I used to do some shopping on ebgames, but now they've kept the name and become gamestop.com, which in my opinion is craptacular.  So if you know of a good place to purchase games (domestic releases), please do let me know.

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The only place I buy games from online is eBay. I usually dig out some preowned games when I'm in the stores (EB, GS), but I refuse to buy used games off of ebgames.com or gamestop.com. The game may or may not come with the manual and original packaging, which is total bullshit. I don't understand how they can sell a used game for $19.99 with all of the original stuff, but still charge $19.99 when it's just the disc. Bull. Shiiit.

On eBay you can at least see the actual item you're buying (most of the time), instead of just seeing a stock photo. Although, I did pick up MGS2 Document from Amazon.com's Marketplace, and had no trouble; the game was exactly as advertised.

I don't really buying many games online unless they're rare and/or a pain in the ass to find complete and non-Greatest Hits. I love going to a big EB and sorting through all of their used PS2 games. For example, I picked up used copies of Contra Shattered Soldier, Shadow of Destiny and Resident Evil for the Playstation for about $21 this weekend. The PS2 games are both complete and near mint, and the RE is the original jewel case, non-Greatest Hits copy of the game, which is pretty rare. Score.

So yeah. eBay gets my vote and Amazon gets a half vote.

Amazon gets my vote for online, there's a pretty nice selection of used game stores within 10 miles of me, though I really prefer to go online anyways in many cases.

By the way, how can you tell if a game has the original jewel case?  Is there a number/code/etc that lets you know it's a Sony jewel case?

No, there isn't. What I meant was if you buy a PS2 game and it comes shipped to you without a manual or sleeve and is in a beat-up DVD case. Since it says that it "may not include a box or an instruction manual", you're stuck with what they send you.

That's what I was referring to.  I already know some online stores don't guarantee they come with their original stuff.  Do you have a way to tell if the RE jewel case was original?  Or does it just have A jewel case?  The inserts can be taken out of one jewel case and put into a new one very easily, I do it all the time when I scan my CDs, so they don't look as beat up , and then I put the inserts back into the original case.

Oooooh, I get it. There were several releases of RE on the PS1: the original longbox, the "regular" edition (which is what I found), the Greatest Hits edition, Dual Shock, Director's Cut, etc. The jewel case release is a toughie to find because it had a relatively small printing.