Yes. Make sure your province is set to Alberta so you only pay 5%.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 4: That $70s Show
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Yes. Make sure your province is set to Alberta so you only pay 5%.
Mike Works
Member
FYI it's Spend Your Points day today (and tomorrow) at Shoppers, and Dual Shock 4's are five bucks off.
Just got two of them for 50k points and $26 after tax.
Just got two of them for 50k points and $26 after tax.
Good call. I will do that, thanks.
The Elite
BOSS
Is this easy to change at any time?
yeah. pick a province and that's all. no hassle.
no bugging you about your change in address or postal code or what have you
Yeah the province setting for the eShop is actually separate from the region setting of the consoles (in the system settings), so you can pretty much keep it as Alberta without ever having to worry about changing it back. But if you want to for some reason... it's just a quick change from within the eShop.
mhmm I got my system settings on BC but on the eShop it's Alberta. Runs off Alberta's taxes.
NamikazeBurst
Member
What does it show in Mario Kart? (If you have it) I don't know what I have set to what, but in Mario Kart it says I am from Alberta and I get Alberta taxes. If there was a way to have me set to elsewhere in Mario Kart but still get Alberta taxes, I would prefer that.
So many Canadians on Mario Kart are from Alberta. It would be interesting to see the percentage of eShop users that are from Alberta.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=885308
TL
R"I regularly spend massive amounts of money on videogames, but I simply and easily changed my address so that I could save a few bucks on shipping while sending promo items to a Gaffer, and Nintendo banned me and deleted my digital goods for not reading the TOS."
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=885308
TL
"I regularly spend massive amounts of money on videogames, but I simply and easily changed my address so that I could save a few bucks on shipping while sending promo items to a Gaffer, and Nintendo banned me and deleted my digital goods for not reading the TOS."
I thought Nintendo banned him for registering multiple copies of the same game in his various club Nintendo accounts?
The province you put for billing on the eShop has nothing to do with your Club Nintendo account address, so I wouldn't worry. I'm sure Nintendo is aware they have an unusually high number of people using AB or the territories for billing, and realistically they really shouldn't care about collecting less taxes for the government if it means people have more money left to spend on Nintendo games.
Black Republican
Member
i have the alberta province set on my wiiu/3ds for nearly 2 years, been fine so far and i live in ON, no probs
MrBambinoDent
Member
Anyone with a Destiny Ghost Edition for PS4 preorder who's willing to pass it over please let me know and I'll pay for the hassle!
Thanks
Thanks
I think the point is that Nintendo isn't afraid to ban you for working the system -- the two systems in question here are quite different, of course. Well, I think people can decide for themselves if it's worth the "risk".
binarymelon
Member
I get that people want to save money, but is sending your tax dollars to another province really the best way to do that?
To be accurate, you're not really sending it to another province, you're sending it to the federal goverment, because the 5% you're paying there is GST. Alberta doesn't have PST.
binarymelon
Member
Oh right. Ignore me then.
Huh? How do you do that? I have been showing up as from Alberta in Mario Kart lol.
^ sounds good to me. we'll be out before we know it.
top left (your mii on the home menu) -> user settings -> location -> whatever province
KnightHart
Member
... I can't believe I never thought of this before.
Fucking Ontario tax kills my wallet most of the time.
WrenchNinja
Member
Is there any particular reason why we pay sales tax on eshop stuff compared to PSN? I remember Xbox 360 stuff was also more expensive, not sure if it is now with Xbox One or if they're the same as PSN now
Just came home from target with $305 of eshop cards for $216.75. I didn't even have an active red card. I do physically have the card, but I haven't activated it. I just showed it to them and they gave me the 5% discount.
This makes my $400 purchase of eshop during the last 10% sale look foolish.
So, I currently have about $400 in eshop. That should last me the life of the 3DS and Wii U.
This makes my $400 purchase of eshop during the last 10% sale look foolish.
So, I currently have about $400 in eshop. That should last me the life of the 3DS and Wii U.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Reposting this.
I can confirm that EB Games in Canada did not receive enough allocation of Destiny Ghost Editions to meet the preorder numbers they took. This is for both online and in store orders.
My store only received one and luckily I was first. I made them show it to me with my reciept and everything on it to make sure. Other stores have had staff remove their names from the list to have customers get theirs. If you're one of the unlucky folks make sure to ask if they went through and removed staff preorders as it's a mandate from head office to do so.
I would check in so you're not disappointed on the midnight launch. They did send extra Limited Editions for those Ghost Edition preorders they won't be able to fulfill.
Go in store and check on your preorder today or tomorrow, otherwise expect to be screwed.
I can confirm that EB Games in Canada did not receive enough allocation of Destiny Ghost Editions to meet the preorder numbers they took. This is for both online and in store orders.
My store only received one and luckily I was first. I made them show it to me with my reciept and everything on it to make sure. Other stores have had staff remove their names from the list to have customers get theirs. If you're one of the unlucky folks make sure to ask if they went through and removed staff preorders as it's a mandate from head office to do so.
I would check in so you're not disappointed on the midnight launch. They did send extra Limited Editions for those Ghost Edition preorders they won't be able to fulfill.
Go in store and check on your preorder today or tomorrow, otherwise expect to be screwed.
HubbaBubba
Member
Just got an email from Amazon.ca saying there's a delay and now my estimated ship date for CoD Advanced Warfare for PS4 is now Nov 7th. What a joke. Gotta try and force people to get Prime I guess.
puffyshirt
Banned
Haha oh man, no way that would've happened when I was working there. That really sucks though.
My experience with bb and future shop are they have never delivered on release date. I make it a rule, I will never order online if I want something day 1. Others may have had better luck than me.
No. I believe cards are non-refundable everywhere.
March of the Crabs
Member
Almost definitely not. They'd rather you get it a day late. I live near a warehouse and always receive my games on day 2.
Byron Bluth
Banned
What do you mean? You would prioritize staff over customers?
MrBambinoDent
Member
I blame myself for cancelling my BB order for Ghost Edition, I thought I'd be the nice guy and leave my copy for someone who needs it since EB confirmed a few days ago that I can pick mine up at midnight! From now on I'll just collect all the copies I could, sit on them for weeks then return whatever I don't wanna keep!
Sealtest
Member
So far Windsor EB Games hasn't told me mine is cancelled but I knew from previous CE's i should keep my futureshop one just incase this shit happened again.
Has ebgames said if you get any kind of discount if you choose the LE?
MrBambinoDent
Member
They offered a discounted copy of the LE but this's not what I wanted
I'd say you will get your copy cause all the stores have the game in stock already so they should have called you if there is bad news!
Uh oh. Hopefully I get better luck.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Got PS +, 50$ PSN card, and three 20$ Eshop cards for a grand total of 120$ - really happy of my haul
Target keeps on delivering
Target keeps on delivering
puffyshirt
Banned
How do you get free release day?
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00BGA9Y3W/
It shows it on the product page for Destiny.
"Want to receive this the day it comes out?
Select FREE One-Day Shipping shipping at checkout."
MrBambinoDent
Member
Same here for my 2013 E3 copy from FS!
bearythebear
Member
Quick question about iPhone. Is it likely that we would be able to purchase unlocked iPhone 6 at launch? Got a bell plan without contract that we don't wanna change.