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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 3: Pining for the Good Old Days Edition
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Depends on the price and if you get inspected by customs. Ranged from $10-$40 in items from $30-$150+.
EMS packages are more likely to be inspected though.
Ohh. What was the largest amount you bought from them? $100+? I'm also planning to buy from them but I'm kinda wary of import fees I might face.
It's really just random but I think people around Vancouver are less likely to be hit with customs. I think one of my orders last year was at least 120 value.
No idea, only experience I've had is with Macbooks. My friend went in and her power supply was broken, and they gave her another one for free (think it costed at least 90 dollars). She also sent it in for repairs another time, and they covered it. I don't know how they feel about iPhones though.
sweetvar26
Member
I guess you won't get hit by customs sometimes, if you are lucky.
Everything that I have ordered from eBay so far, I haven't paid any customs on them. Then again, I don't think I have ordered anything that is worth much.
Everything that I have ordered from eBay so far, I haven't paid any customs on them. Then again, I don't think I have ordered anything that is worth much.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Depends on the brokerage that clears the item for you. Do they know what they're doing and want to be accurate or do a shitty job and get it done and over with?
Since many people don't know about how items are classified, these brokerages try to declare goods as misc and when it's identified as such, they can get hit with tariffs when they sometimes shouldn't.
I had 2 figures delivered in the past 2 days:
- $130 Senjougahara http://myfigurecollection.net/item/27598
- $80 Ultimate Madoka http://myfigurecollection.net/item/98665
I got REALLY lucky, both via EMS both no customs charges.
sweetvar26
Member
I've heard good things about the Nexus 4 with respect to its price to performance.
S3 is more than a year old, not sure if it is worth shelling lot of money on it.
What price are you getting either of them for?
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Why don't you get it from Fido/Koodo/Virgin for about $300 with a GC outright (though you have to cancel and stuff)?
Galaxy 3 is dropping in price with the S4 already out. The N4 is a better bet depreciation-wise.
I have one on Wind and its great. If you're only going on the $30 plan it might be worth your while to look into just buying it outright from Google for $350 so you have no tab and see what kind of credits they will offer you to bring your own phone.
Edit you can get $200 in credits but they are only good for add ons like voice mail and pay per use charges. But if that works for you, its probably the better deal.
ShadowgeistX
Member
It's great on WIND, but I would personally just buy it outright from the google play store. You're not saving much with the WINDTab, and you could use the tab to upgrade to a new phone when/if one comes out later down the road that you really want. Just my personal opinion though, and dependent on whether you have the funds to do so or not.
I hate when moronic EB Games workers (and other retail workers) make shit up just because they can't explain something.
It's a great piece of hardware--awesome screen. Lone Prodigy's suggestion is probably your best bet: you have to do some legwork, but you'll end up paying less in the end. Also, there's a good chance the next Nexus phone will be announced soon. Not sure how soon "soon" is though, but that's what I've been reading.
350$ is a little steep for me, but I could get the 8GB one at 309$, which is only a couple of dollars more than the 250$ from WIND. I don't have a lot of music, the only thing that would be filling my phone would be android apps, so I'm not sure I should spend the extra 50 dollars on 8GB. So currently, right now, I'm on WIND without a tab, if I bought the Nexus 4 from the Google Play Store, do I just put my SIM card into the new phone?
Haha agreed, made me waste an extra 20 minutes. :/
I've got a Nexus 4 and it's really great, I love the pricing strategy they went for with this phone and people should support this too in my opinion. Personnally, I managed to get it for free along with a decent plan for my usage a while ago after calling fido retentions. $50 plan for $40 + 3 months free + free nexus 4 on a 2 year contract.
Fido are ok once you've been with them for a bit but you gotta check your first bill, I swear everytime I've made changes to my account, they somehow fuck up with random services activated or just plain forgetting to activate what I spent a lot of time negociating.
The phone in itself is pretty great, looks great, has top of the notch performance and is super easy to install custom kernels etc. on it, it helps a bunch with the battery. I'm not the heaviest user of apps though, I pretty much just use it for a few useful ones and for browsing the internet so there's that too.
Fido are ok once you've been with them for a bit but you gotta check your first bill, I swear everytime I've made changes to my account, they somehow fuck up with random services activated or just plain forgetting to activate what I spent a lot of time negociating.
The phone in itself is pretty great, looks great, has top of the notch performance and is super easy to install custom kernels etc. on it, it helps a bunch with the battery. I'm not the heaviest user of apps though, I pretty much just use it for a few useful ones and for browsing the internet so there's that too.
