The 720p ones have always been pretty cheap.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 2
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The 720p ones have always been pretty cheap.
$637+tax on Acer 32" on either last week of December 2006 or first week of December 2007 here. I can't believe it's been 5 years already @_@I paid $750 (I think? Might have been $450... my memory is so bad) for my 720p 32" Samsung TV some years back.
Are they really exclusive, though? Because when you look at the pictures of the EB 'exclusive' cards, they show an Eggplant Wizard card, and I'm guessing there is no way they would make him an exclusive card that can only be had via preorder.
I wish NoA would take a page from NoE and give out a 24-card starter set like they are...
Well EB is claiming their set is an EB exclusive, and I've heard it has 5 cards vs someone told me the BB set only has 3 cards, so it sounds like they must be different -- whether individual cards are actually exclusive or it's just the combination of cards that you get that's exclusive remains to be seen.
A week ago, Superstore in Metrotown (Vancouver) was selling the 20GB refurbished for $15 and the 60GB brand new for $25. For the fat 360, not the slim.
You can just buy the fat one and take the drive out of it.
You could build/flash your own 250GB Xbox drive for around $95-100. You used to be able to do it for around $50, but hard drive prices skyrocketed after the factories got wrecked in a flood.
If you're okay with a small hard drive, you can get one from Superstore and pop it out of the fat enclosure and into a slim one (I'd suggest the 60GB because the 20GB is too small to reasonably install games). The empty plastic case costs around five bucks from Deal Extreme. You'll probably also need a tamper-proof screwdriver.
houroftower
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Noticed yesterday, up to 75% off HMV games and accessories. That was the Spring Garden Road store in Halifax. Still some good titles there for PSP/DS/PS3.
Lots of Zellers stores start their clearance on Wednesday.
http://www.zellers.com/liquidation/en/default.aspx
Has anyone been to the sales that have already started and have an idea of the discounts being offered?
http://www.zellers.com/liquidation/en/default.aspx
Has anyone been to the sales that have already started and have an idea of the discounts being offered?
Jacksonlee
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quck unrelated question to you, mate, who is that in your Avatar?
Big Chungus
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I regret returning the 250gb hdd that i bought on sale for $60 at the source.
Hero of Legend
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So it begins, I guess Target will finally be replacing Zellers?
As for me, I've considering to buying a full PSP replacement case.
wiisingonline has some parts, but I'm hoping I can somehow get one to make mine look like this:
Any place online at least that can offer this in parts? I'm not going to be super picky and will settle for a white front with a blue back with blue buttons, that'll look sexy.
Icing on the cake if I can get the MHP3 thumbstick on it, the main one sucks... I don't think it's possible to get a 3DS circle pad instead, it may not fit?
Finally, are there stores that will help put it all together? Because I don't think I'm in the position to do it myself.
DJ_Lae
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Darn, I was hoping one here in Victoria would be going (especially the Hillside location) in favour of Target as Zellers is basically just a seedier, dirtier Walmart.
Oh well.
Weird there's not a single Zellers in my city listed.
Only one in Ottawa too. I'm sure there will be more, it's just a matter of time.
I actually spoke with a friend who works for Target in the U.S., and they said we'll be getting everything the U.S. stores have, almost carbon copies of their stores, so none of the Zellers look or merch will stay. (But we'll finally be getting cheap Icees!)
Hobbestetrician
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They are remodeling a lot of that mall you would think it would be the perfect time to change it up.
Weird there's not a single Zellers in my city listed.
There's not a single listed in my PROVINCE , nevermind city.
I can't wait to move back to BC in a few months.
According to an RFDer, mostly 10% off, some 20%, and few 30%. Maybe the discounts will progressively increase? But this will probably end up like the Blockbuster closing sales, where idiots bought everything before the deals actually became good >:\
3 locations in BC. Dawson Creek, Penticton, and Prince Rupert what the crap.
For reference Ontario, that's like having the only stores on sale be the cities bordering Manitoba.
Same. I guess Bonnie Doon and Kingsway don't want to have a huge hole in their leases.
