You should contact them about it. Knowing you they'll give it to you for 50% off without you even trying.
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Canadian Gaming Deals & Discussion 9: Looking for a Switch in Deals
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I and others have verified that you do indeed keep the discount. I suppose Amazon can change this, but it would be a bit of a tricky slope for them, as although Prime membership being needed to keep the discount is mentioned by them, they're still agreeing to sell that preorder item at that price, not at the higher price. So they'd have to just cancel your order if they want to remove the discount, which I don't think they'll do.
Wait till Amazon glitches again. (Am waiting right now)
CSR is no help about the future availability of titles on the website.
I tried in the past (to know when something would go up) and was told "reggienotmyproblem.jpg" more or less.
I anticipated that this morning and got it along with the rest
Boy am I glad! First Fifa since 2014, going to have a blast
If you can do the code stacking on BB, then go with them.
Yes. Both Prime and non-members are getting the same treatment. So, if you are using the service exclusively to buying games then it's time to stop using it.
UberTag
Member
I find it rather unsurprising that losing Prime discount retention when your Prime subscription lapses is a bluff on Amazon's part.
I stopped being a prime member more than a year ago.
Even with the 20% off games are 74$ after tax which is only 5$ less than Digital day one (no taxes). Sucks.
Matching Walmart and having 20% off for everyone without some stupid code is having some prety good deals
chrisPjelly
Member
Thanks guys! It does seem weird given the prefacing, but I suppose any money lost to competition is bad for them.
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
Member
What's that?
You can do a double or even a triple stacking. It's pretty much trial and error to get a matching code. So a 79.99 game will be 51.19 or 40.95. That's a dollar over to what Walmart/Amazon are offering but they are good for those games that aren't $50 games like some Switch games or other PS4/XB1 games.
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
Member
Oh, so you just put in your own code and then type random letters/numbers hoping that one of them will be another 20% off code? (for a 40% total)
How does it work with delivery? Same thing? I chose the 2 day/release day delivery since I was on Prime trial.
No. More like you will try to get another code from BB and try to stack it with the one you have. Based on what I read on this thread, there are some who can't get the double stack. It is pretty much a miss and match. Plus, there's a chance that this might be cancelled depending on how many people where able to stack it. Also, it is 36% off and not 40%.
LastOne2100
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Best Buy doesn't typically have the best track record with exploits / price errors.
Wouldn't be surprised to see cancellations, but hoping for the best
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For anything you really care about, I'd make sure you have backup pre-orders.
Wouldn't be surprised to see cancellations, but hoping for the best
. For anything you really care about, I'd make sure you have backup pre-orders.
TheSpecialOne
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I'm preordering as many copies as I can of $50 games with the intent of reselling. $50 games in Canada where games go for $79.99 before taxes? Easy $20 profit per game.
The Elite
BOSS
You're very special.
TheSpecialOne
Banned
Hey man, that prime membership has got to pay for itself.
I considered doing that with the Switch games. Nintendo games generally never go on sale and I don't plan on getting a Switch any time in the near future. Dealing with people on Kijiji can really really suck though. Good luck.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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It's also a win-win for you and the buyer. I do it but not more than one copy of easy to sell games, two when it's a huge title. Made a lot of people happy by selling them games for cheaper than what they would pay in store, sometime a day before release with Prime.
That's why I slowed down, some hassles did not worth the profit and I am getting tired sometime even if I don't move from my place and don't reply to silly mails.
How are you getting $75 easy?
There's tons of people doing the same thing and I've had trouble unloading $40 preorders I didn't want any more at cost. I got bombarded with lowballs and rediculious trade offers. No I don't want your 3 year old madden for a brand new $80 game genius.
TheSpecialOne
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Yea, it's certainly a win-win. It's just the lowballers that are a buzz kill. They're already getting something that just released at a lower price than retail and they are still looking for a better deal, smh.
Yea, dealing with people on kijiji is a pain but we'll see how it goes.
I just bought a PS4 Pro yesterday and I REALLY want to avoid Kijiji re-selling my OG PS4. I'm thinking of just sitting on it for now and hoping for some kind of EB promo in the future.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Dont talk like one of them, you're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a scalper, like me! They need you right now but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like Bioware! You see, their sales, their codes, its a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of a price match. They're only as good as Amazon allows them to be. I'll show you. When the inventories are down, these... Canadian gamers, they'll eat each other. See, Im not a scalper. Im just ahead of the glitches.
Is the 20% off only on select preorders? Adding Dragons Dogma to the cart gets the discount but not on Everybody's Golf. Also my order from yesterday of Red Dead 2, Far Cry 5, and Battlefront 2 did not get any discount.
