Despite how hard retailers, especially tech-focused stores like Future Shop and The Source, try to make Black Friday a thing in Canada, most people know that north of the U.S. border Boxing Day is when the real sales really go down.
But with many retailers artificially inflating prices so they can slash them during the holiday season, what is actually worth spending your hard earned dollars on this year? In reality, there aren’t many options this year unless you’re looking to pick up video games or an ultra expensive, huge television.
Below are some of the best tech-related deals around this post-Holiday Boxing Day shopping season.
This story will be updated as more retail outlets release their Boxing Day flyers. Redflag Deals is a great source for updated flyers.
Factory Direct is selling the backwards compatible PS3 of your dreams
If you’re in the market for a PS3, this is a great deal. Screenshot
While not an amazing sale (the PS3 is only $10 off), just getting your hands on a backwards compatible PlayStation 3 is a challenge these days. Over the holidays it seems like Factory Direct will have the 80 GB rare version of the console in stock, but beware, the store has the item listed as a “door crasher.” This means the PS3 will likely be in very limited supply.
These rare PlayStation 3 consoles, that have the ability to play both PSOne and PS2 games, can sometimes sell for over $300 on Kijiji and Craigslist.
Check it out here.
$45 off 2 TB My Passport hard drive
Staples is selling Western Digital’s 2 TB My Passport for just $99 during boxing week, saving you $45 off its usual $144 price tag.
Ultra-portable hard drives are great because they don’t require an external power source and only need to be plugged into your computer’s USB port to work. Check it out here.
Alternatively, Canada Computers is selling a Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2 TB hard drive for $89.99, $50 off its regular price.
Video game deals galore at Future Shop, Best Buy and Target
If you’re in the market for a PS4 or an Xbox One, Boxing Day is a good time to pick one of the new consoles up. Screenshot
A number of stores have decent deals on recently released video games, but Future Shop, Best Buy and Target have some of the best deals around.
At Best Buy, games like Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Forza Horizon 2 and Sunset Overdrive, are on sale for $40 or two for $72 (check this deal out here). Since Future Shop and Best Buy are essentially the same stores, there are similar deals on different titles at Future Shop as well. PlayStation 4 games like Infamous: Second Son, Metro Redux, Tomb Raider: Remastered and Killzone: Shadow Fall are all on sale for $19.99 at Future Shop.
At Target Disney Infinity characters are on sale for $8 each (usually $13.99) and Skylanders Swap force figures are $12 (usually $16.99). Future Shop has a similar deal on Disney Infinity characters – save $8 and get two for $20. Unfortunately Nintendo’s amiibos don’t seem to be on sale anywhere. In terms of video games, Target has games like Lego Batman 3, Shadow of Mordor and the Evil Within for $30.
When it comes to consoles, both Best Buy (Best Buy’s deal comes with Project Spark And Ryse) and Future Shop are selling Microsoft certified refurbished Xbox Ones (Future Shop’s sale only includes Ryse) for $349.
If you’re more into digital games, Sony’s PlayStation Network is also having a great holiday sale right now and so is Steam.
Check out each store’s flyers: Target, Best Buy and Future Shop.
“55 1080p LED Smart TV at Canada Computers
As usual, TVs are on sale nearly everywhere this year on Boxing Day. Screenshot
As usual, TVs seem to be a big item this year. Future Shop is selling a 65″ LG LBS830 Series Smart LED TV for $999, $700 off its regular price. Canada Computers is has a “55 LG 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV for $1,299, $400 off its regular price.
Not to be outdone by a store owned by the same company, Best Buy’s biggest savings on a gigantic television include $750 off their 65″ Samsung 1080p Smart LED TV.
There’s a stupid amount of TVs on sale this year at Best Buy, Future Shop and even at stores like The Source, but most of them are extremely large and very expensive.
More to come…
Source:: canada.com
