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raybert said: I never online shop, since I dont have a credit card or not old enough for credit card and whatnot. I dont get it, why buy it online and wait for 2 weeks to get when you can take a 5 min drive to your local shops and purchase a copy of the game. This excludes 'Coming Soon games'
price and uncensored games are the major factors
01/08/2008
PSN = chris300zx
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raybert said: I never online shop, since I dont have a credit card or not old enough for credit card and whatnot. I dont get it, why buy it online and wait for 2 weeks to get when you can take a 5 min drive to your local shops and purchase a copy of the game. This excludes 'Coming Soon games'
because it saves you money... i REFUSE to pay more than $80 if i can get it for less than $60 brand new. i don't care if i have to wait a week... sorry i'm a tightass. 
01/08/2008
Melbourne victoria... my life might seem lame... but it's not.
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topher said:
raybert said: I never online shop, since I dont have a credit card or not old enough for credit card and whatnot. I dont get it, why buy it online and wait for 2 weeks to get when you can take a 5 min drive to your local shops and purchase a copy of the game. This excludes 'Coming Soon games'
price and uncensored games are the major factors
Yurp, plus another 20 Percent interest from the credit card from that... plus delivery yea... equals up to about the same price from yor local shop. Just takes longer. And is usually designed for lazy people. Not saying anyone here is lazy..
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For blu-ray movies Yes, for games No cause I hate waiting
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GO PLAY-ASIA!!! That's all I can say. The only AUS games I have are MGS4 (came with PS3), Heavenly sword and Resistance (Both on special for $45).
Otherwise, I've gotten R&C Future for $65, GTAIV for $60, Lost Planet for $40 and Assassin's Creed for $30...
01/08/2008
Werribee, Victoria
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i'm not allowed to by off ebay, but my parents pay for my games anyways.
01/08/2008
Melbourne, Victoria
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raybert said:
topher said:
raybert said: I never online shop, since I dont have a credit card or not old enough for credit card and whatnot. I dont get it, why buy it online and wait for 2 weeks to get when you can take a 5 min drive to your local shops and purchase a copy of the game. This excludes 'Coming Soon games'
price and uncensored games are the major factors
Yurp, plus another 20 Percent interest from the credit card from that... plus delivery yea... equals up to about the same price from yor local shop. Just takes longer. And is usually designed for lazy people. Not saying anyone here is lazy..
i have a debit master card... it's not a credit card, it just takes money out of my account. No 20% fee or anything *roll eyes emoticon*
01/08/2008
PSN = chris300zx
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No i still buy at shops...the only game i've imported was Siren Blood Curse, as you cant buy it from any shop anywhere.
01/08/2008
<3 <3 <3 MGS4, Perth, W.A
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I don't usually import, i don't have any problems with spending more to get something NOW instead of paying less for it online and waiting a month for it to arrive 
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GTADude said: I don't usually import, i don't have any problems with spending more to get something NOW instead of paying less for it online and waiting a month for it to arrive
That's a slight exaggeration. I never mind a 'little' extra, but when i go to JB, or Eb, and I see games for $115(I bought COD4 for $115), or even $99.95 as opposed to $67 from Estarland, that's an incentive to get it online.
Considering that only 4 out of my 18 games are Pal-regin 4, it's a huge saving. Also helps when something gets rejected by the OFLC. E.g Dark Sector.
02/08/2008
Melbourne, Victoria
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I always import for price reasons. I purchase PS3 games at USD56.95 usually, plus USD7 for shipping.
There are some exceptions e.g. Force Unleashed, FIFA 09 and Little Big Planet which I will buy from JB straight away on release day 
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I only import games if i cannot find them ANYWHERE here in OZ.... 
02/08/2008
PSNID= payzee87
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S0NY said: I hate Chinese online retailers, because ALL THEY WANT IS MONEY!!!!
If you're running a business, of course all you're going to want is money. How else are you going to pay the bills? You think you can run a business for free?
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Elraro said:
S0NY said: I hate Chinese online retailers, because ALL THEY WANT IS MONEY!!!!
If you're running a business, of course all you're going to want is money. How else are you going to pay the bills? You think you can run a business for free?
lol sony is fail
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Buying from overseas adds to the fun.
I've bought a French DVD from the french/ebay site, that was heaps of fun....and getting a "thankyou for your purchase" letter in French with it when it arrived was funny as..plus french feedback.
Bought a KaneDVD from Belgium, after a week with no email saying item sent, i politely asked if it had been, they wrote back....."No Panique" LOL, we got it a few days later. We say that too each other all the time now....No Panique!!! with our best french/aussie accent.
Imported car parts from Japan, thru their Japanese yahoo auctions...even after paying someone a 20% commision for doing it for me, i saved hundreds, and again heaps of fun navigating Jap auctions!
