Canadian Gaming "Deals" and Discussion Thread 6: Sorry, We Can't Afford a New Thread
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knacklover
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On product page (not all games are like this):
Want to receive this the day it comes out?
Select Two-Day Shipping shipping at checkout.
On Amazon Student/Prime:
When you want it, when you need it
FREE Two-Day shipping with Amazon Prime
Also on the Student/Prime page:
Amazon Student Benefits
Free release-date delivery on video games, DVDs, books and more
Exclusive deals and promotions. Learn more
is that very divisive? I haven't seen much against it? unless you're talking about something else
I never got a code
I still can't find that text on their Prime Student page but here's what they say about release-date delivery:
Amazon.ca said:
Fire Emblem: Fates has Release-Date Delivery. Street Fighter V does not.
It's shitty that they didn't clarify that not all games are eligible for release date delivery.
knacklover
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Then prime member should get their SFV between tomorrow (release) and Thursday (2-day shipping) and its fair game, since it does not have release day delivery.
To select postal codes, i.e. Toronto and Vancouver.
Sure? All it says on the Street Fighter V page is that it releases tomorrow. 2 day shipping means exactly that: It will take 2 days or less from their warehouse to your doorstep. If they run out of stock and aren't able fulfill your order OR they don't ship it tomorrow, you won't get it on Thursday.
People need to realize that shipping speed does not factor when they ship an item. It only dictates how fast it gets to you once it leaves them; if it goes by plane, boat or mule.
Housh
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I got MGSV a week and a half late despite preordering a year in advance and people were posting in this thread how they just ordered it and received it the next day. There were tons of copies everywhere and I live 40 minutes from the Amazon warehouse in Mississauga. Customer service said it was a fault in their computer system because I preordered it with a bunch of other games before they had set release dates and yes the shipping preference was set to dispatch items as they are available.
When I signed up for Prime Student a year or two ago their sign up page had a bunch of pictures of video game characters and blu ray titles promoting the release-date delivery. I see all that is gone probably because of the complaints and the limitations of their system to deliver on that promise.
Hopefully they will sort out the technical issues but this year I'll try Best Buy with my E3 preorders.
Check who the carrier is. Sometime Amazon.ca ships to me via UPS, sometimes Canada Post. But it's usually UPS so when it says delivered and there's nothing at the door I get anxious that someone has stolen it from my doorstep.
And then my wife checks the mailbox, "You have a package here!"
Oh whew.
DeathByBacklog
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Were you able to redeem it? I'm in chat with Amazon right now. They gave me a code, but it's saying it's wrong or invalid.
knacklover
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We're having the same opinion here I think lol. I am saying the same thing as you!
Personal feedback from Amazon: From all my E3 orders from Amazon, only 3-4 games did not have release day delivery (I did not order SFV), and maybe 90% of the game with release day delivery do not arrive day 1.
They'll sit on your order for a week because you don't have prime
ReddishGUI
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I got it last week but haven't opened it yet so I'm getting worried now :-(
WrenchNinja
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Does Canadian Prime even have benefits besides faster delivery?
ReddishGUI
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It gives you more power to complain if anything is wrong with your order(if it's just a day late you'll most likely get 5-10$/a free month of prime).
Prime pays for itself if you put some effort into it.
Well that's how I see it...
March of the Crabs
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Not that I know of. Kind of ridiculous. I never get things on time even WITH Prime so it is genuinely a way for me to dump money and see no return from it. I only have it because I've gotten almost a year free now from late deliveries and Amazon extending my membership. It's very much a bizarre vicious circle. I will never not have Prime and I will never get items on time.
DeathByBacklog
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Reddish...
Were you able to redeem your SFV Bison code? Amazon gave a code through chat but it said it was wrong or invalid.
ReddishGUI
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DeathByBacklog
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Yeah. Couldn't enter the code over the comp as the site is down for maintenance. But I tried it on the PS4 and it wouldn't take. I'm wondering if it's just not going to be useable until after the games release. If you get a chance to try it today, let me know what happens.
Probably won't work until after the game releases.
Reminds me of when Type-0 HD came out. Got it early, but the FFXV Duscae code wouldn't work until the Tuesday, lol
DeathByBacklog
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Then I might end up having an extra Bison code as the promotions department is suppose to send me a new code.
firehawk12
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4 days until this thread has a meltdown with Fire Emblem SE shipments. Since I'm one of them, it should be interesting.
I just redeemed it. Looks like it works.
Amazon shipping is always better for me than it gives me estimates for (in the 25th to 3rd camp here, Toronto), so I'm not tripping out too much because I can get shipping notices really late in the night and it arrive the next day.
Just sucks cause this was my reading week and probably the only chance I'll get a big chunk of time to play until May. Saving the money >>>>>> slightly late shipping, especially considering unlike some other games with multiplayer components, SFV won't die out in that time my order is still processing.
Just sucks cause this was my reading week and probably the only chance I'll get a big chunk of time to play until May. Saving the money >>>>>> slightly late shipping, especially considering unlike some other games with multiplayer components, SFV won't die out in that time my order is still processing.
DeathByBacklog
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Dammit!
KingdomHeartsFan
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Physical release of Heavy Rain collection is every where except NA, wtf Sony first Gravity Rush then this...
ReddishGUI
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It's fine since it's just heavy rain and beyond but IF knack 2 is digital-only in NA then...
Haven't been paying much attention over the weekend, but is Knack 2 a done deal? I read rumblings of a few rumors on Thursday but nothing after.
Edit: I see it popped up on an animators CV, should be hearing news soon then I guess?
I'm trying not to think about the shipping.
I'm just worried EB won't package mine safely and it'll arrived damaged to hell. With how limited these are, a replacement would be impossible. :/
Elitist1945
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Any deals on Remember Me out there? Specifically for PS3 - or Steam, but its not on sale at the moment as far as I know.
doctorcdcs
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just in case, if you were a ps+ member before feb 2014, it was available for members for free if you remembered to add it to your account.
knacklover
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My life would be shattered! Don't say stuff like that...
ReddishGUI
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To the person who got scratched pokemon movies:
My disc for the third movie is badly scratched(I blame the case) and holy shit that's an ugly and cheap packaging(the print on the discs looks so low-quality...)
My disc for the third movie is badly scratched(I blame the case) and holy shit that's an ugly and cheap packaging(the print on the discs looks so low-quality...)
Sealtest
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Okay so it's not just me then. When I first opened it I didn't understand why they would put the third disc like that. Guess i'll be emailing them about the scratched discs.
Embrace the chaos
DeathByBacklog
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Worst fears are coming to light...
My 1TB hard drive in my PS4 is full.
My 1TB hard drive in my PS4 is full.
Actually I do. Well it's student prime but still.
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