HubbaBubba
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Did anyone order from futureshop.ca on on or around black Friday and a have received their item with getting notice of shipping or being charged for the item?
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 4: That $70s Show
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Pretty similar with BB/FS ISPU but instead of store you can pick it up near your house. Like picking it up in your local SDM. Pretty convenient especially you don't need to worry about UPS delivery :lol
For some reason I was under the impression that FutureShop offered release day shipping. Captain Toad still hasn't shipped and I was hoping to play it tonight. Is it because I went with the free shipping option?
I originally had the order with Amazon because of the E3 deal, but I switched over to FutureShop when they did that "$10 off Captain Toad" promotion. Guess I should've stuck with Amazon.
I originally had the order with Amazon because of the E3 deal, but I switched over to FutureShop when they did that "$10 off Captain Toad" promotion. Guess I should've stuck with Amazon.
doesn't have much to do with free shipping, it's just a crap shoot really
for me they usually ship games the day before release so I get them on day 1, but not always. i will say that most people have a better success rate for release day delivery with BB/FS than Amazon (unless you have Prime).
if you really want to play it now, just do the return swap thing.
They seem to be hit or miss. I almost always get Futureshop stuff on launch day but being a day late isn't new. Some people on the other hand have had problems with them consistently. The last few orders I've had with Amazon have taken so long to even start prepping to ship but some people are reporting a better situation now.
AlphaTwo00
Member
Anyone have any luck with cancelling EBGames online preorder or tracking? I ended up ordering the Hori controllers there, and I've been billed, and yet no tracking, or dates.
nobodyshero
Banned
Pretty similar with BB/FS ISPU but instead of store you can pick it up near your house. Like picking it up in your local SDM. Pretty convenient especially you don't need to worry about UPS delivery :lol
Hoooooooly fuck, that's AWESOME!!
Pretty similar with BB/FS ISPU but instead of store you can pick it up near your house. Like picking it up in your local SDM. Pretty convenient especially you don't need to worry about UPS delivery :lol
Where is this option? I can't seem to find it.
Pretty similar with BB/FS ISPU but instead of store you can pick it up near your house. Like picking it up in your local SDM. Pretty convenient especially you don't need to worry about UPS delivery :lol
oh wow
thats truly awesome!
Add items in your cart and proceed to checkout. There should be an option at the lower right for pick-up.
AlphaTwo00
Member
OK, so I think I boned myself twice today:
Hori themed Wii controllers, EBGames hasn't gotten back to me, but has charged my card, and has no shipped date; Amazon had a ship date, but I cancelled, and now I look at their page and the prices have doubled (27 and 54, respectively)/
GC adapter + Smash GC controllers -> Walmart still has my on their backorder. It's never coming in is it?
What are my choices?
Hori themed Wii controllers, EBGames hasn't gotten back to me, but has charged my card, and has no shipped date; Amazon had a ship date, but I cancelled, and now I look at their page and the prices have doubled (27 and 54, respectively)/
GC adapter + Smash GC controllers -> Walmart still has my on their backorder. It's never coming in is it?
What are my choices?
Futureshop having a gaming sale this Sunday. I'm not expecting much but some sort of B1G1 deal or something of the like is always welcome.
Nice! Ordered a set for myself, I've actually only read the Hobbit so it'll be fun to check out LotR. I tried getting into the fantasy book genre with The Wheel of Time but it's so dry.
With all this demand I don't think it'll be impossible to find one eventually. For what it's worth I can find the GC controllers pretty easily, it's just the adapter that's out of stock everywhere. If you were hoping to get one ASAP then you might be out of luck.
Nice! Ordered a set for myself, I've actually only read the Hobbit so it'll be fun to check out LotR. I tried getting into the fantasy book genre with The Wheel of Time but it's so dry.
With all this demand I don't think it'll be impossible to find one eventually. For what it's worth I can find the GC controllers pretty easily, it's just the adapter that's out of stock everywhere. If you were hoping to get one ASAP then you might be out of luck.
AlphaTwo00
Member
I don't mind waiting. I just don't like the idea that EB has decided to bill me already, without shipping notice, and that they also show they are out of stock. What's the point?
Mr.Miyamoto
Banned
Ha, good luck with LotR -- they are the Sahara of fantasy dryness. It took me years to get through Fellowship and I gave up very early on with Two Towers. The main series books are nowhere near as approachable as The Hobbit.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Amazon finally bringing their lockers to Canada, I see.
nobodyshero
Banned
Yeah, it's more because I live in an apartment, so it's pretty random how deliveries are handled, especially since Amazon now uses a courier service in Vancouver that I literally need to be home to sign for. If I can just put it all at one location and not have to worry about it, I'm all for it. Helps that the post office is literally a four minute walk for me
Black Republican
Member
Amazon.ca doing the buy 1 get 20% of gaming card deal too. Though theirs only work for month/year memberships
Haha yeah I was gonna say, LotR is a lot drier than Wheel of Time.
Great books, not for everyone though.
KnightHart
Member
Pretty similar with BB/FS ISPU but instead of store you can pick it up near your house. Like picking it up in your local SDM. Pretty convenient especially you don't need to worry about UPS delivery :lol
Holy shit.
