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Canadian Gaming Deals & Discussion 9: Looking for a Switch in Deals
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I don't know where you are but try checking visions electronics. It seems they have one available.
HubbaBubba
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So how do we do the red text for new deal?
Like this
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close the bracket above and "text" should become red.
Have you tried going to the end of checkout? Store page still showing the double discount.
Just don't forget the forward slash on the second highlight
It's still available. You might be seeing the standard edition. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B06XTK6YFP/
Pretty sure it just launched. So you may want to check Best Buy or London Drugs but I don't think it is widespread available yet.
Hmm, someone hooked me up with one of them 20% off PSN codes.
Debating if I should grab Horizon for $64.Could keep me busy while I wait for the Switch stock situation to improve so I could finally play my copy of BotW. But at the same time, $64 bucks! How likely are we to see a sale on the physical copy for $50 by this summer? Should I just jump in now? :S
Debating if I should grab Horizon for $64.Could keep me busy while I wait for the Switch stock situation to improve so I could finally play my copy of BotW. But at the same time, $64 bucks! How likely are we to see a sale on the physical copy for $50 by this summer? Should I just jump in now? :S
I ordered FFXII at that price, but will likely end up cancelling closer to release anyways. The combat style never looked appealing to me, and that recent gameplay vid from PAX didn't do anything to change my mind on that. Not sure how easy it would be to sell on kijiji for a decent profit either.
I'm 50 hours in and haven't beaten the game yet. That's why I thought you sold it before finishing the game which would have been a crime against humanity lol
Where did you get that much money for horizon ? Kijiji ? Dafuq
Iamcorrupt
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A local FB gaming buy/sell group, I actually sell like 60% of my games and what not through that group over kijiji.
I think Horizon may be like Uncharted 4 and be a little slim on its deals, maybe a $20 drop here and there.
For $64, you definitely can't go wrong, the game is fantastic!
Then again... Switch should see an uptick in inventory starting in April, with the new fiscal year and Mario Kart needing some more stock.
Aite, just went through with the purchase. Had some leftover credits in my wallet so just picked up both Ratchet and Horizon for $50.
Nintendo, you can take your sweet ass time stocking Switches. I'll be good for the next month or so. Oh yeah, Persona 5 is just around the corner too. I'm good till summer then lol
firehawk12
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Something something Amazon shipping!!!!!!
I mean they honoured $15 Xenoblade Chronicles X.
How long was that active for? This has been active for like 24 hours now.
Not long at all, but it was retroactively applied to all preorders of XCX, so a lot of people were able to get in on it.
No idea, it was a price adjustment to everyone who already had it preordered.
Staying under 100 posts. That's a win in my book.
bubaglobalj
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What are people using as a charging cable for your Switch on the go? I don't always want to unplug the dock and bring that cable with me.
My wife has this car, it's a decent little car. Lacks horses tho, trying to merge at highway speeds is a struggle. Comes with good features. Resale value not the best as well.
I would look into the Fiesta ST if you want a small compact car but also one of the funnest cars to drive, great value car too.
LastOne2100
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Amazon is usually pretty good on price errors, but the Zodiac Age one has been up for WAY too long which means a LOT of people have taken advantage of it.
Plus I doubt they're getting enough of the Steelbook version to fulfill all of these preorders...
Plus I doubt they're getting enough of the Steelbook version to fulfill all of these preorders...
The charging cable that comes with the Pro controller. It also comes with the charging grip.
For anyone who snagged a Switch + Zelda bundle from Best Buy on Friday but doesn't actually want to keep Zelda:
(from their website)
If you purchased an item as part of a bundle package, you may return that item separately. However, if you decide to break up that bundle by returning an item, the price of all items in the bundle reverts to what they would be if they were purchased individually. Therefore, you will receive a refund for the returned item that is less than the price you paid for it when you purchased it as part of a bundle.
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I already own Zelda from EB trade credit, and I didn't know what I was gonna do with this extra copy of Zelda. Thankfully since the price of the bundle is just the individual prices of Zelda and a Switch combined, anyone who bought it can get $79.99 + tax back for Zelda if they don't need it.
(from their website)
If you purchased an item as part of a bundle package, you may return that item separately. However, if you decide to break up that bundle by returning an item, the price of all items in the bundle reverts to what they would be if they were purchased individually. Therefore, you will receive a refund for the returned item that is less than the price you paid for it when you purchased it as part of a bundle.
