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I need to have a spare one, I take everything apart, and I can't resist messing with the guts. I need to find some PAL release games to take advantage of the clipped NES though.
 
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That shouldn't be too terribly difficult. The web is quite expansive. Finding certain games that you would want might be a bit difficult, though.
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Well, I generally have to avoid buying from stores, the Canada/US customs usually like to slap a large tax on things coming across unless they're delcared as a gift. My recent aquisition of those 22 carts was delayed by over a week because the guy at UPS marked the value of the package wrong and there was a $50 customs charge on the package. It was only resolved when UPS faxed an updated invoice to the delivery company here. In the end, if you ship anything across the Canada/US border, remember to check the little 'gift' box.
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It makes you wonder why they even have such a tax. If it's as easy as checking a box, then there's no point! Probably to fool the foolhardy, I guess...
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Well, you're not SUPPOSED to check the box unless it really is a gift. and that way the collect huge ammounts of money. But seeing as they have no way of knowing if you send a money order or cheque to the person a few weeks before the package comes across the border checked as a gift, it's pretty easy to save yourself big bucks that way. But of course marking it as a gift only exempts you from taxes on packages of lower value, if you were shipping a $3000 computer or something that would still be taxed. from my experience, USPS is exempt from the tax if the value is under $60, and $200 if it's marked as a gift. UPS on the other hand only gets $60 if it's marked as a gift...
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That's good info to know for the NES collecting community. Maybe you should start a thread about that or something. Different ways around taxes for shipping to and from places?
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I think it should be kept more on the down-low, as I think it would be considered Tax evasion, or fraud, which is illegal :P
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Oh yeah, good point! Wasn't using my head..... Although telling people, and actually getting caught doing it are two different things :wink:
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heh, true but I think we should just leave it as is, people can find it in this thread, and know about it. I don't know if the same things apply for other borders but I would assume there are similar taxes. I'm not sure there are any other Canadian members on this forum actually...
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just to add, these are the games ive found so far(ntsc games) that dont work on an ntsc nes after the chip has been cut: super mario brothers - acts like the start button doesnt work felix the cat - acts like the start button is stuck faria - acts like the start button is stuck im sure there are many more, so the solution is to avoid pal games, or have 2 nes's hooked up like i do / use a toplaoder :D
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i collect mine in all ways opened plastic boxed whatever but no doubt i only play the open ones
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"Nesmaster" wrote:just to add, these are the games ive found so far(ntsc games) that dont work on an ntsc nes after the chip has been cut:
super mario brothers - acts like the start button doesnt work
felix the cat - acts like the start button is stuck
faria - acts like the start button is stuck
im sure there are many more, so the solution is to avoid pal games, or have 2 nes's hooked up like i do / use a toplaoder :D I've played SMB on my clipped NES, and I didn't notice the start button not working... NTSC game on an NTSC console as you claim the problem on...
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