Also something interesting. This might be old. But Canada Post recently threw a weird parcel deposit box into my apartment building in Midtown Toronto. They throw your parcel or whatever in the box, and they leave the key for the deposit box inside your mailbox. After you're done retrieving your package you just toss the key into this collection hole or whatever and that's it. Guess they thought this was faster than just buzzing people.
So my Captain Toad hasn't shipped from Future Shop, so I called customer service. The woman there straight up says I should go into a Future Shop, buy the game and then return the shipped copy. I was surprised so I texted a guy I know who works at Future Shop and he said it's an accepted solution.
I'm kinda shocked. I know everyone did this, but I didn't think they encouraged it.
I'm kinda shocked. I know everyone did this, but I didn't think they encouraged it.
The Elite
BOSS
Seems like an acceptable solution.
well I had tested this earlier with Captain Falcon and it worked... maybe it's just an issue with Toon Link?
lol amazing, although I'm guessing they meant you should return the shipped copy with the online receipt right? unless you told them you got it at a discount online?? :O
That is weird, Toon Link still wouldn't work, but I tried it with Mega Man and it worked. So it does seem to be a specific issue with that one for some reason.
I didn't mention the discount to the first person, I did with the second though. He said it beats telling the customer to just sit there and wait, and I can't argue with that.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Hmm I wonder which Amiibos will be the most limited in Wave 2.
They did the same thing last month, bought $200 of PSN for $180.
Guess I'll go there again tonight.
my FS captain toad shipped, pre-ordered during the e3 sale @ 46.42. They charged me that price instead of going rate for the game currently on their website of 44.99!
It should be coming monday, if they dont fix the price up to match the e3 discount I'm gonna return it.
BTW last chance for Calgary GAF anyone want The Crew ps4 (still sealed) for $45.. I decided to play it on PC, If not I'll just return it
It should be coming monday, if they dont fix the price up to match the e3 discount I'm gonna return it.
BTW last chance for Calgary GAF anyone want The Crew ps4 (still sealed) for $45.. I decided to play it on PC, If not I'll just return it
reSpec Gaming
Member
Probably Captain Falcon, Pit and Luigi (release pushed back to Dec 31st on Amazon)
Sweet Ivy
Member
The reason I'm perplexed is that I've received other parcels of this kind in the past and it usually took a couple of days through the customs...
Pretty similar with BB/FS ISPU but instead of store you can pick it up near your house. Like picking it up in your local SDM. Pretty convenient especially you don't need to worry about UPS delivery :lol
This is old news, no ?
When they deliver my package and i'm not home, i have to go to a store nearby to pick it up. So they've kinda been doing this " in store pick up " for a long time. I don't know what we have to gain in choosing pick up instead of delivery.
They've done the same thing here in my building (downtown Montreal). It really comes handy but people got fired and they're trying to shut down the nearest Post office. It's a double edged decision.
Well for some reason Diddy is sold out on both FS/BB's site.
I think it will be Pit, Captain Falcon and Diddy but not sure what the assortment is like.
Also lol some asshole is selling Marth for $150 on Craigslist in Vancouver/Richmond.
Unfortunately, they won't fix it.
No? I didn't see that option last week when I was browsing their site. This seems like a new feature in their site (or unless this is really old).
Also, in my case, Amazon always ships my package with UPS (no Canada Post for some odd reason) and of course no one is at home at around 11am to 3pm (the usual delivery at my place) to pick it up. So, UPS will have to bring the package to their facility which is an hour and half from my house (one way). Having an option to deliver an item to a store/post office nearest to my house is a very very very big convenient for me since I don't have to worry to waste my time picking it up at the UPS facility. (who knows this might be a convenient to others as well). Just sharing it to everyone.
chrominance
Member
So basically the community mailboxes they do in many suburbs now, but just the parcel bit. If this method doesn't count as a "drop ship," I'd beg Canada Post to put one in my building.
Ok sorry i didn't know that. My nearest pick up store to is like 1km away from where i live so i thought it was the same for everyone ...
Damn one hour and a half ? That sucks.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Anyone have this problem with Futureshop?
I bought a DVD and they shipped it with a bad tracking number. I call in and they insist it's shipped by something called "Canada Post Letter Mail" and that there's no tracking. Even though everything I've ever bought from them has had tracking.
And it's frustrating because I have no idea if its true or the incompetence of the holiday customer service people that they have hired for the holidays, because I have no idea what that even means.
I bought a DVD and they shipped it with a bad tracking number. I call in and they insist it's shipped by something called "Canada Post Letter Mail" and that there's no tracking. Even though everything I've ever bought from them has had tracking.
And it's frustrating because I have no idea if its true or the incompetence of the holiday customer service people that they have hired for the holidays, because I have no idea what that even means.
Interesting... they have shipped me something by lettermail once before, but it was just a steelbook
Oddly I got free shipping on it despite only costing $5 so maybe that's why
I actually have a nearby UPS which is 2km away from my house but for some odd reason they deliver the package to out of nowhere where it will at least take me more than an hour by bus. UPS is really frustrating.
Aun mein gott. Dat deal doe.
Thanks alot! Been wanting to buy them to read them again.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Is it true that Lettermail doesn't have tracking?
This junk is on my order, so I have no idea what I'm supposed to be looking at:
Shipment 1 Shipped via [ERROR RESOURCE KEY MISSING : Category : GlobalCodeDescriptions ; Key : NA] Standard Delivery on 12/02/2014. Tracking information may not be available for 24 hrs.