Comments on: How Canadians Can Use Cheaper US Xbox Live Points

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:44:30 +0000

Well, it is well known that it costs at least a hundred bucks for the French Translation of the manual

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By: ken

ken — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:25:59 +0000

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

By: Mor10

Mor10 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:51:34 +0000

This by the way is the same technique used by Canadians to gain access to the Zune Marketplace. As you may well know, the Zune Marketplace is restricted to US users only even though the actual device is for sale in Canada.

The reason why the points you buy in the US only work on US accounts is simple enough: You can buy content like video, TV shows and music with them. And Microsoft have specific licenses with the distributors for each country. As far as I know you have access to the XBOX Live Canadian Marketplace where you can actually buy videos that are licensed for Canada but you can’t buy these videos if your XBOX is in the States. In a weird way it all makes sense.

That said, the monster price difference doesn’t make sense at all. They claim the difference in electronics pricing lies in the transport, border taxes etc, but that has been firmly disproven with the BlackBerry Bold which although it is a Canadian product retails for a full $100 less in the US. Now THAT’s a story you should be covering my friend.

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:33:45 +0000

We pay 12% tax because our gov’t treats this like a product, not a service. We also start with a 20% handicap in retail pricing, assuming par…or close to it. In Washington, it’s only 8.5% tax. In Oregon, it is ZERO tax. That’s up to 32% less to start with, not to mention, some retailers may sell for less.

But then again, you did pay way too much for those weird Nikes in Taiwan, that I found at the outlet when I was down there for $29.99 (marked for an additional 30% off that). If that’s bawlin’, you can have all the…umm…bawls… What’d you pay for those again? I guess they weren’t THAT much cheaper

Is it worth it to drive over and get them every time you run out? Maybe not. But is it worth it to snag a bunch while you’re down there anyway? Absolutely. The best way would probably be to setup your account based in Oregon, then use a US Credit Card to load your points online. Then that way, you don’t pay any sales tax, and you don’t have to go down there at all.

To get a better deal in Canada, they would need to fall off the back of a truck. But you knew that already didn’t you Ed
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By: Ed Lau

Ed Lau — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:21:36 +0000

Eh…if I happen to be down there maybe but it isn’t THAT much cheaper.

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