Given Nintendo’s NA HQ is in Seattle, its likely that their supply line runs through Seattle.
Thay said, in my opinion they are just being lazy as they also have a Vancouver facility as well. Port of Vancouver is also bigger, closer to Japan and notably more efficient than Seattle/Tacoma.
Who knows, they might be weighing their options and might shift the delivery hub to BC which would take time, delaying pre-order operations. It might be worth for some hoser to tie a bow on the box for Nintendo and send it to the US for lower tariffs.
Other speculation is just that it will cause US scalpers to try to snag all the Canadian preorders through reshipping services or crossing the border. So ostensibly they are doing it to protect our stock.
I got curious; Seattle is indeed 100 miles further than Vancouver from Tokyo. That being said, bonded warehouses exist, so there would be no financial benefit to using separate ports or tariff penalty from using a single port.
They say the reason is to align the date with the US. Bummer that they’re lumping Canada together like that.
Given Nintendo’s NA HQ is in Seattle, its likely that their supply line runs through Seattle.
Thay said, in my opinion they are just being lazy as they also have a Vancouver facility as well. Port of Vancouver is also bigger, closer to Japan and notably more efficient than Seattle/Tacoma.
Who knows, they might be weighing their options and might shift the delivery hub to BC which would take time, delaying pre-order operations. It might be worth for some hoser to tie a bow on the box for Nintendo and send it to the US for lower tariffs.
This makes sense. Thank you for that perspective.
Other speculation is just that it will cause US scalpers to try to snag all the Canadian preorders through reshipping services or crossing the border. So ostensibly they are doing it to protect our stock.
Makes sense to me, but who knows.
I got curious; Seattle is indeed 100 miles further than Vancouver from Tokyo. That being said, bonded warehouses exist, so there would be no financial benefit to using separate ports or tariff penalty from using a single port.