Herbert Moon
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Alright, fellow residents of BC: Telus or Shaw for internet? I'm moving into a new apartment in 2 weeks and I need to get this sorted out.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 2
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I prefer Telus. Usually their entry promos are for 12 months while Shaw I notice is usually 6 months. I also think Telus usually offers faster internet for their promos than Shaw. You should be able to get internet and tv bundled for $20 or internet, tv, and home phone bundled for $30. I think Telus has a booth set up in Oakridge.
DJ_Lae
Member
Whoever has the best deal at the moment. I've switched back and forth between them two or three times in the past couple of years just because they never manage to beat the other's incentives, which amuses me as they have to pay techs to come out and plug in my cable/optik boxes each time.
Telus often has the biggest incentives with physical products, but they all require a fixed contract. Shaw has the faster speeds right now.
Tech support's been a mixed bag with both. Shaw's call center people always seemed a little grumpier on average.
Right now I'm on Telus, though if Shaw decides to offer something spectacular I'll switch.
Lately Telus has either not required a contract or a contract that lasts for the same amount of time as the promo. I've actually never had an issue with Telus matching Shaw's offer or extending a promo in the past 3 or so years.
Edit: never take the physical product incentives. They'll require you to be on 3 years and pay full price. Take the $10 a service promo.
Edit: never take the physical product incentives. They'll require you to be on 3 years and pay full price. Take the $10 a service promo.
Herbert Moon
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Thanks guys, sounds like Telus is the way to go.
narcosis219
Member
Ugh, went to two future shops and their Gravity Rush stock got sold within 20 minutes. Like, literally I call in, confirm stock, get there 20 mins later and get "ohhh noooo im sorryyyyyy".
Now what do I do with FFXIII-2? =(
Now what do I do with FFXIII-2? =(
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
The 3DS E3 selection on FS is pretty crummy--no Animal Crossing, Paper Mario, or NSMB2. Pre-ordered KH and Layton and the Last Story, though. Not sure I'll keep any of them, but might as well put a hold on them anyway.
firehawk12
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When I went for MGS they were sold out and the dude there told me he could do it for when they got more in, which was later that week. I would say they'll get more gravity rush in quickly.
On mine, I think I had to type cables to go connect cables, and then I went back to the home screen and I forget where I typed to go to next, but then I typed to read the instructions, turn on the power, and put on some VR goggles. Then it gave me a message with "animus" highlighted in yellow as the password.
For red I had a keyboard at the bottom of the contact page where you had to click the keys to mimic the pattern it showed you, and the password it gave me was GOLBEZ.
For blue I went through the video game pages and found "po" on the Pac-man page and "wer" on SMB to get power as the password.
I couldn't do yellow, because you needed to have knowledge of PlayStation games to do that one, so I did the orange one and I had to shoot 4 GL targets (2 of which were tiny, and 2 of which were larger but you had to scroll the screen sideways to find them) and it gave me the password SANOVICH or SANDVICH (couldn't tell from the font).
The annoying thing was it said it would reload the tsilon.ca page if you entered a correct password but it never did, so I wound up having to re-sign in to see if I got the keys.
Yeah, I'm disappointed about that as well. Oh well $10 off from Bestbuy is good decent enough.
The Elite
BOSS
Yup. Talking to the guys at my local FS they said that the trade in deal has been moving copies like crazy.
Final Preorder list:
New Super Mario Bros 2
Paper Mario 3DS
Last Guardian
Family Guy
Watch Dogs
ZombieU
RE6 Anthology
God of War Ascension
Sly Cooper
South Park
New Super Mario Bros U
Rayman Legends
Beyond Two Souls
The Last of Us
Tomb Raider
Borderlands 2
Warriors Lair
LBP Vita
Still Need:
Ratchet and Clank Collection
Super Monkey Ball Vita
Kirby 20th Anniversary Collection
Torchlight 2
That's a lot of gaming.
New Super Mario Bros 2
Paper Mario 3DS
Last Guardian
Family Guy
Watch Dogs
ZombieU
RE6 Anthology
God of War Ascension
Sly Cooper
South Park
New Super Mario Bros U
Rayman Legends
Beyond Two Souls
The Last of Us
Tomb Raider
Borderlands 2
Warriors Lair
LBP Vita
Still Need:
Ratchet and Clank Collection
Super Monkey Ball Vita
Kirby 20th Anniversary Collection
Torchlight 2
That's a lot of gaming.
The Elite
BOSS
Was looking for a Hori Screen Protector for Vita in Toronto so I decided to check out the Game Shack website.
http://www.gameshack.ca/
Really? It's 2012.
Edit: The futureshop at Yonge and Eglinton restocked with a ton of Gravity Rush and a few MGS:HD for Vita.
http://www.gameshack.ca/
Really? It's 2012.
Edit: The futureshop at Yonge and Eglinton restocked with a ton of Gravity Rush and a few MGS:HD for Vita.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Thanks. I got all of them before. Green was the only one left. I did the whole thing. Its really not that hard. I got animus as well, but when I put it in, nothing pops up. Still grey.
So it still shows 3/4 completed. Like, I did the green one correctly I am sure, but it is not unlocking. I got animus. I also got unreality. None of them work.
Goodacre0081
Member
yea, i just went ahead and did it one at a time. i figured it might take longer but would negate any errors and possible loss of codes.
Yeah, two of my codes screwed up due to this. Just doing one at a time now. Gotta get them fixed -.-
Have you tried re-signing in, because mine didn't show up either right away, and the weird thing was I entered it before blue, and then the blue key showed up before the green one ever did (not even sure if I ever saw it activated), and it wasn't till I re-signed in again after having red, blue, and orange keys showing that it gave me access to the site finally. Worst case try one of the other colours instead I guess.
