Happy Shopping Day!
Happy Shopping Day!
So, boxing day is always one of the best times to take advantage of great deals, and today, for what I believe is the first year I've done it, (aside from going along to Best Buy to buy a TV last year) I went shopping, and oh, it was fun. No clothes shopping for me, oh no. First place I went this morning was EB Games. There was a line up by the door a 15min before they open. (People could have been their longer, but I just happened to show up then, since I didn't have a clue when they open, but figured it had to be sometime around 9:30 am.) This is the little store in the mall, so it was amusing that they had to start rerouting the lineup to curl around the back of the store, in an effort to keep it inside once it opened. Anyways, they had some pretty good deals. This includes a discount on a Wiimote charging station, (I don't know how much they are regular, so I couldn't say how much of a discount) which was perfect, since I'd been planning to get one in the near future anyways, cause man, do those Wiimotes ever eat up batteries, especially when you use the internet browser for youtube as much as I do. (AMVs on the big TV ftw!) They had a selection of used PS2 games for 9.99 each, which I was tempted by, but didn't get anything from. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn was on sale for $24, half off of the regular $50, so I grabbed that. They were giving away free Edge cards with game purchases, for the first 100 people, too, so I've got one of those now. Beyond getting 10% off of some purchases, I'm not entirely sure what the perks of having one are yet, so I'm going to have to check that out. That was all I got from EB.
Went home and ate, packed up the PS3, and headed off to Best Buy, hoping they wouldn't be out the good stuff by the time I got there, since they opened around 6:00am, and this was now around noon. It was absolutely packed. I mean, I saw it last year and all, but it was still something. Walking around with a winter coat on, especially with all of the huge TVs and other things being lugged around was no easy feat. So, I was wrong to buy a PS3 and Guitar Hero a few days before Christmas. I figured, if they didn't have any specials on for Christmas, they might not after, and if they did, and could always just return them, and rebuy the specials. *sweatdrops* Boxing day is the day to buy. XD They did indeed have specials. Buy a PS3 and get Little Big Planet for free. Because they don't do returns and exchanges on boxing day, or the day after, I basically bought another PS3, got the game, and will be returning the first PS3 on Monday. A similar situation with Guitar Hero, I overheard one of the workers saying that they'd been marking down Guitar Hero a good few times already. Sure enough, it was marked down by about $50, woo! I went to the game section to check out the games, and although most of the games I wanted were sold out, (Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry 4, etc.) I picked up Metal Gear Solid 4 for about half price. FPS aren't exactly my thing, but I've heard so much good about it, I figured I'll try it. Found a 100pack of Fuji film DVD-R for $20, too. It's a great price, but I'm still not sure if it's worth it, since I still have almost all of my last pack left. *shrugs* At least I won't have to buy any for a long, long time!
The line up was nearly to the back of the store, so it took a while for me to get my massive Guitar Hero box, PS3, game, and dvds to the front counter and pay. While waiting for IT to bring the car upto the door for the boxes, I realized something wasn't right with what they charged. Upon inspection of the receipt, I realized they charged me full price for Guitar Hero, rather than the marked down price. Luckily, they agreed to fix it right away. I guess from the time I first went by there, and this time, it was marked down again, so I got a $84 refund, not bad at all! By the time we got everything to the car, I remembered that there was a sale on an 8gb SanDisk SDHC card for $20. Unfortunately, there wasn't any left on the rack by the time I got there, but as I was about to leave, I happened to see one in front of a bunch of other 4gb cards. It was the only one I could see, so I guess I got lucky! I'm currently using a 2gb micro SD card in my DS flash Kart, and it's almost full, so I figure, with this thing, there's no way I'll be running out of room anytime soon, not to mention the great price. Back through the line, and home with the new shinies I go.
That was the extent of my shopping, it was great. If too tempting at times. (I was so tempted by the sales on a couple of other games, and a couple of those external hard drives, and the cameras, and th-- *gonks* Anyways!) Now I just have to worry about those returns on Monday! My poor bank account.
