Wow who's shocked? The PlayStations were already being sold for a loss and now the production costs are going up? Who would have thunk that they're going to try to squeeze every penny that they can?
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I don’t plan to ever pay for a game console or game again
Until and unless they face a mass revolt from their customer base - they will continue to introduce more and more anti-consumer practices.
However, given the general apathy regarding Sony’s decision to discontinue physical media - I don’t have much faith in Gamers^TM^ to rally in their own long-term interests.
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They are shareholder friendly. Only consumer friendly if that aligns with shareholder incentives
Has any company given back the tariffs?
It honestly sounds like such a huge hassle to try give that money back. The amount of labor required would be huge, you'd need to check every receipt, probably manually. Make sure all of them are legit, aren't double submitted
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As serious & terrible as it seems: pocketing rebates at the expense of their customers is pretty far down on the list of things they need to worry about.
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