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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 2
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CuthbertAllgoodz
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Same here... they had EVERY color but white... it is in stock at another Best Buy in town but it's way more far...
Reserved one for 48 hours at the other store, will go Thursday if you guys got the deal without problem!
DJ_Lae
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No white controllers at the Best Buy near me. Could have gone elsewhere, but I'm feeling like shit anyway so even going out of the house was enough of a quest. Plus actually redeeming the coupon was hell in itself.
The girl working there had no idea what to do, as the coupon has no barcode. Their printout of weekly deals didn't have any mention of it either, so her and another girl spent about 20 minutes wandering around asking various other employees, and I guess there was no one working high up enough to give authorization to just fudge it through the system.
Which is exactly what the first girl did. I have no doubt, looking at the receipt, that it's not how things were supposed to work, but I got a free controller and picked up the Wonder Book for my daughter for next to nothing. It's just too bad the process took half an hour, made worse by the ridiculous lineup at customer service that accumulated while I was looking for white controllers after the store opened.
(it also raises the question of WHY there were 20-odd people all sitting out in their vehicles in the parking lot waiting for the store to open when I got there five minutes early)
But hey, free controller. I got red as it looks pretty nice. Grey would have been neat too if it weren't translucent.
The girl working there had no idea what to do, as the coupon has no barcode. Their printout of weekly deals didn't have any mention of it either, so her and another girl spent about 20 minutes wandering around asking various other employees, and I guess there was no one working high up enough to give authorization to just fudge it through the system.
Which is exactly what the first girl did. I have no doubt, looking at the receipt, that it's not how things were supposed to work, but I got a free controller and picked up the Wonder Book for my daughter for next to nothing. It's just too bad the process took half an hour, made worse by the ridiculous lineup at customer service that accumulated while I was looking for white controllers after the store opened.
(it also raises the question of WHY there were 20-odd people all sitting out in their vehicles in the parking lot waiting for the store to open when I got there five minutes early)
But hey, free controller. I got red as it looks pretty nice. Grey would have been neat too if it weren't translucent.
7mbps? are you sure you wern't on Wifi then?
Anyway, my internet connection was completely down on Wind this morning.
DJ_Lae
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Mine was too, around the time I went to Best Buy (just before 10 to maybe 10:30 MST I guess). It was kind of annoying.
Yup I'm sure. When Wind is good, my connection varies from 4mbps to 7mbps. On shittier days it's maybe 2000-3000kbps. I've had a few awful days so far where it's nearly unusable...today is pretty bad.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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I knew that it would be hell when I saw no bar code... I don't know if I want to go through this Tursday...
BigJonsson
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Wind posted it on Facebook
Ugh, don't wanna think about that now lol.
zephervack
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Onion_Relish
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it's funny when people point out to me that wind mobile offers good data speeds and i point out that in some cases telus or bell can be upwards of 10-20 times faster on the 4g network than wind (assuming a 500 KBPS rate.) some wind users probably find their speed closer to 1-2MBPS, but an LTE phone on both the networks, can hit 50 MBPS no problem. My buddy who has a wind phone called me today and all i could hear was some random screeching, was that due to the network interruption? It's not like his voice service is great to begin with, but today was especially bad.
$19.83 at Walmart.ca but they have to price match it anywhere.
zephervack
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Coupon mentions Rewards Member ID, do I really need it? how can I get one?
It's free in store. Before you do the trade go to customer service and get a Reward Zone card. Takes 5 minutes.
I usually buy all my games from BB due to 2x RZ points. They add up fairly quickly especially with my BB Visa. 4x multiplier
zephervack
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Wonder if they really ask for it, anyway, I will get it and trade in my GT 5 then, hopefully I can find GT 5 XL in stock fast
Wonder if they really ask for it, anyway, I will get it and trade in my GT 5 then, hopefully I can find GT 5 XL in stock fast
Usually with RZ coupons they do require it.
Do a store stock check at your local WM, FS, BB. Unfortunately all of my local stores are out of XL which is odd so I just ordered one from WM.ca.
zephervack
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BB is pretty easy going for any trade ins, honouring their sales/coupons and price matching.
That is a deliciously ironic trade.
I'm going to check my Walmart to see if can find that game.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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Well today is the first day of my classes, just sucks for me since this program is designed for people who work full-time (lol). I had a lot of crap to deal with in general prior to this, I just had an idea stuff was happening. I 'thought' I would be okay, but guess not. I will be looking for a new job tomorrow. :/
Mine was clearly marked $10 with a new sticker over the UPC. Scanned at $10 as well. I saw a few in the bargain bin at the Walmart near me while I was digging through the upper half of it.
CuthbertAllgoodz
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That list does not match the list on their website... um...
It doesn't and that was my whole argument. This one is from their head office... or that's what they told me.
Best bet is to find a copy of NFS: TR 3DS or Steel Battalion ($10 at some Walmarts).
CuthbertAllgoodz
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wow... I would have flipped big time... ok I really start to lean toward not trying at all... 45 mins bus to go and 45 mins back...
I was pissed. I got the manager but he did fuck all. Never had an issue with BB before so it sucks.
Which Best Buy was this at?
Sudbury.
Jasper Avenue
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Sweet, going to trade in Gravity Rush since it's free on Plus. Got an in-store pick up in for a white one.
Wow, very surprised at the TIV for P4G. That's shit.
This seems like a great opportunity to get a cheap dual shock; I've only ever owned a Sixaxis, which doesn't charge ever since I spilled gin & tonic all over it. Maybe I'll look for a cheap qualifier and get 'er done tomorrow.
The Bookerman
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Anybody here had problems with NCIX.com and their shipping?
I bought a SSD on monday, today I received a shipping confirmation except: it says that the ssd itself hasn't been shipped and i got a Tracking number that is nowhere in Canadapost's tracking system...
WTF. And they are supposed to have that ssd in stock shipping within 1 or 2 days.
Anybody else had the same problem?
I bought a SSD on monday, today I received a shipping confirmation except: it says that the ssd itself hasn't been shipped and i got a Tracking number that is nowhere in Canadapost's tracking system...
WTF. And they are supposed to have that ssd in stock shipping within 1 or 2 days.
Anybody else had the same problem?
I had a similar issue where I bought a case and motherboard from NCIX, both of which were in stock. The case was shipped, but for some reason the motherboard was stuck in some kind of pre shipping limbo, even though they were both given tracking numbers. I called customer support and they put the motherboard on express shipping to get here on the same day.
Just try calling them, these things do get mixed up once in a while.
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