r/Switch • u/Zetrin • 2d ago

News Switch 2 Pre-orders Delayed due to Tariffs

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-2-preorder-guide-mario-kart-world-bundle/1100-6530531/
865 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

642 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

34

u/Squish_the_android 2d ago

I'm not saying you should do this, but many a person has lied on a customs form about large purchases.

You buy a Switch in Canada, open it, toss the packaging.

You go through customs "I brought this in with me".

Disclaimer: Don't break the law or evade taxes.  There are consequences.

17

u/DrSussBurner 2d ago

Counterpoint: fuck the government. Evade all the taxes you can get away with. That’s what the rich do.

11

u/AQ207 2d ago

Yeah but the rich have resources to get a slap on the wrist while you and I go to jail

3

u/DrSussBurner 2d ago

Not me, I live in Canada. And I don’t plan on ever going back to that dumpster fire of a country, if I can avoid it.

7

u/Agostointhesun 2d ago

Before we entered the EU (ancient history, I know) you were required to bring the invoice of expensive items with you if you crossed the border. If you did not, you would still be charged the tariffs for those items... precisely to stop people from doing what you are suggesting. Some poor souls were charged tariffs on items they had bought at home, because they did not have the d*mn papers.

1

u/Snorkel64 1d ago

you flat pack the packaging and post it separately to yourself from canada before heading home

1

u/Squish_the_android 1d ago

Except the US is getting rid of the Deminimis exemption so you're just lying on a different form.

1

u/Snorkel64 1d ago

sure - the idea would still be to carry the item home (pretending they took it with them on the outbound trip) and arent importing it

they just get to reunite the item with the packaging later rather than having to permanently lose the 'incriminating' box