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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 5: Much Ado Aboot Shipping
- Thread starter Firestorm
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Just wait until we hit $79.99 in time for the holiday season
N° 2048
Member
If you wait a few months they all drop to sub $40 anyway. Nintendo titles on the other hand...
Saw Twilight Princess @ Wal Mart for 79.99 last week lol
But I did manage to get it from Amazon.ca a while back @ 19 bucks used
Fate_Shirou
Member
If I pre-order at ebgames, and the price goes up, do I get charged the new price or the old one?
New price. Fuck eb
N° 2048
Member
How do they expect to last with Amazon (and other sites) pre-order price guarantee....sheesh.
Sealtest
Member
If its fully paid out before the price changes you keep the old price. And if they don't you just report them to the DM and Customer Support and you'll get the original price.
Junior Mint
Member
So $75 is going to be the new standard? I'm seriously thinking of selling my PS4 and going back to PC and 3DS gaming if that's going to be the case.
Just wait for the $CAD to fall to $0.75 and $80 games become a reality. :lol
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Sorry for being a little off topic, but I figured I'd get good suggestions here.
I've recently moved to Ontario (Niagara region) from the US, and I need to buy a subwoofer cable. The stores in my area have them but they are of course preposterously expensive. Is there an online retailer comparable to Monoprice.com that operates in Canada? I basically can't live with spending more than 5-10 on a cable, max.
Any recommendations?
I've recently moved to Ontario (Niagara region) from the US, and I need to buy a subwoofer cable. The stores in my area have them but they are of course preposterously expensive. Is there an online retailer comparable to Monoprice.com that operates in Canada? I basically can't live with spending more than 5-10 on a cable, max.
Any recommendations?
A storm is coming
$59.99 in US
jeez, depressing.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
A storm is coming
$59.99 in US
omg, fuck me already.
Cloud Strife
Member
Yep, this. Hopefully if people stop buying brand new we will see faster sales.If you wait a few months they all drop to sub $40 anyway. Nintendo titles on the other hand...
Also, I can still sell my games as soon as I'm done with them and make most of it back.
KnightHart
Member
A storm is coming
$59.99 in US
The end is near. This is how it ends huh.
And also:
For reference: $74.99 with 30% off is $52.49
Let's nuke Saudi Arabia
Oh my god. Excuse me as I cling to my MGSV PP Amazon E3 pre-order screw up where I think I got the game for 30-40 dollars.
Yeah, I guess my prior E3 orders is it where day 1 gaming ends for me.
Glorified G
Member
Is anyone here even going bother with e3 preorders this year if the base price is $74.99? I know i'm not.
~ Zyzomys ~
Member
I use Monoprice for all my cable needs. Keep the order under $20, excluding shipping, and you won't be hit with extra charges. Even my larger Monoprice order get little in extra charges because they use USPS ( and then Canada Post).
Cheers
Preordering games years in advance is too much of a risk at that price.
The Order 1886 Is disappointing but then again i paid $44 inc. taxes, $58-59 after tax would sting.
Impeccable
Member
$75? I'm out. Backlog time.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Fuck this shit.
$44.99 at VGP but the shipping would probably turn you off. https://www.videogamesplus.ca/xenoblade-chronicles-new-3ds-only-new-3ds-p-22673.html
BigJonsson
Member
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
That's great, thanks for the tip!
nobodyshero
Banned
yup. I completely empathize with the "don't preorder games" mentality, but this $70+ thing is a special circumstance. If i have a chance to buy games for $50, i'm gonna take it for damn near every game i'm somewhat interested in.
Where's the risk? They don't charge you till it ships.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I was astonished that my MH4 CE preorder stayed at $60 instead of going up as EB likes to do.
Sealtest
Member
Ha. Maybe after 2 years of it being better.
phoenix296
Member
Reminds me of $100 N64 games. Hopefully we'll reach a point where most stop buying games at launch and publishers will be more concerned about getting units off the shelf than trying to match the US dollar.
There are several games that I really want to get day 1 this year that I'll have to do this for. Persona 5 (PS4) is a big one. I might not be pre-ordering for any games coming after 2015, though.
I'll have to rely more on renting games than I have before.
kitschykitty
Member
Phantom Pain is the only game I'll buy at $75-$80 anything else though I've just been waiting on a price drop and getting through my backlog.
Remember the SNES era when there was a lack of chips and cartridges got super expensive.
I'm talking 100 plus.
Remember how we heard how CD's and all would help reduce such cost?
Sadly few really factored in the development cost of games would one day cost as they exist now.
It's why so many studios have died, fewer can compete. Cost are high.
And our dollar sucks.
I'm talking 100 plus.
Remember how we heard how CD's and all would help reduce such cost?
Sadly few really factored in the development cost of games would one day cost as they exist now.
It's why so many studios have died, fewer can compete. Cost are high.
And our dollar sucks.
Mysterious
Banned
Guess I'm only getting Phantom Pain, The Division, Kingdom Hearts and Xenoblade Chronicles X this year then (from my previous E3 orders). No Uncharted 4, Zelda or Starfox. :'(
Has anyone tried to trade in The Order @EB? (Other than the guy with the CE?)
Just curious what TIV they're offering. I appreciate that the CE guy said he was offered $25 for the sealed collector's, but I've found that EB has often been weird about trade-ins of CE games (original Bioshock, for example, when it was trading for about $10, the CE was worth essentially nothing).
Just curious what TIV they're offering. I appreciate that the CE guy said he was offered $25 for the sealed collector's, but I've found that EB has often been weird about trade-ins of CE games (original Bioshock, for example, when it was trading for about $10, the CE was worth essentially nothing).
Black Republican
Member
good thing im 3DS/Vita/WII U nowadays
fuck them $75 + tax PS4/XB1 games
fuck them $75 + tax PS4/XB1 games
Yes, but not immediately, it'd probably take 3-4 weeks after the actual drop.
And also:
For reference: $74.99 with 30% off is $52.49
Let's nuke Saudi Arabia
This hurts. The one upcoming game I felt like I might not be able to stop myself from paying $70 for.
Konami has sent me review copies of Kojipro games in the past. Save me, Konami PR!
