UK bargains thread - "Ah! I'll buy it at a low price"

LewieP

Game are having a Nintendo 24 Hour Spectacular 1 deal every hour on the 24th of july, so 24 special offers in total! Starting on the 24th of July (monday) and I assume ending at 12 noon on the 25th.

I am expecting cheap gamecube console bundles and maybe Cheap GBA SP bundles, probable the odd DS game, and shedloads of GBA/GC games/accessories.

Edit - Not sure if this will work with the special offers, but i found this voucher

Edit: Renamed for out of date title.

LightReaper

Hmmm, do you think at this point it is worth getting a gamecube, this close to the Wii launch?

Because I have money spare and I expect to see some truelly glorious Gamecube deals.

Bob The Monkey

Hmm, are you in England, LightReaper?

Because I have a Gamecube with a lot of quality titles that I'd be fine with selling at a reasonable price.

LewieP

LightReaper wrote:

Hmmm, do you think at this point it is worth getting a gamecube, this close to the Wii launch?

Because I have money spare and I expect to see some truelly glorious Gamecube deals.

I would say definately grab games, and if they have a donkey konga GC bundle for dirt cheap (quite liekly), then get it just for the bongos. Having a spare console is allways good, so i would just wait and see what specific offers they have

Jam Warrior

I'd love to get in on this but have such a busy work day Monday. Arse.

Nexus Zero

I have no life so I'll be riding the refresh button all day.

LightReaper

Bob The Monkey wrote:

Hmm, are you in England, LightReaper?

Because I have a Gamecube with a lot of quality titles that I'd be fine with selling at a reasonable price.

PM'd

LewieP

Nexus Zero wrote:

I have no life so I'll be riding the refresh button all day.

on the dole ftw, right?



[spoiler:63d4333915]I do start business studies and Economics Degree at Durham in octorber, but i am a bum til then!!![/spoiler:63d4333915]

Rami

Sounds interesting, I hope the selection is better than the two stores I visited last week.

Bob The Monkey

LewieP wrote:

Nexus Zero wrote:

I have no life so I'll be riding the refresh button all day.

on the dole ftw, right?



[spoiler:34225154d8]I do start business studies and Economics Degree at Durham in octorber, but i am a bum til then!!![/spoiler:34225154d8]

I hope you're going to University College.

Because you would be living in a fucking castle.

LewieP

Bob The Monkey wrote:

LewieP wrote:

Nexus Zero wrote:

I have no life so I'll be riding the refresh button all day.

on the dole ftw, right?



[spoiler:c39f355b68]I do start business studies and Economics Degree at Durham in octorber, but i am a bum til then!!![/spoiler:c39f355b68]

I hope you're going to University College.

Because you would be living in a fucking castle.

Sadly the Stockton campus, its not even in Durham, but its like the only place that would accept me, the grade requirements for the course are AAB, and I blagged it with BCD!

edit: Not sure if this will work with the special offers, but i found this voucher

Nexus Zero

LewieP wrote:

Nexus Zero wrote:

I have no life so I'll be riding the refresh button all day.

on the dole ftw, right?



[spoiler:fb398161f3]I do start business studies and Economics Degree at Durham in octorber, but i am a bum til then!!![/spoiler:fb398161f3]

Pfff, I wish, because I can't find a job. I'm a student so no dole for me

Cullen

Bob The Monkey wrote:

LewieP wrote:

Nexus Zero wrote:

I have no life so I'll be riding the refresh button all day.

on the dole ftw, right?



[spoiler:4c58060ea8]I do start business studies and Economics Degree at Durham in octorber, but i am a bum til then!!![/spoiler:4c58060ea8]

I hope you're going to University College.

Because you would be living in a fucking castle.

Pfff University College is full of Oxbride rejects (the bar's good though). Aidans for life!

So this deals just on the website eh? I'll try and check it out on Monday.

LewieP

Cullen wrote:

Bob The Monkey wrote:

LewieP wrote:

Nexus Zero wrote:

I have no life so I'll be riding the refresh button all day.

on the dole ftw, right?



[spoiler:065b0ae5dd]I do start business studies and Economics Degree at Durham in octorber, but i am a bum til then!!![/spoiler:065b0ae5dd]

I hope you're going to University College.

Because you would be living in a fucking castle.

Pfff University College is full of Oxbride rejects (the bar's good though). Aidans for life!

And Stockton Campus is full of University College rejects...like me

Rami

LewieP wrote:

Bob The Monkey wrote:

LewieP wrote:

Nexus Zero wrote:

I have no life so I'll be riding the refresh button all day.

on the dole ftw, right?



[spoiler:9b8c36657c]I do start business studies and Economics Degree at Durham in octorber, but i am a bum til then!!![/spoiler:9b8c36657c]

I hope you're going to University College.

Because you would be living in a fucking castle.

Sadly the Stockton campus, its not even in Durham, but its like the only place that would accept me, the grade requirements for the course are AAB, and I blagged it with BCD!

edit: Not sure if this will work with the special offers, but i found this voucher

You lucky bastard, I had a place to study medicine (AAB) at the stockton campus, and they wouldn't let me in with ABB :evil:

Paul_IQ164

Their suggested security question is "my favourite cheese"!

Anyway, guess I'll be keeping an eye on this. I want me a Lite or a Micro, and if they're selling them cheap... (though I suppose there'll be no great discounts on Lites, since they're selling enough anyway.)

area

Cullen wrote:

Bob The Monkey wrote:

LewieP wrote:

Nexus Zero wrote:

I have no life so I'll be riding the refresh button all day.

on the dole ftw, right?



