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Cheap Arse Gaffer |Europe| Cheap, Calm, and Carry On
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I wouldn't necessarily count out PayPal, or at least I wouldn't say they're always trustworthy. A while back I had a transaction with Play-Asia made through PayPal on which a charge back was initiated. Sure as hell wasn't me, and I went to my bank about fraud which they cleared my account from, yet no money ever appeared back on my card, in my PP account or back to PA. They've been asking me ever since for that money so I'm basically banned from the site, and PayPal the whole time deflected my questions elsewhere every single time (first it was the bank's fault, then PA, then me, then the bank again). Just saying don't put all your trust in them, heard plenty of horror stories about them.
Bespoke have given me the following prices:
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (3DS) - £22.85 fufilled by videogamebox
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection - £31.88 fufilled by Gameseek
Too bad my Animal Crossing order has just been dispatched by TGC but will definately order Uncharted at that price.
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (3DS) - £22.85 fufilled by videogamebox
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection - £31.88 fufilled by Gameseek
Too bad my Animal Crossing order has just been dispatched by TGC but will definately order Uncharted at that price.
Sorry you got hit as well.I forgot I'd used VG+, so that's another one we have in common. I'm sure one of the sites upon checkout actually shows the three digit number from the signature strip which doesn't seem right.
What I've decided to do now is just use PayPal & see if anything happens. Have you carried on using the same sites as normal?
Yikes. Thanks for letting us know.
Did the Transaction had anything in common? Because last year I was hit and got Transactions from the UK.
Did you bought with your other Credit Card also at VG+? Besides Paypal and Kickstarter thats the only one that we have in common.
Didn't bought there since my Credit Card data was stolen.I use my new card very carefully now and use the most of the time PayPal
Thanks for this, juat picked up the Spiderman set, plus Venom and Hulk all for £20 including delivery for Thursday !
toythatkills
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Find the cheapest price you can online, go to Bespoke Offers (via quidco) and click on "beat my price" at the top. Then put the URL in the box. That's pretty much it. If it doesn't accept the store, find another store with a good price instead.
I got offered Tales of Zestiria on PS4 for £32 but backed out because I decided it'd probably be shit. I might try Disgaea though... or not.
I got offered Tales of Zestiria on PS4 for £32 but backed out because I decided it'd probably be shit. I might try Disgaea though... or not.
I assumed PayPal was pretty much perfect/ideal.
Do you mean if we ordered the same games? I preordered 2 Vita games about 2 months ago, but it's impossible to say what company is to blame. I guess you just have to trust some companies else the alternative is hiding the money under your mattress & never buying online ever again.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
ideal, are they reliable? I found flubit to be quite shit
slow deliveries, wouldn't send out etc etc
toythatkills
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They literally are Flubit so every bit as reliable. I imagine being backed by Barclays means if something does go wrong you'll have more success with resolution at least.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Ah
Have a bank and credit card with Barclays, so I'll stay loyal. Time to see if I can get witcher 3 for cheapish.
Shadow Ranger
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curious, too. Still, just pre-ordered from GAME UK since I had spare points, plus Quidco. £18, why not.
My despatch email for an order from friday evening was only received today. give them roughly 24-48 hours excluding weekends. they aren't as fast as TGC or Shopto but they get the job done.
Also for anyone wondering with Bespoke they tell you who the offer is from so you can decided for yourself if you want to go ahead with it (if you trust the retailer or not) for instance my uncharted collection was being fulfilled by Gameseek so I am happy enough with that,,,,
SlipperyFishes
Banned
Has anyone got a cracking deal on a PS4 here in the UK?
The_Hitcher89
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Cancelled my Fallout order at SimplyGames, but the money I had in PayPal seems to have gone to them already, and not been returned. How long is it supposed to take?
Visualante2
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I believe Flubit is accepting a wider variety of URLs but in my first test Amazon was cheapest anyway. To me a wider range of URLs defeats the point of the service. I trust Bespoke will come out top long term. Barclays probably does banking for loads of retailers and can use that to their advantage.
illusionary
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Flubit's published list of accepted domains (in addition to Amazon UK) is:
rakuten.co.uk
play.com
argos.co.uk
ebuyer.com
johnlewis.com
tesco.com/direct
That's supposedly until October 2015, but they've been extending that date out monthly for many months now.
illusionary
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Well worth it for that price! I'm fairly early on in my playthrough on PS4 and loving the game so far.
