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

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ReddishGUI

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Dazzler said:
congrats to Chewie! I need some sort of chart to highlight how many of those posts featured the words "returning" and "controller" :)
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Working on it

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TheNintendoBox said:
huh why does my rdr 2 preorder have a environment handling fee?

http://image.prntscr.com/image/50c1ef4d5e41446e88f531b2346b16eb.png[IMG][/QUOTE]

Mine has it too, thanks for the head's up.

[quote="Vinc, post: 224674227"]Wtf. Mine too! Thanks for posting this, I'll cancel until this is fixed.[/QUOTE]

Thinking about doing this, but I pre-ordered when the price was discounted.

Might contact CS about it and go from there.
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BadWolf

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Been looking at pre-built PCs all morning and am completely mind effed, no idea what to get or what companies are good/reliable :/
 
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dankir

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So the loonie is worth less than 74 cents now at this rate we'l be hitting 89.99 games soon! YAYYYYYYYY CANADA.... :mad:
 
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Firestorm

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BadWolf said:
Been looking at pre-built PCs all morning and am completely mind effed, no idea what to get or what companies are good/reliable :/
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What's your budget and usage? With NCIX and Memory Express in Canada it's better to have someone help you put together a build with high quality parts and have them build it for $40 - $50.
 
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Bronetta

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BadWolf said:
Been looking at pre-built PCs all morning and am completely mind effed, no idea what to get or what companies are good/reliable :/
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Build one yourself, its very easy. Modern day PC assembly is a lot like putting Lego together for grownups.


Go to pcpartpicker.ca to get started.

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Wanna be best friends?
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Kaz... Im already a friend
 
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BadWolf

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Firestorm said:
What's your budget and usage? With NCIX and Memory Express in Canada it's better to have someone help you put together a build with high quality parts and have them build it for $40 - $50.
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DoctorWho said:
NCIX will let you pick the parts and they will build it for you for about $50 extra.
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-SG said:
Go to http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc and fill out the form. Lots of good help over that way.
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Bronetta said:
Build one yourself, its very easy. Modern day PC assembly is a lot like putting Lego together for grownups.


Go to pcpartpicker.ca to get started.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Checked that reddit and might go with this build:

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/8ZHDJV
 
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Black Republican

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Walmart: Nov 17- 23

Slim PS4 Uncharted 4 500gb Bundle purchased with COD : IW - $379.99

same as the Gears XB1 TB bundle for the same week:

Gears of War 1TB XB1 S Console purchased with COD:IW = $379.99
 
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DOATag

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dankir said:
So the loonie is worth less than 74 cents now at this rate we'l be hitting 89.99 games soon! YAYYYYYYYY CANADA.... :mad:
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This is why I still have pre-orders from 4 years ago for 50-60$ games that I dont even want to play but cant give up :/
 
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Man, I miss the days when I could go to Blockbuster, buy three used games for $10-15 each, then drive to EB and trade them in for a new release. My best week got me three full priced pre-orders paid off for $100. Someone mentioned this earlier in the thread and it brought back good memories.

I miss Blockbuster in general, though. I was a regular at two stores, even rental wise.

Also: Wow, I hit number one on the Wall of Shame. I don't want to do that this time.
 
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BadWolf

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Winged Creature said:
Are you going to be overclocking (since your going 6600K) if so Im not sure if the motherboard would be the best choice. I got the same motherboard and went with the i5 6500, since I wont be overclocking.
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Nah, I'm just going to use it as is. I don't trust myself to mess around with stuff like this.
 
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Winged Creature

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Then go with the 6500, you'll save some money. The 6600K is meant for overclocking. 6500 is supposed to be the sweet spot in terms of CPU price/value/performance.
 
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OCDChewie said:
Man, I miss the days when I could go to Blockbuster, buy three used games for $10-15 each, then drive to EB and trade them in for a new release. My best week got me three full priced pre-orders paid off for $100. Someone mentioned this earlier in the thread and it brought back good memories.

I miss Blockbuster in general, though. I was a regular at two stores, even rental wise.

Also: Wow, I hit number one on the Wall of Shame. I don't want to do that this time.
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I wasn't very big on buying games as a teen, funny enough. I just rented them from Blockbuster or I'd get them as presents.

