Verified Actual Gamer Program Information [See Best Answer / 2021-10-08 update]

[Padblaze]

How we can help the Verified Actual Gamer program by getting more AIB's on board and getting more cards.

 

 

These are the AIB's that have partnered with the Verified Actual Gamer program. Asus, MSI and EVGA. AMD isn't a AIB but also are partnered.

 

These are AIB's that aren't.

 

Gigabyte

https://www.gigabyte.com/Contact

 

Asrock

https://www.asrock.com/general/about.us.asp?cat=Contact

 

Power Color

https://www.powercolor.com/contact

 

Sapphire

https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/contact-us

 

XFX

https://www.xfxforce.com/support/contact-us

 

ZOTAC

https://www.zotac.com/ca/support#contact

 

PNY

https://www.pny.com/company-footer/contact-us-company

 

Palit

https://www.palit.com/palit/contact.php?lang=en

 

INNO3D

https://www.inno3d.com/static.php?langid=1&refid=2

 

Colorful

faq.en@colorful.cn

 

 

If even a few of us asked them to join on, they may actually consider it. All it takes is a few requests making it up the line to pique interest. 

 

If even a handful of these see the potential for some good PR and join on it could significantly boost the Verified Actual Gamer program and the amount of cards available. 

 

by @WillOfTheLand

Edited October 9, 2021 by LogicalDrm

[Donut417]

25 minutes ago, Padblaze said:

Can someone resume me what he said, I've been watching the live but I still doesn't understand. Will they be on LTTStore.com and when will they be? Is it only for US or Canada too? Also, at what time does LTT videos start? Thanks

What I got out of it was this. They will release videos at what ever time, some videos will have info on how to buy these cards. 

 

Cards are available world wide HOWEVER shipping , VAT, and Tariffs are paid by the buyer. 

[Jongle]

sadly tariffs & postage will affect all sales to the US...

regardless this is super awesome good on you ASUS and LMG

 

[Donut417]

 

1 hour ago, Jongle said:

postage will affect all sales to the US...

That applies to all of sales. 

 

1 hour ago, Jongle said:

sadly tariffs &

The EU has VAT other countries have that as well. Not sure if LMG will collect sales tax, but they probably wont legally have to. So there is some savings there. 

[LogicalDrm]

10 hours ago, Donut417 said:

 

That applies to all of sales. 

 

The EU has VAT other countries have that as well. Not sure if LMG will collect sales tax, but they probably wont legally have to. So there is some savings there. 

I'm pretty sure that the Canadian VAT is included in the price they are sold at. But if you import something over certain threshold, you will also pay import fees and tax of your own country. Here the threshold is €150 for both.

[wONKEyeYEs]

I hope this doesn't turn out to be a who can click through fastest thing.

[Kredbu]

30 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

I'm pretty sure that the Canadian VAT is included in the price they are sold at. But if you import something over certain threshold, you will also pay import fees and tax of your own country. Here the threshold is €150 for both.

In Canada and the USA, sales taxes are typically not included in prices, they are added on top of the price at check out.

[LogicalDrm]

15 minutes ago, Kredbu said:

In Canada and the USA, sales taxes are typically not included in prices, they are added on top of the price at check out.

Oh? I thought it was just US since they don't have federal sales tax. Either way, you pay tax after import regardless.

[Kredbu]

23 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

Oh? I thought it was just US since they don't have federal sales tax. Either way, you pay tax after import regardless.

There is a federal tax (GST), but there are also provincial sales taxes in most provinces that are added on in addition to that. In some provinces both are collected as a single amount (HST), in others, both are collected separately, but in almost all cases they are added on separately on top of the price. There are a few things such as fuel where they are included, and occasionally a store might have a promotion that they call no tax, so the total price will be the msrp, but they are usually just broken down on your receipt as a lower price, plus the taxes.

 

And yes, you would have to pay import fees regardless, though in some cases, if you do pay imports on something you already paid tax on in a different jurisdiction, you may be able to get a rebate. 

[N_A]

I am really trying hard to get more info but on this, I should have thought twice before selling my laptop thinking “oh I can get my gpu if I only wait 3-4 weeks.” 
 

then I start reading posts about people just going to the stores then picking one up ahead of people who are waiting in que and people buying one, selling it then requing only to be placed near the top.

 

Would be nice if someone did some undercover reporting on this. That someone would have to be credible... that someone would have to know what he OR she is doing. I would watch it. 
 

Sorry T_T when I read these stuff I got really demoralized. I haven’t used something that isn’t a tablet or a phone over 2 months going to 3

[Heliian]

On 3/6/2021 at 2:22 AM, CircleTech said:

LMG collects sales tax. I bought something from them recently and my State of Michigan Sales tax showed up on the receipts (Hello fellow Michigander). 
 

