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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 2
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firehawk12
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"What have I done?!"Truespeed said:
Crazymoogle
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No shipment notice yet for me on regular edition Zelda. Surprising, but I guess I'll see the shipment notice monday.
EDIT: A mad dash on playbooks? At $200? Dayumn. I mean, at $100 for the HP it made perfect sense. But double the money for something with even less support? smh
EDIT: A mad dash on playbooks? At $200? Dayumn. I mean, at $100 for the HP it made perfect sense. But double the money for something with even less support? smh
firehawk12
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Check RFD man. Yesterday, the Playbook thread had 200k views.
frequency said:
Purolator is THE WORST shipping company in my experience. They almost always send packages to their warehouse on me unless I put my buzzer (which is just my apartment number and is clearly marked with my name on the lobby buzzer) number in the order somehow. Then they rarely call to tell me delivery has been delayed, so stuff is often quite late.
Crazymoogle
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firehawk12 said:
Yeah, but RFD is horder-centric. I mean, will any of those actually get used? At least HP keeps dangling the idea of future support. RIM could drop the entire line to cut costs any week now. Any hope of support was basically thrown out the window when the Kindle Fire launched.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I just waltzed into Wal-Mart in Lougheed Town Centre and they still had Zelda LE preorder cards. There was at least one more card there. If you want it, get thee to Wal-Mart now.
Thanks to the poster above for the tip!
Thanks to the poster above for the tip!
firehawk12
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I think the consensus is that Purolator is okay for houses and bad for apartments. Although, thankfully I got the same guy 6 times because of the E3 games, so at some point he just remembered my buzzer number and all that.bryehn said:
Yeah, I have no idea what they are going to do with them. I suppose if you have super low expectations, like I did with the HP Touchpad, you will be happy with it as a consumption device?Crazymoogle said:
It always just depends on your area and stuff I guess. None of the services are particularly terrible for me. There are bad experiences here and there, but overall it's pretty standard. I like Purolator because they're faster than Canada Post.bryehn said:
Also, with Purolator if I miss the shipment, I can go pick it up at their warehouse (which is like 15 minutes away from me) that same night. My local Canada Post outlet closes at 5, so I can't get it until next day.
Every area has good and bad drivers. Earlier this year I would've said UPS was my favourite. Last year, I would've cursed Canada Post because they lost 3 separate shipments in a 2 month period.
RIM's indicated more support for PB than HP for TouchPad... especially considering all first generation BBX devices will run PlayBook apps and vice versa. If I weren't hoping for Android 4.0 support on it, I'd trade my TouchPad for a PlayBook. I bought a TouchPad for just web browsing / reading / music initially and the PlayBook does all of those but smoother.Crazymoogle said:
Crazymoogle
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Firestorm said:
Would you trade it + give a hundred dollars, though? That's what I think is the interesting question, especially given how badly RIM is bleeding financially.
firehawk12
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You have to consider price as well though. 99 vs 199.Firestorm said:
PalaceBrother
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firehawk12 said:
Excellent point. $99 is a lot of money, but it also falls within "impulse" range for many people when faced with a good deal. $199 is much more in the "how do I explain this to my wife" territory.
I got the $150 TouchPad + $20 case + $35 charging dock. I think I'd trade those 3 for a PlayBook if TouchPad weren't getting Android. I completely agree that $100 is impulse toy buy and $200 isn't though. I guess it's also because I have really little use for a tablet in my life... I barely used the PlayBook when I owned it and I barely use my TouchPad now.Crazymoogle said:
Lone_Prodigy
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I don't use my Touchpad much, but for $100 I can't complain. I use my laptop a lot more anyway, and if I had a smartphone I don't think I'll ever need a tablet.
Also no shipping notice for my Zeldas.
Also no shipping notice for my Zeldas.
We were there this morning to pick up the wrist band. You have to return at 9pm to the Yonge and Dundas Futureshop to pick up the collector's edition then. It's rather a pain when I could just wake up tomorrow morning and buy it, but at least I have two dozen new Streetpasses.
