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.