I'm not sure vanilla is worth it considering you can't play Xenoblade and don't have optimum experience for MH4 or Zelda:MM.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 5: Much Ado Aboot Shipping
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I'm not sure vanilla is worth it considering you can't play Xenoblade and don't have optimum experience for MH4 or Zelda:MM.
I agree. Plus it's been cheaper before at $149.
You just jinxed yourself. It's now heading to Europe.
Walmart in oshawa on taunton rd. has a bunch of external HDD on clearance for 50.00 each does not matter what their regular retail is.
All are marked to 50.00. Seagate, WD and some other brands. About a dozen or so there
Got a Seagate go flex 1 TB drive. Been looking for a drive for my wii-u for a long time and didn't want to spend alot on it.
All are marked to 50.00. Seagate, WD and some other brands. About a dozen or so there
Got a Seagate go flex 1 TB drive. Been looking for a drive for my wii-u for a long time and didn't want to spend alot on it.
Mike Works
Member
I ordered HDMI cables at the beginning of the year, and after 3+ weeks I emailed them asking where they were. They apologized and sent out another set of cables with expedited shipping and they came in a day or two.
Then the original shipment came a couple days after that.
Silent Chief
Member
First of all, I don't think Americans are too keen on buying Canadian games with bilingual boxes.
Second, shipping from Canada will cost more than shipping from the US and any American can avoid sales taxes by buying from a different state.
Third, the markup on games isn't huge. The publisher price + distribution cost is over $50US on a console game. Retailers buy the games from the distributors. When the game doesn't sell they get a price protection credit from the publisher to clear the game. At that point, they don't lose money by selling it for less. They can't do that early unless the game massively undersell and then you'll see reduced shipments in the future.
For now, digital sales looks pretty good.
chrominance
Member
I think in many cases it's the distributors or the publishers marking prices up due to the exchange rate. So while border stores might see a rise in sales due to lowered prices, that would eat directly into the store margin as opposed to being shared equally. The number I saw in a few places was 25% margin for the store. Drop the price enough to make our games cheaper than the US equivalent, even before subtracting shipping/gas costs, and you're asking stores to take the full brunt of that $7-10 cut when their margin's under $20. And while I suppose EBGames could afford to lose 50% of their new-game revenue, they're not going to just because some US shoppers might decide to get in their car and drive across the border to buy video games.
That said, the general phenomenon of export sales rising when our dollar is low does actually happen. It's why manufacturing and resource companies like it when the dollar falls (within reason, anyways): it makes their goods cheaper on the world market and thus more attractive. I just don't think that necessarily applies when you're talking about individual consumers buying a few video games at a time.
I really hate the square "includes french" logo in front of the cover art.
Xenoflare
Member
Bravely Default's boxart got ruined by that.
Does anyone like the bilingual boxes?
I admit I've bought American versions just to be spared some ugly text added to ours.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
I don't really care. The boxes are already kinda ruined by ESRB logos, the backs a mess of warnings and logos. Just making it clear that it's playable en francais is fine.
If you use 3D mode with any regularity, the regular isn't worth buying at any price over the new XL. The 3D on the new 3DS is nearly perfect.
In the PS2 era, I definitely avoided GBA, GameCube, and PS2 games with French on the package. I don't mind it on Wii/DS games.
Lostconfused
Member
I think perfect is a huge exageration. But it is a lot better than on the old 3ds models.
crimzonflame
Member
I bought something from shop.ca and I got it the very next day. That was a surprise.
VanCityGamer
Member
Which province do you live in?
N° 2048
Member
Happened to me too (Ontario).
Wow@$80+Plus tax retail price becoming a reality. Add the numerous DLCs that will launch at a similarly inflated price and I say this is ludicrous. I still believe it's BS to charge the same price for digital as retail but I understand why they have to do it.
So overall, unless I am getting some form of discount, sayonara new games.
So overall, unless I am getting some form of discount, sayonara new games.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I'm excited to see the E3 deals this year at base cost of 79.99$ per game....
Might only pre-order 3DS games and wait for price-drops for console games due to past pre-order deals.
Game prices have increased by 35% since CAD drop.
woot
Might only pre-order 3DS games and wait for price-drops for console games due to past pre-order deals.
Game prices have increased by 35% since CAD drop.
woot
Wow, thanks! I'll go tonight to check it out! This is incredible.
catpurrcat
Member
After much research a couple months ago I got a Lenovo A8-50. Use it to listen to online radio and watch movies while commuting. Also web surfing.
Works great! Screen is excellent quality and the speed is snappy. Lightweight, and the best part is the battery life.
Just a heads up for people. I just ordered 5 codes and one of them was a dud. The code is simply invalid. This is a different error message than if you were to enter one that was already claimed. I'm guessing it could have been a different currency or a typo in the code.
Same thing happened to me. Live chat said it was a typo and fixed it.
doubt they get any but ultra-commons but at least I might be able to get those for cheaper now
I've waited on most of the commons, so it'll be nice to throw in a Bowser, or something on a 20x points day to reach the $50/75 mark.
I'm glad SDM isn't getting out of games. They're basically the best value right now for Nintendo 1st party stuff.
The Elite
BOSS
I had the same. They replaced my code quickly. I think they type them in manually and it was a typo.
I don't get why Shoppers hasn't sent me any emails about the new personalized offer loading system
do they just expect people to log in to their accounts and figure the whole thing out themselves?
oh and speaking of Shoppers I saw Smash Bros. Mario, Luigi, and Peach at one of my local stores this morning. meh
do they just expect people to log in to their accounts and figure the whole thing out themselves?
oh and speaking of Shoppers I saw Smash Bros. Mario, Luigi, and Peach at one of my local stores this morning. meh
They just sent me one a few minutes ago. Looks very convenient but at the same this makes it harder to try to game the system. I'm going to miss using a really good coupon a couple times a week.
As for deals, SDM has doritos for $1.88 for today and tomorrow.
AzureSkies
Member
might as well throw this here because you're all in Canada:
If anyone here is selling or wants to sell a GTX 970 I'll buy one from you, used or new.
If anyone here is selling or wants to sell a GTX 970 I'll buy one from you, used or new.
I spoke with customer service last week and they told me they'll be receiving the guide on May 28 (that or I'll be receiving my guide by May 28). They even bumped up my shipping option to premium for free just because I asked about this situation.
That's...a long wait.
Granted, I'm not exactly going to use the guide for anything, aside from looking at the art and for the dynamic theme [as well as the collectability aspect of it], so I don't need it right away. Still, that's quite a delay.
Thanks for the information, BTW.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Far Cry 4, Unity, and Watch Dogs CE's are $30 at Best Buy for all consoles. Sold out online for PS4.
I would have even settled for $30 for the base game of FC4, but nope, that shit's still $70.
I know its beating a dead horse but I completely forgot about this until last night (maybe or I rememebd that I had said it earlier).
For those that don't remember, Batman Arkham Asylum was actually sold at $40 at places like Best Buy because Canadian retailers didn't forsee this game selling well.
Now, its actually like $120 for the full version. Twice as much for the base game as it was so many years ago.
For those that don't remember, Batman Arkham Asylum was actually sold at $40 at places like Best Buy because Canadian retailers didn't forsee this game selling well.
Now, its actually like $120 for the full version. Twice as much for the base game as it was so many years ago.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
I remember the same thing with the original Borderlands. Good times.
reSpec Gaming
Member
Nexus 7. Asus Vivotab Note 8 looks good if you want to spend slightly out of that price range (and want Windows 8.1 on it)
Edit: Or sign up for a RBC bank account, I think they're giving away iPad Mini 2s right now, heh.