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Australian Gaming Deals: Bloody hell! What a sale!

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matrix-cat

Member
That's insane. I thought I got a good deal on my Wii U back when Dick Smith got out of the Nintendo game. Definitely going tomorrow. Hopefully the sleepy little Big W in Phoenix WA won't have been picked clean by then.
 
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Striek

Member
Is this stuff meant to be on shelves/in a bin or are any good items going to be out back somewhere?

I don't relish going and asking "erm do you have a Fifa/Titanfall XBOne bundle, a white Destiny PS4 or a Pokemon 2DS out back?"
 
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Infernal Monkey

Member
The mere thought of getting to Big W early enough tomorrow morning to pick through the scraps with OzBargain goons almost makes me sick.

But I'll probably do it.
 
Ban Puncher

Ban Puncher

Member
We should totally all decide on the same colour shirt so we know who not to trample and get into fist fights with in the parking lot.
 
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Roulette

Member
I don't even want an Xbox One, but for 200 bucks? Hmm. Chances are the local one has been picked clean, but I'll have a look even if it means being late for work.
 
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Maximo

Member
WAIT WUT. A WiiU for $100 including Mario and Luigi ? Holy shit I was saving for a PS4 but im beyond tempted to buy a WiiU just to have for some Game Nights with mates. Maaaaan I don't even really want one but for $100..Should I go get one ? What are some recommended games.
 
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NinjaCatfish

Member
Looked at the 2 Big Ws closest to me. In the end walked away with 2 copies of Trauma Center New Blood (one for a mate).

Guys in front of me had a giant pile of flipping everything. Talking to the cashier, he mentioned that the guys in front of me had been there since about midday (I was there around 4:30pm) and had talked about their plan to walk down to the EB nearby and make some money. Ugggggh.
 
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elfinke

Member
NinjaCatfish said:
Looked at the 2 Big Ws closest to me. In the end walked away with 2 copies of Trauma Center New Blood (one for a mate).

Guys in front of me had a giant pile of flipping everything. Talking to the cashier, he mentioned that the guys in front of me had been there since about midday (I was there around 4:30pm) and had talked about their plan to walk down to the EB nearby and make some money. Ugggggh.
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Yes, lots of that. $3 games will be traded in, in droves at EB tomorrow. Bummer.
 
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adin75

Member
Holy flurking schnit, my wife may kill me tomorrow, assuming the stores haven't been picked clean when I get there in the morning.
 
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Rizzi

Member
NinjaCatfish said:
Looked at the 2 Big Ws closest to me. In the end walked away with 2 copies of Trauma Center New Blood (one for a mate).

Guys in front of me had a giant pile of flipping everything. Talking to the cashier, he mentioned that the guys in front of me had been there since about midday (I was there around 4:30pm) and had talked about their plan to walk down to the EB nearby and make some money. Ugggggh.
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That's really fucking depressing.
 
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sTiTcH AU

Member
Luckily my local store shuts at 6. So at 8:30 tomorrow morning I will hopefully have a decent selection, that is unless the staff cleaned the place out beforehand.
 
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Infernal Monkey

Member
NinjaCatfish said:
Guys in front of me had a giant pile of flipping everything. Talking to the cashier, he mentioned that the guys in front of me had been there since about midday (I was there around 4:30pm) and had talked about their plan to walk down to the EB nearby and make some money. Ugggggh.
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Rizzi said:
That's really fucking depressing.
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Expected. :( On the plus side, EB will end up with so many unsold copies of these games that they'll probably be forced to drop them to the same price within a month or two.

Man Puncher said:
If I wanted to see naked people in a store, I'd go to a 24 hour K-Mart at three in the morning.
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I'd always kind of wanted to wander around a Kmart in the early hours of the morning... but not anymore.
 
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NewGame

Banned
Oh boy, flooding the market with WiiUs will no doubt rocket up amiibo purchases. That gold and silver Mario has yet to hit the market yeah?
 
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nephilimdj

Member
my local has a few of those offical wii u headsets left for 15, might go down and have a local tomorrow, might only be 2bucks tomorrow
 
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Infernal Monkey

Member
NewGame said:
Oh boy, flooding the market with WiiUs will no doubt rocket up amiibo purchases. That gold and silver Mario has yet to hit the market yeah?
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Silver Mario amiibo has been and gone at EB; gold one's due out later this month as a Target exclusive with no pre-orders allowed (lol).
 
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Rizzi

Member
I thought the store near me opened at 7:30. It opens at 8:30. Now I'm sitting here waiting for an hour. Craaaap.
 
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stryke

Member
I had no idea my store opened at 8. Came in at about 8.30 but all I picked up was Red Dead. I was really hoping for a copy of KH3DS.l :(
 
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Striek

Member
There when it opened. Got a game, a memory card and 6 XBL 3 month cards for $3 each. No consoles that were on sale, the 2DS/3DS systems weren't cheap.
 
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Ollie Pooch

In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Didn't bother with Brisbane CBD BigW, I just felt it would probably have been looted by now :p Their game selection was pretty poor from memory anyway. Was hoping for a cheap deal on Minecraft Vita. BOO!
 
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jacargon

Neo Member
Melbourne CBD Big W is practically empty with a couple of people waiting for a miracle. There is a copy of Trauma Centre still there though
 
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Ollie Pooch

In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Given my experience with some Ozbargainers, as soon as that deal went live they would have pillaged the stores within minutes. Those guys would take a bus trip for free shampoo samples.
 
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TheBear

Member
I disgraced myself and went to the Merrylands store on the way to work.

Could've picked up kinect rivals for $3 but I kept what little dignity I had left and walked out with nothing.
 
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nephilimdj

Member
Got:

Fantasia Xbox One $3
Trauma Center Wii $3

Gotta support DOOMED kinect and Nintendo

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LOL
 
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