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Cheap Arse Gaffer |Europe| We Need To Go Cheaper
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There's no point paying now, they will automatically charge on point of dispatch.
JennyTablina
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You don't have to pay till the game ships. If you preorder - the price you pay is locked to whatever it was when you ordered. You can pay in advance if you wish - but if you do that, and for some reason want to cancel, Your money will only be refunded as shopto credit. It also supposedly doesn't mean you get the item on first come, first serve basis.
German guy here.
I want to take the offer of buying 3 Games for the price of two from Saturn (paying about 80) and also want to buy a 3DS XL for cheap. Any good offers avaiable? One of the games will be Monster Hunter which I will register and get a second for free which I will probably sell for 30.
So in the end a 3DS XL with power cable for 160, 3 games for 80, selling my double monster hunter for 30. Paying about 210 for 4 games, 3DS XL and power cable.
Is that possible? I guess yes, isn't it?
I want to take the offer of buying 3 Games for the price of two from Saturn (paying about 80) and also want to buy a 3DS XL for cheap. Any good offers avaiable? One of the games will be Monster Hunter which I will register and get a second for free which I will probably sell for 30.
So in the end a 3DS XL with power cable for 160, 3 games for 80, selling my double monster hunter for 30. Paying about 210 for 4 games, 3DS XL and power cable.
Is that possible? I guess yes, isn't it?
It should be - I'd also suggest looking at Amazon.de's offer on 3 for 2 games right now which includes titles on the Nintendo buy 3 get 1 free
http://www.amazon.de/gp/feature.htm...rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=403967807&pf_rd_i=B0071L2QSK
One thing to consider is that you might need someone else to work with you to get the free copy of Monster Hunter - since I'm pretty sure you cant register it - get your code then use it on the same account
Yeah, but amazon doesnt have the games I want. I will just go to our shop Saturn, because they have the exact same offer (amazon copied them). I will be able to use my original copy of monster hunter and just sell the code won't I? Surely won't be a problem I guess. That's a killer deal I have in mind.
Buying 3DS XL from Amazon Italy with cable for about 160
Buying 3 Games and getting one free from Nintendo 80
Selling Monster Hunter Code for 20-30
About 210-220 for 3DS XL with 4 new games. No better deal avaiable.
How the code works (i did this last night for a friend to get them the free game).
You have to have a Nintendo account , and register Monster Hunter on that account.
After doing this you click a separate request box and it will email you a special code (this is *not* a code for Monster hunter).
You then need a seperate Nintendo account which you register your 3DS to , and then use the 'special' code to add Monster Hunter to your account which you can then download via the eshop
So you need to have 2 accounts and although I'm sure you can probably setup a 'fake' one to do the first part I'm sure you will not be able to do it all on a single account.
So I will have to register the normal copy to a fake account, get the E-Mail, register the code to my normal account along with my 3DS XL and I am good to go and can sell my normal copy. That's also ok.
10% off on Steam if you already own another EU game.
Okay, thanks.
Linkstrikesback
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That's just the generic name for flubits merchant. They won't be the ones sending any order.
Yeah after looking into it they appear to be...not that good. If it was a game for £30 or something i wouldnt have a problem ordering but im not gonna risk £177 with them. Will just have to go for the fire emblem XL bundle for £160 instead
Dragon1893
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Portugaf, jumbo is selling the 3DSXL for 150 until the 12th. Bought mine today.
Which colors?!
I managed to pre-order Animal Crossing:NL for £23 on Flubit, totally understand your hesitation if it's your first time but I haven't heard any complaints as of yet.
Dash Kappei
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AFAIK the offer expired. You linked to the SO MANY GAMES PROMOTION from Nintendo.
