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Glad i pre-order everything from ShopTo.Safe to say that Game aren't Commander Shepards favourite shop on the Citadel.
Do not underestimate the power of the daft side
Har har
*spits tea out
FYI it looks like HMV are stocking n7 editions as well, it's showing on ther website, might be worth a looking people still need it
There are more copies of ME3 in space than there are in GAME's warehouses
Az seems to be ignorant of the fact that the major supermarket chains all over the country have been selling the same games for cheaper prices for a few years now.
i don't mean to point out but i feel i need to.
they're not always cheaper. Black ops at my local tescos is still £46.90
darkness 2 is currently on the shelves there at £42.90 and that is it's deal of the week lower price.
Az seems to be ignorant of the fact that the major supermarket chains all over the country have been selling the same games for cheaper prices for a few years now.
Az seems to be ignorant of the fact that the major supermarket chains all over the country have been selling the same games for cheaper prices for a few years now.
i don't mean to point out but i feel i need to.
they're not always cheaper. Black ops at my local tescos is still £46.90
darkness 2 is currently on the shelves there at £42.90 and that is it's deal of the week lower price.
Many people seem to be forgetting why they started shopping online in the first place.
You didn't do it because you were trendy and hip to the new way of shopping.
You did it because Online Retailers were undercutting High Street prices to get your business.
This has paid off for them and they don't really have to do it anymore. Now you can pay Full Game Price and think you're getting a good deal because you'll actually get the game on release date.
Supermarkets made a couple of high profile publicity pushes with games when they sold FIFA for £ 24.00 and undercut with Call Of Duty at one point as well but especially when it comes to EA titles... nowadays these are generally sold at 'New Game Price'.
Another thing people forget is that there are tons of people out there who haven't been counting down the days until the release of "Mass Effect 3" because as far as they're concerned... it's not a big deal... it's just a game.
Online shoppers, die hard fans, people who were looking forwards to it and really want to play it... All of these people will find their copies of "Mass Effect 3". The people who generally shop on the High Street won't and EA will suffer a loss for their unsold games.
"Mass Effect" is a popular franchise but the reason that the N7 Collector's Edition is sold out everywhere online is because the online retailsers are exhausting their standard allocations.
Don't panic because they're all sold out.
EA are going to have plenty to spare and they'll be lucky to shift all of them.
I find your lack of faith... disturbing.
I started buying online cause i am a lazy bum. i haven't ever really noticed any drastic price differences on new releases and if there is normally the postage price is the difference.
old games are always cheaper online.
Az.....just because you believe it to be a certain way, doesnt make it the absolute truth. you seem so afraid of the internet and how its evolving the sharing of information and the purchase of goods and services...remember, its the internet that allows you, to share your thoughts...time you evolved as well
Yes I am a criminal. My Crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.
Also it should be noted that many people now have a mobile device with them that has internet access. Whether that be a smart phone, netbook, iPad etc
So online shopping isn't just something you can do at home. Heck most stores, real world and online, have dedicated apps for the iPhone, Windows Phone 7 and Android.
"Oh no, GAME doesn't have Title X. No worries just grab it from Amazon on my iPod Touch."
Mass Effect 3 - MEHEM and Extended Anderson Conversation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmofIH7rN9U.
EA won't have tons spare Az. Look at the first two games and a while back Bioware stated they can't make anymore CE's before launch so whatever numbers got given to all the worldwide retailers is what the stock is going to be. I've got two copys on order, will get some profit via good old ebay ;o
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To back Az up here.
A lot of people seem to be under the impression people are mad for a certain technology, yes I have a phone that can go online, no I don't use it as its pay as you go.
Everyone has been on about games pricing but its about knowing prices and I must say I have had some damn nice deals from there which would have cost me far more on release.
The main thing game has is respectable image something other stores just can't seem to get its the kind of store any one can go into and not feel out of place hugely its the store older people tend to shop for their grandkids and stuff in (if they do shop for them) Its the place people not of the internet generation tend to go to buy stuff for gamer friends.