[spoiler:8feb7d086f]I do start business studies and Economics Degree at Durham in octorber, but i am a bum til then!!![/spoiler:8feb7d086f]

I hope you're going to University College.

Because you would be living in a fucking castle.

Pfff Durham is full of Oxbride rejects

Fixed.

Hotlead Junkie

I am NOT going to sit at my keyboard all monday hitting F5

I am NOT

[spoiler:6c9330aae6]I totally am[/spoiler:6c9330aae6]

prawnstar69

I do need some new Nintendo stuffs, but I'm at work monday

LewieP

Rami wrote:

You lucky bastard, I had a place to study medicine (AAB) at the stockton campus, and they wouldn't let me in with ABB :evil:

I think i was really lucky in alot of ways - I got alot of help doing my UCAS form of an awesome teacher and my mum (part of her work is training people on how to apply for jobs) I am also dyslexic, and Durham is a centre of exellence for research into dyslexia. I also took out a gap year to do volunteer work in Sri Lanka, and Durham have links to Sri Lanka. I also applied last year, but defered entry, so i got in with last years grade requirements (BBB/BBC) even tho they went up for my year. Plus I think I had some serious divine intervention. Cardiff had requiements of BBC for the same course, and they laughed down the phone at me when I asked if there was any chance of a place. So in conclusion, yes, I am a lucky bastard :P

LightReaper

Hotlead Junkie wrote:

I am NOT going to sit at my keyboard all monday hitting F5

I am NOT

[spoiler:7934503802]I totally am[/spoiler:7934503802]

Don't worry...

[spoiler:7934503802]We all will[/spoiler:7934503802]

Hotlead Junkie

LightReaper wrote:

Hotlead Junkie wrote:

I am NOT going to sit at my keyboard all monday hitting F5

I am NOT

[spoiler:625a2c97ea]I totally am[/spoiler:625a2c97ea]

Don't worry...

[spoiler:625a2c97ea]We all will[/spoiler:625a2c97ea]

But I don't NEED anymore games! *sobs*

LewieP

Sorry to bump this thread, but i thought it would be good to make sure as few people as possible miss out on this

Bob The Monkey

Cullen wrote:

Pfff University College is full of Oxbride rejects (the bar's good though). Aidans for life!

Well, it is my consensus plan if Oxford rejects me.

Because, y'know, Castle.

Jam Warrior

Do we know what any of the offers will be? Incredibly cheap GBA shovel-ware will still not be worth it.

LewieP

OMFG! forum was down at the time, but they have been selling DSlites for £50!!!


I havent got one yet, they go out of stock in seconds, but keep checking this out on the hour, 19 items left!

other items have beem
Brain training - £10
NSMB - £20
Nintendogs - £15

Good luck getting anything before they go out of stock everyone!

area

Just had Animal Crossing for £15, before their website collapsed.

Jam Warrior

It's a complete lottery as to whether you get your order through or not. There is no quicker way I could have made my order on the second lot of lites and I still missed 'em. :x

Oh well, keep trying...

Paul_IQ164

Yeah, it's damn near impossible to get the good stuff, since there's only 50 of everything. I went for a white Lite for £50, but I wasn't fast enough at clicking the buttons. We'll see if they have any more Lites later on for the taking. Animal Crossing for £15 this hour, though they'll have sold out by now (now being four minutes past the hour).

Lave

Yeah, I couldn't have gone faster on the Animal Crossing and I still had no luck.

Does this run all through the night? Cos 5am could be interesting....

Paul_IQ164

Yeah, it runs for 24 hours until noon tomorrow. Or rather, until 11:01 tomorrow, when the 11 o'clock item sells out.

RMH03

24hour spectacllar implies it runs through the night, but i wonder if we'll get anything of lite callibur at 3am?

jclast

LightReaper wrote:

Hmmm, do you think at this point it is worth getting a gamecube, this close to the Wii launch?

Because I have money spare and I expect to see some truelly glorious Gamecube deals.

Yes, if you want to import. A FreeLoader probably won't work on the Wii since it's slot load instead of top load.

FyreWulff

Actually it should. I'm guessing in GameCube mode that ejecting will be "lid open", otherwise it would be impossible to beat any 2-disc GC game.

Rami

Friend of mine jsut snagged a DS Lite and Animal Crossing for £65.

I'm hoping to see something like Chibi-Robo, Donkey Konga w/ Bongos, Meteos/Tetris etc.

Lave

Also, be-careful as your quickly clicking through. It refreshed my page with a £99 Lite, and I bought that instead.

Had to ring up to cancel.

LightReaper

jclast wrote:

LightReaper wrote:

Hmmm, do you think at this point it is worth getting a gamecube, this close to the Wii launch?

Because I have money spare and I expect to see some truelly glorious Gamecube deals.

Yes, if you want to import. A FreeLoader probably won't work on the Wii since it's slot load instead of top load.

Thanks for the info, i'm buying Bob the Monkey's gamecube. Naruto 4 here I come .

Also, i'm waiting with baited breath for the next offer, from what i've read they sound top quality.

Nexus Zero

Fuck, too late again, there was another batch of NDS Blacks for £50.

LightReaper

Nexus Zero wrote:

Fuck, too late again.

I don't think it's physically possible for me to fill things in again quick enough.

I mean jesus, just loading the first checkout page was too late, already sold out.

SyphonBlue

Nexus Zero wrote:

Fuck, too late again, there was another batch of NDS Blacks for £50.

Jesus....It's only been a minute!

SyphonBlue

On another note, their site malfunction page is hilarious.