living in a rural area, I have been searching online for a place from wich to purchase GW:EN. I have found 3 prices thus far, rangeing from $49.95 to $80.95. I took the time to contact our "local" Leading Edge computer store, and see if they were able to shed some light, and was duely informed that they can supply the game at the recomended retail price of $89.95. I then made a long distance phone call to EB games, and asked them how much the game is selling for from them , and was told yes, the price on the website IS correct, and they dont understand why other companies are selling it for so much.
Does EB Games have some kind of contract where they are able to buy the game and therfore supply it to the public for close to half of what other stores are charging?
here are some links to Australian websites I have found and what they are charging people for the game. FOrtunately for me, I have relatives close to an EB Games store, and they will go buy my game for me - I am damned if Im going to pay $90 for a game that should only be costing me $50.
http://www.gpstore.com.au/Search/?a=...d+wars&x=0&y=0
http://www.aussiegamer.com.au/catalo...h-p-21228.html
http://ebgames.com.au/pc/product.cfm?ID=6920
verry irritated about this.
Price of GW:EN in Australia
Nida
Roshi_ikkyu
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Originally Posted by Nida
Does EB Games have some kind of contract where they are able to buy the game and therfore supply it to the public for close to half of what other stores are charging?...
verry irritated about this. Short answer is Yes. Anet has agreed to trade there game/s via EB games, it's said to be an exclusive title for EB games. The reason your paying so much is nodoubt other stores are buying off of EB or online sources and then selling on to you, tacting on a nice little increase for themselves.
$49.95 is the correct price for the expansion.
And don't let the irritatedness get to u too much, Australians get <bleep>ed over by Anet alot.
verry irritated about this. Short answer is Yes. Anet has agreed to trade there game/s via EB games, it's said to be an exclusive title for EB games. The reason your paying so much is nodoubt other stores are buying off of EB or online sources and then selling on to you, tacting on a nice little increase for themselves.
$49.95 is the correct price for the expansion.
And don't let the irritatedness get to u too much, Australians get <bleep>ed over by Anet alot.
Onarik Amrak
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Originally Posted by Nida
Does EB Games have some kind of contract where they are able to buy the game and therfore supply it to the public for close to half of what other stores are charging?
here are some links to Australian websites I have found and what they are charging people for the game. FOrtunately for me, I have relatives close to an EB Games store, and they will go buy my game for me - I am damned if Im going to pay $90 for a game that should only be costing me $50.
http://www.gpstore.com.au/Search/?a=...d+wars&x=0&y=0
http://www.aussiegamer.com.au/catalo...h-p-21228.html
http://ebgames.com.au/pc/product.cfm?ID=6920
verry irritated about this. Yeah, if only they'd get that through their head and revise the pricing in the Online Store.
stiffler
Have you considered mail order from the closest city/EB to you? Only problem there is you probably wont get the game until after release. I know the EB's here in Adelaide do it so I don't see why they wont anywhere else.
pamelf
I live in Melbourne, and if you email me your details I'd be happy to buy you a copy and send it out if eb's won't do it through store... If you do it through Australia Post express you should get it the very next day, which might even be a little more efficient than getting a store to send it out.
PM me if you're interested and you can make sure I'm not a serial killer or a stalker or anything and I'll give you my email.
PM me if you're interested and you can make sure I'm not a serial killer or a stalker or anything and I'll give you my email.
-Loki-
Educated guess - considering it's $39.99us, it's likely going to be $69.99au. $20 cheaper than a standard game, but still more expensive than a standard expansion.
Onarik Amrak
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Originally Posted by -Loki-
Educated guess - considering it's $39.99us, it's likely going to be $69.99au. $20 cheaper than a standard game, but still more expensive than a standard expansion.
It's $49.95AU at EB Australia.
If converted straight from US dollars, it's about $46AU
If converted straight from US dollars, it's about $46AU
Nida
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Originally Posted by pamelf
I live in Melbourne, and if you email me your details I'd be happy to buy you a copy and send it out if eb's won't do it through store... If you do it through Australia Post express you should get it the very next day, which might even be a little more efficient than getting a store to send it out.
PM me if you're interested and you can make sure I'm not a serial killer or a stalker or anything and I'll give you my email.
thank you so much for your offer. My husband's family are in Melbourne, but were useless when I asked them to get me NIghtfall, and my family is all in Canberra, where there is 2 stores, and they are more than happy to go do it for me - they are going to pre-buy tomorrow infact. I did call a few EB stores in Melbourne asking if I could somehow send them money and them mail me the game, and they all said no. ALso living in rural area, express post takes 48 hours to get here not 24... it sucks like that for living this lifestyle..
