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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 7: More Shipping Talk than Anime & TV GAF

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Sealtest

Sealtest

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I just wish chapters would split shipments without having to email and beg for it.

Amazon is much better about that even though they sometimes delay orders.
 
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Savitar

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Got my first copy of FE SE! The box was nicely packed so it wasn't really damaged, I mean it could have been better packed in a bigger box but overall I'm happy. It's like seeing an old friend again.
 
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Stage On

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Sealtest said:
I just wish chapters would split shipments without having to email and beg for it.

Amazon is much better about that even though they sometimes delay orders.
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Is it just me or is Amazon getting even worst about delays then before?

Usually for my books which I preorder months in advance they ship the day of release and then I get them in the mail the next day. Now I had a book come out on the 23rd and it's like they are purposly trying to make it take as long as possible despite being in stock
 
Sealtest

Sealtest

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Stage On said:
Is it just me or is Amazon getting even worst about delays then before?

Usually for my books which I preorder months in advance they ship the day of release and then I get them in the mail the next day. Now I had a book come out on the 23rd and it's like they are purposly trying to make it take as long as possible despite being in stock
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Who knows sometimes they're great but most of the time its terrible. I waited a full week before they shipped my Pokemon Blu-ray when it released and then I waited another 3 days after I asked for a replacement for the replacement to ship.
 
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ohlawd

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I had Amazon fix my stuck order of Birthright. they sent it out yesterday and I used free shipping. fastest I've ever gotten something from them using the free option.

so uhh for a copy I'm never gonna open, I feel pretty good paying only 17 bucks for it :3
 
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narcosis219

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Trying to sell one of my sticks on craigslist. Ppl b flaky as hell. Agree to meet, then bail out 3 hours before. Two different people!
 
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farisr

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ALLseeingEYE said:
What exactly are you referring to here? How could I get this discount?
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Can't anymore. They either fixed the glitch, or realized it and amazon support doesn't do that anymore. But what it basically boiled down to was that aside from E3, there was a 30% off promotion in December.

Some people (like myself) didn't really have 3 new games to preorder since the e3 promotion, so we asked amazon support to add a game or two to our existing e3 preorders as the promotion amount/rules were the same and those orders did have enough qualifying games in the order to receive the 30% discount.

What happened due to an error in the system, is that when amazon support added the games, the system recognized it as a new order. Detecting 3+ games, it added on the December 30% discount while also honoring the E3 30% discount at the same time. So all the games that were part of the original e3 order that hadn't shipped yet basically got an additional 30% off on top of the initial 30% off.
 
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Fularu

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farisr said:
Can't anymore. They either fixed the glitch, or realized it and amazon support doesn't do that anymore. But what it basically boiled down to was that aside from E3, there was a 30% off promotion in December.

Some people (like myself) didn't really have 3 new games to preorder since the e3 promotion, so we asked amazon support to add a game or two to our existing e3 preorders as the promotion amount/rules were the same and those orders did have enough qualifying games in the order to receive the 30% discount.

What happened due to an error in the system, is that when amazon support added the games, the system recognized it as a new order. Detecting 3+ games, it added on the December 30% discount while also honoring the E3 30% discount at the same time. So all the games that were part of the original e3 order that hadn't shipped yet basically got an additional 30% off on top of the initial 30% off.
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It didn't have to be from E3. Any order at least a day old would qualify for the double 30% when adding an item

This is why you can'T add items to orders anymore, Amazon (thankfully) closed that loophole
 
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farisr

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Fularu said:
It didn't have to be from E3. Any order at least a day old would qualify for the double 30% when adding an item
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Interesting, didn't know. I didn't try to do it again after it initially happened to me. I'd assumed that it had to be a different deals promotion. People probably abused the shit out of it once it became more known.
 
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Fularu

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farisr said:
Interesting, didn't know. I didn't try to do it again after it initially happened to me. I'd assumed that it had to be a different deals promotion. People probably abused the shit out of it once it became more known.
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It all boils down to how Amazon handles adding items. It created a new order linked ot the older one.

That brought on this "exploit"
 
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Skikkiks

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Oh that's funny. When the 20% Best Buy pre order deal thing was happening I asked Best Buy through a email ticket to apply the 20% to my Fire Emblem SE order but I never got any response and was charged full price and didn't think much of it afterwards.

Fast forward to today and I look at my credit card transactions and Best Buy refunded me 22.60 bucks for what seemed to be no reason, and then I checked what 20% of 112.99 is and sure enough it's 22.598.

#BestBuyisBest...Buy
 
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Mimosa97

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I thought I could hold on buying U4 until the price went below 50$ but after watching the last trailer I don't think I can ...

I REALLY don't want to pay 80$ for a game ...

I'm fucked.
 
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Sora_N

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Skikkiks said:
Oh that's funny. When the 20% Best Buy pre order deal thing was happening I asked Best Buy through a email ticket to apply the 20% to my Fire Emblem SE order but I never got any response and was charged full price and didn't think much of it afterwards.

Fast forward to today and I look at my credit card transactions and Best Buy refunded me 22.60 bucks for what seemed to be no reason, and then I checked what 20% of 112.99 is and sure enough it's 22.598.

