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

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antibolo

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DoctorWho said:
A lot of people off for Remembrance Day as well.
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According to Wikipedia only a small fraction of the country observes it as a holiday (6 provinces, none of which are Ontario or Quebec).

It is Veterans Day in the US though, which should be a holiday countrywide, and it's not like Canada was relevant in NOA's decisions.
 
The Elite

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antibolo said:
According to Wikipedia only a small fraction of the country observes it as a holiday (6 provinces, none of which are Ontario or Quebec).

It is Veterans Day in the US though, which should be a holiday countrywide.
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Yeah, I work today in Ontario. Government workers are off I believe. At least provincial and federal workers.

A lot of people in my office took the day off anyway. The subway was empty this morning.
 
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Gibbles17

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May as well ask here, has anyone else noticed their E3 FFXV Amazon preorder got dropped to $49.96? The other games I'm waiting on (Horizon, TLG, KH3, FF7R) are still listed at $71 but and the prices shown don't factor in the E3 30% off until the game ships afaik (could be wrong on this).

Wondering if it's a similar situation as with Xenoblade Chronicles X where a bunch of us got the game for ~$15 after a pricing error that had the game listed at $19.71 before the 30% off. Maybe it's showing the discounted price because it's close to release?
 
The Elite

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FFXV at Amazon got dropped to $50 around E3 this year. I ordered it during the 2015 E3 so it's stacking with my 30% off.


Crazy.

It happened with Gears 4 as well. It really did ship for about $40 after tax.
 
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DeathByBacklog

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Local walmart here in town got 18 consoles...2 controllers. Doesn't open until 12:30am Central due to Remembrance Day.

Good ratios there Nintendo. /sarcasm
 
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Lexxism

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Gibbles17 said:
May as well ask here, has anyone else noticed their E3 FFXV Amazon preorder got dropped to $49.96? The other games I'm waiting on (Horizon, TLG, KH3, FF7R) are still listed at $71 but and the prices shown don't factor in the E3 30% off until the game ships afaik (could be wrong on this).

Wondering if it's a similar situation as with Xenoblade Chronicles X where a bunch of us got the game for ~$15 after a pricing error that had the game listed at $19.71 before the 30% off. Maybe it's showing the discounted price because it's close to release?
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Walmart dropped the price of ff15 to 49.99 last June. Amazon match that price.
 
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Anth0ny

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Local Best Buy got 30, sold out

Toys r us got 10, sold out. Limit 1 per customer.

Wall mart got 18, sold out

Guess nintendos not getting my money
 
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ReddishGUI

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stan_marsh said:
Some asshole got a hold of my card and tried to order hookers and sports accessories in Europe rofl
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It may be purely coincidental(it probably is) but my card got compromised three times in the past year or so.

The first two times, the only "suspicious" place I could think of was VGP(I know that they are a legit store but they most likely have poor online security).

Then two months ago, I made another purchase on their site even if I wanted to avoid them from now on(I was even joking with a friend that my card would be compromised AGAIN).

Then guess what happened... I've got a call from my bank a week or two after my order that my card had been used on gambling sites.

Not throwing any accusation to the site, I'm just sharing my story.
 
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Cru Jones

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ReddishGUI said:
It may be purely coincidental(it probably is) but my card got compromised three times in the past year or so.

The first two times, the only "suspicious" place I could think of was VGP(I know that they are a legit store but they most likely have poor online security).

Then two months ago, I made another purchase on their site even if I wanted to avoid them from now on(I was even joking with a friend that my card would be compromised AGAIN).

Then guess what happened... I've got a call from my bank a week or two after my order that my card had been used on gambling sites.

Not throwing any accusation to the site, I'm just sharing my story.
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I have the same thing... how do you know it's stacking?
 
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ThirstyFly

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ReddishGUI said:
It may be purely coincidental(it probably is) but my card got compromised three times in the past year or so.

The first two times, the only "suspicious" place I could think of was VGP(I know that they are a legit store but they most likely have poor online security).

Then two months ago, I made another purchase on their site even if I wanted to avoid them from now on(I was even joking with a friend that my card would be compromised AGAIN).

Then guess what happened... I've got a call from my bank a week or two after my order that my card had been used on gambling sites.

Not throwing any accusation to the site, I'm just sharing my story.
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Heh. Mine got compromised a few months ago and VGP was the only uncommon place I had used it at prior. I don't use it in stores or restaurants either.

My bank didn't notice either. I only caught it when I saw a strange charge on my bill, which turned out to be for a senior's dating site. Yup.
 
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ReddishGUI

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ThirstyFly said:
Heh. Mine got compromised a few months ago and VGP was the only uncommon place I had used it at prior. I don't use it in stores or restaurants either.

My bank didn't notice either. I only caught it when I saw a strange charge on my bill, which turned out to be for a senior's dating site. Yup.
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Interesting
 
The Elite

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VGP did have a data breach two or three years ago. A lot of people swore them off after that due to their handling of the situation.

BadHand said:
My local Walmart how's NES in stock on the website. Is it worth driving the 20mins or will it likely be sold out?
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Probably hasn't updated yet.
 
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No_Style

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ReddishGUI said:
It may be purely coincidental(it probably is) but my card got compromised three times in the past year or so.

The first two times, the only "suspicious" place I could think of was VGP(I know that they are a legit store but they most likely have poor online security).

Then two months ago, I made another purchase on their site even if I wanted to avoid them from now on(I was even joking with a friend that my card would be compromised AGAIN).

Then guess what happened... I've got a call from my bank a week or two after my order that my card had been used on gambling sites.

Not throwing any accusation to the site, I'm just sharing my story.
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Every so often people ask me why I don't share deals from VGP and this is why I don't: I don't entirely trust their online security. The way they handled their hack in 2012 was terrible as well and thus I wrote them off ever since.

They did not contact all their customers, they didn't update their Facebook or front page about it either. Just a complete disregard for customer safety.

I kept relatively silent since watching people post deals while hoping they changed but it doesn't look like they did.
 
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Gibbles17

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Has anyone traded up for a PS4pro at EB games yet? Seeing a number of different deals and wondering how/if they stack:

https://www.ebgames.ca/Recycled Offers/

Sections 2 and 3 of the triple promo thing says you get an additional 10% trade-in credit for an OG PS4 and an additional 50 bucks off the Pro's price. Do these stack with the $210 credit for a PS4 a little further down the page? If so then that's mighty tempting especially with the $100 for 5 shitty games I have lying around my apartment. Would make the Pro like ~150 bucks which sounds insane. Feel like that can't be right lol.
 
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tiijj

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To those who ordered Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics book, when's your shipping date? Mine was moved to monday.
 
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Kyolux

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So 5 PM for amazon.ca?

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A couple of people lined up at the BB I work at were lined up since 9pm last night.
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I was going to see my local best buy for one since my mom wants it. For PS VR there wasn't a peep. For this there were easily 150 people in line. I doubt most of them got one.
 
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Cactus

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VGP's response to the hack really soured me towards them, although I still go there once in a while to buy a short print game or Asian/European import.

If anyone wants a laugh, check out their retro game display case at the North York location. Some of those prices are absolutely insane.
 
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Kyolux said:
So 5 PM for amazon.ca?



I was going to see my local best buy for one since my mom wants it. For PS VR there wasn't a peep. For this there were easily 150 people in line. I doubt most of them got one.
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I want to know this too. Trying to get my second box.
 
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Zeeman

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Is there any reason to think there won't be multiple shipments before Black Friday and Xmas? I know Nintendo is sometimes weird about stock but this is clearly one of the *HOT* holiday items
 
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