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Post: #1 - 16 Jun 2006 20:27
Ok today i went into my local gamestation in search of a new game and then burnout: Revenge caught my eye but i was £7.99 pre-owned but then u asked for a brand new copy and it was only £4.99 
a bargain or what? I mean why was the Pre-owned copy more expensive than a brand new copy?
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a bargain or what? I mean why was the Pre-owned copy more expensive than a brand new copy?--Post edited on 16/06/2006 20:28:07
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Post: #2 - 19 Jun 2006 14:56
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Ok today i went into my local gamestation in search of a new game and then burnout: Revenge caught my eye but i was £7.99 pre-owned but then u asked for a brand new copy and it was only £4.99 a bargain or what? I mean why was the Pre-owned copy more expensive than a brand new copy?
Ok, wtf lucky you. Are you lying?
Ok today i went into my local gamestation in search of a new game and then burnout: Revenge caught my eye but i was £7.99 pre-owned but then u asked for a brand new copy and it was only £4.99 a bargain or what? I mean why was the Pre-owned copy more expensive than a brand new copy?Ok, wtf lucky you. Are you lying?
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Post: #3 - 19 Jun 2006 15:00
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thats happened to me before lol it doesn't make sense though
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Post: #4 - 19 Jun 2006 15:03
its where the pre-owned game has been there longer, an the price on the new copy has just kept droppin an they havnt realised to change the price of the pre-owned version
Post: #5 - 19 Jun 2006 15:06
The reason this happens is because Gamestation buy games from the public and sell them for profit, so if they buy it off you for a fiver they cant sell it for £4.99.
New games on the other hand are bought in bulk from the distributors. When distributors want to get rid of excess stock they reduce the price which is passed onto the customers.
So basically in this case Gamestation have a whole pile of new copies of Burnout Revenge that they can sell cheap, when these are gone the price will return to normal.
New games on the other hand are bought in bulk from the distributors. When distributors want to get rid of excess stock they reduce the price which is passed onto the customers.
So basically in this case Gamestation have a whole pile of new copies of Burnout Revenge that they can sell cheap, when these are gone the price will return to normal.
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Post: #6 - 19 Jun 2006 15:09
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then how do the distributors make their money if they have to drop the price?
Post: #7 - 19 Jun 2006 15:11
Post: #8 - 19 Jun 2006 15:14
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because the distributors buy it cheap aswell, but still make a profit
Ironically retailers make most of their money on older games as there is a bigger profit margin. On a typical new PS2 game, if they sell it for under £30 they will be making £1 to £2 profit. Where as on older games they can make alot more.
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because the distributors buy it cheap aswell, but still make a profitIronically retailers make most of their money on older games as there is a bigger profit margin. On a typical new PS2 game, if they sell it for under £30 they will be making £1 to £2 profit. Where as on older games they can make alot more.
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Post: #9 - 19 Jun 2006 15:15
Post: #10 - 19 Jun 2006 17:06
I get the whole why the pre-owned copy is more expensive but still burnout: revenge is the newest title of the burnout series... Why so cheap? I was expecting it to be at least £14.99 or something around that price...
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