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    Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Collectors Edition $76.00

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by ViciousXUSMC, Apr 21, 2010.

  1. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    **Dead Deal**

    Starcraft II is going to be an expensive game $60.00 for the regular version and $100.00 for the collectors edition.

    However take advantage of a deal going on at gamestop right now with the 25% off of $100.00+ coupon code and you can get the collectors edition for like $76.00.

    All considering if your the kind of person that likes collectors edition sets its a pretty good deal.

    This collectors edition looks pretty good to me.

    [​IMG]

    > Soundtrack CD
    > Exclusive pet for world of warcraft
    > 2GB USB Flash Drive that looks like Jim Raynors dogtag that has Starcraft and Broodwar loaded on it.
    > Art Book
    > Unique avatar options for battle.net
    > Unique skins for in game units
    > A comic book
    > A behind the scenes DVD
    > And of course the Game

    Also a bonus you get a beta code for pre-ordering so you can be in the beta.

    I think its worth the $15.00 extra using this deal for sure over the standard vanilla game.

    How to get this deal:
    Add the game to your cart on gamestop.com - http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/pro...7&sourceID=dZCX6Je2w8Q-wSkhEcs8.2f1PNZX4lVX8g

    Add any filler item to get your total up to or over $100.00, I used a $0.99 game - http://www.gamestop.com/browse/sear...Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntt=triple play 2002

    In your cart use this coupon code to take away 25% - 25OFF

    With a $0.99 filler the total will be $75.73 and you have a variety of shipping choices ranging from free for snail mail or $10 for overnight.
     
  2. Jesselise

    Jesselise Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just ordered, it worked perfectly for me. Thanks so much!
     
  3. David

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    Can't wait for this game to be officially released. I've been waiting for it along with D3 for too long now :p

    For another cost savings tip, you can also buy a Gamestop gift card on ebay for under face value.
     
  4. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I wonder if I am going to be as addicted to this one as the original, its been so many years.

    I really hope to see an active custom games community like Warcraft III has, as honestly I am not all about the intense pressure of the standard game anymore I like to kick back and have fun with the custom games in WCIII. I'll live longer due to keeping my blood pressure down.

    This game has the honor of being the first non eyefinity game I have purchased in a long time since I was looking forward to it for so long.

    I'll have a tough call to make between playing this and bad company 2 when it comes out.
     
  5. Random1337

    Random1337 Notebook Consultant

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    The 10AUTO (10% Coupon) will stack with the 25OFF coupon if you get over $110 as a total.

    So if you buy anything else, it can be a great deal!
     
  6. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I am not so sure 25off says not valid with any other offer.

    I just tried it with Mario Galaxy 2 and SC2 and it only gave me the 25OFF discount.

    Also tried it with just 2 of the SC2 games.
     
  7. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Sonofa... I reserved the dang game in-store. Maybe I can reserve it with this and drop the reservation in-store.
     
  8. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Well in-store should mean you can get it faster (day of release) so that can be a bonus. I should have gone with free shipping but figured why not and paid the $10 for overnight.

    So after the $10 more I am only saving like $14 or so compared to your in-store price.

    Atleast I do not have to make a drive though, it can come to my doorstep.
     
  9. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Yeah. But I drive past it every day on the way to work, so it's not like it's a big deal ;)
     
  10. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah if you come at a good time, on release day it might look like black friday in there lol. Well atleast at the time the store opens for the day, later on it should be calmed down, but in my experience they dont have enough games for everybody unless you are one of the early comers. That was many years ago since I did reserved games from retail so maybe now its different and they can guarantee a copy for you.
     
  11. haquocdung

    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    is there a monthly subscription with battefiled.net for the game?
     
  12. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    No battle.net is free.
     
  13. nikos85

    nikos85 Newbie

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    It is a good deal no doubt. I've tried it and it worked
     
  14. saincteye

    saincteye Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow , Nice ... just ordered the following
    Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty Collectors Edition
    Diablo III
    World of WarCraft: Cataclysm

    For 149.99 .....after tax = 157.01 ( Yeah I chose the value shipping ...hawaii is not really cheap ....lol) but anyway , it was like $25 off from the SC2 , 10 off from the WOW , 15 off from the D3 . So I basically got the D3 for free.
     
  15. saincteye

    saincteye Notebook Evangelist

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    Only in russia they came out of this idea...lol
     
  16. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I did not know you can pre-order D3 already. Hmm, though I was not the biggest diablo fan like a lot of others. If that genre gives me a call I can boot up torchlight, its a really good game and on sale for like $5.00 again on Steam.

    Though I know the big thing about Diablo is multiplayer, though there is a multiplayer torchlight in the works!
     
  17. saincteye

    saincteye Notebook Evangelist

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    loved D1 , hated D2 (but love the cut scene ) , so now let's see the ....
     
  18. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Cant believe I bought the fail that is Hellgate London thinking it would be a good new age mix of diablo with some fps like action.

    I may have stuck with it if the game had no monthly fee, the free to play was too limited.
     
  19. David

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    Yup, pre-order right here:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=460618

    I got Torchlight from Steam a while ago and although the gameplay is VERY similar to Diablo, it's almost like a cartoon version of it. Personally, it just doesn't cut it for me, but then again, I'm bias towards the original Diablo series so don't put too much weight on my opinion. :p
     
  20. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    nice hookup!

    How do you get the beta code?
     
  21. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    gets emailed to you in 24 hours it says.
     
  22. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    bought it along with dow2 chaos rising.
     
  23. Zero989

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    wow, it ends up being $30 for shipping because of the 99cent item :mad:


    alright whatever, i preordered diablo iii and starcraft ii CE

    total was $150 US.

