No, it is because of supply and demand. If people are paying $45 for it, why the fuck would you expect the store to lower the price? They're not a charity.
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Originally Posted by Mzo
Unless they're trying to NOT sell used games and to push people into buying the new ones, I can't see any reason why they would only knock it down $5. Who in their right mind would choose a used game over a new one that is $5 more?
No shit. I'm not saying they should lower the price, I'm just saying that I choose not to support that pratice. If they have customers coming out their ass willing to get ripped off buying used games that's great for them, they'd be idiots to charge less if the game's selling well at $45 used.Quote:
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Since no one else has, let me be the first to welcome you to the brave new world of capitalism. Enjoy your stay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
Don't want to pay $45 for NG? Be like Dolemite and don't buy it at that price. After DEMAND goes down and SUPPLY goes up, it'll drop. If $45 really were an artificial price, as you claim, and not dictated by the market, nobody would buy at that price. But guess what? They do.
Why do people get so upset that NG costs $45? It's like being mad that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Accept that NG will come down in price and we'll still be rotating around a star.
And if any of you economic ostriches are still in school, please, please, please do me and everyone else who works in business a favor and take Econ 101. ;)
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I've got a story from yesterday. I'm a tall guy (6'4"), and when i work register i'm standing on a platform that gives me another extra 5" in height so i get a lot of comments and people asking how tall I am. So this old guy asked me how tall i am, and i explain that while i am tall, i'm also standing on a platform. And he then proceeds to tell me about evolution and how the average height in 1900 was 5'2" and that humans had tails about 4" long back then. :wtf:
Yeah, so? That's common knowledge.
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Like Dolemite said, if they can get people to buy it for that price - more power to them. All I'm saying is they would sell MORE of the used games if they offered them at a lower price instead of just relying on the occasional idiot that waltzes in and buys one for the higher price. You sacrifice the higher margin for more dollars being spent in the store. If the game was truly *rare*, like the pre-Tengen version of Tetris or something, then I could see charging a *rare item* price for said game. If it's a game you have plenty of copies of (new and used), charging the higher price doesn't make any sense.
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