ABOUT PRE-OWNED GAMES...

[soloist]

Why is it mandatory that stickers<
>which messes up the casings <
>which house the CD gam-<
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>titles) be used o-<
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[NOAImawario]

I never liked pre-owned games anyway. I always get them new. <
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[CLOUDBOND007]

I'm just the opposite, I never buy new games anymore. Well, mostly I don't buy anything... I love online rentals. <
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>But when I do buy, I go to ebgames.com and find something used. They usually have a 15% discount on preowned, too.<
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>And sometimes, I can get pretty good deals buying from Gamefly (they rent and sell). Picked up Gran Turismo 4 recently for about $25 when EB wanted $45 used or $50 new.<
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>Nice thing about GF is that their cases and instructions are always in perfect, never used condition. <
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[KenseidenXL]

I will only buy a used game if I can actually physically inspect the disc first. Same with used DVD movies... In the end, there can be only ONE!Only the
ave enter The PortalCome to the Fuzzy Pink Board...if you dare!"I'm not going to talk about what I did as a child. What I am going to talk about -- and I am going to say this consistently -- [is that] it is irrelevant what I did 20 to 30 years ago. What's relevant is that I have learned from any mistakes I made. I do not want to send signals to anybody that what Gov. Bush did 30 years ago is cool to try."—George W. Bush<i></i>

[soloist]

What a quality system, CB. In my area, used <
>games equals scratched or
uised discs.<
>Not always the case, but frequently!<
>I am usually allowed to view the<
>disc myself, though there is<
>a store I am familiar wit-<
>h that cleans games!<
>I usually purchas-<
>e older game-<
>s while us-<
>ed alo-<
>t!!<
>I und-<
>erstand y-<
>our point, Ken-<
>seiden. I doubt you<
>wish to return with a ga-<
>me which has been rendered<
>unplayable thanks to its previous<
>handler (laughs). Usually, the person s-<
>elling me the disc would ask me if the cond-<
>ition of the game or movie meets my standards!! <i></i>

[KenseidenXL]

Any store that refuses to allow direct inspection and also has a no returns policy is a store I will avoid. In the end, there can be only ONE!Only the
ave enter The PortalCome to the Fuzzy Pink Board...if you dare!"I'm not going to talk about what I did as a child. What I am going to talk about -- and I am going to say this consistently -- [is that] it is irrelevant what I did 20 to 30 years ago. What's relevant is that I have learned from any mistakes I made. I do not want to send signals to anybody that what Gov. Bush did 30 years ago is cool to try."—George W. Bush<i></i>

[soloist]

Good advice, Kenseiden... especially since<
>the fact that after the disc is purchas-<
>ed and leaves the store, it cannot<
>be held accountable for the co-<
>ndition of the disc and wh-<
>ether or not it functio-<
>ns, because the cu-<
>stomer can eas-<
>ily be blame-<
>d for the<
>misha-<
>p!! <i></i>