    "Reserve StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and receive an invitation to the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beta. Available online and in-store while supplies last. Once you recieve your Beta Code your order cannot be canceled."

    HAHA
     
  24. Tristan

    Tristan Garrosh Did Nothing Wrong

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    Awesome! Thanks for that Vicious. The Beta is a ton of fun and one of heck of an addictinggame even with only a fraction of the game playable.
     
  25. jonjonk

    jonjonk Notebook Ninja

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    I'll be waiting for the battlechest :D I'm too poor to buy games at release these days :(
     
  26. jenny87

    jenny87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'll wait for the new diablo but ques i'll need to wait a little longer because from blizzard change the release date very often and don't even know when they'll release it but from the trailers that i have watched definitely will be a great rpg game
     
  27. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I guess it may depend on where you live but I was able to choose free shipping for the $0.99 game, and for SC2 also but I chose overnight for SC2.
     
  28. Chango99

    Chango99 Derp

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    Eh, what if D3's CE?
     
  29. Zero989

    Zero989 Notebook Virtuoso

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    don't care, I'll make the money back by selling the beta key.
     
  30. David

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    I just checked past listings for SC2 beta codes on ebay and they were selling for as much as $180. That's quite lucrative. :)
     
  31. Chango99

    Chango99 Derp

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    It's against eBay and will most likely get taken down.
     
  32. David

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    Not if you specifically say you are only selling a piece of paper and any written code on the paper is a free gift. It sounds cheesy, but by doing that it won't be against ebay rules. And of course, you can always sell on craigslist or other local listings.
     
  33. Zero989

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    ;) indeed.
     
  34. saincteye

    saincteye Notebook Evangelist

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    wow....well I just added my beta key ~~ I will enjoy it myself anyway.. lol so why do people buy the beta key instead of just buying a SC2 CE .....hmmm
     
  35. Chango99

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    I tried that, still got taken down :D

    Doesn't matter, the whole world knows the preorder thing now. If they actually cared about getting the beta, they read the forums. Forums has this posted over and over.
     
  36. Chango99

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    I also don't think that 25% off of 99.99$ + 59.99$ = ~160$ is only supposed to be 10 dollars. It would have been cheaper to buy SC2 CE with the 25% off @ $76~ and preorder diablo 3 alone for 60~ = $136.
     
  37. saincteye

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    The SC2 still takes 25% off which is $24 ..... so SC2 takes out $25 , diablo3 takes off $15 .... total around $40. so the final price is 120 .

    I guess gamestop updated their system now ...because I did what I did again last night , it's 174 now instead of mine 149.

    Now

    [​IMG]

    When I ordered

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  38. saincteye

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    Hmmm but it works on everything else....save around $55.

    [​IMG]
     
  39. ViciousXUSMC

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    strange, just for your safety you may want to blur the area of the image or cover it up than has your name and address.

    It looks like in the first example instead of 25% off it took $25.00 off.

    I even messed up on my first post of the deal and said $25.00 but found out later its 25% off so had to edit it.

    Id send an email to them or call them, figure out how much the discount should have been for your order and let them know. I had to send an email about the free 3 day shipping, I did not see it as an option so I went with the $10 overnight. My first reply back was automated crud, I sent another message and they told me they are going to give me credit for my shipping charges, so I think I am getting free overnight shipping.

    Im debating selling my beta key and some of the collectors edition stuff that I wont use (like the WoW pet) by the end I may end up with nearly a free SCII game.

    I remember Battlefield 2142 I sold the usb dogtag on ebay and somebody paid like $70 for it when I bought the game for $50... so I actually made $20 by buying BF2142...

    The reason that sold though was it was exclusive to the states, and it sold to somebody overseas.
     
  40. saincteye

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    lol , we will see , I might keep everything . But I think what happen is that because of the free 3-day shipping , so they consider it's another cupon stack with the 25off . And I don't think they will do mine Hawaii shipping overnight ...*cry*

    and PS: thanks for the tip ~~ names/address blanked out
     
  41. Mandrake

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    My NFL Game Day 2001 got shipped today!! yeah!
     
  42. Zero989

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    :p :eek:
    LOL

    I got my keycode :D
     
  43. Big Tim

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    Think they may have caught on, Collectors Edition now states: !This product is not eligible for %-off discount offers. :(
     
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    Well I decided to just play the beta, SC2 is very nice but nothing fantastic. Newcomers will be addicted instantly. I still enjoy WC3/Heroes of Newerth
     
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    Pre-ordered SC2 non-CE and Diablo3 last night for $98 after tax (used the free shipping method). I just got the code and activated it on a new battle.net account. Now all I need is my new Sager NP8690 from XoticPC to build and ship :D
     
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    Sucks but lots of us got in the deal.

    Glad I could help anybody that got it.

    I think in many cases they would cancel your order and say "there was a price error" best buy does this all the time, but since they said we cant cancel the order after we get the beta code, I think its a double edged blade and now they cant cancel the orders of people that got in before they ended the deal. They also are not allowed to raise the price that would be illegal.

    Also just checked not only is it not eligible for % off offers anymore its plain flat out sold out now.
     
  47. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Damn, too bad I missed this one. I would have liked to get a run at the beta.
     
  48. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I'll sell you <s>my beta code</s> a piece of paper with magic numbers and letters on it

    :D lol

    Even though the collectors edition is sold out, they still have the vanilla game available for $60 and it includes a code as well, so up to you if its worth it.
     
  49. ryukenden

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    umm how you buy this? When it doesn't even release. explain. use this screenshot.

    [​IMG]
     
  50. ViciousXUSMC

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    It was a pre-order, deal see my post just above, its sold out now and the deal is dead.
     
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