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Hi tech Video Games
usually gives deals however if something is pretty low priced it usually means its broken. I've gotten more than a couple of wonky GBA games there. Like my MMBN 4 can't save. My mario kart isnt reconised by my GBA unless I blow into the cart.
Just be smart. Also tax is NOTHING to this guy. You can suually at the very least talk off the tax. (as always only when paying with cash)
Gamerama
I personally loathe. They half the time seem like they don't want to serve you are in direct competition with the eb upstairs and have the GBA ripoff case. Basically they have a case of GBA games where they refuse to put prices on them and depending on the person in the store currentlys mood they will either try and rip you or give you a decent price. Not to mention how aggressively they treat towards people trading in stuff like giving some kid 50$ in store credit (or 30$ in cash) for a GBA with 7 games then spinning around while Im in the store and trying to sell me one of the games for 25$.
I understand its a business but in all honesty I would rather just go to EB. Their GBA games have prices on them and they're usually fair prices. Still if you call beforehand and they ahve alot of the used games you need then get them all at once offer in cash and ask for a discount, they should give one.
Game Shack-
Pros:
gets things in on time
computer inventory
Cons:
used games always seem overpriced usually more than eb.
not much chance of getting a discount here would seem almost like a professional shop.
Gamecentre
easily the best of the downtown independent stores. They have a huge selection of everything from Sega Saturn to retro atari to nintendo. Again if its too cheap its probably broken, always make sure to check multi disc games to make sure theyre all there. Their used game prices are usually quite top notch and they sometimes have a deal of the week on a new game which is usually amazing. So amazing people abuse it for EB trade in deals and they get annoyed. To get a deal just ask for a couple of bucks off if you are buying more than a couple of things and they usually comply.[/quote]
I agree with almost 100% of that. Gamerama does have a horrible business attitude. The kids that run the store, usually three of them at a time, don't really care about customers. On the other hand, they're the easist store to haggle prices with because most of the GBA/DS stuff is not priced.
Game Centre is awesome even on brand new stuff, since they'll pretty much always mark it down a couple bucks of the MSRP. Not to mention about a week after a game is out, they seemed to have a used copy in for half off. You can also haggle with them a bit, although I still can't manage to have them sell me Doshin the Giant (PAL) without the freeloader and zelda games.
Good advice everyone!
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EM