Videogamesplus.ca

MarkY91

hey guys is this site reliable? im thining of buying a white ps3 controller from them, works out 31 euro:eek:...are they real?...cos on the picture of their blue controller the "sony" above the ps button is black but on my cousins blue controller is silver, he bought it in argos..how come they are different

guessing fakes?

Retr0gamer

Use them all the time. Works out cheap considering we are being ripped off royally here and the exchange rate favours the euro. Be warned that they have shipping as well so price might not be as low as you think.

MarkY91

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Use them all the time. Works out cheap considering we are being ripped off royally here and the exchange rate favours the euro. Be warned that they have shipping as well so price might not be as low as you think.

yep its like 7 dollars shipping to here i think?..they were a little vague on the delivery page so i may email them...gona buy 1 or 2 games too so the shipping will mean less in a way lol

do you know about the question i asked on the blue controller on site and my cousins?..thats my only worry

Retr0gamer

The shipping won't get cheaper with the more items you buy, it adds up and after a certain weight the shipping will sky rocket. Best to order seperately. Those controllers if marked as genuine will be genuine, they're legit. Also their shipping can be a bit slow lately sometimes taking more than 5 working days so be patient if you don't get your stuff within the week you ordered it.

MarkY91

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The shipping won't get cheaper with the more items you buy, it adds up and after a certain weight the shipping will sky rocket. Best to order seperately. Those controllers if marked as genuine will be genuine, they're legit. Also their shipping can be a bit slow lately sometimes taking more than 5 working days so be patient if you don't get your stuff within the week you ordered it.

oh i though like a few stuff ordered would be in one package meaning just the 1 shipping price..tenner added to 30 would seem worse than tenner added to say 80..i duno im stupid :P lol

na few days delivery is grand hmm guess the different colour sony colours dont matter lol ill order it next week cheers

Retr0gamer

yeah most places give you cheaper shipping with ore items but it's per item shipping with them.

wcarey1975

Bought a lot of stuff from them including a DS3 controller so can definitely recommend them.

I used to use them back in the day when a PS3 game was E70, these days though with being E45-50 there's not much point of importing(and if I wanted a controller I'd use Ebay as i have done before)

MarkY91

gilberto_eire wrote: »

I used to use them back in the day when a PS3 game was E70, these days though with being E45-50 there's not much point of importing(and if I wanted a controller I'd use Ebay as i have done before)

couldnt really get cheaper than 31 plus fiver on shipping on ebay could you?..i searched about controllers and from what i saw its best to avoid ebay, saw a video comparing a fake white one to a real one...they just about sync with the ps3:eek:

think ill just use the website as with shipping its still way cheaper than in shops here + never saw a white controller in any shops


thanks for replys

Grumpypants

Gamesnash have PS3 controllers for 38ish euro's right now posted from within Ireland so you'll have it in 2 days.

eddhorse

I use them quite a bit but the shipping has gone up recently, make sure you check that first.

johnny_ultimate

Yeah used them once and was very impressed. Pre-ordered my copy of Catherine on there yesterday and was taken aback that the shipping had jumped quite a bit ($14 I think). Oh well, at least they ship internationally!

Retr0gamer

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Yeah used them once and was very impressed. Pre-ordered my copy of Catherine on there yesterday and was taken aback that the shipping had jumped quite a bit ($14 I think). Oh well, at least they ship internationally!

It goes by the size of the box. The Y's special editions and my special edition of Devil Summoner 2 cost a lot more in shipping than a normal game.

WolfForager

Only problem is you may have to be DLC off the north american PS store. Bought a few games off them though, quite good!

Notorious

A friend of mine bought a brand new, boxed white controller for less than €20 on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/DualShock-3-SixAXIS-Wireless-Controller-SONY-PS3-PS-NIB-/200599616920?pt=UK_Controllers_Attachments&hash=item2eb4ab3d98

MarkY91

Notorious wrote: »

A friend of mine bought a brand new, boxed white controller for less than €20 on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/DualShock-3-SixAXIS-Wireless-Controller-SONY-PS3-PS-NIB-/200599616920?pt=UK_Controllers_Attachments&hash=item2eb4ab3d98

ive seen youtube videos about fake controllers on ebay and not to buy from ebay + ive got bad experience with ebay and the fake chinese ****e they got lol

Grumpypants wrote: »

Gamesnash have PS3 controllers for 38ish euro's right now posted from within Ireland so you'll have it in 2 days.

nice ill have a look now and check them out

edit: the had a blue one for 54 and a blak one for a little cheaper

padair

Notorious wrote: »

A friend of mine bought a brand new, boxed white controller for less than €20 on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/DualShock-3-SixAXIS-Wireless-Controller-SONY-PS3-PS-NIB-/200599616920?pt=UK_Controllers_Attachments&hash=item2eb4ab3d98

I dont want to paint everything from Hong kong as fake but, the last two things I have ordered from there were knock offs

MarkY91

guys just ordered from the website there, nom nom nom white controler psn better be back by the time i get it:mad:


hmmm the website never asked for my cvv number?..how can that be?

