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Canadian Gaming "Deals" and Discussion Thread 6: Sorry, We Can't Afford a New Thread
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Brehs.
$84.99 is only the beginning, I'm predicting we will see $94.99 before the end of the year
I want this game but didn't preorder it - I think it was available for one of those Amazon promotions before.
Now I'm kicking myself, and will ask for a raise.
Refuse delivery, it will work itself out that way and you won't have to go through the hassle of printing out a label and returning it through CP. I've done it before.
ComputerBlue
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Just did! This is the lowest it's been, right? Or I guess there was that no tax thing at RCSS, but there was so little stock there.
Anyways, it came out to $372.89. I was planning to wait until FF15 was out, but with our dollar somehow digging through rock bottom to find new lows, I feared this would be the lowest we'll see it at.
Mass_Pincup
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Thank you so much, I will finally replace my dead one.
That's about 215€ which is nuts to me, half the price I bought mine in 2014.
LordOfChaos
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Holy moly! I was pissed at myself for missing the 350 boxing week sale at Amazon, this is great!
I don't see Canada anywhere on that page (edit: Yes I do, in the URL, CA and CAD), but I guess the above poster confirmed it's all Canadian? Jumping on this immediately!
They take paypal too!
With the dollar tracking to 65 cents in the next year or two, yeah, this may be the last of the big ones until next boxing day!
I'm actually not sure, but the prices seem to be in line with Canadian exchange rate. $80 games and whatnot. The PS4 that's on sale has a regular price close to $490.
LordOfChaos
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Just bought it, it's definitely in CAD, confirmed with Paypal! Thanks again for posting!
380 CAD total...Actually saved 20 bucks for being an idiot and missing the Amazon sale, lol. With the Silver Headset more like ~60 saved, and over 150 off it all originally
380 CAD total...Actually saved 20 bucks for being an idiot and missing the Amazon sale, lol. With the Silver Headset more like ~60 saved, and over 150 off it all originally
dancrane212
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Passed on the Amazon sale for the PS4 but Dell letting you use two Credit Cards (had a $25 sitting around for months from TD) and the free, apparently OK, headset pushed me over the edge.
Already have a PS4 controller so after I offload the one that comes with the console it's really not a bad price at all.
Already have a PS4 controller so after I offload the one that comes with the console it's really not a bad price at all.
Do you guys think I could get a price match at a Best Buy on that? They give 10% off if its lower than their price.
It's actually 10% of the difference in price - but yes, they price match all online retailers
I think you can. They might try to argue that it's different because it comes with a free headset, though.
Darn, no. I forgot. Though I haven't used ebates for so long.
It was not available for the promotions since it only came up a week ago or a bit longer.
I will wait for a sale myself
It's actually 10% of the difference in price - but yes, they price match all online retailers
Ah ok; still, thanks!
ComputerBlue
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Probably best to call them and ask. I've price matched an Amazon deal with them before over the phone and placed the order with the person I was speaking to. Order was ready to be picked up in store shorty after. This was a few years ago though, things might have changed.
LordOfChaos
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Wonder how BB would handle the silver headset addition, which isn't in their own Uncharted bundle. They do have a clause against "free with purchase" bundles that they might argue that is.
Ah well, already ordered from Dell, I'm hyped!
Ah well, already ordered from Dell, I'm hyped!
ComputerBlue
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Still 329 for me.
If anyone who buys/bought the bundle doesn't want the Uncharted games, PM me a price and I might buy it from you.
This is making me think it's a price error. I don't know how Dell.ca handles price errors. Those who ordered: brace for disappointment?
LordOfChaos
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My paypal order already went through at 380 after tax and the order is already "in production" with a ship date estimate of the 13th, so I'm fairly sure it's going to go through.
And I still see 330 on the deal page?
So umm
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/tops...g-for-canadian-retailers/ar-CCgw7U?li=AAggNbc
Is "as much as possible" code for "not at all"?
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/tops...g-for-canadian-retailers/ar-CCgw7U?li=AAggNbc
Is "as much as possible" code for "not at all"?
