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I trade with all regions. Sending to the US using Canada Post Light Packet is $4.12 vs. Letter Mail to Canada for $2.21 (and if you want Delivery Confirmation in Canada be prepared to spend big bucks - and if the game is worth big points I always want confirmation!) When you have all regions selected your games move faster, and you can get faster access to games.

In the past 90-days I have received Left 4 Dead, Saints Row 2, Halo Wars, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War, Afro Samurai, Dead Space, and Star Wars the Force Unleased plus some older games I have never played before. The secret is to always have over 1000 points available plus trade credits.

Hi, I wanted to upgrade my PS3 hard drive and I was wondering if you guys know of any deals regarding 2.5" hard disks? Have you guys bought a hard disk you would recommend?
Thanks.

Originally Posted by saiftk Hi, I wanted to upgrade my PS3 hard drive and I was wondering if you guys know of any deals regarding 2.5" hard disks? Have you guys bought a hard disk you would recommend? Thanks.

You're in Mississauga, so Canada Computers is a good place to start price shopping. Check this page:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index...l&id=HD.517.47
I have a 250gb I bought there, I forget the manufacturer, but I'm sure it was a Western Digital 5400rpm drive. I'd stick with 5400rpm drives simply because a) that's what the PS3 originally uses, b) there's only slight performance benefit from using 7200rpm drives c) they're cheaper. I'd avoid avoid Seagate 7200rpm drives, I'm having noise issues with my laptop one.

Don't forget to buy one of these to use your original drive as a backup drive
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index...27&cid=516.551

And if you need help or have questions about upgrading, check this CAG thread first:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=172479

Originally Posted by Cthulhu8u You're in Mississauga, so Canada Computers is a good place to start price shopping. Check this page: http://www.canadacomputers.com/index...l&id=HD.517.47 I have a 250gb I bought there, I forget the manufacturer, but I'm sure it was a Western Digital 5400rpm drive. I'd stick with 5400rpm drives simply because a) that's what the PS3 originally uses, b) there's only slight performance benefit from using 7200rpm drives c) they're cheaper. I'd avoid avoid Seagate 7200rpm drives, I'm having noise issues with my laptop one. Don't forget to buy one of these to use your original drive as a backup drive http://www.canadacomputers.com/index...27&cid=516.551 And if you need help or have questions about upgrading, check this CAG thread first: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=172479

Thanks a lot. Much appreciated.

Originally Posted by saiftk Hi, I wanted to upgrade my PS3 hard drive and I was wondering if you guys know of any deals regarding 2.5" hard disks? Have you guys bought a hard disk you would recommend? Thanks.

I've been using a 320GB 5400rpm Western Digital Scorpio Blue for a while and I highly recommend it. It cost me 70 bucks a while ago, and as I can see, they're still around that price. Just remember to back up your current PS3 hard drive with a FAT32-formated drive (can be done via USB), it'll save you time and downloads (and some downloads you simply can't just re-download, like SingStar songs, the backup utility will restore them to the second hard drive)!

Good luck with that, having a big hard drive on your PS3 is totally worth it!

EDIT: I found it even cheaper than when I got it on sale at Dell!
http://www.directcanada.com/products...TERN%20DIGITAL

Hope that helps!

since capcom dropped the price of streetfighter 4 in the states and is just 20 bucks did the same happen or will happen in canada if anyone knows ?

Originally Posted by turgore2008 since capcom dropped the price of streetfighter 4 in the states and is just 20 bucks did the same happen or will happen in canada if anyone knows ?

It's not a price drop, it's a sale at GameStop. Prices go back up on August 2.

Does anyone know why the Gears All Fronts DLC is way cheaper through amazon.ca? It seems suspicious because The Lost And Damned was the same price on amazon and with MS points.

EDIT: Doh, it's the guide...

If you've got points and are primarily looking to receive games it makes sense to have Can/USA set. The cost difference for them to mail to us is small (though a bit more of a pain for them to mail).

If you are looking to send out a lot of low point games you might want to try canada only with the postage difference. Its not that big a deal for the high point games.

I never use del confirmation, the price difference is so high it only takes sending a few for the postage savings to pay for getting scammed on one (which looks to be extremely rare on goozex)

i just sent out a dead space, about 15 trades are happenning at a time for that one so its moving through the list pretty quick.

Hey,
Does anyone know much about pre-ordering on Amazon.ca, do they usually lack the bonus' when it comes to shipping time? Also do they charge your credit card now or do they wait til it ships?

Strife18, I can partially answer your questions:

1) Pre-Ordering will only get you the bonus items if they specifically state it in the description. For whatever reason, they do not always offer the same bonus items as the US. For this reason, pay extra close attention to the listing.

2) If they are like the US store (and I believe they are), they only charge you once the item has shipped. You can pre-order items and cancel at any time without being charged till it releases. Just don't pre-order a ton and forget about them like I've done in the past lol. It gets expensive

Ahh, alright.
I was looking at that Demon's soul preorder and they are offering all the same content. I was just trying to decide whether to pre-order from Amazon.ca or videogamesplus.ca

well Amazon would have free shipping, as opposed to the $2 or so from VGP; on the other hand, you may get it sooner from VGP. I've never pre-ordered an item from them, so I'm not too sure.

Hmm, I'll probably go for amazon. Though it goes against my CAG instincts to buy something new and not on the cheap. I haven't paid more than $30 for any of my PS3 games since i bought LBP after my system, even then I traded in 360 games, only paying $15.
So to cough up $80 for the deluxe edition or $70 for standard (still don't know whether the strategy guide and sleeve are worth $10) is kinda tough.

This has probably been answered already, but does BBV still take min. $10 trade ins for PS3 games ?

Originally Posted by Gamin_Guru This has probably been answered already, but does BBV still take min. $10 trade ins for PS3 games ?

yes, but is believed to end tomorrow

whats the best price i can buy saints row 2 for ?

dude we have deal request section for just this sort of thing

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...splay.php?f=78


$39.99
http://www.amazon.ca/THQ-75291999029...dp/B0016PZYLS/
$44.99
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...39&catid=24370
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN
$44.96
http://www.thesource.ca/estore/Produ...roduct=5815045

I got a question about gamesharing.

Say if I am gamesharing with my brother, and I max out all my gameshares with my account.

My brother also has a bunch of gameshares with his friends.

If for whatever reason my brother wants to stop gamesharing with just me, can he log into my account on his PS3 and use the "deactivate PS3" thing? Like will that de-activate ALL his gameshares, or simply just mine?

At least he didn't make a separate thread asking for it! (Not saying you do, but some people feel it's necessary)