buying games on line

[DrSpike]

The stores like GAME and Virgin are invariably dearer than Amazon here.

[Jamski]

Year, but GAME is gppd for impulse buys of games you never play... wait... how is that good?

[DrSpike]

It's not, though they are good for when I can't receive delivery without taking a day off work, which costs me far more than an extra £10 or whatever.

[Kuciwalker]

I buy online and usually have it shipped. I either buy from Amazon or the game's webpage itself. Sometimes I get bored waiting for it to ship and then download it

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by DrSpike
It's not, though they are good for when I can't receive delivery without taking a day off work, which costs me far more than an extra £10 or whatever.

Colonization was sent to me via US postal service, and in a package that fit through the front door mail slot. No one had to sign for anything.

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by DrSpike
It's not, though they are good for when I can't receive delivery without taking a day off work, which costs me far more than an extra £10 or whatever.

Have it shipped to work...duh.

I started getting games way back when by ordering from ads in gamer magazines, by calling the mail order company.

This was at a time before teh internets.

I don't have a problem ordering from Amazon, I even have an amazon credit card that I use exclusively for on-line purchases.

I can't be buggered to go to the store and look for older titles. Amazon ususally has a good price on older titles and I don't have to hunt and ta-da, I can shop at work.

[CerberusIV]

I just paid £17.99 for Warlords plus £9.99 for another (older) game and they came together in a padded envelope that fitted through the letterbox. Postage would have been free if I lived in the UK but cost £2.95 to get it to Ireland. I can't complain about that.

I could complain about Amazon UK however since they no longer ship to Ireland - but then they now simply don't get my business so don't get my money.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


Colonization was sent to me via US postal service, and in a package that fit through the front door mail slot. No one had to sign for anything.

Yeah that happened with Warlords too, though I was home anyway. IIRC Civ4 wouldn't fit, though maybe I'm misremembering as the boxes are the same size.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by DrSpike


Yeah that happened with Warlords too, though I was home anyway. IIRC Civ4 wouldn't fit, though maybe I'm misremembering as the boxes are the same size.

Oh, i thought maybe you just had a low bandwidth mail slot.