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AusGAF 9 - F*** Off, We're Full (Of People With Different Ethnic Backgrounds)

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Planet_JASE

Member
Fusebox said:
Here's the whole story, it sounds a bit of a marketing gimmick to me:

I only stumbled across the article this morning while searching google for bitcoin sellers in Aus. I've only ever seen Bitcoins go steadily up though so if the pub owner is smart and hangs onto everything he gets there's a chance it could be worth a lot more in the future.
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Thanks for quoting the story. Yeah, it sounds like a bit of a publicity stunt. The good news is, if you don't use up all the coins you can get someone killed. Or get blotto for a weekend. Either/or.
 
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Sutton Dagger

Member
reptilescorpio said:
Here!

Tomorrows catalogue - Game is $79.98
Todays catalogue from last week, ends today - Pay $10, get $10 off
Pay $59.98 tomorrow!

Game is $69.98 overall
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Legend. In line now. ;)

Edit: ok well I ran into a snag. The $79 price does not come into play until tomorrow, thus the $10 pre-order offer doesn't apply to the catalogue price that starts tomorrow. They are going to check with head office and let me know when I pick it up tomorrow. Some of you guys were lucky ;)
 
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reptilescorpio

Member
Sutton Dagger said:
Legend. In line now. ;)

Edit: ok well I ran into a snag. The $79 price does not come into play until tomorrow, thus the $10 pre-order offer doesn't apply to the catalogue price that starts tomorrow. They are going to check with head office and let me know when I pick it up tomorrow. Some of you guys were lucky ;)
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The $10 off thing never had a price on it though, just said $10 off so I will push tomorrow for the $69 price
 
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bodyboarder

Member
Sutton Dagger said:
Legend. In line now. ;)

Edit: ok well I ran into a snag. The $79 price does not come into play until tomorrow, thus the $10 pre-order offer doesn't apply to the catalogue price that starts tomorrow. They are going to check with head office and let me know when I pick it up tomorrow. Some of you guys were lucky ;)
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I'm sure by the time I get in to pick up a copy every ozbargainer in the city has been in so it should be easy. As per below :D

reptilescorpio said:
The $10 off thing never had a price on it though, just said $10 off so I will push tomorrow for the $69 price
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jambo

Member
turtlesbonanza said:
Hello AusGAF. I'm new here. Be gentle.

Is there an AusGAF Rockstar crew for GTA Online?

Can I please get an invite to the steam group? Steam ID: tails13
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Welcome

Steam ID?
360 Gamertag?
PS3 thingy?
Twitterer?
How many of your relatives has the Carbon Tax suffocated so far?
Sexiest Bond: Pierce Brosnan or Sir Sean "The Rock" Connery?
Would you buy a Crackdown 3?
Thoughts on Viva Pinata Party Pinatas?
iOS gamer or Android user?
How do you feel about DRM and always on DRM?
Is Women teh weakest sex in gaeming?
Do you Kooka with Country Cookies?
UGG boots. Do you speak it?
Red Rock Deli chips are the best chips.
Picking up a Vita or have a 3DS? OR SNK THINGY?
D&D or Board Games or IRL Role Playing or Furry or Capcom fan?
Sexy: Karen Gillan? Ricki Lee? Missy Higgins? Insert guy/girl of interest (Lily Cerna, Ella Morton, Mel McLaughlin, kPOP) here.
Tony Abbott: Best budgie smuggler or just saggy smarmy arsehole?
Jalapeño man?
BACON MAN?
Interest in alcohol? Scotch and Cider?
Vegemite... Mana from heaven or foul toxic sludge?
Do you plays the Halos or Duties or FieldsOfBattlez?
Any glass eyeballs?
Are you the one delaying all the fucking videogames into 2013 killing 3rd party support for the WiiU?
Are you Mayan or can use Maya?
Curse of Monkey Island is the greatest game of all time
 
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Box of Bunnies

Banned
turtlesbonanza said:
Hello AusGAF. I'm new here. Be gentle.
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Welcome, newcomer. Please complete this new, improved version of AusGAF's Patented Questionnaire

