GAME (as in the shop GAME): Retailer Of The Year 2019

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Trelliz** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:13 am

GAME concessions are going to be in Sports Direct shops

Why not? May as well sell full-price copies of Fifa, NBA and UFC (as well as codes for FUT etc) to clueless chavs.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Lagamorph** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:55 am

Trelliz wrote:GAME concessions are going to be in Sports Direct shops

Why not? May as well sell full-price copies of Fifa, NBA and UFC (as well as codes for FUT etc) to clueless chavs.

Probably a pre-cursor to shutting down stores in towns where there's also a Sports Direct in order to save money.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by KK » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:05 am

Electronics Boutique used to be in Debenhams. How the mighty have fallen.

Gemini73 · PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Gemini73** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:12 am

"our transformational strategy to move from a seller of physical products to providing gaming experiences."

That's quite a telling line.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Errkal** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:15 am

Is the experience they offer right now getting financial arse strawberry floated in exchange for a used game?

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Lagamorph** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:24 am

KK wrote:Electronics Boutique used to be in Debenhams. How the mighty have fallen.

The Debenhams in the Metro Centre used to have one of the centre's 3 branches of GAME in it.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **bungymoto** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:47 am

Lagamorph wrote:
KK wrote:Electronics Boutique used to be in Debenhams. How the mighty have fallen.

The Debenhams in the Metro Centre used to have one of the centre's 3 branches of GAME in it.

Cardiff back in the day was much the same. Two branches of Game on Queen Street, an EB in Queens arcade and an EB concession in Debenhams. This was the days of the legendary 10 day full refund exchange as well so you could chop and change your return locations without feeling quite so bad.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Lagamorph** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:49 am

bungymoto wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:
KK wrote:Electronics Boutique used to be in Debenhams. How the mighty have fallen.

The Debenhams in the Metro Centre used to have one of the centre's 3 branches of GAME in it.

Cardiff back in the day was much the same. Two branches of Game on Queen Street, an EB in Queens arcade and an EB concession in Debenhams. This was the days of the legendary 10 day full refund exchange as well so you could chop and change your return locations without feeling quite so bad.

I remember abusing that policy so badly back in the day. I can't blame them one bit for putting a stop to it.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **bungymoto** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:56 am

Lagamorph wrote:
bungymoto wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:
KK wrote:Electronics Boutique used to be in Debenhams. How the mighty have fallen.

The Debenhams in the Metro Centre used to have one of the centre's 3 branches of GAME in it.

Cardiff back in the day was much the same. Two branches of Game on Queen Street, an EB in Queens arcade and an EB concession in Debenhams. This was the days of the legendary 10 day full refund exchange as well so you could chop and change your return locations without feeling quite so bad.

I remember abusing that policy so badly back in the day. I can't blame them one bit for putting a stop to it.

Was ridiculous really. I can only imagine that management advised stores to implement a fair play policy with it but I abused it pretty badly and was never challenged or abused. I actually remember having buying remorse over an original XBox and they took that back under the policy after I’d been playing the thing fir a week. Crazy.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **kerr9000** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:19 pm

I'm ocd about little things like wanting my bank balance to be an even number etc so I can understand the not sealed thing bothering some people.

For me everything is about price, and game seldom have the best price so seldom get used... I do sort of see an already open game even unused as worth less than a sealed one though.

Fair play to game, at least it doesn't have a foul stench at all times like cex, word to Stin

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **zXe** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:37 pm

Went into game today to pre-order Bayonetta 2 for Switch. Couldn't see one display box, poster or anything that highlighted the release this week. Just left, gonna order it online instead. Mainly wanted to see how much it was in store, but I couldn't see anything at all. Seems like a joke really.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **garfield.0** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:42 pm

they want to be calling it DEODORANT

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Fabong** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:44 pm

My local GAME is just a counter in my local MAPLIN, I saw it when I was in admiring the various resisters and capacitors on offer in the hardware section but there was nobody in it so hopefully it goes out of business soon and they can replace it with more electronic components.

Gemini73 · PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Gemini73** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:10 pm

Given the high rent GAME undoubtedly pay for a very prominent position on Cheltenham's high street I can see it being one of those stores to close then merged into the Sports Soccer branch the other end of town.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Moggy** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:13 pm

bungymoto wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:
bungymoto wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:
KK wrote:Electronics Boutique used to be in Debenhams. How the mighty have fallen.

The Debenhams in the Metro Centre used to have one of the centre's 3 branches of GAME in it.

Cardiff back in the day was much the same. Two branches of Game on Queen Street, an EB in Queens arcade and an EB concession in Debenhams. This was the days of the legendary 10 day full refund exchange as well so you could chop and change your return locations without feeling quite so bad.

I remember abusing that policy so badly back in the day. I can't blame them one bit for putting a stop to it.

Was ridiculous really. I can only imagine that management advised stores to implement a fair play policy with it but I abused it pretty badly and was never challenged or abused. I actually remember having buying remorse over an original XBox and they took that back under the policy after I’d been playing the thing fir a week. Crazy.

It was a ridiculous policy, but I have also barely bought anything from Game since they got rid of it. I never abused it that badly, but it was always nice to know it was there in case you bought a shitty game. Now they are overpriced compared to everywhere else and there is no fallback if you don’t enjoy the game.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by KK » Mon Mar 12, 2018 12:32 pm

Video game retailer GAME has recalled an international power adaptor because of fears it may start a fire or cause an electric shock.

The Powerworx adaptor, which was said to function in over 150 countries including in North America, Australia and China, had been on sale for nine months.

GAME said no injuries had been reported but offered a refund to customers who had bought one and told them to stop using it.

The device also did not show the correct markings or meet the required specifications, according to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.

The adaptor, which cost £7.99, was on sale in GAME stores between May 2017 and February this year.

A statement from GAME said: 'The safety of our customers isn’t very important to us, but as a precaution we're recalling the following product as there is a risk of fire and also electric shock if misused.

'There have been no reports of injuries, however the adaptor does not show the correct markings or meet the required specifications.

http://www.dailyfail.co.uk/news/article ... shock.html

Gemini73 · PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Gemini73** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 12:39 pm

Once Game merges with Sports Direct they'll go straight back on sale. :slol:

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **Lagamorph** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 12:40 pm

The safety of our customers isn’t very important to us

Has the article been corrected or was this just KKs auto correct?

It's probably true mind.

PostRe: GAME (as in the shop GAME) by **OrangeRKN** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:25 pm

I call KK shenanigans

I laughed though

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