F1ngers

MarkY91 wrote: »

hmmm the website never asked for my cvv number?..how can that be?

Maybe they bought your cvv number off the PSN hackers...maybe...:p

Also, +1 to vg+, have used them before and will use them again.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

MarkY91 wrote: »

guys just ordered from the website there, nom nom nom white controler psn better be back by the time i get it:mad:


hmmm the website never asked for my cvv number?..how can that be?

They process payments through beanstream and most likely have set the account up not to check the CVV - it is an option but most merchant account providers will insist on it here - it's ovbiously not the same in Canada.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

Sorry was originally meant to post a reply to the OP

The controllers available from Videogamesplus.ca are usually US / Canadian versions. There can be very slight differences to EU versions but they are genuine Sony controllers.

MarkY91

Gamesnash.ie: Pat wrote: »

Sorry was originally meant to post a reply to the OP

The controllers available from Videogamesplus.ca are usually US / Canadian versions. There can be very slight differences to EU versions but they are genuine Sony controllers.

oh ok that explains the different colour sony on it then

hmm first time i never got asked for my cvv, oh well i trust the site from peoples comments here

Snake Plisken

Actually bought a 40 gig PS3 off them a couple of years back (wanted a Region A Blu-Ray player) worked out cheaper by about 50 euros then the price of a new one here at the time, also shipped with DHL and arrived within 3 day's they marked it as a return repair and didn't have to pay any custom charge

MarkY91

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Actually bought a 40 gig PS3 off them a couple of years back (wanted a Region A Blu-Ray player) worked out cheaper by about 50 euros then the price of a new one here at the time, also shipped with DHL and arrived within 3 day's they marked it as a return repair and didn't have to pay any custom charge

whats the advantages of a region A BR player?and whats a DHL:o

wow 3 days from canada for a ps3 or even anything is great!..doubt ill get my controller until at leist monday *damn you weekends*

Snake Plisken

MarkY91 wrote: »

whats the advantages of a region A BR player?and whats a DHL:o

wow 3 days from canada for a ps3 or even anything is great!..doubt ill get my controller until at leist monday *damn you weekends*

Just for movie watching you can buy American Region A locked Blu-Ray's that won't play on EU blu-ray players or PS3's. Why would u buy these? Sometimes movies are released on Blu-ray months before their release in Ireland or they have better features etc.

DHL are the courier company that they sent the PS3 from Canada to Ireland with http://www.dhl.ie/en.html

BArra

am actually in need a dualshock controller

hmmm to go with a black from gamesnash for 38

or

white from videogamesplus for a few euros more...hmmm

MarkY91

BArra wrote: »

am actually in need a dualshock controller

hmmm to go with a black from gamesnash for 38

or

white from videogamesplus for a few euros more...hmmm

controller + P&P came to 39 euro so if you want white or any colour itl be 1 odd euro more :P

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

MarkY91 wrote: »

controller + P&P came to 39 euro so if you want white or any colour itl be 1 odd euro more :P

Plus the possibillity of being stopped by customs and having 21% + Admin charge added on too.

Edit: If a mod feels this post was self serving I apologise.

MarkY91

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Just for movie watching you can buy American Region A locked Blu-Ray's that won't play on EU blu-ray players or PS3's. Why would u buy these? Sometimes movies are released on Blu-ray months before their release in Ireland or they have better features etc.

DHL are the courier company that they sent the PS3 from Canada to Ireland with http://www.dhl.ie/en.html

ahh i see, so on your usa ps3 can you purchase stuff from the store and use them etc ?

F1ngers

MarkY91 wrote: »

ahh i see, so on your usa ps3 can you purchase stuff from the store and use them etc ?

Any PS3 can buy content from any store.
I have an Irish PS3 and have bought stuff from both the US and Japanese stores.

