UPDATE: Looks like most of our orders are being cancelled. Even my own order did: all items "couldn't be found" by staff. Not sure if that means a stock count error or sticky-fingered employees. I've altered the title but might have to take this deal down altogether. In the meantime if you want to take the risk, you can. Did anyone at all get at least a 'sent' confirmation?
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There's a bunch of PS3 games selling for $1 on EB games.
A bunch of caveats, though:
- Postage seems to start at about $9, so mainly a deal if you're buying several
- New as in "not used", not recent releases
- More like "new discs, ex-display cases and manuals", if past experience with EB online sales is anything to go by. Expect bumped and creased cases where stickers were removed, thumbed-through manuals, and definitely no shrink wrap
- In the last sale posted here, EB games stock system was crap. You might not get all the games you order, and if you want to get a refund on the postage, you'll have to call them and chase them up.
See comments on the previous sale here:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/275082?page=3#comment
But if you think it's worth the risk… I just bought 6 decent new games for less than $17 delivered:
Resistance 2 (PlayStation 3) $1.00
Disney Infinity Starter Pack (pictures show the one with pad and figures, not just disc - PlayStation 3) $1.00
Killzone 2 (PlayStation 3) $1.00
Red Dead Redemption (PlayStation 3) $1.00
Borderlands Game of the Year (PlayStation 3) $1.00
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (PlayStation 3) $1.00
Items: $6.00 Shipping: $10.31 TOTAL (inc GST): $16.31
So I thought this is worth posting, if most of them arrive (all of mine arrived last time).
(If you find any for other consoles, post in comments or a new deal, I didn't have time to look).
Yeah, looks like they've switched back to shipping directly from store again so a lot of stock has come back online.
Keep in mind that the website still isn't very accurate in terms of stock levels. I bought something today and 5 minutes later I received a 'Oops, we looked and can't find it' email. There was only one showing in the country so someone must have beaten me to it!
Some items will appear as 'In Stock' and it won't tell you there aren't any until the Confirm Payment page, definitely some room for improvement on their part. The system is new and had a shaky first run a week and a bit ago so hopefully they smooth things out after finding all the bugs (which you should report to them if you want things to improve).