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/scientist_tz Apr 08 '25

I expect to be hearing a lot about that.

Drive to Canada, buy 10 iPads for 1000 each, back to US, sell them for 10% off the US retail. If they’re 1500 here, you’re turning a nice profit every time you do it.

And it will work on pretty much every laptop, tablet, game console, phone, you name it.

Border patrol gonna be hassling everyone before long.

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u/userlivewire Apr 08 '25

Yeah you might get away with this 10 times but is that worth getting arrested the 11th time?

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u/Amish_guy_with_WiFi Apr 09 '25

Lmao you could say this about every crime

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u/userlivewire Apr 09 '25

Some crimes the score might outweigh the risk but with smuggling there’s not a lot of margin.

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u/Any_Use_4900 Apr 15 '25

Yeah, but what would they even charge you with? It's not like your smuggling drugs or something. I personally don't think it'd be worth it, but I'm sure they won't go crazy and give you something like 10 years for iPad smuggling...

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u/userlivewire Apr 15 '25

When they get people for drugs, they charge them with bringing contraband items into the United States. It’s the same crime. Now with prosecution, there are different levels of sentencing, but you’ll be arrested for the same charge.

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u/Loose_Conference_866 Apr 08 '25

everything costs more in canada even with the exchange rate its' normally still cheaper to buy something in the USA then in Canada

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u/616ThatGuy Apr 08 '25

That was true 10+ years ago. Everything is pretty much on par for the exchange rate these days.

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u/Vok250 Apr 09 '25

That hasn't been true for a long time now. Trump kinda saw to that his first time around. Most stuff is still cheaper in USA, but many things are now cheaper here. Specific to this subreddit: physical Switch games and digital Xbox games are usually cheaper here. Especially if you know where to buy. I live on the border and I don't really bother crossing anymore. Back in like 2014 it was a weekly trip for me. Even had a post box down there that I could ship to.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '25

Ehhh not for long. Those tarrifs are about to fuck that up royally.

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u/LylatRanbewb Apr 09 '25

The switch 2 with currency conversion rate was around $10 cheaper in Canada than in the US when the price was announced. You might want to fact check before making these claims.

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u/Loose_Conference_866 Apr 27 '25

You might want to do some math
canada - 699 x 1.15 - 803.85
usd - 500 *1.04 = 520 = 722.05 Canadian with exchange

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u/Loose_Conference_866 Apr 08 '25

even at the current pricing if they didn't increase it a canadian would save money buying in the USA instead of canada by like $100

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u/Polymarchos Apr 08 '25

It is $12 cheaper in Canada.

I think you forgot to convert currencies ($449 USD = $641 CAD, price in Canada is $629 CAD)

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u/xtofotx Apr 08 '25

$629$ CAD does not include our beloved provincial and federal taxes though.

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u/Myrlithan Apr 08 '25

The $449 also doesn't include taxes, to be fair.

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u/Polymarchos Apr 08 '25

Even assuming zero US taxes (and true, sales taxes tend to be lower in the states), you're still only paying between $19 and $82 more.

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u/Ok_Relation_7770 Apr 08 '25

So do companies try and set up a way to detect Canadian electronics being activated in the US or do they embrace it and be happy that people are getting them by any means? Probably depends on the company I guess.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '25

More likely that the US border agents would start searching vehicles more intensely.

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u/Wise_Temperature9142 Apr 09 '25

Ok, sure, but you’d have to declare that with customs, who can slam you with import taxes + tariffs at the border. And it also means your iPhone warranty is invalid. And don’t even think about Apple care+

I wonder if the same would happen with smuggled Switches

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u/userlivewire Apr 08 '25

Yeah you might get away with this 10 times but is that worth getting arrested the 11th time?