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Xeolord
Posts: 1230/3418 |
Never heard of Game Crazy, then again I doupt many here have heard of Gameco.
I like Gamestop, it's usually cheaper than EB Games, and they usually have a much better selection of older used games, but for those kinds of things I'll go to an old Collectors store of some kind. (Vintage Stock? eh?) |
Anya
Posts: 4040/5337 |
Gamestop. And even before I worked there, the people there are always nice and they know what they're talking about. And now that I do, I tend to have convos with customers about game and so forth (sometimes about anime as well). And as mentioned by Jarukoth, we tend to have some kick ass promos for those who reserve games. And sometimes, I'll just someone a demo of a game that they want to try (even if they don't buy anything). |
Jarukoth
Posts: 2411/3194 |
Gamestop. It's reletively close, they always have kickass preorder promotions, and they always have some awesome stuff. |
DarkSlaya
Posts: 3359/4249 |
Originally posted by Colin
I thought Quebec was 7%/8% = 15%.
Nope, it's supposed to be 14.5%, but everything rounds it anyway. |
alte Hexe
Posts: 2829/5458 |
Colin, imagine buying a laptop, like I just did.
Yeah. 1600 dollars. Times 1.15. That's a lot of tax.
Then again, I loves my healthcare. |
Colin
Posts: 6513/11302 |
I thought Quebec was 7%/8% = 15%.
Kinda sours you when you want to buy a $50 game and get charged an extra $7.50 on top of that.  |
Keikonium
Posts: 966/-2459 |
Thats what it is here to, about 15%.
7% GST
8% PST
I also live near Toronto Oh, and since a new walmart was built just down the road, everything is pretty cheap for their grand opening. I am getting NFS: UG2 on saturday, can't wait! |
DarkSlaya
Posts: 3357/4249 |
Originally posted by Keikonium
BTW, ontario charges PST and GST so its more expensive here than other places in canada. Especially Newfoundland where I think its only PST, but I could be wrong
We got something like this too, in Quebec. Damn that 14.5% on everything.
And here, the Zellers near my house charges as much as Eb Games on most games ('cept GC games). |
Kasumi-Astra
Posts: 1182/1867 |
I would have to say Gamestation, both before my girlfriend worked there and now  She rings me up when cool Saturn games get traded in  . Then I go buy them  |
alte Hexe
Posts: 2824/5458 |
Originally posted by Keikonium
BTW, ontario charges PST and GST so its more expensive here than other places in canada. Especially Newfoundland where I think its only PST, but I could be wrong
I live in the non-crappy part of Ontario near Toronto. |
KATW
Posts: 2508/3959 |
Eh... now that I think about it, I shop everywhere...
EBX(eXpress, still quite a nifty little mall shop ),Best Buy, Toys R Us, Wal Mart (Not as much)
Not once have I seen a gamestop where I live ironically. |
Keikonium
Posts: 964/-2459 |
Originally posted by Ziffski
The problem with Canada is that the prices vary SO much. Large chain stores generally charge higher for video games up here because they can get away with it. In fact, I've seen a Walmart charge 10 dollars more for Battletanx or Metal Slug 3 than a local CD store is charging for them. They also charged upwards of 100 dollars extra on Steel Batallion. So for me pricing is a weird mix. Oddly enough it is only Walmart does this weird price thing in my town. Zellers is always too expensive, and EB/other chains are pretty damned good. 55 dollar KOTOR II? Yes please.
Don't know where you live in canada, but here wal-mart is usually cheaper. I agree with Zellers being to expensive. Thats where I was going to buy FFX-2 and it would have cost me about $110.00 can. so thats why I bought it at walmart [82 bucks I think]) EB is expensive and toys r us is about the same.
BTW, ontario charges PST and GST so its more expensive here than other places in canada. Especially Newfoundland where I think its only PST, but I could be wrong |
MathOnNapkins
Posts: 1367/2189 |
There's a local store called BuyCo which is really awesome. They sell older systems and accessories, such as Ataris, Nintendos, Snes, Sega, etc. Quite a good selection of games for those systems too. It's also a used record store but I won't hold that against it. It's the very place I got my Super Advantange and my multitap.
For more recent systems I usually just hit up EB b/c it's close. Never go to big stores like Target or Walmart for games. Their selection suckkkkkkkkkkkkks. |
Alastor the Stylish
Posts: 4893/7620 |
Originally posted by Ziffski
Just multiply by 1.23
You just added the difference there... It would actually be 1.29870129870~. |
alte Hexe
Posts: 2820/5458 |
Not far cheaper. Well, yes. Given that the Canadian dollar is still trading quite strong and is at what? 77 cents...Just multiply by 1.23 So it is about 6 bucks cheaper. Still 6 bucks cheaper. Just like our $110 dollar GC. |
Zem
Posts: 715/1107 |
Originally posted by Ziffski
55 dollar KOTOR II? Yes please.
Just for clarification, that's Canadian dollars, right? Which would make it far cheaper than the standard 50 USD. =o |
alte Hexe
Posts: 2813/5458 |
The problem with Canada is that the prices vary SO much. Large chain stores generally charge higher for video games up here because they can get away with it. In fact, I've seen a Walmart charge 10 dollars more for Battletanx or Metal Slug 3 than a local CD store is charging for them. They also charged upwards of 100 dollars extra on Steel Batallion. So for me pricing is a weird mix. Oddly enough it is only Walmart does this weird price thing in my town. Zellers is always too expensive, and EB/other chains are pretty damned good. 55 dollar KOTOR II? Yes please. |
Ailure
Posts: 7570/11162 |
EB games is overpriced, but I usually find stuff there I otherwise I have tons of problems finding otherwise. 
Heh, althought I just bought my latest thing directly from Nintendo, A Nintendo DS. Hehe...
Toy's r us is good for findinng a few Nintendo things, such as the Gameboy player. >.>
And there is this cheap toy store which have nice old cheap games... |
Tamarin Calanis
Posts: 301/1802 |
I voted Gamestop because it's the only one here. Mom's been having trouble with her checks there, though... if she'd just carry cash...  |
Super Sion
Posts: 1725/2472 |
I buy all my games at Gamestop because its so close to my house. They havnt given me problems yet. Im actually going there today to pick up RE4. |
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