TimeEffect
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Oh man. $50 for battlefield is a steal
I wish we could see the last guardian on there.
Is this the final listing?
I wish we could see the last guardian on there.
Is this the final listing?
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 7: More Shipping Talk than Anime & TV GAF
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Play asia did the same, I paid via paypal and they want a passport and a credit card as well. I ordered a game and it's not even a code or anything.
Here's what they wanted:
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I used Japan Codes and they asked for ID and proof of a game that I was using the credit for.
I think what's happening is that people were doing chargebacks... so I dunno, maybe by adding this extra step, they are hoping to scare off people from trying to scam them.
TimeEffect
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Guys! Dors best buy match amazon? Until dawn is $20 on amazon
firehawk12
Subete no aware
If you get an anal CSR, they'll say that it's not free shipping or whatever so they won't do it. But generally they should.
(I wonder if CSRs are docked pay for every price match they give out or something)
TimeEffect
Member
Oh I sure hope I dont run into that. Ill ask tomorrow
If you do, try again. It's like the wheel of fortune, sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you dont.
Nuckerbockers
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https://www.amazon.ca/video-games-h...HMRTW6J&pf_rd_i=9291974011&pf_rd_p=2519769562
Wondering is it's safe to assume that this will be the only deal?
Assuming new games get added think this could work to a lot of our benefits. Especially if you have many games still coming from last year.
Wondering is it's safe to assume that this will be the only deal?
Assuming new games get added think this could work to a lot of our benefits. Especially if you have many games still coming from last year.
UberTag
Member
It'll work amazing for the holdovers. Not so much for new orders as we're not likely to see much in the way of "after the fact price drops less 30%" beyond the E3 stretch.
Still good enough for me, though.
Nuckerbockers
Member
True enough. I guess it works especially well for me as i basically pre ordered everything last year. Still have 15+ games from last years order coming. Assuming more games get added it'll more then make up for losing out on that possibility this year.
bloodyroarxx
Member
Yea for the few games I actually want this isnt bad at all.
Ill take $50 over $80 any day of the week.
Ill take $50 over $80 any day of the week.
$30 off, eh? Can't complain about that! And yeah, this will hopefully work wonders if some of last year's games drop in price too.
I noticed it says "up to $30 off", which I assume means full price games are $30 off, and the discount is less for like 3DS/budget games.
$30 off an $80 game is closer to 40% off. This is actually a much better deal.
I noticed it says "up to $30 off", which I assume means full price games are $30 off, and the discount is less for like 3DS/budget games.
$30 off an $80 game is closer to 40% off. This is actually a much better deal.
Nuckerbockers
Member
It's funny that to start this generation I wanted to go all digital. And then the dollar tanked and it's so much cheaper to go physical. At least if you plan ahead/want games day 1. Seems incredibly backwards. But here we are.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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If it will be the full promo, people who already preordered tons of stuff at 30% will get games like Kingdom Hearts 3, Nier, Horizon, Mass Effect, Zelda and more for 35$+ taxes. Great for them, sucks for people who don't order games they know won't be out for a long time.
BigJonsson
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The TOS leads me to believe this is their way of avoiding all the glitches they had last year
Considering how little stakes there are in preordering, and the fact that Canadian game prices were rising incredibly quickly last year, people really should start preordering anything they're interested in.
Nuckerbockers
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In 2020 when Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out I'll be paying 35+Tax and the suckers will be paying 109.99!
Kidding. (Hopefully)
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
Yea! I preordered allll the things hoping for random price drops. I don't think that what is happening was even in our wildest hopes.
CrimsonGun
Member
I had a lot of games preordered last year too. For some reason I cancelled all of them except ghost recon. Today I see I should have kept my gears 4 preorder. 56 bucks ain't bad but 39 bucks after taxes is better. Oh well.
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
Amazon finally price matched Watch Dogs 2.
CrimsonGun
Member
I wonder if the cod legacy edition will get a price drop for e3 as well.
They better not use that "drop" as an excuse not to have the 30% off apply if they are doing that since the $60 price point was a placeholder in the first place and it should have been $49.99 from the start
Sealtest
Member
So Pokemon was just added to that E3 save $30 amazon page so maybe it'll get more of a drop, I doubt it will though since they're using that "Hiding the price because it's lower then MSRP"
So with Amazon no longer giving % off during E3 Canadians are about 2 get screwed because of placeholders.
So with Amazon no longer giving % off during E3 Canadians are about 2 get screwed because of placeholders.
User 479360
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How does the Reward Zone stuff work? Is the 25x thing a good deal?
It's just a legal thing. I've seen it before, but that's usually on large ticket items like laptops/tablets, and not video games.
AzureSkies
Member
Pre-ordered $50 XV. On the fence about the game and I'm more likely to buy it at that price than $80.
Every game I want to pre-order is either on sale for $10 off (Pokémon) or outright not included (Paper Mario and Tokyo Mirage Sessions). Pokémon's $60 price is placeholder too, so it's probably no discount at all.
Kind of lame...
Very early into the sale, sir. I'm sure they will be discounting more games as we get into E3.
MrBambinoDent
Member
So if that's all BB is offering, does that mean Amazon.ca is the winner this year?
Japan implemented some anti-money laundering laws which stupidly require many businesses, including for people buying cheap video games, to get official documentation for anyone they do business with. Yes it's stupid, and the store isn't happy about it either, but they don't have any real say in the matter.
ReddishGUI
Member
Guys it's probably not the amazon sale. They are clearly just matching wal-mart(with the exact same selection) for now(like pokemon for the real MSRP...).
Who knows if they'll bother doing something else though... I'm fine with the current promo if they add a bunch of games themselves without just matching wal-mart and their most likely limited selection.
Who knows if they'll bother doing something else though... I'm fine with the current promo if they add a bunch of games themselves without just matching wal-mart and their most likely limited selection.
The Elite
BOSS
Preorder now. We don't know if those prices will be available next week and they are better than 30% off.
If they are available and you can add the 30% off to them next week you can alwaysorder them again with the discount.
chrominance
Member
Still holding out hope that this is not the actual E3 deal, because if it is it's incredibly disappointing. $30 off is great, but to only get it on a handful of titles is awful. With the exception of Pokemon (whose discount sucks anyways), these are all titles that will drop in price/go on sale after release. The big reason why the E3 pre-orders have always been so good is because they applied to nearly everything, including the niche titles that never seem to go on sale or go out of print very quickly.
Done, just was curious in case 30% off and then these prices drop again. More of a risk/reward type thing to get these in at $50?
The Elite
BOSS
At Amazon there is zero risk. It's easy to cancel and just reorder if you see a better deal. Also, their price guarantee keeps you safe if the base price drops further for some reason.
If you see a good price you should always jump on it. If you see a better deal later just do what you need to do to get that better deal. If you're unsure, ask here.
chrominance
Member
What risk? If Amazon raises the price again for the 30% promo/doesn't have the promo, keep the pre-order. If they keep the $50 price and stack the 30% on top, place a new pre-order and cancel your current one. You lose nothing either way.
xCaptainCanadax
Member
I'm hopeful that this promo will apply to everything still but just be scaled. So maybe every game that has an MSRP of 79.99 gets $30 off and as the MSRP drops the discounts drop accordingly. I would still be okay with this if it includes everything.
chrominance
Member
That would be great! Like the Future Shop promos of old.
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