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Canadian Gaming Deals & Discussion 8: Don't Move Here For The Deals

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Quintin DM

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ReddishGUI said:
The zelda master edition is eb exclusive according to their newsletter/flyer.
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It better not be. Only retailer in the whole country who has them and they sell out in a matter seconds.....

EDIT: Though if this true that's really odd, considering the official site says it can be preordered from Amazon, BB, and EB
 
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Sealtest

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ReddishGUI said:
The zelda master edition is eb exclusive according to their newsletter/flyer.
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I didn't even see that when I opened it.. They better just have exclusive rights to the master edition and not the special one. I want that case.


I guess I won't be cancelling my Amazon US order after all.
 
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killroy87

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Hmm, EB is getting physical copies of Has Been Heroes, and it's exclusive to them and only $29. I might grab that, apparently it's pretty good.
 
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Bronetta

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If the Master Edition is $130 US shouldnt that be $175 here? Why is it $200, a whopping $25 more?
 
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keakster

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ReddishGUI said:
The zelda master edition is eb exclusive according to their newsletter/flyer.
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Quintin DM said:
It better not be. Only retailer in the whole country who has them and they sell out in a matter seconds.....

EDIT: Though if this true that's really odd, considering the official site says it can be preordered from Amazon, BB, and EB
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It is promising that the Special edition is listed there as available at all 5 (Amzn, BB, EB, WM & TRU)
 
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keakster

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chrono01

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keakster said:
So with the Special at $99 US, it should be $130 CDN, who wants to bet we get it for $150?

Thank you!

Any idea what shipping is like?
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I'd be surprised if the Special Edition (if we get it) is any lower than $149.99. Honestly, given the price-gouging (and the fact that the Master Edition sold out immediately and is apparently only offered at EB), $179.99 wouldn't surprise me.

At least Amazon Prime will knock the price down a bit.
 
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Fake_Empire

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keakster said:
So with the Special at $99 US, it should be $130 CDN, who wants to bet we get it for $150?



Thank you!

Any idea what shipping is like?
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Not sure but they have a thing a discount code at the top of the page, "CANADASHIP", that will take $20 off your order which seems nice.
 
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zroid

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chrono01 said:
I'd be surprised if the Special Edition (if we get it) is any lower than $149.99. Honestly, given the price-gouging (and the fact that the Master Edition sold out immediately and is apparently only offered at EB), $179.99 wouldn't surprise me.

At least Amazon Prime will knock the price down a bit.
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The Master Edition is USD + 53% so $150 would be just about exactly right

would love for someone to explain where this exchange rate of 150% is coming from but what do I know

leeman said:
BestBuy just said they will not be getting the Master edition, only the special edition. This enforces the idea that the Master version is an EB exclusive :(. Special edition release date is TBD.

http://plug-in.bestbuy.ca/t5/Video-...the-Wild-Master-and-Special/m-p/170111#M16512
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Alright, that's good news at least. I will buy it cuz it's Zelda even though paying 150 bucks for a single video game is batshit insane as far as I'm concerned.
 
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iBeleaf

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Happy to see people are excited about Switch.

But I think it's straight garbage. From price points to specs to features.

Zelda looks amazing though.
 
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CuthbertAllgoodz

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As of now, the exact dates for when the Special Edition will be available for pre-order is TBD. I won't be getting that info for at least a couple weeks. I will post on this thread once the gaming department confirms some dates.
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Christ, weeks? Come on Amazon!
 
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Lexxism

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zroid said:
The Master Edition is USD + 53% so $150 would be just about exactly right

would love for someone to explain where this exchange rate of 150% is coming from but what do I know
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We need to know what kind of drugs Nintendo are using. Maybe they can share it with us
 
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keakster

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chrono01 said:
I'd be surprised if the Special Edition (if we get it) is any lower than $149.99. Honestly, given the price-gouging (and the fact that the Master Edition sold out immediately and is apparently only offered at EB), $179.99 wouldn't surprise me.

At least Amazon Prime will knock the price down a bit.
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Fake_Empire said:
Not sure but they have a thing a discount code at the top of the page, "CANADASHIP", that will take $20 off your order which seems nice.
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Vamphuntr said:
With custom fees, Shipping and Conversion rates your wallet is going to hurt a lot :S
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So just put $137 CDN worth of video games in a cart to test it out (Target's site does the conversion automatically). $18 for shipping, $18 for customs and taxes, minus the $20 shipping promo equals $153 Canadian. And they guarantee no other fees. That is definitely cheaper that what we're going to be getting in Canada
and without the French!
 
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chrono01

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zroid said:
The Master Edition is USD + 53% so $150 would be just about exactly right

would love for someone to explain where this exchange rate of 150% is coming from but what do I know
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I guess Nintendo feels they can get away with it and, judging from how fast the Master Edition sold out, it seems they can. :/

CuthbertAllgoodz said:
Christ, weeks? Come on Amazon!
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Seriously. I hope it's available sooner than that at other retailers. Why do I get the feeling that we're just going to get the extra stock from whatever the US has allocated to them?
 
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jzbluz

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I think it might be cheaper to just import a Switch from Japan. Although I haven't imported a console since my vita a few years back, so there might be some hidden cost that I'm not seeing.
 
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Proc

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Got my grey preorder in this morning.

$200 for the master edition seems outrageous to me. I think I'll go digital but I'm dreading day one downloads.
 
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jzbluz

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Lexxus said:
CBSA will be your enemy.
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I've only had issues using FedEx, so I think it depends from where you buy and what shipping option you use. Anyway, the price will probably be cheaper by the time I want one. Except the 3DS has managed to get more expensive, so who knows with Nintendo.
 
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