Granted it's sounds a little unethical but in my mind legal since they are planning to resell the 3DS's as pre-owned (granted likely unused and unopened).
GAME Admits to Grabbing 3DS Stock From Supermarkets
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As far as I'm concerned this is fair game. What a company is trying to turn a bigger profit? The dastards!
I used to be a big Gamestation shopper, but I've found that just recently the Gamestation employees in both Cannock and Stafford are a bit dickish when being asked for information and help. GAME on the other hand have excellent sales (3 for 2 on selected PS3 games; Alpha Protocol, Prince of Persia and Killzone 2 for £19.98) and their trade in rates generally tend to be fairer.
I used to be a big Gamestation shopper, but I've found that just recently the Gamestation employees in both Cannock and Stafford are a bit dickish when being asked for information and help. GAME on the other hand have excellent sales (3 for 2 on selected PS3 games; Alpha Protocol, Prince of Persia and Killzone 2 for £19.98) and their trade in rates generally tend to be fairer.
Fair game really. As long as they aren't doing anything illegal then go ahead and do it. It's not as if it's going to fuck anything up more than it actually is. I don't understand why a large retailer can't do it without being questioned but a small retailer can.
That is how profit is made if you you dont understand that undersatnd this simple equation:
Capitalism = Evil
Capitalism = Evil
Hey Hey hey hey...VulakAerr said:
Southampton five!!
And yeah I also prefer GAME.
OT. All i could do reading that was just look at GAME and go.
Typical GameStop basher... May I ask what GameStop has ever tried to pull off, as a corperation, illegally? Im not saying I havent seen a GameStop where employee's try to rip me off/scam me/steal the DLC code from a pre-opened box. However, a simple report to the manager and the scumbags got fired. GameStop offers you a place to buy videogames, sell videogames, and buy used games fairly cheaply. Of course a major chain is going to try to buy low, and sell used for as much as they can get: Used games are pure profit to them. Its capitalism.castlewise said:
I never see people complain about how horrible Steam is. Steam can automatically update itself WITHOUT your approval (if you check the box 'no', it will still update: it just wont install automatically). The service is buggy, the minimum requirements are often GROSSLY under-exaggerated, and the products your buying arent even yours: so for example, if you move from Canada to the United States, or Vice Versa, Steam can (and will) refuse to let you operate your games because you bought the license for the game in a seperate region ($300 well spent Steam, thank you). And thats not even opening up the whole "Steam Monopoly" debate.
Anyways, ending my rant, what they're doing is perfectly legal. Its just a matter of integrity. On one hand, it is perfectly legal. On the other hand, it is a cheap money making tactic, and should NOT be put up with by the consumers.
If enough people are outraged, I ensure they will issue a "We dunn goofed" statement, offer some sort of compensation for people who step forward, and promise not to do such a thing again (even though they more than likely will, because this will have blown over by the time the Nintendo 3DSLite is released).
It's legal but it feels wrong when this happens. It's not like the stock is unlimited in Tesco. So when another company sends in their employees to buy 5 of the consoles each and resells them at full price the public suffers. They try to buy at a discount from Tesco but since it's now out of stock they have to pay the inflated Game price.
I don't see why Tesco allowed anyone to buy 5 consoles at once anyway. At least restricting an item like that to one each wouldn't dent the stock too much. I've only seen stores enforce any restriction at Asda where tins of chocolate where on offer. It was 4 per customer (IIRC) and they prevented someone buying a whole trolley full.
I don't see why Tesco allowed anyone to buy 5 consoles at once anyway. At least restricting an item like that to one each wouldn't dent the stock too much. I've only seen stores enforce any restriction at Asda where tins of chocolate where on offer. It was 4 per customer (IIRC) and they prevented someone buying a whole trolley full.
Maybe its a sign that I've worked for GAME for too long that I looked at that memo and went 'Fair enough... bugger off if I'm spending another few hours of my time after doing a midnight launch to go down to TESCO. A little sketchy ethicly? perhaps but thats how you survive in a business and if there is one thing GAME is good at its being cheap. I've seen the company do worse things in the past and I'm sure as hell they will do something worse in the future. I don't really think its that much of a big deal.
