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firehawk12 · (05-30-2012, 09:47 PM)

Originally Posted by Stumpokapow:

Twice now I've bought $150 worth of Microsoft funny money when RCSS has done their sales, and guaranteed within a month of me buying it there's some sort of free online giveaway where I get another $150 worth for free. D'oh

Haha, I have a lot of unused Allards as well. Although at least Allards do come in handy at times.

Haziq · (05-30-2012, 10:44 PM)

This isn't really related to any deals, but I was wondering if anyone knew any good video game stores in Toronto? I'm looking to try to find some older games and also trying to sell a lot of my older games, or at the very least see how much they're valued at (I have a lot of old Genesis games, like Ristar, Sonic 2-3, Streets of Rage, etc).

Any idea which are the best stores? I only know of one, Game Shack, in the Atrium on Bay.

EvilMario · (05-30-2012, 10:46 PM)

Originally Posted by Haziq:

This isn't really related to any deals, but I was wondering if anyone knew any good video game stores in Toronto? I'm looking to try to find some older games and also trying to sell a lot of my older games, or at the very least see how much they're valued at (I have a lot of old Genesis games, like Ristar, Sonic 2-3, Streets of Rage, etc).

Any idea which are the best stores? I only know of one, Game Shack, in the Atrium on Bay.

Per the Toronto-Age thread, Game Centre is regarded as 'the best' store in town (Yonge and Charles) with A&C Games having the best vintage collection. Gamerama is of poorer quality, at least customer service wise (Yonge and Eg) and Video Games Plus is a bit out of the way for most of us (Yorkdale).

But trade ins to stores will almost always be less in value than you could sell on your own online. So don't be surprised if they don't offer much. :/

DraculaDillenger · (05-31-2012, 05:40 AM)

If anyone has, for whatever reason, neglected to snag Shadows of the Damned, I noticed today that it's currently $14.99 at Wal-Mart! I can confirm the Dufferin Mall location in Toronto has it in stock. RUN.

MattyGrovesOrMe · (05-31-2012, 06:35 AM)

Originally Posted by EvilMario:

Per the Toronto-Age thread, Game Centre is regarded as 'the best' store in town (Yonge and Charles) with A&C Games having the best vintage collection. Gamerama is of poorer quality, at least customer service wise (Yonge and Eg) and Video Games Plus is a bit out of the way for most of us (Yorkdale).

But trade ins to stores will almost always be less in value than you could sell on your own online. So don't be surprised if they don't offer much. :/

My vote is Game Centre, and it has two other locations besides Yonge and Charles. There's one near Danforth/Pape and another at St. Clair West/Dufferin.

EvilMario · (05-31-2012, 06:39 AM)

Originally Posted by MattyGrovesOrMe:

My vote is Game Centre, and it has two other locations besides Yonge and Charles. There's one near Danforth/Pape and another at St. Clair West/Dufferin.

Yep. Always found the downtown one had the largest stock, but have yet to visit the St Clair location.

Another game shop is open at Bloor and Keele too, although I've yet to visit, they apparently have a decent retro game stock.

jred2k · (05-31-2012, 12:32 PM)

Can anybody that's upgraded their PS3 HDD let me know if this is a good choice? Just want to make sure I'm buying something compatible and wanted to see if there are maybe better deals out there.

DoctorWho · (05-31-2012, 12:32 PM)

Fuck Canada Post. I was waiting for my copy of Redistance all day yesterday and the CP website said that it was at the local delivery centre. I check this morning and now the site say it was delivered yesterday at 9 am. I get Ito work this morning to confirm with reception that no package was delivered yesterday.

Fuck! At least I only spent $20.

Sorry Future Shop, I'm not doing your E3 deal until you switch from Canada Post.

RS4- · (05-31-2012, 12:42 PM)

CP has been good to me; I guess it's because they're fairly consistent with t-f deliveries around/before 1-2pm and my box is a community one rather than straight to my door.

