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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by kakarot on Thursday November 09, 2017 @06:37AM (#15661570)
Looks like you got yourself a free Switch. Enjoy it, and if your other Switch is in good condition, offer it to your son or a friend. If Nintendo threatens further legal action, take your lawyer out to dinner and spend the evening laughing over it.
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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by headmelted on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:08AM (#15661721)
I perhaps should have done, instead I took the threat seriously and took the day off work to await the courier (who collected the Switch).

So I'm down another day's income, and honestly starting to feel like a bit of a mug given the responses here.

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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by cultvoid on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:15AM (#15661754)
You're not a mug, you've an honest person treated badly by an incompetent company.

You would be a mug if you dealt with them again ;-)

Don't be surprised if you haven't heard the end of it. They might well lose the item and then attack you again. If that happens, do not waste any more time or money on them.

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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by midnightmonster on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:18AM (#15661775)
I would have notified them, too, and have done similar in the past. Amazon botched initial delivery of a $500 item, then sent a new one, but both eventually arrived. I called back and they thanked me and emailed me a shipping label and instructions that gave me weeks to get it done.
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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by majikandy on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:21AM (#15661796)
Don’t be silly, you are honest and ethical and that counts for a lot more!
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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by sigi45 on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:20AM (#15661781)
In worst case, you are not doing it for nintendo but for yourself.

Anyway i would have told them that i will send the switch back but it is not possible to stay at home.

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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by sigi45 on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:18AM (#15661773)
They send you something by accident? And you are allowed to keep it? Nope thats not how it works.

It doesn't. He is probably even by law obligated to tell.

And yeah there is still something called moral/ethics.

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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by kakarot on Thursday November 09, 2017 @08:00AM (#15661988)
No. They sent the package and then immediately threatened legal action for their mistake. That is a much different situation. If I were OP I would be personally insulted at this point and would make life as difficult as possible for the parties involved. Nintendo should have a better grip on their customer service. They've had over a century to figure it out.
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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by sigi45 on Friday November 10, 2017 @12:55PM (#15671619)
"Nintendo" there are still just people on the other side.

You don't need to become a dick only because someone else is one.

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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by dagw on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:14AM (#15661750)
take your lawyer out to dinner

Do normal people actually have lawyers? That they know well enough to hang out socially with?

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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by headmelted on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:31AM (#15661831)
Honestly I'm now wishing I did have a lawyer, if only to enjoy delicious evening meals with while we laugh at the events of the day.

Don't get me wrong, I like my friends, but none of them are lawyers, nor do they work for me - which I imagine would be swell.

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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by cultvoid on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:50AM (#15661931)
Be careful what you wish for. I have one. Go for dinner with them, they would charge you for the time spent eating the delicious dinner, and afterwards they would write you a letter stating the dinner was delicious. Together with a bill for the letter. Plus a surcharge for providing the "laugh at events of the day" service.
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Re:I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me wi... by kakarot on Thursday November 09, 2017 @08:02AM (#15661997)
Oh no, it's clear which one of us has actual experience with this. :(
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