EU PSN sales (valid till 19th of june):
inFAMOUS €9.99 / £7.99
inFAMOUS 2 €9.99 / £7.99
inFAMOUS 2 Character Skin Pack €0.99 / £0.79
inFAMOUS 2 Powers Pack €1.49 / £1.19
inFAMOUS 2 Weapons Pack €1.49 / £1.19
inFAMOUS Collection €17.99 / £13.99
inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood €4.99 / £3.99
PSN Picks: Killzone + inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood €9.99 / £7.99 <-- I think, I will probably get this one
Killzone €7.49 / £5.99
Killzone 2 – Steel & Titanium Pack €2.99 / £2.39
Killzone 2 – Napalm & Cordite Pack €2.99 / £2.39
Killzone 2 – Map Pack Bundle €6.49 / £5.19
Killzone 3 Retro Map Pack €2.49 / £1.99
Killzone 3 Steel Rain Map Pack €2.49 / £1.99
Killzone 3 From The Ashes Map Pack €2.49 / £1.99
Killzone 3 Map Pack Bundle €4.99 / £3.99
Killzone 3 Multiplayer €7.49 / £5.99
inFAMOUS €9.99 / £7.99
inFAMOUS 2 €9.99 / £7.99
inFAMOUS 2 Character Skin Pack €0.99 / £0.79
inFAMOUS 2 Powers Pack €1.49 / £1.19
inFAMOUS 2 Weapons Pack €1.49 / £1.19
inFAMOUS Collection €17.99 / £13.99
inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood €4.99 / £3.99
PSN Picks: Killzone + inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood €9.99 / £7.99 <-- I think, I will probably get this one
Killzone €7.49 / £5.99
Killzone 2 – Steel & Titanium Pack €2.99 / £2.39
Killzone 2 – Napalm & Cordite Pack €2.99 / £2.39
Killzone 2 – Map Pack Bundle €6.49 / £5.19
Killzone 3 Retro Map Pack €2.49 / £1.99
Killzone 3 Steel Rain Map Pack €2.49 / £1.99
Killzone 3 From The Ashes Map Pack €2.49 / £1.99
Killzone 3 Map Pack Bundle €4.99 / £3.99
Killzone 3 Multiplayer €7.49 / £5.99
Andrefpvs
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Shit, bad timing. I've been waiting forever for a deal like this, but my laptop recently broke and I'm afraid I'm going to need the money for repairs/new one.
Still, thanks for letting us know. Which Jumbo did you go to?
Shit, went there today didn't notice. Tempting even though I was waiting for a Zelda special edition.
I've had about 15 orders from them now with no complaints at all. The only issue I had is when they sent me someone else's order by accident. I sent it back, they refunded the postage and gave me 500 points. Their customer service is awesome!
Dragon1893
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I bought the black and blue one, not sure if they have others.
Vila Real.
foobarry81
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Ok, so I got screwed over for the first time by Zavvi.
Had preordered Fire Emblem with them. I knew I wouldn't get the game on release date, but that was fine with me.
I got a dispatch email on April 17th, so a bit before release.
After 21 working days the game still hadn't shown up. So I contact Zavvi, they tell me to fill out a form, so they can "investigate" the matter and send out a new copy. Which I immediately do, and I email it to them.
Another week passes, no word from Zavvi, so I contact them again. They tell me they never received my form. So I email it again.
Two more days pass and now they emailed me they don't have any copies of Fire Emblem left and will refund me.
CS was friendly and all, and they can only do so much. But with all of this I missed out on the free DLC for the game. And since it never happened to me before (with over 330 online game purchases) that an order didn't show up at all, I wonder if they have actually really sent me a copy at all.
Anyway, it's a shame about the free DLC, but I can still order the game elsewhere. It's just that I had a nice price (£26.96) from Zavvi and so it's gonna cost me more now. :-(
Had preordered Fire Emblem with them. I knew I wouldn't get the game on release date, but that was fine with me.
I got a dispatch email on April 17th, so a bit before release.
After 21 working days the game still hadn't shown up. So I contact Zavvi, they tell me to fill out a form, so they can "investigate" the matter and send out a new copy. Which I immediately do, and I email it to them.
Another week passes, no word from Zavvi, so I contact them again. They tell me they never received my form. So I email it again.
Two more days pass and now they emailed me they don't have any copies of Fire Emblem left and will refund me.
CS was friendly and all, and they can only do so much. But with all of this I missed out on the free DLC for the game. And since it never happened to me before (with over 330 online game purchases) that an order didn't show up at all, I wonder if they have actually really sent me a copy at all.