Steam ID? (you've already answered tihs one)
360 Gamertag?
PS3 thingy?
Twitterer?
How many of your relatives has the Carbon Tax suffocated so far?
Sexiest Bond: Pierce Brosnan or Sir Sean "The Rock" Connery? Trick question, the answer's Timothy Dalton!
Would you buy a Crackdown 3?
Thoughts on Viva Pinata Party Pinatas?
iOS gamer or Android user?
How do you feel about DRM and always on DRM?
Is Women teh weakest sex in gaeming?
Do you Kooka with Country Cookies?
UGG boots. Do you speak it?
Thins Light & Tangy chips are the best chips.
Picking up a Vita or have a 3DS? OR SNK THINGY?
D&D or Board Games or IRL Role Playing or Furry or Capcom fan?
Sexy: Jenna Coleman? Kate-Miller Heidke? Missy Higgins? Insert guy/girl of interest (Lily Cerna, Myf Warhurst, Sam Armytage, kPOP) here.
Tony Abbott: Best budgie smuggler or just saggy smarmy arsehole?
Jalapeño man?
BACON MAN?
Interest in alcohol? Scotch and Cider?
Vegemite... Mana from heaven or foul toxic sludge?
Do you plays the Halos or Duties or FieldsOfBattlez?
Any glass eyeballs?
Are you the one delaying all the fucking videogames into 2013 killing 3rd party support for the WiiU?
Are you Mayan or can use Maya?
Monkey Island 2: Lechuck's Revenge is the greatest game of all time
 
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reptilescorpio

Member
Everyone knows CMI is the best game of all time BoB. Don't fight it.

Also lol MS
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turtlesbonanza

Member
Steam ID? tails13 (there are two listed, I'm the one with Tommy Lee Jones for an avatar
360 Gamertag? slimmertails
PS3 thingy? tails13
Twitterer? N/A
How many of your relatives has the Carbon Tax suffocated so far? 0
Sexiest Bond: Pierce Brosnan or Sir Sean "The Rock" Connery? Connery
Would you buy a Crackdown 3? No.
Thoughts on Viva Pinata Party Pinatas? No.
iOS gamer or Android user? Android for play. iOS for work.
How do you feel about DRM and always on DRM? PITA
Is Women teh weakest sex in gaeming? Snipers are.
Do you Kooka with Country Cookies? I do.
UGG boots. Do you speak it? Fluently.
Red Rock Deli chips are the best chips. Chilli + Sour cream wins at life.
Picking up a Vita or have a 3DS? OR SNK THINGY? No.
D&D or Board Games or IRL Role Playing or Furry or Capcom fan? Board games
Sexy: Karen Gillan? Ricki Lee? Missy Higgins? Insert guy/girl of interest (Lily Cerna, Ella Morton, Mel McLaughlin, kPOP) here. Brooke Satchwell
Tony Abbott: Best budgie smuggler or just saggy smarmy arsehole? Arsehole
Jalapeño man? In moderation.
BACON MAN? In excess.
Interest in alcohol? Scotch and Cider? Lagavulin 16
Vegemite... Mana from heaven or foul toxic sludge? Mana from heaven
Do you plays the Halos or Duties or FieldsOfBattlez? FieldsOfBattlez only
Any glass eyeballs? No.
Are you the one delaying all the fucking videogames into 2013 killing 3rd party support for the WiiU? Not I.
Are you Mayan or can use Maya? I'm afraid not.
Curse of Monkey Island is the greatest game of all time
 
M

Maddrical

Member
Hi Ausgaf.

I'm pretty happy GTA V hasn't broken street date today (in Perth, that I know of) so I can safely go home and watch Breaking Bad. Damn, I am pumped for both.

Is there some kind of list for PSN users so we can play GTA:O with fellow Ausgaffers?
 
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Fusebox

Banned
Turtlesrbonza the Bond question was a trick the correct answer is George Lazenby. The only Bond who could run with his shirt off until Craig came along.
 
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jambo

Member
We have a crew for GTA V

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/ausgaf/

It's invite only, so just add me (jambowned) to your friends list and I'll add you to the crew.


turtlesbonanza said:
Sexiest Bond: Pierce Brosnan or Sir Sean "The Rock" Connery? Connery

Is Women teh weakest sex in gaeming? Snipers are.

Red Rock Deli chips are the best chips. Chilli + Sour cream wins at life.

BACON MAN? In excess.

Vegemite... Mana from heaven or foul toxic sludge? Mana from heaven

Do you plays the Halos or Duties or FieldsOfBattlez? FieldsOfBattlez only
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Fusebox

Banned
His Scottish accent does nothing for me because I'm not a girl.

