What? Really? I've never been taxed on anything involving PSN. Not the PS+ memberships, not the wallet cards and definitely not the games.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 3: Pining for the Good Old Days Edition
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What? Really? I've never been taxed on anything involving PSN. Not the PS+ memberships, not the wallet cards and definitely not the games.
I haven't bought PSN games in a little while but I've definitly been charged taxes in the past... I remember because I would buy a 20$ card in store and it wasn't enough to buy a 19.99$ game. Fucking sucks...
Edit: I'm in Québec btw... can't remember if they were charging the federal tax, provincial tax or both.
Are they charging tax on point cards? I can fully appreciate the ripoff there now, yeah. Maybe they came to the reasoning in your second paragraph and realized the sub probably should have tax on it.
You've never been charged online during the actual game purchase? ( Regardless of how you obtained the digital dollars to buy it)
Are they charging tax on point cards? I can fully appreciate the ripoff there now, yeah. Maybe they came to the reasoning in your second paragraph and realized the sub probably should have tax on it.
Yup I just checked and Amazon charges tax on 20$ PSN cards.
Just finished my Boxing day shopping. Went to pick up a couple PS Plus cards, and some 3ds games for my niece. Ended up buying a whole bunch of games and a whack of other stuff, including those pillows. Thanks, isny for posting that, btw. I'm so weak. Shoulda left my cards at home.
Regarding the PS Plus cards. I picked up 3 of them at FS. They were ringing up at regular price. The sales person seemed a little lost at first, but since I was buying a lot of stuff, they didn't really give me too much trouble.
Regarding the PS Plus cards. I picked up 3 of them at FS. They were ringing up at regular price. The sales person seemed a little lost at first, but since I was buying a lot of stuff, they didn't really give me too much trouble.
You can actually get one for 24.99 at EBgames.
The last time that I was charged tax on a PSN purchase was in March, 2011 (I just checked). I purchase regularly from the PSN store, and I have never been charged tax since then on anything from games to PS+ memberships. I'm in Ontario, BTW.
Also, I did just pay tax on the Amazon PS+ cards.
My target messed up their prices. Mario 3D World is marked and scanning at full price. They are manually adjusting, but it means no one seems to be hoarding it. There were plenty of copies.
Also, they had 3D Land marked at $15 instead of dream team. Again, plenty of Dream Team in stock due to this. Every other sale game was gone.
Also, they had 3D Land marked at $15 instead of dream team. Again, plenty of Dream Team in stock due to this. Every other sale game was gone.
VultureDude
Member
I slept in until 6:30! right through my alarm!
Thankfully though boxing day really sucked this year. Even arriving at BB half an hour late I was able to grab Zelda Wind Waker and Sonic & Allstar Racing, and Crysis 3 grabbed my eye for $9.99 as I was standing in line at the checkout, so I went for it since I enjoyed the last version. Wind Waker was on a feature kiosk at the store entrance so I initially missed it (the section near the main games was bare). I asked an employee if they had any copies and they actually said no, so I had to hunt around for them.
Wii U truly is dead in the average comsumer's eyes though. BB had a nice little pyramid of the Mario Bros Console bundle - only 1 or 2 were even touched by 7:00am. Such an insane deal but no one cares...
Walmart turned out to be the biggest scammers this year. I really wanted Rayman Legends, but they didn't have a single game for any console in stock. That's just bad business practice. I promptly left the store since nothing else remotely interested me. Actually, very few stores had any copies of Rayman left. I wonder if they have stopped shipping it since it bombed at retail? Anyone know? I asume a price drop should follow in the next few months though, so no biggie...
Thankfully though boxing day really sucked this year. Even arriving at BB half an hour late I was able to grab Zelda Wind Waker and Sonic & Allstar Racing, and Crysis 3 grabbed my eye for $9.99 as I was standing in line at the checkout, so I went for it since I enjoyed the last version. Wind Waker was on a feature kiosk at the store entrance so I initially missed it (the section near the main games was bare). I asked an employee if they had any copies and they actually said no, so I had to hunt around for them.
Wii U truly is dead in the average comsumer's eyes though. BB had a nice little pyramid of the Mario Bros Console bundle - only 1 or 2 were even touched by 7:00am. Such an insane deal but no one cares...
Walmart turned out to be the biggest scammers this year. I really wanted Rayman Legends, but they didn't have a single game for any console in stock. That's just bad business practice. I promptly left the store since nothing else remotely interested me. Actually, very few stores had any copies of Rayman left. I wonder if they have stopped shipping it since it bombed at retail? Anyone know? I asume a price drop should follow in the next few months though, so no biggie...
Rayman Legend's has been mispriced at most Wal-Mart's for weeks, hence the no stock. I grabbed it for $19 from them a week and a half ago.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
well fuck...would rather have done this than get it from thesource...
I chose in store pick up (stupid me) and there's a 3-5 day wait period since they have to activate it from head office and THEN ship it to the store. I just called the one a few blocks to me to see if I could just pick them up and he gave me all the info above...I guess I could technically cancel and then pick up, but eh, I can wait. This will be the 6th year I've bought so I'm good til pretty much 2020.
