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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 7: More Shipping Talk than Anime & TV GAF
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Rand0m TAG
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how does preordering work from amazon work? when is the latest i can cancel? tempted by the deals
Yeah like the below scenario. Like would it be better to get the 30% of at the full price in case the price goes back to $50 (then getting the game for like $35) then going in right now which is $50 flat.
xCaptainCanadax
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You can cancel anytime up until the game is shipping. I have cancelled a couple days before release and been fine before. I would say leaving a week gap between your decision and the release of an item would be safe window.
xCaptainCanadax
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Yeah I would like to grab BF1 but I think ill wait for the E3 sale to get going before placing an order so I dont end up with a bunch of small item orders. Hopefully the price doesnt change for some reason...
Rand0m TAG
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cool rather preorder now and makeup my mind later than having to pay 90$ a game
WrenchNinja
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Points expire. It's bullshit.
They're currently just matching Walmart. No idea if this is actually the real deal but if Walmart is going to put up more games at that price, you bet they'll match it.
That and you can't use them online which irks me to no end.
This is what I'm seeing currently (and like others said, this might not be the official E3 sale):
Pre Orders
Battlefield 1 - $49.96
Watch Dogs 2 - $49.96
FFXV - $49.96
Ghost Recon Wildlands - $49.96
Gears of War 4 - $49.96
Stuff Already Out
Far Cry 4 - $12.95
Until Dawn - $19.99
Bloodborne - $19.99
The Division - $49.96
Far Cry Primal - $49.96
Pre Orders
Battlefield 1 - $49.96
Watch Dogs 2 - $49.96
FFXV - $49.96
Ghost Recon Wildlands - $49.96
Gears of War 4 - $49.96
Stuff Already Out
Far Cry 4 - $12.95
Until Dawn - $19.99
Bloodborne - $19.99
The Division - $49.96
Far Cry Primal - $49.96
Another fun limitation which is a pain in the ass is that the pre-tax amount has to exactly meet or exceed the certificate, so if you have a $20 certificate you can't use it at all to buy an item which is $19.99 without buying something else too.
knacklover
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I need more pre-orders, Wal-mart please.
I think we're still getting an E3 deal, likely to start Sunday night after Bethesda or during Monday (Amazon's E3 page mentions "deals all week long", but that could be for things already released). These prices are awesome, though, and might be worth snagging now rather than waiting for the deal. You're getting 38% rather than the potential 20-30%. Plus if there's a better deal, at least you had these pre-ordered as a back-up. Never a bad thing to be careful.
Yes. I forgot about that too. I held out hope for the longest time that they'll revamp that program but nada. Such poop.
That's not correct. RZ certs are now applied as a payment method after the purchase is totaled. They're no longer applied as a pre-tax discount. As long as the purchase, with tax, is greater than your certificate, you're good.
It's been this way for at least a year.
Good news if true. I got denied for the reason I stated but it may have been just over a year ago.
I'm honestly pretty close to calling it quits with NVidia, despite owning a GSync monitor. I hope AMD knocks it out of the park with their 480.
The Elite
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Can you elaborate? Non-founders will go down in price no?
edit: Nevermind, just saw how it was priced at 62 cents..
Discotheque
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Going by the price hike of these new cards I think the 480 8gb version will be about 400 in Canada.
Yeah, it was. I based it on the $379 price tag. That's a really big profit from nvidia lol
opticalmace
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The 1070 FEs are $450 in the US believe. Still like a $50 CAD markup or so here, which is dumb.
The aftermarket cards better be in the ~550 range....
opticalmace
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Memory express seems to show $619/$629: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Search/Products?Search=gtx+1070
So I dunno?
chrominance
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Oh, I see, you're worried about future price drops. In that case, pre-order now at $50, then if Amazon.ca does the 30% promo pre-order again with the promo, and keep both around until close to release. If the price drops in the interim, your 30% off pre-order will benefit and you can cancel the $50 one if the price after discount is less. If the price doesn't drop, cancel the 30% off pre-order instead. It is riskier because you have to keep an eye on your pre-orders to make sure you don't mistakenly get two copies (and if Amazon requires 2+ games to qualify for the 30% off, you might be in a position where you can't cancel one game without losing the promo), but it's really no big deal if you're paying attention.
