Posts Tagged shopping
Screw GameStop, Try SwitchGames
Posted by jasoncross in Gaming on September 20, 2009
There’s no love lost for GameStop among the core gamer demographic. My friends bitch about them all the time. The “exclusive” preorder deals, putting money down to reserve a game, and of course, the used game ripoff. Sell your game that came out two months ago for $15 in store credit, then go buy a used copy of some other game that came out two months ago for $45. What a deal! This is why I now buy all my games on Amazon. (Note to Publishers – if your super special collector’s edition of the game isn’t available on Amazon, you’re losing that sale on me. I’m thinkin’ about Forza Motorsport 3 here.)
So a friend recently turned me on to a pretty neat site called SwitchGames. It’s not officially launched yet – it’s in “beta 2.0″ – but I kicked the tires and it looks like it’s in pretty good shape and definitely usable.
Newegg’s 100 Under $100
Posted by jasoncross in PC Tech on August 11, 2009
Be sure to check out this promotion at one of my favorite online retailers, Newegg – 100 Deals Under $100. (no, this isn’t an “advertising post” and I don’t get a penny from Newegg. I just think there are some good deals there)
Yeah, some of those items are… lame. I was going to be diplomatic, but they’re lame. But hey, that’s a really good price on those Polk Audio bookshelf speakers. The CX300B might not be the best canal headphones Sennheiser makes, but for $18 freakin’ bucks with free shipping, you’d be nuts not to finally replace those crappy headphones that came with your iPod.