Most of us here being gamers for a while will know there are other games shop many offering better stuff about and online options but game somehow managed to get those people their by appearing respectable. However its rare to see non serious gamers in a place like CEX with the heavy metal music blasting out and some of the staff looking like a tattoo studio wall (these aren't bad things but they are the reason the main non gamer crowed won't end up buying Mass Effect 3 copies).
It won't be some giant sales loss however I think EA will notice it.
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all that happened, was that EA...took the stock allocated for Game Group...and sold it to other retailers. Same Stock, still being sold...and with the credit insurance EA was looking for, so for EA..its a done deal.There are other places where you will be able to walk into a store, on Friday 9th March and pick up the Game. Game Group need to sort out their business model and stop pretending, mostly to its customers, that everything is ok when it clearly is not...its a business in trouble, EA pulling all their titles from them until they can get back the credit insurance they once held with the banks or money to buy the needed stock, is a harsh lesson in business.EA will still sell its numbers of Mass Effect 3, it just means that they will be sold from other retailers, like it has done for years now. Game Group could wrap up business over night, and people will still be able to buy games walking into retailers or by buying things online
I checked my ME3CE Game order this morning as I have done every day for the last week or so... all ok this affy checked my emails no notification re cancellation come on here half hour ago see this lot , shock horror check Game order again and like everyone else its chuffing cancelled just spent last twenty mins going round every game seller but tooooo late no CE available
I've been laughing at all the desperate bods paying upwards of £120 for it on ebay now I can't find the correct words to describe how I feel. Left brain keeps saying 'it's only a game ' right brain is just howling with frustration .
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die
Just to let everyone know, I just managed to order a CE from HMV.com. Still sceptical it will actually come through but maybe worth a try for anyone still looking to get one.
People seem to be forgetting that Mass Effect 3 isn't the only triple A title that's being released this year. Game Group have re-negotiated terms with all publishers except EA and the situation with EA could change if they decide to soften their stance a little. Also, Game and Gamestation actually make very little profit from new software sales, it's the pre-owned market that's their bread and butter.


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LISBON — Columbiana County Sheriff Ray Stone is unlikely to join the ranks of those county sheriffs who say they will refuse to enforce any changes in the nation's gun laws they believe are......
If you don't or can't carry at work, why would you carry at a school?
Beaumont did you actually read my post, or just skim over it? What I said was, "The people who already work in schools who don't carry while at work---BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALLOWED AT SCHOOL--- would gladly carry into their school once it does become allowed." DUH..
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The Tea Party has been largely hijacked by the GOP, but has produced most of the few who are willing to do what needs to be done. We have to start putting our faith in candidates, for their own merits, and not parties.
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I disagree. The establishment republicans wouldn't fix the problem, they'll just talk about it as a means to get elected. Just like Obama did. They won't actually do anything. When it comes down to it, very few of these people are wiling to make any tough decisions.
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Are you sure of that? Half the people are voting for representation that doesn't even think we have a spending problem.
You pointed out what is probably our biggest problem, who created it. It doesn't matter who created it, it's here and we have to do something about it. But I hear ideas that are more of the same, when I say do something, I don't mean more of the same.
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Most people recognize the problem Grant, they just disagree on who created it and how we solve it.
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And for the record, I have never claimed to have all the answers, but at least I can recognize the problem.
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First of all you can cut A LOT out of offense. But we have to start calling it that. It's not defense, we've been on offense since WW2. It's hugely expensive.
But a good place to start would be to end the assumption that the most efficient way to spend our money is to send it to Washigton, let it go through the bureaucratic process and then have our representatives beg for it back. The federal government was never designed or intended to do most of the things they do.
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Out with it Grant, what exactly do you propose we cut besides defense? Let me guess, education, EPA, Medicaid, Medicare, home mortgage deduction, etc, oh and let's not forget social security. How about we just privatize everything?It's not like there're greedy people out there who would take advantage of that. Just as long as we don't have a balanced approach and raise any more revenue.