Mike Works
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So Purolator never came to my house with my copy of Skyrim, nor notified me in any way that they had it. And now I have 2 copies of Zelda shipping to my place since Futureshop wouldn't let me cancel an online order online.
This country.
This country.
There are people trying to scalp them for $300-$400. Never underestimate how crazy RFDers are.
Hours Left
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The flyer says it lasts until Nov. 28th.
Oh cool, thanks, I'll try to get some. It's $20x2 cards for $30 right?
I want to get the Saints Row 3rd Season pass.
Still on till the 28, but good luck at finding a store with them in stock.
firehawk12
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Reinchecks!
My local game shop informed me Thursday that they wont receive ZeldaCE and have cancelled all preorders. So, later that day ive ordered it from the Gamestop USA website, with a damn 15$ shipping and possibly custom fees. The good news is that my game arrived today at my local UPS store and will be delivered on time Sunday on official street release date.
Hours Left
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Yep. They have to ring in each card separately (at least they did for me), so with the taxes it ends up being a bit more than that, but it's still a good deal.
I don't know what the stock situation will be though. Sometime they have them buried under other cards at cash registers too, so that's a good place to look.
Didn't you see my post on where the cancel button on your order page was? Or was it part of a bigger order and that's why you couldn't cancel it?
Good luck finding any Walmarts that still have them. Unless they're restocking?
Lone_Prodigy
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So my Zelda LE preorders from FS and BB shipped out yesterday and will arrive Monday via CP.
My E3 Zelda preorder is coming from Purolator. =/
At least they're all in Richmond/Vancouver right now.
My E3 Zelda preorder is coming from Purolator. =/
At least they're all in Richmond/Vancouver right now.
Mike Works
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Yep, it was part of a bigger order (E3 sale), and even though every other (game) in the order had shipped and been paid for, I couldn't cancel it. Had no idea Zelda was coming out so soon, so now I've got 2 copies being sent to my place in Vancouver (where I won't be for the next month). Best case scenario, I get my brother to return one of the versions for in-store credit, which I don't really want but ah well.
Yeah I have my $40 copy from E3 coming as well so if someone here doesn't want it for what I paid then I'll be returning it to the store. Hell, I also had an E3 2010 pre-order that I completely forgot to cancel coming to me. :lol
As for returning stuff in-store after the 30-day window I haven't had a problem if it was a few days past that. I just lied and said I was out of town and the girl said it wasn't a problem because it says when it was shipped but not when it was delivered. YMMV though.
firehawk12
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There should be no taxes on the cards though, since they are giftcards.Gunloc said:
Used the contact form about Skyward Sword and they said they'll be crediting me back $10! This is what I said (remember to put in order number in the form):
$30+tax for Zelda
Thanks for reminding me! I just contacted them and got a response within 20 minutes saying that they took the 10$ off.
Hours Left
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Each card was 15 something, so there was definitely tax. It was still a good deal so I just went with it.
Mike Works
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Did you email or phone? If phone, are they available 24/7?
You're not supposed to be charged tax on PSN cards. Where do you live? I've never been charged tax on them in Toronto.
They are not available 24/7. They close around 9pm EST I do believe, but the hours aren't listed anywhere. You can call and if they're closed you'll get an automated message with hours of operation.
Monday to Sunday, 8:00am - 12:00am EST.
Used the contact form about Skyward Sword and they said they'll be crediting me back $10! This is what I said (remember to put in order number in the form):
$30+tax for Zelda
I just sent them an email. They refused me when I contacted them last month, but I'm hoping if I harass them enough they'll concede.
The only reason I didn't cancel the order is because I want Twisted Metal for $40.
I used the contact form here. I'm really impressed by their rapid reply (though I suppose if they have people on call anyway, there isn't much for them to do on saturday night.)
Just realized... They're in holiday return period now right? I think you have 'til January to make returns.
Lone_Prodigy
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Used the contact form about Skyward Sword and they said they'll be crediting me back $10! This is what I said (remember to put in order number in the form):
$30+tax for Zelda
How were you charged $39.30?
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