Playstation 3 Advice
I am looking to buy a PS3 for Christmas, are there any bargains / packages out there worth considering ? I would prefer the bigger machine but are there any benifits of buying the slimline one. I would also prefer not to buy from a potentially dodgy online supplier, are there any comparisson price sites online, so far I have drawn a blank, any advice would be greatfully recieved, Thanks !
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i sometimes buy games from tesco cos they are cheaper.
most people dismiss supermarkets, but have a look and see what they offer (they have the financial clout to do some low prices) also you might think about ringing up and asking if they are gonig to do any deals in the future, can be an arse to buy something and find the next week they have slashed the price.
120GB Slim ?249 with Uncharted 2 and Fifa 10
If you don't fancy the games you can trade them into CEX for ?53 cash or ?66 exchange making it less than ?200
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Dave
The benefits of the slim are:
Lower power consumption
Ability to bitstream HD audio (ooh..my amp lights up!)
Allegedly quieter (although very mixed reports in reality)
Sync with Sony Bravia TV's
However you lose the option of installing another OS on the slim
I went with that phat as I prefered the look and trusted the build quality of the old one although it is becoming harder to find deals on the phat.
Not to mention the bigger hard drive, and of course it's smaller - the main reason I waited until they make smaller version, didn't want the huge monstrosity.
Yes but they never have any in stock ! Only Wii`s which are on special offer as well.
True,true. A lad at works been trying to get hold of a copy of cod modern warfare 2 its priced at ?25 in sainsburys but they aint got non in. Does anyone remember the controversey a couple of christmases ago when asda had some deals on consoles and game were sendin there employees in to buy up the stock and selling them in there stores for full price!.
yeah, i think it was the indervidual managers at game doing it, rather than a edict from on high. was funny though, said plenty about the supermarkets buying and selling power. i think game has only lasted this long by selling useless extended warrenties.
game is great for buying second hand games and the supermarkets are great for brand new games.
i'm not suprised they are sold out at that price. i have been seeing improvment in supermarkets selling games, for instance an asda near me has a cool little section for games etc. but the tesco (which has better prices) manages to fit all console games on one side of a small aisle. the BBQ gear gets a bigger section.
if the supermarkets pulled their fingers out they could really clean up when it comes to selling video games.
Bloody Cheek !
...and I work in an american supermarket, so imagine you 50x worse! :p
....and this won't be over a PS3 we don't even sell that type of stuff, this will be some fat bitch declaring WWIII over a bag of frozen peas :lol:
Thank - you ! I try my hardest !
When I worked in a shop they asked the manager if they could talk to me, honestly ! He knew that they would be fairly treated and leave happy and not punched on the nose ( by him ) kept everyone happy !
You should've just let him go swinging at them, then you could've stole his job when they fired him for assaulting a customer thus increasing your pay by about 150% :lol:
If my manager went swinging on someone, damn right I'd try to rob the position from under him whilst he was doing the disciplinary bollocks. That job has made me ruthless now, as soon as the night crew leader makes one really big fuck-up I'm going to rustle his job from under him, since it should've been mine in the first place.
The second he gets caught redhanded doing his usual 20 smoke breaks or taking 5 hours to put 1 aisle of stock up that should take 2 max, by an actual boss who isn't a pussy, I will be night crew leader and I will really be a complete nazi with everything.
If I can be consistent, tidy, and efficient I don't see why people who've been there 5 and 15 years longer than me can't be?
Thing that really stung me was though that the crew leader has only just been there a year some time this month, and they didn't even offer me the job even though I was next in the pecking order, and that he's a lazy cunt who hasn't got a fucking clue what he's doing half the time, and he's blatantly got away with so much shit that would've got me and the rest of the grunts written up or sacked. The bosses even go on about how useless he is, but nothing ever changes, I think they're scared to offer me the job as I'm almost robotic with how I stock stuff, if something's out of place I hit the roof.
There's that guy I work with with OCD as well, and for being obsessive he stocks pretty messy, no obsessive traits at all in his stocking he just jams it in there :lol:
I hate my fucking job! I'm gonna end up going postal soon, I still blame that job for my hair turning grey at 30, and the fact I always feel run down and crap.
Doing a shit dead end job really takes it out of you :D
Yes I know what you mean, it can be soul destroying. With my case it was actually HIS shop and I was only there for a pre-set period ( he knew that when I joined ). In that time I turned the business around for the better. He knew very well that he owed me big time and the bull**it advice he gave to customers was very transparrent to all. They knew that they would get the full lowdown from me, leave with fewer non essential products, but come back more often and in the end would spend more !
Sounds like me after a bad day at the office. I take shit all day from business customers over the phone and i'm not allowed to say anything back. Is it my fault if they lose their internet or phone service? No! The people i work with are fine but the manager is a complete waste of space. You'll ask them to help you with something but their always 'too busy'. Fuck it, i'm going to walk in and quit tommorow! I'm sick of feeling tired all the time!
if your looking for games, I use find-book and dvd.. a fair bit
obv check amazon sellers as well, but it gives you a good idea without much looking.