Edit: Think I found my answer. I was clicking the banner with 20% off listed and was taken to all games I can order. The actual link is below the banner for the 20% off games.
Edit: Think I found my answer. I was clicking the banner with 20% off listed and was taken to all games I can order. The actual link is below the banner for the 20% off games.
catpurrcat
Member
Quote above from me a couple of weeks ago re: selling PS4 online classifieds
Too many weirdos
Zombie James
Banned
Just meet in a public place. I've sold plenty on Kijiji and never really had any problems besides the random no-show.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Living in an apartment is a bonus for Kijiji, because you don't really have to worry about meeting someone at your home since the furthest they can get is the lobby.
Rock And Roll
Member
The problem with Kijiji is annoying low ballers. You can put "no low balling/trades" and you'll still get a bunch of dumb asses wasting your time.
I bought a NES classic on impulse and realized I didn't want it, still had people asking me if I'd take $60 for it or trade for Hyrule Warriors Wii U.
I bought a NES classic on impulse and realized I didn't want it, still had people asking me if I'd take $60 for it or trade for Hyrule Warriors Wii U.
I try and meet in parking lots so then when I get stabbed my screams will be heard better.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
lol
I wonder if Canadian cities have adopted that thing in San Francisco where you can meet up in front of a police station for these kinds of deals.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Every city should just do this to avoid any problems. Probably ends up saving money in the long run.
Zombie James
Banned
The Amazon glitch isn't working anymore, is it?
What glitch?
Maybe I'm just lucky that I've been selling things that aren't likely to be stolen at gun point (furniture, piano, kitchen appliances, coffee machines, kids toys, etc) as I've never had any problems getting people to pick the stuff up at my home.
Yeah, I've sold appliances and chairs and such from home, but the audience for those types of items tend to skew a little older. My PS4 sell was a parking lot deal and they skimped me $20, but it's all in good fun. When it's electronics I tend to be a little more cautious since their value is a little easier to pawn or keep or whatever thieves do, haha.
True, the majority of my Kijiji sales are items that would skew to a more mature crowd.
I only say mature because I don't want to call myself old. ;-)
When I sold my Fanatec racing setup, I met the guy half way (he was coming from 100 km away) in a mall parking lot. But I got asking price for that since it is a fairly niche product I guess. For most of my other stuff (games, consoles, etc) I either give them away to family/friends or I trade-in to EB to avoid the hassle of Kijiji. When EB has a good promo I can get decent (and sometimes better) value than selling on my own.
Yeah, EB is usually the way to go. I managed to get $280 right before the slim PS4 hit, so I made a good chunk more than EB would have given, but like you said, the hassle along with the trolling/lowballs made the little extra more of a paycheque than a sale, haha. Niche sales can be great, since it's fun to see someone mega excited for that deal.
Iamcorrupt
Member
Note to self do not use notepad to keep a log of info on a computer that has a history of shitting the bed.
There goes 7 codes I couldn't stack but could have given away :/
There goes 7 codes I couldn't stack but could have given away :/
doctorcdcs
Member
Yes, its over I believe.
There was a glitch where certain games that were $79.99 would stack both the E3 and prime discount if you did some cart manipulation involving adding the item to the cart, checking out, see if stacked discount applied at checkout, delete item from checkout if no stacked discount appears in which case it then gets added to your "save for later" queue, put the saved item back into the cart, and repeat the process until hopefully you were to see the stacked discount appear.
It might also have worked if you made quick back and forth changes to the number of items you wanted to order in the cart or checkout. I'm not too sure how well this method worked though.
Lol turns out the code I got over the phone from Best buy doesn't even work. Luckly I was finally able to get the e-mail to finally work properly and snag a code.
I think I'll go with Best buy for getting Pokemon at least. Why? Because according to their faq if the price of the game is reduced closer to release, you'll still receive 20% off the new lower price!
So that means when Pokemon goes back to $50 which we all know it will I'll get 20% off that where as I'm not so sure the same will apply to Amazon
I think I'll go with Best buy for getting Pokemon at least. Why? Because according to their faq if the price of the game is reduced closer to release, you'll still receive 20% off the new lower price!
So that means when Pokemon goes back to $50 which we all know it will I'll get 20% off that where as I'm not so sure the same will apply to Amazon
BigJonsson
Member
You guys broke another website today? =/
Next year they are gonna add a 20% E3 charge to all orders lol
Next year they are gonna add a 20% E3 charge to all orders lol
Iamcorrupt
Member
btw is the reward zone site down for anyone else right now?
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