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I already own Zelda from EB trade credit, and I didn't know what I was gonna do with this extra copy of Zelda. Thankfully since the price of the bundle is just the individual prices of Zelda and a Switch combined, anyone who bought it can get $79.99 + tax back for Zelda if they don't need it.
bubaglobalj
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Thanks, great tip! Now if I could find one!
i'll add the Fiesta it to the shortlist, thanks
VanCityGamer
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Amazon has 20% off game pre-orders during E3 every year regardless of whether you have Prime. Up until last year, it was actually 30% off.
bubaglobalj
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Do you still have access to an academic email? You could always pretend you're a student.
I think the other element of that question is what are people using as a power source... there's been a fair deal of talk about power banks... not much about wall plugs.
centracore
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I'm using my Chromebook Plus charger.. I can't tell you how happy it makes me that Nintendo went all in with USB-C on the Switch instead of some proprietary bullshit like the 3DS or Wii U.
chrominance
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Which is ample enough evidence that Amazon's E3 promo is subject to change and that what was the case last year may not be the case this year, especially given that the Prime discount is new.
That's not a reason to sign up for Prime right now, of course, but it's something to consider as we inch closer to E3. The trend over the last few years has been for retailers to cut back their E3 promos (Best Buy basically got out of the game last year with their "idk have a bunch of Reward Zone points" promo). We can hope, as always, that the trend reverses, but prepare for the worst.
Yup, expecting business as usual for e3 this year is a bit unrealistic.
Someone here claimed that a customer service rep said Amazon would honour the orders...
Yep. Given the launch of the Prime discount here, I'm holding out some hope that maybe they'll do an extra 10% off for E3 or something. Of course, they might just say "screw it" this year, too, and not offer any savings.
But whatever the case, the way they implemented last year's discounts (and the way they've made the Prime discount work) almost certainly means the days are over of percentage discounts and the "release date price guarantee" working together.
Oh I'm confident they will. But I'm thinking that even the worst case scenario will be good too, should we get credit if they don't honour it.
Gotcha.
I'd almost prefer the credit since I thought I was being clever with signing up to a free trial and planning to cancel but still retaining the FFXII deal. 🙄
They might do the 20% for non-Prime, 30% for Prime members. But that sounds too good to be true, haha.
VanCityGamer
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How is it any less realistic than assuming the E3 discounts will be gone? That's an assumption too. We'll have to just wait and see. But buying Prime now for the purpose of the 20% discounts would be premature until we see what happens at E3. Of course, there are other reasons to get Prime too.
Because up to now amazon has been a year behind whatever Best Buy has been doing. They're also more interested in selling prime membership than anything.
I just ordered 3 copies of the FFXII steelbook edition because of this amazing thread, one for me and two other copies for my friends. I just wonder how the discounts were calculated... as it doesn't make any sense to me. :/
Order Summary
Item(s) Subtotal:________________CDN$ 239.97
Shipping & Handling:_____________CDN$ 0.00
Prime Savings:_________________ -CDN$ 108.00
Prime Savings: ________________ -CDN$ 48.00
Total before tax:_________________CDN$ 83.97
Estimated GST/HST:_____________CDN$ 4.20
Estimated PST/RST/QST:_________CDN$ 8.37
Grand Total:____________________CDN$ 96.54
The first discount for some reasons applies a ~45% off the base MSRP (239.97$ for 3 copies before promo).
The second applies the regular Prime discount of 20%, the reason why it's 48$ off.
How the fuck did the system calculated that 108$ off? The total discount on this order because this mistake sums up to a 65% off. Hope Amazon will honor this order/price/promo.
Order Summary
Item(s) Subtotal:________________CDN$ 239.97
Shipping & Handling:_____________CDN$ 0.00
Prime Savings:_________________ -CDN$ 108.00
Prime Savings: ________________ -CDN$ 48.00
Total before tax:_________________CDN$ 83.97
Estimated GST/HST:_____________CDN$ 4.20
Estimated PST/RST/QST:_________CDN$ 8.37
Grand Total:____________________CDN$ 96.54
The first discount for some reasons applies a ~45% off the base MSRP (239.97$ for 3 copies before promo).
The second applies the regular Prime discount of 20%, the reason why it's 48$ off.
How the fuck did the system calculated that 108$ off? The total discount on this order because this mistake sums up to a 65% off. Hope Amazon will honor this order/price/promo.
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