I'm serious, Lazenby was the only pre-Craig Bond that actually looked like spy who could handle himself when the shit went down.

Connery sure was awesome at slapping the ladies though.
 
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tborsje

Member
Relatively high AUD/USD rate today... gonna bite the bullet and buy a $424.94 Amazon gift card today and put it on the PS4 preorder. Not too sure if it'll be 93c come November, I'd expect another cash rate cut from the RBA before then - which would place downwards pressure on the rate.
 
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Rahk

Member
It seems I have just bought GTA5 from Amazon for PS3. Should hopefully arrive by the end of the week.

turtlesbonanza said:
Hello AusGAF. I'm new here. Be gentle.

Is there an AusGAF Rockstar crew for GTA Online?

Can I please get an invite to the steam group? Steam ID: tails13
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Welcome. Sent you an invite to the Steam group. Also, feel free to join the Steam Chat.
 
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Fusebox

Banned
I'll pay that, Brosnan looked right at home with the guns and gadgets. That period of crazy OTT Bond plots really suited what he brought to the role.
 
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tborsje

Member
tborsje said:
Relatively high AUD/USD rate today... gonna bite the bullet and buy a $424.94 Amazon gift card today and put it on the PS4 preorder. Not too sure if it'll be 93c come November, I'd expect another cash rate cut from the RBA before then - which would place downwards pressure on the rate.
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For the record, it came to AUD460.27. Currency conversion through my Westpac Debit Mastercard. Pretty happy with that rate.
 
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reptilescorpio

Member
Goldeneye was great, TND was fucking awful, Die Another Day I remember being AWFUL but when I rewatched it on Blu Ray I thought it was seriously great aside from 6 or 7 terribad scenes. The script had a lot of promise, you could REALLY tell they shoehorned in a few shitty set pieces and story arcs into what was probably a A+ original script.

But yeah, Dalton is boss. Loved all his movies. Best Bond films since the early Dr No/From Russia/Goldfinger trilogy of perfection.

DeathJr said:
Apart from the JBs and EBs, any other stores doing a midnight GTA5 launch?

I sold used SR4 for 70 bucks, feeling like buying GTA5 at launch now :p
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Sounds like some Target's might be open too.
 
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Fusebox

Banned
I didn't think I even had an option to pay it early, it's just a preordered launch edition and they don't charge you until it ships, at which point the currency conversion is done.
 
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tborsje

Member
Fusebox said:
I didn't think I even had an option to pay it early, it's just a preordered launch edition and they don't charge you until it ships, at which point the currency conversion is done.
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The error stated "Seller Unable To Ship To Address Provided", are they gonna cancel international orders? I'll get on their support and check. And to refund a $424 gift card haha
 
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Fusebox

Banned
My seller is listed as Amazon Export Sales which I'm pretty sure is just Amazon and they're shipping to my Aus address. Did you use a different seller by any chance?
 
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tborsje

Member
Fusebox said:
My seller is listed as Amazon Export Sales which I'm pretty sure is just Amazon and they're shipping to my Aus address. Did you use a different seller by any chance?
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Nope, it was the launch edition from Amazon directly. The rep is telling me in chat now that the PS4 won't be shipped internationally

From the support chat:
Me:Hello
I live in Australia and placed a preorder for a launch edition PS4 a few months ago. I received no errors or anything similar when I placed the order.
I today decided to pay the preorder off by buying a gift card for the purchase amount, $424.94. I purchased the card with my Mastercard, and applied the balance to the order.
But I just received an email telling me that my preorder was cancelled due to shipping!!! Why did this happen, and only as soon as I applied my gift card balance??? Can I get the order reestablished?
Ram Prasad:Hello, my name is Ram. I'll be happy to help you.
Me:Can you please check my inquiry listed above? Thanks
Ram Prasad:May I have the order number,　please?　　
Me:Sure, one minute. It's been deleted from my order screen so I'll get it from my email
Order #xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ram Prasad:Thanks.
I see that your order was canceled because this item doesn't ship internationally. I'm sorry about this.
Me:Is there any way to ship it to Australia? I didn't recieve any errors when I put the order through...
The PS4 is sold out everywhere, this really inconveniences me! I won't be able to get one for weeks after launch now
Ram Prasad:I understand your concern. If it doesn't ship to Australia. You shouldn't have got the option to place it. In this case, I'll forward to our account specialist team regarding this. They have the option to reinstate the order. I hope your order is reestablished.
You'll receive an email from them in next 1-2 business days.
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Fusebox

Banned
Serious?

