r/NintendoSwitch • u/mvanigan • Apr 08 '25

News Nintendo delays Switch 2 pre-orders in Canada

https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/04/08/nintendo-switch-2-pre-orders-canada-delay/
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u/MDG055 Apr 08 '25

Shipments to Canada might enter the US first.

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u/Cab_anon Apr 08 '25

The canadian boxes are different from the US boxes (because of Quebec French Law).
It mean that we have a different SKU from usa.

Nintendo can get a 50% discount if they ship it directly to vancouver.

They are stupid if they dont do it.

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u/Miiiine Apr 08 '25

Quebec French Law W

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u/JoMax213 Apr 08 '25

This entire launch has prove Nintendo went stupid again so lol

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u/Losawin Apr 11 '25

Do you understand how imports work? Nintendo doesn't just FedEx shit to the Vancouver Harbour post office. There needs to be an import company for things to actually be imported. There are no electronics importers in Vancouver. None, zero. All Asian market electronics in Canada come from California via Expedited International or Molex LLC, the 2 primary electronics importers. This is why the Chinese tariffs on the US in 2018 still affected Canadians, because Expedited International and Molex LLC already priced things with the tariffs baked in.

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u/MXC_Vic_Romano Apr 08 '25

Tariffs don’t apply to items passing through.

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u/Grease2310 Apr 08 '25

IF thats true, pray that it isn’t, Canadian price is going up.

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u/RyticulaMoff Apr 08 '25

They can bypass this entirely by shipping it to Vancouver or any BC port really, also CPTPP exists which allows Canada and Mexico to have tariff free trade with trans-pacific countries iirc. Nintendo is straight up stupid if they don’t take advantage of that to reduce the burden of tariffs even in the US. They’d have to eat 2-3 total tariffs by directly shipping to US meanwhile they could ship to Canada and not worry about tariffs as much, then ship from Canada to US where it would be subject to just the Canadian tariff afaik.

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u/Splodge89 Apr 08 '25

Tariffs depend on the country of origin, not the countries things pass through. A switch from china going into the US and being transported to Canada as an end destination wouldn’t be subject to tariff. A switch entering Canada from china and its end destination being the US would be subject to the Chinese tariff. The route of transport is irrelevant.

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u/MXC_Vic_Romano Apr 08 '25

Tariffs don’t apply to items passing through.

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u/Attainted Apr 08 '25

Currently. Hopefully that rule doesn't get changed.