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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 5: Much Ado Aboot Shipping
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You could use those and simply chop off the second female end that you wouldn't use
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021808&p_id=667&seq=1&format=2
Lone_Prodigy
Member
The limitation is US only.
Do you order from Monoprice often? Last time I got some cheap cables and surge protector I had to pay a bunch of duty fees. Didn't end up being much of a deal.
binarymelon
Member
I order from them fairly often and have never been hit with fees. I always choose USPS as my shipping option, which is usually only available for smaller items. You can also check Amazon.ca, monoprice has a marketplace store there where they sell a few items. http://www.cablesonsale.ca also resells monoprice items, but they add a healthy markup.
Awesome. Thanks for the info!
Buy a cable from sennheiser
KnightHart
Member
Alright, guess I'll see if I can trade in Wii Music, Band Hero and Guitar Hero World Tour (I have no idea why I even own these games)
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You're going to pay duties on anything over 20 bucks nowadays, unless you're lucky.
Infinite Stars
Member
This is going to be a weird question, but does anyone know of a place that sells DSi's for cheap? I'm trying to find a way to get my DS games to not look like crap.
Why not use 1:1 mode on the 3ds?
Judging by how he shut down the investigation into the robocalls and is pushing through a law to make it harder for people to vote it's very bad. I hope it is though!
Infinite Stars
Member
Too small/looks too weird for me.
on an OG 3DS, I agree. Looks better with the XL's 1:1 though.
On the XL it basically looks identical to playing on a DSi / DS Lite
naw it's a tad blurrier on a 3DS XL >_>
to me it does. google tells me everyone is convinced it looks the same so maybe my eyes are borked.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
EBGames continues to confuse me. Their online store doesn't have Fire Emblem on it, but if you load the cached page for it from Google you can still check stock. Does anyone know what the going price is? Cached page says 29.99.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
I have a giftcard to use at EB. I was trying to figure out if EB sold any pre-paid cards that Amazon would accept, but it doesn't look like that's the case.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Probably back to $40, most Boxing Week sales ended yesterday.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Weird. Found a store with a copy and they're saying $30. Hopefully they weren't reading an old sticker.
I wonder if you can get away with registered mail for that. Could be worth a shot
Yeah anything other than paper you pay through the nose. We don't have media mail like the US. Xpresspost envelope is probably your best bet.
I have mailed a game by lettermail before. it barely fits if you have the right size envelope. costs like $2.
edit: that was a couple years ago so might be a bit more expensive now
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
My brother might be interested. He's been looking for a copy for years. I'll text him and get back to you ASAP.
Yeah it's 2-3 now depending on where in Canada you mail it. The easiest way to do this is to buy a roll of kraft paper and just wrap your game in it. It'll always fit the 1.5 cm slot if you do this.
BravestOrphan
Member
This is off topic but I need a group of Canadians. I'm trying to get rogers to service my new home but they won't citing the engineering department. It stops 2 lots down from me and 1000 feet on the other side but they want $19,000 to get to me. The rep said that could change if engineering came out and reassessed the area but there is no way to do that so its basically engineering says no so go away.
My question is does anyone have an email or phone number or twitter account that is above regular customer service level that i can call or harass about this issue? Director of engineering or even higher up. There is a subdivision across the the road that wants service too so you would think that cost would be spread out and rogers would gain 40+ customers.
For the record right now we have to have bell satellite for tv and rogers rocket hub cell internet for home internet with a monthly cap of 20 GB. it sucks.
My question is does anyone have an email or phone number or twitter account that is above regular customer service level that i can call or harass about this issue? Director of engineering or even higher up. There is a subdivision across the the road that wants service too so you would think that cost would be spread out and rogers would gain 40+ customers.
For the record right now we have to have bell satellite for tv and rogers rocket hub cell internet for home internet with a monthly cap of 20 GB. it sucks.
Go with Bell or Tekksavvy for internet, Robbers is terrible.
Letter mail is for documents only. Sure its possible to get away with it but your package could be refused and if you take it to the post office they will make you use the parcel rate.
Teksavvy uses rogers. Presumably he researched the internet options available to him and the rocket stick was the best option.
I'm guessing he didn't like the DSL options.
Teksavvy uses rogers. Presumably he researched the internet options available to him and the rocket stick was the best option.
I'm guessing he didn't like the DSL options.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Teksavvy uses Rogers network.
I'd try poking around http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rogers to see if you can get any help. It's worth a shot!
BravestOrphan
Member
If I could get anything better that internet through cell service I would.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Oversized lettermail is about $2 domestic, $5 to US. It's a tight fit though.
If you want tracking it's about $15 domestic, $20 to US. For anything remotely valuable it's best to spring for tracking because it's so easy for a buyer to scam you.
If you want tracking it's about $15 domestic, $20 to US. For anything remotely valuable it's best to spring for tracking because it's so easy for a buyer to scam you.
Does Start.ca use Robbers lines exclusively? Maybe try them.
On topic: Does anyone know of any Vita memory card deals? I've tried finding them used at EB, but they never have the 32 gig, and I'm a bit leery at buying a used memory card. I have an 8 gig right now that's just not enough. I'll probably end up importing a 64 gig and paying an arm and a leg if I can't find a good deal in the next couple of months.
I think they use Bell. I recently signed up for their service and a Bell technician did the installation. I switched over to DSL (was using Rogers cables) and I'm pretty happy. Customer service has been great so far. They answer emails and follow up with phone calls almost immediately. They also have a few reps lurking the dslreports forum which is useful if people have any questions.
Rarely will you find deals in vita memory cards. For a long time 32 was enough but with more and more PS+ games and my addiction to psone games I an looking to get a 64 card, but on Amazon they are like 97-99 dollars (about the same from import sites)
Crossposting from amiibo thread, anyone else who ordered these from bestbuy? They were supposed to release today and now they are showing out of stock.
Got the same thing. I'm not going to get outraged over this. The entire Amiibo situation is something of a mess anyway. BB just didn't get their shipment yet.
catpurrcat
Member
Talk to Start.ca (phone them, they are super knowledgable). Or post in DSL reports forum, the head fellow in charge monitors questions there.
Been using them for 2 years, perfect.
I think, though I'm not sure, but they have access to multiple companies' lines.
I had forgotten how fucking terrible Kijiji is ugh...
Nobody replies to you with more than 2-3 words... Like wtf, it's not a chat room, it's an email exchange.
I got two replies so far to my ad
Reply 1: From your_mom@gmail.com (I'm not kidding lol)
"Check your price fucking dumbass"
(implying that I'm too expensive for the market)
Reply 2:
"good deal!!!"
... Now maybe Reply 2 is being ironic and also thinks it's too expensive... Or he thinks it's a good deal but then doesn't actually tell me if he's really interested or not.
Seriously, Fuck those guys.
Nobody replies to you with more than 2-3 words... Like wtf, it's not a chat room, it's an email exchange.
I got two replies so far to my ad
Reply 1: From your_mom@gmail.com (I'm not kidding lol)
"Check your price fucking dumbass"
(implying that I'm too expensive for the market)
Reply 2:
"good deal!!!"
... Now maybe Reply 2 is being ironic and also thinks it's too expensive... Or he thinks it's a good deal but then doesn't actually tell me if he's really interested or not.
Seriously, Fuck those guys.
suikodan
Member
Yeah, I know exactly what it is. Besides the fact that's it's too easy to send a message from the ad, I am sometime amazed by the effort people are putting just to drop you that kind of message.
