Audit run November 12, 2026
One product, "nintendo switch 2", followed from listing to checkout page at up to three retailers on November 12, 2026. The choices below were fixed before the data was collected.
A dated check of one real product journey, from the listing to the checkout page, at up to three retailers. For each retailer it records six things: the listing, the seller, the exact model, the delivered price, what changes at checkout, and the return terms. It stops before payment: no account is used, no payment details are entered and nothing is purchased. It is written so that anyone can repeat each step and tell us where we are wrong.
Registered November 7, 2026. Product: nintendo switch 2. Nintendo Switch 2 is the only product of those asked in the Evidence Archive that reached a comparison between two or more named retailers in every snapshot from October 29, 2026 onward (October 29: 3 retailers, October 30: 2, November 6: 2). It was chosen by that rule from snapshots that already existed, not by how it looks today. The October 27 snapshot is left out of the rule because no product reached a comparison that day (all 12 stopped at the exact-match stage). Audit date: November 12, 2026. Retailers: Every offer the engine marks as an exact match, new, from a qualified retailer, with a verified product-page destination and a confirmed delivered total, one offer per retailer. Of those retailers, up to three are audited, taken in alphabetical order of retailer name, so the choice does not depend on price. If fewer than two qualify, that is the result. Delivery location: ZIP code 27601 (Raleigh, North Carolina).
On November 12, 2026 the audit date was moved from November 11, 2026 to November 12, 2026. Changed: The audit date only. Not changed: The product, the offer rule and the ZIP code. Why: The audit is started by a script that works in UTC, like the Evidence Archive, and it refuses to run on any other UTC date. The window for November 11 closed at 7:00 PM Eastern on November 11 (midnight UTC), and the audit was not started before it closed. At the time of this change the audit lookup had not been made and no audit step had been carried out. Between registration and this change, retailer pages for this product were read to correct the price record (see /black-friday-price-record). The product, the rule and the ZIP code were not changed after reading them.
1. Listing: the retailer's own title, the product page we send a shopper to, and the price as listed when the engine last checked. 2. Seller: who the page says is selling it, next to what the engine concluded. 3. Exact model: the model number on the manufacturer's own site against the listing. 4. Delivered price: the engine's total against the retailer's checkout page at the ZIP code above, with tax shown separately and only if the checkout shows it. 5. Checkout changes: anything that differs between the listing and the checkout page, such as added fees, required accounts, bundles or pre-selected extras. 6. Return terms: the retailer's own words, quoted with the address and the time they were retrieved.
Whatever the audit shows is published, including "cannot be determined" and any step a retailer fails. It is run once, on November 12, 2026, and is not run again to get a better result. If a retailer's page changes afterwards, we add a dated note and leave the original record as it was. The audit contains no affiliate links.
It cannot show which retailer charges less overall, that a retailer's page will read the same tomorrow, or what a different ZIP code, account or membership would be charged. Sales tax appears only where a checkout shows it, and is then the page's own figure for whatever location it assumed. The retailers audited are a sample, not the market.
The engine was asked about "nintendo switch 2" at 2026-11-12 00:31 UTC and returned 15 offers. The link step did not run for this query (no_verified_anchor), so its link-degraded flag, which read false, was not evaluated. The Evidence Archive snapshot for that day (entry hash begins 73699fe33268) holds a separate lookup of the same query made at 2026-11-12 03:05 UTC, which returned 16 offers. The audit's own lookup is not stored in the archive; this page is its record.
2 retailers were audited. At 1 of 2, the checkout total before tax matched the engine's delivered total to the cent. At 1 of 2, the pre-registered ZIP code 27601 could not be applied, so that retailer's figures are for a location its page does not name and are not a like-for-like delivered price. Totals before tax: GameStop $507.98, PC Richard & Son $499.99.
