Hello bargain hunters

Hello there bargain hunters!  No, don’t run away, I’m not a perma-tanned antiques expert.  Most folks in their right mind like a good deal but this particular habit has developed from venturing into certain pink liveried games shops and being shocked at the prices – my credit cards practically crying in despair as they attempt to fling themselves from my wallet at the till point in some suicide attempt before I break them once and for all.  Getting fully back into the swing of gaming with my 360 has led to me being behind with a number of older game purchases, let alone all the new releases due out in the next few months.  If I want to play them all and not sell my stuffed Pink Panther toy into a life of slavery, I have to be cunning.

History’s most cunning man…

Working from home, online shopping is a must, so off I go, trawling the usual suspects, before diverting off the beaten track of Gameplay to the supermarkets such as Tesco and Asda.  Then I get wind of other sites from forum bargain threads – sites such as Shopto and 365games, so off I toddle.  I had a few games in mind which formed a loose list.  Among them was Civ Rev but I wasn’t shelling out £39.99 or £37 and still couldn’t really justify 30 quid when I have a pile of other games unplayed.  So every day I would look round every site, checking in case the prices had miraculously tumbled.  Then I added Orange Box to my list…40 quid, £37, £32, hmmm not good.  Two weeks of patient searching, I spotted it for £19.99!  By Grabthar’s hammer!  But wait, be sensible… you can’t do it.  So, in despair, I stopped looking and then out of the blue, someone posted up bargains from one of the places I had searched three times a day for a month.  Civ Rev at £19.99?  And Orange Box for a paltry 15 quid?  Ker ching!!

However, I’m not finished and the list lives… Gun, may not have got the best reviews but I want it.  It has cowboys and my mama raised me on Westerns and anyway, Kris Kristofferson and Brad Dourif do voices, so there.  Gameplay have it at a fiver but it’s out of stock.  Bollocks.  It goes on my daily visit list.  Tesco’s games from under 20 quid search also appears, having given me Hitman: Blood Money and Tomb Raider Anniversary for 13 quid apiece, Shopto’s star buys provided me with Dark Sector at fifteen notes, and the grapevine gave me Lost Odyssey for a fiver from Comet.  Games can skin us, but with some obsessive checking, you too can be a real life bargain hunter.  The only risk is that once I find everything on my hit list, I’ll start getting things I don’t really need because they are a bargain.  So the day I start searching for games I don’t really want is the day I stop.  Maybe.

Please note: none of the images of David Dickinson have been adjusted for contrast, he is that orange.  And yes, that pic is real apart from the game.


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12 responses to “Hello bargain hunters”

  1. Michael avatar

    I think those last two pictures tell a story. A story of cash and a poor bear…

  2. Lorna avatar
    Lorna

    😀 I remember my shock years ago when I opened the TV Times to see that staring at me 😀 I thought I’d be kind and share…:D

  3. Tony avatar
    Tony

    I just puked up a bit inside my mouth.

  4. Barry avatar
    Barry

    I feel scarred for life 🙁

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    Anonymous

    If you are wanting bargains for good games try savygamer.blogspot.com

    AMAZING site.

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    Anonymous

    That’s CrunchbiteJr and not a spammer btw, I dunno why it’s not logging me in!

  7. James avatar
    James

    Ahh 🙂 The goodness of cheapo games. Dixons was doing a sale today 😀 Eternal Sonata and The Club for a Tenner each XD Whoohoo!

  8. arc14716 avatar
    arc14716

    MY EYES!! MY PRECIOUS EYES!!

  9. Lorna avatar
    Lorna

    😀 😀 😀

  10. Jake avatar

    Yeah Currys/Dixons/PC World have a massive games clearance sale – i’ve bagged about 15-16 games there for the price of a lot less than 15 or 16 games!

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    Anonymous

    Orange Box (360) is £11.99 at play and not a molested teddy bear in sight.

  12. TequilaClint avatar
    TequilaClint

    Orange Bastard!!!

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