Bargains, Bargains, Bargains!

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 0:44

Rodafowa wrote:

CUS wrote:

markg wrote:

http://www.365games.co.uk/index.php?productID=2210

Incidentally the headset is slightly different than the one that came with my Xbox, the switch and volume are on the lead and it seems to fit my head better.

Well, mine arrived, and much like yours, my 'camera+headset+game' pack equates to this:

camera + headset (mark II?) + 12 month Gold subscription + 200 points + Robotron + UNO + big proper cardboard box.

I ordered on Friday and I too got the whole kit and kaboodle. So in effect they've paid me £5-£10 to take a camera, headset, 200 points and a couple of games off their hands.

It's the most bargainous bargain in the history of bargainisity. Cheers, Mark / CUS.

Same here. Ridiculous bargain! Thanks a lot!

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

That's awesome that you've all got them, I'd assumed they'd just made a mistake with mine and CUS's.

CUS · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:58

Heh, I had thought that too. Hoorah for markg's eyes (seeing this barg)!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:21

*crosses fingers tighter*

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 14:50

I have ordered the camera combo box in the hope that I get the bargainlicious set. If not, meh, I can still pull faces at you losers when playing Burnout.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 15:28

Curiosity wrote:

I have ordered the camera combo box in the hope that I get the bargainlicious set. If not, meh, I can still pull faces at you losers when playing Burnout.

We're all playing GTA IV now.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 15:37

myoptika wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

I have ordered the camera combo box in the hope that I get the bargainlicious set. If not, meh, I can still pull faces at you losers when playing Burnout.

We're all playing GTA IV now.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Which link should I use if I want to chance it at the big bundle?

I'm tempted to pick one up. More to have a webcam then anything. I know they work on Macs, but as a Webcam are they any good?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 20:13

Go for the £21.99 bundle Lave.

Got a confirmation that mine is on its way!

Oh and my copy of Kong arrived too (Ordered it on Saturday!) ta for the heads up on that CUS

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

I noticed a bunch of traffic coming to my blog from these forums, I assumed it was from the bargains thread, but apparently it was from the thread about the homebrew region free Wii launcher.

Anyway, some of you may have visited my blog before, but if not, it's SavyGamer and I track all the best video games bargain deal in the UK.

Hey Lave :luv:

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

Another 2-4-1 Giraffe voucher here although I think this might be Manchester-based outlets only. Please check.

It certainly worked for us tonight anyway, although my gf has gone and scuppered the deal by coming home and hurling her guts up. That's our free meal, literally down the toilet. Pfffft! She's ok btw, just unwell.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 22:40

LewieP wrote:

I noticed a bunch of traffic coming to my blog from these forums, I assumed it was from the bargains thread, but apparently it was from the thread about the homebrew region free Wii launcher.

Anyway, some of you may have visited my blog before, but if not, it's SavyGamer and I track all the best video games bargain deal in the UK.

Hey Lave :luv:

It's the bargain King! *kneels*

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Why thank you! It's always nice to give hear good feedback.

So, I (obviously) have a bunch of bargains to post here. Does anyone have any problems with me linking to blog posts instead of directly to retailers?

There are several reasons for this. I post bargains on a few forums, and if I ever need to update details, it means I don't have to do it in several places. But the main reason I prefer to do that is because where applicable I will earn affiliate commission from retailers for sending traffic that way. I earn between 4-8% commission, depending on the retailer.

If people don't want me to do that, that's perfectly fine, I won't do, I just thought it best to ask first.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

I'm not sure people would mind but at present there isn't really any way to decide without polling every single one of us (look at the dimlie fall out), so if you could go the extra mile and post something like (at least for a bit):

Bargain: [url]link[/url] & [url]affiliate link[/url]

Then you give people the choice to give you money. Which I'm sure they will. I'm sure it isn't a problem but I don't want to speak for everyone...

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

I say post away! Savygamer's where I get most of my bargains from anyway. And welcome chap!

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Holy crap I got Kotaku'd

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

LewieP wrote:

Holy crap I got Kotaku'd

That isn't a bargain. But the HD Sonic is very very thread worthy if you fancy doing the honours LewieP. I'm extremely glad your article is spreading now rather than that rubbish version that got digged.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:12

LewieP wrote:

Holy crap I got Kotaku'd

What sort of traffic does that generate?
I got dugg once, and my server went into fucking meltdown.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Grim... wrote:

LewieP wrote:

Holy crap I got Kotaku'd

What sort of traffic does that generate?
I got dugg once, and my server went into fucking meltdown.

Hmmm, how much for a 'if you think god is silly visit skeptobot' ad?

But seriously, I did a really minor thing about phony marketing blog Threespeech censoring their comments which got dug and generated 10,000 odd hits a day for a weak. I kinda left the blog alone again till they had all gone....

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1780

oh hey Lewie, I remember you from the CV forum. Savygamer's ace, man.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Bluce_Ree wrote:

oh hey Lewie, I remember you from the CV forum. Savygamer's ace, man.

Why thankyou.

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

I have also attempted to get the camera plus mega bundle of excellence.

fingers crossed.

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 13:16

who delivers the camera bundle thing? ordinary postie?

CUS · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 13:20

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 14:00

LewieP wrote:

So, I (obviously) have a bunch of bargains to post here. Does anyone have any problems with me linking to blog posts instead of directly to retailers?

I've had a quick chat with the other mods, and we are in agreement that it should be fine for two reasons;

1. You are doing the work and we get the results of the bargains which could save us all a pretty penny.

2. You did the gentelmanly thing and asked first.

If anyone sees any problems with this then it's because we haven't thought of them so contact the mods please, if not - happy shopping to you all!

