Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Tones Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: That'll be five of your pounds, sir (snigger!)..... Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 14:17:36 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 26 Message-ID: <363F1080.433BD293@cwcom.net> References: <71ld42$9iv7@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <71n2gi$9iv10@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.82.133.213 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) DASI wrote: > Here's a contrasting example: > > Mr Bloke buys Fifa World Cup 98 in May for £45. Six months later Fifa 99 > is released. Mr Bloke wants to part exchange his old game for the new one > and expects about £30 for it. This is completely unreasonable, as the > retailer probably paid roughly that much for it brand new, and since the > sequel is out the publishers will be offering the original (Fifa 98) to > retailers for even less! Thus, if the retailer wants to make any profit > whatsoever, he probably won't pay more than £15 for it. Hi DASI, Yes, I agree on this front - but what concerns me most of all is 'first shot' titles (Ie No sequels due for yonks - that kinda thing). This is an interesting topic, and I am keen to get some more views.... Cheers all, Tones 8)