Does anyone use ebay to buy games?

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#1 Sportsnut101
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I just bought Demon's Souls off ebay which got me thinking since I rarely post on gamespot anymore. I have gotten to the point to where I will a lot of the time, excluding sports games just came out. Usually it's a lot cheaper than buying used at gamestop, and tax isn't applied for the most part. If you search correctly, the shipping is even less than the tax. Sure you have to wait a few days for it to get in, but saving the money is well worth it to me. How about you?

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#2 Doomtime
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Yep, ebay is second after amazon for me
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#3 kate_jones
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yeah I buy all my backlog from ebay, so cheap

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#4 amsfm6
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Sometimes, although often Amazon has cheaper used copies, so I tend to go there first.

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#5 Sportsnut101
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Yeah, I can't say I have ever used Amazon. I definitely will check it out next time I'm looking to buy a game.

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#6 yeaaboii
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I did but not anymore because there are so many dishonest people out there it is more worth it to me to just buy the game at the store.

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#7 SoNin360
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Absolutely, that's where I get a good amount of my games now. If you can honestly wait a little while after release and wait a few days to a week to recieve the game then it is totally worth it. The last game I bought was FO3 GOTY and for a little over $50. I pretty much refuse to buy a game for $60 plus tax. One exception for me is MW2 I already preordered that, but otherwise eBay is my main source for games. Just stay away from Hong Kong/ China sellers and you should be fine.
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#8 Texas2089
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Yeah I've bought a few games off ebay. I tend to stick with Amazon though and if they don't have it, then I'll check ebay.

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#9 AtticusFinch88
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I mostly buy used PS2 games from ebay, it's cheap and no problem if they're damaged since it's not a bother for me to get them cleaned. The only downside is trusting the seller. I've bought games from sellers with perfect feedback before who have sent the wrong item, or just completely lied about the condition of the game.

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#10 dgtx42
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I work at Best Buy and I still buy some games off of ebay. Usually I can get a brand new game for $45-$50 bucks with no shipping or tax. My discount at Best Buy with tax usually ends up still being $55 dollars with tax. Even though most of these people that sell these games on Ebay probably stole them from Best Buy in the first place Lol.

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#11 sizzlingdviper
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I just bought Demon's Souls off ebay which got me thinking since I rarely post on gamespot anymore. I have gotten to the point to where I will a lot of the time, excluding sports games just came out. Usually it's a lot cheaper than buying used at gamestop, and tax isn't applied for the most part. If you search correctly, the shipping is even less than the tax. Sure you have to wait a few days for it to get in, but saving the money is well worth it to me. How about you?

Sportsnut101

I've bought the majority of my games on there,also bought my first 60Gb PS3 at launch,my sons 60Gb PS3 and my now new 80GB PS3 on there-all brand new and all problem free, plus i've saved ££££s

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#12 im_mr_brown
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Hell yea! I rarley buy new games. Getting 3 for 2 at Best Buy is the first time I've bought a new game in a year.

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#13 jdiamnz69
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Not all the time, just for deals. Like a few months ago back in august, I bought LBP for 30 Bucks Brand New, and they still had 10 copies left.

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#14 Chaos_Eagle
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I did but not anymore because there are so many dishonest people out there it is more worth it to me to just buy the game at the store.

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While that's true I'm pretty confident in saying that eBay is made up of 98% honest polite people.
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#15 0ds
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I have never bought a game from eBay, but from amazon yes!
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#16 metalmasterW
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i prefer to be able to look the game over before i buy it ..so i go to gamestop

even though i know its most likely not the best deal i could find....

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#17 deactivated-62cbf5c22ef38
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yeap.. but mostly games that I did not got on release day and are being a pain to find as used. Meaning agmes that I will not pay full price. :P
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#18 ChrisMoneyMaker
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na juss stick to amazon

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#19 octobermagic
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No ebay is a rip off. Better off getting games from amazon.com.

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#20 Rattlesnake_8
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Nope, ive never bought anything off ebay.. not yet.
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I buy classic games from ebay. half of my pc-engine collection comes from ebay :)

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#22 Jackc8
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No, I quit using Ebay a long time ago. Didn't care for the way nobody bids until the last couple minutes before the auction ends. I didn't like waiting for auctions to end anyway. I justwant to buy a game, not make a big ordeal out of it. I got ripped off a few times as well.

I get everything from Amazon now.

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#23 Texas2089
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No, I quit using Ebay a long time ago. Didn't care for the way nobody bids until the last couple minutes before the auction ends. I didn't like waiting for auctions to end anyway. I justwant to buy a game, not make a big ordeal out of it. I got ripped off a few times as well.

I get everything from Amazon now.

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I never bid. I always look for buy it nows. Much easier and much less frustrating since you don't have to worry about losing at the last minute.
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#24 NoobisMaxcimus
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I buy classic games from ebay. half of my pc-engine collection comes from ebay :)

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:o Did you work on the new Ratchet? I just pre-ordered it.

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#25 deactivated-601cc8c28f97e
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Yep I've been using ebay for a while and craigslist.

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#26 pjacobson21
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I never buy games that have recently come out but I buy tons of used older games on ebay. Its so much simpler than shopping around stores in my area, and usually very affordable.
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#27 ez_moneymaker
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I buy from Amazon and Ebay. Depends on where i can get it cheaper. Still havent gotten a bad copy of any game, and i got 13 total of the two.
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#28 M0wen10
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Nope, never have brought anything from ebay, and never will. Ebay is crap!

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#29 Shoooryuken
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Nope, never have brought anything from ebay, and never will. Ebay is crap!

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Never tried, did you? ebay is easily cheaper. Especially if you find Shops that are from HK *cough*

Tekken 6 just arrived today. I bought it for 30$.

Not bad for a "crap" place. Sold one of my BlazBlue Copys for 90€. Which are about 133$.. I think eBay is a nice guy.

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#30 xmitchconnorx
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Not really. It's quite a rare occurrence for me. The last game related item i got off Ebay was a Japanese PlayStation 1 that was almost 2 years ago.