The Joy of CEX (and other brick 'n' mortar establishments) - The Bear and Badger

afgavinstan

Nope and nope, although they're taking steps to have everything match, and a "click and collect" thing is launching later in the year.

adored

That's be handy, they need to move in that direction otherwise I think they may be on borrowed time unfortunately.

pantyfire

Erm has anyone else noticed that shopto seems to have bumped it's prices up by that 2-4 pound that made them cheaper than GAME/HMV?
i.e. The Witcher 2 still Â£39, Dragons Dogma Â£39, Prototype 2 Â£40 all on 360!

afgavinstan

I was in CEX today and got Second Sight on PS2 for 80p. Bargain.

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pantyfire wrote:

Erm has anyone else noticed that shopto seems to have bumped it's prices up by that 2-4 pound that made them cheaper than GAME/HMV?
i.e. The Witcher 2 still Â£39, Dragons Dogma Â£39, Prototype 2 Â£40 all on 360!

Not been on there since getting Skyrim about a month ago.
Kinda sucks but as long as they are still in line with other retailers i will use them, rewards are good and delivery is superb.

stormyskiesahead

Paid a visit to CEX for the first time today. Got Metal Slug Anthology and Bangai-O Spirits for a very reasonable price.

Feel like I need to take a shower though.

Bollockoff

My local has one in-store you can use for a little extra.

stormyskiesahead

Heh, I'm betting I was the only one in the Wolves store that had ever had a shower.

Mod74

One of the owners of CEX was on that Secret Millionaire thing the other week.

Kept talking about the need to give back to society and help everyone, which was ironic for someone who has built their fortune fencing stuff smack heads have mugged/burgled.

regmcfly

Witcher is Â£27.99 at Gavland.

pantyfire

My last remaining new game retailer (HMV) has just closed in my local shopping area which is a decent size. So I am now fucked... No day one trade-in purchases, no bargain pickups. I will have to rely on CEX getting stuff in secondhand which will be unlikely now there are no new retailers in the area and online. Looks like I will have to embrace the future.

Sasukekun

CEX do stock new stuff on launch day I think.
They normally keep it behind the counter though.

Diluted Dante

Depends on the game. They were asking for Â£50 for MW3 as well!

Paul the sparky

Just raided Blockbuster. Bioshock 2, Red Faction: Guerilla, Need For Speed: Hot Piss Suit and Rage, all four for twenty English pounds.Â

I've got to stump up for the online pass for Hot Pursuit, but it's still a bargain. I'll probably spend at least half an hour on each of them before returning to a current release.

Mod74

Top Tip. Play Red Faction on Easy and just have fun smashing shit up.

FranticPea

Red Faction is excellent, and Armegeddon is well worth a punt if you can find it cheap.

Paul the sparky

Mod74 wrote:

Top Tip. Play Red Faction on Easy and just have fun smashing shit up.

Yeah, jetpacks and sledgehammers all the way.

Webbins

Where is generally the best for a bulk trade in, or are they all much of a muchness? I'm thinking of plunging for a 360 slim and have my Elite, ten 360 games, five PS2, five Oldbox and eight DS games as collateral. Game would give Â£70 for the Elite, but as their online price checker is borked, I can't price up the rest.

Also, just found out Bradford now has a Grainger Games, might take back this hooky Euro copy of Brink they sent me.

Paul the sparky

From a market stall in Newcastle to global domination in a few short years.

adored

Bradford = global domination?

I'm pleased for GG, but whatever happened to Charlie's?

Webbins

George Galloway emerges from Grainger Games after trading in his Game Gear.

Paul the sparky

Good grief.

three1ne

Does anyone enjoy trading games/consoles in? Any kind of excitement? I loathe it, especially a console. I traded a ps3 for cash in CEX a few years back. Walking it through town risking a mugging and then having to wait an hour while they checked it all.Â

tldr; pointless post.

Webbins

^ BOUT THAT ADVICE EH? I loathe it, but if I'm going to do it, I want to be in the best place, tbh it'd be the game shop doing the mugging.

Choke

three1ne wrote:

Does anyone enjoy trading games/consoles in? Any kind of excitement? I loathe it, especially a console. I traded a ps3 for cash in CEX a few years back. Walking it through town risking a mugging and then having to wait an hour while they checked it all.Â tldr; pointless post.

How thorough are they when they check them? I'm tempted to pick up a Vita from there but I'm worried that it won't work properly or that it's been stolen.

I_R

HMV to introduce click and collect

Not sure how big a deal this will be for games, there's not much that's on-line but not in-store, and how they price this will be interesting. Good to see someone trying this though.

afgavinstan

It's been going on in my branch at least for a month or so now, and works pretty well, granted there's good communication between the stockroom and shop floor. Was really popular when the Nexus 7 launched. The main problem right now is that it will only tell you you can reserve it for collection if that certain store has more than 4 copies in stock, but I've read that will be amended to include items that have a lesser amount on hand sooner rather than later.

Speaking with one of the higher-ups this week I've heard that you'll soon be able to pre-order games online with a view to picking them up in store, which is a godsend for me as it would effectively boost a number in a meaningless spreadsheet that would make me and my store look good. Don't really know how useful it would be in the long run though.

As for pricing, online prices are now pretty much universally in line with in-store ones.

Diluted Dante

Webbins wrote:

Where is generally the best for a bulk trade in, or are they all much of a muchness? I'm thinking of plunging for a 360 slim and have my Elite, ten 360 games, five PS2, five Oldbox and eight DS games as collateral. Game would give Â£70 for the Elite, but as their online price checker is borked, I can't price up the rest. Also, just found out Bradford now has a Grainger Games, might take back this hooky Euro copy of Brink they sent me.

What are you after, trade credit? Game beat any trade in prices by a pound. Just not on cash.

Mod74

afgavinstan wrote:

As for pricing, online prices are now pretty much universally in line with in-store ones.

Until that's guaranteed I won't be risking it again.

regmcfly

Yep. But make sure you have them loaded up or printed out. I took phone with pages loaded up from CeX and got pretty good trade ins.

EDIT - At Dante and Webbins.

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