.
24/03/2008
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m00 said: okey so what the hell? isn't the point of price matching to get a low price? GAME are retarded!


No, it would be retarded to allow a price match that puts the profit you get from the sale of the game below the acceptable quota. They don't run GAME for gamers, they run it to make money.
24/03/2008
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lol gokhan got u der!!

now ban him..

i've never price matched.. ill go to eb game and jb.. then the 1 with the lowest price wins and they deserve the money!!

the people with higher price.. dont deserve the money .. dont price match!! UNLESS shops really far away
24/03/2008
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Instead of price matching why dont you reward JB Hi-Fi by purchasing it there seeing as they are the cheapest. Why buy from GAME or EB when they will only sell you a game for cheap if you price match, we as customers should reward the retailers who try & give us good specials not reward the retailers who are just out to rip people off.
24/03/2008
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desi said: m00 said: okey so what the hell? isn't the point of price matching to get a low price? GAME are retarded!

No, it would be retarded to allow a price match that puts the profit you get from the sale of the game below the acceptable quota. They don't run GAME for gamers, they run it to make money.



How is it that JB can make a profit on the $70 price point but GAME can only sustain a profit at $100? JB has that much buying power I would guess. Unless your only option was GAME (or EB), don't bother with price match, although I bet if you went to EB they would gladly price match which says a lot about their pricing.
24/03/2008
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JB order in much higher volumes than GAME or EB therefore can afford to recieve a small profit on each sale.
24/03/2008
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crazynites said: JB order in much higher volumes than GAME or EB therefore can afford to recieve a small profit on each sale.


And it may also be that GAME requires a certain amount of profit to be made on each sale, meaning retailers can't match a price that is too low.

Anyway, price matching is the wrong thing to do if you ever want to see lower prices for games in this country.
24/03/2008
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if it helps, target have 35% off mario galaxy, i picked it up for $65 at springwood target, brisbane...
24/03/2008
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i hate GAME (parramatta), i walked in there one time after uni, was looking at some games and a staff member [manager most likely) came up to me and said 'hey, you need to leave your bag at the front of the store or you have to leave', so straight away i left and heard one of the other workers talk to another saying 'err people are leaving'. which made me lol. way to single out people douche bags!

school kids i can understand but adults? who would have taken responsibility for my bag being stolen? ****s

EDIT: the next time i went in, they never said it again and the guy wasnt there anymore...i wonder why.
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insectoid said: so just go buy it at JB?



Agreed
24/03/2008
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There must be some really dodgy stores out there, Ive never experienced any problems at my local JB , GAME or EB, I mostly buy from JB & only occassionally from EB if I cant get what I want at JB. The only thing that bugs me is when they come up to me & ask if I need any help, really if I need help Ill ask, cant someone just browse a shop anymore without being hassled to buy something str8 away, I like to take my time & decide what I want to buy if I dont already have a purchase in mind.
24/03/2008
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spyke said: i hate GAME (parramatta), i walked in there one time after uni, was looking at some games and a staff member [manager most likely) came up to me and said 'hey, you need to leave your bag at the front of the store or you have to leave', so straight away i left and heard one of the other workers talk to another saying 'err people are leaving'. which made me lol. way to single out people douche bags!

school kids i can understand but adults? who would have taken responsibility for my bag being stolen? ****s

EDIT: the next time i went in, they never said it again and the guy wasnt there anymore...i wonder why.



hey thats the same GAME store that I went to, the PARRAMATTA Westfield's one! it's always so empty!

btw for everyone saying "durh why don't you just buy at JB then?"; my friend wanted me to buy a game at GAME so that he can get his deposit for a pre-order back. anyway I ended up buying it at JB anyway lol
24/03/2008
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m00 said:
btw for everyone saying "durh why don't you just buy at JB then?"; my friend wanted me to buy a game at GAME so that he can get his deposit for a pre-order back. anyway I ended up buying it at JB anyway lol

You should of bought it from Target, would of saved yourself another $5
24/03/2008
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yes i was gona say target thing. also i went to eb games once and they would not match saints row as toys r us had it for around 20 bucks. They called and asked and even when toys r us said they had it they still refused saying it was too low. I would have gone to toys r us but i had just returned it from there as the game wouldnt load for some strange reason and it was the last copy. i went to another eb games and they matched it. weird
24/03/2008
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Do what i do when i want to buy something. Go to EB and "Price Match" for about $5-$10 less than you have seen it. I say GAME as the closest one is pretty far from my local EB.
24/03/2008
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went into game once and thought they were exactly like EB, they sucked big time
24/03/2008
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Silence said: Do what i do when i want to buy something. Go to EB and "Price Match" for about $5-$10 less than you have seen it. I say GAME as the closest one is pretty far from my local EB.



Must be some slack staff at some EB's then, I very rarely buy from EB but I find the staff at my local EB (Watergardens) to be pretty good & on the ball, the manager there is always aware of what specials other shops have & never denies a price match, even when GH3 was on special for $98 at Big W (1 day sale) I went in to cancel my pre-order as I was gonna get it at at Big W for $52 cheaper so he just said he will price-match that sale on my pre-order even thou it was a insanely cheap & a 1 day sale. Chances were that if I did try Big W they might of been sold out by the time I got there so I thought that was good service by EB.
24/03/2008
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Well last week target had simpsons game for 50 game said the catolouge was incorrect and the game is discontinued and NO - yet i went upstairs and got it at target for 50. Also the other day i rang up to see if they had bomberman land and instead of telling me it isn't out yet they said that yes we have had it since the start of the year and none of our stores have it we can order it but it will take about 6 weeks and would cost $120. Is it even out yet i didn't get an answer anywhere
24/03/2008
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Go to EB and price match
Easy
24/03/2008
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ok heres th thing they make up for th prices by doin th hole points thing giving u vouchers th more points u get

oh and their a new store so they prob dont hav th kinda money to do that so i would think bout a year or to and then th store will be just as gwd as jb hifi

m00 said: okey so I saw a a Mario Galaxy for $70 at JB Hi-Fi and went to GAME to ask for a price match (they had it for $100) and the guys like: "sorry we cant price match it to $70 because thats too low for us"...
okey so what the hell? isn't the point of price matching to get a low price? GAME are retarded!

24/03/2008
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