Speaking of past good deals, I remember when Future Shop and Best Buy had a trade ANY game for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, or Battlefield 3.

I was able to reserve COD and Battlefield 3 online, one for each store, before they shut down online reservations for them. lol
 
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Winged Creature

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Also i dont think you need to spend that much on your CPU cooler. I went with a much cheaper option and saved alot of money. The only trade off was that it was more difficult to install.
 
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killroy87

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OCDChewie said:
Man, I miss the days when I could go to Blockbuster, buy three used games for $10-15 each, then drive to EB and trade them in for a new release. My best week got me three full priced pre-orders paid off for $100. Someone mentioned this earlier in the thread and it brought back good memories.

I miss Blockbuster in general, though. I was a regular at two stores, even rental wise.

Also: Wow, I hit number one on the Wall of Shame. I don't want to do that this time.
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I will never in my life forget about when Blockbuster first began trading in games, it was when the Xbox/GC/PS2 were still the main systems. I don't know who over at BB was in charge of judging the value of each game, but they done fucked up, because games that you could get for like $3 used at EB would trade in for $20-40 at Blockbuster. I'll never forge tthe rows and rows of Mechassault and Crimson Skies for the original Xbox. It only lasted a week or two until they wised up, but I made such a disgusting amount of credit at Blockbuster by spending like $50 at EB.
 
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BadWolf

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Winged Creature said:
Also i dont think you need to spend that much on your CPU cooler. I went with a much cheaper option and saved alot of money. The only trade off was that it was more difficult to install.
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This is probably too much to ask but could you possibly put together an NCIX (or another place that assembles) bundle that you think is good?

I don't really need anything super high end, if it can run most console ports at 1080p (or there about) and good/decent FPS then I'd be happy. That pcpartpicker bundle kind of sounds like overkill lol.
 
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I was at the meeting the day our Blockbuster store was told about trading. I saw the values and laughed. Went home and brought back all my old games to trade in. I swear there was a $20 minimum we had for a while. There was at least a $5 minimum on DVDs as well. It was ridiculous.
 
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killroy87 said:
I will never in my life forget about when Blockbuster first began trading in games, it was when the Xbox/GC/PS2 were still the main systems. I don't know who over at BB was in charge of judging the value of each game, but they done fucked up, because games that you could get for like $3 used at EB would trade in for $20-40 at Blockbuster. I'll never forge tthe rows and rows of Mechassault and Crimson Skies for the original Xbox. It only lasted a week or two until they wised up, but I made such a disgusting amount of credit at Blockbuster by spending like $50 at EB.
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Haha, yeah.

And when they would give ten dollars for any current gen game. I drove around and bought lots of copies of NHL 2K6 for $1.89 new and $1.56 used at EB/Future Shop, then traded them in to get a DSi.

Quick said:
I wasn't very big on buying games as a teen, funny enough. I just rented them from Blockbuster or I'd get them as presents.

Speaking of past good deals, I remember when Future Shop and Best Buy had a trade ANY game for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, or Battlefield 3.

I was able to reserve COD and Battlefield 3 online, one for each store, before they shut down online reservations for them. lol
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Nice. I remember that, but think I missed out on it.

I used to rent from Blockbuster every week, and when they had no late fees it was especially nice.

My Mom would buy me games, but I'd mostly rent.
 
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Dazzler

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Quick said:
I wasn't very big on buying games as a teen, funny enough. I just rented them from Blockbuster or I'd get them as presents.

Speaking of past good deals, I remember when Future Shop and Best Buy had a trade ANY game for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, or Battlefield 3.

I was able to reserve COD and Battlefield 3 online, one for each store, before they shut down online reservations for them. lol
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I remember that Saturday morning, it was glorious. Lining up outside Future Shop with three of the dustiest games I could find

Shortly after, there was an offer to upgrade to the next gen versions of these games for $10 each, which helped a lot of people pad out their early next gen libraries
 
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ReddishGUI

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Dazzler said:
I remember that Saturday morning, it was glorious. Lining up outside Future Shop with three of the dustiest games I could find

Shortly after, there was an offer to upgrade to the next gen versions of these games for $10 each, which helped a lot of people pad out their early next gen libraries
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I still miss my GLEE Karaoke :-(
 
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