Anyone still buying games from Asia?

[Royvedas]

This past summer I used up all my money by buying games from play-asia.com because of the extremely weak dollar (and their great 25% off sale). But times have sure been a-changing. Prices and shipping have been on the rise ever since and the dollar is skyrocketing. But now good old England (and pseudo-British isles like Jersey and Guernsey) are the places to go to, because of the weak pound and the acknowledgement of the financial crisis.

Most, if not all, european CAGs should know this by now. But I gotta know - are there still some europeans out there using asian shops to buy games and in that case - why? According to my calculations play-asia should have lost all of their european business within the last 6 months or so.

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[TheSaint11]

[quote name='Royvedas']This past summer I used up all my money by buying games from play-asia.com because of the extremely weak dollar (and their great 25% off sale). But times have sure been a-changing. Prices and shipping have been on the rise ever since and the dollar is skyrocketing. But now good old England (and pseudo-Britain islands like Jersey and Guernsey) are the places to go to, because of the weak pound and the acknowledgement of the financial crisis.

Most, if not all, european CAGs should know this by now. But I gotta know - are there still some europeans out there using asian shops to buy games and in that case - why? According to my calculations play-asia should have lost all of their european business within the last 6 months or so.

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To be fair, I thought most people bought from Amazon or the like, however I am sure you will get plenty of replies.

Thanks
Saint

 

[detectiveconan16]

There is actually an import game I want this year. Considering the strength of the Japanese Yen, I can't even afford it anymore. $85 a new game?!

 

[62t]

It is interesting because you can get PAL Killlzone 2 and Little Big Planet for the cheapest price. Guess it would be time to make play-europe.com?

 

[darkslime]

That seems like a good idea, buying PAL games for region free consoles.
I may have to start doing that.

 

[Royvedas]

Thanks for the replies. Yeah it really DOES seem kinda "reversed". I like the play-europe.com idea, hehe.

Amazon is sadly kinda crappy for me as I have to pay Danish "VAT" and the shipping cost to Denmark is insane. The Jersey and Guernsey shops have the annoyance of "duty risks".