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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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[–] artyom@piefed.social 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Because the companies are the ones that literally paid the tariffs and the gov doesn't have records of how that burden was distributed, and thus couldn't possibly enforce it.

In short, they're completely unprepared for this situation they put themselves in.

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

There's records of customers buying products at inflated costs due to the tariffs as well. They absolutely can refund people if they get a refund.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If those records do exist, they're with the company, not the govt.

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And the company should be legally held responsible go reimbursing its customers.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Again, there's no way to enforce that.

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 1 points 4 hours ago

They enforce plenty of draconian shit just fine, I think they can find a way.