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Moozo

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mclem said:
Which UK companies are still good at getting things to you the day before release? ShopTo has missed the last few I went for, alas, and I'd quite like to get onto Warlords of Draenor at midnight.
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Tesco, in my experience of ordering late and still getting it on time/early
 
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mclem

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LAM09 said:
Shopto have always sent me preordered games a day before release.
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Unfortunately they didn't manage that for Mists of Pandaria (I'm being a bit overly critical, they were fine hitting the day of release!), which is why I'm a little wary.

Moozo said:
Tesco, in my experience of ordering late and still getting it on time/early
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Don't seem to have the CE in stock.
 
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Hasney

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mclem said:
Unfortunately they didn't manage that for Mists of Pandaria (I'm being a bit overly critical, they were fine hitting the day of release!), which is why I'm a little wary.
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That's the problem, you're at the mercy of everything. Like I would have easily recommended Amazon to anyone for this purpose, until Mario Kart 8 which didn't show up until the Tuesday after release.... And I had Prime! ShopTo were also a day late with my Vita/Teraway bundle.

Never had a problem with GAME or The Game Collection so far, but I think it's going to be tough to get a 100% hit rate of day before release delivery.
 
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Morfeo

The Chuck Norris of Peace
Link83 said:
Missed out on Fire Emblem, but just noticed rarewaves also has the 3DS XL Circle Pad Pro for £1.95:-
http://www.play.com/stores/Rarewaves/listing/763863171
Worth a try!

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Also thanks for the replies regarding solus Wii Party U and the GamePad Horizontal Stand, shame nobody seems to know the answer!


I'm exactly the same, only really wanted the stand! (But would try out the game with friends)

Perhaps Morfeo can help answer both questions?
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Got this today. Its only the game. No stand :(
 
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Soodanim

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My order of Bayo 2 turned up today, but only the ShopTo one. No Game order. Both dispatched on the same day. That'd be fine, but I live in the same town as both the company's head office/warehouse and both that and a Royal Mail depot are a <5 minute drive from each other and my house. How they managed to get it here slower than ShopTo is beyond me.
 
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Zafir

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SixFourMike said:
My order of Bayo 2 turned up today, but only the ShopTo one. No Game order. Both dispatched on the same day. That'd be fine, but I live in the same town as both the company's head office/warehouse and both that and a Royal Mail depot are a <5 minute drive from each other and my house. How they managed to get it here slower than ShopTo is beyond me.
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Because they hold the shipment after they've packaged them all, they don't actually dispatch until the Thursday. The email about them processing it early even said as such.
 
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Neil_J_UK

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Held off on all the other bundles waiting for a great Xbox One bundle that included MCC, hoping a decent one pops up next week!
 
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SlickShoes

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I live in the UK but I'm in Australia for a couple of weeks, I've found a shop selling xbones with a game for £270, does anyone know if I would have any issues buying it here and using it in the UK? Customs isn't an issue as its under a certain value and I assume you just need an adapter for the power brick.
 
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Hasney

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SlickShoes said:
I live in the UK but I'm in Australia for a couple of weeks, I've found a shop selling xbones with a game for £270, does anyone know if I would have any issues buying it here and using it in the UK? Customs isn't an issue as its under a certain value and I assume you just need an adapter for the power brick.
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Just buy a whole new UK power brick and you're golden.
 
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Storm360

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So are ShopTo decent at getting stuff for release? My Amazon order of Bayo 2 was pushing it (Got shipped yesterday), so thinking of trying ShopTo for the MCC
 
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Zafir

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Storm360 said:
So are ShopTo decent at getting stuff for release? My Amazon order of Bayo 2 was pushing it (Got shipped yesterday), so thinking of trying ShopTo for the MCC
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Yeah, Shopto are better for getting stuff to you on release or even a day or two before. The only issue is they can sometimes be a bit expensive. They used to be really cheap, but now they've got a following they don't really try as much.

Amazon have always been iffy for release day delivery from my experience. Sometimes they do get it to you, like I got Civ: BE from them today, but other times they ship it too late on a Thursday and it ends up not coming til Sat.
 
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glaurung

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TsunamiOfSwagger said:
http://www.game.co.uk/en/titanfall-...Size=20&categoryIdentifier=569122&catGroupId=

Titanfall collectors edition xbox 360 edition for £49.99, down from £179.99

http://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...4____ProductDisplayErrorView?productId=256778

PC version the same price.

