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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: oldgamerz on August 11, 2019, 08:56:54 pm
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A lot of video games sellers on amazon.com are selling PAL games to Americans. and not even telling them they are PAL only versions. I got ripped off this month and almost twice when I ordered a Tiger Woods golf video game from off a seller on amazon.com's website. I thought it would be an american version but when I got it, it turned out to be a PAL version even though the seller didn't say it would be.
Today everyone who lives in the USA and shops from amazon need to look at where the item is being shipped from I got a PAL game and no PAL console. Point said you can't play PAL PS2 games on an american version PlayStation 2
Luckly for me JJgames, (an american based online store) from Denver Colorado had what I was looking for and I am hoping that JJgames does not give me a PAL version of this game
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It never was the best place. I'd much rather buy from eBay than Amazon.
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Amazon sent me a PAL region copy of Doom a few years ago, but sent me another copy for free, this time the correct region. Got to keep the PAL version too :)
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I have never had an issue where I've gotten the wrong region game from any of my Amazon purchases. And even if I did, their return policy is simple and generous, making getting a replacement/refund a nonissue.
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I have had this happen before when I ordered Chorno Trigger on the DS - Didn't bother me as the game worked and the there was no Addition DLC to attatch so I thought nothing of it. But Sellers on Amazon need to be more specific. Mind you, I bought an item on eBay this week which the seller clearly used a stock photo, because when the item arrived the case was very dirty... managed to clean it and the disc was near mint so once again no issue, but it does happen.
On Amazon, it's always wise to pay attention to where the seller is from - I was looking at chancing another DuckTales before they all went out an realised all the sellers were from the USA on Amazon.co.uk! So something else to keep in mind :)
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the problem is that for the majority of people they don't give a damm.
if it works it works. especially with modern games and even with ntc there is a large group that does not care if the console or handheld games are region free.
but yea indeed also plenty of sellers here that are from the usa and vice versa.
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Amazon does that a lot. Like a lot. Even directly from Amazon.com themselves. I've got a handful of inadvertent other region titles.
JJgames has pictures of the exact item you're purchasing, so you should know what you're getting before you buy.
But even JJgames isn't the best... nobody really is. Everybody sucks for one reason or another.
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This isn't a new problem- I once got a PAL DVD instead of a US one years ago- glad I noticed before I unwrapped it.
It is a problem borne of unscrupulous seller, unscrupulous customers doing returns, and a marketplace that doesn't always do quality control.
As a general rule, I don't buy older games from Amazon anyway due to lack of photos- your 'good condition' and mine might not be the same, I want to SEE the game! At least Amazon has a very favorable return setup, & it's pretty easy to prove a wrong region game is not as described.
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To me Amazon has never been a good place to buy anything used. Ebay all the way. With ebay listings its easier find an actual photo of what you're buying and not just some stock image that can mislead people.
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Yeah
At least in Japan, Amazon is far from being the best place to buy retro games (it is usually great for current-gen used stuff though), but I've still been able to find some good stuff there. Sometimes, cheaper, safer and with faster delivery than I would in Yahoo! Auctions (the equivalent to eBay around here), especially for the Mega Drive (for some reason).
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Amazon sent me a PAL region copy of Doom a few years ago, but sent me another copy for free, this time the correct region. Got to keep the PAL version too :)
This happened to me with Final Fantasy XV. It was sold directly by Amazon, not 3rd party seller. Got to keep both, so I just sold the PAL version. The last couple of years I've definitely had more issues with 3rd party sellers than ever before. There were probably 5 instances of receiving the PAL version without any specification of the region. Not sure why it's suddenly become a problem.
Of course, when buying used stuff online it's almost always better to go through ebay anyway. But every now and then a better deal can be found on Amazon. I've found that Amazon is much better with returns and supporting unsatisfied buyers than ebay, though. At least, that's been my personal experience.
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Amazon was never the best place in america to buy games.
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Ebay is always the best imo. Because you can see what you're getting and it's always the best price for retro games or any game older than modern gen era. I like Best Buy for new stuff.
I think Amazon is the best for a lot of things. 2 day prime shipping is worth it's wait in gold. I love using Amazon for pops. But for games they are pretty lame :(
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I've never received a video game that wasn't for my region before on Amazon.
