Sold my Apple TV in July on kijiji for $230 I believe after putting in the alternate firmware. Wasn't for me, tried it out and ran like shit, so sold it and bought a new one with the profit.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 2
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Sold my Apple TV in July on kijiji for $230 I believe after putting in the alternate firmware. Wasn't for me, tried it out and ran like shit, so sold it and bought a new one with the profit.
Never tried it myself, but apparently you can buy from amazon.com as well. Have to pay duties, but I remember reading amazon calculates it in the price you pay. Worth a try, I didn't see it listed anywhere else. Good luck!
Glad I got in early. Thanks again to the person a couple pages back who gave us the early heads up =)
firehawk12
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Man, I'd probably be willing to pick that up if I had the cash.
BigJonsson
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Ergh, my Walking Dead shipment seems to have gone awol...
The last tracking update was the item being "picked up by Canada Post", and that was more than 24 hours ago. Normally it would be processed at the postal facility shorly after that, but it never happened
The expected delivery date still says Dec 12, even (._. )
The last tracking update was the item being "picked up by Canada Post", and that was more than 24 hours ago. Normally it would be processed at the postal facility shorly after that, but it never happened
The expected delivery date still says Dec 12, even (._. )
CuthbertAllgoodz
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Ergh, my Walking Dead shipment seems to have gone awol...
The last tracking update was the item being "picked up by Canada Post", and that was more than 24 hours ago. Normally it would be processed at the postal facility shorly after that, but it never happened
The expected delivery date still says Dec 12, even (._. )
These days I barely get any update from Canada Post website but the packages all show up on the usual time. I would not worry too much, it must be due to Christmas!
I hope so ;_;
The last time they actually lost something I ordered, it was such a hassle getting a replacement sent
The Elite
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Mine is firmware 5.0.2 so I think it's good to jailbreak. It was also from the launch so I'm sure it's the easiest to hack. I'm wondering if I should just pre-jailbreak it then. I was going to let the end user do it but for around $230 I might as well. I see people on eBay still getting about that much for it. Pretty insane.
I was about to sell it for $40 a couple of weeks ago. lol.
Jasper Avenue
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Persona 4 Arena is $19.99 on Amazon.ca lightning deal. 60% claimed so order quick!
This past Black Friday was the earliest that I can recall.
suikodan
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Got 2 6 packs of Westvleteren 12. My roommate got 2 as well.
Got there at 8:30 and the store was opening at 10. There were 100 people by 9. The store didn't hand out numbers...they just let the line get bigger and bigger...ended with about 150-200 people. They only had 45 6 packs. I didn't think it would be this exclusive.
Thanks for coming isny!
Got there at 8:30 and the store was opening at 10. There were 100 people by 9. The store didn't hand out numbers...they just let the line get bigger and bigger...ended with about 150-200 people. They only had 45 6 packs. I didn't think it would be this exclusive.
Thanks for coming isny!
So cold...
But yeah, they really dropped the ball by letting a good hundred or more people wait while knowing that they didn't have enough for everyone.
anon_mastermind
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No problem. I will try to keep this community abreast of any SDM deals.
You're Ottawa right? I'm in Winnipeg, but have a friend in Ottawa who would gladly pickup/courier. Worst case scenario is it ages at his place until I drive though again (once a year). Let me know!
Lone_Prodigy
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Yeah thanks a lot, I missed out on 20x points but I finally got to replace my Soul Silver, felt so bad that I lost my first game but it's $40 and I couldn't stand to pay that much. I managed to find a remote+ for $20 too so even better.
Next week's flyer?
The Quebec one is up on smartcanucks.ca, and the local ones should be up on the Shoppers site in a few hours.
crimzonflame
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I need to buy a new computer.
I'm only interested in the pop and chocolate milk.
Well as for pop, they're selling 6x710mL for $1.99. Good price.
I was asleep and missed the CP delivery today. It says I can pick it up after 5pm but I'll have to wait until tomorrow because I'll be at work. At least tomorrow is the start of my 3-day weekend.Ergh, my Walking Dead shipment seems to have gone awol...