XBOX One sold out.
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The statue is utter crap. You are basically paying game.co.uk to relieve them of that trash.

On the topic: are there any good deals out there for Dragon's Crown (PS3 version, not Vita) that also ship to mainland EU? Or is Amazon UK's ~20 GBP the best there is?
 
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Storm360

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Zafir said:
Yeah, Shopto are better for getting stuff to you on release or even a day or two before. The only issue is they can sometimes be a bit expensive. They used to be really cheap, but now they've got a following they don't really try as much.

Amazon have always been iffy for release day delivery from my experience. Sometimes they do get it to you, like I got Civ: BE from them today, but other times they ship it too late on a Thursday and it ends up not coming til Sat.
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Eh, they're priced exactly the same, so I think i'll give them a shot, recently moved, and just figuring this stuff out instead of midnight releases.

EDIT: Just hit pre order, and it seems to have taken it without asking for card details or anything? If I hit pay with card, do I pay now or at launch?
 
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mclem

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Storm360 said:
EDIT: Just hit pre order, and it seems to have taken it without asking for card details or anything? If I hit pay with card, do I pay now or at launch?
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You can either pay now (which is what the pay with card option will do), or you can leave it, in which case it'll use your saved card details at launch.
 
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Storm360

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mclem said:
You can either pay now (which is what the pay with card option will do), or you can leave it, in which case it'll use your saved card details at launch.
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Ah, I can see, I forgot I had a card saved to the site and was thrown off, thanks
 
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Sourtreats

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SlickShoes said:
That brings the price back to being the same so makes buying it here a bit pointless, maybe better waiting on a good UK deal in that case
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Where do you buy a UK power brick from? Sorry to jump onto someone elses question but come Tuesday I'm buy a US Sunset Overdrive Bundle with FH2 for £300.
 
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Hasney

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Sourtreats said:
Where do you buy a UK power brick from? Sorry to jump onto someone elses question but come Tuesday I'm buy a US Sunset Overdrive Bundle with FH2 for £300.
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There's 3rd party ones, but I did some Googling and MS might even just send you one if you follow these steps:

"1. You will need a contact in the countries that support repairs(in this case UK)
2. You will need to create a Microsoft account at accounthttps://signup.live.com for your UK contact, his name his adress and UK country region(basically with his details) he does not need to have access to the account
3. You will need to register the console at https://myservice.xbox.com/
4. You will need to create a accessory replacement order for the Power Supply Unit(PSU)
5. You will then need to ship it off to the service center, you can print the label with the address from the order page
6. Once the PSU is received a replacement will be sent to the UK address, the PSU will have a UK power plug so an adapter will be needed
7. Also your UK contact will nedd to send you the new PSU unit
8. Have fun with your Xbox One!"

Obviously, if you're in the UK, it's a lot simpler. That was how someone got it when they were in Sweden and bought a US console.

EDIT: If you have an old non-slim 360 power brick that says 203w on the label of it, you can just buy a pinout converter too.
 
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Sourtreats

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Hasney said:
There's 3rd party ones, but I did some Googling and MS might even just send you one if you follow these steps:

"1. You will need a contact in the countries that support repairs(in this case UK)
2. You will need to create a Microsoft account at accounthttps://signup.live.com for your UK contact, his name his adress and UK country region(basically with his details) he does not need to have access to the account
3. You will need to register the console at https://myservice.xbox.com/
4. You will need to create a accessory replacement order for the Power Supply Unit(PSU)
5. You will then need to ship it off to the service center, you can print the label with the address from the order page
6. Once the PSU is received a replacement will be sent to the UK address, the PSU will have a UK power plug so an adapter will be needed
7. Also your UK contact will nedd to send you the new PSU unit
8. Have fun with your Xbox One!"

Obviously, if you're in the UK, it's a lot simpler. That was how someone got it when they were in Sweden and bought a US console.

EDIT: If you have an old non-slim 360 power brick that says 203w on the label of it, you can just buy a pinout converter too.
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Excellent!! I'm British so it should be smooth sailing for me.

Hurry up Tuesday.
 
