Crazymoogle
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Yeah, that's my thinking as well. Using their online estimator it has an Xbox One 500GB @ $120 though? So that would mean $170. And it's unclear if they would expect the Kinect with that.
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Yeah, that's my thinking as well. Using their online estimator it has an Xbox One 500GB @ $120 though? So that would mean $170. And it's unclear if they would expect the Kinect with that.
KnightHart
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Okay yeah that makes more sense. Thinking about it getting $320 from BB is too generous of them.
Also for those who care I think No Man's Sky goes live on Steam at 1PM EST. Get cautiously proceduraly hyped.
Week of Aug 12 - 18 Round-up is up - http://gamedealscanada.com/deals
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Deleted member 126221
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Thanks!
Mirror's Edge at $40 is tempting... but it's bound to drop even lower soon... hmmm...
It will.
If you just expect to get credit back, you should be fine.l
Perfect. That's what I hoped. Thanks Killroy.
Lone_Prodigy
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Actually, depending on how stringent they are (and/or how the system works) you may just get back the trade credit of the games you traded in (without the boost).
If you have an Edge card and it hasn't been 3 days since you picked up the game, you can return it with their game guarantee for full credit. I would go this route since the other method is ripe for abuse (trade 3 for $70, never pick up game/return game, ends up being $70 towards any game).
That's possible, but it's never happened to me. Maybe the employees I deal with are just cool (or just don't give a fuck, lol).
You could exchange it towards another game in the Trade 3 deal, if you're interested in any of them. I dunno what else is available at the moment.
Xenoflare
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Sorry! I misread your question.
Ok, if that is the case if the would be buyer want your digital games, you'll have to give your NNID along with it, because the only way to retain it with your 3ds sold is to do a system transfer or to reformat your 3ds, both of which will delete the digital games.
Oh. Well that blows. But expected. May rethink this over.
Dual Blade
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My amazon prime is about to expire. Has anyone received offers from Amazon for prime after expiry? I enjoy prime but I just don't want to pay full price for our Canadian one.
Luckily I locked in practically every game I want in 2 day shipping (except Berseria).
Luckily I locked in practically every game I want in 2 day shipping (except Berseria).
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Nope. Been looking since Day 1 and the best I've found were copies on GAF's BST thread ($35 USD for Origins version).
A couple friends convinced me to go PS4 even though my heart was set on PC. Now I'm stuck with a PS4 copy. TIV is $28 only
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
KnightHart
Member
Nope. And it's a Blizz game so it'll never go on sale
until an expo or sequel comes out
Blizzard/Battle.net has the regular version for 40 USD, probably you're cheapest bet.
Zombie James
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Time to preorder the Twin Peaks book.
e: Damn it, I need to add 25 cents to the order for free shipping.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
With the exchange rate that works out to around $54. Might as well pay $5 more and get the Origin Edition.
People also sell it for cheap in BST sometimes as already mentioned.
User 479360
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Shite. I should have waited to order my colouring books.
I have one pre-ordered. Guess I could cancel it and re-order?
I have one pre-ordered. Guess I could cancel it and re-order?
Zombie James
Banned
I added a 51 cent used Stargate Atlantis book. Does anyone want a Stargate Atlantis book?
Chapters has 15% off if you use visa checkout. I find their prices comparable. You get free shipping for any order to store.
That's what I did for my FFXV strat book pre-order. Made a new order to make sure it works, than canceled the first one.
User 479360
Banned
I'll likely have to cancel then re-order, given that I used a gift card. I don't have a CC.
EDIT: I can't, because it was "part of a multi-product promotion." I don't see how, outside of it being off of the same gift card. It's a pre-order of one book, which wasn't related to the rest of my order. It just has pre-order insurance on the price.
Have you tried asking customer service to add the promo to your order?
Origins Edition is just some skins, so I guess if those are something you're interested in, sure.
It's crazy how hard they are to find. I wonder if there was just the initial batch and then nothing for a while. I'm likely going to wait until early next year until they're readily available.
The Book Depository IS Amazon that's why the prices are the same. They actually used to be cheaper before Amazon bought them.
just watch out if you're someone who wants your books in pristine condition (I am one of these people) because book depository doesn't package in the most sturdy way and the books are coming from the UK usually
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
I just realized something about Best Buy
1) They're giving $20 off $100 on Visa Checkouts
2) If you preordered during the E3 promo you get 10x Reward points on game purchases. 10 X $100 = 1000 points or $12.50
3) Mirrors Edge is on sale for $40 and Assassins Creed Syndicate is $30. If I could add another game to bring the total over $100 thats a savings of over $30.
Assuming everything stacks and works as intended. Just need to find a third game in the $30-$40 range.
