Looking for Canadian Video Game distributor

[seanandsarah]

Hello,

We're going to be moving our store and greatly expanding our reach into games.  In particular, I want to be able to provide a full selection of sell-though game titles, systems and accessories.

So I'm on the hunt for a good Canadian game distributor, espcially one that can offer merchandise returns and guarantee release date delivery.  If anyone has any contacts, it would be much appreciated.

Regards,
Sean

[tonypotenza]

im with video one and they do gr8 on rls dates, they dont do games return but they do do accesorie return if i remmeber correctly

http://www.video-one.com/ie/whatsnew1.php

[seanandsarah]

I current deal with Entertainment 1 and find their release delivery awful.  Often times they don't receive games until the day of or after the street date and because they only do weekly delivery, we won't get it until the following shipment.  By this time, EB Games and Futureshop have already been selling copies.

Regards,
Sean

[IVR]

I don't know of any distributor that accepts game returns due to the fact that they do not have return privleges with the game publishers. Distributors from what I have always been told recieve games on street date and then must get them shipped out to their accounts so only those companies large enough to be direct with the publishers will have most games on street date.

Bradley Video in CA opened 5 or 6 very nice game stores over the last couple of years that ultimately were closed. Two of the main reasons attributed to the failure were the very 2 items you are questioning.

[amanda]

Entertainment World sells previously played games. I have no prices, and have never gone thru them.

For their list, you can give them a call at (905) 282-0544 then press 0