Best buy got some stuff going on
Not much of a choice in select vita games same as FS's buy 2, get 1.
I'm waiting for a sale on Blazblue.
Edit: 25% on 3DS, not 50%.
- Buy a 3DS or Vita, get a free game (Gravity Rush with Vita, Choice of Mario game with 3DS)
- Buy one, get 25% on any 3DS game
- Buy one "Select" Vita game get 50% another
Not much of a choice in select vita games same as FS's buy 2, get 1.
I'm waiting for a sale on Blazblue.
Edit: 25% on 3DS, not 50%.
The Elite
BOSS
The 3DS deal says 25%.
Sorry, my mistake. Fixed.
kitschykitty
Member
hey sorry this has probably been answered before but futureshop charges when it ships right?
The Elite
BOSS
Yes.
Oh shit son. Is this in-store as well? I can finally buy a 3DS!
WrenchNinja
Member
What happens on the 18th?
Actually, better yet, Vita is on sale for $229.99 at Shoppers. On Sat. 16, it's a 20x points day, so if you're a points collector, that's a pretty big get. Just shy of the $85 tier.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Trade 1 for the new Pokemon game.
WrenchNinja
Member
Oh yeah, that samurai one. Forgot it was coming out here.
Impeccable
Member
This is what I'm going for.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
As someone who did this at launch, the only thing I'll say is that you'll find it impossible to spend $85-100 bucks at SDM at once with all the qualifications they have on the points. I suppose saving the points of the next console launch might be an option. lol
Luckily, we have a new console launch right around the corner ;P
firehawk12
Subete no aware
My dusty Wii says hi.
(I'm still waiting to see if there's any upscaling or whatnot in the Wii U. I may get it just to play the two final Wii RPGs on it).
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
The $85 tier is $115 at a bonus redemption day, so if you play both sides you can get a Vita for $115.
My dusty Wii says hi.
(I'm still waiting to see if there's any upscaling or whatnot in the Wii U. I may get it just to play the two final Wii RPGs on it).
It's a good thing then that the Wii U is going to have a launch window lineup (NSMBU, Pikmin 3, Rayman Legends, ZombiU, Project P-100) rivaled only by the Vita in its breadth of quality content (and there's still unannounced third party stuff, apparently). Plus, unlike the Vita, you can actually count on a continuous stream of strong first-party support.
I've got about 55k points already, so buying a Vita now would put me over the top. Mmmm, if I can somehow manage to get a Wii U on a bonus redemption day... oh boy that'd be good.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'm the weirdo that is only waiting for them to announce a Kirby game before I consider picking one up for exclusive games. lolIt's a good thing then that the Wii U is going to have a launch window lineup (NSMBU, Pikmin 3, Rayman Legends, ZombiU, Project P-100) rivaled only by the Vita in its breadth of quality content (and there's still unannounced third party stuff, apparently). Plus, unlike the Vita, you can actually count on a continuous stream of strong first-party support.
I'm saving my Optimum points up for Wii U and maybe a netbook. I still have 140,000 after I just did a Super redemption last weekend for a shiny new 3DS. I never have a problem spending enough for their points events and redemptions with all the food they constantly put on sale and all the video games and electronics, never mind the household items I always go through.
infinityBCRT
Member
Woah wait what? I don't understand what you said other than "you can get a Vita for $115". I am in Canada and there are Shoppers stores around me. How do I do this?
Shoppers Drug Mart also sells PS Vita games and accessories, so it's fairly easy to redeem $85+ (or $115+) worth. A 16GB memory card is $60 gone already (ridiculous, I know). They had Hot Shots Golf for $30 around launch, but that may have gone back up. They also have some food and groceries.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You buy a Vita for 225 and get nearly enough points that are worth 85-115 dollars depending on when you use them. If you use them on the right day, then technically your vita costs 110 dollars.
At the time of launch anyway, the 32gb cards were 85 bucks at Costco, so didn't make sense to buy a card at SDM if you were lucky enough to find a store that carried them.
infinityBCRT
Member
Oh.... so you mean to say buy a Vita for $225 and then get $115 worth of games/accessories for free. Okay, still a good deal, but probably not something I'll jump for right now.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
115 worth of SDM money.
Step 1) Sign up for a Shoppers Optimum card if you don't already have one.
Step 2) Saturday June 16 is a bonus points day. Purchasing a Vita at $230 will net you 46,000 Shoppers Optimum points. Try to spend an extra $20 on this day so you have over 50,000 points.
Step 3) Wait until a bonus redemption day. Redeeming those 50,000 points will give you $115 to spend in-store.
How it works:
Normally, Shoppers give you 10 points for every $1 you spend. On bonus points day, you get 20x the points.
You have to redeem the points in certain sized "chunks". See the table on the right side here
Normally, Shoppers gives you $85 for 50,000 points. On bonus redemption day, you get $115 for 50,000 points.
Impeccable
Member
It's not impossible to spend that much money when they have good deals on diapers a lot
It's not impossible to spend that much money when they have good deals on diapers a lot
I've got a year's supply of pads from buying a Vita. I'll probably get next year's supply when I buy a Wii U.
*high five*
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Are you really saving money if the stuff you buy at SDM is more expensive than at a supermarket or department store though?
God, I don't know how the extreme couponing people do it, because this stuff can be a pain.
(I suppose that's precisely why they don't let you buy giftcards with points).
God, I don't know how the extreme couponing people do it, because this stuff can be a pain.
(I suppose that's precisely why they don't let you buy giftcards with points).
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