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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/tech-policy/2026/07/nintendo-customers-have-no-legal-right-to-tariff-refunds-company-tells-judge/
Ars TechnicaNintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refundsNintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit.
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
just my 2 cents: Nintendo did not raised the tariffs… and they neither profited on them…
Replying to @escBLN@lemmy.world
But they did profit from the tariffs, as Nintendo gets the refunds but do not pass it on to the customers?
Replying to @myrmidex@belgae.social
Does Nintendo get a refund? I thought the tariffs were paid by the people who import the product, not the manufacturer. Meaning Best Buy or Amazon would be paying the tariff and entitled to a refund, not Nintendo.
I guess there is also Nintendo NA, who might be the importer who then distributes to Best Buy or Amazon???
Replying to @dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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.”
so perhaps they did not yet receive the refunds, but if/when they do, customers can get fucked.