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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - General Gaming - Ok, I have a trade on my hands... |
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darkwitch Red Cheep-cheep                Since: 10-16-06 From: Puerto Rico Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| When EBgames started calling people to preorder the wii
they didnt called me but I still went there now when I reached the store they told me they had all wii's preordered already so I lost the chance of getting a wii. Now today my neighboor offers me a trade: I give him 250.00 dollars + six DS games He gives me his wii already payed. EBgames told me they wont get any more wii's untill January or something like that so is the trade worth it or not? I also have Zelda Twilight Princess preordered for the wii. |
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Dr_Death16   970    Since: 05-07-06 From: Iowa Last post: 6312 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| So, let me ask you... are you really that unintelligent?
The Wii is worth about 250 dollars itself. DS games added on are (at the least) 20 bucks a piece used. So, you're paying at the least 370 dollars. For a new game console. That hasn't come out yet. This guy is going to pull a number on you if you do this deal. Are you a freakin' fanboy that bad or what? |
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darkwitch Red Cheep-cheep Since: 10-16-06 From: Puerto Rico Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6312 days |
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Originally posted by Dr_Death16 Sadly yes. But Im not giving him any good games either: Nintendogs Yoshi Touch and Go Wario ware Rayman Sprung The Sims Also he has the wii payed and there is no store left with a wii (except Kmart and stores like that, that sale them at about 400 dollars) |
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cpubasic13 I'm ahead of myself... Wait...   Since: 11-17-05 From: Citra, Fl. Last post: 6314 days Last view: 6312 days |
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Originally posted by darkwitch Instant fail for that game being listed as no good.
What? Kmart has to sell it at the advertised price. They can't sell it for more. If that was the case, I would have spent more on my DS on the first day it came out since I got it at Target. That is what you would call "price gouging". If you have to get rid of games you don't like, don't do this deal. Don't. He is ripping you off. Even if he has the Wii payed off, you have the 250 dollars to buy it full yourself and you can do whatever you want with the games, such as trade them in yourself, which is what he would probably do with them... |
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Sinfjotle Lordly? No, not quite.  Since: 11-17-05 From: Kansas Last post: 6314 days Last view: 6313 days |
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| Do what I'm doing and go to wal-mart at 11-12 in the morning and wait till midnight to buy it. | |||
Young Guru Snifit  Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 6319 days Last view: 6312 days |
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Originally posted by cpubasic13 Technicaly they can sell it for more. The $250 price point is just MSRP (Manufacture suggested Retail Price). Noting that, it is increadibly (and not just increadibly like a lot, but an inordinate amount) bad business to increases prices much above MSRP because of high demands. Sometimes stores will increase or decrease (more often decrease) prices within 10% of MSRP to move more units or capitalize on demand, but if a store moves much beyond that range then they are liable to lose a gross amount of consumers in that market. Back on topic, if you really don't want the DS games, and you're okay with letting him sell those games for $120 (if that's really what you can sell used DS games for, I really have no idea) then I'd say do it. I gave one of my brothers friends 8 N64 games that I hadn't played in two years and didn't intend on playing to get RE Directors Cut, RE2 Dual Shock and RE Nemesis. This was like 6 years ago but I felt it was definately worth it because I'm a huge fan of RE and didn't care for the other games. If you really want the system and don't want the games then go for it. |
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Sin Dogan 860  Uoodo Original Blend Armored Trooper Votoms Canned Coffee! Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6317 days Last view: 6316 days |
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| You could just wait for the online preorders like I am. Sign up at wiipreorder.com for notifications from various retailers. | |||
Tanks Spiny  Since: 06-19-06 From: Eagle Land Last post: 6312 days Last view: 6312 days |
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Originally posted by darkwitch You just told my same story here, only difference is that my neighbor isn't attempting to rip me off. |
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darkwitch Red Cheep-cheep Since: 10-16-06 From: Puerto Rico Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| Well thanks for the comments everyone,
I guess that I should just buy it for 400 dollars in KB Toys and not waste more money for a long time  . |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6313 days |
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| *holds head*
You're going to buy it for $249, end of story. That's the RETAIL PRICE and no chain store is going to go over that price unless they're offering bundles. |
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Emptyeye Oneofthebiggestlegendsand starseverinthis...GOD! Ceremonial Full Moderator Since: 11-17-05 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Last post: 6312 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| Not necessarily.