Anyway, it's a shame about the free DLC, but I can still order the game elsewhere. It's just that I had a nice price (£26.96) from Zavvi and so it's gonna cost me more now. :-(
Dutchgaf:
Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but you can buy the Skyrim Collector's Edition (yes the one with the dragon statue) for 30 euro at Game Mania stores in the Netherlands (not sure if Belgium stores has them too, but I would guess so). PS3 and Xbox360 only. Stores probably don't have stock themselves, but you can reserve one in-store and have to wait for them to get it shipped to the store.
Same goes for Assassin's Creed III Freedom edition (also 30 euro), but I think they only have Xbox360 stock left.
They must have some old stock lying around they're trying to get rid of, so don't wait too long.
Edit: just read on another forum that ACIII may be sold out already, but Skyrim should still be available.
Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but you can buy the Skyrim Collector's Edition (yes the one with the dragon statue) for 30 euro at Game Mania stores in the Netherlands (not sure if Belgium stores has them too, but I would guess so). PS3 and Xbox360 only. Stores probably don't have stock themselves, but you can reserve one in-store and have to wait for them to get it shipped to the store.
Same goes for Assassin's Creed III Freedom edition (also 30 euro), but I think they only have Xbox360 stock left.
They must have some old stock lying around they're trying to get rid of, so don't wait too long.
Edit: just read on another forum that ACIII may be sold out already, but Skyrim should still be available.
Ok, so I got screwed over for the first time by Zavvi.
Had preordered Fire Emblem with them. I knew I wouldn't get the game on release date, but that was fine with me.
I got a dispatch email on April 17th, so a bit before release.
After 21 working days the game still hadn't shown up. So I contact Zavvi, they tell me to fill out a form, so they can "investigate" the matter and send out a new copy. Which I immediately do, and I email it to them.
Another week passes, no word from Zavvi, so I contact them again. They tell me they never received my form. So I email it again.
Two more days pass and now they emailed me they don't have any copies of Fire Emblem left and will refund me.
CS was friendly and all, and they can only do so much. But with all of this I missed out on the free DLC for the game. And since it never happened to me before (with over 330 online game purchases) that an order didn't show up at all, I wonder if they have actually really sent me a copy at all.
Anyway, it's a shame about the free DLC, but I can still order the game elsewhere. It's just that I had a nice price (£26.96) from Zavvi and so it's gonna cost me more now. :-(
I had the same problem with the newest Sly game. My first big issue with them in five years.
Dragon1893
Member
I'm going through the same thing. Sent the form on Monday and still haven't heard back. I have a huge order history with them and never lost anything, this was my last order from them (it's a pre-order I had a long time ago so it was still free shipping and not the outrageous new shipping fees) and as luck would have it, I got screwed in the very end.
This is unacceptable, I've paid for the damn game more than a month ago and still don't have it. I don't even know if they've sent a replacement at this point.
Black? Fuck i'm going there today!
foobarry81
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The Belgian website says they do.
Skyrim for PS3 is still the one to avoid though, right? Or is it playable now?
Outrageous new shipping fees? Zero euros is outrageous? Getting stuff sent free, I don't really mind that it sometimes takes a while longer. You basically get what you (do not) pay for.
They have the four week waiting period for a reason. And sometimes they DO actually find your missing item once they start the process of trying to locate where the hell it has gone (this has happened to both me and my big brother). I don't get this mentality, they've been more or less fine for you for a long time and then, one mistake and they are the online retailer from hell that killed your dog and put your house to flame.
Dragon1893
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Did you even read what I wrote?! They are charging 10 euros for shipping outside the UK now.
If you think that not hearing back from them 4 days after sending the form, even if it's just to say that they received it and are taking care of the problem and give me some kind of deadline for either giving me a refund or sending me another one, than we have very different standards man.
foobarry81
Member
Shipping to Portugal is now 10 euros or so. Mandatory tracked shipping.
Dragon1893
Member
Can't believe he was actually thinking that I was saying that free shipping is too expensive, specially considering that my post was very clear.
