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NEWS: Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders in Canada to Align with U.S. Date

Oh good, this is another good reason for Canada and the Canadian people to get angry at Trump more and more.*

*For those of you that don't keep track of what's going on with US-Canada relationship ever since Trump was re-elected. He managed to pissed off Canada by wanting to make it the "51st" states (secondary sources: BBC News, AP News, NBC News, New York Times), had a Canadian actress who was featured in American Pie detained by ICE (secondary sources: Canada's CBC News, CTV News, Global News, MSNBC interview), put a tariff which led to US alcoholic drinks being removed from Canadian shelves, Canadian tourists cancelling their travel trips to the US because of the tariffs and the tension. Canadians even booed at the US's National anthem at sporting events. So delaying the Canadian's pre-order for Switch 2 will increase more anger at the Trump administration.

Hi, Canadian here, I live relatively close to the US border (bout 2 hours-ish), and a lot of local businesses are refusing to accept American dollars as well

This reminds of that old mexican saying of uncertain origin:"¡Pobre México, tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de Estados Unidos!"
Guess canadians really wish they could physically move their country to another continent right about now.

Oh good, this is another good reason for Canada and the Canadian people to get angry at Trump more and more.*

*For those of you that don't keep track of what's going on with US-Canada relationship ever since Trump was re-elected. He managed to pissed off Canada by wanting to make it the "51st" states (secondary sources: BBC News, AP News, NBC News, New York Times), had a Canadian actress who was featured in American Pie detained by ICE (secondary sources: Canada's CBC News, CTV News, Global News, MSNBC interview), put a tariff which led to US alcoholic drinks being removed from Canadian shelves, Canadian tourists cancelling their travel trips to the US because of the tariffs and the tension. Canadians even booed at the US's National anthem at sporting events. So delaying the Canadian's pre-order for Switch 2 will increase more anger at the Trump administration.

Half of Canadians support Trump and honestly wish their country would also protect their local economy as they share many of the same concerns as American Trump voters who are concerned about the long term consequences of leftist globalist policies and morality and are not going to get angry over a Nintendo children's toy. Some provinces like Alberta could seriously pursue 51st State status if their concerns are not met and they continue to have their livelihoods crippled by the Ottawa climate cartel. Canadian politicians themselves made the decision to retaliate by removing US liquor from shelves, even though they didn't have to, same for anyone cancelling trips, it's their decision and their money. If the Japanese yen went up you'd see tourism decrease there too and the prices of games and systems going up in exchange rate value. If some Canadians want to have their Switch 2, then they can cut a deal with Trump and also ask China and Vietnam to agree to the US demands to reduce their tariffs on US goods. Or help Nintendo to assemble Switch 2 systems in Canada and employ Canadian people.

Canadian politicians themselves made the decision to retaliate by removing US liquor from shelves, even though they didn't have to,

of leftist globalist policies and morality

I don't blame Nintendo. Stock allocations would have been based one what it expected to sell in Canada, which would not have factored in Americans pre-ordering through Canadian retailers out of the expectation that it would still be cheaper to pay the international shipping than the jump in cost in America.

That is perhaps the biggest problem. The numbers and timing change all the time, and that kind of uncertainty is one of the worst things for any business. I expect that eventually that uncertainty will cause foreign businesses to push their own governments to stop trying to negotiate with someone who will turn everything upside down on a whim. Even if it costs them some revenue from America, at least they would have more consistency.

I've already had the shipping cost of something I pre-ordered about six months prior be increased a day before delivery because it didn't quite make it in time. I've had a different one contact customers to make them aware of a crowd funding campaign to try to pay for tariffs that the business can't afford and would rather not pass to the customers in the form of increasing the price they already paid. If they don't meet it, then hopefully I'll see a refund.

Since then, I'm now hesitant to do any sort of pre-orders because I don't know if the price I accepted will be the price I pay. These aren't things that have a domestic equivalent, and the end result is I'm probably just not going to buy. For me, it does nothing other than make me buy less and drive up the costs of what I do buy.