[quote name='arbiter']I'm suprised that the stores will let the guy dump his un-ebayable games back on a return. Most places stick to the no exchanges, no returns unless defective rule on games. (EB will ok it if you tell them it was a gift)
I would have given someone a hard time about it...especially if I figured out they were using my store as a wholesaler.
I think Ft. Wayne needs a big electronics store like Fry's.
They could move a smallish one into the old K's Merchandise location.
Maybe we should set up some kind of local gaming reference site... Lists of good stores, local deals, shops with good service & managers and whatnot.[/QUOTE]You know what, I wonder if that Asia guy at Toy's R Us, who did all the hoarding, is the same guy who took the 20GB PS3 from me at Meijer, just before Christmas (I could have gotten it for 15% off too that day). He didn't get that 15% off, but he seemed like a big ebay guy (only buy stuff to put on ebay). I actually found out who he was (because of Facebook, since he looked like someone from my old H.S.). I doubt it's the same guy, but I just had to wonder.
Fry's is only in big cities for now, but things might change down the road.
I like the idea of setting up a gaming reference site, maybe having our own little forum too.
I have some web space available, but it probably would be best to just get a domain strictly for that. I might be a good person to put in charge of it, due to sticking around stores a lot in town and being quite familiar with the area, but at the same time, I'm not in Fort Wayne year round.
[quote name='donaldtrunk']There's already 1000 people chasing the 5 deals that Ft Wayne gets at any given time. It's already almost damn near impossible to get in on any deals around here unless you're free to hit these stores up when they open. Making it even easier to find the info will only make this worse. The amount of hoarders and profiteirs in this town makes me sick some times.[/QUOTE]I know what you mean. After the first Circuit City deal Ft. Wayne had (back in 2004), I next to never find the good stuff. That’s why when I hear about a big sale now, I travel to Lafayette, Merrillville, or Castleton/Fishers. When I go to those places, I find most everything I wanted. Fort Wayne isn’t really a big city, but it’s the only city with a Best Buy, Circuit City, Toy’s R Us, etc. within a pretty long distance (next closest locations are in Lima OH, Battlecreek MI, Muncie IN, etc.). There are people coming from many other cities to our very few stores, causing things to be picked over easily. I somewhat know this because my Mom use to work in the dress department in Macy’s, and due to being one of the only stores within a decent distance, people travel from all over to go there. My Mom also has problems finding stuff at the Fort Wayne location because stuff gets picked over very easily (due to being the only Macy’s within a distance). I’ve noticed the same with many other stores I like going to, except an EB/Gamestop. I’ll even say the Target’s in Fort Wayne don’t have anywhere near as much good stuff as the ones in other cities I go to. IMO, I think two of the Wal-Mart’s in Fort Wayne are terrible (especially the one on Jefferson), but ones I go to elsewhere appear to be much nicer inside. Meijer in Fort Wayne isn’t bad, but there’s no denying I can find better stuff in Castleton, Lafayette, etc.
[quote name='Heavy Hitter']Definitely. I live about 30 minutes or so from the Fort, so I don't ever jump in the car to rush for a YMMV deal. Next time one of y'all witness a profiteer, kick them once or twice in the beanbag for me.[/QUOTE]Lol, that’s what we need to do. I live around 15-20 minutes from most stores (10 minutes from Jefferson Pointe area). Problem is, I tend to either be too late. Even when I’m early, stuff is already gone (I’m talking about Best Buy). I think at Best Buy, the employees buy stuff up before the public gets to see it (I’ve seen employees look at the list in the store). I should find out, since I have a bunch of old H.S. friends working at the Best Buy at Jefferson Pointe.
[quote name='erehwon']Yea. It can be a pain to get some of the deals in this town. The only reason I can usually get on these deals is that I'm a college student and not working at the moment. I wish some of these stores would enact no reseller policies to combat these hoarders.
I do remember the TRU employee today was a little upset since he didn't get a chance check out the dropped games before the hoarder hit the cart.[/QUOTE]I think I have a feeling which Toy’s R Us employee that is. Yeah, I hate those hoarders badly. I’ll figure out who they are, one day.
[quote name='Sailorneorune']Three words: SHINING FORCE CD.
(one hundred and fifty US dollars, one hundred and fifty US dollars, one hundred and fifty US dollars...)
http://mcvans.com/shopexd.asp?id=29249
...edit: it's now $70, but they're still nuts.
Their non-RPG Sega games are mostly reasonable... everything else makes ebay look downright shaq-fuing CHEAP.
And this is the EVANSVILLE store, mind you... YMMV.[/QUOTE]I remember. McVan’s use to charge a crazy price for Panzer Dragoon Saga too. I remember being dumb and paying $65 used for Burning Rangers on Sega Saturn there. My friend even decided to pay $80 to get a used copy of Chrono Trigger from them (on SNES).
[quote name='slidecage']got to wonder if these people grabbing everything work for mcvans. (doubtful anymore) i know back when the Saturn well belly up and Best buy was selling the games for 2 to 4 bucks. ROb (used to be manager at the parkwest store) admited they made people drive all over the place (as far as iowa) to buy up every cheap game they could get their hands on
I think they are the ones who mostly cleared out all of the Gameboy color games at hollywood video (they had 100s even though the first 2 3 for 10 sales) Now they are just wipped.
Personally i dont see how they even stay in business. One worker admited the other week they might get 1 to 2 trades per day (around 18 bucks)
when you have 3 people working there i doubt they make a profit... then again years ago i was told 80% of their profit comes from Halloween to xmas[/QUOTE]I was just about ready to talk about Rob. I remember meeting him the very first time I went to McVan’s (back in 1995) and got to know him really well. He knew my family, my old best friend, etc. really well. He was really good to me holding games when McVan’s got them in, giving me awesome trade-in credit, allowing me to trade for stuff most couldn’t. I use to go to McVan’s a lot when he was there. I remember when the computer at McVan’s said they had 4 copies of VF Remix in at the Washington Ctr store (I was trying to track it down). Rob kept calling the store, but they said they didn’t have it. Rob was putting pressure on them to figure it out (I remember because that Asian guy answered the phone one time I went by, and called Rob an idiot).
I missed him at McVan’s and Blockbuster. At Blockbuster, he allowed me to rent the instruction booklet, and he would hold new release games for me.
I know where they get their profits from, my friend. He goes to McVan’s every few days, trading in games. He feels he’s getting a better deal making several $5-$9 trades than actually buying games.
[quote name='donaldtrunk']Definately. It appears that from January until Halloween, the place is a free admitance video game museum, that sells a couple games a week. They only do business around the holidays when parents with to much money buy rare games for their spoiled, undeserving children.[/QUOTE]Haha, especially parents in my area. I have friends whose parents bought them Infiniti’s, Lexus, BMW’s, Mercedes, Jaguar’s, etc. for their first car.
Btw, I'll reveal my pic sometime, so you all will know its me, if you are looking at video games somewhere.