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 14:11

lame lame lame, me camera thing didnt come with a 12 month live thingy. wonder what the returns is like for that site. actually did yours come in a box? mine was just in an envelope.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Awesome, here's some of the best recent deals then -

Devil May Cry 4, Xbox 360 - £19.99 delivered
Devil May Cry 4, PS3 - £19.99 delivered
Eternal Sonata, Xbox 360 - £10.99 delivered
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, PSP - £17.63 delivered
Prototype, Xbox 360 - £29.99 delivered
Prototype, PC - £17.99 delivered
Gunpey, DS - £3.99 delivered
Gunpey, PSP - £2.99 delivered

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 14:13

Runcle wrote:

lame lame lame, me camera thing didnt come with a 12 month live thingy. wonder what the returns is like for that site. actually did yours come in a box? mine was just in an envelope.

Ditto, except mine was in two jiffy bags. Got a spare headset now at least though.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 14:16

Drat. This does not bode well for me... although I will get to use the camera for Burnour Paradise, so it'll be a giggle either way.

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

damnit

can the camera be used on regular PC for chat video style-e stuff?

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 16:12

stuntman ignition for xbox 360 £7

http://www.thegamecollection.net/stuntman-ignition-xbox360-p-1894.html?ad=newsletter

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 16:19

LaceSensor wrote:

damnit

can the camera be used on regular PC for chat video style-e stuff?

It's supposed to be usable as a standard webcam on PCs. I've never tried that though.

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 16:32

Mr Dave wrote:

LaceSensor wrote:

damnit

can the camera be used on regular PC for chat video style-e stuff?

It's supposed to be usable as a standard webcam on PCs. I've never tried that though.

I have, and it is.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 21:50

My camera turned up today with headset & robotron. Only in bubblewrap no other packaging.

And no 12 months live >:|

Still a barg though

CUS · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 21:54

Me & markg > all of you.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Ghost Squad, Wii - £14.99 delivered
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, Wii - £12.99 delivered
Xbox 360 Premium, Halo 3 & GTA4 - £208.71 collect in store.
Nintendo Wii Console - £172.98 delivered

myp · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2008 13:17

Is £172 a bargain for a Wii? I thought they'd had a price drop to £150 recently, or am I going mad?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Metroid Prime 3, Wii - £17.99 delivered

myoptika wrote:

Is £172 a bargain for a Wii? I thought they'd had a price drop to £150 recently, or am I going mad?

RRP is still £180, and I haven't heard of anywhere selling them for £150, I could be wrong though. At any rate it's the cheapest price available online right now.

Runcle · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2008 14:08

how doyou find these bargains? do you just put in random games into paid peanuts all day? you wouldnt happen to be nightswimmer on hotukdeals would you? or is he/she just nicking your deals?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Runcle wrote:

how doyou find these bargains? do you just put in random games into paid peanuts all day? you wouldnt happen to be nightswimmer on hotukdeals would you? or is he/she just nicking your deals?

I've got quite a few sources I collect from. hotukdeals being one of them. I'm not nightswimmer, but I do have an account there, also under the name of LewieP. I used to post deals a lot there, but these days I just skim the front page. I really dislike the community there, pretty much any post about a game turns into an immature argument about the merits of the respective format, and so many people buy like 10x copies of the really cheap games to resell for profit, which is pretty horrible since all that does is prevent more gamers from getting access to it.

I also have a few contacts at various retailers who regularly email about specific good deals they have on.

Basically, there won't (generally) be any deals posted at SavyGamer that you can't find elsewhere, but the idea is that instead of having hundreds of people spends up to an hour every day looking around the entire internet for the best deals, and filtering out the bad ones, I do that for you, so you can just spend 5 minutes every day looking, and still ge tthe best deals.

I don't know if nightswimmer is 'nicking' my deals, but even if he/she is, I have no problem with it. Anything that gets the word out there to more people is fine by me, and it's not like I can really have any claim over a deal that a retailer is publicly broadcasting.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Shadow Of The Colossus, PS2 - £9.93 delivered

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Looks like Asda are preparing to clearout a load of PS2 games.

Ratchet And Clank 3, PS2 - £9.93 delivered
Tekken 5, PS2 - £9.93 delivered
Gran Turismo 4, PS2 - £9.93 delivered
Jak 3, PS2 - £9.93 delivered
God Of War, PS2 - £9.93 delivered
God Of War 2, PS2 - £9.93 delivered

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2008 16:53

Not game related, but some wine bargains at Tesco at the moment.

There's a decent Rioja down from 14 - 7 quid.

Plus the Hardy's Crest Cabernet Shiraz is half price, down from 8 quid to 4 quid. It's a very friendly and easy to drink wine that is easily worth that amount of money. Snap some up now, people! I only went to the shops for potatoes and cheese, and ended up bringing four bottles back up the hill with me.

myp · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2008 0:13

That hill's fucking torture when you're carrying a massive cardboard box.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2008 0:57

myoptika wrote:

That hill's fucking torture when you're carrying a massive cardboard box.

Touche!

I've carried my own body weight up that damn hill from Tesco before, starting at the actual bottom too. I have the carrying capacity of a human-sized ant.

Mark X · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2008 2:59

What with the new series of Peep Show (which I'd missed all the adverts for and therefore missed, thank the stars for the internet, eh?), is there a better time to splash out on the box set of all previous series?

(Yes, seeing as all the previous series are all free on 4OD. - A reader)

Ah, but even if that box set is down to a bargain price of fifteen quid at HMV? Relax in your comfy chair and relive the origin of the 'clean shirt' insult, pausing occasionally to chuckle at those who'd paid full price for each of the individual series' discs. Gah.

Meanwhile,

8GB Micro SDHC for £25.99 + P&P.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Scarface: The World Is Yours, Wii - £14.99 delivered

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive - £13 delivered

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Crikey.

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