I saw a couple people picking up the NSMBU + NSLU box. Most of the focus was obviously on the PS4 and Xbox One. One of the first things people did is ask if they got any in stock.
I let my friend browse the shelves at BB while I stuck around the Wii U kiosk playing The Wonderful 101 because you know, it's my duty as a video game fan to show off a fucking amazing game like TW101 to errbody.
Some dude asked me about the game and stuff, thought that was cool. People were watching so I hope this game sells a bit extra.
I let my friend browse the shelves at BB while I stuck around the Wii U kiosk playing The Wonderful 101 because you know, it's my duty as a video game fan to show off a fucking amazing game like TW101 to errbody.
Some dude asked me about the game and stuff, thought that was cool. People were watching so I hope this game sells a bit extra.
VultureDude
Member
hey, check it out, Pikmin 3 is 39.99 at Amazon.ca for boxing day! only 3 left in stock!
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0050SWBAE/
Edit: 2 left in stock now, one of you must have jumped on it
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0050SWBAE/
Edit: 2 left in stock now, one of you must have jumped on it
got 3d land, luigi mansions and Mario kart 7 at target. dream team isn't on sale but imo 3d land is a huge win instead since it never goes cheap. was going to get nsmb2 as well but decided to skip since I heard its mediocre. kind of kicking myself a bit now, for $15 its worth it right?
might go and price match dream team with the target flyer. maybe i'll get Mario 2 then as well.
might go and price match dream team with the target flyer. maybe i'll get Mario 2 then as well.
Yeah, I picked up Luigi's Mansion, Mario Kart 7, and Dream Team. They did adjust the price for Dream Team for me. I didn't have to do anything, since the guy in front of me was buying pretty much the same thing, so he did all the dirty work.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Haha nice, I do the same whenever I walk by the Wii U kiosk. Shame the demo is so limited, prevents me from pulling off the really flashy stuff.
Nintendo needs to hire us asap
I get charged tax on the PSN store and I'm in Toronto. Only thing tax hasn't been charged for so far was a PS+ subscription. Any other sort of purchase, like a game or DLC, there is a tax.
And yeah, stores are not supposed to charge tax on PSN cards.
That's odd. I live in Toronto and I've never been charged tax on PSN
Blue Submarine No. 6
Member
I think so... in fact, I really enjoyed it, but I had a lot of fun with Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate too, so maybe I've just got bad taste... I've played all the other 2D Castlevanias from NES to PSP and I love the series, but though Mirror of Fate is a re-design at a fundamental level, I still love the settings and tropes... I paid full price for it and didn't regret buying it at all. In fact, I'm putting it on my top 10 games for 2013 list in that thread...
Black Republican
Member
live in ON, never been charged tax on psn games etc since the psn hacking
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Does it come with a Club Nintendo code? I'll definitely grab it if that's the case (need to catch up before LoS2 and I need coins for the Luigi statue)
mullet2000
Member
Same. I was charged taxes prior to the hack but ever since then, nope.
Moved to Saskatchewan, still no tax.
I'm trying to redeem the PS Plus I just picked up from FS, but I keep getting an error. E-82000102. I tried googling the answer, but all I could find was to sign in and out of psn. It didn't work. Does this mean that the person at Future Shop forgot to activate it? Anyone know what's going on?
Black Republican
Member
btw what company owns the Element hdtv brand? ive never heard of these tv's before at my Target store before working there lol
Maybe PSN is having a network issue? That's probably the reason why you keep on getting an error
yodathesoda
Member
Any home theater in a box deals out there?
VultureDude
Member
hey, check it out, Pikmin 3 is 39.99 at Amazon.ca for boxing day! only 3 left in stock!
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0050SWBAE/
Edit: 2 left in stock now, one of you must have jumped on it
and now it's 69.99. haha, what a joke!
Mattlikewhoa
Member
That's because Amazon is out of stock, and it's now showing the price from a 3rd party vendor.
It's still $39. Just pick another seller which is amazon since the one you are viewing is a 3rd party seller.
It's a great deal. Believe in the pillows. It's good karma.
Omg. I need this.
How were the PS3 versions of all the games? I had 4 and 5 on my 360 but have since sold the system.
Walmart?
I can't find a trace of it on their site.
Also, does it actually have Veronica? I thought just the 360 version had that (but no 1-3).
I should have specified that it was the 360 version sorry :/Omg. I need this.
How were the PS3 versions of all the games? I had 4 and 5 on my 360 but have since sold the system.
Walmart?
I can't find a trace of it on their site.
Also, does it actually have Veronica? I thought just the 360 version had that (but no 1-3).
Futureshop has umvc3 Vita for 9.99
It was supposed to be worth 40 coins, but mine didn't include a code, and supposedly they didn't include them for anyone in Canada. I tried contacting Club Nintendo and Konami, and they never did anything to get the coins added for me.
I'm also in Qc, using the Qc PSNstore and they stopped charging me taxes over a year ago. I think it was when the store got redesigned. Lucky me?
Wtf? There are people lining up at EB?
Yeah. Last year I got a 3D Playstation Monitor for $100. That was great.This year's boxing day is a pretty big let down.