Buying games online - Help.

[Sabin]

I have the "luck" of living in Sweden, perfect in all ways but one: Videogame prices are insane. A new game on the market goes for 90USD-110USD.

Frankly I have had enough of this. I feel ripped off everytime I buy a game. Sometimes I just wait a few monts so the price drops.

So I wonder if there are any good online shops I could import from. I'm looking for European stores only, because they fuck you over with taxes here if you import from outside Europe. If I import from US/JP I have to pay an extra 25% tax.

So if anyone knows of a good and reliable online Euro store please tell me, I beg you.

[Inferno187]

90USD??
Thats friggen cheap compared to the prices here.

[Kitmitsu]

Living in Europe doesn't have a huge amount of benefits really. In the UK we pay the same price and importing costs far too much. I advise maybe looking at eBay shops or piracy to make the EU cry.

[Moklin]

Im from portugal and i buy my games from spain cause its cheaper. Dont know a good online game store near sweden...

[Dream Machine]

play.com usually has games for cheaper then in stores, only around 10 pounds cheaper but hey can't complain. Tis a European store too, plus it has playtrade, this cool secondhand marketplace thing thats less messy then ebay.

I think I've bought around 80% of my games from there.

[entity]

play.com usually has games for cheaper then in stores, only around 10 pounds cheaper but hey can't complain. Tis a European store too, plus it has playtrade, this cool secondhand marketplace thing thats less messy then ebay.

I think I've bought around 80% of my games from there.

But if you change the currency to euros they cost much, much more :blink: I can use paypal, I wonder if I can order games when the currency is, ummm... £?

[Naunen]

Yeah. Like Kit said, eBay sites are great. You just gotta read the seller's feedback so you don't get ripped off.

[Dream Machine]

But if you change the currency to euros they cost much, much more :blink: I can use paypal, I wonder if I can order games when the currency is, ummm... £?

Theres an option on the top right hand corner to change to Euro's :lol:

[Sabin]

Thanks, play.com actually seems good.

I ordered Ratchet: Tools of Destruction and TES 4: Oblivion GOTY Edition. These are the only games that I want and do not yet have for the PS3.


It's a shame they don't allow Europeans shop to with GBP. It's very cheap. But Euro is also good for me. I will get these two games for a very reasonable fee.

I'll use an example on the games I bought:

play.com
Ratchet 20.99 Euro
Oblivion 20.99 Euro
=42 Euro

Most Swedish stores and websites
Ratchet 31 Euro
Oblivion 54 Euro
= 85 Euro.

It's a fucking outrage. I'll do all of my shopping anywhere else but Sweden. Even with the toll and all other fees I'll still save money. I can save much on this, and be able to actually buy more games.

[entity]

Theres an option on the top right hand corner to change to Euro's :lol:

I know. I meant that when you change the currency to euros, the prices are higher. Ridiculously higher.

[Ixion]

I don't buy games online usually. I usually just go to a store when possible!;)

[IBeatMyMeat]

I ebay for most of my games. But thats only because I honestly feel most of the older games are 100 times better than most of the newer shit that is being crapped from the bowls of game designers these days <,<....Disgaea ftmfw

[BUTTCHEEKIES, OOH]

Thank goodness for this thread. I totally feel you Sabin, I have exactly the same problem where I live so I'm all up for other alternatives. Saved me the effort in my making a thread myself.