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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 4: That $70s Show
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AnkiRendan
Member
Is this in Ontario?
Not really on weekend but I received a package during a Stat holiday even though the estimated delivery was the next day. (at least what I remember)
Guess I'll keep my hopes up for a delivery tomorrow. It's sitting at the local delivery facility right now.
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
Mine was in Quebec but I would definitely give them a call if I needed something, people often tend to forget about them!
Most stores sold out.
My Best Buy got 12, the girl told me they were gone at 10AM lol.
I don't really care yet, just gonna use the Wii Classic Pro for now.
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
Discussed with the EB games girl at metrotown during the midnight launch.
She basically confirmed unless you pre-ordered it you're out of luck for a while.
Typical nintendo stock lol.
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
Pretty much! It's like Fire Emblem all over again. Thank god for that Toy R Us on commercial who had a random copy
Nice.
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
Had to go through 5 of them to find one with good eyes...
I think you mean Link right? Zelda's out next month.
Yeah Link had some messed up eyes on most of them, and all the swords are floppy as hell.
So weak, my coworkers said maybe we'll get $250 for 95k, but nope (I was hoping too but unlikely). I might have to get WiiU tomorrow because I have to pay $10 more next week with the redemption.
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
Yea! Haha my bad! The clerk where I bought mine did not understand why I wanted to pre-order Zelda since I already had one in my bag. Had to tell him that it was Link! It was funny. I know that he knows the difference, he was just tired I think!
Oh and Target sent me a 5% off anything (excluding Apple and Bose products) to use between December 1st and 31th. It's 10% if used with the Red Card. Might be good on Boxing Day!
Edit: There is also a coupon for a free tall handcrafted beverage at Starbucks!
Sealtest
Member
I would love to know this because all my packages are stuck at a monday delivery
Sorry Im LTTP on this thread...I absolutely refuse to pay too much for things....and unfortunately the complete deal for PS4 is over (as there was a chance to get one of 5 new release games, far cry 4 and Unity were the ones my son was considering..I think he should have got far cry 4.....he got unity.....at $60 oFF...the order and COD were the other options iirc as well as killzone I believe, many of which are all cheap this week so they knew what they were doing but far cry 4 didnt come down in price at other stores like the others) IN ADDITION to the TLOU and Second son bundle with an extra controller...all for $534. You can see my unboxing here and I have proof of emails that they took off my $60 when I got the extra game AC unity (I just dont see the offer up any longer though.)
They may do more for black Friday but not sure, but I already ordered the skylanders super bundle for the PS4 for my daughter....you get 4 extra skylanders (worth $35 total) although these are not the ones with swapping feet) I think if you buy a wii U skylanders mega bundle you get 8 FREE skylanders worth about $10 each in addition to the three that come with it.
Ill be lining up to get a blue PS4 controller form london drugs for $40...but you guys should keep your ear to the ground on the costco website: ridiculous giveaways/bundles at times, not even black friday.
Any Vancouver gaffers who have no membership can PM me. Ive got a huge amount of credit on my costco business american express card which costco is cancelling dec 30th so I dont mind buying bulk and taking cash or cheuques.
Amazon.ca STILL hasn't shipped my Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire copy. I received my Super Smash Bros. U from Futureshop.ca earlier today, though.
This is the last time I use Amazon.ca for my pre-orders. If you don't opt for "Prime" shipping, they take forever to ship anything out. No thanks.
This is the last time I use Amazon.ca for my pre-orders. If you don't opt for "Prime" shipping, they take forever to ship anything out. No thanks.
Yeah, Amazon's pretty hit or miss when it comes to pre-orders even with Prime. Plus, you can't make returns in store like with FS and BB. On the other hand, I feel they have superior customer service and they also have price protection for pre-orders. Unfortunately, there are flaws no matter what.
Edit: Best Buy just sent my shipping notice for both Pokemon games, except they're already here. lol Better late than never I suppose.
Glorified G
Member
If anyone is interested, there is still a few GC adapters at FS website. I ordered one because the Pro Controller is not cutting it for me. My thumb gets sore. The game is still really fun though.
How do these demo's differ from the Pokemon ORAS Special Demo?
Sold out as I just logged in. DAMNIT!.
opticalmace
Member
Excellent, going to pick up a couple Wii U games.
I was expecting the worst with Amazon, but they shipped my GC adapter and controller right on time, I was pleasantly surprised, will probably order from Amazon more often now that Best Buy dropped the ball with my Smash preorder.
Speaking of which, I got two emails from Best Buy 7 hours apart. First email was a shipping notice for Smash, and second email, 7 hours later, was an email telling me that my payment didn't go through, which makes absolutely zero sense because they charged my credit card. And now I can't even access any of my orders, just keep on getting an error. I don't know what the fuck is going on over there. If they don't send me that copy of Smash Bros(which I'll be returning anyways), they better refund my CC.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Its only been going down the past few years, so expecting $250 was extremely hopeful. You'll be paying $10 more for Mario 3D land since tomorrow's deal is on the deluxe.
Yeah. so I probably have to buy it tomorrow, don't want to pay $10 more lol.