#BestBuyisBest...Buy
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I didn't get a response either...gonna check

EDIT nothing for me. It says excludes special editions and stuff so eh.
 
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Teeth

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jholmes said:
Thanks for clearing that up. Glad I watch very little TV and live somewhere where I get a lot of stuff OTA. But this doesn't make me hopeful for the a la carte stuff.
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I know I'm late to this, but if you think that the a la carte stuff is going to be much of any benefit aside from some very specific cases, you're probably going to be disappointed.

The companies have already started rolling out the a la carte plans and they are basically priced like this:
1 channel = $2.99/month
Package of 6 channels containing that one channel = $5.99/month
bundle of 5 packages = $20/month

all of that on top of basic cable costs.

Also, as of yet, not every channel is required to be a la carte. So the most popular channels remain exclusively in packages.

So unless you are looking for a specific channel (that isn't too popular) and are fine with basic cable for everything else, you can theoretically save $3 a month.

If you are looking to only buy AMC, you're hosed. Not even offered on its own.
 
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moyashimon

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catpurrcat said:
Not Amazon related but I get games from Japan regularly (they come thru BC sorting facility to reach ON) and since mid Jan I've had all my packages take twice as long. 4 weeks instead of 2 weeks.
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Wow, at least they got to you. I had a package from Japan just flat out be returned to sender. I didn't have tracking so I'm eternally grateful it got back safely, but it's like that's never happened before, how? Anyway, I had to pay for shipping again to get it resent but now I'm sending it with tracking. Here's hoping nothing goes wrong this time...
 
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Mimosa97

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The strangest thing just happened to me.

Yesterday at 5.40 p.m I ordered a bunch of articles from Amazon. The delivery date was tuesday (I have prime) so I was shocked when someone delivered all my stuff this morning. How did that even happen ? I didn't even pay for 1-day delivery.

Basically I got my stuff 12 hours after ordering it online. Crazy ...
 
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espher

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That Rogers stuff is something.

I'd skip the Sportsnet pack because Sportsnet is hot garbage, but I'd still be on the hook for basic ($25) + TSN ($18) + Special Interest ($5, though I can skip it) + Canadian News ($5) + International News ($5). Honestly I'd rather skip basic and just pay a la carte for HNIC, TSN, and the one regional Sportsnet channel I might care about.
 
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espher said:
That Rogers stuff is something.

I'd skip the Sportsnet pack because Sportsnet is hot garbage, but I'd still be on the hook for basic ($25) + TSN ($18) + Special Interest ($5, though I can skip it) + Canadian News ($5) + International News ($5). Honestly I'd rather skip basic and just pay a la carte for HNIC, TSN, and the one regional Sportsnet channel I might care about.
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Sportsnet is where the Jays are. It's a must.

Is there new package info out?

I forgot that cable restructuring was happening. Link?

Edit: Found it.
 
stn

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Placed an Ebay order on the 13th of January that is coming from Japan. Most basic mailing option available. No reason to panic that its not here yet, right?
 
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DoctorWho said:
Sportsnet is where the Jays are. It's a must.

Is there new package info out?

I forgot that cable restructuring was happening. Link?

Edit: Found it.
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So, I just saw these new cable deals. Damn CRTC. What have you done?

Rogers starter packages 2016
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Also, This is Bell's own version of their skinny/starter whatever pack.
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They have the Sportsnet and TSN theme for $15 each. Or a sports pack for $25

More info at the link: http://imgur.com/a/PvJvy
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Ryde3

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farisr said:
OMG, that stacked discount was actually bigger than I thought it was. I was expecting the stacked 30% to be taken off from the already reduced price, but the discounted amount is taken from the original price for both of them. So instead of Game Price x 0.7 (30% discount) x 0.7 (30% discount) which is 51% off when all's said and done. It actually turned out to be 60% off.

Got Street Fighter V for $27.10 including taxes.
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So jealous! I guess it's too late to get a screenshot for 'price matching' huh :(
 
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Lexxism

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frequency said:
Do any of the retailers actually let you price match on something as exploitable as screenshots anyway?
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They don't. It just happens that they are "incompetent" sales associate who allow this. You gotta find this rare breed and take advantage
like some/most people did on Amazon
 
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knacklover

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Tapejara said:
New Deal

Platinum members take 20% off, Onyx members 30% off recycled games this weekend only
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It's only for PS4 and Xbox One game, no?

(Also lol Onyx member, is anyone here an Onyx member seeing as it requires 12000 point at 2 points/recycled$ and 1 point/$?)
 
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Augustiner

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senorbivins said:
New Deal
Dark Souls 3 Strategy Guide Estus Flask Edition avaliable for the 10% of $30 or more deal, also it seems to be incorrectly labeled as a textbook so anyone with a student prime account gets an additional 10% off bringing the total to 129.50 before tax.
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Tempting, but I'm leery of Prima game guides. They are really bare bones, and the last one I got (Xenoblade Chronicles X) was terrible. I'm not expecting anything as excellent as the Future Press ones, but it might still be nice to have a guide for this game.
 
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