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[Mafro]

Wow how petty can Nintendo get.....

Read the OP.

 

[DrROBschiz]

Clearly the the OP

- Knew it wasnt from a retailer

- Knew that he was leaking something he shouldnt even have had

BUt thats what GAF does man! well.... not buying stolen goods though..


That said we dont have proof one way or the other of the circumstances but damn if it isnt heavily implied

 

[oti]

gaf loves drama, this thread might compete with the PewDiePie one.

There is no reason for drama here. There is one right opinion and that's the law. There's nothing to agree or disagree here.

 

[Joey Ravn]

Wow how petty can Nintendo get.....

8 pages in, people still don't read the OP.

 

[Zalman]

This thread is embarrassing.

 

[hiphoptherobot]

What do you gain? Sympathy. And knowing how generous GAF can be, sympathy could earn you monetary donations towards a replacement system since you were allegedly taken advantage of and took the high road. Even throwing in the "don't be mad at Nintendo guys".

You could very well be telling the truth, but you have to understand some of us may be skeptical.

Last post on this subject , I will not accept any money from gaf or anyone else for a replacement system even if offered.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Stolen shipments?

We dont have proof of anything outside of a single switch unit was somehow acquired early

The point is that you can trace a device back to where it was shipped to, using the serial number

 

[chrisPjelly]

Shame, but honestly, that isn't as bad as a lawsuit. Maybe they could mail it back to him a week after launch idk

 

[Fireblend]

Sooo they had his address?

His video showed a list of WiFi SSIDs. You'd be surprised at how easy it is to pinpoint an address with that.

 

[RedRum]

if he had bought the system from best buy legally and legitimately got it early he would not have had to return it

see: every other time someone got something early from a retailer. like the PS4 Slim most recently.

This is up to Nintendo. The rules aren't the same for everyone. Legally, Nintendo is WELL within their right. Posting a video about it's features early will also make you a pretty good target for them wanting it back as well.

 

[Rellik]

Wow how petty can Nintendo get.....

Petty for retrieving stolen goods?

 

[Manzanas]

First responses in this thread are certainly interesting.

Not even first responses. Every single page.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Wow how petty can Nintendo get.....

Like I said...ahh just forget it 😂

 

[Darkman M]

Such a shame that a company should let stolen goods be out like this...

Yeah one Switch, one random guy on the net has wow the horror.....

 

[Ratros]

I am still wondering how did Nintendo manage to find out the exact location of this Switch unit...

 

[DrROBschiz]

Hahahahahaa....holy shit lol. Didn't know that was there, I only read the quoted texts.
He's like "hiphoptherobot doesn't want Nintendo to get bad press, but this is important, so imma letting you guys know!!!!!"



Not according to hiphoptherobot. He said more are out there.

oh shit

Im behind on the lore


Sooo uhh h did OP pay full price?

I would let him off the hook (even though he probably knew the whole thing was shady in teh back of his mind) if he dished out the cash like a proper consumer

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I am more worried about him still getting his pre-order. Hopefully this didn't mess anything up and he still gets his Switch.

Good thing is with the portability, you could easily play it in the slammer.

 

[ToysAndMoreClub]

We should at least be gracious that we got a glimpse of the UI for Switch. It's already the 18th and it seems less and less likely that Nintendo will do any sort of Direct.

 

[Cob32]

Do we have the details on how it was returned to Nintendo. Did someone come to the guys address?

 

[Plum]

I kind of want to know how a nintendo switch even gets stolen in the first place

A comedic routine wherein the thief confuses someone by rapidly trading all the console's different parts until they have the entire thing.

 

[Diprosalic]

His video showed a list of WiFi SSIDs. You'd be surprised at how easy it is to pinpoint an address with that.

No need to get this complicated if its muuuch much easier than that.

 

[gogogow]

Sooo they had his address? How do we it was really nintendo who contacted him?

Eh....he uploaded to a streaming website and posts here. The authority can easily track his IP address.

 

[Rellik]

His video showed a list of WiFi SSIDs. You'd be surprised at how easy it is to pinpoint an address with that.

They only had to Google his username.

 

[Oersted]

Even if you didn't know?

Friend of mine got in trouble because she bought a stolen bike at a fleamarket

 

[Curler]

Yeah one Switch, one random guy on the net has wow the horror.....

I guess you don't understand how businesses work. It's apparently not just "one guy" either, anymore.

EDIT: Companies can't just make "exceptions" for these things.

 

[Glass Shark]

FUCK ME IGNORE MY POSTS

 

[Nanashrew]

For anyone who can't even read the OP or completely unwilling too because LOTS OF WORDS ARE SCARY.

The Switch was stolen and exchanged hands. HipHop didn't know it was stolen. Nintendo contacted him and he found it was a stolen product of theirs and he willingly gave it back because he didn't feel comfortable owning a stolen system.

It's right in the OP

 

[Boke1879]

Clearly the the OP

- Knew it wasnt from a retailer

- Knew that he was leaking something he shouldnt even have had

BUt thats what GAF does man! well.... not buying stolen goods though..