And if that all sounds like way too much work, just pre-order now at $50 and stop worrying about it. It's better than 30% off and unless you get a freak price drop like Xenoblade Chronicles X at $17, the promo is unlikely to save you more than a few bucks anyways. I'm not really losing any sleep over not pre-ordering Final Fantasy XV through Amazon last year because it might have saved me five bucks off my BB pre-order.
Sorry to be off topic, but do you guys know where I can buy U.S. International stamps in Canada? I thought a post office in a Shoppers would have them, but apparently they don't carry them.
I need them for wedding invitations, i.e. inside the envelope is a response envelope with a stamp already on there. I want my U.S. guests to be able to respond back without having to buy their own stamp.
I need them for wedding invitations, i.e. inside the envelope is a response envelope with a stamp already on there. I want my U.S. guests to be able to respond back without having to buy their own stamp.
I have a super dumb question. I'm travelling to LA for work next week, and I want to get a travel pack for my phone. Can I just buy it online now? Do I need to like set specific dates for when I want it to be valid, or will it just know that I bought it when I enter US roaming?
Really? What's the 379? Damn. This is the thing I hate with these gpus. So many pricing.
opticalmace
Member
Weird price, I bet it's a placeholder.
knacklover
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That's a good question, you may want to just include a 1$ USD bill?
That's actually a pretty good idea. I'll try it if I can't find the stamps, thanks!
shadow2810
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$379 is for the non-"premium" model, which is not available at launch. Fuck Nvidia.
Crazymoogle
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The basic problem is it's another paper launch. Supplies are heavily constrained so Nvidia is selling stock cards (even through 3rd parties) and charging extra for them.
So we basically have two tiers:
- Founders Edition (AKA Stock Cooling AKA Reference card): $449 USD
- Regular Card (3rd party models with custom coolers): $379+ USD
There's no official word on when the custom cards are available but as long as things are supply constrained there is no price pressure to drop to $379
opticalmace
Member
I think lie might be too strong. There are some GTX 1080s that are near the "US MSRP" price of $599 (e.g. this at $619, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487246&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-Veeralava%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6202798&SID=).
I believe some manufacturers have already announced 1080s that will retail for $599 USD, I'd have to check where I read that, either PC Per or Tech Report.
So I think there will be some 1070s near $379 USD, but probably not for a while. And the US/CAD conversion is normally not very favourable for us.
reSpec Gaming
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Those 1070 prices make me happy I got my 970 for $400 so recently. I don't feel as bad now, lol.
[also crazy people on Kijiji and eBay are selling their 970s for like $200. People are underselling themselves, take advantage of that if you're okay with used (I'm not personally for GPUs, my 970 is new)]
[also crazy people on Kijiji and eBay are selling their 970s for like $200. People are underselling themselves, take advantage of that if you're okay with used (I'm not personally for GPUs, my 970 is new)]
I would snatch up a 970 at $200 in a heartbeat. People in Ottawa are selling them at $350+
Unless some more price matching happens.. I wouldn't expect anything until Sunday or Monday.
Also, got an email from Best Buy, they got a bunch of deals on currently out games and accessories.
I'm refreshing a whole bunch too
The Elite
BOSS
Not BF1 for $35. Amazon has priced matched certain titles that Walmart has available for $49.99.
If you had one of those games already preordered from last year's 30% off deals you would be getting it for the new low price of $35.
Games included:
Battlefield 1
Gears 4
Watch Dogs 2
Ghost Recon
Final Fantasy XV
They are all $49.99 on Amazon right now. Go get em.
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