Zeer0id · (05-31-2012, 12:53 PM)

Originally Posted by RS4-:

CP has been good to me; I guess it's because they're fairly consistent with t-f deliveries around/before 1-2pm and my box is a community one rather than straight to my door.

yeah same here. only on very rare occasions do they not deliver my FS/BB/Amazon/Chapters orders on the day after i get shipping confirmation.

pseudomyxoma · (05-31-2012, 01:07 PM)

Originally Posted by DoctorWho:

Fuck Canada Post. I was waiting for my copy of Redistance all day yesterday and the CP website said that it was at the local delivery centre. I check this morning and now the site say it was delivered yesterday at 9 am. I get Ito work this morning to confirm with reception that no package was delivered yesterday.

Fuck! At least I only spent $20.

Sorry Future Shop, I'm not doing your E3 deal until you switch from Canada Post.

That's weird because all of my packages from that E3 deal came via Purolator

Zeer0id · (05-31-2012, 01:10 PM)

Originally Posted by pseudomyxoma:

That's weird because all of my packages from that E3 deal came via Purolator

purolator and canada post are two sides of the same coin, basically. i think they decide which to use depending on where you're located and possibly a couple other factors.

DoctorWho · (05-31-2012, 01:42 PM)

Apparently, Future Shop can't file a claim for five days after shipping. :/

RaySpencer · (05-31-2012, 01:46 PM)

Originally Posted by pseudomyxoma:

That's weird because all of my packages from that E3 deal came via Purolator

Canada post was on strike when the E3 stuff was all created. So even though some of the games didnt ship till way later in the year, they would still ship with Purolator.

Fuzzy · 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by pseudomyxoma:

That's weird because all of my packages from that E3 deal came via Purolator

His CP and E3 statements were about two different things. Yes E3 2011 deals were mailed out with Purolator but that was because FS was using them during the CP work stoppage and locked in all orders during that time with Purolator no matter when the shipping date was. He's talking about E3 2012 where all orders will certainly be shipped by CP.

I never have a problem with either CP or Purolator. Every time a package wasn't left from either of them they've left a pickup slip at the door for me to pick it up after 6pm. Since both of them are within 5 minutes of me it's not a problem for me to pick up my package. Only once did I have Purolator not leave a pickup slip (it was a really windy day and it probably flew away) so they called me the next day and left a message with the package number to give to the people at the depot.

Like I said in the past, both FS and BB should allow us to do in-store pickup for online pre-orders.

Originally Posted by RaySpencer:

Canada post was on strike when the E3 stuff was all created. So even though some of the games didnt ship till way later in the year, they would still ship with Purolator.

I hate it when people call it a strike. The workers were on a rotating strike which just delayed the mail, not a full strike which would have stopped it. CP locked them out so that the Government could force them pack to work through legislation. Shitty thing to do.

DoctorWho · (05-31-2012, 01:57 PM)

Originally Posted by Fuzzy:

His CP and E3 statements were about two different things. Yes E3 2011 deals were mailed out with Purolator but that was because FS was using them during the CP work stoppage and locked in all orders during that time with Purolator no matter when the shipping date was. He's talking about E3 2012 where all orders will certainly be shipped by CP.

I never have a problem with either CP or Purolator. Every time a package wasn't left from either of them they've left a pickup slip at the door for me to pick it up after 6pm. Since both of them are within 5 minutes of me it's not a problem for me to pick up my package. Only once did I have Purolator not leave a pickup slip (it was a really windy day and it probably flew away) so they called me the next day and left a message with the package number to give to the people at the depot.

Like I said in the past, both FS and BB should allow us to do in-store pickup for online pre-orders.

This would be brilliant.

Fuzzy · (05-31-2012, 02:00 PM)

Originally Posted by DoctorWho:

This would be brilliant.

It would make sense since BB wants us to go into the stores anyway to use their RZ certificates. It would also save them the cost of shipping those orders.

Fuzzy · (05-31-2012, 02:30 PM)

Just got the email for BB's E3 deal. Starts tomorrow and it's available in-store or online.

Since the FS one sucks (buy 3 get 1 free, essentially a savings of $15 on each $60 game) I think I'll be doing the BB one for the ones that also include the 800 RZ points. We'll see how it all shakes out.

krae_man · 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Fuzzy:

Just got the email for BB's E3 deal. Starts tomorrow and it's available in-store or online.

Since the FS one sucks (buy 3 get 1 free, essentially a savings of $15 on each $60 game) I think I'll be doing the BB one for the ones that also include the 800 RZ points. We'll see how it all shakes out.

The 800 points are "On select titles". The $10 off doesn't appear to have a price limit so maybe it will work better for handheld games just like last year.

