Back home, I'd go to Best Buy, Game Crazy(before it closed down), Game Stop, Wal-Mart, and sometimes EB Games. Here, my only option is the mall. There really aren't any established game stores here in Costa Rica. At least, none I can think of.
Where do you buy your games at?
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Amazon, Gamestop, and Goozex. I use Amazon most often because I can never make the drive during the week to get a game on launch day and love having it delivered. Gamestop and Goozex I alternate on trading games in depending on which has better value.
Amazon.. like so many others.
I love Amazon. Out of all the places I've ever dealt with, including all sorts of things other than video games.. they have always treated me with respect, and honored my issues with haste. Returns are a no-brainer, replacements are easy, etc. Have been doing business for years.
Games with them, couldn't be better. I have Amazon Prime, so I get free 2-day shipping on everything.. It's so easy just to drop a game in the cart and place the order.. have it in 2 days guaranteed, even on Saturday. One-day shipping is only $4 USD, with Amazon Prime, so if I'm feeling anxious for a game, I can do that too.
Release Date delivery on blockbuster games is always a plus too.
Oh, and Ebay on occasion, for certain older games. I don't usually like using the Amazon marketplace, because people are overpriced most of the time, and they rip you off with shipping pretty bad.
I love Amazon. Out of all the places I've ever dealt with, including all sorts of things other than video games.. they have always treated me with respect, and honored my issues with haste. Returns are a no-brainer, replacements are easy, etc. Have been doing business for years.
Games with them, couldn't be better. I have Amazon Prime, so I get free 2-day shipping on everything.. It's so easy just to drop a game in the cart and place the order.. have it in 2 days guaranteed, even on Saturday. One-day shipping is only $4 USD, with Amazon Prime, so if I'm feeling anxious for a game, I can do that too.
Release Date delivery on blockbuster games is always a plus too.
Oh, and Ebay on occasion, for certain older games. I don't usually like using the Amazon marketplace, because people are overpriced most of the time, and they rip you off with shipping pretty bad.
Wherever I happen to find them cheap. Gamestop is probably the most common place for me to impulse buy, but if it's hard to find, I usually go to Amazon or Ebay. And then there's that complete copy of the PC version of Oblivion that I recently picked up for $2 at a thrift shop. I love thrift shops. 
If im not lazy or want collectors edition i buy at CDProjekt since they are my local retailer and give me points to spend on game at GoodOldGames for registering games with them.
If i cant get my hand on english language edition, or am lazy it would be digital distribution either from Steam or publisher depending where i get better price.
If i cant get my hand on english language edition, or am lazy it would be digital distribution either from Steam or publisher depending where i get better price.
I use GAME if I'm preordering something, because I get double loyalty card points and the discounts I get are always nice.
If I'm buying games that are not brand new, just released, over priced piles of shite, I use Play.com, also use them for those wonderful classics long since forgotten.
If I'm buying games that are not brand new, just released, over priced piles of shite, I use Play.com, also use them for those wonderful classics long since forgotten.
Wal-Mart, Meijer, Gamestop and for older games that aren't on the shelf anymore i go to BuyBacks and Allied Record Exchange.
We have this awesome store called Play-N-Trade, and that's pretty much where it's at.
Demo Stations? Pick a game off the wall, and put it in one of the consoles. If you like it, buy it, or just bum around there and play it, they're cool with it.
Plus the staff clearly love their jobs. Always a plus.
Demo Stations? Pick a game off the wall, and put it in one of the consoles. If you like it, buy it, or just bum around there and play it, they're cool with it.
Plus the staff clearly love their jobs. Always a plus.