My frustration with online ordering+The Greatest Hits line

So I recently ordered some games through the mail from a couple of online sites. I read the description carefully and confim either via phone or email that the game I'm ordering is the non-greatest hits version being assured that they do not even carry the Greatest Hits versions.
So my packages come and ugh they are the GH versions, my luck must be bad. So now I have GH versions of Silent Hill and Final Fantasy 8 when I was told I would get the originals.From a personal standpoint I don't really like the GH line packaging, but with that said if I want or desire the game bad enough I'll go with the GH version. What I don't like is that companies don't list the products accurately and as a customer it's frustrating. I will end up keeping them as I don't want the hassle and expense of sending them back since they don't have the originals anyways. Just me ranting about something most people could care less about but for me it's principle also.

Korian

Don't blame you sir, the GH series has a ugly ass color scheme. *-neo

I recently purged my collection of the 2 GH games I had. Ugly bastards. Pain felt.

I can give a rats ass about the GH box. The game insede what really matters to me :)

I cringe everytime I look at the 2 GH games in my collection. My loose games look better.:) Why change the packaging anyway? Just change the dang price sticker on the outside of the shrinkwrap.

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Originally posted by Despair
I can give a rats ass about the GH box. The game insede what really matters to me :)

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Same way I feel.

I don't care if the game is a greatest hits title, but I'm pretty weird about making sure the CD/Case/Booklet are all in perfect shape.

Most of my PSone titles are Greatest Hits. You can often find the older versions used, but then you're not supporting the developer. It's a very small price to pay when picking up those older games. The lack of colour CD art bothers me more.

Honestly, you were being delusional if you honestly expected a store to guarantee that you would receive an original release instead of a Greatest Hits. An eBay transaction, I could understand, but you need to realize that stores (and most consumers) view the products as identical. If you want original releases, go to the store and find them yourself, because you're never going to be sure of what you're getting online.

ummmm why not just return them?

what's especially frustrating is when the actual game is slightly different in the GH version..
for example, in my original SOTN, you could press start to skip past dialogues between characters.. not so in the GH version, where you have to sit through it all..

add to that the lack of color on the CD's, and the ugly green part of the cover..

if anything, the GH versions should have improved cover art and features..

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Originally posted by johnk_
what's especially frustrating is when the actual game is slightly different in the GH version..
for example, in my original SOTN, you could press start to skip past dialogues between characters.. not so in the GH version, where you have to sit through it all..

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Really?

I've never heard of game altering changes in any of the GH titles, does anybody else know of anymore?

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Originally posted by burgundy
Honestly, you were being delusional if you honestly expected a store to guarantee that you would receive an original release instead of a Greatest Hits. An eBay transaction, I could understand, but you need to realize that stores (and most consumers) view the products as identical. If you want original releases, go to the store and find them yourself, because you're never going to be sure of what you're getting online.

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Maybe but when I order direct from Sony I just assumed they knew the difference. If online stores view them as identical then why even state it's a GH hits or not on their site? Besides the color scheme I see it as a sceond printing and if I'm paying for the original why should I be glad they sent me the GH version? Say I go to buy a fisrt edition book/art/comic and they send me a reprint I see a difference but maybe that's just me.

Korian

greatest hits suck ass! i hate them so much. if i have to pay extra just so i can get the original, non greatest hits version, i will.

korian, i feel your pain. the same thing happened to me when i ordered syphon filter. i explicitly told them to send me a non greatest hits one, that if they only had copies with the ugly greatest hits label on them, then forget about it. they told me it was the original. i get it in the mail and it was greatest hits. damn jabronis!

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Originally posted by Korian


Maybe but when I order direct from Sony I just assumed they knew the difference. If online stores view them as identical they why even state it's a GH hits or not on their site? Besides the color scheme I see it as a sceond printing and if I'm paying for the original why should I be glad they sent me the GH version? Say I go to buy a fisrt edition book/art/comic and they send me a reprint I see a difference but maybe that's just me.

Korian

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Games aren't books, art or comics. Their collectible value is not recognized by retailers. If they were, you'd pay more for original versions. You basically want to get an original version for the same price as the discounted one, because it's worth more to you, and you expect dealers to know the difference but not charge you for it.

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Originally posted by burgundy
Games aren't books, art or comics. Their collectible value is not recognized by retailers. If they were, you'd pay more for original versions. You basically want to get an original version for the same price as the discounted one, because it's worth more to you, and you expect dealers to know the difference but not charge you for it.

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I'd be happy to pay more for an original, if online sites don't know the difference or see more or less value between the regular and GH one why do they have the GH line specified when you buy a game. It's states that and shows an image of an original or GH so people can decide based on those labels.

Korian

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Originally posted by Korian


I'd be happy to pay more for an original, if online sites don't know the difference or see more or less value between the regular and GH one why do they have the GH line specified when you buy a game. It's states that and shows an image of an original or GH so people can decide based on those labels.

Korian

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If you'd be happy to pay more, I'd suggest eBay. Ads there often advertise that the original version is for sale, and oftentimes they wind up with higher bids.

It may be frustrating, but you can't always rely on what online retailers post on their sites. Some sites still have listings for games that have been OOP for years. Often, the site and the inventory are run by different departments, and one won't know what the other is doing.