He never states that he is paying in American dollars, nor does he have a Location filled out that would imply such. That said, I'm a geek and used a currency converter website to find out the approximate value of $250US converted to various other dollars (Those "dollars" in the top 85 currencies of the world...whatever that means). As of about 10:30PM EST on 10/16/06, that $250US will get you: $284.40 Canadian; $331.86 Australian; $379.42 New Zealander; $250 Bahamanian; $498.75 Barbados; $250 Bermudan; $667.50 Eastern Carribean; $432.53 Fijian; $1,945.69 Hong Kongian; $16,533.75 Jamaican; $395.62 Singaporean; $8,306.25 Taiwanian New, or $1,562.63 Trinidad and Tobago. So if he's from Singapore (Or a couple other countries), his paying in the neighborhood of $400 (Not necessarily US) is not at all unreasonable. Think outside the box, people. Think outside the box.  |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6313 days |
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| I got Puerto Rico back from his IP check, and that's American dollars. |
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Emptyeye Oneofthebiggestlegendsand starseverinthis...GOD! Ceremonial Full Moderator Since: 11-17-05 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Last post: 6312 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| Fair enough. I had kind of presumed as much by his mention of K-Mart (I have no idea what their foreign presence is like), but the exercise was still worthwhile to me.
I <3 unconventional thinking. |
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Dr_Death16 970 Since: 05-07-06 From: Iowa Last post: 6312 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| It's okay guys, there's a reason we're confused. This is a fanboy who will do anything in their power to be one of the first people to get a Wii Wii. |
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MathOnNapkins 1100  In SPC700 HELL Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| I dunno... it could be the case that it would cost more in a place like Puerto Rico. I've heard in places like Guam and Hawaii things cost up to twice as much, just b/c of the extra difficulty of shipping it. Alaska, for example, has a high cost of living, but higher wages than the continental US. But these truisms usually assume to be talking about non durable goods like groceries... I don't know if this carries into such luxuries as home electronics. A K-Mart may be very well justified in charging that much. | |||
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darkwitch Red Cheep-cheep Since: 10-16-06 From: Puerto Rico Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| Well yeah im from Puerto Rico and I
think I made a desicion to NOT make the trade and buy it in K-mart or KBToys or a store like that. Oh and as Dr_death16 stated im a fanboy and I really wont stand to not have a wii the first day. Thanks for the comments people . |
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Thoughtless [Danielle] Thoughtless is my secret lover [Danielle] *flutters eyelashes* [Thoughtless] SECRET IS OUT I miss my two pussies :( (Part II) Since: 11-17-05 From: PR Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| It doesn't cost more in Puerto Rico. Not unless these places raises their prices while my back is turned. The most I have seen being added on is atleast $50 extra dollars to the US retail price.
$250 + $50 = $300 Last time I checked, we got the same prices as the US, give or take, in rare cases $50 or so. Unless that changed, I have no clue what he is talking about. Anyway, he should just check EB or Gamestop. They do exist on this island. |
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darkwitch Red Cheep-cheep Since: 10-16-06 From: Puerto Rico Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6312 days |
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Originally posted by darkwitch Did you read that? I lost my chance of preordering the wii. And the overpriced wii is the one they sell in KMart, KB Toys and stores like that. |
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Kirbynite Phan Phan  I'm sick of being bogged down by homework!!  Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6313 days |
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| Toys R Us is gonna present the second round of preorders for the Wii. So you can try to get it there.
I missed out on preordering the first time (due to the fact that I forgot to fix my alarm, of all days), so I'm gonna try to get it there. And don't panic, yo. If you can't preorder at a place with a resonable pricetag, then you could just camp out on release day. I'm sure you've got just as much of a chance of acquiring a preorder as acquiring a Wii without a preorder. |
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darkwitch Red Cheep-cheep Since: 10-16-06 From: Puerto Rico Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6312 days |
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| But lets say there are 10 wiis coming to
an EBGames if all 10 are preordered then they wont let me buy one if I dont have it preordered. But thanks im going to try on "Toys R Us". |
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