Ruslan Kogan enjoys his time in the limelight. He also enjoys a spot of Gerry Harvey bashing. But I can’t help but feel that his comments about digital distribution of games is way off the mark. More »
Well, the prehistoric retail dinosaur that is Gerry Harvey has finally entered the 21st Century. And while some people will probably avoid using his new direct import service out of principle, it’s worth comparing prices to other services to see just how much money Gerry can “save” you. Let’s take a look. More »
Gerry Harvey has just announced that Harvey Norman is starting up a new website which will sell import European copies of video games at vastly reduced prices. The site is officially opening at 6pm this evening and will continue forthwith. According to Gerry himself, “if you can’t beat them, join them.” More »
This is insane. Gerry Harvey, he of the fire and brimstone statements against importing goods and services from overseas, has just announced a brand new online service that — get this — allows Australian gamers to import games from overseas at reduced prices, minus the GST. More »
Harvey Norman took in $2.7 billion last year, and profits were up 9 per cent. Gerry Harvey’s still not particularly happy or optimistic about retailing in Australia, though. More »
We already knew that Gerry Harvey was deeply unenthusiastic about selling online, but there was a brief moment when it seemed that opening a daily deals site wasn’t the dumbest thing Harvey Norman could do to start off in that space. But after watching the Harvey Norman Big Buys site in operation for a few days, it’s looking like an ecommerce sequel to Dumb & Dumber. More »
Ruslan Kogan made a huge splash earlier this year when he got into a war of words with Gerry Harvey over pricing of consumer electronics. At the time, we decided not to cover the slanging match – it was perfect fodder for Today Tonight, but not so much Giz. But last week Gerry Harvey came out petitioning the government to start charging GST on all products purchased online from overseas. Hey Gerry, why don’t you move with the times, get online and STFU? More »
Me? I’ve already got Windows 7 installed on my MacBook Pro. A good chunk of you guys are probably running the new Windows OS already too. But for those people who have to purchase the software through regular retail channels, Harvey Norman is planning on hosting a midnight launch for the new OS, with the “world’s first copy” to be sold to a lucky punter by Gerry Harvey himself. More »
