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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
My mother bought me an NES when I was a child, and shortly after Nintendo lowered the price and they voluntarily refunded her the difference.
She told me years later that secured her as a Nintendo customer for my games for life.
This greed is disgusting, but more than anything it’s depressing.
Replying to @mycodesucks@lemmy.world
i think you mean the store she bought it from refunded you the difference.
many retail outlets have 30 day price guarantees, sometimes 90.
Nobody was buying NES systems direct from Nintendo.
Replying to @TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
back then they did, I doubt any have it now.
Hell, walmart wont even price match its own website… and like or hate walmart, thats the cheapest place in town to get shit so thats where most people, especially in this economy, will be shoppin.
Replying to @A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
it’s not super common but a couple times a year i will buy something and the price drops a week or two later and you can contact them to get a gift card for the difference. you aren’t going to get in in cash or credit in 2026 though. it’s 30 days from date of purchase for all the places i have done this for.
Replying to @TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
giftcards arent refunds.
They are a marketing ploy to get you to come back and spend more money.
Replying to @A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
Yep. I’m just an idiot. It’s not like I’ll go back to the store ever again and I’m a regular customer.
They are clearly ENTRAPPING ME. Just like all the times I returned a product and they gave me a full refund, that was also total entrapment. Or when I returned a product for a warrenty fufillment and they replaced it, also entrapment.
Replying to @TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
Sure buddy.
Replying to @TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
He’s out of line, but he’s got a point
Replying to @PattyMcB@lemmy.world
what point is that? that companies are evil if they give you refunds in gift cards?
am i also evil when I get my nephews gift cards for christmas? because i’m restricting their consumer choice!
because 12 year olds care about what store they buy games from…
Replying to @TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
Being a right wing lunatic must be so exhausting.
Constantly burning with 120% of outrage at every single thing, real or imaginary, and lashing out at people for shit that no one even said in what is, outside of you, a reasonable and level headed conversation.
Replying to @TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
Just got a statement credit on a CC for a tv bought from Best buy. July 4th sale…30 day price match against themselves