Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!macsuppor From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: That'll be five of your pounds, sir (snigger!)..... Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:15:12 +0100 Organization: Debri Productions Lines: 31 Message-ID: <1dhyln8.18sna1jwaxozkN@a1-88-123.a1.nl> References: <71ld42$9iv7@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <71n2gi$9iv10@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <363F1080.433BD293@cwcom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: a1-88-123.a1.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.3 Tones wrote: > 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.... > Well, I don't agree with DASI! In his example you still get about 30% of the original price and that is very fair. But in real-life, you could expect a discount of a fiver. And in his example he would never get 15 discount since this is a year-related game. I bought FiFa 96 last year and I paid a fiver for it. And I would not pay any more for it since it is this obvious how old it is. (my excuse: I'm not into footy games but this was a multi-tap game). DEnnis..