Also the link is weird. it has a mix of future games and already released games.

RaySpencer · 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Fuzzy:

His CP and E3 statements were about two different things. Yes E3 2011 deals were mailed out with Purolator but that was because FS was using them during the CP work stoppage and locked in all orders during that time with Purolator no matter when the shipping date was. He's talking about E3 2012 where all orders will certainly be shipped by CP.

I never have a problem with either CP or Purolator. Every time a package wasn't left from either of them they've left a pickup slip at the door for me to pick it up after 6pm. Since both of them are within 5 minutes of me it's not a problem for me to pick up my package. Only once did I have Purolator not leave a pickup slip (it was a really windy day and it probably flew away) so they called me the next day and left a message with the package number to give to the people at the depot.

Like I said in the past, both FS and BB should allow us to do in-store pickup for online pre-orders.

I hate it when people call it a strike. The workers were on a rotating strike which just delayed the mail, not a full strike which would have stopped it. CP locked them out so that the Government could force them pack to work through legislation. Shitty thing to do.

Well considering our workload at Purolator basically doubled, im calling it a strike. We got fucked so god damn hard with extra freight and extra mail (mostly mail). SO FU! it was a stike and I hated going to work during that time, haha :P

edit: also! you yourself called it a rotating strike :P !

pseudomyxoma · (05-31-2012, 03:44 PM)

Oh okay that makes sense I totally forgot about the mail strike happening around then

Zeer0id · (05-31-2012, 04:59 PM)

Originally Posted by krae_man:

The 800 points are "On select titles". The $10 off doesn't appear to have a price limit so maybe it will work better for handheld games just like last year.

Also the link is weird. it has a mix of future games and already released games.

theatrhythm please ;-;

also, this seems to be a really great time to pre-order KH:DDD, since it qualifies for the 800RZ. i'll have to cancel the order i placed during the recent 10% sale

i think the games in that link are the same ones from last year. since the sale's not starting till tomorrow, they must have just re-used the page before updating. silly best buy.

Firestorm · (05-31-2012, 05:00 PM)

Some of my games from last years sale still haven't shipped! Hope I'll have WiFi at my hostels in Rome and Florence...

Giard · (05-31-2012, 05:02 PM)

So there was no tsilon deal for E3 after all? It's only the buy 3 games get 1 free?

krae_man · (05-31-2012, 05:07 PM)

Originally Posted by Firestorm:

Some of my games from last years sale still haven't shipped! Hope I'll have WiFi at my hostels in Rome and Florence...

I'm still waiting on Tomb Raider.

Originally Posted by Giard:

So there was no tsilon deal for E3 after all? It's only the buy 3 games get 1 free?

I think there's still a $20 off any preorder perk coming. They haven't announced the June perks yet.

DoctorWho · (05-31-2012, 05:34 PM)

My copy of Resistance showed up during my lunch break while I was out buying another copy of Resistance.

Oh well, I'll just return the store copy tomorrow.

Liquidus · (05-31-2012, 05:40 PM)

Those Best Buy preorders are awful. Almost all of those games will be $39.99 or less 30 days after release.

DoctorWho · (05-31-2012, 05:41 PM)

Originally Posted by Liquidus:

Those Best Buy preorders are awful. Almost all of those games will be $39.99 or less 30 days after release.

If you're the type who has to buy on launch day, the deals aren't bad.

explodet · (05-31-2012, 05:48 PM)

Damn it! Was looking for a Ultimate Borderlands 2 preorder and came up with nothing. Couldn't preorder when they first announced them because nobody would take them yet, and now it's too late!

I have a feeling I'm going to be paying through the nose for one.

krae_man · (05-31-2012, 05:50 PM)

Originally Posted by Liquidus:

Those Best Buy preorders are awful. Almost all of those games will be $39.99 or less 30 days after release.

Every game but COD and Atlus stuff is $40 within 30 days of release

Liquidus · (05-31-2012, 06:02 PM)

Originally Posted by krae_man:

Every game but COD and Atlus stuff is $40 within 30 days of release

Yeah:-( I was hoping Last Guardian was going to be on that list. Still have it preordered from last E3.

