Thanks for the help guys. You've confirmed everything I've written down. I've planned out my walk/transit path, and you've mentioned all the places I'm hitting up.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 5: Much Ado Aboot Shipping
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Thanks for the help guys. You've confirmed everything I've written down. I've planned out my walk/transit path, and you've mentioned all the places I'm hitting up.
Just realized that it may be beneficial to post these here too:
Week of Feb 27 - Mar 6 Round-up is live
Week of Feb 27 - Mar 6 Round-up is live
Thanks for this!
Not a great crop of deals for me this week
Saints Row worth the $40 if you haven't played it. Been having a lot of fun with it
Black Republican
Member
all our PSVitas and 3DS's sold to one customer at our Target today
damn
damn
KnightHart
Member
Might wanna consult TorontoGAF as well.
Dress warm and walk south down Yonge St. from Bloor station. You'll be able to hit a lot of game and comic stores that way.
As with the other recommendations check out Game Centre at 730 Yonge. Love that place, some of the best game prices in the entire city.
Also since you mentioned anime. Go head down to Spadina Chinatown, check out Anime Xtreme (not a huge fan of them but they're worth checking out at least), Navito World which is around the corner from Anime Xtreme. Navito World is the official Good Smile Company seller in Canada, I think. You'll find A LOT of stuff in there.
Nice! Navito world wasn't on my list! I'll check it out!
NEW DEAL
I didn't see it posted here, but FutureShop put up one of their One Day Only deals.
It's $5 off Mario Party 10 (base game or bundle).
https://twitter.com/FS_Gamer/status/571372963519434753
I didn't see it posted here, but FutureShop put up one of their One Day Only deals.
It's $5 off Mario Party 10 (base game or bundle).
https://twitter.com/FS_Gamer/status/571372963519434753
You still had Vitas in stock? Haven't seen one in the wild for at least a month now (and that makes me so sad).
5$ off is phenomenal nowadays? lol
Circumstances are dire. The bundle is a nice offer in one sense. Since amiibos retail for $13.99 and the game itself is $59.99, you're paying $5 before tax for an amiibo.
Although at the moment that's one of the only ways to get the Super Mario line Mario amiibo (except for the Gold one which is Walmart exclusive).
Amazon.ca had the Mario one available for preorder for a few days.
Sorry I meant to get that Mario amiibo, you have to get the bundle. Unless you mean the amiibo was offered separately on amazon.ca, in which case I wish I noticed that.
It was. I'm 100% certain it was too as I saw it and thought in the back of my head "I thought someone said something about this being bundle exclusive, ah well, I don't really want one anyway."
zephervack
Member
how many is all and what discount do they have right now? 20%?
nobodyshero
Banned
Just got my preorder in for Final Fantasy Type-0. I only have medium interest in the game, but I NEED to play that demo. Haven't had one of these demo bundles bait me in a good long while haha, feels good!
lol
if even the Vita can sell out then the PS4s at my place are probably long gone
talked myself out of it. here I am returning a bunch of my preorders in the latter half of the year. the fuck do I need another system for?
Liberty4all
Banned
I live at Spadina and Front.
Just want to echo what others have said ... you definately want to hit up Game Centre at 730 Yonge. It's inside a small mall on the west side, one block south of bloor.
Also check out Game Shack at Atrium on Bay, 595 Bay St (lower level). http://gameshack.ca/locations
EB Games across from the Eaton Centre (on Yonge St.), is their head location in Toronto. There's a PlayStation lounge on the second floor. Huge store.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
There's a second floor? I just assumed that was where they kept their games or something.
Yeah, I don't think I'm keeping anything I pre-ordered this year outside of Zelda and probably Splatoon...
Liberty4all
Banned
The second floor is a branded PlayStation lounge. It's huge with game stations set up all over the floor, couches, etc
User 479360
Banned
It's nice up there. PlayStation Canada has used it for press events, such as a Q&A/interview session with Jose Bautista for MLB 12, I think it was.
Black Republican
Member
$149.99 now, we had about 11 of them
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
I once saw someone in here asking to buy Nintendo eShop cards at face value through Paypal (not sure why). Anyway, I have 40$ in eShop cards that I would love to sell for their value. Let's say 38$ so the fees won't bring it over 40$. PM me if interested!
Bassmastergeneral
Member
Thanks! Might jump on that, was it the borderlands bundle?
