GameStop selling Nintendo 3DS for £135

[Slyakin]

I have a question. I don't have a 3DS so I know exactly diddly squat about it, especially the online store and the user accounts and all that stuff. What I want to know is this:

What's stopping a store from signing all their 3DS units up for the Ambassador program before August 12th, and then selling them at a lower price after the price drop? That way their consoles would have the Ambassador-exclusive games, and a lower price, giving the store a competitive advantage.

What did Nintendo do to prevent that?

Technically, if a store opens their stocked, it's deemed Used, is it not?

And isn't there some standard that makes it so that stores can't tamper with stock?

 

[chartube12]

I have a question. I don't have a 3DS so I know exactly diddly squat about it, especially the online store and the user accounts and all that stuff. What I want to know is this:

What's stopping a store from signing all their 3DS units up for the Ambassador program before August 12th, and then selling them at a lower price after the price drop? That way their consoles would have the Ambassador-exclusive games, and a lower price, giving the store a competitive advantage.

What did Nintendo do to prevent that?

Technically, if a store opens their stocked, it's deemed Used, is it not?

And isn't there some standard that makes it so that stores can't tamper with stock?

Except a few gamestops got caught and sued a few years ago for letting employees test products and than place them back in the packaging to be sold as new. It came out 1 out of 10 gamestops had been doing this since the ps1 days. What makes it a bigger deal besides the wear & tear on the products?, the employees started using/stealing the codes from within the game's cases. Stealing the codes is how the stores got cought.

After all that, gamestop still is aloud to open their stock, take out the games and place the games in paper selves. They claim they do it to prevent customers from stealing from them. However it allows the store to steal from the customers. What a sad world we live into day. Businesses have forgot they exist to service customers and they do whatever they can to steal from those they are suppose to be servicing.

 

[Dr.Wufu]

$99 3DS

from Gamestop

trade in 1 DS,DSi,DSiXL

new price 3DS $99

for US PowerPlayer members

just have a look at the proof
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440482

 

[Deleted member 473940]

$99 3DS

from Gamestop

trade in 1 DS,DSi,DSiXL

new price 3DS $99

for US PowerPlayer members

just have a look at the proof
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440482

Thats when you trade in a DS, DSi, DSiXL -.-

 

[Dr.Wufu]

$99 3DS

from Gamestop

trade in 1 DS,DSi,DSiXL

new price 3DS $99

for US PowerPlayer members

just have a look at the proof
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440482

Thats when you trade in a DS, DSi, DSiXL -.-

getting $70 off for old dslite is good deal

 

[KingVamp]

Yep, you can't beat that.

 

[Hadrian]

£115 from Tesco according to this

http://mynintendonews.com/2011/08/10/ninte...-store-for-115/

Yeah fuck the £135 offer plus the fact that ASDA has a policy that they'll undercut ANY sale by 10%.