Savantcore
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Sounds like bollocks to me. You'd save more than £36 a year if you just shopped elsewhere.
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GAME UK launches 'elite' loyalty scheme
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Sounds like bollocks to me. You'd save more than £36 a year if you just shopped elsewhere.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
Fuck off Game.
10% more points on games you're already gauging the eyes of your customers on. I guess they're not making so much on Insurance now instore they need to upsell future discounts.
10% more points on games you're already gauging the eyes of your customers on. I guess they're not making so much on Insurance now instore they need to upsell future discounts.
Ahahaha, when I read the title I was expecting them to test the waters with the US Amazon/Best Buy loyalty club and take 30% off. Fuck me, right? Fucking Game.
The cash equivalent of loyalty card points is 2.5% on games and 5% on pre-orders. So even a best case scenario ignoring the wording that says 10% extra points (implying it's 10% of the 2.5% to put on top), that's still only 15% on a pre-order while paying £36 a year and paying over the odds because you're shopping at GAME. Totally not worth it.
30% off pre-orders and I'd be in.
The cash equivalent of loyalty card points is 2.5% on games and 5% on pre-orders. So even a best case scenario ignoring the wording that says 10% extra points (implying it's 10% of the 2.5% to put on top), that's still only 15% on a pre-order while paying £36 a year and paying over the odds because you're shopping at GAME. Totally not worth it.
30% off pre-orders and I'd be in.
feint_ruled
Member
Just another thing they'll try to upsell on the rare occasions you actually go into a GAME shop. These guys don't even pricematch their own website, so I don't believe there is any serious intent to make inroads into their inflated high street prices.
BrettHeazy
Member
wow, what an awful scheme to hook in the mama's and the papa's
mikezilla2
Member
Sounds like a Massive Joke !
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
They'd have to pay me to shop at GAME.
Garrett Hawke
Member
ThePeoplesBureau
Member
I'm struggling to think of a games retailer in the UK that I'd rather be less loyal to than GAME.
Unclebenny
Member
This doesn't sound like a very good deal and a bit of flailing around looking for extra revenue streams.
I've got to say though, every thread about GAME features streams of people complaining about in store prices, wondering why they don't just charge internet prices?
They can't charge internet prices. The extra cost of running a retail shop is why the games cost more. It is pointless complaining about the higher prices, it is built into their model as a bricks and mortar shop.
If it was as easy as just charging less to promote business, they would have done it years ago, the people running this aren't complete morons.
I've got to say though, every thread about GAME features streams of people complaining about in store prices, wondering why they don't just charge internet prices?
They can't charge internet prices. The extra cost of running a retail shop is why the games cost more. It is pointless complaining about the higher prices, it is built into their model as a bricks and mortar shop.
If it was as easy as just charging less to promote business, they would have done it years ago, the people running this aren't complete morons.
Great. Their internet site could charge internet prices though, but it's cheaper than in-store, yet more expensive than everywhere else.
They'll be gone soon. At least this incarnation will be.
Robin64
Member
This genuinely shocked me last time I went in.
Toe-Knee
Member
I did a survey regarding this a couple of months back.
Looks like they chose the worst tier of our the options in the survey.
However the reward points do build up fast. I preordered games from ps4 launch. At announcement so they're £37.99 rather than 54 and I managed to buy my pro using reward points alone.
Looks like they chose the worst tier of our the options in the survey.
However the reward points do build up fast. I preordered games from ps4 launch. At announcement so they're £37.99 rather than 54 and I managed to buy my pro using reward points alone.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Think of all the ignorant family members that will be roped into this dodgy shit as it's pushed hard at the tills. Shameless and a scam.
itsbenoclock
Member
GAME is such a relic of the past. The fact that they charge more for new releases than most online shops alone should have sunk them by now.
I don't need another auto-renewing subscription when I can save substantially more every time I buy a game practically anywhere else in the UK.
Of course there are costs to running physical shops, but Game is also the market leader with hundreds of shops and a significant cut of the UK market, particularly on hardware. If they can't arrange any kind of better deal than smaller chains or even independent specialist retailers with that kind of bulk-buying power then it all just seems a bit pointless.