Fuzzy · (05-31-2012, 06:08 PM)

Originally Posted by RaySpencer:

Well considering our workload at Purolator basically doubled, im calling it a strike. We got fucked so god damn hard with extra freight and extra mail (mostly mail). SO FU! it was a stike and I hated going to work during that time, haha :P

edit: also! you yourself called it a rotating strike :P !

A rotating strike isn't a real strike and there was no reason for CP to lock out the workers except that was the only way they could get the Government to legislate them back to work. The workers were finally doing the smart thing by not doing a full strike (which are stupid except in extreme circumstances) and they were screwed over for it by being given an even worse deal from the Government than what CP was offering them. It was wrong and to call it a strike (which gives blame to the workers) is wrong.

RaySpencer · (05-31-2012, 06:11 PM)

Originally Posted by Fuzzy:

A rotating strike isn't a real strike and there was no reason for CP to lock out the workers except that was the only way they could get the Government to legislate them back to work. The workers were finally doing the smart thing by not doing a full strike (which are stupid except in extreme circumstances) and they were screwed over for it by being given an even worse deal from the Government than what CP was offering them. It was wrong and to call it a strike (which gives blame to the workers) is wrong.

Thanks for the info. I honestly had no idea what was really happening at the time. Like I said, I just hated going to work, since we had basically double the freight we normally had at that time, it was pretty shitty.

Zeer0id · (05-31-2012, 06:11 PM)

i'm pretty sure the list will get updated over the course of the actual show

Fuzzy · (05-31-2012, 06:26 PM)

Originally Posted by Zeer0id:

i'm pretty sure the list will get updated over the course of the actual show

Yeah, same thing happened last year. I'll probably make multiple orders throughout the show and then cancel the older ones if other stuff popped up. I remember last year that I missed out on a cheap Mario Kart 7 because they (FS or BB, can't remember) stopped taking pre-orders for that game. That's why I'll pre-order something right away and then cancel if I get another pre-order in for a better price. Not making that mistake again.

Lone_Prodigy · (05-31-2012, 06:31 PM)

Originally Posted by explodet:

Damn it! Was looking for a Ultimate Borderlands 2 preorder and came up with nothing. Couldn't preorder when they first announced them because nobody would take them yet, and now it's too late!

I have a feeling I'm going to be paying through the nose for one.

Amazon is OOS. Have you tried EB?

Originally Posted by krae_man:

Every game but COD and Atlus stuff is $40 within 30 days of release

Nintendo as well.

Fuzzy · (06-01-2012, 03:51 AM)

Been a while since flyers have been posted in here so here they are from CAG.

Flyers June 1 - 7

Best Buy

PS3 160gb (no games) - $199.99
PSVita with Resistance Burning Skies - $249.99
8gb Vita memory - $29.99
Killzone 3 Dualshock bundle with urban camo Dualshock 3 - $59.99

Forza 4 - $39.99
Gears of War 3 - $39.99
XBL 12-month Gold membership with CoD:MW3 Beanie (toque?)- $39.99

E3 June 5-7 Save $10 when you preorder E3 games plus 800 RZ points with select titles
See BestBuy.ca/E3 for details

FutureShop

Inversion with free $10 gift card - $59.99
PS3 320gb w/ CoD:MW3 and MW2 - $299.99
PSVita with Uncharted - $249.99
Buy 2 Vita games, get 1 free! 9 titles to choose from - $39.99 each
(R:BS, Wipeout, Unit13 and MLB12 shown)

$29.99 games
CODBLOPS, HALO Anniversary, Darkness 2, AC Revelations, Final Fantasy

$39.99 games
Gears of War 3, Saints Row 3rd, Forza 4, CoDMw3, Skyrim, ME3, Tiger Woods Tour 13, Prototype 2

$49.99 games
Ninja Gaiden 3, RE:Operation Racoon City, SSF vs Tekken

XBox Days - One week of huge SAVINGS!
$9.99 games
Splinter Cell Conviction, Prince of Persia, CoDWAW, F1 2010

$14.99 games
Batman AA, Borderlands, Medal of Honor, ME2 (both consoles )

$19.99 games
Batman Arkham City, Master Assassin Pack (also both consoles )

Kinect games
$29.99
Just Dance 3, Kinect Sports, Dance Central, Zumba fitness party
$39.99 games
Dance Central 2, Disneyland, Disney Rush, Zumba Rush

Kinect sensor with bonus Ghost Recon Future Soldier - $149.99

XBox MW3 controller - $39.99
12 month LIVE membership - $39.99
Xbox MW3 BT headset - $39.99

Xbox 320gb Star Wars Kinect bundle w/bonus CoD:MW2 and MW3 - $399.99
Xbox 250gb w/bonus CoD:MW2 and MW3 - $249.99
Linksys N450 Wireless router and Xbox 360 4gb - $349.99

As mentioned in a thread:
E3 - Preorder 3 games get one FREE June 4-7 only, $49.99 or greater games. See futureshop.ca/E3 for details.