I might contact them too, make sure my order is still gonna be filled.

Order Placed: June 11, 2013
Items Ordered
1 of: PlayStation 4: Launch Edition [Video Game]
Condition: New
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

Shipment #1: Not Yet Shipped Cancel Items
Shipping estimate: November 15, 2013
Delivery estimate: November 19, 2013 - November 22, 2013 (More about estimates)
Shipping Address:

DJ Fusion
Crack Alley,
Bankstown
Australia


Shipping Speed: Change Shipping Speed
AmazonGlobal Priority Shipping
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They've already taken my order, they better not cancel it the fuckers.
 
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tborsje

Member
Fusebox said:
Serious?

I might contact them too, make sure my order is still gonna be filled.



They've already taken my order, they better not cancel it the fuckers.
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That's pretty much the same as my order. Launch edition, ordered mine the day after the reveal I think? Same delivery estimate and everything. Mine only seemed to cancel when I made a change to the order, maybe it'll be like what happened to this guys Chromecast and only cancel when they're about to ship it and notice that there's an invalid address.
 
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Fusebox

Banned
Okay, from reading a bunch of random forum posts on the internet it seems if you try and muck with your order at all it will cancel, but Amazon customer reps have told some people that if they don't muck with the order it will ship internationally on the day.

Akira says:
Check this post, [http://www.amazon.com/PS4-Now-Shipp..._fp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B00CMQTVQO]
Actually there are people have their orders confirmed shipping internationally.
I've sent an email to CSA, but the reply is not helping and the reason is not acceptable.


Dan L. Bagasin says:
Yeah, but they are saying once shipping commences, the system would detect it, and orders would be dropped.


Pakaphol Buathon says:
Ok I have confirm with CSA that there no way system will drop the order at the time of shipping
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http://www.amazon.com/PS4-Now-Shipp...d_fp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B00CMQTVQO

Hi I just got Email confirm the estimate time of my PS4 Launch Edition is between November 19, 2013 - November 22, 2013 from previously estimate time is January 03, 2014 - January 08, 2014 and I just finish chatting with Customer Service

CSA: After checking the order, I can see that the order is estimated to be delivered by November 19, 2013 - November 22, 2013.
Me : So Can you confirm that my Ps4 order will receive between that period and shipping to Australia
CSA: Yes, it will be shipped to Australia.
Me: so amazon can't cancel my order at any stage right?
CSA: I can assure you that it will not be canceled and you will get it on time.

So it being said Amazon will ship PS4 internationally !!!
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Who knows really. At least I know not to try and change anything on my order.
 
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tborsje

Member
Fusebox said:
Okay, from reading a bunch of random forum posts on the internet it seems if you try and muck with your order at all it will cancel, but Amazon customer reps have told some people that if they don't muck with the order it will ship internationally on the day.



http://www.amazon.com/PS4-Now-Shipp...d_fp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B00CMQTVQO



Who knows really. At least I know not to try and change anything on my order.
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Well I'm hoping that someone at Amazon can still help me, I'm expecting an email from some specialist accounts team in a few days to address this.

As for the other orders... if I were in your position I'd be a bit more skeptical. Why should changing the order make the shipping address invalid? Do the reps really know that if you don't change the order it will get shipped, or are they assuming? :/
 
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Shaneus

Member
reptilescorpio said:
Also lol MS
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What the fuck does that even mean? It makes no sense.

Either that, or they're implying the people they sell their console to are beta testers. I dunno.

PS. Anyone broken street at all? I'd love it if K-Mart Belmont could sell it to me.

PPS. Cheapest B&M purchase... $79 from wherever?
 
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Box of Bunnies

Banned
tborsje said:
As for me... does EB games\JB Hifi etc still do preorders?
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When I was in EB last week their posters said "preorder to get your place in the queue for 2014" or some such so you probably don't want them. You'd really be better just rocking up to a Big Dub or whatever day one and seeing if they've got stock.

Shaneus said:
What the fuck does that even mean? It makes no sense.

Either that, or they're implying the people they sell their console to are beta testers. I dunno.
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It's supposed to mean "so advanced it was beta tested in the future then brought back in time for you to buy", but comes off more like your second sentence.

Basically, XBOne is the Terminator.
 
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