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[diaspora]

fwiw, no tax works on consoles too, but products in general need to be sold by Amazon, not just fulfilled by them

 

[Ventara]

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).

Seems they raised the price on this. It used to be $65, and it looks like the discount price still shows the old discount price.

 

[jokkir]

I just reordered some of the E3 stuff I bought like Prime 4, Kirby, etc.

Any other items that's not games probably to take advantage of it?

 

[diaspora]

I just reordered some of the E3 stuff I bought like Prime 4, Kirby, etc.

Any other items that's not games probably to take advantage of it?

Everything sold by Amazon.ca, i.e. I checked a laptop that was sold by a third party fulfilled by amazon versus one sold by Amazon and only the latter had no tax.

 

[bubaglobalj]

I just reordered some of the E3 stuff I bought like Prime 4, Kirby, etc.

Any other items that's not games probably to take advantage of it?

You don't need to cancel and re-order, you can just edit your payment info and choose the same credit card.

 

[Fix-It Felix. Jr.]

Changed my payment info on some orders, and took lots of screencaps just in case. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[ohlawd]

wow an Amazon glitch I can take advantage of. this is good shit lol

 

[jokkir]

Has anyone ever bought those portable photo printers? I was thinking of using it to sell my photos on the spot at convention or something (I'm a semi-pro/commercial photographer, I guess lol). Maybe I'll use the glitch on that.

 

[Jashobeam]

seems like some odd glitch going on with amazon, every preorder game i've tested on it doesn't add gst/hst to the total. wonder if it will stay that way. take advantage while you can folks!

edit: only tried with prime account, actually it seems to be working on every item@@

 

[FairXchange]

What are the chances of Amazon adding tax to the order after? Are any of you looking to buy big ticket items while tax isn't being added?

 

[trebbble]

I love this forum. Thanks for the heads up

 

[zephervack]

Amazing, thanks GAF, hopefully they will honor it, they are shipping Crash NSane soon, so we will see.

 

[Seik]

Alright then, I'll order Pokken, Mario, Kirby and Metroid. Hopefully they won't add the taxes once the 100$ placeholder price will be corrected.

 

[Jashobeam]

reordered Yakuza Kiwami and now the total is 32 lol

also good time to preorder those 99 switch games, especially if they adjust the price closer to release

 

[shadow2810]

*heavybreathing.gif*

 

[FearMyWrench]

*heavybreathing.gif*

Nice

Usually preparing for shipment status means they've already charged you? Might be safe once that happens?

 

[xCaptainCanadax]

I want to say that taxes will be charged when they charge your card as their invoice only says estimated taxes.

 

[Eleuin]

this is nuts, I can't imagine it'll go through

 

[N° 2048]

I want to say that taxes will be charged when they charge your card as their invoice only says estimated taxes.

This makes sense, not going to bother.

 

[Jashobeam]

I want to say that taxes will be charged when they charge your card as their invoice only says estimated taxes.

but amazon never does that, they always honor the grand total price

 

[xCaptainCanadax]

but amazon never does that, they always honor the grand total price

Yeah but usually the error is on a price where taxes are still charged. I cant see them just not collecting tax unplanned site wide. That would be a nightmare for them.

 

[kevin1025]

Maybe they're doing a no tax day like Superstore does, haha.

 

[FearMyWrench]

Yeah but usually the error is on a price where taxes are still charged. I cant see them just not collecting tax unplanned site wide. That would be a nightmare for them.

Yeah the longer that this goes on the greater chance of it being reversed. It's been, what, almost three hours? For the entire store. And on RFD. Can only imagine how easily the $$$ here is adding up.

Kinda wish it would hurry up and be fixed then so they don't bother haha

 

[xCaptainCanadax]

There is also this bombshell of information on their help page

"Note that many factors can change between the time you place an order and the time your order is shipped, which could affect the calculation of taxes. Therefore, the amount appearing on your order as "Estimated Tax" can differ from the taxes ultimately calculated when your order ships."

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201516140

 

[ILoveMcChickens]

I seem to remember Amazon doing this in the past. The total when you order never included tax, but they added it later when the product was shipped.

 

[Fix-It Felix. Jr.]

There is also this bombshell of information on their help page

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201516140

Oh welp. Good thing I planned on paying the taxes on my orders anyway.

 

[Seik]

Yeah but usually the error is on a price where taxes are still charged. I cant see them just not collecting tax unplanned site wide. That would be a nightmare for them.