They are terrible for shipping lately, I've never got anything on time. My smash and pokemon finally got shipped today.
I'm not really upset about it since I got both for about 70 bucks together.
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When I received mine on Sunday it had originally said in the morning to expect it on the 18th, a Tuesday, however it said my package was already in Kitchener so I found that odd. A couple hours later I checked it again and it had updated to out for delivery and the date also changed to the 16th. I do find that things I would normally get in a day take 1-3 days longer that usual during the holidays with Canada Post.
Byron Bluth
Banned
I really wish the Toys R Us stores in Canada were doing the 3 for $30 deal on Amiibos.
Target and London Drugs are the only Black Friday flyers released so far and neither have any Amiibo deals. Damn.
Could try my luck at price matching the USA flyer and they may not notice. I'm a bastard.
Target and London Drugs are the only Black Friday flyers released so far and neither have any Amiibo deals. Damn.
Could try my luck at price matching the USA flyer and they may not notice. I'm a bastard.
Tiger Directs PreBlack Friday sale. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/campaigns/deals.asp?campaignid=3031&cm_re=Homepage-_-Spot%2001b-_-CatId_campaign_earlyBlackFriday2014
Seagate 3TB external HD on sale for $129. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2933287
Seagate 4TB external HD on sale for $149 ($129 after rebate). http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=7739051&sku=S130-8728
Seagate 3TB external HD on sale for $129. http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2933287
Seagate 4TB external HD on sale for $149 ($129 after rebate). http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=7739051&sku=S130-8728
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
The Toys R Us Black Friday flyer is out now too and I couldn't find any amiibo deals in there. Other than that their gaming deals (page 18 and 19) aren't anything amazing. Not really any better at all than Target and London Drugs.
There's Mario Kart 8 bundle + DK:TF at walmart for 299. Or SM3DW if you dont like MK8
PS. Both bundle comes with Nintendo Land
Considering the DDP thing is just about done, if you can still find a Skylanders bundle that might be the best deal. There's not much incentive to get a premium model anymore.
I've seen Skylanders bundles for $219 at Best Buy, I'm pretty sure. That includes Nintendo Land, and a Skylanders starter kit (I forget for which game), as well as a couple bonus figures.
I've seen Skylanders bundles for $219 at Best Buy, I'm pretty sure. That includes Nintendo Land, and a Skylanders starter kit (I forget for which game), as well as a couple bonus figures.
Did two "Trade 3, Get $70" at EB games yesterday. Mostly a bunch of 3DS games I didn't really play anymore.
I swear, that guy at the counter was an absolute dick. Told him I was interested in doing the Trade 3 and asked him to check all the values to see which of my games qualified. I brought in about 10 games and needed at least 6 of them to be >$10. He proceeds to ring in half of them and tells me the total comes up to ___. I tell him I need to know their individual values and wanted to trade in 3 qualifying ones towards a new game. Then he gets annoyed cause he has to take off the two that I didn't want to trade yet. Got the first game done and the look on his face when I told him I still needed to do another trade-in. Of course he repeats the same thing with the other five games he didn't check yet.
I've never really liked this particular location but it's on the way back from school. Yeah, never again.
I swear, that guy at the counter was an absolute dick. Told him I was interested in doing the Trade 3 and asked him to check all the values to see which of my games qualified. I brought in about 10 games and needed at least 6 of them to be >$10. He proceeds to ring in half of them and tells me the total comes up to ___. I tell him I need to know their individual values and wanted to trade in 3 qualifying ones towards a new game. Then he gets annoyed cause he has to take off the two that I didn't want to trade yet. Got the first game done and the look on his face when I told him I still needed to do another trade-in. Of course he repeats the same thing with the other five games he didn't check yet.
I've never really liked this particular location but it's on the way back from school. Yeah, never again.
Funny, that's how I feel about future shop regarding smash. Amazon shipped me the adapter on time
Byron Bluth
Banned
Ugh, that's 3 now with nothing I want. E3 preorder deals have been much better for me, getting games between $35-50 on launch day versus these sales that would save me $5-10 but I am fine paying that bit extra to have them on launch day.
I would love a deal on Dragon Age, Master Chief Collection and Amiibos.
The fact there isn't a sale on any figures (Skylanders, Disney Infinity) is even more odd.
Looks like I will likely wait until Boxing Day.
Sweet Ivy
Member
Sounds good, I'll prolly get the SM3DW + DK, seems like a good deal.
That will be my first Nintendo console
.Darn, not available online though, I'll have to call the nearest WM!
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
My pleasure! =)
Anyone expecting any other PS4 deals this Black Friday aside from the $449 GTAV + Last of Us PS4 bundle? Cause so far, all the deals have been pretty bleh.
Should have snagged the Amazon bonus game with PS4 deal earlier seeing as how I don't really care for GTAV. Or any of the other deals available cause Black Friday right now seems to be a huge disappointment. :/
Should have snagged the Amazon bonus game with PS4 deal earlier seeing as how I don't really care for GTAV. Or any of the other deals available cause Black Friday right now seems to be a huge disappointment. :/