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I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me with legal action

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Re: I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me with legal action

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Post by emodendroket »

jakub_g wrote: post #179
firefixfox wrote: post #171

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It seems to me that being an expat in Japan is a win win with no downside, as one can enjoy everything that works within their society while avoiding all the social pressures the Japanese suffer. We are planning a trip soon to investigate our insight.

Haven't been there, but anecdata from my friend who spent 2 years there says yes, but you have to probably work remotely, because Japanese companies are very rigid, hierarchical and conservative - culture clash might be hard and you might be suffocating.

The wages are also very low for computer programming compared to the US, despite a cost of living that is not much lower.

Re: I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me with legal action

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Post by wirelessest »

devin wrote: post #226

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0181-unordered-merchan... Q. Am I obligated to return or pay for merchandise I never ordered? A. No. If you receive merchandise that you didn’t order, you have a legal right to keep it as a free gift.

Not all Americans agree, but your laws only apply to your country.

Re: I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me with legal action

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Post by crottypeter »

jakub_g wrote: post #77
crankylinuxuser wrote: post #44

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This is SOO true. I ordered some circuit boards from Seeedstudio (good and cheap board fab, btw). I paid extra for DHL to get them quicker. I submitted my boards to Seeed (Shenzhen) October 10. On Oct 16, said they were shipped to DHL. Awesome. Told DHL via their webapp and text messaging that "I do not need signature. Drop at doorstep". 10 boards were a whopping $5. Guaranteed delivery by 19'th, cause thats what I p…

I live in France and in the working hours of the delivery guys I'm at work in a different city. I ordered a number of things to my personal address, and the story is typically like: "package delivered" with some strange message from the delivery guy where to find it, or no message at all. Out of the last 3 things I ordered, 2 didn't get to me (I made a claim on Amazon and they reimbursed me, no questions asked - at l…

Is it not possible to have stuff shipped to our workplace address. I've been doing that for years.

Re: I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me with legal action

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Post by emodendroket »

dboreham wrote: post #155
baldfat wrote: post #97

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I live in a 130,000 person city. UPS will not drop packages off to your neighbor period, even though that is an option on the "Sorry we missed you slip." UPS will not drop package without signature. UPS took 2 weeks to deliver my replacement part for my vacuum. When I see the UPS driver I tell him UPS policy sucks and is anti-city and his response was maybe there were too many packages taken. "I've lived here for 10…

Unfortunately package theft is common. Our neighborhood suffered several thefts and eventually the police put fake packages with GPS trackers into the delivery boxes then waited to see where they went. They ended up in the house of the person who delivered the newspaper..

I got dire warnings from my neighbor when I bought my house that package thieves were on the loose (along with warnings about coyotes and heroin addicts). So far the packages have been fine and I haven't seen any coyotes or heroin addicts either, so hopefully my run of good luck continues.

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Post by widforss »

mstade wrote: post #201
gcp wrote: post #106

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Believe me, even if you are home 100% of the time, packages will still not get delivered because "nobody was home". IIRC DHL is especially prone to this. I think the drivers try to catch up time or whatever.

This happens every single time with PostNord, the postal service in Sweden and Denmark. Every, single, time.

Second that.

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Post by wott »

nindalf wrote: post #213
nothrabannosir wrote: post #108

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Amazon lockers are the best thing since sliced bread. They put the ball back in your court to pick it up, when you have time. Removes the stress completely and makes ordering pleasant again. Keep an eye out for them, if you can.

I'm curious, is it uncommon to have packages delivered to the mailroom at your place of work? That's what I've done for the last 4 years and I've never had a problem.

It is not uncommon, but at a mid-sized company it is a bit problematic: when the receptionist has to handle private parcels for a couple of individuals, that is OK; but when there are 100-200 employees and they regularly order non-work related stuff at their company address, it becomes a burden on the receptionist, burden that is not part of what the company pays him for.

So :

* small company where everyone takes care of (his own) deliveries: OK.

* smallish company company where there is a receptionist: OK because it does not happen too often.

* middle-sized company: not OK.

* large company with a dedicated mail/parcel/delivery service: I guess it depends on formal work agreements.

Re: I bought a Switch from Nintendo and they threatened me with legal action

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Post by emodendroket »

ajeet_dhaliwal wrote: post #189
rurban wrote: post #166

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The bigger and more dense the city, the more hostile and private the neighbors. I take packages for all my 10 neighbors, they are happy with it, but we live in a civilised city and all our delivery drivers are extremely competent and nice

Sounds great, I'm not being sarcastic, it really does, I'm somewhat sick of the 'big city' bs.

You ever hear Merle Haggard's "Big City"? It's a classic and the story behind its composition is almost too good to be true. The story goes, he was on tour and his bus driver just lost it at some point and said "I'm tired of this dirty old city! As far as I'm concerned, I'd rather be somewhere in the middle of Montana!" and Merle Haggard was struck with inspiration and wrote the whole song (of which the thing about the dirty old city and Montana is a motif) almost on the spot. Then he supposedly shared the songwriting royalties with the bus driver.

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Post by emodendroket »

DonHopkins wrote: post #186
throwaway613834 wrote: post #76

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Does this usually work with any Twitter account? Even a new one with no followers? Or do you need to have followers or fame or something for the tweet to carry any weight in practice?

There should be a service where you can rent the use of a Russian troll twitter account to make customer service request tweets, taking advantage of its millions of crazy alt-right wing nut job follower parrots who will mindlessly retweet your message and threaten to boycott the company and make death threats and show up with automatic weapons at the offices of the company that didn't give you good customer service.…

Well, if you take out the Russia angle, you can definitely buy followers on Twitter.

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Post by supergirl »

jarym wrote: post #2

How embarrassing (for Nintendo). As soon as someone threatens legal you just have to tell them you'll only be engaging via lawyers and you'll be seeking to recover your legal expenses from them once the situation is resolved.

yeah, I'm sure Nintendo would be scared of losing some pocket change battling one guy and his budget lawyer.

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Post by nradov »

astura wrote: post #66
petercooper wrote: post #27

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I have never, ever dealt with any above mid-sized company that handles customer service and delivery well. I have. Amazon. Over 15 years now and flawless every time.

Amazon support is absolutely terrible . Amazon seller support is even worse. I mean, the worst. Only matched by health insurance companies. The huge problem with Amazon support is everyone I've ever interacted with (besides that one time I got forwarded to a supervisor) either have a fundamental lack an understanding of the English language or lack reading comprehension (or listening if phone support). They also won'…

I really don't understand why individual people try to sell small items through Amazon or eBay anymore. The chance of getting cheated is just so high that unless you're a high-volume seller making a business out of it the risk/reward ratio just doesn't make sense. Better to sell for cash on Craigslist or Nextdoor (with the transaction done in the police station parking lot for safety).
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