Internet has made the world so accessable, i love it!
....oh, and paying over $100 a game in store???? forget it!
Online is awesome, convenient, and fun. 
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raybert said:
topher said:
raybert said: I never online shop, since I dont have a credit card or not old enough for credit card and whatnot. I dont get it, why buy it online and wait for 2 weeks to get when you can take a 5 min drive to your local shops and purchase a copy of the game. This excludes 'Coming Soon games'
price and uncensored games are the major factors
Yurp, plus another 20 Percent interest from the credit card from that... plus delivery yea... equals up to about the same price from yor local shop. Just takes longer. And is usually designed for lazy people. Not say ing anyone here is lazy..
I have a debit visa... The only extra fee is the bank fee $1.45 for changing the money over.. I have proof that i have saved money.... you poor boy u are just missing out.. u can also use paypal....
edit.. I ordered something from play asia using ups shipping yesterday and it's already in australia so i'm guessing even though it's saturday i might get it today....... oh but I actually have to work today.... dam i won't get to play it till later.
02/08/2008
Melbourne victoria... my life might seem lame... but it's not.
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I got my dualshock 3 imported and got them for half the price of what you would have to pay at EB and i also got my gta 4 imported as it was uncut and much cheaper. The only time I buy games from EB is when they have their sales as then the games are pretty cheap.
6 days ago
Melbourne, Victoria
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tonyamanda said: edit.. I ordered something from play asia using ups shipping yesterday and it's already in australia so i'm guessing even though it's saturday i might get it today....... oh but I actually have to work today.... dam i won't get to play it till later.
I can guarantee that UPS don't make shipments on the weekend.
I've had quite a few orders where I had to wait until Monday to get my hands on my new goodies ...
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In play asias recent sale i had a white DS3 delivered to my door for $50.50, Big W wanted $99.
Its a good way to send a message about the ridiculous mark up games software and hardware suffers in Australia. I'll only consider buying in oz if the game is new, uncensored and $80 or less.
6 days ago
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wutang01 said: I always import for price reasons. I purchase PS3 games at USD56.95 usually, plus USD7 for shipping.
There are some exceptions e.g. Force Unleashed, FIFA 09 and Little Big Planet which I will buy from JB straight away on release day
i think JB's release day is usually at least 2 or 3 days later than EB and GAME etc.....thats how they get away with the cheaper prices, or should i say: thats how EB and GAME get away with the more EXPENSIVE prices, cos they know u cant go to JB for a couple days
But the 7-day refund policy is the easy loophole there
6 days ago
you cannot kill what you did not create
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wutang01 said:
tonyamanda said: edit.. I ordered something from play asia using ups shipping yesterday and it's already in australia so i'm guessing even though it's saturday i might get it today....... oh but I actually have to work today.... dam i won't get to play it till later.
I can guarantee that UPS don't make shipments on the weekend.
I've had quite a few orders where I had to wait until Monday to get my hands on my new goodies ...
Ok .yeah i came home from work and nothing delivered.. I just wasn't sure about the weekend.. But I don't mind waiting till monday.. My tv is also arriveing on monday...
6 days ago
Melbourne victoria... my life might seem lame... but it's not.
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I have actually never imported a game before.
I would like to, but as i dont have a credit card and i dont think my dad would let me
6 days ago
Adelaide, South Australia
jason_rhcp said: I have actually never imported a game before.
I would like to, but as i dont have a credit card and i dont think my dad would let me
You don't have to have a credit card. Some sites give the option to use PayPal. I know a lot of people don't like to use that either though.
6 days ago
Silent Hill -The fear of blood tends to create fear for the flesh
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Cherrona said:
jason_rhcp said: I have actually never imported a game before.
I would like to, but as i dont have a credit card and i dont think my dad would let me
You don't have to have a credit card. Some sites give the option to use PayPal. I know a lot of people don't like to use that either though.
Yeh we got a paypal account aswell...
6 days ago
Adelaide, South Australia
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ozchap said: i think JB's release day is usually at least 2 or 3 days later than EB and GAME etc.....thats how they get away with the cheaper prices, or should i say: thats how EB and GAME get away with the more EXPENSIVE prices, cos they know u cant go to JB for a couple days
Oh true! I forgot. I tried to get EB to pricematch JB for Battlefield Bad Company on release day, or day before release day (EB got stock early?) but they wouldn't pricematch because JB had no stock yet.
Oh, one more question. Does JB always do the "trade 2 games in for ####" deal? I want to trade in FIFA 08 and something else for FIFA 09 ...
tonyamanda said: My tv is also arriveing on monday...
My PS3's coming home on Monday!!
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