Comment on Nintendo Responds To Tariff Refunds Lawsuit, Tells Customers They "Got What They Bargained For"

• inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, like Cards Against Humanity spotted the difference and decided to not be anti-consumer asshats.

  fastcompany.com/…/tariff-refund-cards-against-hum…

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  • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Have they actually done so and has it been effective? I doubt so. Unless you are d2c this is an enormous effort that may not be worth it. Even then you incurred costs and insecurities hence probably can’t afford to be overly generous unless you are demanding much more money than your service costs to provide.

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    • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ah, moving goalposts now I see. CAH has provided the forms to submit your receipt and get your refund and go ask about how effective it is yourself because I wasn’t agreeing about effectiveness.

      I’m simply arguing that there are companies that are trying to be decent companies and pro-consumer, not arguing about the effectiveness of their pro-consumer stance.

      While we’re at it let’s just get your whataboutism that you’ll also try to pull out of the way, yes most corporations will also not be making any moves to refund their customers when they get their illegal tariffs refunded not that also makes them anti-consumer asshats.

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    • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Your doubts are stupid, you’re stupid

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• NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They agreed to the tax by paying it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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• Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’d say this argument probably doesn’t apply to something like, say, food. People can’t just opt out of eating. They can change their luxury spending to stuff that’s cheaper and doesn’t have to get imported.

  I’d definitely like for this argument to be applied in Nintendo’s case, and I’ll be pleasantly surprised if a judge agrees, I guess I’m a little pessimistic though. Maybe I just have a low view of the justice system right now.

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• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And Nintendo didn’t pay the higher rate. They passed the costs over to the consumer. Nintendo got exactly what they paid for.

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• ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I agree that there is a clear legal distinction, but it leaves a sour taste. Nintendo should have made this right for PR.

  Though, on the other side of it, Stargate project is the reason DRAM prices went to the moon, so USA suffering a little is schadenfreude for me and probably Nintendo too.

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  • tmyakal@infosec.pub ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nintendo should have made this right for PR.

    Ha! Hahaha! Haha! When the fuck has Nintendo ever worried about PR? They’ve got their place in the market completely on lock and will open litigation against anyone and everyone who even looks at their IP in a way they don’t like. Nintendo could release a console that required a pint of blood every time you boot it up, and as long as a Zelda comes out on it, they’ll still sell out.

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    • ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They did those things, and also gave early 3DS owners a bunch of free games for buying the console during a bad period.

      Nintendo are fickle, but this seems like the type of PR thing they’d of been in to.

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