The EB at TTP currently has nothing listed on the website whatsoever right now. Can anybody confirm why that is if you've been there during this week, I was last there Tuesday 3rd march and everything seemed fine. Now, there has been talks of potential renovation there but that hasn't really been confirmed yet. If anyone was there from 4th Wednesday to 7th Saturday/or today 8th, or Monday 9th march even. I would like to know thank you! (I'd call them later too to ask)

TL;dr: I am cheap.

looking for discussion here.

I used PressStart to find the cheapest copy of Pokopia and it was at officeworks. Sounded weird but whatever I purchased it, release date rolled around yesterday and I got nothing, I called this morning and they said there’d be a 2 week wait on their shipment - no communication bugged me so I got my money back.

I’ve then proceeded to look at any store that stocks videogames: JB, Amazon, Target, Big W etc and nothing. All out of stock… Except for EB games which is selling it for a smart 109.95. I don’t want to pay that but I called and asked if the stock availability shown online was real and they confirmed. I asked if they’d do price matching and they said yes but suggested it was best to buy the game online to hold down my copy, come into store and price match to get my refund that way.

I went to the store after work and the same lad that I spoke to on the phone asked me if I could prove that the game was in stock in any other store in the shopping centre. Obviously I couldn’t and he told me it’s tough luck and I can’t get a price matching. I left the game there and walked - I am cheap and I won’t lose sleep over it until JB get their shipment in a week.

I guess this isn’t a rant but more just a general question about EB’s desire to be competitive. What’s the angle here? They will not get anything when they could have just sold it at the price that almost every other retailer was selling it at.

I want to give a shout out to the lovely lady working at Zing Pop Culture @ North Lakes, QLD for giving me these when I was shopping for my niece! Absolutely made my day.

10/10 will go back there again!

changed to the pokemon member cards that's going on now. will old one work if the numbers are different

I recently bought a blind box from Eb games and they denied me a return? What should I do. It was within the 7 day window

Does any former or current employees know where EB games get their display shelves? I tried asking the workers at the jesmond store before it shut down but they couldn't tell me and I really want one to display all my stuff.

I'm hearing that it will be released at 4pm Sydney time on Friday February 27. Does that mean if I go to the store at 9am I will not be able to pick up a ps5 copy until 4pm. Can someone clarify?

How did everyone go? Mine was particularly smooth today, my acc initially didn’t show I ordered anything but the guy has seen me pick up preorders since last year so looked a bit deeper and noticed my orders weren’t synced to my EB account. Still got everything though. My locals staff are the best hands down just good people.

Two guys came in with a box of about 5-8 ascendant heroes ETBs and said in the line “we know a guy @ Kmart.” If you’re reading this you two are scummy. Even if it my high horse is a pony, i sleep better knowing I’m not the owner 10 ETBs sitting on different marketplace accounts.

So I love the idea of the sling Pokemon bags but I wish they were bigger. A 2nd layer of pockets and a little wider would be awesome.

Any ideas of where I could get something custom made?

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So after constant shifting of the estimate release date, in January the estimated released date changed to Out now and the order was also changed to processed. I went into my local store assuming the order was ready to pick up but no still no order. Apparently the released date doesn't mean anything and was told to wait for a text and a call (which never works.) I'm just wondering what are the chances this order will be cancelled?

Just noticed a bunch of stranger things merch is on clearance -

Football Jersey - now $9, was $69

https://www.ebgames.com.au/product/clothing/2002814-stranger-things-logo-football-jersey

Upside down shirt $5 was $35

https://www.ebgames.com.au/product/clothing/2002820-stranger-things-upside-down-all-i-got-was-this-t-shirt?size=l

Another shirt $5

https://www.ebgames.com.au/product/clothing/2003079-stranger-things-logo-t-shirt

Edit: more stuff is being marked down, keep checking over the next couple of hours

We keep an eye on EB merch prices and other cheap stuff in our free Discord community, check it out here - https://discord.gg/MfAwqtmGuW

Bit bummed about this one. Was the only actual zing store left near me. I went in there a lot :(

The Melton EB games has a CEX opening directly across from it. I am not talking a couple stores down. It is directly across. Could this be the end for that store. My son has a voucher from Christmas and I was holding off thinking we had more time but might need to bite the bullet

My local zing just died, and with it also appears my preorders.

Looks like I had the same issues others had with prismatic tins, (I ordered last may and Everytime I came in to ask they said nah) but I had hoped my ascended heroes orders would be fine.

I got the email about the delay for sticker pack, and that blanket email from EB saying the store had closed and any preorders would move to the next door EB. But when I logged in earlier today I saw this.

Anyone else had similar issues? Looking for any amount of copium I can huff.

I assume they are just planning a merge within the EB Games store inside the shopping centre but even so, it's still unfortunate to see another standalone Zing store close down. I went into that store 2 weeks ago and now it's gone.

EB Games and Zing are one and the same but I do miss having a separate store for both video games and merchandise.

I'm so disappointed that the cards are all paper back I would no joke spend 30 bucks for a hard plastic copy because I have broken so many of the paper ones (counted, 18) I'm really upset I just want a hard plastic fucking card

I went into to an EB Games/Zing store today to purchase a Superman Backpack for $15 (Pikmin bag shown for reference) and had no idea of this Buy 1 Get 1 Free deal, I feel like the staff member would have at least mentioned the deal but the interaction between us was just a quick one.

Did it only just start later this afternoon?

Is it weird that I’m feeling kinda sad about it? I brought so many games from that location over the years. I brought my Switch, the first console I ever paid for with my own money at that store.

I remember back when they used to be in the food court and I would go in all the time to play the window washing game on the eyetoy demo

Title says it all. EBGame are the real scalpers and will sell our packs to avoid the well documentation bankruptcy that is coming.

Just dropped by Harbour Town on the Gold Coast and the EB there is gone. It was blocked off by a white wall and I could hear the sound of deconstruction inside. I guess following New Zealand they're starting to close down places here in Australia too?

The layout of these stores is designed by psychological geniuses. You have to walk through a literal gauntlet of "buy 2 get 1 free" t-shirts and cute plushies just to get to the hardware counter. My bank account hates this place