But I have to travel half an hour to reach the nearest Toronto location. HALF AN HOUR
I'm sorry, BC
Stop exaggerating, Penticton is like a 4 hour drive from Vancouver.
firehawk12
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So are these all becoming Targets, or are they just shutting them down for good?
There is only one city near the border of Manitoba. Heck it wasnt even a city until 12 years ago.
I was born there
Crazymoogle
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Seems unclear; RFD has a store list with details on which stores are reopening as Target, but many just say "pending", a few say "Jan 2013" and many stores aren't even on the zellers.com liquidation page. It's entirely possible they will shut every one down and do a fresh Target launch next year, though. Sounds like a lot of lease negotiation.
I paid $600 for a Sony 32" 1080p TV less than 2 years ago. I bought at just the wrong time...by that Christmas you could get them sub-$400.
AFAIK, the current Zellers stores can be grouped into three categories.
Target apparently looked at the locations and lease terms of all the Zellers stores, and they picked all the nice ones, and they're wanting to swoop in under the current lease conditions. These stores (apparently the majority of Zellers) will be converted into Targets. It seems unlikely that they'll want to re-negotiate any leases, because the leases were already a major factor when they picked their stores, and they shouldn't want to shake things up.
Then there's apparently a number of overpriced stinkers that Target didn't want to touch, so they left them behind with HBC, and it's up to HBC to close them out or convert them into The Bay locations, or do something else with them.
And then there's also a third group of stores that Target doesn't want to keep, but they thought that they were too good a deal to pass up, so Target is apparently going to gut and liquidate those ones.
Cross posting my post from the RFD thread.
"All in stock toys are 20% off, that includes Lego. Lots of great Lego sets, but only warm prices as they're so overpriced to begin with. Video Games, Movies, and Electronics were all 10% off. Electric Shavers were 20% off.
Gloucester in Ottawa had a couple of Toy Story Lego sets marked down about 50% with an additional 20% off. I'm personally going to wait for until 40-50% off before picking up any of the more expensive sets though."
In HMV sale news, all consoles are 30-60% off. DSi, DS, DS XL, and 3DS units are 60% off, while PS3 and XBOX consoles are 30% off.
That means 250gb PS3 for about $200 and DS XL's for $100. (Both of these are in stock at the Ottawa Rideau Centre location)
"All in stock toys are 20% off, that includes Lego. Lots of great Lego sets, but only warm prices as they're so overpriced to begin with. Video Games, Movies, and Electronics were all 10% off. Electric Shavers were 20% off.
Gloucester in Ottawa had a couple of Toy Story Lego sets marked down about 50% with an additional 20% off. I'm personally going to wait for until 40-50% off before picking up any of the more expensive sets though."
In HMV sale news, all consoles are 30-60% off. DSi, DS, DS XL, and 3DS units are 60% off, while PS3 and XBOX consoles are 30% off.
That means 250gb PS3 for about $200 and DS XL's for $100. (Both of these are in stock at the Ottawa Rideau Centre location)
What's up with the HMV sales? Are they planning to get rid of gaming?
The ones where I live cleared their games section 3 weeks ago. They didn't gave any clearance sales though
firehawk12
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Man, I just got Ottawa flashbacks!
They already have, from what I've seen. Funny how a lot of these places got in to games only to want to get out now.
And, it's going to suck not having a crappy department store to buy stuff from near me when the Zellers goes. Even if it's converting into a Target, 2013 seems to be a mighty long time from now.
Nothing in Ottawa. I was expecting the one in Nepean to close down, at least.
joeygreco1985
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Looks like the Mississauga Zellers sale starts in a few weeks. I was always underwhelmed with Zeller's videogame section though. Their price drops were always way later than Walmart's
Should have stayed in KW. That Waterloo Zellers is the best one.
These closing sales are always pointless. They start at like 10% off and all the horders clear the store out because the word "Closing" is in the sale name. If they did a regular "10% off everything sale which happens often(once a month for seniors), nobody cares.
idiots.
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Kuro Madoushi
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target = grungy walmart? not from what I've heard from Americans
I hope that goddamn Zellers at Gerrard Square bites the dust and turns into a target! :O
I hope that goddamn Zellers at Gerrard Square bites the dust and turns into a target! :O
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