PM me if you're interested and you can make sure I'm not a serial killer or a stalker or anything and I'll give you my email.
thank you so much for your offer. My husband's family are in Melbourne, but were useless when I asked them to get me NIghtfall, and my family is all in Canberra, where there is 2 stores, and they are more than happy to go do it for me - they are going to pre-buy tomorrow infact. I did call a few EB stores in Melbourne asking if I could somehow send them money and them mail me the game, and they all said no. ALso living in rural area, express post takes 48 hours to get here not 24... it sucks like that for living this lifestyle..
Mr.Deflok
If you wanted to use GP then their New Zealand counterpart has it for $59.95NZD - http://www.gpstore.co.nz/Games/1544698.html
I'm getting it from EB at the same price.
I'm getting it from EB at the same price.
-Loki-
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Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak
It's $49.95AU at EB Australia.
As I said, it was a guess. I hadn't seen any prices up yet in Aussie dollars, and I expected it to be a bit more expensive than a regular expansion pack.
Yobs
Yeah its definitely $49 here in Melbourne at EB.
I can't believe it is almost a straight Aussie dollar conversion from the US price. I expected a large mark up typical of Aussie games...nearly fell over when the EB guy said $49.
Anyone know of the price in the Online store, I looked a few days ago but couldn't find it. Have NC finalised it yet?
Yobs
I can't believe it is almost a straight Aussie dollar conversion from the US price. I expected a large mark up typical of Aussie games...nearly fell over when the EB guy said $49.
Anyone know of the price in the Online store, I looked a few days ago but couldn't find it. Have NC finalised it yet?
Yobs
stiffler
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Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak
It's $49.95AU at EB Australia.
If converted straight from US dollars, it's about $46AU Ditto, and the PRP was price inclusive if you pre-order through EB
If converted straight from US dollars, it's about $46AU Ditto, and the PRP was price inclusive if you pre-order through EB
lucifer_uk
Its £17.99GBP here in the UK... So I make that $36.50USD or $42.39AUD.
Matfei
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Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu
Short answer is Yes. Anet has agreed to trade there game/s via EB games, it's said to be an exclusive title for EB games. The reason your paying so much is nodoubt other stores are buying off of EB or online sources and then selling on to you, tacting on a nice little increase for themselves.
$49.95 is the correct price for the expansion.
And don't let the irritatedness get to u too much, Australians get <bleep>ed over by Anet alot. Us Aussies get screwed over by ALL gaming products.
It annoys me; but not much to do about it.
$49.95 is the correct price for the expansion.
And don't let the irritatedness get to u too much, Australians get <bleep>ed over by Anet alot. Us Aussies get screwed over by ALL gaming products.
It annoys me; but not much to do about it.
-Loki-
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Originally Posted by lucifer_uk
Its £17.99GBP here in the UK... So I make that $36.50USD or $42.39AUD.
Yeah, if only direct conversions worked, we wouldn't be paying $89.99/$99.99 for an average game.
stiffler
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Originally Posted by Matfei
Us Aussies get screwed over by ALL gaming products.
It annoys me; but not much to do about it. In fairness to Anet they have done a lot better then other developers, I wont complain because I got to play NF on release and will no doubt EotN, I wont go on to say what happened to Factions however . While I'm on the subject how about an exclusive mini or something for us aussies 
(wishfull thinking)
It annoys me; but not much to do about it. In fairness to Anet they have done a lot better then other developers, I wont complain because I got to play NF on release and will no doubt EotN, I wont go on to say what happened to Factions however
(wishfull thinking)
pamelf
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Originally Posted by stiffler
In fairness to Anet they have done a lot better then other developers, I wont complain because I got to play NF on release and will no doubt EotN, I wont go on to say what happened to Factions however . While I'm on the subject how about an exclusive mini or something for us aussies (wishfull thinking)
Mini roo FTW!
(wishfull thinking)
Mini roo FTW!
captain_carter
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Originally Posted by lucifer_uk
Its £17.99GBP here in the UK... So I make that $36.50USD or $42.39AUD.
If your buying at online stores like amazon, HMV, etc. that is the price, but the RRP is £24.99
lucifer_uk
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Originally Posted by captain_carter
If your buying at online stores like amazon, HMV, etc. that is the price, but the RRP is £24.99
Yeah true, that quote is from GAME and Game Station in store.
Onarik Amrak
The GW Online Store is also £24.99 which equates to ~$58AU. Wonderful, isn't it?
draxynnic
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Originally Posted by pamelf
Mini roo FTW!
Mini roo... armed with a Stinger missile launcher!
Mini roo... armed with a Stinger missile launcher! 2SHY
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Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak
The GW Online Store is also £24.99 which equates to ~$58AU. Wonderful, isn't it?
Cheaper to buy in a EB @ $49.95 AUD.
Always buy most of my games @ EB. For no apparent reason other than they usually have everything .
