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I Need Good Prices (and ideas), STAT!

Evil Eye

Selling the Lie
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So Christmas is coming. I actually enjoy giving gifts, yet totally suck at finding prices and am cheap (or as cheap as I can manage with prices these days).

I've figured out most of my gifts and found the best bargains via physical searches, as I had this weekend off work, for once.

-Winnipeg Blue Bombers season tickets (hefty hit, argh, like 250)
-The Recruit (a movie, for my best friend who is also an Al Pacino collector, 15)

Don't know what to get my brother yet, so side suggestions for him are appreciated. If it helps, he isn't into bought movies, has no interest in video games, and is in the military, spending most of this year in Halifax. Maybe something for his laptop? Argh. He's so **** bland and non-gift-receiving-y. He is into Lost, but I think he has a season or two. Dunno which he has so far. Maybe I can get my dad to espionnage the info out of him.

Gr.


Okay anyways, speaking of Lost, that'd be me mum's gift, season three. It's 87 at HMV, where I buy most electronics. But now that I have a 360, I'm less content with the idea of blowing money that could be spent on perfectly good social-life-eating games. So I need the best possible price on Lost Season Three, in Canada that is. Sadly, I'm internet ********, using that thing pretty much for school, this place, and chitchat/email.

Major stores that should carry it:

-HMV
-Wal-Mart
-London Drugs
-Sears
-CD Plus
-Best Buy
-Future Shop

There may be others. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, if that helps. Helps you find me good prices, not helps you molest me, that is.

So yeah, if you could find me a good price only I would muchly appreciate it. I have a hunch Wal-Mart will be the best buy, as I've heard commercials all week about how they've adjusted their electronic prices to reflect the all-powerful loonie (neener neener), but wal-mart.ca sucks and won't tell me prices, only when things are in stock. Well, maybe the prices can be found somewhere. Like I said, I'm internet ********.

Help me, Pool Room, you're my only hope!

(also, share xmas woes)
 

The Mad Hatter

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How about the ever-so-simple yet always loved gift card to bestbuy? That way they can get what they want and you don't waste time looking for prices!

I think this year I'll just spend all my money on me. *Grinch*
 

Livvers

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How about the ever-so-simple yet always loved gift card to bestbuy? That way they can get what they want and you don't waste time looking for prices!

I think this year I'll just spend all my money on me. *Grinch*
I agree. Gift card for Best Buy is a winner with just about anyone. Or maybe if he likes reading, a gift card for Borders or something would do well, too.
 

Jammer

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Help me, Pool Room, you're my only hope!

(also, share xmas woes)
Sorry, but I have no idea where you could get a good deal on Lost, Season 3 in Winnipeg. I would have to go with the other people here by saying that gift cards are a good idea.

But I would like to share Christmas woes!

Okay, I'm a lot like your brother in that I'm so un-present-receiving-y. You probably think that that sucks for you, because it's so hard to buy him a present. Well, it's ten times worse for him (and me), because we never get anything we want.

Christmas is always disappointing for me because my presents are always just all wrong. I swear I do more acting on Christmas than the rest of the days of the year combined ("Of course I like it!" "You know how hard it is to shop for you. I'm glad we found something you liked." "Yeah, it's great!").

I usually get clothes, which I usually hardly wear, if at all. And things like socks and underwear. And silly $5 trinkets that my parents think are "fun".

I suppose I can't complain, because I'm sure it's mostly my fault that no one knows what I want. But it's still annoying.
 

Evil Eye

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Well the idea was that some supergeniuses could search a [randompricesite].ca site and report back to me.

Gift cards are a good idea, though. Maybe a 50 dollar Best Buy card? I'm sure my brother could find SOMETHING in the computer section he wants.

Going to wal-mart soon, will report back on price found.
 
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