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mike_intellivision on 10 April 2009

Since this site exists to track sales, I started to wonder where people buy their games.

Given the less than kind words I've seen for speciality and general retailers, I began to wonder.

Thanks

Mike from Morgantown

I buy from local used shops, from Gamestop, from Wal-Mart, from Target, from eBay, from anywhere.

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GamingChartzFTW on 10 April 2009

Steam, eBay and Videogame Stores.

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dsister44 on 10 April 2009

already posted

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outlawauron on 10 April 2009

Amazon, ebay, Gamestop.

If another store has a deal, I'll go there. I usually avoid Best Buy, WalMart, and Target as they all have terrible customer support. (at least the ones near me do)

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NinjaBlade360 on 10 April 2009

walmart (my brother in law works there so i get a 10% discount on my games)

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twesterm on 10 April 2009

dsister44 said:
already posted

Please post the link to the duplicate thread if this is a duplicate. I didn't see the duplicate. >_>

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dunno001 on 10 April 2009

Mostly Amazon for me anymore. I'll get the occasional OOP game from Gamestop or, more recently, Play N Trade. Imports I typically get from a convention dealer, again, with most of the ones I get being long OOP.

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