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Leave it to UK players to kill Goozex.eu
Miguelcar808 | 5:41 PM on 07.08.2009 10 comments


Well that didn't take long, I registered on Goozex.eu in less than 24h ago, knowing the popularity of it's US counter-part, I was happy to finally be able to trade with other people. "This will be great !!"
Until I saw a forum thread about the UK users favourite "feature"

Has user babaz put it
"[The] site is still in its startup phase, [the] users number[s] are too low, to further restrict trading regions to UK (the most) or to ITALY, or POLAND... c'mon, I'm from Italy... how many Italian users are there? 100 maybe?!?! [The] probabilities to actually trade are down to 0"

UK users receive from outside but will not send to any other country other than the UK
User MsbS_ explains the end result
"From a practical point of view - 6 games sent out, 700 points amassed, but no way to spend them. Disappointing, n'est-ce pas?"

UK user interceptor had this to say about his choice.
"It all boils down to postage costs. Posting games to countries outside the UK (and maybe Ireland) simply costs too much, especially as I insist on having the game signed for when it is delivered. Then both seller and buyer can be reassured it has got there safely and everyone is protected."
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I would say that non UK user have to equally spend more in cost to send to them, thus balancing the cost of everybody , but considering that this problem has been unresolved since January...

I wanted to get some RPGs using Goozex, so much for that plan :(
This is why we never get nice things



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Entropic Amaranth's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/08/2009 18:39
Entropic Amaranth
That really sucks man. Sorry.
grafkhun's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/08/2009 19:33
grafkhun
Dayum... major bummer dude. Goozex is a great trading site indeed, I hope in the future Italian users get a better chance to get in on the action.
psycho terror2's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/08/2009 19:34
psycho terror2
boo hoo.
Joanna Mueller's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/08/2009 21:00
Joanna Mueller
You should hop a boat to America, it what the puritans did and look how well it worked out for them.
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/08/2009 21:22
Chris Carter
Dude that sucks. Sorry :(.

I'm lucky I'm an Italian American!
Timmeh's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2009 01:44
Timmeh
People from the UK being assholes? No surprise there, this country has gone down the tube.
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2009 02:06
Mr Wrighty 987
@Timmeh
How dare you say......yeah you're right most people from the UK are arseholes
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2009 08:34
Char Aznable
I'm sorry to hear that, man. Goozex has been crucial for me in terms of expanding my game library.

America! Fuck yeah!
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/09/2009 13:36
zombiekiller13
That really sucks. Over here in the states, the site is amazing. I've hit 2 bad trades, but the rest have been fine. I managed to snag a few games I've been searching for (Darkstalkers 1 and 3 for the PS1, Ghosthunter for the PS2). I even managed to get a copy of Fantavision that looked like it was brand-new. And the guy that sent me Soul Reaver sent me the strategy guide for it.
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