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Bundle Box Offers UK An Early iPad Release Date
March 14, 2010
Transatlantic shopping service Bundle Box have managed to secure a deal which will allow UK customers to get a fully legit Apple iPad before the official UK release date. Not only does it not cost any extra than it would if you waited for the official release, you actually save £30 on the predicted launch price due to the differences in retail price between the UK and USA.
So you may be thinking, well won’t I have to pay import duty? Won’t that make the savings pretty much negligible? Well actually, no. Thanks to a binding ruling by UK customs, there is a guaranteed 0% import cost.
So it all sounds pretty spectacular. Of course, there will be plenty of skeptics which will disregard the idea under the assumption there is a ‘catch’. As far as I can tell it is trustworthy and I can’t see why it wouldn’t be attractive to potential iPad buyers. In addition to the lower costs and early release, delivery is promised within 3 days of the US launch date. The pre-order of the Apple iPad in the US opened on Friday 12th March.
Continue reading »Swoopo.co.uk Online Auctions – An Innovative eBay Alternative?
November 10, 2009
Swoopo is on the face of it, a great place for a bargain, they advertise sales such as Nintendo Wii’s for only £20-50. Sound’s great. However, as always, there’s a catch, but perhaps not one that will deter you from joining in.
Basically, Swoopo is an auction site where you buy an amount of bids before you are entitled to place any. Quite different to the likes of eBay. Bids bought directly from the site cost 50p each and can only be bought in great numbers. So that is how they make their money. So it appears a win-win situation.
However, some users have reported spending more than £70 on bids before they were successful on any items. Some claim it is impossible to win just one auction, but users are advised to monitor some auctions to see just how the site works before jumping in placing bid after bid, literally throwing money away.
Continue reading »Free Tales Of Monkey Island – Episode 1!
September 18, 2009
The Tales of Monkey Island episodic release started a couple of months back for PC and via WiiWare (currently we’ve had 2 of 5 episodes released). Now for a limited time only, the first episode will be completely free as of midnight tonight!
Why I hear you ask? Well it’s to celebrate this year’s ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day! Aaaarrr mateys!! All you need to do is register over at the Telltale Games website and you’ll receive a reminder email letting you know when you can download it.
Continue reading »8 New Vodafone ‘Own Brand’ Mobile Phones
September 4, 2009
Whilst the world of the Blackberrys and iPhones maybe becoming more popular, the market for the recession stricken is still present and growing so it comes as no surprise that as the demand for cheaper phones grows. Vodafone is just one of the operators that are answering with their own branded phones that are targeting the market that’s less willing to part with hundreds of pounds.
Hoping to build on the figure of the 20 million handsets shipped under their name, Vodafone have now released eight more which vary as much in purpose as they do in looks. As you can imagine they aren’t particularly revolutionary (that is not to say that there aren’t a couple of surprises) but they’re definitely a varied bunch ranging from an entry level touch screen option to both QWERTY and candy bar styles…
Continue reading »Football Manager Live – 21 Day Free Trial
July 15, 2009
Football Manager Live is the massively multiplayer online version of Sports Interactive’s highly successful Football Manager series of games and one that I’ve personally been playing for around six months now.
We recently featured a Football Manager Live voucher code that would save you 5% off the cost of a subscription to test your footballing wits against other real people from all over the world.
Continue reading »Football Manager Live Voucher Code (20% Off)
June 15, 2009
With Father’s Day fast approaching, I’m sure they’ll be lots of people scurrying around trying to figure out what best to get their Dad – well the answer to that question might have become a lot easier if he likes football given there is now a Football Manager Live voucher code for 20% off a subscription, which is much better than the previous 5% Football Manager Live voucher.
‘Call of Duty: World At War’ Bargain – 50% Off at Steam
May 16, 2009
It’s that time of the week again when Steam offers a great discount on the price of one of its games that are available on their highly successful digital games distribution platform, in the past they’ve offered games such as Left 4 Dead at half price, this time it’s Call of Duty: World At War (COD 5) that is on offer!
The chances are you’re at least familiar with this game, but if you’re not then check out our PC review of Call of Duty: World At War (there’s also more thoughts on this great game in our COD 5: World At War PS3 review).
Continue reading »Football Manager Live Voucher Code (5% off)
May 6, 2009
We’ve been big fans of the Football Manager (FM) games over the years and when Sports Interactive released their online Football Manager Live (FML) game we had to get signed up and get playing, how I wish they’d be a Football Manager Live voucher code back then!
That was 6 months ago and we’re still paying our monthly subscription and playing our football matches against all sorts of randomly named teams – so it certainly has some staying power for most of us!
Continue reading »Amazon UK MP3 Download Store
April 6, 2009
Amazon’s UK MP3 Download Store has been around for a while now, and it has being trading blows with iTunes over the title of best music download store; but with Amazon’s latest update we figured it was a good time to have a good look at the Amazon MP3 Store and whether or not it was worth using.
Using the familiar Amazon layout the MP3 section offers around 5 million tracks that you can download using the ‘Amazon MP3 Downloader’ and then gives you the DRM free songs in MP3 format which you can easily add to both Windows Media Player and iTunes direct from the application; and all at a price substantially cheaper than buying a hard copy (those ‘old-fashioned’ CDs).
Continue reading »‘Left 4 Dead’ – 50% Off on Steam
February 14, 2009
I’ve been looking at getting Left 4 Dead since it was released late last year, but haven’t got round to it…until now! Steam are offering 50% off Left 4 Dead on Steam for this weekend only, so if you’ve also been interested in this game, then this weekend is the time to get it…and get your mates to get it too while it’s cheap!
Why should you tell your friends about this game as well? I’ll tell you why, Valve created Left 4 Dead game (using the same Source game engine as their Half Life 2 game) from the ground up with the intention that it would be a 4 player co-operative game in which you and three friends play through several zombie-movie-style post-apocalyptic environments trying to survive a non-stop onslaught of zombies.
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