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Canadian Gaming "Deals" and Discussion Thread 6: Sorry, We Can't Afford a New Thread
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To be fair, they gave CDs about two years longer in their stores than they probably should have.
ColonelSkills
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...did Amazon.ca just ship Paper Jam on time to be delivered in time for release day?
Or has my water been laced with something.
Or has my water been laced with something.
User 479360
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I hope not. I don't like online shopping or digital games as much as physical.
HubbaBubba
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Not for me and my free super saver shipping. But that's normal for that shipping level.
ColonelSkills
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For what it's worth, mine was super saver and the e3 discount. First game from that set to do this.
It's usually a week late, not a week early.
Does that come out Friday???
yeah, on the 22nd
I don't think Best Buy will get out of games, but I can see them stocking mostly brand new games in store and having a pretty shallow collection.
I think they're already kind of there already.
To me, they're maybe the worst place to shop for games in person (though some stores are better than others). Even though they're not super busy, the game sections are frequently in disarray and poorly kept up.
I think they're already kind of there already.
To me, they're maybe the worst place to shop for games in person (though some stores are better than others). Even though they're not super busy, the game sections are frequently in disarray and poorly kept up.
This is why I don't do Best Offer (on Ebay, I mean). Though I believe there's an option to auto-reject if it's below a certain amount you set?
User 479360
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I get lowballers a lot. I hate it.
They'll offer you much less than you're asking, or will say they'll trade you 2 of a list of old games like NHL 07, DJ Hero, etc. Or they'll trade you some gun they have.
They'll offer you much less than you're asking, or will say they'll trade you 2 of a list of old games like NHL 07, DJ Hero, etc. Or they'll trade you some gun they have.
:lol
firehawk12
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I should have called yesterday. They stopped honoring the lower price. lol
User 479360
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Seriously, I was offered an airsoft gun or something like that.
That Damn Kid
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Did anyone see that CheapAssGamer got hacked?
After that it's Canada Posts fault lol.
NamikazeBurst
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Damn, Monday is pretty early. Unless you live all the way up in Iqaluit or something.
I just want the game to ship so I can see the price they charged. Then I will (hopefully) know the discount that each game will be getting.
My PSN cards were supposed to be delivered today, but no one at my house answered the door, so UPS left a note. Hopefully they come at a similar time tomorrow.
I'm pretty sure it was $19.99 for a while during the holiday season?
New games are, for the most part, but I'm not sure they are going to go back and raise the price of games that are a year old.
Mine says "estimate: Jan 29th to Feb 5th", so it looks like they are intentionally holding it back because I don't have prime. Either that or waiting to ship with Mighty No. 9 :lol
Yup, got it for $20 on Black Friday
User 479360
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How is this Justin's fault? Is it not Harper's problem that he inherited?
AlphaTwo00
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it was actually 1.19 before two years ago. Can I blame Harper for that one then?
Hmmm. What to buy?
oreomunsta
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It's not Harper's problem no more B]
Maximus.
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I can't remember the last time I bought a game in store thanks for the E3 promotions or waiting for sales online. It did surprise me how small the game section is in the redesigned Best Buy's, however for a long time at Futureshop (before it closed) and the Best Buy's in my area had pretty shitty stock in the gaming department.
That's interesting, I remember their dollar was worth more than ours when we were at par with the USD.
I guess the Australian economy has been struggling worse than Canada's?
User 479360
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What's the deal at Cineplex for Tuesdays? Half-price tickets? So, the tickets are about $5 each?
I'm tempted to go tonight because of the 500 points for any movie thing, but don't really feel like going out. Trying to decide if it's a great deal, or just the points equivalent of a Tuesday.
I'm tempted to go tonight because of the 500 points for any movie thing, but don't really feel like going out. Trying to decide if it's a great deal, or just the points equivalent of a Tuesday.
Forgive me I don't know much about arcade sticks, (but am also in the same position, with both the TES, and TE2 ordered while I make a decision) but I was wondering, what type of mods do people do to their sticks? Art swap? What else?
I'm considering keeping both so I can play 2 players, but now I wish I order 2 of each so I could have matching ones.
I ordered (digital $50 psn) last night and got the code this morning
The most common thing a lot of people change the sticks and buttons. Often people prefer to install actual arcade parts like Sanwa and Seimitsu parts, of course that's a moot point here as these are actual Sanwa parts used in the Madcatz sticks. That of course still leaves the option of replacing the buttons for colour reasons.
IE: This is my current Qanba Q4RAF
It came with Sanwa buttons already, but I replaced them with transparent ones, and cut the artwork so it would flow with the whole stick. Also changed the ball top to a blue bubble ball top because I already had one on hand, and it looks really good with the art.
Of course mods can go much deeper, such as changing the PCB internals for some sticks (often when people want to make sticks work for multiple systems)
I also have the TES+ and TE2+ both pre-ordered and have been deciding on which to keep.
Of course I may go with neither as a new PCB that features full PS4 compatibility with no 8-minute timeout is finally coming, and I could always mod that into my Qanba
binarymelon
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I had some difficulty. They won't accept all special characters in their passwords if I'm remembering correctly.
Any idea which ones they accept?
I've tried nearly every combination I can. They're really making it hard for me to give them money.
Are you sure about that ? I feel like their dollar has always been " weak ".
7$ (+10% off with Scene) tickets on Tuesday. You get a regular ticket for 1000 points so 500 points = 12.99/2 = 6.50$.
You're looking at pretty much the same deal.
User 479360
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Yeah, I asked them and they told me the same. Thanks
The local theatre is $9.99 per ticket, so I think she said it'd be about $5.39, which is cheap.
I didn't feel like getting dressed and going out tonight, plus none of the films really sold me.
Same. I wanted to watch The Revenant but felt too tired so I'm probably going tomorrow.
But tonight is Monday. Tuesday discount tickets would be tomorrow would they not?
Edit: Never mind, I'm an idiot. I didn't read the entire post.
Lone_Prodigy
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Use Visa Checkout when buying a movie ticket to get the next one free.
https://www.cineplex.com/promos/VCO
https://www.cineplex.com/promos/VCO
You can use the 500 points for even the expensive Imax or dbox tickets, making this a ridiculously good deal for the Monday. My parents used 1000 points for two tickets which would have come to $50
Our dollar was better since halfway through of 2014. It was even as high as 0.91 CAD one time.
User 479360
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Yeah, it was a great deal for those types of tickets. Can't disagree there.
I don't know if they have Dbox here, though, and the only local theatre with AVX just had Star Wars playing in it. No IMAX nearby either.
So, my options were kind of limited.
Had some strange trade offers myself. Had one guy offer me a guitar. Another claimed he was an artist and would draw me something in exchange for what i was selling.
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