How are they ripping off Tesco?Hero in a half shell said:
Tesco got the sale (5 sales in fact)
Tesco gets Game's money and Game gets our money.
I do not see anything wrong and don't understand why some people are getting angry over it.
If you want a 3DS now go to Tesco and benefit from their offer. If you're late to the game and want one in a few months then thank Game that they have some in stock and pay their prices.
This sort of thing happens all the time, and while for a major chain it might be some less than favorable PR (given how some people here are reacting to it) there's certainly nothing I'm aware of that would prevent them from doing so. People buy stuff locally and sell it online for more all the time, and I don't hear a lot of folks raising a stink over it. Now, stores can limit sales and advertise that no dealers are allowed, at least in the US, if they're really concerned. I'm not sure if such restrictions were in place here or if they're allowed in the UK.
A local comic shop used to raid the big box stores for action figures a few years back, which they'd sell at a premium. The practice became so common that the stores started using a hole-punch on the cards the figures were on, which rendered them a lot less valuable to a collector but didn't impact your average consumer buying a toy for their kids. If Tesco was concerned about this, there are clearly ways around it, though this could've been a case of win-win, as far as the companies were concerned.
A local comic shop used to raid the big box stores for action figures a few years back, which they'd sell at a premium. The practice became so common that the stores started using a hole-punch on the cards the figures were on, which rendered them a lot less valuable to a collector but didn't impact your average consumer buying a toy for their kids. If Tesco was concerned about this, there are clearly ways around it, though this could've been a case of win-win, as far as the companies were concerned.
2 fold tactic realy 1 getting potentialy cheap stock for themselves (no idea on markup etc so cant coment) but every unit they buy stops someone from a rival and perhaps turn to the.
TBH the whole things a joke and I tend to go into my local game store just to troll the staff out of bordem.
especialy since my kids decided they wanted that udraw tablet for there wii and I saw it on the game website ofr £20 cheaper than my local store. Ofcourse we found it even cheaper on another site with free delivery and went with them.
TBH the whole things a joke and I tend to go into my local game store just to troll the staff out of bordem.
especialy since my kids decided they wanted that udraw tablet for there wii and I saw it on the game website ofr £20 cheaper than my local store. Ofcourse we found it even cheaper on another site with free delivery and went with them.
I think if Tesco puts specialised game stores at risk then the customer will suffer a lot more than somebody having to pay £25 or so more on a 3DS. I'd rather make sure Game stays in business than give my money Tesco for things like this. Game may not always be perfect but when I walk into their store, they know what I'm talking about, their staff get excited about games, and they're pretty honest about what makes a good purchase. I've actually had their staff recommend I don't buy a game there because I wasn't sure and they'd played it.Andrew McDermott said:
Hey! Think there are a few of us on The Escapist. It makes me feel weird, but in a good way.comadorcrack said:
East Street is best. 
This happens all the time. Where do you think all those internet "special sales" and "super discount" items come from? manufacturer deals? HA!
This actually happened to me once, working in a retail store. One Black Friday, a slicked, oily dude in a suit came up to me and tried to buy our entire stock of a camera that was on ridiculous Black Friday sale (about 60% less than MSRP). The man stated boldly that he planned to sell them all on the internet at full price. I tried to reason with him, saying the rest of the people in line would like to save money too, and reminded him of the posted "limit 5 per customer". He ignored and got impatient with me while I assisted the dozens of people queued in front of him. Then I told him to f off and called security.
This practice is not illegal, but it sure is slimy.
This actually happened to me once, working in a retail store. One Black Friday, a slicked, oily dude in a suit came up to me and tried to buy our entire stock of a camera that was on ridiculous Black Friday sale (about 60% less than MSRP). The man stated boldly that he planned to sell them all on the internet at full price. I tried to reason with him, saying the rest of the people in line would like to save money too, and reminded him of the posted "limit 5 per customer". He ignored and got impatient with me while I assisted the dozens of people queued in front of him. Then I told him to f off and called security.
This practice is not illegal, but it sure is slimy.