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Deleted member 1235
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willing to sell my NOE code for any of the 8 games in the promotion for 5 euro/pounds cheaper than the cheapest you can get it if anyone interested.
Animal crossing New leaf
Donkey Kong 3DS
Luigis mansion
some other crap games.
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-3DS-So-Many-Games-Promotion/Overview/Overview-750393.html
show me where you'd buy it for the lowest price and I'll discount you 5 off that. PM me if interested.
Animal crossing New leaf
Donkey Kong 3DS
Luigis mansion
some other crap games.
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-3DS-So-Many-Games-Promotion/Overview/Overview-750393.html
show me where you'd buy it for the lowest price and I'll discount you 5 off that. PM me if interested.
GameStop were very good with Arkham City when I ordered it from them - I seem to recall that I got it the day before release day.
Has this sub-12€ (+3€ shipping if not Premium) Zombi U from Amazon Spain been posted?
Amazon even offered me a Premium trial (the second I get from Amazon Spain) so the total cost was 11.28€. If that's not impulse buy territory then I don't know what is.
Amazon even offered me a Premium trial (the second I get from Amazon Spain) so the total cost was 11.28€. If that's not impulse buy territory then I don't know what is.
foobarry81
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He probably just misread. ;-)
That's only £9.50ish on a straight conversion. If I could get free shipping from Spain to UK...
That's a great price. GameStop Italy for 70 (60£) *sighs*
I preordered it from Amazon UK, I hope they'll ship it before a few days before friday so I can have it on monday but I doubt it
Still zero euros for me (Finland). Sucks to be you if you live in a country where so many packages got lost by your shitty post office (or "lost") that free shipping got taken away from you. The same has been done by a lot of different online retailers for some specific countries, when too many packages started getting "lost."
Sure, they should've answered by now, but sometimes you have to be active on these things yourself, asking constantly if things are being taken forward instead of being all martyr-y and bitching about it on some gaming forum, which guarantees that it won't go forward. If you have beef with Zavvi, you take it to THEM, not to a game forum.
Post gets lost, all Zavvi can do is SEND the item to you, they can't make sure that once they've done that each and every post office/harbor/air port the items go through in each & every country handles each & every item with so much care that there's zero possibility for it to get lost. I simply don't get so butthurt about that like a lot of others do.
Dragon1893
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Dude, what the hell is your problem? I've been trying to contact zavvi through their site and their twitter every day. There have been hundreds of posts similar to mine here complaining about stuff like this. Are you for real? Jesus.
I have ordered 7 things from flubit over the last 2 months, all through "Fireworks Merchant Limited" and no problems. Saved £31.35 - loving flubit.
Aretak
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I also had issues with Zavvi not responding to my claim form for something recently. I sent it three times over the course of a couple of weeks and they never responded to me once. In the end I copied and pasted a link to a scan of it, uploaded to an image hosting site, into one of their site messages, along with the threat of a credit card chargeback if they didn't acknowledge receipt of it within a couple of days. Lo and behold, they got back to me within 24 hours and issued a refund.
Perhaps their new strategy is hoping people will just forget about it and go away.
Dragon1893
Member
Thanks for the heads up.
I call bullshit on the "item got lost in your country a lot part". In the past 2 years I ordered more than 300 books from a big online shop in the UK, only one got lost a few weeks ago. Now zavvi wants 20, yes twenty!, Euros to ship to Romania. Yeah, not gonna happen. Thank God there are other shops who are still shipping for 1-3 pounds per order/item.
The problem with the shipping is not that the items get lost, most of them were not tracked. So anybody could claim they never arrived in the first place. Online shops send them tracked now so they can verify if the item really has been lost.
Looks like i clicked the wrong link
http://www.amazon.de/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000723393&plgroup=1
If this does not work just go to Amazon.DE - search for Monster Hunter and about 1/2 way down the page is a link to the 3 for 2 offer which is still in place.
Buy 3 games from Amazon.de and pay for 2 - those include Monster Hunter / Luigi's mansion 2 / Castlevania - if you buy those 3 you can use the codes to get a 4th game free from Nintendo (so your getting 4 games in total for the cost of 2)
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