Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds

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任天堂强硬回应用户集体诉讼：你们自愿多付的钱，别想退！核心亮点一句话概括：美国消费者要求任天堂退还因关税调整可能获得的政府退款，任天堂却反手要求法院驳回诉讼，称买家“无权”拿回这笔钱，因为他们购买时是自愿接受高价的。通俗解读：事情源于美国对进口商品征收的关税。如果政府后来决定退还部分关税给企业，任天堂本可以拿到一笔钱。但部分消费者认为，自己买Switch等产品时支付的价格包含了关税成本，现在关税退了，这笔钱理应属于他们。任天堂则反驳说，买卖已经完成，价格是双方自愿达成的，关税政策变化是事后的事，消费者没有法律依据要求重新定价或退款。说白了，任天堂认为这就是一笔正常的商业交易，不能因为政策变了就翻旧账。实际影响：对普通消费者而言，这起案件传达了一个信号：购买电子产品时，未来关税的变动不会自动让你获得差价补偿。厂家没有义务因为政策调整而退还已成交订单的差价。这意味着购物时更需谨慎，别指望“事后降价”或“政策退款”，价格锁定就是锁定，买定离手，风险自担。

Nintendo urged a court to dismiss a lawsuit demanding that it pass tariff refunds on to customers, saying that people who bought a Switch console or other products have no legal right to refunds that Nintendo is due to receive from the government. Nintendo said in a motion to dismiss yesterday that plaintiffs are "ask[ing] this Court to invent a legal duty out of whole cloth to retroactively re-price completed sales simply because the legal landscape has changed." Nintendo said the plaintiffs "have no legal entitlement to the tariff refunds Nintendo stands to receive." The lawsuit was filed in April by two customers who seek to represent a class of all US residents who bought Nintendo products from February 2025 to February 2026. California resident Gregory Hoffert and Washington resident Prashant Sharan filed the class action complaint in US District Court for the Western District of Washington, alleging unjust enrichment and a violation of the Washington Consumer Protection Act's prohibition on unfair or deceptive acts.Read full article Comments