Games

gamestation exploits its customers

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: exploitive sales practices, misleading advertising

I used to be an avid fan of the gamestation chain but a recent experience with the company has left be cold. I went in to buy a wii fit which they claim to have in stock and for sale at £69.99. Gamestation totally refuse to sell the wii fit by itself at the advertised £69.99, They insist you buy an additional £50 - £60 worth of additional "bundled" products. The problem is the so called wii fit bundle consists of a non nintendo product, and 2 software ...
...This is tantamount to extortion. At this time of year when store supplies are short and people are desperately trying to fufil peopels christmas lists and money is short for a store to exploit customers like this is disgraceful. When pressed on the issue a spokesman for the store summed it up with "we have them, and if you want one you buy what we want to sell it with or you dont get it" ...

johnnydav 03.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of gamestation.co.uk

Dissapointed at such a big brand

Advantages: Huge selection, reasonable prices
Disadvantages: Bad Delivery

When I wanted a Christmas present for my (almost) 3 year old niece, the first thing that came to mind was Toys \'R\' Us, however I don't think it will again in a hurry. The online store is incredibly easy to navigate, and they have a huge variety of stock, probably 2 to 3 times more than you would find in even the biggest Toys \'R\' Us store in the country. I found the product I wanted with ease and at a reasonable price, I could have got it a few ...
...could trust. Ordering was easy and after registering placed the order. Unfortunately (but also understandably) your first order cannot be shipped to anywhere apart from the billing address for the card that you are using. They say that this is for the security of the card user which I fully appreciate, but it does make things a little inconvenient at times, especially like me if you are out from 6 in the morning until 7 at night. I placed the order ...

MonkeyK 07.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of toysrus.co.uk

An excellent game shopppers website paradise

Advantages: Great products range, excellent design and navigation, simple to use website, quick delivery
Disadvantages: Can be more expensive than other game websites so as always shop around

...a fairly regular user of game.co.uk and have never had any issues with their website. This is a well designed and very user friendly website which is simple to navigate and purchase from with a large variety of products available and many special offers on the site regulary. If you are a true shopper then I would always advise to look around at prices (you can sometimes find good prices on different sites from time to time) but I have found that ...
...what most other shops offer but you have the ability to collect points when using the website which can be redeemed on future purchases to get money off (if you are pre-ordering an item then your points amount is normally doubled so I would advise to do this if there is a game you know you are going to want) and if you go through www.quidco.com to get extra cashback on your online purchases. Delivery is always quick and the items are securely packed ...

tangoman1984 28.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Game.co.uk

ONE OF THE BEST! Don't hesitate for a second

Advantages: Great customer support, quick shipping, hassle free.
Disadvantages: First two orders have to ship to the card holders address, but at least they care about security.

I've been a happy customer with ShopTo for 6 months now and have nothing but praise for them. Quick delivery, great prices and extremely helpful customer support staff. Knowing if I order before 5.30pm that I'll get my item shipped that same day is an incredible service and as somebody who doesn't want to wait for his games is invaluable! The only problem I've had was with my copy of Football Manager that the courier company unfortunately lost (not ...

ultimatelegend 17.11.2009 · Read full review

Review of shopto.net

Horrible experience trying to order a simple game: Trackmania

Advantages: supposedly easy to use website
Disadvantages: online order system DID NOT work, account charged with no product/service delivery, no response

I attempted to purchase and download a game from this company, and after trying four seperate times to get the transaction to work, however, each time, the Metaboli web page kept saying 'you payment has not been accepted.' Anyway, as I was typing up an email to supportdl.focus@gamesplanet.com to find out why my Visa was not working, my wife decided to double check our bank, to be sure we did indeed have enough to cover the charge, and lo and behold, ...
...the four 'failed attempts'. Now this hurts, BAD...times are tight these days, and roughly $60 is a TREMENDOUS amount of money in my household. Our being out this money at this time is now causing undue stress here, and this should be a VERY easy problem to resolve. Now it has been 24hrs, and NO response from the company...and they have my money... ...

trevorleenc 05.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Gamesplanet.co.uk