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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 16, 2024 13:47:02 GMT
I think CEX are doing well in handling mobile phones that routinely seem to find it's way into their hands. Yeah, they are pretty much cash converters now. Ive bought a few electronic bits a pieces from them including a Sonos speaker that was definitely stolen. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 16, 2024 17:21:03 GMT
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 16, 2024 18:11:20 GMT
Woo, I was on the money. I should rewrite press releases for a living!
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Post by BeetrootBertie on Jan 16, 2024 18:12:12 GMT
The last Game I went into (inside a Sports Direct) just had a few games and all the adjacent merch. It also had a darkened room with some PCs in. It looked like you could pay so much a month to have access to a gaming PC. I'm not sure if there's a library of games associated with that too but I did wonder at the time if many kids would be bothered with something like that.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 17, 2024 2:19:17 GMT
iirc In a bunch of Asian countries, Steam got a massive boost because there were loads of PC Gaming Cafes where all the PCs had Steam with a bunch of games available.
I forget if Steam had some official system for it, or if the cafes just did it unofficially.
But that was a few years ago, when very few people in those countries had home PCs, and I dunno if it'd work in the UK market, especially now kids are all on smartphone games.
The UK never had a big internet cafe culture as it was never really needed.
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Wouldn't have guessed that they're dumping trade-ins mainly because of Sports Direct's cash register system.
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Post by pierrepressure on Jan 17, 2024 8:52:17 GMT
Pretty bummed out about this if only for the reason I used to trade in old consoles for new ones.
Don't fancy using CEX as I'd want brand new.
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Post by zisssou on Jan 17, 2024 9:35:01 GMT
Pretty bummed out about this if only for the reason I used to trade in old consoles for new ones. Don't fancy using CEX as I'd want brand new. No independent shops about? There's one about 40 mins from mine, where I sold an OLED, then picked up a Zelda OLED. Sure, you get concerned about warranty if they disappear, but you normally go through Nintendo/Sony anyway. Also the guy was really nice, and has a great selection of retro. |
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Post by Dougs on Jan 17, 2024 10:00:29 GMT
There's an independent retro store in my town who matches CEX prices. God knows how he's still trading, presumably all online. He refused to take my son's Skylanders set though, which CEX gave him Ā£90 for.
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Post by zisssou on Jan 17, 2024 10:15:01 GMT
Suppose he's got to flip it.
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 17, 2024 10:35:55 GMT
The story only says they're stopping video game trade ins, quite possible they'll still do hardware as they're still going to be selling consoles and it's a lot more likely they can shift used stock.
Other than CeX, there's always eBay or if you can't be arsed that route there's still MusicMagpie and Amazon has a trade in option too.
MusicMagpie's trade in values can be a bit odd, they'll give more money for an excellent condition PS4 Pro 1TB than a 2TB (which I'm not sure was anything but limited editions), it's still more in cash than than CeX will give though.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 17, 2024 10:43:18 GMT
Suppose he's got to flip it. Yeah, he said there was no market for them locally. I guess CEX just bang it on their website and hope for the best. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 17, 2024 11:07:45 GMT
MusicMagpie's trade in values can be a bit odd They offered me a mighty Ā£4.80 for a Pixel 3A last week. To the Man Drawer with you, then. |
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Post by Dougs on Jan 17, 2024 11:21:06 GMT
I am quite fond of my man drawer. Graveyard of phones and tablets past, as well as batteries. The constant revolving use of batteries in this house meant I had to buy a battery tester to make sure duff ones weren't making it in there.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 17, 2024 11:50:04 GMT
Yeah, ive got quite a graveyard going back some years now so Iāve thought about trying to present them in some way or taking one apart and mounting the exploded chassis or something.
Effort, tho
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 17, 2024 12:05:48 GMT
My old electronics and random cables boxes are ready for action come the post-apocalypse for crafting purposes. I'm sure that's how I'll make some weapons and other devices with random shit and it will save me like it does in video games.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 17, 2024 12:06:35 GMT
I've started to get a bit paranoid about having so much aging tech with batteries in one place. I should probably have a proper clear out at some point, as I can't really see myself ever using one of my Blackberries again.
Multiple iPods too, which I'm actually quite tempted to get working again with an SD card mod or something as they'd be handy for the OH's car.
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Post by zisssou on Jan 17, 2024 12:06:55 GMT
Two micro USB cables tied together to strangle someone in Tesco to get the last packet of Rolos.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 17, 2024 14:24:40 GMT
I keep feeling like I should be able to do something with my old google Nexus 7. I'd be quite happy with turning it into a dedicated ereader, but hassle.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 17, 2024 14:37:37 GMT
God the original Nexus 7 was a piece of shit! Even out of the box, using it felt like wading through treacle. Not sure why I then went on to buy the HTC Nexus 9, which in fairness was OK for a while but got slower and slower with each update.