That said we dont have proof one way or the other of the circumstances but damn if it isnt heavily implied

The fact that he was never clear where it came from to me implied shady shit.

I kinda feel bad that OP is out of the money though.

 

[Draper]

Is this what Thor 2 is like?

I haven't seen it.

 

[jax]

CND stay winning.

That was me reading the thread title and jumping to conclusions to confirm my bias against Nintendo.

Ftfy

Really sad this thread was made when he said not to . OP should get demoted to junior for this shit

 

[CambriaRising]

Fuck that shit. They would have had to take my ass to court to pry something I paid for from me. I wouldn't hand anything over until a judge told me to. Petty ass company.

 

[WordAssassin]

Yeah one Switch, one random guy on the net has wow the horror.....

He was not the only one and it's fucking ridiculous to think any company wouldn't want stolen goods, let alone a highly sought after product that hasn't even been released yet, to be returned.

 

[Sesuadra]

Do we have the details on how it was returned to Nintendo. Did someone come to the guys address?

he shipped it.

 

[Sora the Cat]

"This has to be known"

ffs the cringe

 

[Curler]

Fuck Nintendo. This is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard of. I am never buying another one of their products again and I'm selling the ones I have.

This post

 

[Matt]

This is up to Nintendo. The rules aren't the same for everyone. Legally, Nintendo is WELL within their right. Posting a video about it's features early will also make you a pretty good target for them wanting it back as well.

No he wouldn't. If he legally bought it from Beat Buy (using their point of sale system and all that), the only issue would be Nintendo being pissed at BB for breaking street date. He wouldn't have done anything legally questionable at all.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Fuck Nintendo. This is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard of. I am never buying another one of their products again and I'm selling the ones I have.

....I think this is sarcasm

 

[Manzanas]

Fuck Nintendo. This is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard of. I am never buying another one of their products again and I'm selling the ones I have.

Lol

 

[kitchenmotors]

Fuck Nintendo. This is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard of. I am never buying another one of their products again and I'm selling the ones I have.

/s

you forgot the /s

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Fuck Nintendo. This is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard of. I am never buying another one of their products again and I'm selling the ones I have.

You have to make it more believable than that to get many quotes.

 

[Plum]

Fuck that shit. They would have had to take my ass to court to pry something I paid for from me. I wouldn't hand anything over until a judge told me to. Petty ass company.

You know that would probably end up with you in jail, right?

 

[Darkman M]

I guess you don't understand how businesses work. It's apparently not just "one guy" either, anymore.

EDIT: Companies can't just make "exceptions" for these things.

Yeah you got me, this is the only piece of hardware that's ever been out in the wild 2 weeks early.

 

[Ninja Dom]

I suppose people see it from a different viewpoint than myself, I'll ask a mod to lock this thread at their discretion.

Totally. It's exactly why I'm buying a Switch at launch, because I absolutely hate Nintendo.

Just re-edit your OP with the Update as the first line.

 

[VegaShinra]

Fuck that shit. They would have had to take my ass to court to pry something I paid for from me. I wouldn't hand anything over until a judge told me to. Petty ass company.

You bought from a person who stole it. They have the right to the item. Not you or the thief.

 

[phanphare]

This is up to Nintendo. The rules aren't the same for everyone. Legally, Nintendo is WELL within their right. Posting a video about it's features early will also make you a pretty good target for them wanting it back as well.

no it's not. they could go after the retailer that sent it early but if he had done everything kosher and really did accidentally receive the unit early he would be under no obligation to give it to Nintendo.

last post on the matter because this is bordering on "nuh uh", "yeah huh"

search Matt's posts on the matter if you want to know more or do some googling

edit: Matt responded to you himself haha, thanks Matt

 

[TalentAlwaysWins]

CND stay winning.


Ftfy

Oh you're one of those. Okay I know for next time.

 

[FallingSputnik]

Eh....he uploaded to a streaming website and posts here. The authority can easily track his IP address.

Crazy. Besides, if it was stolen, wouldnt it have been stolen from a company that purchased it? I understand them wanting the console to figure where the console was sent, and who stole it, but damn.

 

[Spy]

To be fair to you, I do understand why you thought it deserved a thread. I just think it was a really bad idea and something should have stopped you from doing it in the first place. I'm sorry I called you an idiot.

It's cool. Like I said before, there were no ill intentions other than the fact that I view this as a gaming news website and I felt that this was pretty big news considering everyone has been discussing the leak over the last day or two.

 

[jax]

Fuck Nintendo. This is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard of. I am never buying another one of their products again and I'm selling the ones I have.

Yeah! Fuck them! I'm gonna start a bonfire with all of my Nintendo games! Anyone want to meet up for a game burning with us?

 

[udivision]

Is this what Thor 2 is like?

I haven't seen it.

Thanos'd if you do, Thanos'd if you don't.