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Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds | Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

Ok, but which other companies reimbursed the tarrif surcharges? Or did every other company eat the tarrif costs?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    You're right, i reread the article and it mentions similar lawsuits against Sony / Microsoft, so they all suck. I think the reason Nintendo is being singled out here is because there is not a lot of news with those other lawsuits, but with this one, Nintendo is trying to dismiss the case saying plaintiffs:

    “received exactly what they paid for: Nintendo products that Plaintiffs knowingly and voluntarily purchased at the advertised price. Nor is there anything ‘unjust’ about Nintendo retaining money that it may receive from the government as tariff refunds. The fact that Nintendo stands to receive tariff refunds does not give Plaintiffs any legal entitlement to those funds.”

    With Nintendo's litigious history and them being the first to try to dismiss the case with this argument, they deserve the blowback they're getting from their own customers.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Yeah I think I see what you mean. Their North American customers are like the most loyal of their base and they can't even fucking throw them a bone. They're not required to, but fucking come on.

    But at the same time... People should not have have bought non essentials from a company with a history of fucking over their base. What the hell were they expecting? Companies look after one thing: the stock holders. They don't give two shits about the customers as long as they can make them buy more shit.

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