ltd trading name eb games australia type public company industry electronics stores founded 27 february 1997 1 headquarters 25 backhouse place trade coast central eagle farm queensland aus key people steve wilson managing director products video games consoles and accessories number of employees 5000 parent gamestop divisions zing pop culture australia website eb games australia eb games new zealand eb games australia originally electronics boutique is an australian video game and entertainment software retailer . headquartered in eagle farm queensland a suburb of brisbane the company operates over 380 stores across australia s six states and two territories and 40 more stores in new zealand . eb games australia is part of gamestop . eb games sells video games consoles and accessories for the playstation 3 playstation 4 playstation portable playstation vita playstation 2 playstation xbox 360 xbox xbox one wii nintendo gamecube nintendo 64 wii u pc nintendo ds and the nintendo 3ds . customers can also purchase games online from the eb games website . contents 1 history 2 eb world 3 pre owned products 4 eb games expo 5 starlight children s foundation 6 allegations of workplace bullying 7 zing pop culture stores 8 references 9 external links history edit the first australian store was opened on 5 july 1997 in westfield shoppingtown miranda new south wales with stores opening near concurrently at westfield group tuggerah new south wales and in the old charlestown square complex . citation needed in 2003 electronics boutique officially started trading as eb games to stop confusion with the idea they were an electronics store . citation needed eb world edit eb world is a loyalty program founded in 2011 and operated by eb games australia . members can earn points called carrots by shopping at eb games gaining increased and additional benefits through their continued purchases . 2 by august 2014 eb world had gained 3 million members in australia . citation needed pre owned products edit eb games pre owned section covers consoles and games as well as accessories . the trade in does not include peripheral accessories aesthetic accessories that are not required for gameplay including sports kits charging stands and av composite hdmi cables . whilst current generation consoles and games are still carried in every store only a few stores referred to as vision stores still carry the older generation consoles and games playstation portable . eb games also trades in certain apple ipod classic touch and nano iphone and ipad models as well as select android devices . citation needed in all australian states and territories the value of traded games consoles and accepted accessories can be used as in store credit towards all items in stock as well as towards paying off a lay by or pre order on an upcoming release title . only in some states can the traded value be exchanged for cash . in these instances items traded for cash are retained by the store the tradee for a grace period to verify that the traded items were not obtained by the customer the trader through illegal means . traded games are able to be resold in store upon being traded in provided they are physically in re sellable condition . if the traded items are deemed defective by the tradee a disc repair cost can be incurred to the trader being deducted from the trade value . these items are then processed at the corporate warehouse . all consoles are returned to the warehouse before being approved for re sale to re format any hdd devices and ensure power cables transformers are safe for use in australia regardless of physical condition upon being traded . citation needed as of 1 september 2008 eb games no longer takes trades on game boy advance nintendo gamecube or playstation games however the trade of a nintendo gamecube controller is still accepted due to its compatibility with popular nintendo wii titles super smash bros. brawl mario kart wii and rugby league live . as of 1 december 2010 eb games no longer takes trades on xbox original consoles games or accessories . as of 1 december 2012 eb games no longer takes trades on playstation 2 games however they still take trades on playstation 2 consoles . citation needed eb games expo edit in 2011 eb games launched the eb games expo held on the gold coast . the expo allows attendees to play and experience upcoming games . it also hosts a variety of local and international developer and publisher teams who deliver presentations to attendees showcasing their upcoming releases . 3 4 starlight children s foundation edit since 2007 eb games australia has maintained a charity partnership with the starlight children s foundation . every year eb games sponsors a starlight week in may with fund raising endeavours across the chain and at a corporate level . in 2015 starlight week raised over 665 000 for the foundation . 5 6 7 allegations of workplace bullying edit in may 2015 four former eb games employees accused an eb games district manager of workplace bullying sexual harassment discrimination racial hatred intimidation and unpaid worked hours . the alleged incidents were believed to have occurred in the figtree and dapto stores . the former employees filed complaints with workcover nsw and the australian human rights commission . 8 9 10 zing pop culture stores edit zing pop culture australia owned by eb games australia launched in may 2014 . in 2016 zing now has over 35 stores . citation needed references edit national names index index of corporate and business names electronics boutique australia pty ltd . asic australian securities & investments commission . 30 january 2012 . retrieved 13 august 2015 . what is eb world . ebgames eu . 2015 . retrieved 13 august 2015 . eb games expo . eb expo au . 2015 . retrieved 13 august 2015 . eb games expo 2015 sydney olympic park . sydney.com destination nsw . 2015 . retrieved 13 august 2015 . starlight week . ebgames au . 2015 . retrieved 13 august 2015 . eb games delivering fun to kids and kids at heart . starlight children s foundation . 2015 . retrieved 13 august 2015 . starlight childrens foundation eb games gaming challenge . melbourne storm . 8 may 2015 . retrieved 13 august 2015 . mardon cydonee 19 may 2015 . illawarra store manager s behaviour absolutely appalling . illawarra mercury . retrieved 13 august 2015 . hollingworth david 20 july 2015 . an inside look at eb games work practices . pc authority . retrieved 13 august 2015 . serrels mark 20 july 2015 . inside eb games when the dream job becomes a nightmare . kotaku au . retrieved 13 august 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eb games australia & oldid 736825812 categories entertainment companies of australiavideo game retailers in australiacompanies based in brisbanegamestopaustralian subsidiaries of foreign companieshidden categories use dmy dates from july 2011use australian english from july 2011all 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