Toys r Us

Save $5 off all Batman videogames
Get a $30 giftcard with the purchase of $169.99 3DS system plus a $39.99 Super Mario game

Free $50 giftcard with purchase of one of these Xbox console:
Xbox 360 250gb Holiday bundle $259.99
Xbox 360 Star Wars Kinect console $399.99

Walmart

PS3 320 GB with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - $299
Dualshock 3 Translucent Blue - $39.83

Xbox360 250GB - $249
Dance Central 2 - $29.83
Kinect Sports Season 2 - $29.83
Disneyland Kinect - $29.83

DSi - $99
DSi XL - $129

Lyphen · (06-01-2012, 03:53 AM)

Quote:

12 month LIVE membership - $39.99

Talk about a lucky break, my sub expires on the 5th.

iLLmAtlc · (06-01-2012, 03:55 AM)

Sweet hopefully the diablo coupon will work for getting Skyrim

RS4- · (06-01-2012, 04:01 AM)

Originally Posted by Lyphen:

Talk about a lucky break, my sub expires on the 5th.

Man, I pretty much wasted the past month of mine. I've hardly used my 360 since I put in a new script card lol

The B2G1 Vita thing sounds good, then again the only game I kind of want right now is Disgaea

firehawk12 · (06-01-2012, 04:11 AM)

Originally Posted by jred2k:

Can anybody that's upgraded their PS3 HDD let me know if this is a good choice? Just want to make sure I'm buying something compatible and wanted to see if there are maybe better deals out there.

If you don't absolutely need the space, you might consider waiting. Of course, there will be a point where the manufacturers decide to keep the prices at the same level for good.

That's about the standard price for a 320 these days though.

Zeer0id · (06-01-2012, 04:37 AM)

I'm still waiting for Pikmin 2 to show up on FS so I can order it with the Diablo coupon...

Mikey Jr. · (06-01-2012, 04:48 AM)

Originally Posted by Fuzzy:

$39.99 games
Gears of War 3, Saints Row 3rd, Forza 4, CoDMw3, Skyrim, ME3, Tiger Woods Tour 13, Prototype 2

Futureshop website still showing saints for 60 bucks. I'm guessing site just hasnt been updated yet?

Fuzzy · (06-01-2012, 05:14 AM)

Originally Posted by Mikey Jr.:

Futureshop website still showing saints for 60 bucks. I'm guessing site just hasnt been updated yet?

I don't think it updates until midnight on the west coast.

Mike Works · (06-01-2012, 06:26 AM)

Originally Posted by Fuzzy:

PS3 160gb (no games) - $199.99

:(

bearythebear · (06-01-2012, 07:42 AM)

Hmmm, PC Borderlands 2 or Assassins 3 are 49.99. So with 10 dollars off E3 plus 10 dollar reward zone, I can get them for 29.99 each. Tempting.

Fantaz · 09:41 AM

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jred2k · (06-01-2012, 10:37 AM)

Originally Posted by firehawk12:

If you don't absolutely need the space, you might consider waiting. Of course, there will be a point where the manufacturers decide to keep the prices at the same level for good.

That's about the standard price for a 320 these days though.

Yeah I'm down to about 3GB left on my 80GB model. I've deleted about all I want to and now I can't run auto-updates for PSN+ cause I'm under 5GBs. Thanks for the info.

Zeer0id · 01:25 PM

Darksiders and Metro 2033 are $9.99 at EB, beginning June 3.

Giard · (06-01-2012, 01:31 PM)

Originally Posted by Zeer0id:

Darksiders and Metro 2033 are $9.99 at EB, beginning June 3.

Mineeeee

Is Metro 2033 any good?