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The official "Hey, look at this crazy deal I got!" topic aka the hobo gourmet thread
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Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:22:29
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Right, so let's make this the official place to express our joy upon finding a great hobo grab.  We all do it.  And it always feels good.  Nothing beats a good bargain LOL

I'll start off by showing you guys what I ordered the other day for the measly sum of £30 (49 USD according to my trusted currency converter) including postage ...

This:



plus this:



how awesome?

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Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:47:15
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Well most recently I'm still overjoyed that I was able to get Batman AA for $39 Canadian. This is a game where I would have easily paid the usual retail price of $70 for it. Thanks to Walmart though. Some other places around me matched their price but I also saw some stores charging the regular price. Infinite Discovery at $20 and The Last Remnant for $35 were a couple of other good deals I got recently as well. TLR was actually a misprice by Walmart because everywhere else it was $45 and when it was scanned at the checkout it rang up as $45 but the sticker said $35 so that's what I paid for it. Went in later and noticed they fixed the prices back for it.

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Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:26:43
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I haven't bought it yet but amazon uk has Anno Wii for £17

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Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:10:52
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My most recent crazy deal was getting Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (Xbox 360) for $13 brand new at Gamestop last Spring. At that time, most other stores were selling it for $30.

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:03:02
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Two weeks ago I got LKS andf Metroid Prime Trilogy for $75 at Toys R Us.  Great Deal!
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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:56:25
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Why dont' you say WHERE you ordered it from?! Sad

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:18:21
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Foolz said:
Why dont' you say WHERE you ordered it from?! Sad

www.blahdvd.com

it was in the 2 for £30 under the ps3 games

Click this

Edited: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:20:17

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:32:21
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I think I already expressed my little nerdy glee before on this, but my most recent deal was finding Valkyrie Profile Covenant of the Plume for the DS at Frys for $17! This game is still $39.99 at Best Buy and Gamestop too!

I also picked up Tomb Raider Underworld for the 360 for $15 on the same day.

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:00:51
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bugsonglass said:

Foolz said:
Why dont' you say WHERE you ordered it from?! Sad

www.blahdvd.com

it was in the 2 for £30 under the ps3 games

Click this

 Thanks mate! How much was postage, I couldn't find it on help, though I do often miss things like that!

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:30:12

Foolz said:

bugsonglass said:

Foolz said:
Why dont' you say WHERE you ordered it from?! Sad

www.blahdvd.com

it was in the 2 for £30 under the ps3 games

Click this

Thanks mate! How much was postage, I couldn't find it on help, though I do often miss things like that!

for some reason this time they charged 0 for postage.  normally it's about a pound per item for european postage.  not sure how much it is to send to australia but it will definitely tell you before check out

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:41:25
Sweet, I may pick up Disgaea by itself then! that's a damn good price for it.

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:15:29

Foolz said:
Sweet, I may pick up Disgaea by itself then! that's a damn good price for it.

definitely.  and resistance 2 is now platinum so it's not much lower than its RRP.  disgaea on the other hand will disappear before it gets any cheaper than that, and it will never get a platinum release

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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:55:44
Found Blue Dragon Plus for $12 at Frys this morning.

I know it's not the best of the DS RPGs, or SRPGs...but I couldn't resist the price.

Frys really has good deals going on!

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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:20:43
Just thought I bump this thread and share my excitement with a new deal I got!

Just found Patapon 2 for a measly $5 today. I think this tops my best deal of the year!

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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:50:17

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Just thought I bump this thread and share my excitement with a new deal I got!

Just found Patapon 2 for a measly $5 today. I think this tops my best deal of the year!

totally, what a steal!  so did you buy the empty box with the download code, or just the download?

i bought killzone 2 for £15 as it's now been released in the platinum/greatest hits range.  i only want it for the single player so i think that is a fair price for it.  this is what i intend to do with most all ps3 blockbusters.  yep  i will be getting uncharted 2 and the new ratchet and clank in a few short months for the third of the price which dvader is about to pay Nyaa

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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:59:10
I picked up the PC version of Fallout 3 for half of what it normally goes for. Sure, I should've waited to get the GOTY edition...but I didn't want to wait any longer.

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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:43:52
Got Deadly Creatures for $10 at gamefly. yay.
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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:01:58
you know you are a hobo ... when you see a game so cheap that you just cannot pass it up even if  you have valid reasons to think it may just not be for you.

with the exception of chinatown wars on the DS i have not really enjoyed any of the so called "sandbox games" much.  however when i saw



for a measly £10, i just couldn't ignore all those 9/10 reviews and what not.  if it has a good hiphop soundtrack to boot, it'll be worth the ten quid for that alone

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:58:37
It got 9/10 reviews?

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:53:20

gamingeek said:
It got 9/10 reviews?

a few at least.  i checked metacritic and it averages on 82%

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