Always buy most of my games @ EB. For no apparent reason other than they usually have everything .
draxynnic
I've grown disillusioned with EB since getting messed around with the Factions preorder box. To be honest, I think the outlet I was going to (Civic, to be precise) was messed around just as much, but it was still the company doing the messing even though it wasn't the salespeople I directly interacted with.
Roshi_ikkyu
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Originally Posted by pamelf
Mini roo FTW!
lol would be awesome to see them jumping around an out-post. The one mini I wouldn't sell for a billion k.
I already have my Mini cane toad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad or hekket or what every GW named it lol :P
lol would be awesome to see them jumping around an out-post. The one mini I wouldn't sell for a billion k.I already have my Mini cane toad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad or hekket or what every GW named it lol :P
-Loki-
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Originally Posted by draxynnic
I've grown disillusioned with EB since getting messed around with the Factions preorder box. To be honest, I think the outlet I was going to (Civic, to be precise) was messed around just as much, but it was still the company doing the messing even though it wasn't the salespeople I directly interacted with.
EB are so incompetent with GW preorders (among other things) that I doubt NcSoft gives them any information on the pre order packs at all.
Roshi_ikkyu
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Originally Posted by -Loki-
EB are so incompetent with GW preorders (among other things) that I doubt NcSoft gives them any information on the pre order packs at all.
I think its more so that NcSoft and Anet don't give EB any information. The EB guys seem to think GW2 is coming out sometime in december. And EB as a chain of stores doesn't interact well. I went into my local saying how others down south had already got pre-orders, There reply was who ever told me is a lier, because that don't have the packs nor are they likely to get the packs. Same store different time of day an old friend is working, tell me that the store manager like to keep 80% of the promotional and pre-release stuff for his own purposes.
EB ftl.
EB ftl.
dawnmist
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Originally Posted by -Loki-
I don't think it's NcSoft that has the problem - EB screwed up my Neverwinter Nights 2 bonus (key for pre-access to content - wouldn't provide until game launch date - after it'd expired, and I had the full content!), and never supplied the bonus for Oblivion - I gave up 4 months after the game release when I just kept being told "no we haven't got that yet" or "we got a few, but they've already been given out" or one of a huge number of excuses - I'd preordered months in advance and had been going back to the store every week after they didn't have the bonus available at release (I'd also checked both 3 weeks before and 1 week before, and been told "yes we have them, but we can't give them out until the release day" - even though I'd read on the forums that other EB stores in Australia had been giving them out in advance). Only preorder they haven't stuffed up was the Nightfall one - but that didn't need to be supplied in advance of the game itself!
EB Games are great for in-stock items and ordering normal warehouse items, they have some wonderful sales (seen both Factions and Prophesies down to $25 over the last 3 months), but they're absolutely hopeless for anything that is supposed to have a preorder bonus.
I did try asking the local EB Games before ordering the preorder pack from NCSoft's store and got the "we've already given out all of the first shipment, and don't know whether we'll get any more" (less than a week after the preorder became possible and they're out? Suuure...). Given my past experience, that adds up to a "good luck getting it", and with no Collector's Edition it just meant that there was no benefit in preordering from EB!
Don't blame NCSoft/ANet for EB's incompetence in Australia - I highly doubt that it's actually their problem.
fRag_Doll
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Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu
Same store different time of day an old friend is working, tell me that the store manager like to keep 80% of the promotional and pre-release stuff for his own purposes.
EB ftl. EB Games Australia head office,(07) 3860 7777.
I'm sure they'd be interested to hear about that.
EB ftl. EB Games Australia head office,(07) 3860 7777.
I'm sure they'd be interested to hear about that.
draxynnic
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Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu
I think its more so that NcSoft and Anet don't give EB any information. The EB guys seem to think GW2 is coming out sometime in december. And EB as a chain of stores doesn't interact well. I went into my local saying how others down south had already got pre-orders, There reply was who ever told me is a lier, because that don't have the packs nor are they likely to get the packs. Same store different time of day an old friend is working, tell me that the store manager like to keep 80% of the promotional and pre-release stuff for his own purposes.
EB ftl. EB, as well as a number of other games stores and the like, has a tendency to "guess" release dates for major titles and present them as fact - probably in an effort to get people to put down money on a preorder.
EB ftl. EB, as well as a number of other games stores and the like, has a tendency to "guess" release dates for major titles and present them as fact - probably in an effort to get people to put down money on a preorder.
Holly Herro
Woo!!Now I don't have to go upto my parents and ask for 100 dollars.The last 2 expansions was just this:
"We went on a holiday,here's $100 dollars"
But I did make up an excuse just incase involving my sister getting free 40 dollars every week and me getting nothing >.> so unfair in my house :'(
"We went on a holiday,here's $100 dollars"
But I did make up an excuse just incase involving my sister getting free 40 dollars every week and me getting nothing >.> so unfair in my house :'(