So, boxing day is always one of the best times to take advantage of great deals, and today, for what I believe is the first year I've done it, (aside from going along to Best Buy to buy a TV last year) I went shopping, and oh, it was fun. No clothes shopping for me, oh no. First place I went this morning was EB Games. There was a line up by the door a 15min before they open. (People could have been their longer, but I just happened to show up then, since I didn't have a clue when they open, but figured it had to be sometime around 9:30 am.) This is the little store in the mall, so it was amusing that they had to start rerouting the lineup to curl around the back of the store, in an effort to keep it inside once it opened. Anyways, they had some pretty good deals. This includes a discount on a Wiimote charging station, (I don't know how much they are regular, so I couldn't say how much of a discount) which was perfect, since I'd been planning to get one in the near future anyways, cause man, do those Wiimotes ever eat up batteries, especially when you use the internet browser for youtube as much as I do. (AMVs on the big TV ftw!) They had a selection of used PS2 games for 9.99 each, which I was tempted by, but didn't get anything from. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn was on sale for $24, half off of the regular $50, so I grabbed that. They were giving away free Edge cards with game purchases, for the first 100 people, too, so I've got one of those now. Beyond getting 10% off of some purchases, I'm not entirely sure what the perks of having one are yet, so I'm going to have to check that out. That was all I got from EB.
Went home and ate, packed up the PS3, and headed off to Best Buy, hoping they wouldn't be out the good stuff by the time I got there, since they opened around 6:00am, and this was now around noon. It was absolutely packed. I mean, I saw it last year and all, but it was still something. Walking around with a winter coat on, especially with all of the huge TVs and other things being lugged around was no easy feat. So, I was wrong to buy a PS3 and Guitar Hero a few days before Christmas. I figured, if they didn't have any specials on for Christmas, they might not after, and if they did, and could always just return them, and rebuy the specials. *sweatdrops* Boxing day is the day to buy. XD They did indeed have specials. Buy a PS3 and get Little Big Planet for free. Because they don't do returns and exchanges on boxing day, or the day after, I basically bought another PS3, got the game, and will be returning the first PS3 on Monday. A similar situation with Guitar Hero, I overheard one of the workers saying that they'd been marking down Guitar Hero a good few times already. Sure enough, it was marked down by about $50, woo! I went to the game section to check out the games, and although most of the games I wanted were sold out, (Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry 4, etc.) I picked up Metal Gear Solid 4 for about half price. FPS aren't exactly my thing, but I've heard so much good about it, I figured I'll try it. Found a 100pack of Fuji film DVD-R for $20, too. It's a great price, but I'm still not sure if it's worth it, since I still have almost all of my last pack left. *shrugs* At least I won't have to buy any for a long, long time!
The line up was nearly to the back of the store, so it took a while for me to get my massive Guitar Hero box, PS3, game, and dvds to the front counter and pay. While waiting for IT to bring the car upto the door for the boxes, I realized something wasn't right with what they charged. Upon inspection of the receipt, I realized they charged me full price for Guitar Hero, rather than the marked down price. Luckily, they agreed to fix it right away. I guess from the time I first went by there, and this time, it was marked down again, so I got a $84 refund, not bad at all! By the time we got everything to the car, I remembered that there was a sale on an 8gb SanDisk SDHC card for $20. Unfortunately, there wasn't any left on the rack by the time I got there, but as I was about to leave, I happened to see one in front of a bunch of other 4gb cards. It was the only one I could see, so I guess I got lucky! I'm currently using a 2gb micro SD card in my DS flash Kart, and it's almost full, so I figure, with this thing, there's no way I'll be running out of room anytime soon, not to mention the great price. Back through the line, and home with the new shinies I go.
That was the extent of my shopping, it was great. If too tempting at times. (I was so tempted by the sales on a couple of other games, and a couple of those external hard drives, and the cameras, and th-- *gonks* Anyways!) Now I just have to worry about those returns on Monday! My poor bank account.