The last tracking update was the item being "picked up by Canada Post", and that was more than 24 hours ago. Normally it would be processed at the postal facility shorly after that, but it never happened
The expected delivery date still says Dec 12, even (._. )
I was asleep and missed the CP delivery today. It says I can pick it up after 5pm but I'll have to wait until tomorrow because I'll be at work. At least tomorrow is the start of my 3-day weekend.
Oh yeah, regarding this, I ended up getting it today :lol
I guess someone found it under a table in the Mississauga facility, or something
Saturday Dec 15 and Sunday Dec 16
http://www1.shoppersdrugmart.ca/en/Optimum/Offers/18500.aspx?Category=Optimum
Get 18500 points from Shoppers when you spend $100 lol. I never did this before but it says excludes gift cards, so guess I can't just buy a $100 Shoppers GC?
http://www1.shoppersdrugmart.ca/en/Optimum/Offers/18500.aspx?Category=Optimum
Get 18500 points from Shoppers when you spend $100 lol. I never did this before but it says excludes gift cards, so guess I can't just buy a $100 Shoppers GC?
If you buy SDM gift cards you get regular Optimum points, but no 18500 bonus points or 20x points. Other gift cards are no points whatsoever.
I think they raised the minimum because it's before x-mas and they figure people need to spend more anyway, so why not do all your x-mas shopping at Shoppers everyone, lol. I hope it's not permanent, because last year they had a higher-than-normal minimum for a 20x event in December too, so I think it's just a December thing.
They did send people cards trying to tempt them to do this event to get points for "the upcoming spend your points event" (mega redemption?) though, so it might be worth topping up your points for some people.
I think they raised the minimum because it's before x-mas and they figure people need to spend more anyway, so why not do all your x-mas shopping at Shoppers everyone, lol. I hope it's not permanent, because last year they had a higher-than-normal minimum for a 20x event in December too, so I think it's just a December thing.
They did send people cards trying to tempt them to do this event to get points for "the upcoming spend your points event" (mega redemption?) though, so it might be worth topping up your points for some people.
firehawk12
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I still have no idea what I could spend at SDM to make having all these points worth it. lol
I hope they're still selling electronics whenever the next consoles launch, because I don't know what else I'd spend a couple hundred bucks (at once!) on.
I hope they're still selling electronics whenever the next consoles launch, because I don't know what else I'd spend a couple hundred bucks (at once!) on.
Even if they had no electronics, I'd still shop there for the food deals, but I'd probably never do the top redemptions because it would be too hard to buy that much food at once. I think they will probably keep the electronics though, because they know they're the big incentive items for the Optimum program.
firehawk12
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Yeah, that's the problem. It's only "good" if you redeem 200 bucks or whatever... but what could you buy there that is over 200 bucks before taxes?
If only you could buy giftcards.
Sweet. Does this include the MK7 bundle? Presumably this signifies Canada finally catching up to the States' recent 3DS XL price drop. Looks like I'll be picking one up after all.
It was recently changed to this I think.. I recall people coming in and buying just SDM gift cards during 20x events with their previously bought gift cards :lol
Sorry I didn't mean to confuse you. I'm pretty sure what iphys said is correct. I'm just referring to something from a few months ago
Lol what? Well I had a feeling I could buy a GC and get the bonus, I honestly might do it if it works. I'll just ask on Saturday!
Yeah, that's the problem. It's only "good" if you redeem 200 bucks or whatever... but what could you buy there that is over 200 bucks before taxes?
If only you could buy giftcards.
Sometimes I've pondered redeeming 8000 points for $10 toward weekly specials though. It's only half as good as saving up for the top redemption, but considering the weekly specials are usually around half the regular price, it probably wouldn't be a total waste to use your Optimum points that way if you had to. It would probably be wiser than blowing them on expensive items that you wouldn't even want otherwise.
firehawk12
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Maybe that's the way to think about it. Getting something that's already super cheap for free as opposed to waiting for a big ticket item that you'll never find.
FearMyWrench
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The one out at Langford didn't have much besides Flingsmash for $30 and Mario Tennis 3DS for $20 when I looked the other day.
firehawk12
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They stopped putting them in it seems. My last three FS packages didn't have them.
Oh, strange. I guess they expect you to print off the PDF receipt now huh
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