If they honor it, I guess they'll just take the hit and pay the taxes themselves or sponge it off the price we're paying. It is true in my case that they always honor the grand total price in the invoice.

I never had that bug, but the double stack discount and I got ARMS for 55$ total so here's hoping.

EDIT: Oh.

Well I'm buying those for sure anyway so guess I'll keep those orders unless they fuck my Prime discount when they adjust the prices.

 

[The Elite]

No taxes posted to my credit card on the shower curtains I just ordered.

Changed all my games and ordered a few more.

 

[LastOne2100]

Not risking it on anything I definitely want from my E3 pre-order pile.

 

[N° 2048]

Oh welp. Good thing I planned on paying the taxes on my orders anyway.

If there's one thing I don't fuck with, it's tax.

 

[kevin1025]

Not risking it on anything I definitely want from my E3 pre-order pile.

Same here. I only did it to things I am likely not getting, and $79.99 games. Double discounts and $49.96 games are too good to play around with.

 

[shadow2810]

Can they still charge the tax or that's all I have to pay?

 

[Black Republican]

holyshit, thanks guys

no taxes on any of my orders, even that double e3 glitch discount!

Splatoon 2 for 47.99 no taxes, damn

 

[Fuzzy]

No taxes posted to my credit card on the shower curtains I just ordered.

Better than a pillow deal? I don't need one since I have mirrored doors.

 

[True Fire]

Can they still charge the tax or that's all I have to pay?

I've never heard of Amazon charging extra. But I wouldn't put it past them.

If you guys want to get super sketchy you can buy stuff with prepaid cards. Once it ships, Amazon won't be able to nab you for tax.

 

[Bronetta]

Top keks guys, top keks

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

The tears and meldowns in this thread if they cancel everyones orders!

Spoiler

I'll cry manly tears too

 

[Seik]

Fuuuuck I cancelled my Metroid: Samus Returns orderto reorder it and the price fucking went 10$ up since last time. Ends up paying more. ;_;

holyshit, thanks guys

no taxes on any of my orders, even that double e3 glitch discount!

Splatoon 2 for 47.99 no taxes, damn

How did you do that? Also, I wouldn't mess with those orders.

 

[The Elite]

Can they still charge the tax or that's all I have to pay?

There is a good chance you won't be charged tax at this point unless they reverse it.

Fuuuuck I cancelled my Metroid: Samus Returns orderto reorder it and the price fucking went 10$ up since last time. Ends up paying more. ;_;

Hopefully it drops $10 before release.

 

[Wheelatron]

My FFXII amazon order with the double prime discount is still there even though I got that cancellation email ages back. I updated the shipping address for the order a few days ago and it discounted it even more, down to $0. I guess we'll see in a couple weeks! http://i.imgur.com/hQaPT9Y.png

 

[True Fire]

down to $0

Talk about undercutting the competition

 

[CuthbertAllgoodz]

The tears and meldowns in this thread if they cancel everyones orders!

Spoiler

I'll cry manly tears too

That would be a terrible way for them to go about it, can't see it happening beside maybe for brand new unshipped orders created during glitch time.

 

[Lexxism]

http://i.imgur.com/lH7KoZf.png

Can they still charge the tax or that's all I have to pay?

If they shipped the item, then no. You won't have to pay anything

 

[ItIsOkBro]

did somebody say no tax weekend on amazon.ca?!?!

 

[Fix-It Felix. Jr.]

I don't see why they would cancel orders instead of just adjusting them. They'd probably make a profit by quietly adding taxes back in on items people ordered with the expectations of not having to pay taxes.

 

[Jashobeam]

probably doesn't mean anything, but if you buy something from a 3rd party seller the tax does get applied, only seems to be affecting amazon items

edit: actually results seems to vary, like switch console adds taxes, but some other stuff i've tried doesn't

 

[i-Jest]

By this time Monday, a number of us are either going to be disappointed or pleasantly surprised.

 

[FearMyWrench]

probably doesn't mean anything, but if you buy something from a 3rd party seller the tax does get applied, only seems to be affecting amazon items

edit: actually results seems to vary, like switch console adds taxes, but some other stuff i've tried doesn't

A lot of third party sellers just don't apply tax to begin with anyway. Might just be that.

 

[Jashobeam]

new 3ds xls are on sale 219.99, think i might get the all black one. with the no tax its worth it

 

[blue_phazon]

3ds xls are on sale 219.99, think i might get the all black one. with the no tax its worth it

...that's a sale price? I bought one for for about the same or less a few years ago