Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Ferguson" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Alternative to chipping.. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:31:39 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 39 Message-ID: <78qacs$ibo2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <1dm7ls3.qm447l1psv9e2N@a1-88-127.a1.nl> <78k8j3$mtp9@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <36ADD8D4.DC30AFE@manc.u-net.com> <78ksgn$gpd2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <78nkos$gpd12@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <36B065FB.124A84F@cwcom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup137-45.saqnet.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Tones wrote in message <36B065FB.124A84F@cwcom.net>... >> Nick Wrote : >> Case in point - I'll be playing Silent Hill by the end of February, and >> it'll have cost me just over 30 quid. > >30 QUID ???!!?! > >Where and who do you buy your games from - let me know per-lease!!! It cost me >63 spondoolies for Metal Gear in December (US). Silent Hill looks yummy! Tronix are a mail-order firm based in New York and are extremely professional and reliable. Basically, you can buy a game for just under the US street price and then get it shipped here in about a week for $5 or so. So, if Silent Hill costs about $50 bucks (+$5 shipping) that'll work out at about 35 quid paying with Visa. You can pay more for 2/3-day Fedex delivery, but then you'll almost certainly get stung by customs for their 12% or whatever it is... The key is buying direct from the US. Most mail-order shops here prey on the fact anyone who knows about NTSCis a fairly keen gamer (supposedly), whereas US bods sell NTSC as a matter of course. A slightly muddled point, but you get it. FYI, my flatmates and I got a big Fedex pack (from Tronix) in early November with US versions of Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears, Body Harvest and Space Station Silicon Valley and it cost us about 140 quid in total. Not too bad... Nick F PS The same logic applies to DVDs... :-) -------------------------- www.saqnet.co.uk/users/nickf www.loonygames.com www.netyaroze-europe.com/~rookie1 "Game over, man. Game over!"