LordOfChaos
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Actually no, the PS4 itself is a good example, if priced at the exact exchange rate we should actually be paying more for it even before discounts.
I know our CAD sucks and everything looks awful on pricing, but if you do the conversions, you do indeed see what the article says sometimes, with our converted prices being less in USD than they are sold for in America.
Retailers know sales will tank even more if none of it is absorbed, it's not high charity, but it softens the blow a bit.
Lone_Prodigy
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I read somewhere they buy stock way in advance so we'll still see some "lower" prices for now.
LordOfChaos
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Huh, now I see 430 as well, with a 59 dollar discount shown... I had seen 330 the few times I refreshed before.
Ah well, still looks so far so good, paypal took 380 after tax from me and Dell is shipping it.
Maybe the website is automatically increasing the price due to volume of orders? Then when sales slow the sale price is re-enforced creating a see-saw
I think in other industries they have. In games they really can't since new products are released so frequently, so they can't stock up in advance.
DeathByBacklog
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When you search out PS4 it comes up as this...
But when you click on the product, the price has been changed. Use the above image and get chat to make the adjustment.
But when you click on the product, the price has been changed. Use the above image and get chat to make the adjustment.
Video game software has minuscule profit margins, so it makes complete sense that game prices would rise accordingly. There's almost zero buffer for the retailer.
When you search out PS4 it comes up as this...
But when you click on the product, the price has been changed. Use the above image and get chat to make the adjustment.
Did that, the guy said he'd notify the marketing team and now when you search for PS4 it's 430 again. Weird
LordOfChaos
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Well now I'm glad I didn't cancel it and try to get it at best buy, lol.
I think it's just the website automatically raising prices when demand fluxuates up, and then resetting to the sale price when sales die down.
I think it's just the website automatically raising prices when demand fluxuates up, and then resetting to the sale price when sales die down.
In regards to games. I'd say they are. Not off the regular price, but we're seeing far more 20-30% off preorder deals than usual nowadays. The 30% off preorder deals only used to happen at e3. But we've seen them happen twice since, and 20% off deals became even more common.
It's likely that games aren't selling well at the regular raised prices these days, forcing retailers to do these deep discount sales more often.
DeathByBacklog
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Try to argue that you should get it for that price since that's what it was listed at.
Seemed to work, they said they'll call me do a quote.
Edit: Nope, they called me and said it was a system glitch
LordOfChaos
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Lots of people on red flag deals also saying chat corrected the price for them, 330 appears to be right.
Edit: Actually the last page now says a rep said there was a glitch and 430 was right...Seems like different reps within Dell are saying different things. They'd better not cancel prior orders!
Edit: Actually the last page now says a rep said there was a glitch and 430 was right...Seems like different reps within Dell are saying different things. They'd better not cancel prior orders!
They called me and said it was a system glitch and cancelled my order, pretty shitty.
LordOfChaos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XyMePUidzs
Crap!
I see you got a call from them, did they already agree to change the price, the order went through, and THEN call back to say no, or did they say no during the first call? I wonder if they will honor those that already went through.
Lone_Prodigy
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Overly Attached Consumer
LordOfChaos
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So anyone with the confirmation email get it later cancelled, or did they only cancel ones that they said they'd call later to confirm so far?
Mass_Pincup
Banned
Mine hasn't been cancelled yet, I had a confirmation email.
LordOfChaos
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Same, fingers crossed. Mine says processing with an ETA of Wednesday still.
Did they give you anything? I want to say the last time I had an order from Dell.ca cancelled they gave me a 10% coupon or something.
thanks. gotta tell other people in the house to keep an eye out for the delivery dude
Nope, just seemed like they were trying to put the price back as quick as possible.
Also @LordOfChaos, no my order didn't go through at all. The price changed while it was in my cart. The chat rep saw my screenshot and said they'd call me for a quote, then the phone rep said they couldn't do it because it was a glitch. I asked why some orders did go through and she said that the orders that did go through will probably be honoured.
Guess I was just too slow haha
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