Agent Gibbs
Member
how many games would I need to buy to earn £36 of reward points so I've broke even? far too many
I feel sorry for the idiots who get taken in by this and inevitably lose even more when game go bust again and don't honour the reward schemes
I feel sorry for the idiots who get taken in by this and inevitably lose even more when game go bust again and don't honour the reward schemes
Went on their website and their " exclusive Elite deals" are pretty funny. All in-store only.
Destiny 1 the collection: £19.99
Save £20 off an XB1 S bundle
Final Fantasy XII pre-order upgrade to limited edition free
Free Super Stardust when you buy PSVR
£50 off Turtle Beach's overpriced Elite Pros
As noted above, if you do not break even, you get the difference back as points anyway. So at least there's that.
Destiny 1 the collection: £19.99
Save £20 off an XB1 S bundle
Final Fantasy XII pre-order upgrade to limited edition free
Free Super Stardust when you buy PSVR
£50 off Turtle Beach's overpriced Elite Pros
As noted above, if you do not break even, you get the difference back as points anyway. So at least there's that.
Daffy Duck
Member
Well it's definitely a scheme alright, not so sure on the loyalty part though.
Their website is straight up trash, you cannot browse the shop by department link that appears when you click the game logo because it disappears.
Their website is straight up trash, you cannot browse the shop by department link that appears when you click the game logo because it disappears.
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
Haven't they been circling the drain for years now?
I'm forever seeing press releases about quarterly profits falling below expectations, because they don't seem to understand that a boost around a new console launch is exactly that - and that one good month doesn't suddenly mean the failing antiquated business is saved.
I'm forever seeing press releases about quarterly profits falling below expectations, because they don't seem to understand that a boost around a new console launch is exactly that - and that one good month doesn't suddenly mean the failing antiquated business is saved.
Injustice 2 Deluxe Edition (steelbook + 3 DLC characters) is only available at GAME. You're comparing standard to Deluxe.
Jimnymebob
Member
Wait, so you have to pay to get more reward points to save money? How much would you need to spend too get the £36 cost of the loyalty scheme back before you even start to enjoy the benefits?
I've not been in my local game in years though, because it turned to crap when last gen started, and then they took over Gamestation and became a primarily preowned shop, including selling preowned versions for more than new ones.
The only thing I use then for nowadays are exclusive editions and PSN vouchers.
I've not been in my local game in years though, because it turned to crap when last gen started, and then they took over Gamestation and became a primarily preowned shop, including selling preowned versions for more than new ones.
The only thing I use then for nowadays are exclusive editions and PSN vouchers.
MilkyJoe
Member
I was in there the other day, they had Ryse Legendary Edition for the bargain price of £52.99
MilkyJoe
Member
If you don't shop in Game, you are literally making money.
But unfortunately you can walk across the street to Tesco and buy the exact same game for £15 less. This is not a viable business model in this market. How many more times will they go into administration before someone get's it?
WadiumArcadium
Member
I never even use them for trade-ins now since they stopped price matching CEX. Their prices are insane.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Many other retailers charge the same in their stores as on their site. Perhaps not dedicated gaming stores (how many of those even exist anymore?), but yeah.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Fuck off GAME. You're a necessary evil in my life because of "exclusive" collectors editions. I'd rather buy 180 McChicken Nuggets than give you £36 for fuck all.
HazySaiyan
Banned
LOL fuck off GAME, your prices are a con anyway.
Baleoce
Member
This is the only fact that matters. Why the hell would I do some shitty loyalty scheme with GAME when I can just pop over the road to Tesco or Argos/Sainsburys and save *at least a tenner* straight away usually on brand new games.
Because the staff clearly set the prices...
jimmyjimmyo
Member
So you preorderd and purchased over £7k worth from game to buy a ps4 pro?are you could have got what ever you purchased from there ANYWHERE. Else and probably came away £1500 quid up 😉
IdreamofHIME
Member
They're ways trying to sell me preowned iPads when I go in. Miserable Company.