If you wanna be really technical about it, LMG probably doesn’t have to do that. But they are at the point where they can afford accountants and expensive software to collect and remit sales taxes for the over 20 thousand tax jurisdictions in the US. I would have to guess they do even when not required in order to cover their ass like any business should they be audited. Louis Rossmann for example only collects sales tax for the state of New York and no other State or Country, but his store is a fraction of the size. Tax collection agencies have far less to gain from auditing Rossmann Repair over LMG.

USA tax law and Canadian tax law are quite different.  In most of the usa, you only have to charge tax for sales within that state.  However, anything crossing the border will be hit with customs fees and tax. 

[Bitter]

So those of us who work 8 hours a day away from a PC and mobile device are kind of out of the running for this?

[Donut417]

10 minutes ago, Heliian said:

  In most of the usa, you only have to charge tax for sales within that state.

Not exactly. https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/21/technology/wayfair-vs-south-dakota/index.html

 

If you buy in store or online you have to pay tax period. Because thats the Law now. No more buying online from out of state and not paying tax. 

[Lurick]

12 minutes ago, Bitter said:

So those of us who work 8 hours a day away from a PC and mobile device are kind of out of the running for this?

Nobody even knows how it's going to work yet but everyone seems to assume it's going to be whoever can click the fastest which is probably the last thing they are going to want to do.

[Bitter]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Nobody even knows how it's going to work yet but everyone seems to assume it's going to be whoever can click the fastest which is probably the last thing they are going to want to do.

So that'll definitely be it! Time to learn how to make bots lol.

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Bitter said:

So that'll definitely be it! Time to learn how to make bots lol.

Haha, that's the spirit

Hopefully they announce how it will work before launching it, unless it's just a ploy to trick us into buying merch from lttstore.com

[RoseLuck462]

I wish they'd ask us forum members first lol 

[Heliian]

14 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

Not exactly. https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/21/technology/wayfair-vs-south-dakota/index.html

 

If you buy in store or online you have to pay tax period. Because thats the Law now. No more buying online from out of state and not paying tax. 

Upon closer review it seems that most states are now doing it with a few left that will most likely follow :(. There are also exemptions in some states which still allow small businesses under a certain threshold, tax free sales.

 

 

[Bitter]

13 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Haha, that's the spirit

Hopefully they announce how it will work before launching it, unless it's just a ploy to trick us into buying merch from lttstore.com

Ok but only if they include a dented water bottle with every purchase of a dented GPU. No seriously, I'm ok with scratch n dent merchandise!

[IRMacGuyver]

On 3/7/2021 at 10:12 AM, N_A said:

Would be nice if someone did some undercover reporting on this. That someone would have to be credible... that someone would have to know what he OR she is doing. I would watch it. 

News outlets aren't interested in this sort of consumer interest story anymore.

 

FFS I know people that work at a news network.  I tried to give them info on how walmart bicycles are not assembled correctly because the workers get paid per bike and rush the job.  No one gave a damn.  Some kid could run off the road and get killed cause their brakes failed but consumer protection isn't sexy enough.

[IRMacGuyver]

Can't figure out how to edit my last post and make it clear without screwing up the markup.  I meant to ask as my main question before replying to that other post:

 

Does LTT still upload videos at 6am eastern time?  What "actual gamers" are awake at 6am?  That's working folk time... well unless you're just finally getting to sleep cause the European servers are dead in the middle of the day. 

[MightyMishka]

So I was watching the WAN Show earlier, and Linus started talking about this 'Verified Gamer Program' where they were partnering with some companies to sell GPUs and maybe CPUs at MSRP, though subject to tariffs and stuff like that. Does anybody know any info on when that might start? Anything else would be helpful, also. Thanks!

 

Edit: I meant to post this as a topic, sorry

[Arika]

If they released this info before hand, then it would completely invalidate the point of why they're doing it the way they are. Also there is also plenty of other threads asking about the same thing. no one knows anything more than what has already been said by Linus.

[Spotty]

26 minutes ago, MightyMishka said:

Edit: I meant to post this as a topic, sorry

You did, it was merged with an existing topic asking the same thing.

We don't need 8 separate posts asking the same question.

 

The only information about it was what was said on this weeks WAN show. Check their upcoming videos for more information.

[MightyMishka]

Just now, Spotty said:

You did, it was merged with an existing topic asking the same thing.

We don't need 8 separate posts asking the same question.

 

The only information about it was what was said on this weeks WAN show. Check their upcoming videos for more information.

Oh, ok. As you can see, I'm new here.