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.
Friendly reminder that the Boston Tea Party was about tariffs. We know what works.
not sure if this also works for self-imposed tarrifs.
I would eat the cost of gas to watch people tweeting their Switch 2’s into the harbor. Boston or Baltimore this time around?
No no no. You don’t yeet devices into the harbor that have been paid for already. You yeet unsold devices.
Exactly. The tea was sitting in the harbor because it hadn’t been sold yet. The toilet paper warehouse fire was analogous to the Boston tea party, and they’re threatening the dude with the death penalty for it.
Right. The tea wasn’t from their homes
Imagine what gon’ happen when you try to tax our whisky.
Imagine… Or just read how that went in 1794.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
A rebellion? Because that didn’t end so well.