I think I ended up chucking the Nexus 7 into a weee bin even though it was still technically functional.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 17, 2024 14:40:01 GMT
The Nexus 7 was great, for about 3 months before it slowed down to treacle.
Iirc it had some issue where it didn't keep the flash memory properly sorted, so it just got slower and slower.
I did install a custom rom on it at some point, but it took up like 90% of the memory, so it still ran like treacle.
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Post by mrpon on Jan 17, 2024 14:42:42 GMT
Loved the N7! Form factor was great and so slim as well. Wireless charging too. Had a cradle an everything.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 17, 2024 14:44:23 GMT
I don't think that's the original one. I heard the v2 was better.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 17, 2024 14:44:27 GMT
I'm talking about the 2012 one with 1GB RAM here, not the 2013 one which seemed quite nice in comparison from the brief play I had with it.
Yeah, I stuck Lineage (or whatever it was called back then) and possibly something else on it, but by that point it was still too frustratingly slow to use for anything.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 17, 2024 15:29:08 GMT
My Nvidia Shield K1 was a great bit of kit for a while until that too ground to a halt. The old iPad2 performs better.
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Post by Psiloc on Jan 17, 2024 15:35:10 GMT
Electronic Boutique was a magical place back in the day. For my entire student life I rinsed their 10 day guarantee policy, just completing and exchanging every possible game I could get. I did this for about a full year, rotating various local stores, until the cunt - CUNT - of a store manager in Wolverhampton wrote "no more returns" on my receipt and I was stuck with Orphen on the PS2 or something |
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Post by Tuffty on Jan 17, 2024 16:39:38 GMT
The last Game I went into (inside a Sports Direct) just had a few games and all the adjacent merch. It also had a darkened room with some PCs in. It looked like you could pay so much a month to have access to a gaming PC. I'm not sure if there's a library of games associated with that too but I did wonder at the time if many kids would be bothered with something like that. That sounds exactly like the one we have here, even down to being in a Sports Direct.
I had about 40 PS2/PS3/360 games I wanted to shift from my collection. Quoted music magpie that were gonna give me about Ā£110 for the lot. Organised a pick up from the house which never happened, twice, so opted for CEX instead. Their valuation of my Persona 3 copy alone was about Ā£100. Ā£70 for Persona 4. Think it helped because they had no stock of them on the site. So it all worked out in the end. Two mates of mine use GAME quite a bit and they've already said they'll stop their membership now. Does seem like a shift towards all digital now slowly but surely. Think physical copies will still be released but they'll treat it like vinyl is now, where it's more of a collectors item. |
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 17, 2024 17:07:22 GMT
Okay it's hardware as well, email from them today, my choice of font seemed appropriate...(for those on mobile so it doesn't do anything it's Comic Sans).
Dear GAME customer,
With effect from 16/02/2024 (āClosure Dateā) the Trade-In programme operated by Game Retail Limited (āGAMEā) which offers customers the ability to trade-in unwanted consoles, games or gaming accessories in-store for credit (āProgrammeā) will cease in accordance with clause 1.4 of the āTrade-In Terms and Conditionsā found at game.co.uk (āTermsā) and will no longer be offered by GAME. GAME will also stop selling pre-owned games and consoles in-store and online at game.co.uk once stocks have run out.
We havenāt taken this decision lightly and we are extremely grateful for your loyal custom throughout the years and remain committed to continue to give our passionate gaming fans the best customer experience.
From the Closure Date
GAME will not accept from customers any form of trade-ins whatsoever, including, but not limited to consoles, games or gaming accessories;
any GAME gift cards issued prior to the Closure Date in accordance with the Terms shall remain valid;
the 2% Game Reward points given to Game Elite members on trade-ins under the Programme and in accordance with the Terms shall no longer be applicable and clause 4.1.4 of the Game Elite Membership Terms & Conditions shall no longer apply. Any Game Reward points properly allocated under the Programme prior to the Closure Date will remain valid and unaffected. Please see the GAME Reward Terms and Conditions for further details of redemption of any GAME Reward points; and
any personal information collected from customers in relation to the Programme shall only be retained for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes GAME collected it for. Please see GAMEās Privacy Policy at game.co.uk for further information.
The contents of this announcement does not affect the customerās statutory rights.
All of GAMEās rights remain unreserved.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 17, 2024 17:13:14 GMT
So the store is essentially dead then, not that it wasn't before. There's basically no point even stepping foot in one.
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Post by bichii2 on Jan 17, 2024 17:15:12 GMT
I can't remember the last trade in I made. I almost never buy physical things anymore anyway. It was a very cost affective way though of gaming.
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Post by apollo on Jan 17, 2024 18:12:18 GMT
As Game is giving up on hardware trade in market then they are just giving up on their already dead zombie stores.
In the shopping centre area there is Cex and Game right next to other (there use to be 2 Game and 1 gamestation in the early 2010) I was in Cex today as traded in a game and Cex was busy and game seemed dead at lunch time
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