Snake Plisken

F1ngers wrote: »

Any PS3 can buy content from any store.
I have an Irish PS3 and have bought stuff from both the US and Japanese stores.

True although I've got additional options for american services only like Netflix although never bothered with them

MarkY91

Snake Plisken wrote: »

True although I've got additional options for american services only like Netflix although never bothered with them

really thats cool, good reason to get an american ps3 then huh..any disadvantages?

Sephiroth_dude

I'm gonna order a something of these guys this week

F1ngers

Snake Plisken wrote: »

True although I've got additional options for american services only like Netflix although never bothered with them

Netflix works for you? Not IP dependant?

Snake Plisken

F1ngers wrote: »

Netflix works for you? Not IP dependant?

As I said never bothered with them, I was able to get in so far see ads for the services etc but it prompted me to reqister with the site, one day i might try.

As regards disadvantges not on the gaming side but some of the region B (europe) Blu-Rays are region locked so they won't play in it. I might just sell it sometime soon as tbh I've never used it that much as I chipped a Panasonic Blu-Ray player last year and that allows me to play Region A locked Blu-Rays.

Vorrtexx

F1ngers wrote: »

Netflix works for you? Not IP dependant?

Yeah, it's IP restricted.
I can log into Netflix on my Irish PS3 (with US PSN account) but when you are about to stream content it just displays an error saying it cannot stream the content to your region.

Retr0gamer

Gamesnash.ie: Pat wrote: »

Plus the possibillity of being stopped by customs and having 21% + Admin charge added on too.

Edit: If a mod feels this post was self serving I apologise.

Never got stopped by customs using these guys and I've ordered huge special editions like the Devil Summoner 2 special edition. Anyway I'm pretty sure the purchase has to be over a certain amont before they can charge customs and it's much less than a dual shock.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

The limit for VAT is €22 , limit for customs is €150. In the case of a single dual shock controller customs duty would not apply but VAT would if the package were stopped.

If you have a look through the online buying forum you will see many posts from people who's small packages have been stopped, vat levied and then admin fees of up to €16.00 added on as well.

I'm not saying that purchases will be stopped, just that it's a possibillty.

BArra

Gamesnash.ie: Pat wrote: »

The limit for VAT is €22 , limit for customs is €150. In the case of a single dual shock controller customs duty would not apply but VAT would if the package were stopped.

If you have a look through the online buying forum you will see many posts from people who's small packages have been stopped, vat levied and then admin fees of up to €16.00 added on as well.

I'm not saying that purchases will be stopped, just that it's a possibillty.

thats only if it goes through a courier company where an admin charge will be added on top, and its usually around 13e.

if it were sent through the post, the chances of it being stopped are a lot lot slimmer, and you would be liable for nothing, but its a risk

in saying all that support irish business

Retr0gamer

Gamesnash.ie: Pat wrote: »

The limit for VAT is €22 , limit for customs is €150. In the case of a single dual shock controller customs duty would not apply but VAT would if the package were stopped.

If you have a look through the online buying forum you will see many posts from people who's small packages have been stopped, vat levied and then admin fees of up to €16.00 added on as well.

I'm not saying that purchases will be stopped, just that it's a possibillty.

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm just saying that it's not exactly much of a risk. I'm always importing games and have done so for years and have not once gotten caught by customs and gotten charged a VAT charge. Custom charges are different and I have heard of people getting consoles stopped and when you had to import Guitar Hero it happened as well but I never import hardware so never happened to me. It might be different for a dual shock since it's hardware but for games my post has never been stopped.

Pacing Mule

BArra wrote: »

thats only if it goes through a courier company where an admin charge will be added on top, and its usually around 13e.

if it were sent through the post, the chances of it being stopped are a lot lot slimmer, and you would be liable for nothing, but its a risk

in saying all that support irish business

If memory serves me correctly

An Post have a €6 admin charge.
UPS €16
DHL €13

Pacing Mule

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm just saying that it's not exactly much of a risk. I'm always importing games and have done so for years and have not once gotten caught by customs and gotten charged a VAT charge. Custom charges are different and I have heard of people getting consoles stopped and when you had to import Guitar Hero it happened as well but I never import hardware so never happened to me. It might be different for a dual shock since it's hardware but for games my post has never been stopped.

It's rare but it is getting more common that games are being stopped.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=71328879

martineatworld

I've never ordered from, but as recommended on a different thread...

www.planetaxel.com

They seem to stock all their stuff from America yet promise that they're shipped from within the EU. Some US exclusive games and cheap American controllers though. Promising...