heads up..

no one in the city will do 69$ until monday at the earliest...and thats assuming DSE's stock comes in.

alternatively, head to capalabah...DSE has stock there as of yesterday arv

pave isnt gosu. you probs couldnt return sc2 cause it locks the game to an account steam styles.

only game worth playing atm though.

yeah just bought it from Game at toombul for $79

no 7 day return on pc games

but they have it for all console games so i'll keep that in mind

BigW chermside sold out and JBs now have it for $89
BigW getting more stock monday or tuesday.

....... takes so f***ing long to install

Didnt take that long.. had a shower and came back and it was auto updating

I have two 7 day trial keys available just need to download the Client from b.net

took an hour to install wtf

anyway, just playing the single player at the moment to get the feel of things

pretty sweet game so far

Bought mine at JB HiFi in the city for $69, noticed it was marked down twice from $99.95 and $89. Asked them why and they said they were price-matching Dick Smith Electronics' price.

Meanwhile EB everywhere charges $99.95 standard unless you can get a price match out of them.

Why not support the store that actively matches competitor's prices instead of buying from EB?

EB flat out won't price match any lower than $79.

GAME has it for $79 and a free Kerrigan vs Zeratul T-shirt if that's your thing.

EB are c***s, every real gamer knows it.

So why are people bothering by trying to get EB to price match?

You're not sticking it to them by purchasing their products, even at the price all their competitors are selling it for.

Just seems silly.

@ Scooby, Haha, I live on the gold coast man :P Went to pacific fair and got me a win copy for $69. Only DSE are doing $69, and they were awesome enough to hold me a copy :D Best game ever, been waiting awhile.

I got EB to price match to $69 purely because i was too lazy to go past JB hifi which was on the other side of the shopping center :P

is there some kind of way to just play s skirmish against pc's ?

yeah, go single player tab and it's a button the on right pave - think it says "vs. AI" from memory.

alternatively, head to capalabah...DSE has stock there as of yesterday arv

yep, went there today and bought my $69.97 copy.

Yeah most of the DSE i have been into have got it for $69.95.

get them to price match them.

I went to JB to get it at Mt Ommaney, $89. Went over to EB $99.......walked down to KMart $74. Bought their last 2 copies (for me and my son). Kmart had it in their catalogue for $74.

does DSE have this instock in the city today for $69?

anyone know where i can grab a copy for $69 in melbourne?

DSE seems to be sold out and no where else will price match them =(

DSE at Chermside now has a RainCheck sign up saying that because of unexpected sales they cant get anymore stock until the end of August. You can pre-purchase. $69
EB had SC2 on a shelf under a sign for $69 visible from outside the store but that was for a joystick above SC2 on the shelf, nice way to draw in prospective customers. $99
JBs was i think $89
BigW Sold Out.
2nd hand games store at Chermside has the game for $99 + a T-shirt.

how can it be sold second hand when its tied to an account?

these stores have stock for sc2 @ $69
Aitkenvale Tandy, Bribie Island DSS*, Cairns Central DSS*, Cairns DFO DSM*, Caloundra DSS, Capalaba Central DSM*, Dalby DSE, Emerald DSE, Gladstone DSM, Kingaroy DSE, Kippa Ring DSM*, Maroochydore DSE, Morayfield S/Centre DSM*, Nambour DSS, Noosa DSM, Rockhampton DSE, Rockhampton Stockland DSL*, Smithfield Centre DSS*, Townsville DSE, Victoria Point DSE

nah its not 2nd hand, the store sells 2nd hand games + new games. Cant remember the name of the store, its up near Coles at Chermside.

Hey guys!

I got my copy of Starcraft 2 from Big W Calamvale 2day!

They have FULL STOCK ON THE SHELVES!!!!!! Seems that no one has touched them at all! =D

There's around 7 copies left I think on the shelves so you better hurry!

Price: $74.96. Although its like $5 more expensive than Dick Smith's, I think I'd rather get it now than wait 2 days and HOPE for a copy.

btw guys 5000 copies are coming to Dick Smith's all around Australiain 2 days. (The guy at my local store told me). Pre-order it now if you want it cheap as the discounted $69 price may return to the full $99.95 price very soon.

For now guys, I am off to play more SC2!!!!!!!!!! CYAZ

*around Australia in 2 days

btw I advise to not bother with GAME or EB. They all sell at full price and refuse to match low prices.
Actual Quote from GAME employee:
Me: "They're selling the game at $69 at DSE and $74 at Kmart. Can you match those?"
GAME person: "No, they're too low. Sorry mate"
(I leave the store walk 100 metres down to BigW hoping for a miracle and voila! $74 SC2 copies lying in gaming section of Big W. WIN :D )

There's like gazillion copies of SC2 at my local EB's (I went to 3 EB's and they're all packed with SC2 copies albeit at full prices).

But hey, Ive got my game cheap and I hope everyone who wants a copy gets one eventually at a good price :)

Screw starcraft, Dark Reign for life.

Got it from JB in the city today - they would not price match anyone else and I was sick of looking so I just paid the $89

Got it from JB in the city today - they would not price match anyone else and I was sick of looking so I just paid the $89

Which JB i went to all 3 at about midday and they said they were all sold out, except for a few copies they were still holding for pre-orders.

yer i dont understand why everyone tries to get ebgames to pricematch? i mean how hard is it just to get it from jb hi fi, there are s***loads of stores around

As I said from the start, for me and I imagine it would be the same for other people, the reason is there isn't a JB close enough. By the time I get to JB I could have gone to EB, got back home and have installed it.

I hate EB, but I'm not buying to be loyal or to screw anyone over. I am buying to play the game.

Screw starcraft, Dark Reign for life.

f*** yeah! I loved that game, could never get part 2 to work for some reason though.

Btw: jb on the weekend went up to 89 everywhere I could see, but they did have some sweet prices on other games.

sorry for double post but I just stumbled across this.

$20 voucher to buy sc2 from kmart. honestly not sure if it is in Australia though.

DSE or Tandy (Can't remember which) have an online special $67.50 with free delivery.

Which JB i went to all 3 at about midday and they said they were all sold out, except for a few copies they were still holding for pre-orders.

Adelaide street @ ~1:30PM. They had at least 10 copies on the shelf behind the counter.

I got mine for $55 from Loganholme JB, chick on the phone said they only had a few left but the pile she grabbed our copies from was huge.

^ $55. Awesome find. How the hell can they sell a new game so damn cheap?!

they could probably sell it for $30 and still make a profit.

They have those prices to draw you into the stores and tempt you to buy something with it that has a larger profit margin.

anyone know if any stores in the city have it back in stock yet?

they could probably sell it for $30 and still make a profit.

You reckon the cost price on a brand new game would be < $30 + running costs of the business?!

I dunno, I think it would be cutting it close. Anyone know cost price?!

Just thought I'd mention that Big W still has copies going for $75.

I got that game today at BigW Chermside for $74.96
It was the last copy. STill none at Dick Smith Chermside but you can get a raincheck.