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Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds (arstechnica.com)
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Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.361585/gov.uscourts.wawd.361585.21.0.pdf

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[–] 4 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Why is it on Nintendo to give the refund? Trump charged the tariffs, get your refund from him.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Because Nintendo is getting refunds from the US government, they're refusing to pass that on to consumers

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    The refund they are getting isn't equal to the amount people paid for in tariffs

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Then refund as much as you practically can. No one expects Nintendo to refund every penny. They won't be able to get a refund to someone who paid cash for something at a game store. But at a minimum they can refund anyone that bought from them directly. And they can work with their distributors to refund everyone else that bought online.

    Hell, companies should treat any tariff refunds as dirty money. After all, these tariffs were explicitly ruled illegal. This money was stolen from people. Any company getting a tariff refund should make sure they don't keep a penny of it. Refund as much as you can to your customers. If there's not enough refunded, make people as whole as you can. If you have more refund than customers you can track down, donate the remaining money to a charity. Donate to a food bank or other organizations that help ordinary people.

    No one expects them to be perfect. They do expect them to try.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Show me any company that gave customers money back lol

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    you seriously taking up for a company like nintendo? on principle, that’s grimy. beyond that, i work in coffee which was heavily impacted by the import tariffs. because of the money that had to be paid back out, the importers that had to pay elevated costs that they then passed on to their customers are paying some of the monies they’ve received back out to those customers. if for no other reason than because everyone had to share in the pain for money to keep circulating, so everyone should be able to partake in the money being paid out.

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