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If you don't or can't carry at work, why would you carry at a school?
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Why don't they carry at work?
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Dang Ladybug your scull is thick. Do you really think I'm the only guy who would volunteer? There are probably thousands who actually work in a school who would do it in a heart beat, many whom already carry when not at work so it's not that big of a deal. If only the hand wringing burocrats above them would let it happen. Again, oh well. I'll just cross my fingers it doesn't happen in one of my grand kid's schools, because protection right now is a joke.
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Great idea of cutting Rand Paul!
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You're exactly right and we always will be if we continue voting for the same establishment parties who put us in the mess.
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Today Rand Paul announced that his Senate office is returning $600,000 to the Treasury in operating cash that they didn't spend last year. And you tell me no cuts can be made.
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These don't agree on anything.
We have lots of problems in this coutry and where mired in the mud over the same thing all the time.
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Come on for once.
I never said not to do anything.I agree where going under.
Talk to the politicians,We should have never been here to begin with.
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There are most definitely cuts that can be made, I have very high doubts that those cuts will be made. But what are you saying? Just don't do anything about the debt or our spending problem? If you care about the security of the nation (which I'm assuming you do because you keep mention "defense") then you have to come up with the money to cut. You do realize what will happen when we go completely belly up, right?
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You and i both know it will never happen because votes and keeping our job is more important.
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There's not enough places to make cuts to balance the budget ,little lone start on the dedt.I agree.I've said this before.
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They reduced the pentagons budget around 50 to 60 billion.
This is another automatic cut of 45 billion,which they say they can't affored,There's also 40 billion in domestic cuts, And oh by god no it doesn't balance the budget and your right the dedt will keep going up.
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The sequester takes something that we planned to spend 100 billion on and adjusts it to only spend 80 billion. That is not a cut. It's still 80 billion in new spending.
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You have to actually balance the budget before you can pay anything down on the debt, with the sequester we will add 7-8 trillion to our debt in 10 years...that's not a balanced budget. You can't do it at the same time, but you can never pay down the debt if you never balance the budget.
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Was the Pentagon not saying they didn't need more money just a few months ago? Why would they be cutting domestic things...hmm, I don't know, could be the fact that were in 170 some countries with 900 some military bases and we can't afford it. SEQUESTRATION IS NOT A CUT IT IS A CAP ON GROWTH. If you're growing you aren't cutting, what part of this don't you understand? Why would the Pentagon do a complete 180 all of a sudden? Probably because the Commander in Chief doesn't want to follow through with a plan that was his idea and told them to generate some press against it...you know, typical Washington politics. You believe anything you hear, so long as it fits your narrative. You're a sheep.
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Thats possibly so.
So where do you cut enough to elimanate the debt and at the same time balance the budget.
You can't
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Mtlhed is right, in fact I read something yesterday that said there was evidence that Lanza wanted to outdo the one European shooter with 77 victims and he picked a school because its a collection of unarmed people. Notice how he shot himself before the police did? These scum bags don't want guns pointed back at them.
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February 6, 2013
Showing a deficit of about a $3....
Hurrump ah look at 1st story to nite "Renovations"$21.3million minus(-)50%=$10.6million in the hole=more tax for you...TaxMan
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wwhicock is correct. We will see the Real Estate Tax increase when taxes come out this year. $100.00 per $100,000.00. The city cares about the rentals and the upkeep of properties yet drives out the very people who pay the highest taxes.
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We are out if they raise school also. Cut the costs. I don't care if they dump football. Get rid of the pool. How is it Loyalsock can decrease taxes and we pay more and more. For who and why?
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Thinking maybe I should sell my house to become one of those tenants that doen't have all this burden.
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Perhaps I'm misunderstanding this, but didn't the city just raise Property Tax, now the school district is going to do it?
Your friggin' kidding me right?
