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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October 4th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I think those last two pictures tell a story. A story of cash and a poor bear…
October 4th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
:D I remember my shock years ago when I opened the TV Times to see that staring at me :D I thought I’d be kind and share…:D
October 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I just puked up a bit inside my mouth.
October 4th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I feel scarred for life :(
October 4th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
If you are wanting bargains for good games try savygamer.blogspot.com
AMAZING site.
October 4th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
That’s CrunchbiteJr and not a spammer btw, I dunno why it’s not logging me in!
October 5th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Ahh :) The goodness of cheapo games. Dixons was doing a sale today :D Eternal Sonata and The Club for a Tenner each XD Whoohoo!
October 5th, 2008 at 11:24 am
MY EYES!! MY PRECIOUS EYES!!
October 5th, 2008 at 11:33 am
:D :D :D
October 5th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
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!
October 7th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Orange Box (360) is £11.99 at play and not a molested teddy bear in sight.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Orange Bastard!!!