Tesco are the greedy bullies of British retail. I hope they get their come-uppance some (unlikely) day.

Bullies.

hope they get whats comin to them, greedy sods, sick of their adverts and bs,

(3) i agree those adverts are so annoying -

price comparison sites always mentioned, forget the fact it is a crappy experience buying anything from these cattle markets.

what about customer service in store demos etc.

suppliers should not give in, they will just devalue your product and use them to sell cans of beans.

wonder if i go to tescos tonight pick up a few games and tell them i will pay then in 60 days how they would like that

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Do it! Do it!

Take pictures. Lots of pictures.

If this isn't an abuse of a dominant market position, I don't know what is.

And at a time when most companies (and pretty much all of their suppliers will be smaller than Tesco) are heavily reliant on prompt payment of invoices so they can meet wage bills and similar, you've got Tesco taking the pee and unilaterally extending their payment terms.

I say "unilaterally" - I imagine most supplier will still have to consent to a variation to their trading terms and conditions, but Tesco is so big, suppliers are in a no win situation. Say no to Tesco and they'll pull the plug on any future orders under your contract and send your business under completely. Nice.

Greedy is an understatement.

Whilst EUK are having their credit insurance pulled and are paying upfront for stock, Tesco's come along and throw their weight around.

Will definatly frighten publishers/suppliers and a lot of them will re-think about trying to cut out EUK as a route to market. If they start dealing direct with supermarkets this is exactly what will happen.

As if publishers don't have enough to deal with at the moment, increasing dev costs, reduced credit facilities, cost-cutting (usually the painful staff cutting option) and global finacial turmoil, the retail market dominator asks for something it doesn't need.

I've said this before for different reasons, but if the publishers of the must have games gave a universal response to these kind of hostile demands, the buying public won't not buy the games, they will simply buy elsewhere.

And the word partnership is still being used.

If they had said 60 to 90 days then yeah that's excessive, but 60 days is fairly standard. Any company I have worked with that supplied Tesco knew them to be firm but fair, they paid on-time and were always willing to work with us. Tesco are not fools, no matter what people say about them being too big for their boots, any supplier this effects will have been notified, in advance, and negotiations would have taken place.

At a time when the Daily Mail are running a campaign to get Goverment/Councils to settle their bills in 10 days to help small business this is even more outrageous.

I really hope some of the suppliers stand up to Tesco, as if they get away with it all the other supermarkets will follow suit.

Well, as a piece of accounting, that is a work of art. However, this will continue as long as publishers refuse to make a stand.

How many publishers come and go in times of relatively healthy economic conditions, much less in a credit crunch when Ebeneezer Tesco decides he isn't going to pay his bills on time?

This is a blatant abuse of position. Supermarkets have ridden roughshod over suppliers for years, resulting in many farmers losing their livelihoods. Have they now chosen to gun for games publishers too? This is nothing short of opportunistic blackmail

Yeah but we all know what's going to follow this don't we??!!!

They'll look to give their items 60 days to sell-thru and want to return the lines that haven't. 60 days is about the shelf life of games these days.

I'm sure they already enjoy some kind of Sale or Return arrangement but wouldn't be against them looking to tighten this next.... then finally they'll squeeze the margins!

In the US EA and ATVI have Wal*Mart and GameStop on 30 day terms. Good luck with them Tesco.

Can't see SONY, Nintendo or MS being to quick to roll over either.

It's a tough one for us smaller publishers, I wouldn't say we'd sell our souls to gain tescos support but I think we could handle 60 days if meant being on their shelves in the run up to Christmas and over the new year.

Waiting an extra 30 days to get paid for the opportunity to generate incremental revenue is a straight forward decision in my eyes.

this can only mean more rock bottom prices for us all well done tesco ty

As long as we can have 60 days to pay for marketing and process markdowns and returns for them, I could live with that.

*wakes up from dream*

this is the ideal opportunity for the publishers to put their faith back into INDIES - Where it all started !!!!!!.

I am sure that all the indies out there will soak up TESCO's Stock

put your faith back in the indie sector we can promote your products better than any other store especially supermarkets!

we have instore demo's running and can give good honest advice on your products.

When you say "instore demos running", do you mean "selling the free promo on ebay" to somebody desperate for the game two days early to make a fast buck?

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Never get the chance to sell a promo on Ebay. Gem/Centresoft staff keep them for themselves!

We're in the **** too and we need a little bit longer to pay?

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