Yep. You've gotta either wait for sales and hope, or buy overseas from sites like Green Man or that Russian site I got Borderlands from - even the secondhand market only brings it down to US first-sale pricing most of the time, even months after release. Sometimes, you get a company that doesn't want to fuck you, but that's not hugely common.
They're not even the only ones that do it, though. A car you can buy in the US for 40-50 grand is usually 90-100 grand here. The Nissan leaf is 32 grand in the US, and 53 grand here, despite that our supply of them is assembled locally, and a number of the vital parts in ALL Nissan Leafs (leaves?) are manufactured in Australia, and then shipped to other assembly plants.
56 GBP or 91 USD is what EB has Bioshock Infinite listed for on their website.
GBP? You guys still call yourselves Great Britain?
The island is Great Britain, Britain is just the place-name for the English part, and the United Kingdom is the name of the political entity. The full and proper name for the UK is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland."
If I make it to Australia one year... I'd like to visit Coober Pedy. Seems like the perfect place to actually visit just to pull real experiences from to put into RPGs, stories, and such.
If I make it to Australia one year... I'd like to visit Coober Pedy. Seems like the perfect place to actually visit just to pull real experiences from to put into RPGs, stories, and such.
It's a pretty cool place, in the metaphorical sense. It's like a post-apocalypse Hobbiton.
I discovered it may be possible to save $200 each way on flights to Australia by having a layover in Shanghai instead of LA. Exciting possibility spending a few hours there.
Advice for seeing anything outside of the airport during a layover:
1. Check everything you possibly can. Then make sure this is routed to the final destination, as you don't want to have to carry it with you on your city visit. Only carry with you things you don't want to let out of your sight/pocket.
2. Try to work out travel options in advance. Otherwise you might spend a crucial hour hour trying to work out train or bus schedules and then waiting for one.
3. If you are staying overnight and need a hotel, book an airport hotel. They cost more, but often have a free shuttle bus into the city. Also going to a city, finding a hotel and dropping your bags is a pain, and takes up time. Then you always have to go back to the hotel to pick your bags up and drag them back to the hotel. It's best to stay late in the city, then take a late night taxi back to the airport, and have an extra sleep in in the morning.
I had an exciting layover in Chicago. It was exciting because the departure of my next flight was 30 minutes after the landing of my first, and the gates were in different terminals.
I just paid real money for plane tickets. Also booked a hotel for the duration of PAX AUS. Still planning what to do for the remainder of the time there. Lots of options.
Rym has had much talk of bailing, so bah unto him!
I just paid real money for plane tickets. Also booked a hotel for the duration of PAX AUS. Still planning what to do for the remainder of the time there. Lots of options.
If you have any questions or want any advice or recommendations, just ask.
Rym has had much talk of bailing, so bah unto him!
I've some confidence that he won't pike out. Not full confidence, but some.
Oh, did I ever mention to you that PAX also co-incides with the first blush of Thredbo's Ski season, and we're looking to have a GREAT year this year? Not many people around at that time, either, most wait for the September school holidays, so the gorgeous long runs are relatively open and unpopulated, six kilometers of practically pristine powder. No use telling you this, though, neither of us are big skiers, I don't think, so forget it, doesn't matter. I'm just rambling.
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They're not even the only ones that do it, though. A car you can buy in the US for 40-50 grand is usually 90-100 grand here. The Nissan leaf is 32 grand in the US, and 53 grand here, despite that our supply of them is assembled locally, and a number of the vital parts in ALL Nissan Leafs (leaves?) are manufactured in Australia, and then shipped to other assembly plants.
Mumbai Airport is the same as Munich Airport is the same as Narita Airport.
1. Check everything you possibly can. Then make sure this is routed to the final destination, as you don't want to have to carry it with you on your city visit. Only carry with you things you don't want to let out of your sight/pocket.
2. Try to work out travel options in advance. Otherwise you might spend a crucial hour hour trying to work out train or bus schedules and then waiting for one.
3. If you are staying overnight and need a hotel, book an airport hotel. They cost more, but often have a free shuttle bus into the city. Also going to a city, finding a hotel and dropping your bags is a pain, and takes up time. Then you always have to go back to the hotel to pick your bags up and drag them back to the hotel. It's best to stay late in the city, then take a late night taxi back to the airport, and have an extra sleep in in the morning.
Rym has had much talk of bailing, so bah unto him!
Oh, did I ever mention to you that PAX also co-incides with the first blush of Thredbo's Ski season, and we're looking to have a GREAT year this year? Not many people around at that time, either, most wait for the September school holidays, so the gorgeous long runs are relatively open and unpopulated, six kilometers of practically pristine powder. No use telling you this, though, neither of us are big skiers, I don't think, so forget it, doesn't matter. I'm just rambling.