1) They're giving $20 off $100 on Visa Checkouts
2) If you preordered during the E3 promo you get 10x Reward points on game purchases. 10 X $100 = 1000 points or $12.50
3) Mirrors Edge is on sale for $40 and Assassins Creed Syndicate is $30. If I could add another game to bring the total over $100 thats a savings of over $30.
Assuming everything stacks and works as intended. Just need to find a third game in the $30-$40 range.
User 479360
Banned
No, but I will.
EDIT: They added it to my total order for 3 books, two of which have arrived. I saved $6.74. Thanks! (Still waiting for it to show in my gift card balance, though.)
User 479360
Banned
What are the best deals for phones right now? Where's best to look for deals? Family packs with free phones are an option. Would like some data (a gig at least).
I need a new phone, and my Dad too. We just need 2.
Yeah, I saw that today. It's not as good.
I need a new phone, and my Dad too. We just need 2.
Yeah, I saw that today. It's not as good.
The best is probably to wait for Trump to become president and see the CAD go up as the USD will go down. Then, prices will be magical.
I have no idea what's a good buy right now.
I bit the bullet and ordered from a third party market off Amazon.ca and spent a $60 premium for my 480 (on top of the **** you canada 'tax')
Are the 480s still so rare you can't find them on store shelves?
I see one RX 470 available online at Memoryexpress for $280 + shipping. Not the greatest price and I don't know how they handle international credit cards either.
Haven't really seen aftermarket cards available although I haven't looked too deeply since grabbing a GTX 1060 out of frustration because it was actually cheaper. RX 470 seem to have better availability but I talked myself out of it after looking at Freesync more closely. Costs really skyrocket if you try to get similar features to Gsync so I'd mind as well get the better implementation from the start.
User 479360
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Thanks for trying
Apparently we're going to get them Monday, so I'm supposed to do research. Phone plans aren't my specialty, though.
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If you're adventurous and cheap, you can look on Aliexpress or Geekbuying for Xiaomi phones like the Redmi Note 3 Pro. They're chinese phones with great specs (3gb ram, 32gb storage...) for 200-250$. Then you can get a Koodo prepaid plan if you're a light user.
Beware however with the Xiaomi route you're pretty much left on your own as the phones are not officially sold here, and you might have to mess with ROMs flashing, etc. Do it a your own risk (but I'm glad I did!).
EDIT: Didn't really think when I suggested that... For you, I'd suggest going with something more straightforward if you want peace of mind...
Beware however with the Xiaomi route you're pretty much left on your own as the phones are not officially sold here, and you might have to mess with ROMs flashing, etc. Do it a your own risk (but I'm glad I did!).
EDIT: Didn't really think when I suggested that... For you, I'd suggest going with something more straightforward if you want peace of mind...
Memory Express is Canadian so no issues with international credit cards.
What do you have now? What provider and on what plan?
User 479360
Banned
I use my Mom's old phone. She had a flip phone for years, and before she had surgery a couple of years ago we upgraded. She didn't really use it at all, and didn't really know how due to memory and physical impairments, so my Dad and I shared it and still do. I don't go out much, so it's not an issue, but he wants to have his own now.
Virgin Mobile, $40/month (comes to $52, I think) and that's for 500 minutes, 500megabits and unlimited text in NA. It's one of the Samsung Galaxy Minis.
User 479360
Banned
Now I'm afraid to open and set up my Xbox, lol. Afraid of dust, fingerprints, clammy hands when I do it, etc.
It never ends with my crazy mind.
It never ends with my crazy mind.
So I'm back home from doing the Diefenbunker escape.
It was alright. Like they have a lot of good ideas. But being 12 was too much.
6 would have been enough and would have avoided a lot of time some of us didn't have anything to do.
In the end, we escaped, but with a bad ending.
I'd give it a 7/10 I guess. It was pretty cool being in an actual bunker though. And unless anything changed, it's neat to do the biggest (in terms of area) escape room in the world.
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Edit: Well, ordered those TMNT volumes after all.
It was alright. Like they have a lot of good ideas. But being 12 was too much.
You're split up in 3 teams of 4 for about 2/3 of the way through until you have to bring everything together. But 4 in the different areas was already too much.
6 would have been enough and would have avoided a lot of time some of us didn't have anything to do.
It would have prevented the huge confusion at the end when we had to work all of us together.
In the end, we escaped, but with a bad ending.
A lot of people died.
I'd give it a 7/10 I guess. It was pretty cool being in an actual bunker though. And unless anything changed, it's neat to do the biggest (in terms of area) escape room in the world.
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Edit: Well, ordered those TMNT volumes after all.
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