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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 7: More Shipping Talk than Anime & TV GAF
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mullet2000
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What's the eshop price for Twilight Princess? $59.99?
I have no interest in the amiibo.
I have no interest in the amiibo.
$64.99 https://checkout.nintendo.com/#/item/WUPNAZAE/billing
also damn Canada Post, looks like my copy is stuck in their depot for the weekend
VanCityGamer
Member
Best Buy sure shipped The Division early. My PS4 copy arrived this morning. Of course, this is the one time a game comes early for me and it's also the one time that I won't be able to play it until next week anyway.
Black Republican
Member
Got my amazon Zelda delivered around 1pm, niiiice
mullet2000
Member
*eyeroll* Of course they had to try to eek out that $5 extra.
Sounds dumb but that almost pushes me toward skipping this. $65 + tax for a single hd remaster sure is a lot.
Same thing happened to me when I got sticker shock last week over Pokemon red/blue/yellow being $12-13.
knacklover
Member
Yeah I decided to skip the Pokemon game because 13$+tx is way too much for it imo. 7.99$+tx would have been my price.
PyroPaperPlanes
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Since the price hike, has anyone else been holding off on picking up games? I'm at a point where it doesn't seem worth picking up games on launch day, especially with all the bugs and issues they typically launch with. I've skipped Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 due to the price alone, and will probably sit on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Uncharted 4 too.
The only game I'm considering picking up this month is TrackMania: Turbo due to the cheaper price tag, and that has the problem of being tied to uPlay (not to harp on, but it seriously is one of Rainbow Six: Siege's biggest issues).
The only game I'm considering picking up this month is TrackMania: Turbo due to the cheaper price tag, and that has the problem of being tied to uPlay (not to harp on, but it seriously is one of Rainbow Six: Siege's biggest issues).
This happened for FE Fates but I played it anyways...lol.
Lucky! Sucks that they aren't turning servers on until next week.
"Dear BestBuy,
Thank you for shipping my Twilight Princess HD w/ Wolf Link Amiibo in an over-sized garbage bag/flimsy "bubble" envelope. I'd also like to thank the person who thought using the package/box as something to sit/rest comfortably on. Next time, just wrap it in plastic wrap and send it along, nothing else required.
Best regards,
chrono01"
But seriously, I received my TP:HD in the mail today and was shocked to see it not ship in a box. Thankfully, it wasn't damaged too badly, but even still. Given the packing situation, it could have been a lot worse, I was just lucky in this case. When will they start shipping these kinds of things in boxes, already? :/
Thank you for shipping my Twilight Princess HD w/ Wolf Link Amiibo in an over-sized garbage bag/flimsy "bubble" envelope. I'd also like to thank the person who thought using the package/box as something to sit/rest comfortably on. Next time, just wrap it in plastic wrap and send it along, nothing else required.
Best regards,
chrono01"
But seriously, I received my TP:HD in the mail today and was shocked to see it not ship in a box. Thankfully, it wasn't damaged too badly, but even still. Given the packing situation, it could have been a lot worse, I was just lucky in this case. When will they start shipping these kinds of things in boxes, already? :/
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
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Mine shipped in a box from Best Buy, and I received it at 9:27 am Thursday morning, so I was pretty happy. First time I got a new release game the day before. I also got Return to Popolocrois this week from Best Buy, and that came on release day.
It'll need to happen fast, as there's usually a pretty decent gap between the dollar improving and game prices changing.
Man, you guys were lucky. I wish the same happened to me.
Yeah, it's definitely disappointing. I might try sending them an email next time to see if they can out a note on my order, asking to be shipped in a box. For standard games, I don't mind a bubble mailer, but when it's a SE/LE in a special box, I need it shipped in cardboard.
bananafactory
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Is the CAD actually improving or is the USD weakening? I'm not informed enough to know which is the case
The Elite
BOSS
Yeah. I expect to get shafted on the NX no matter what.
Well in this case it was an increase in our exports so our dollar appreciated against the USD.
socksfelloff
Member
I also got an extra one I forgot I jumped on. If no one wants it I'll return it to bb.
Located in Whitby/East end as well
I don't know when is the next one but I hope the BOC will not lower the interest rate. The dollar has been doing well since the interest rate stayed at 0.50 instead of lowering to 0.25.
Better than me. I had 3 copies shipped to me yesterday lol.
I thought I made only 3 orders but I actually made 4 and only cancelled one. I only need 2 copies. One for a friend.
Reminds me of the SF V CE I pre-ordered, I cancelled all of my PS4 pre-ordered but I forgot about the SFV from BB. I only learned about it when I got an email on release day saying that they were having problems getting a copy but they are working to get it to me or something. I was like, I forgot about this. I emailed them immediately saying that I was disappointed and I was looking forward to it, I firmly said that I wanna cancel it. I received a reply saying that they can't cancel it and I got the shipping confirmation the next day.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The weird thing is that I never got a TP shipping notice. I don't really care since I can take it or leave it with the game, but it's strange that I would get the Division shipping before TP considering the release dates. lol
Elitist1945
Member
Any updates on when/where No Man's Sky LE can be pre-ordered? Wasn't available at EB Games the other day.