Hmm interesting... I'm actually exactly 35$ short for Majora's Mask...hmmm
arts&crafts
Member
When is Targets next price drop? 25% off hardware is pretty good for a ps4
Black Republican
Member
arts&crafts
Member
Going to head to the Guelph store now for lulz, hoping the have Smash and will check out the hardware selection
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
I'd sell you two 20$ codes for 35$ Paypal if you want to!
Noooooo, ok.
Yeah someone came in yesterday morning to my Target and bought all eight of our Vitas, our three 3DS XLs, and our various PS3 bundles. So at that point all we had was one each of the two Playstation TV bundles.
Until about a half hour later when twelve more Vitas and like ten Mickey Mouse 2DSs showed up on our truck.
So come to Pickering if you want a Borderlands Vita for $150, I guess.
Until about a half hour later when twelve more Vitas and like ten Mickey Mouse 2DSs showed up on our truck.
So come to Pickering if you want a Borderlands Vita for $150, I guess.
DeathByBacklog
Member
^ that's a steal.
Black Republican
Member
RFD is watching son!
Black Republican
Member
Target would've buuuut
I'm glad I have a little bit more self-control than I once did, otherwise I might have purchased a "backup" Vita at Target yesterday.
My local Targets are a real exercise in contrasts -- my favorite store, near my work, is clearly going to close soon. Shelves are largely bare, and they're consolidating most of their stock up at the front.
Went to a different location yesterday and they were actually announcing they'd had a full truckload come in just that day (or maybe it was Thursday). Shelves were packed, empty food aisles were packed with boxes of unpacked merchandise (lots of toys, apparently).
I think many of the deals are OK. I mean, if you're looking for a game, the discount is pretty good ($30 for a 3DS title? Pretty reasonable). But nothing is discounted enough to make it a no brainer (except maybe systems -- I don't think there's anything but portables and last-gen stuff now). And the problem with the home console stuff is a lot of the stuff there had been cheaper before Christmas (Alien Isolation, I'm looking at you)
My local Targets are a real exercise in contrasts -- my favorite store, near my work, is clearly going to close soon. Shelves are largely bare, and they're consolidating most of their stock up at the front.
Went to a different location yesterday and they were actually announcing they'd had a full truckload come in just that day (or maybe it was Thursday). Shelves were packed, empty food aisles were packed with boxes of unpacked merchandise (lots of toys, apparently).
I think many of the deals are OK. I mean, if you're looking for a game, the discount is pretty good ($30 for a 3DS title? Pretty reasonable). But nothing is discounted enough to make it a no brainer (except maybe systems -- I don't think there's anything but portables and last-gen stuff now). And the problem with the home console stuff is a lot of the stuff there had been cheaper before Christmas (Alien Isolation, I'm looking at you)
nobodyshero
Banned
not a chance. It's a clearance sale, Target is happy as a pig in shit when one person cleans them out of a bunch of crap. Imposing limits is the last thing they want to do right now
Yeah, I really think retailers should implement limits on general deals -- when someone comes in and grabs your entire stock of an electronics item, I think it's a bit shady. But in a clearance situation, the whole goal is to get things out the door -- not to be fair to customers.
Black Republican
Member
Pretty much, but yeah it does suck for those who wanted limited type products like the Vita on sale though. The fact we had so many of those sitting in the distribution centres is amazing. What the fuck was Target doing?
Let's be honest, we never limited things even when the company wasn't in liquidation =P
Well either way, today was my last day with the company, time to move on.
Black Republican
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OrangeAtlas
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Need some suggestions for surround sound speakers, is $370 a good price for these JBL Cinema speakers?
Or are there other suggestions?
http://www.ncix.com/detail/jbl-cinema-510-5-1-home-80-100488.htm
Or are there other suggestions?
http://www.ncix.com/detail/jbl-cinema-510-5-1-home-80-100488.htm
N° 2048
Member
If I was paying that much they would have to be wireless.
shadow2810
Member
Just noticed Starbuck in my local Target, which is also the only one in my city will be closed.
RIP Sunday morning Frappuccino green tea
RIP Sunday morning Frappuccino green tea
lol, I wish it was the latter. Found work elsewhere, so gave my two weeks last week. Next week just conveniently coincided with vacation time I booked a month ago, so it worked out for me that I only had to work one more week.