Yeah, go back through Quidco before purchasing to make sure that it tracks properly.
foobarry81
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YianGaruga
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Revengeance has to be one of the most overshipped games of last gen. You can find it in practically every bargain bin and it was on sale online at 2-5 multiple times as well.
yaffi
Member
Oh, I see. And I still don't own it. Well, I might own it if we got it for free on PS+.
Tribes of Trusty
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I don't know, Square Enix games seems to be similarly overshipped.
Revengeance for 2 is a no-brainer though. One of the best action games ever.
AbandonedTrolley
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If by cracking you're willing to then order some more stuff with Rakuten, then go grab this C Chassis http://www.rakuten.co.uk/shop/shopto/product/PS4HW00/
Once delivered you will get £72 back in Rakuten credit to spend on PS+/PSN/Games or anything else that takes your fancy. Plus also 6% cashback via TopCashback.
So £289 - £72 (Super Points) - £17 (Cashback) = 500GB PS4 for £200
Stereogatari
Banned
Whenever I've cancelled it's been instant.
AbandonedTrolley
Member
Same, I cancelled my preorder for Uncharted Collection yesterday even though my PayPal had paid that morning, contacted them and they refunded instantly.
This deal is back but it's now only £104.99 This is a steal for a new 3DS and a game.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015E91TWE/
Audioboxer
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OOooooOo. I have a £40 Amazon Gift Card, might need to bite. How is that Pokemon game? Better than X/Y? (haven't played Pokemon in years).
johnnyquicknives
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Where did you match to get uncharted at that price? I've just been looking for a decent price on it
toweringinferno
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Anyone know where to get a years subscription of Psplus cheap
Prophet Steve
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This is very tempting although I constantly have the opportunity to play on a 3DS and I never do so. Damnit, only a few hours to decide.
New 3DS is such an improved experience over the originals, better 3D, snappier OS, faster downloads, built in CPP, slightly larger screen, makes the system much more appealing.
Too good a deal to pass up!
Cracking deal!
Audioboxer
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Prophet Steve
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YOU ARE NOT HELPING.
EDIT: Only small caveat is that I don't think the screen protector fits on the New 3DS? That is stupid.
Yeah, certainly looks that way, but you could always complain to Amazon afterwards to see if you can get a refund/replacement.
dealer-
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Thanks for the heads up, missed out last week. Hopefully can find a cheap deal for Xenoblade Chronicles now.
I bought some PSN credit on instant-gaming.com, 1 year of Plus goes for ~£32 there, it's a grey market but I took the risk and it worked just fine.
Sir_Crocodile
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n3ds, + pika plate + pokemon alpha sapphire = £105 (or £5 less if you're an Amazon Student with code STUDENT5, or £91 with the code & nus linked)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015E91TWE/
Lightning deal so you have 1hr45m. If you fail the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015E91TWE/
Lightning deal so you have 1hr45m. If you fail the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions
Is that one limited to certain products? Didn't seem to work with PES 2016 (XBONE).
On the Rakuten site, not TGC. It was just sent from TGC and it confused me!
Thought I'd join in on this, I also went through a period of regular fraud and had been using VGP around that time as well (last year / early this year). I've used VGP to pre-order the new Sen No Kiseki so I guess I'll see if I end up with any fraud again :/ Shame because they're a pretty good store otherwise. If they added a paypal option I wouldn't mind.
Mister Sloane
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That code/discount is for the Rakuten site - TGC has sent an email out about it.*edit* beaten!
toweringinferno
Member
Thanks will look into it
AbandonedTrolley
Member
Just ordered a friend in work a PS4, for £260, mentioned about the Super Points and she wasn't interested, so that's £72 for me thank you very much!
I've just had Bespoke confirm cashback on a failed (lost in transit delivery) and refunded purchase. £23 cashback for nothing! I've actually reordered through them again for another £27. If they both pay out it makes my Fitbit Surge £100
YianGaruga
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Sucks that that happened to you, but I still don't want to make VGP responsible for it since that is a pretty damaging accusation.
VGP does take PayPal and I'll probably use it to buy Cold Steel there as well!
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