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Canadian Gaming Deals & Discussion 9: Looking for a Switch in Deals
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firehawk12
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Probably another cheeseburger? lolWoah! But... what even costs 50 cents at McDs? A slice of bacon and cheese?
Woah! But... what even costs 50 cents at McDs? A slice of bacon and cheese?
Dollar drink days may still be on, I think (just checked, it expires September 30th, so it's still active). So a drink and a free cheeseburger and you're good to go!
Hero of Legend
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I thought dollar drink days always ended on Labour Day?
According to Redflagdeals, it's active till the 30th. Plus it's still advertised on McDonald's website, which is a good sign. You may be right, though, I don't know for certain.
Elitist1945
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Dollar drinks ended the 4th, at least for my franchise.
Ah, cool, sorry for the mistake!
Sealtest
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Same here, Almost all Mcdonalds in Essex County stopped. Guessing it's like this everywhere.
I'll never understand why they don't just keep it $1 since it's like that in the US at least in Michigan all year.
Ok so Pokemon Ultra sun and Moon dropped to $49.99 on Amazon.
Only problem is that drop is being taken out of my E3 20% off discount, so now it's saying I'm only getting $4 off. Not sure I should fight them over this because that wasn't how the e3 discount was supposed to work or just go with my backup order from Best buy
Only problem is that drop is being taken out of my E3 20% off discount, so now it's saying I'm only getting $4 off. Not sure I should fight them over this because that wasn't how the e3 discount was supposed to work or just go with my backup order from Best buy
Sealtest
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Fight. We had to do the same exact thing last year. Eventually they discounted everyones. Since this is the real price there is no reason to not give us the 20%
They'll give it to you. Just contact them after the game arrives and they'll refund you the 20%
When in doubt, contact CS about the promotion not being applied properly and be polite about it.
I'm going to have to check my Bestbuy order. I'm not trying lose my double discount.
ObscureMotives
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I ordered Samus Returns from Best Buy when it was 59.99, it billed at 47.99 so I've saved a whopping $2. I've sent a message about it, I'll post when I get the following up. If they don't fix it though, looks like I'm cancelling 90% of my BB orders.
moyashimon
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I think Bestbuy doesn't discount from price change when it happens. I remember this very thing happening with Captain Toad or some other game. When people called, the response was basically they "they were still getting a discount anyway!" ...
Sealtest
Member
That's been different since 2 e3's ago. These promo codes give us price protection and we should be getting charged correctly when they ship.
That's taken from the official E3 2017 FAQ
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/e3.aspx
moyashimon
Member
Oh man, I'm glad they changed that! I'll definitely give them a call now...
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
You might remember me complaining about not getting the preorder bonus with Metroid Samus Returns. I filled out the feedback form online.
Well someone from the store called me today and kept apologizing. I felt bad because he's always good to me when I go in. I didn't want anyone to get in trouble, I just wanted the keychain. Good news is they've kept one aside for me which I'll pick up later.
Well someone from the store called me today and kept apologizing. I felt bad because he's always good to me when I go in. I didn't want anyone to get in trouble, I just wanted the keychain. Good news is they've kept one aside for me which I'll pick up later.
catpurrcat
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You did them a favour. B&M stores will only last vs online competition with good CS and day 1 bonuses.
I shake my head in disbelief at certain locations that don't know their own promos or make up rules along the way that only serve to frustrate or rip off customers...
Yeah but then you have to eat at McDonald's
Yeah, I was overcharged too, but I'm not sure whether they will fix it on their own or not. In the past they've sometimes given me a credit a few days later, and it's still only showing as a temporary authorization on my credit card.
UberTag
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The reason is that they have every intention of short-shrifting folks by offering less than the 20% discount they pre-ordered for. Their Prime discount script USED to work so that it provided 20% savings on top of whatever their lowest-price guarantee wound up delivering and now it doesn't.
And you shouldn't have to jump through hoops in order to get them to honor it. You're far better off not renewing Prime and not giving Amazon your business.
Sealtest
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Oh I cancelled my prime the day they moved it to 10% savings. And funny enough on the way out they decided to refund me the total amount for a year of prime even though I only had 1 month left.
UberTag
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Man, how'd you finagle that arrangement? That's like a "please stay with us Rogers-type deal" yet they still lost your business anyhow.
Sealtest
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No idea, I just said to the CS in chat that I'd like to cancel my prime and get a refund on the remaining month and they gave me a full refund
The worst part is that it isn't even the prime discount but the e3 one which is supposed to work exactly like you described. 20% off the lowest price.
