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windypops
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:32 pm |
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There were loads of the flippin' things in the shops only a month ago
Now I'm looking to buy one as a Christmas present they've all gone!
HELP! |
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Mugatu
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:55 pm |
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I'm off out to tottenham court road to buy a digi cam shortly.
Do you want me to keep an eye out for one?
PM sent with Phone no. |
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eamonn
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:59 pm |
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Have a look at argos.co.uk, they have a DS lite with accessory pack available for store pickup at thier Old Street and Kilburn stores - �150. There may be alternatives or nearer stores to you, North London is a big place. |
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windypops
Baiting Guru
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:01 pm |
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^^ I'd appreciate that Mugatu.
I was going to head there or Brent Cross tomorrow in a panic search.
If you spot one, could you let me know?
I don't normally get sucked into Christmas panic buying, but it's for someone very special, so I want to try my best. |
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wayne
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:27 pm |
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http://www.play.com/Games/DS/4-/1025954/Nintendo-DS-Lite-Console-Black/Product.html
It's a lite if that's any good. �99.99 with free delivery
They have pink, black and white
(edit) Ok, that's really weird. I rechecked and the price is now �170. I SWEAR it was �99.99 when I looked earlier. That's why I assumed lite meant a cheaper version, the same as with software. |
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FiveForces
Elite Baiter
Joined: 05 Apr 2007
Posts: 1254
Location: Richville, USA (honest!)
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:25 pm |
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All sold out in Hull too, just like they were last year. Popular Christmas present! |
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wayne
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:19 pm |
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Otterfan
Baiting Guru
Joined: 14 Mar 2007
Posts: 2481
Location: UK -- land of otters and non-otters
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:30 pm |
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Wayne, there's no actual difference between the older non-lite and the lite version. What happened was that the original DS got remodelled into a smaller and easier-to-hold case, had a few buttons moved about, and better (i.e. brighter and viewable from a wider angle) screens put in.
Other than that, the lite is identical to the non-lite in terms of how it operates and what it can do.
I've got both models (well, two in the house---one is mine and one is the girlfriend's) and games can be swapped between them without any trouble at all. |
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M1d0r1
Master Baiter
Joined: 30 May 2007
Posts: 101
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:32 pm |
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Windy: I agree with Eamonn about Argos.
they seem to have stock at the moment. However, to save yourself a run around you can reserve a DS from their website and pick it up from a store.
If its difficult to get probably best to reserve for pick up tomorrow or next day (and give them time to make certain its in the store close to you.
The site offers the following London stores you can pick it up from.
New Oxford Street
Holborn
Victoria
Marble Arch
Old Street
Camden
Walworth Road
Kensington
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Otterfan
Baiting Guru
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Location: UK -- land of otters and non-otters
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:33 pm |
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M1d0r1 wrote: |
New Oxford Street
Holborn
Victoria
Marble Arch
Old Street
Camden
Walworth Road
Kensington
Brixton
Swiss Cottage |
Mornington Crescent.
I WIN!
Damn, that was a quick game. |
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windypops
Baiting Guru
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:42 pm |
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I've got one!
Cheers Mugatu. The beers are on me.
Thanks for the Argos advice. I managed to phone a few stores and it's first come first serve by the looks of it. All the one's near to me are out of stock. |
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M1d0r1
Master Baiter
Joined: 30 May 2007
Posts: 101
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:58 pm |
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Otterfan wrote: |
Mornington Crescent.
I WIN!
Damn, that was a quick game. |
Hang on a second ! I opened play below the diagonal. You can't use the Zurich convention unless play is opened ABOVE the diagonal. |
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D11
Elite Baiter
Joined: 02 Jul 2006
Posts: 1702
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:15 pm |
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Mornington cresent is camden, they only added it so tourists thought there was something actually between camden and kings cross.
Camden has 2 game stores (1xGame and 1xGameStation) first is about 3 minutes outside mornington cresent tube as you walk towards camden tube, the trick with these 2 competing stores is go to one and then tell the other the prices are cheaper - instant discounts |
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OxygenDeprived
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:28 pm |
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Jeez, I didn't realize how popular those things are over there. Across the pond every store has tons in stock. |
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Eight
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Location: UK
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:19 am |
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M1d0r1 wrote: |
Otterfan wrote: |
Mornington Crescent.
I WIN!
Damn, that was a quick game. |
Hang on a second ! I opened play below the diagonal. You can't use the Zurich convention unless play is opened ABOVE the diagonal. |
That's the Sturgeon Maneouvre, which is permissible when playing off the outer. And as everyone knows when you play off the outer, the diagonals are irrelevant. |
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M1d0r1
Master Baiter
Joined: 30 May 2007
Posts: 101
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:27 am |
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Darn.
Well I didn't know 419eater plays the Cobblethorpes 1960 Beeching execution variant.
Rematch ! |
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Otterfan
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Location: UK -- land of otters and non-otters
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:20 am |
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^^^ I guess you didn't the stickies, huh?
A rematch? I'm basking in the glory of my recent win and too smug with myself for another game so soon, but make sure you don't play Digital-One. I mean, what the heck sort of play was that, claiming that Mornington Crescent doesn't exist? I haven't seen anything that daring since the '94 Three Continents Tournament in Croydon, with the young Stephenson re-routing the DLR through Paddington just because it suited him! |
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Mugatu
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:45 am |
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Someone's going to get an off topic smacked bottom here!
Windypop's DS lite is sat in a retailers on Tottenham Court road as we speak, reserved and deposit paid. We're meeting for a beer later so he can give me the dosh and I can give him the voucher receipt thingy......
Except, with them selling like hot cakes, I've just had a cunning plan:
Who wants to buy a white DS lite? |
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windypops
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:52 am |
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^^ Oi! That's mine...
But Mugatu's right, don't go turning this into another PW thread. We have more than enough of those already thank you.
Just making the sign Mugatu wants me to hold up so he can spot me.
What was it it again... Oh yeah. I am big Christmas FOOOOO....
See you later matey. |
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Otterfan
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:03 pm |
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Most of us spend weeks or even months convincing the lads that there's $100,000 waiting for them in far off places, with no guarantee that they will go there themselves, and here's Mugatu getting you on a safari with just a DS!??!! There's no justice in the world. |
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windypops
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:08 pm |
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^^ Wasn't the DS, It was the opportunity of going to London's famous Porters' restaurant that swung it. It's very popular apparently. |
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Mugatu
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:11 pm |
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Can you meet me at the phone boxes outside the School of English in Leicester Square? It's quite well known apparently!
By the way, do I now get one of these:
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: Windypops: The Tottenham Court Road caper. |
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windypops
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:12 pm |
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Mugatu wrote: |
By the way, do I get one of these:
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: Windypops: The road to Fitzrovia. |
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Only If I actually show up!
OK, enough already. |
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windypops
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Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:53 am |
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: Windypops: The Tottenham Court Road caper. |
Yep it's true. The consignment is now in the safe keeping of my security company until needed.
Thanks Mugatu, A well earned pith helmet, not only for securing it but for a good night out on pub safari. Beer was drunk, baiting discussed.
When I collected it from the shop someone else came in to pickup their DS. The bloke in the shop said it was probably the last one to be had anywhere here until new supplies come in sometime in the new year. His was pink |
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