1. Listing: "Nintendo Switch 2" (the retailer's wording), https://www.gamestop.com/consoles-hardware/nintendo-switch-2/products/nintendo-switch-2/424543.html, listed at $499.99 when the engine last checked, 2026-11-11 12:17 UTC. 2. Seller: the engine qualified GameStop as recognized_retailer_and_provider; the page does not name the seller (the page is on GameStop's own site (gamestop.com)), read 2026-11-12 00:32 UTC. 3. Exact model: the manufacturer lists model number BEE-001 (https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/58879/~/where-can-i-find-my-system-serial-number); the listing matches it by name and description, not by a model number on the page. GameStop's page shows no model number or UPC. The match rests on the name 'Nintendo Switch 2', the new condition and the description, not on a model number. 4. Delivered price: the engine's total was $499.99 (item $499.99, shipping $0.00). ZIP code 27601 could not be applied at this checkout. The checkout asks for an email address, full name and phone number before it shows any address or ZIP field, so the figures are from the cart and checkout pages for a location the page does not name. Tax is the page's own estimate for that location, not for 27601. The checkout page showed item $499.99, shipping $7.99, total before tax $507.98; tax shown: $36.19; read 2026-11-12 00:32 UTC. Engine total against checkout total before tax: $7.99 higher at checkout. 5. Checkout changes: After Add to Cart, a protection-plan offer appears ($54.99 for one year, $74.99 for two); neither is pre-selected; Shipping at checkout is $7.99 for Ship to Home (free for Pro members on orders of $54 or more); the engine had $0, which matches free in-store pickup; The checkout page asks for an email address, full name and phone number before it shows any address or ZIP field, so it could not be taken to ZIP 27601 without personal details; Entering 27601 in the store locator lists stores near Raleigh but did not change the cart's shipping or tax estimate; The cart and checkout show an estimated tax of $36.19 for a location the page does not name; it is not a figure for ZIP 27601. 6. Return terms, in GameStop's own words: "Online Purchases: Return in-store for free or ship back which includes an $8.99 fee. Items over $500 cannot be returned in-store. All video game console returns are subject to a $14.99 shipping fee" (https://www.gamestop.com/fullreturnpolicy, retrieved 2026-11-12 00:34 UTC). No payment details were entered and nothing was purchased.
1. Listing: "Nintendo Switch 2 with Light Blue and Red Joy Con, Video Game Consoles | BEESKB6AA | P.C. Richard & Son" (the retailer's wording), https://www.pcrichard.com/nintendo-switch-2-with-light-blue-and-red-joy-con/BEESKB6AA.html, listed at $499.99 when the engine last checked, 2026-11-11 12:17 UTC. 2. Seller: the engine qualified PC Richard & Son as recognized_retailer_and_provider; the page does not name the seller (the page is on P.C. Richard & Son's own site (pcrichard.com)), read 2026-11-12 00:35 UTC. 3. Exact model: the manufacturer lists model number BEE-001 (https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/58879/~/where-can-i-find-my-system-serial-number); the listing matches it by name and description, not by a model number on the page. P.C. Richard's page shows its own model label BEESKB6AA, not Nintendo's number BEE-001. The match rests on the title and the Joy-Con colours (Nintendo lists Light Blue and Light Red for the system), not on the number. 4. Delivered price: the engine's total was $499.99 (item $499.99, shipping $0.00). The checkout page at ZIP code 27601 showed item $499.99, shipping $0.00, total before tax $499.99; the page showed no tax amount; read 2026-11-12 00:36 UTC. Engine total against checkout total before tax: no difference. 5. Checkout changes: With ZIP 27601 entered on the product page, the cart shows Shipping as FREE (Parcel Delivery, will ship by Thu, Nov 12) and Sales Tax as a dash, not an amount; The checkout page asks for an email address (guest checkout or sign-in) before anything else, so the journey stopped at the cart page, the last page that shows totals without personal details. 6. Return terms, in PC Richard & Son's own words: "Merchandise must be returned within 30 days of purchase with the original sales receipt. ● Merchandise must be factory sealed, in the original carton with UPC code and all packaging, accessories, and manuals." (https://www.pcrichard.com/return-policy.html, retrieved 2026-11-12 00:37 UTC). No payment details were entered and nothing was purchased.
Each retailer page and policy quoted here can be opened at the address given. The Evidence Archive holds a daily engine lookup for the products it tracks; the steps for checking it are on the How to Verify Kavoruni page (/how-to-verify-us). If anything here differs from what you find, write to support@kavoruni.com.