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Sc battlechest still expensive O.o

Jul 9 2008, 6:10 pm
By: Pyro-Fire

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Jul 9 2008, 6:10 pm Pyro-Fire Post #1

Hey i bought the sc battlechest a few weeks ago, and it cost $50! (AUD) i mean holy shit, thats expensive for a 10 yr old game!!

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Jul 9 2008, 6:44 pm

DT_Battlekruser Post #2

Who on earth ripped you off like that? The Warcraft Battle Chest costs less than that.

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=starcraft+battle+chest

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Jul 9 2008, 6:44 pm

MadZombie Post #3

LOLWUT? its 20 USD here and AUD=.95 us dollars lol.

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Jul 9 2008, 6:45 pm SiN Post #4

holy shit where are you shopping?
i can get it at best buy for less than 20 bucks.

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Jul 9 2008, 7:27 pm

chuiu Post #5

Quote from Pyro-Fire

Hey i bought the sc battlechest a few weeks ago, and it cost $50! (AUD) i mean holy shit, thats expensive for a 10 yr old game!!

I was under the impression that all games in Australia cost more than everywhere else. I know Yahtzee occasionally rants about this.

If you really wanted to buy it you should have just purchased it at the Blizzard Store:

http://blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=110000101

That way you get your cd-keys online and get to download and install the game.

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Jul 10 2008, 12:19 am Ckol Post #6

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Quote from Pyro-Fire

Hey i bought the sc battlechest a few weeks ago, and it cost $50! (AUD) i mean holy shit, thats expensive for a 10 yr old game!!

Very true, especially now that the US dollar is ubar weak. I bought 12 months of xbox live for $40 off ebay instead of the $80 it cost here. Companies are used to being in a particular pricing range ($100 for a new game).

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Jul 10 2008, 12:38 am

Falkoner Post #7

Yeah, but the online bought ones have been having problems with some programs

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Jul 10 2008, 12:52 am

MillenniumArmy Post #8

Isn't the battlechest like $9.99?

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Jul 10 2008, 2:05 am

RIVE Post #9

Just Here For The Pie

I bought a Battle Chest for 20 USD..
I also bought the original SC for 20 USD the... second year it was out. I can't remember..

The original SC had a nice box. I still have it.

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Jul 10 2008, 7:20 am

Echo Post #10

I bought Battle Chest for $20 after my cd broke for like 20. I see it at best buy now for $9.99.

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Jul 10 2008, 12:31 pm

MadZombie Post #11

i bought my battle chest about three years ago for 20$ USD.

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Jul 10 2008, 7:55 pm

A_of-s_t Post #12

aka idmontie

It cost $9.99 at Bookman's for me and last I checked, it cost $19.99 at BestBuy, so, all together, I've only spent 9.99 for 2 copies of SC and SC:BW

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Jul 11 2008, 3:43 am

Riney Post #13

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Ah America, where Gas Prices rise, but Starcraft's price lowers.

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Jul 15 2008, 11:07 pm

The Great Yam Post #14

Hahaha. Power your car on Starcraft.

Just be glad it's as popular as it is, if it was out-of-print it could be as much as 200$ a copy.

Ever looked up out-of-print PS1 games on Ebay?

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Jul 16 2008, 6:48 am

dumbducky Post #15

My brother bought it back in the day for $40. You got ripped off.

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