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Dirtyshubb

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Just thought I would share this in case it hasn’t already but Base.com are selling Alien: Isolation for PS4 (And XBO I assume) for £29.99.
Only reason I know is my wife did a surprise order for me last night :)
 
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Morfeo

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Link83 said:
Ah well, thanks for letting us know :)

Out of curiosity did it have the USK logo on the front of the box? (Which means it was originally from a Wii Remote Plus bundle) and was it sealed?
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It did have the USK logo yeah, and it was sealed.
 
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ozfunghi

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Bought the Bayonetta Special Edition (box with two cases, one for each game, bayo1 and bayo2) for €49.99 in Fnac (Leuven) Belgium.

This is NOT the first print edition (which was already sold out, costing only €10 more).
 
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Sakujou

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ozfunghi said:
Bought the Bayonetta Special Edition (box with two cases, one for each game, bayo1 and bayo2) for €49.99 in Fnac (Leuven) Belgium.

This is NOT the first print edition (which was already sold out, costing only €10 more).
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thanks a lot for confirming this. and dude, iam so envious that you already got yours. i have to wait until my copy of it shows up from amazon.fr....
 
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Sakujou

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Hasney said:
If you're planning to go digital on Wii U, the limited space in the basic barely matters. You'll need an external drive regardless as 32GB is nothing.
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dont forget that you need a y-cable if you want to use a 2,5'' hdd.

i bought a 3.0 usb hdd and i cant use it :(
 
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Tribes of Trusty

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Sakujou said:
thanks a lot for confirming this. and dude, iam so envious that you already got yours. i have to wait until my copy of it shows up from amazon.fr....
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You should've used premium delivery or pre-ordered elsewhere. Amazon France is a little shitty if you want release day delivery on games...
 
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jimi_dini

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thewhitehawk said:
Damn I'd love to own New Super Mario Bros U for that price :/
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New Super Mario Bros (Wii U) - 14pounds @ tgc

+ Wii Party U (Wii U) - 10pounds

EDIT: Also:

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(video of the whole set -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvSBIGeIGzE)

Star Trek Limited Collector's Edition (exclusive to amazon.co.uk, Region Free) - 60pounds (original price was 150 (!) pounds

includes
- Includes 12 discs, including 2 bonus discs: &#8216;The Captains&#8217; Summit&#8217; and &#8216;Evolutions&#8217;
- 112 page full-colour photo book including rarely seen original studio production manuals and behind the scenes stills from films 1-10
- Exclusive Senitype film cell collection
- Collection of 3 rarely seen story boards
- Fabric Federation badge
- USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprint
- Numbered outer casing
- Discs printed with original artwork

Welp there goes my wallet

p.s. it's not yet on HUKD. Be quick.
 
illusionary

illusionary

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jimi_dini said:
Star Trek Limited Collector's Edition (exclusive to amazon.co.uk, Region Free) - 60pounds (original price was 150 (!) pounds

includes
- Includes 12 discs, including 2 bonus discs: &#8216;The Captains&#8217; Summit&#8217; and &#8216;Evolutions&#8217;
- 112 page full-colour photo book including rarely seen original studio production manuals and behind the scenes stills from films 1-10
- Exclusive Senitype film cell collection
- Collection of 3 rarely seen story boards
- Fabric Federation badge
- USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprint
- Numbered outer casing
- Discs printed with original artwork

Welp there goes my wallet

p.s. it's not yet on HUKD. Be quick.
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Oh wow, I'm *very* tempted. Already having the Stardate Collection, though, I don't think I can justify it to myself.

I'm eyeing up the TNG blu-ray collection though - currently at £158.50 so still pricey, but not bad value given how much there is in the series.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NQXC2YU/
 
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meppi

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jimi_dini said:
kAXY77u.gif


wkp4VAN.jpg

(video of the whole set -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvSBIGeIGzE)

Star Trek Limited Collector's Edition (exclusive to amazon.co.uk, Region Free) - 60pounds (original price was 150 (!) pounds

includes
- Includes 12 discs, including 2 bonus discs: ‘The Captains’ Summit’ and ‘Evolutions’
- 112 page full-colour photo book including rarely seen original studio production manuals and behind the scenes stills from films 1-10
- Exclusive Senitype film cell collection
- Collection of 3 rarely seen story boards
- Fabric Federation badge
- USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprint
- Numbered outer casing
- Discs printed with original artwork

Welp there goes my wallet

p.s. it's not yet on HUKD. Be quick.
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As a big Star Trek fan, I just can't say no to that even thought I don't like several of the movies.
Big thanks for the heads up! :)
 
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