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Norway has the world’s most expensive Switch 2, so I plan on taking the boat to Poland to buy one there at nearly half prize. Even if I have to pay 25 % VAT, that is a lot of money saved.
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Submitted 3 weeks ago by LtDan@lemmy.zip to games@lemmy.world
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Griffus@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Pretty sure Nintendo is specifically trying to prevent you from being able to pay less like this.
BeUnique@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure Nintendo specifically tries any way possible to prevent their customers to pay less in any way.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
How do regional returns work for warranty?
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 3 weeks ago
I think it will greatly depend on: 1. What device it is and who the manufacturer is 2. The country where it came from 3. The country it is currently in
Those 3 things will play a big role in how this all plays out.
A company like Valve may not behave like Nintendo would for a warranty claim like this. The European Union may have strict laws that protect customers regardless where the device was bought, if it’s there and it’s sold there, it’s treated like it was bought there (not saying that is how it is or Valve is better than Nintendo for these; just possibilities).
ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The Japanese Switch 2 is locked to Japan region games too, it’s the only Switch/Switch2 that is region locked.
TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I don’t see why not, if you really want it. You seem to understand drawbacks well enough. Shoot, if you get a switch you can play on the flight home!
k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
If you come visit, we have duty free for any electronics above 20k yen or something like that (might be 50k, please check; also they’re stopping this programme in the near future iirc). So you save on the sales tax here. You just can’t open it until you get back to Australia I think. A
lso, since you won’t have warranty anyway, you could consider getting it second hand for a lot cheaper. Any reputable second hand shop will also honour the duty-free shopping programme for foreign tourists.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Where are we seeing anything on the ps6? Thats easily 18+ months away I would have assumed.
farmgineer@nord.pub 2 weeks ago
Japan sells both an international version and a domestic version which is language-locked (and region-locked?) and I don’t think can get support outside of Japan. Pretty sure it will only work with a Japanese Nintendo account which, at least in the past, only worked with a Japanese credit card, though I’m not sure that’s true anymore. I don’t think it’s worth the hassle.
SlothMama@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re not region free though
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
As a fellow Aussie, just be aware that importing goods from overseas does make you liable to pay for GST on them at the border.
As a nation, we love a punt - and I’ve taken that gamble multiple times without issue bringing in tech in my luggage - but just be mindful of that fact.