This right here.
I was going to cancel the other day, but when I saw my subscription is valid until November, I might as well keep it around a while longer in-case the SNES Classic Mini is exclusive to it (as you say).
Hero of Legend
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By the by, I was at Walmart and Lego Batman Movie on Blu-ray combo was stickered at $15 on the shelf itself, while the box showed $20, and it scanned for $21, but the employee was happy to honor the $15 price.
Also, help a guy out, has ANYONE in Toronto spotted the Dragon Ball GT complete series DVD set for $30 recently at Walmart? I saw two copies like around the holidays and skipped it for some stupid reason, now I can't find it anymore.
Also, help a guy out, has ANYONE in Toronto spotted the Dragon Ball GT complete series DVD set for $30 recently at Walmart? I saw two copies like around the holidays and skipped it for some stupid reason, now I can't find it anymore.
Lone_Prodigy
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Shouldn't you have gotten $10 off with SCOP?
Hero of Legend
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*Googles* Oh wow, maybe I can get that done... hopefully.
catpurrcat
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Best strategy.
But gonna keep mine thru black friday in case of prime exclusive blah blah
EB values update
$20 for Yakuza Kiwami
$44 for FF12
After double up offer
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
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Nope, scanning code of practice does not apply to the scenario he described, as the verbiage says "if the price of a non-price ticketed item".... I assume this is the rule so people can't just switch stickers and say dur hurr $10 off please.
Edit: here it is: What are the features of the Scanning Code of Practice? If the scanned price of a non-price ticketed item (an item with a barcode that doesn't have a price tag stuck to it) is higher than the shelf price or any other displayed price, the customer is entitled to receive the item free, up to a $10 maximum.
He might get them to honour it anyway because of the shelf label, worth a try.
By the by, I was at Walmart and Lego Batman Movie on Blu-ray combo was stickered at $15 on the shelf itself, while the box showed $20, and it scanned for $21, but the employee was happy to honor the $15 price.
Also, help a guy out, has ANYONE in Toronto spotted the Dragon Ball GT complete series DVD set for $30 recently at Walmart? I saw two copies like around the holidays and skipped it for some stupid reason, now I can't find it anymore.
I just picked a copy of it up today. There is a new release that comes with Lego Ninjago Movie Cash. It's missing the slipcover but it has a sticker over the old UPC to make it ring up at the $15 price.
A Wal-Mart employee at your store must have just put all the old releases sans movie cash in the slot for the newer cheaper release.
BigJonsson
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If I trade games to EB what should I put the credit towards, I can't think of any games I don't already have pre-ordered from E3 and I don't want to buy any games due to my yuuuuge backlog I'm getting through
NamikazeBurst
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Pre-order games that come out in 2018. You can always switch the pre-orders. When they had the Switch pre-order deals, I just pre-ordered random Switch games and swapped the pre-orders out. I just swapped out my pre-order for ARMS a couple weeks ago even though it was like two months since it came out.
catpurrcat
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Didn't realize I would enjoy the game so much, now I want the amiibos. Any suggestions on where to find?
I'm not a Prime member, and my order status is "Will ship 18 Sep" and "Arriving Friday". Which is kinda weird since I live in the GTA and usually get stuff in 1-2 business days. At the very least it seems like Amazon does have an amiibo pack for me. Good luck.
Still waiting for mine, too. Hope we both get ours.
I can sell you mine for a million dollars!
Just keep an eye out on amiibo-hunt on Discord.
Been thinking about switching to Freedom mobile (live in the Hamilton region)... On one hand I didn't like that if you go off their network you can get charged roaming within Canada, but then I realize it's not like I really travel far within Canada...
Only thinking about this since they're running that 6GB for the 2GB data plan this weekend.
Only thinking about this since they're running that 6GB for the 2GB data plan this weekend.
$15 per controller.
Before or after the promo ?
I have Freedom (in Ottawa and sometimes back to family for Toronto). I pay 45 bucks after tax and have unlimited data, calls, texts. It sometimes sucks travelling between the two cities. I get dead zones in basements and sometimes if it's rush hour and I'm downtown it seems like the network is overworked and I get spotty data until it clears up. Honestly, I can't complain for the price and Hamilton may he different but I know that even in a home zone that sometimes my phone may be unusable.
Yeah that is admittedly my other concern.
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