It's looking like it might be never/nowhere.
Elitist1945
Member
Oh yay -_-
You and me both
Lone_Prodigy
Member
No Can Buy LE
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
As was mine. I had no idea they shipped these things differently.
If you have Twitter, do your part and tweet at Shuhei, Adam Boyes and the like.
doctorcdcs
Member
From what I'm reading, the US is the only option for us. GameStop.com stil has their preorders available of you don't mind the conversion rate. At least our dollar is going back up!
Right?
VanCityGamer
Member
At least with games from Amazon, they automatically lower the price on your order if the game price goes down.
My situation is that I'm having a hard enough time just paying the bills and putting food on the table for my little brother. Cannot afford anything else, so I live vicariously through gaffers' impressions.
Thankfully my neighbour lets me use his wifi signal to come on here a couple of times and check my email and browse a little. We are in a bad way.
Not being able to enjoy FE:Fates and Paper Jam is killing me. Then you have Pokken/Zelda:TP+HWL/StarFox Zero coming out in succession. I'm probably just going to watch some Youtube Let's Play videos. Oh well, maybe some day our luck will turn around.
Canadia is a third world country confirmedFrom what I'm reading, the US is the only option for us. GameStop.com stil has their preorders available of you don't mind the conversion rate. At least our dollar is going back up!
Right?
Big Chungus
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pics?
I've found that I've been buying a lot less, skipping over games I really want like Project Cross Zone 2 which I had preorderd but canceld and simply not ordering a lot of B tier stuff like Nights of Azure.
It was one thing to get that type of game when it was still $60 and you could get 30% off for preordering during e3 an another thing entirely when it's $85 since even with the 30% discount it's still too bloody expensive
Same with handhelds, It was one thing when they where only $40 but being $50 or even $60 in some cases is too much to swallow on a regulare bases. Some people might say "Oh it's only an extra $10" but it's not since that's not factoing in the extra tax you'll be paying at the higher price point and how quick the costs add up
PyroPaperPlanes
Member
My situation is that I'm having a hard enough time just paying the bills and putting food on the table for my little brother. Cannot afford anything else, so I live vicariously through gaffers' impressions.
Thankfully my neighbour lets me use his wifi signal to come on here a couple of times and check my email and browse a little. We are in a bad way.
Not being able to enjoy FE:Fates and Paper Jam is killing me. Then you have Pokken/Zelda:TP+HWL/StarFox Zero coming out in succession. I'm probably just going to watch some Youtube Let's Play videos. Oh well, maybe some day our luck will turn around.
Sorry to hear that it's hitting you so hard. Hopefully things will improve in due time.
User 479360
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Well, I found a Pokemon N3DS at a retail store tonight. However, it's not mine. At least, not yet.
I stopped at EB Games while I was out tonight, just to see what they had and to see if they maybe, somehow, had one of those. And they did, in the hold drawer. Someone had pre-ordered it with $5 down (they said it should have been $50), but hadn't picked it up.
The manager tried to call one of her employees, who had dealt with the customer or something, but he wasn't picking up. She didn't know if calls had gone out about that system, for pre-orderers, so she wasn't willing to sell it to me right away. So, she called the guy, left a message and is giving him 48 hours to come buy it. If it doesn't sell to him by close Sunday, it's mine.
Sorry to hear. Hopefully things will turn around soon.
I stopped at EB Games while I was out tonight, just to see what they had and to see if they maybe, somehow, had one of those. And they did, in the hold drawer. Someone had pre-ordered it with $5 down (they said it should have been $50), but hadn't picked it up.
The manager tried to call one of her employees, who had dealt with the customer or something, but he wasn't picking up. She didn't know if calls had gone out about that system, for pre-orderers, so she wasn't willing to sell it to me right away. So, she called the guy, left a message and is giving him 48 hours to come buy it. If it doesn't sell to him by close Sunday, it's mine.
My situation is that I'm having a hard enough time just paying the bills and putting food on the table for my little brother. Cannot afford anything else, so I live vicariously through gaffers' impressions.
Thankfully my neighbour lets me use his wifi signal to come on here a couple of times and check my email and browse a little. We are in a bad way.
Not being able to enjoy FE:Fates and Paper Jam is killing me. Then you have Pokken/Zelda:TP+HWL/StarFox Zero coming out in succession. I'm probably just going to watch some Youtube Let's Play videos. Oh well, maybe some day our luck will turn around.
Sorry to hear. Hopefully things will turn around soon.
I'm assuming the people who had it shipped in a bubble mailer had it come from their BC warehouse while those of us who got it in a box got it from Brampton Ontario.
Sounds about right. Mine came from BC as well in a bubble mailer. No harm done though as I don't collect boxes. Into the recycle bin it went!
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