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    Hey guys, I just won a PS3 off eBay and in anticipation of it's arrival I was wondering if you knew of any good websites to order games from. EB is horrifically over priced so I know there's got to be somewhere cheap out there.

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    I buy games off this guy:

    http://stores.ebay.com.au/CD-Bazaar

    He has excellent prices and is very prompt with his shipments. All games are offical and the same as if you go and buy them at EB only at 1/4 of the price.

    Often I am dumbfounded why people go to EB games and buy the $110 game when you can go online and get it for $30

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    Try:

    Local:

    http://www.dvdcrave.com.au
    (generally cheap prices)

    http://www.game.com.au
    (can't really think of any other cheap aussie sites for games)

    Overseas (I think the PS3 is region-free, but don't quote me on that, just google it and try these sites):

    http://www.play-asia.com
    (hong kong based. US and Asian games. always reliable, weekly specials)

    http://www.gameplay.co.uk/
    (UK based. great source for PAL versions of games that is usually out there before our shores)

    http://www.videogamesplus.ca/
    (Canadian site. Our dollar is pretty strong against the CND so this is a great place to import US games)


    These are all sites I've used and enjoyed.

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    www.ecogamer.com is a site that lists local / online bargains, plus tips on trade-ins. Information is usually supplied by registered members. I think it's worth checking out from time to time.

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    I've heard nothing but great things about play-asia

    North Melbourne-bot...?

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    http://www.cdwow.com.au/games/PS3

    There you go, I even linked it straight to the ps3 garbage for you.

    Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
    Often I am dumbfounded why people go to EB games and buy the $110 game when you can go online and get it for $30
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    Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
    Often I am dumbfounded why people go to EB games and buy the $110 game when you can go online and get it for $30
    Because some (and by some I mean a lot) of people are stupid and believe what the salesperson tells them and think that EBGames has te cheapest prices, which they don't. They do what K-Mart does, but only on the odd occasion: drop prices with sales

    Only time I buy from them is if it is a old game I can't find else where for dirt cheap.
    I picked up Star Wars Racer Revenge for PS2 the other day for 10 bucks
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    I went to EB yesturday because they had Uncharted for $26 and they tried to sell me so much other crap. Do you want an EDGE card? No. Do you want to buy the disc protection policy? No. Blah blah blah.

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    Quote Originally Posted by llamatron View Post
    I went to EB yesturday because they had Uncharted for $26 and they tried to sell me so much other crap. Do you want an EDGE card? No. Do you want to buy the disc protection policy? No. Blah blah blah.
    I rarely go to EB games now and when I do its not because I want to buy something but because I want to see the box of some new release.

    Sometimes I do pick up the $10 game but its very rare now. Last year (or the year before?) I picked up the old Lucas Arts game (when they were good) Grim Fadango but that's it.

    I admit that once upon a time I used to be among the idiots who went in and bought the $110 new release game from EB but then I realized that there was something wonderful and new called The Internet where I found out that the rest of the world buys the same game at bellow half price of what we pay or even less!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
    I admit that once upon a time I used to be among the idiots who went in and bought the $110 new release game from EB but then I realized that there was something wonderful and new called The Internet where I found out that the rest of the world buys the same game at bellow half price of what we pay or even less!
    Same here. The last time I got something new from EBGames was when Mariokart for the wii was released. Although, I abused their Trade 3 wii games for MarioKart because they were having a 2 for 50 sale. Grabbed 3 random wii games and a Gamecube controller for 100 and traded the games in for Mariokart.
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