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UK Online Game Retailers

Price Tracker
comments: excellent price comparison site for most of the major UK retailers

CD WOW!
typical price: £31.99
delivery: FREE (5 to 7 days from dispatch)
selection: limited
comments: normally best basic price, barring offers at other stores

Gameplay
typical price: £34.99-39.99
delivery: FREE (2nd class), 99p per order (1st class), £4.99 per order (Next day Monday to Friday, before 6pm on games)
selection: virtually all UK games
comments: will generally get pre-orders out for delivery on day of release for obsessives if you pay for first class post

Play.com
typical price: £32.99-34.99
delivery: FREE (2-3 days from dispatch)
selection: virtually all UK games

New Age Consoles
typical price: varies a lot, from under £10 to 33.99
delivery: FREE (next day)
selection: decent range of UK and import games
comments: some good prices, and quick delivery

Simply Games
typical price: £31.99-34.99
delivery: ? (first class post)
selection: decent
comments: poor website

Gamestation
typical price: £37.99-39.99 (NEW), £29.99 (USED)
delivery: ?
selection: decent
comments: poor website

Amazon
typical price: £32.99-37.99
delivery: £1.59 per order + £0.40 per game (first class)
selection: virtually all UK games
comments: free UK delivery on orders over £39 until 12th December

DVD Crave
typical price: £29-33
delivery: approx $5.50 per disc (International Airmail, 4-10 days)
selection: PAL Australian releases
comments: Australian retailer so possibility of import charges

Import Games

DVD Box Office
typical price: £29
delivery: FREE
selection: excellent
comments: USA, cheapest importer normally

Goblin Direct
typical price: £42
delivery: Charged according to weight
selection: good
comments: UK, expensive, does a range of PAL games too

XE.com
comments: comprehensive currency convertor

NTSC-UK
comments: import reviews and advice


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Metacritic
IGN
Gamespot
Games Industry News
Eurogamer
Games Domain
Gamespy
GamePro
Game Revolution
Game Zone
Gamers.com
Gamesradar


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Nintendo
Nintendo Europe
Planet Gamecube
Gamecube UK
Gamecube Europe

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Microsoft X-BOX site
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Post by Leigh »

Nice spot, migh as well make that a sticky :)
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Post by Machiavelli »

Well just cos it's you ;)

I think I'll get a full list up of useful gaming sites, so if anyone has any recommendations post them here.
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Post by Bob_The_Engineer »

That is a cracking find Mach. In the words of a wise man - you always come through for us.

I second the sticky idea
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Yay, I li3k sticky games.
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Hi all, I'm the webmaster for Price Tracker, thanks for recommending the site! I found this forum from the site logs so I thought I'd drop in and say hi.

I also thought you may be interested to know what I'm currently working on...

- Currently in the process of adding gameplay.co.uk, but their stock is quite large so it's taking some time! I expect the Gameplay prices to go live either late Friday night or sometime during Saturday.

- I've also got approval from gamesdepot.co.uk to add them to the site, so they should be live by Monday.

- After this I've got a big Tesco update to complete as they seemed to have expanded their range quite considerably.

- Further down the line I'm intending to add a forum service to the site for users to add their findings of cheap prices either online or on the high street.

If anyone has any other suggestions or you think that we’ve missed an important supplier than feel free to voice your opinions.
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Post by Leigh »

Hello /waves :)

Welcome to the forum
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After this I've got a big Tesco update to complete as they seemed to have expanded their range quite considerably
would that be one of canned insects???
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Nice one Mach :)

And another hello and welcome to the Pricetracker Person :thumbs:
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Post by Leigh »

Mach one for your original post , a good site, thats up to date for release dates :-


http://www.eurogamer.net/release-dates.php
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Hello! you may wish to drop a quick email over to someone at www.thedvdforums.com about your site, see if they can make a sticky or somehting for you. They do have the best bargain forums around... hehe

Thats where DVF sprang from anyways.
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Just a quick recommendation - used www.play.com a lot for CDS, DVDs and games - very good site and delivery is usually a couple of days if their stuff is in stock.

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So can anyone recommend new age consoles as some of their stuff is really cheap.
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Yes!

Good prices, and the stuff I ordered came next day. Excellent considering postage is free. Will definitely use them again :thumbs:
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Machiavelli wrote:Yes!

Good prices, and the stuff I ordered came next day. Excellent considering postage is free. Will definitely use them again :thumbs:
Cheers may make my first order soon :thumbs:
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www.tronixweb.com
www.ncsx.com
www.therage.com
www.dcslinks.com.hk
www.liksang.com

For all your US/JPN import needs. JPN imports far cheaper than most places and all great too!
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Pricetracker wrote:Hi all, I'm the webmaster for Price Tracker, thanks for recommending the site! I found this forum from the site logs so I thought I'd drop in and say hi.

I also thought you may be interested to know what I'm currently working on...

- Currently in the process of adding gameplay.co.uk, but their stock is quite large so it's taking some time! I expect the Gameplay prices to go live either late Friday night or sometime during Saturday.

- I've also got approval from gamesdepot.co.uk to add them to the site, so they should be live by Monday.

- After this I've got a big Tesco update to complete as they seemed to have expanded their range quite considerably.

- Further down the line I'm intending to add a forum service to the site for users to add their findings of cheap prices either online or on the high street.

If anyone has any other suggestions or you think that we’ve missed an important supplier than feel free to voice your opinions.
Did you know that Mr Pricetracker never relogged in after posting this?
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Bob_The_Engineer wrote: Did you know that Mr Pricetracker never relogged in after posting this?
nope.
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sm wrote:
Bob_The_Engineer wrote: Did you know that Mr Pricetracker never relogged in after posting this?
nope.
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:rolleyes:

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