It was so bad FutureShop apparently didn't even bother to send me a flyer this week.
Goodacre0081
Member
looks like Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen is $40 at FS/BB. what was the original price?
$40 lol
$39.99 was the original price.
Goodacre0081
Member
I have no complaints.
Edit: I've had minimal issues in Mississauga, Guelph, Toronto, and Kitchener. The odd place I won't have a signal, but that's been my experience with just about any cell service.
Awesome, but you should probably mention what city/area of the city you're in/areas of the city you frequent.
As for me, my contract with Rogers is ending September, so I'll probably start harassing their retentions line in a month to see what's available for me. As I understand it, they've really cut down on their ability to offer great deals since I last negotiated my plan back in 2010.
Anyone know if I have a chance of maintaining or getting something similar to this plan?
350 daytime minutes (100 bonus minutes credit)
Evenings/Weekends @ 5PM (early evenings credited)
100 Canada-wide minutes (credited)
Unlimited Incoming (credited)
Unlimited Network Calling + Long Distance (credited)
iPhone Value Pack (credited)
6 GB Data (credited)
Comes up to $35 + 6.95 System Access Fee (yeah, that's right. I'm still paying that, and have been since 2005!) + 911 Fee = $43/month + tax (so about $48)
What are the chances Rogers will offer me something similar to what I have now? If not, I'm totally ready to jump ship to Wind/Mobilicity, or even with one of the flanker brands, considering they have some really good deals right now. It's just the amount of data that leaves a lot to be desired.
sweetvar26
Member
Yeah I remember my friend trading in his Battlefield 3 for it at launch when they did a trade 1 promo.
Holy crap, nice. Anyone else got their Viva promotion stuff canceled with BestBuy E3 promotion stuff? I receive a product for an order with Project X Zone. But for 2 other orders I made, they gave me a 20$ gift certificate to use online for each order and they cancel my Viva product.
Suddenly, I got so many certificate from Bestbuy with 10$ from AC New Leaf and 60$ for one of the E3 order already.
Suddenly, I got so many certificate from Bestbuy with 10$ from AC New Leaf and 60$ for one of the E3 order already.
Not a deal or anything but still something interesting for canucks:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/5/4495490/canadian-startup-vows-to-out-fiber-google
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/5/4495490/canadian-startup-vows-to-out-fiber-google
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I was just wondering, does anyone know of any place that would happen to repair PS3s?
I don't actually need a repair, but I'm looking for one of these hard drive screws:
10 bucks on ebay seems crazy, but then again it is a proprietary screw... or at least seems to be.
I don't actually need a repair, but I'm looking for one of these hard drive screws:
10 bucks on ebay seems crazy, but then again it is a proprietary screw... or at least seems to be.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
god speed to them
I was just wondering, does anyone know of any place that would happen to repair PS3s?
I don't actually need a repair, but I'm looking for one of these hard drive screws:
10 bucks on ebay seems crazy, but then again it is a proprietary screw... or at least seems to be.
Take the screw to home depot or Lowes and have them match the size for an alternative.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I may do it, but I don't think it's a screw that's readily available - the bottom part of it is smooth and smaller so it can fit into the hole, while the top part is wider and threaded. The screws I have on had are either too big to fit into the hole or too small to fit the threads... such a dumb design.
I was just wondering, does anyone know of any place that would happen to repair PS3s?
I don't actually need a repair, but I'm looking for one of these hard drive screws:
10 bucks on ebay seems crazy, but then again it is a proprietary screw... or at least seems to be.
Is that the hard drive screw? You sure it's necessary to use the exact same one? I bet you could find a replaceable one somewhere, it doesn't look that special.
WrenchNinja
Member
Anyone use a visa debit card on the e-shop? Is it not supposed to work there?
Those are the blue screws for the hard drive, right? I remember a while back, I forget where I read this, someone called Sony and they sent them replacement screws for free. Worth a try.I was just wondering, does anyone know of any place that would happen to repair PS3s?
I don't actually need a repair, but I'm looking for one of these hard drive screws:
10 bucks on ebay seems crazy, but then again it is a proprietary screw... or at least seems to be.
houroftower
Member
Swear I've seen those before. Try your local computer repair shop?
Yea it seems to have reverted to the first one. It's a shame because the third one is so much better than the generic smudge that is the first icon.
Sounds too much like relationship advice.