Time will tell, besides people were bitching when Pokemon Ultra Moon and Ultra Sun were 3DS exclusives. They didn't care about the price, just the fact that they weren't Switch games. Now imagine the new Pokemon RPG being $100 from the jump. MANY are still going to buy it because its Pokemon and its a system seller.
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Canadian Gaming Deals & Discussion 9: Looking for a Switch in Deals
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Time will tell, besides people were bitching when Pokemon Ultra Moon and Ultra Sun were 3DS exclusives. They didn't care about the price, just the fact that they weren't Switch games. Now imagine the new Pokemon RPG being $100 from the jump. MANY are still going to buy it because its Pokemon and its a system seller.
Best Buy is adding environmental handling fees to the price of some Switch accessories:
Hope y'all bought everything before the price hike, SMH
Nope :/
Decided I wanted to wait for Mario before buying a switch,
Lone_Prodigy
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Aren't interest rates going up later this year though?
Invest in McDoubles and don't look back.
oreomunsta
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The one upside is that a pair of joy cons can often function as two controllers
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
$100 for a game and a controller (without even the grip)? Not a chance I buy a Switch for several years.
Nintendo Selects should be out by then.
Nintendo Selects should be out by then.
Exist2Inspire02
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I'm finding it quite a bit annoying that Amazon still hasn't listed some pre-orders (Blue Reflection), as well as some completely missing the discount (Mega Man Legacy Collection 2, Need for Speed: Payback, Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash). The US site gets the games up super quickly and with a working 20% discount as well.
Edit: I guess Peach Beach Splash is technically a "limited edition" so it no longer qualifies for the discount.
You might be able to fix that with a hair dryer and cold water.
You'd think that, but then the Limited Edition of Culdcept Revolt still applies the 20% Prime discount.
Honestly, Amazon (Canadian) Prime is a joke, so much inconsistency. I definitely won't be re-subbing another year, unless they fix things and fast.
Yeah, that's what they are speculating next month. If it does, it just means that the economy is going to be bad 😀
For Amazon Prime members, I think there is currently a glitch where the 20% discount will apply but you won't be charged taxes. I just re-ordered a bunch of games. I'm not sure how long it will last. It won't work for all pre-order games though. You'll have to just try them out.
I just grabbed Cave Story for the Switch and Yakuza Kiwami for 31.99 (total).
I just grabbed Cave Story for the Switch and Yakuza Kiwami for 31.99 (total).
Wasn't that long ago that Nintendo was holding prices even while Sony and others were hiking them. Is it a new, nastier Nintendo or are they just making up for that generosity?
UberTag
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Nintendo doesn't care. They believe their games are worth $20+ more than PS4 titles.
It'll be up to consumers to tell them if they're wrong.
It's working on my end, thanks. This is great for games that didn't show up for $50 during E3.
There's no way they're honouring this glitch lol, I just ordered a couple thousand dollars worth of stuff as a test and they didn't charge sales taxes 😥
(I canceled at checkout lol, don't worry)
Amazon is pretty good with honouring glitches from my experience. My Cave Story + is already preparing for shipment and it stayed at $31.99.
I didn't think anyone was gonna take the post seriously!
How does stuff this widespread even happen? The amount of glitches they have dealing with prices is pretty crazy. Can't imagine they'll honour it if it's sitewide.
I ordered Metroid 3DS but it seems like it's gone up in price from 49.99 to 59.99 when I ordered during E3, so if they do keep the tax off, hopefully the adjustment down to the reasonable price doesn't affect that deal.
I noticed this as well. Ordering a couple of Switch accessories and seeing if they get honoured. I imagine some people are going to take advantage of this BIG TIME, though...
This would be a great time to order a Switch, if it weren't for stock issues.
Just ordered a TV, let's see what happens, thanks for the heads up.
Nice. That will definitely save a lot of money. I think the 900E just cost 2745.99.
shadow2810
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Thanks. Just ordered a wacom cintiq and preordered some games, hope they will honour them.
bubaglobalj
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I can't think of anything to buy on Amazon for the no taxes glitch 
I bought a PSN card once so I don't see why a Steam card wouldn't work. If there are restrictions then it should say so on the voucher itself.
Game preorders?
shadow2810
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Monster hunter stories is still not up on amazon and radiant historia doesn't have prime discount
Keep us updated!That's exactly the one I got
Holy shit. You were right. No more taxes on my 49.99 games
Oh my goodness. Part of me wants to try this but I don't feel good about it.
blue_phazon
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I ain't canceling my double stack 40% off games. Not gonna risk it
FearMyWrench
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You don't have to cancel; editing payment info on existing order does it.
That said, I'm thinking this is where Amazon draws the line and wouldn't honour anything. They would have to pay the tax on all of these items, it's not just them earning less money on an item.
Tempting as it is, not sure it's a good idea to touch this. What if they do a mass cancel on these and then you lose existing glitch discounts for example?
That said, I'm thinking this is where Amazon draws the line and wouldn't honour anything. They would have to pay the tax on all of these items, it's not just them earning less money on an item.
Tempting as it is, not sure it's a good idea to touch this. What if they do a mass cancel on these and then you lose existing glitch discounts for example?
edited my payment info and just reselected my card and it worked
yoshi preorder got no more taxes
63.99 assuming no more price glitches
The Main Event
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Well you guys just made my Saturday morning a whole lot better.
A Steam card works, I've bought one before with expiring RZ vouchers.
You can also buy an item with your vouchers then return it. They will put the $20 onto a BB gift card that won't expire.
IMO it's a very clunky system where you must print the vouchers out and there are expiry times on the points. I wasn't allowed to show the voucher on my phone, but maybe your mileage may vary depending on who you get at customer service.
FearMyWrench
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By the way if any of you are doing this on a Splatoon 2 pre-order, you're gonna lose release day shipping. They stopped offering it on that item and it'll disappear if you change payment info or re-order.
Fate_Shirou
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yea not going to do it on my ff12 steelbook order >.<
chrominance
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So Tokyo Xanadu EX+ for PS4 is supposed to be $74.99 on Amazon.ca (it's $59.99 in the US) but shows a Prime discount of $51.99. Add the tax thing on top of that, and that sounds pretty sweet to me?
I haven't gone nuts with this, so far I've only edited orders I don't mind losing. I've re-ordered stuff that makes sense and left alone any orders with discounts that no longer exist (i.e. Walmart).
I haven't gone nuts with this, so far I've only edited orders I don't mind losing. I've re-ordered stuff that makes sense and left alone any orders with discounts that no longer exist (i.e. Walmart).
bubaglobalj
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edited my payment info and just reselected my card and it worked
yoshi preorder got no more taxes
63.99 assuming no more price glitches
I did this to all my pre-orders and it worked. Hopefully Amazon will honour this, or I am fucked!
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