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Nintendo sued by players who say they should get any tariff refunds received by the US government (www.gamefile.news)
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Two gamers have filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, alleging that the company will be unjustly enriching itself with any refund it secures from the U.S. government over widespread tariffs last year that, among other things, hiked the prices of Nintendo hardware and accessories.

“Unless restrained by this Court, Nintendo stands to recover the same tariff payments twice—once from consumers through higher prices and again from the federal government through tariff refunds, including interest paid by the government on those funds,” the suit states.

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[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

They had to pay the tariffs, yes. But they took that money from the customers. So they ended up even.

Now they are getting a refund. Which leaves them at a win for the amount of said tariffs.

Now Nintendo is +1 tariff and customers -1 tariff.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes, exactly. Nintendo is +1, not +2

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Right, they went from -1 to +1 by recovering the tariff cost twice. (-1 plus 2 is +1)

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Nintendo went from ~0 to +1.

They raised prices to negate the tariffs and keeping profits relatively the same. Now with them getting a tariff refund, they're getting +1.

Meanwhile customers are -1. Since Nintendo raised prices, we know consumers paid at least some fraction of the tariffs.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm going to say you're technically correct because the wording is "recovered" and not "profited". They're recovering it twice, and profiting once (when they should be at net zero)

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Everybody involved should be at 0 tarrifs. Why should Nintendo be +1 and all their customers be -1?

[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We weren't discussing "should".

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the entirety of this thread, that if companies are being reimbursed, then people should also be reimbursed.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You are lost.

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, you are. Literally read the goddamn title of the thread.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Literally read the god damn content of the comments you're replying to.