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on January 11, 2013 - 12:01 AM
By Peter Baynes, Mike Durant and Brian Sampson
It is time for New York State to get serious about mandate relief. We are among the most fervent believers that the tax cap is one part of a two-part solution to make our communities more affordable. The second part, and equally as critical, is meaningful and immediate mandate relief.
Many local governments and school districts are having difficulty living under the tax cap. Simply overriding it is not the answer. The state must take steps to help them manage the costs that they cannot otherwise control.
This is not a new issue. In 2010, as part of his gubernatorial campaign, Andrew M. Cuomo wrote: "We must also eliminate mandates that make it impossible for school districts and localities to contain costs."
The Cuomo administration has taken some initial positive steps, such as establishing a Mandate Relief Council, having the state take over Medicaid growth and limiting pension costs for future employees by enacting a new pension tier. Last month, the Mandate Relief Council endorsed some further steps that would be helpful to schools.
However, there's much more work to be done. The governor and Legislature must make eliminating unfunded mandates a priority in the upcoming legislative session.
There is no shortage of ideas about how to provide mandate relief. Our organizations joined with a number of other groups in establishing the "Let New York Work Agenda." In fact, the New York Conference of Mayors has been a leading voice on mandate relief for decades with its website, www.StopTheTaxShift.org.
With the tax cap in place, we need strong leadership to achieve mandate relief.
Too many school districts are facing insolvency, while villages, towns, cities and counties are struggling to make ends meet. We know that everyone must tighten his belt. But we also know that the state must do its part as well, because no local government or school district will survive on a starvation diet.
In upstate New York, where the loss of manufacturing jobs over the last few decades has eroded the tax base, fewer and fewer taxpayers are left to bear the tax burden. We continue to export that which we can least afford to lose: our young people.
The tax cap is forcing local governments and school districts to live within taxpayers' means. Real mandate relief will enable our local governments and school districts to provide essential services at an affordable cost. Only then will Albany ensure that our communities can support thriving businesses and growing families.
Peter Baynes is executive director of the New York Conference of Mayors. Mike Durant is state director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Brian Sampson is executive director of Unshackle Upstate.


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Braye, 21, will graduate from The Citadel next weekend, but quickly will jump into another challenging academic setting at the Medical University of South Carolina in August.
He's a whiz kid, a perfectionist, the valedictorian of his class at Colleton County High School and a company commander at The Citadel.
He loves his hometown, and says it's much more than the crime- ridden place portrayed in the media.
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Authorities intensified their efforts after a November 2009 drive-by shooting killed two adults and a 20-month-old girl. Violent crime has dropped in the city since that time, officials have said.
But Braye said he has never felt unsafe there. He gets a warm feeling when he sees the Colleton County sign on the way home from The Citadel. "This is the place that made us," he said. "A chunk of my heart is stuck there."
And after he graduates from medical school, he's going to return to help make it an even better place.
"People think that growing up in a small town holds you back," Braye said, "but it's just the opposite."
"Statistically speaking, I should be in a different place," he said. "I'm a black male with divorced parents."
But he refused to accept any negative messages about who he is or what he could become. "Once you put yourself in a box," he said, "it's hard to get out."
He always knew he wanted to be a doctor, and for years knew he wanted to attend MUSC. "When I got the acceptance letter," he said, "all of my dreams came true."
Wanda Taylor, MUSC's assistant director of admission, said the school works hard to enroll a diverse group of students. She's thrilled Braye decided to enroll. "He could go anywhere," she said. "He's not only bright, but has excellent character."
Braye attributes that character to his parents, who pushed him to do well and succeed. There never was a family discussion about getting good grades; it simply was expected, he said.
And his interest in the medical field was sparked by his mother, who is a nurse.
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In his final days as a cadet, Braye finds himself feeling grateful to the military college. "If I could do it again I would," he said of his experience there. "It's a big life experience."
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Braye knew after a campus visit when he still was in high school that The Citadel was the place for him because it provided him with a challenge, he said. "It was the only place I applied."
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