I do choose sellers that give a good description of the game and have a picture of the actual item they are selling. Sometimes if the description sounds good, but there's no picture, I will e-mail them asking for pictures.
Doing it this way, I haven't had a problem.
I'd never buy a used video game off Amazon with no description and no picture to boot.
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Ebay is always the best imo. Because you can see what you're getting and it's always the best price for retro games or any game older than modern gen era. I like Best Buy for new stuff.
I think Amazon is the best for a lot of things. 2 day prime shipping is worth it's wait in gold. I love using Amazon for pops. But for games they are pretty lame :(
a lot of older NA games are out of stock, I did see one 3rd party seller from California on Amazom.com before I created this thread. Selling a used copy of the golf game I was looking for, but it was for $25 USD plus shipping. I found the same exact game on JJgames.com for nearly 5 times less money and no shipping cost. and JJgames is even closer to where I live than anyone living in the state of California.
The reason why is that video game collecting boom has hit hard in america I guess, I mean after all this collecting site has 32,837 people worldwide that could have at least 100 games by themselves. I don't even know how JJgames is even getting their supply of retro video games, but after all a lot of people are selling their video game to JJgames I guess since they do buy them off other sellers used.
But like someone mentioned JJgames is not the best place for games either since them too are out of stock on a lot of their games too
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I've never had an issue with Amazon, provided that I have made sure I am actually ordering from Amazon. Buying from other people on the Amazon marketplace is not buying from Amazon, it's buying from people using it as a storefront.
That said, I agree with so many others - I don't know if Amazon ever was the best place to buy games. Definitely the most convenient, but best? Questionable. The release day shipping was nice - but it was always inconsistent. Until the end of GCU, I'd say that Best Buy was actually the best place to buy new games, by a large margin.
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I get gift cards to Amazon all the time (thanks Bing!) so I tend to buy newer games from them. For used games, it's a once in a blue moon sort of deal.
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I used to like amazon in but I just read more issues about them (read this)
Amazon is continuing on a downward spiral, from what I understand reading customer reviews on multiple things related to video games and it looks like it is getting even worse.
First off I'm not the only one receiving filthy used video game equipment from sellers on Amazon.com's website. I just read at least 3 other product reviews on a used Xbox360 controller with multiple people complaining about receiving disgusting used and even broken video game equipment. some covered in old food and grime and caused this one mans wife to puke when the man un-boxed the used wired Xbox360 controller in the mail
Back in 2015 I bought my first PlayStation 3 it worked fine and still works but, I had it fixed once. but when I first got it the shell of the consoles was comming apart.
My 2nd PlayStation 3 consoles I bought for 120USD on amazon a year later was caked in brownsause or some kind of dried soda substance.
Not only is sellers on amazon giving people the wrong regions some of their video game sellers must be getting things out of dumpsters and then selling them on amazon. I am highly upset to see that a website I used to love has fallen in the video game department.
It's seems that poor management at the Amazon HQ. they really should tighten their sellers because somebody is selling crappy game equipment and I paid over $120USD for a POS covered in brown dirt just like someone got it out of a trash dumpster, and I'm not the only one. I was nice and didn't complain but I should have gave that seller a bad review.
and in case you are curious I got my golf game in the mail quite a while ago. and it's in excellent clean shape and it was from JJgames.com online store
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I’ve never bought anything off of Amazon’s marketplace, as I prefer buying mainly from Amazon itself. Back in 2008-09 they screwed up a bunch of my orders, and in turn their bottom line.
For instance, this used to happen constantly: I would order a number of games, and either I would get a wrong one or they would miss one or two entirely, or both in some instances. I would contact them; they would send me another package and somehow repeat the mistake. I would contact them yet again, explain the situation, and they would instead refund me. This became the same song and dance for a good while until I gave up on brand new games over used ones and started using eBay more.
I haven’t bought anything there in a hot minute, as the kids say this day, but all in all, I have nothing bad to say about Amazon – I like their service and often see good deals.
I have never had an issue where I've gotten the wrong region game from any of my Amazon purchases. And even if I did, their return policy is simple and generous, making getting a replacement/refund a nonissue.
This is true.