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I remember when ThinkGeek was in its hey day and often chortled on seeing some of the items on offer. It looks like there are some major changes under way. Their web site is moving under the web site of parent company GameStop. Physical store locations for ThinkGeek will remain open. Selected items will remain available in GameStop stores. Orders from ThinkGeek on or after June 13th, 2019 are final sales -- no returns.
As part of this transformation, there is currently a 50% off everything sale at https://www.thinkgeek.com/
I must confess I had not visited their site in years. What has your experience with them been like?
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(Score: 2) by boltronics on Tuesday June 18 2019, @03:21AM
GameStop is called EB Games in Australia, and instead of ThinkGeek we have Zing. Zing doesn't appear to be affected in any way by this, at least not yet.
A lot of the stuff you can get at Zing still have the ThinkGeek labels on them (such as shirts), and they continue to sell the USS Enterprise Pizza Cutter.
https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/product/things-for-home/201903-star-trek-uss-enterprise-ncc-1701-pizza-cutter [zingpopculture.com.au]
I have to wonder if EB Games in Australia is doing anywhere near as bad as GameStop in the US. They always look very busy and have some great sales (although are often overpriced at "normal" prices - but they always have sales anyway, and do price matching against local store prices (which is great because you can pick up "carrot points" from them that give you benefits when you trade games.
They have a 7 day return policy, usually have great customer service, and have an option where you can re-purchase any game you trade in at a later date for the price you traded it for. I often go there just to take advantage of the 3 for $16 (~$US10.97) PS3/Wii/Xbox 360 games, as sometimes there are some gems to be found. They are also the only place to go to for certain Japanese games, as it seems they sell some new games exclusively (eg. Death end re;Quest).
The only thing that I don't like about them is that "new" games usually have the shrink wrap removed, but I prefer keeping my games in pristine condition. That, and when you purchase stuff online you can't tell if you get the manual and box with it. Heck, even when you pick out a box for a second hand game in store you still don't know if you'll get the manual - but at least in-store you have the option to ask them to check.
Ultimately I'd be quite sad if they closed. I like them a lot more than I think most people in the US like GameStop.
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