EB Games Canada screws us over!

[elfreako]

Since 99% of Canadians (rough estimate, I can't find my notes) are clustered within 175 feet of the U.S. border, why not just buy your stuff at the EB games in Buffalo? or Detroit? Save yourself some aggravation. And hey, why not bring the kiddies, make a day of it.

This has to be the most uneducated post I've seen in months, and I know uneducated, I use youtube.

I never once received any bonuses with any pre-orders I've made at EB Games. Can't say it's been bothering me though.

[kiggidykev]

I was irked at first, but EB Canada never gets much of the preorder stuff to begin with (no Scribblenauts hat, no Bionic Commando lunchkit...), so I didn't really expect them to this time

[Neogoglu]

I cross the border every two weeks and all i can
say it's totally useless.

It's there only because the US are affraid of us (non-sense)
and because the Canadian Government collects more taxes.

More than 90 % of the Canadian population lives
within a hundred miles from the US border.

http://www.unitednorthamerica.org

[Northern_Blitz]

While the EB in the US offers three free dowloadable tracks when you pre- order, us canadians just get 25% off a used instrument? Why do we lose out on the tracks? It's the same company and other promos for downloadable content (namely "Little Big Planet") were brought over. What happened this time? Is anyone else annoyed? I'm thinking of cancelling my pre- order just to protest.

I also live in Canada. I live outside of Toronto, and could go to the US to buy games if I wanted. Usually, it's better to buy in Canada.

Why? The exchange rate. Right now, you can buy a USD for about $1.11 CDN. This also means that a $1 CDN ~ 0.9 USD.

TB:RB sold for $60 CDN in Canada, and $60 USD in the States. Converging to Canadian dollars, that means we paid $54 USD up here in Canada. Sales Tax in Canada is 13%, and I think it's about 8% in NY (close to where I live).

So the grand total for TBRB in Canada is $61.02 USD, and in the US (by me anyway) it would be $64.80. That savings is just about 2 songs, so we didn't really get ripped off (especially since it sounds like it's a real pain to actually get the promissed 3 songs). You can use that money to buy anything you want (not just a selection of songs on TBRB).

DLC Note: DLC is also sold in CDN so a $2 song here is $2.04 USD after Tax. So we pretty much pay less for DLC too (assuming DLC is taxed in the States). Compared to US DLC taxed @ 8%, we get a free song for every 17 songs we download (if taxed in the US @ 8%).

So, if you buy TBRB in Canada, and download 17 songs, you will finish ahead of those who got the 3 free song promo in the US. Savings from every other song you buy (I think I heard that there might be ~ 300 songs licenced), will be gravy.

In short..we usually finish ahead on Video Games.

[reycri]

DLC Note: DLC is also sold in CDN so a $2 song here is $2.04 USD after Tax. So we pretty much pay less for DLC too (assuming DLC is taxed in the States). Compared to US DLC taxed @ 8%, we get a free song for every 17 songs we download (if taxed in the US @ 8%).

... Except standard pricing of XBL points here in Canada is $20 for 1400 points. So for a song that costs 160 points, we're actually paying close to $2.30.