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Other than Gamestop and you guys, what competition is there?
by fallentimes 18y ago
Other than Gamestop and you guys, what competition is there?
- sachinag 18y agoeBay, Amazon Marketplace, and Half. [Fee comparison: http://www.dawdle.com/selling/index.php/fees/ http://www.dawdle.com/selling/index.php/fees/ The Google Spreadsheet isn't locked, so please don't abuse it. :) ] What's interesting is that we're trying to get all the small independent stores to sell on Dawdle. They're a different beast - many of them don't even sell new games. They're typically in a strip mall next to a Wal-Mart that does. So people go into the indie store, sell their games, and walk to the Wal-Mart to buy new games. Only the people who can't afford new games anyway or are looking for older stuff that Wal-Mart doesn't stock end up buying at the used game store, so the publishers/developers/retailers actually don't "lose sales", which is their main concern.
- goldsmith 18y agoIf people are going to go to the Walmart to buy new games anyway, why wouldn't the indie store them as well? Even if the prices are a little higher, wouldn't the convenience of not having to go somewhere else make up for it?
- sachinag 18y agoThey've told us it doesn't make up for it. The stores just walk down to the Wal-Mart themselves to pick up a couple copies of Halo 3 or whatever rather than actually working with a games distributor like Jack of All Games or whoever. They just can't compete on new games; that's why they do used, retro, and host tournaments and so forth.