I don't really have a dog in this fight, but shipping to Canada doesn't cost the same as shipping within the USA.
Yes and no. It costs the same to Nintendo so it shouldn't matter where he ships his item to. However, according to the OP, he cannot sell his items. So he can ship items to other people through Nintendo if he gives them away for free.
Good to hear you got your games back too. It would be interesting to hear how the final call with Nintendo went.
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Club Nintendo & Games Restored
- Thread starter Team Top Hat
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12,000 nintendo club points worth of games is more than a lot. I think somehow broke it down to 200 or so games in whatever amount of time that points don't expire. Now multiply that by the amount of surveys you can do for each game, and finally multiply that by the amount of accounts he has. It would take an insane amount of time to do all those this, and for what? Some free downloadable games and a keychain? He could order dozens of any physical or digital reward they offer. It's more than he, his family, and his friends could ever want. So why is he doing it? The guy is either running a nintendo club points racket, or is a hoarder.
It doesn't matter if he's within the TOS it is completely against the spirit of club nintendo.
StreetsAhead
Member
So, I guess my question will go un-answered, for whatever reason. That's fine.
Congrats on getting your stuff back by the way. Tell your friend you're using their name on an account, too. It's only courtesy.
protomouse
Member
Sweet! Glad it all worked out for you in the end, TTH.
Sylverstone14
Member
Cool beans. Happy gaming!
BibiMaghoo
Member
I'm glad you are in a position to know that. What work do you do for Nintendo?
spindashing
Banned
Pancakes R Us
Member
Hooray for the OP.
Some people will defend just about anything when it comes to Nintendo. What a joke.
Some people will defend just about anything when it comes to Nintendo. What a joke.
Team Top Hat, can you answer the question of whether you got the monthly reward games back or not?
In the other thread you said you had been using the sub-accounts to get them in order to keep your main accounts coin level high. Did they just reinstate the one account or have they reinstated them all? If they just reinstated the one account is it safe to assume the rewards from the other accounts are still gone?
In the other thread you said you had been using the sub-accounts to get them in order to keep your main accounts coin level high. Did they just reinstate the one account or have they reinstated them all? If they just reinstated the one account is it safe to assume the rewards from the other accounts are still gone?
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Good, Nintendo was in the wrong.
They have no right to remove the things you own - that is outright theft.
They have no right to remove the things you own - that is outright theft.
Well, I was a doubter. I thought your story was fishy, even now when thinking about it, something seemed very off about the whole thing and there were inconsistencies, but hey, I'm more than willing to admit I was wrong. Good that you got your games back, though, sorry if my doubt was offensive to you.
There are some people on GAF (not me, but that's besides the point) who buy 200 games for themselves every year. I don't think he's generally doing it for the points. If he enjoys completing the surveys, I don't see the problem. I don't see what a CN racket would even be, but regardless I believe he's coming by the points legitimately, and was giving away rewards more often than he was selling them so I don't see it as an issue (plus plenty of other GAFers including myself have bought/sold CN rewards, especially the recent Gold/Platinum rewards, and nobody ever seemed to have an issue with this).
Nothing that he purchased with his own money was ever removed.
NamikazeBurst
Member
An item shipping to Canada ships from Canada. I get all my Club Nintendo items from Vancouver (I believe). So yes, the only difference would be the cost of shipping with Canada Post versus whatever they use in the US.
Twenty7KVN
Member
It's good that your got your stuff back op. Just don't try to game the system again,or you can bet your ass Nintendo won't be so nice next time.
flatearthpandas
Member
That passive aggressiveness.
Glad you got your games back and that you got unbanned. Some people were a bit out of control in that other thread but "I got banned! Also, I broke several rules in the ToS" is a hard story to sympathize with. I don't think anyone (most people at least) really wanted you banned so much as could understand why you might have been banned and didn't share your indignation.
Nothing personal. Happy it worked out.
Glad you got your games back and that you got unbanned. Some people were a bit out of control in that other thread but "I got banned! Also, I broke several rules in the ToS" is a hard story to sympathize with. I don't think anyone (most people at least) really wanted you banned so much as could understand why you might have been banned and didn't share your indignation.
Nothing personal. Happy it worked out.
Hmm it appears unlike the eShop, Club Nintendo for America is open to USA and Canada. Interesting. The more you know.
freenudemacusers
Member
will the mods do anything to curb these anti-nintendo false flags? where is the respect and honor?
Club Nintendo rewards that ship to Canada are shipped from Canada, Nintendo of Canada is located in Richmond, BC, a suburb of Vancouver. Like NoA being in Redmond, WA, a suburb of Seattle.
CaptainGyro
Banned
I don't think you guys actually know what passive aggressiveness is
A CN racket would hypothetically be something like a guy who once bragged about creating an automated program to get a dozen or so of his coworkers fired because he was bored, that is now amassing an inordinate amount of CN points in a relatively short period of time for rewards that can be redeemed and sold.
flatearthpandas
Member
Avoidance of responsibility. Resentment. Sulkiness. Indirect expression.
FreedomFighter
Member
Glad everything worked out for you Team Top Hat.
You know Reggie and NoA read GAF... perhaps they didn't like you being negative about Virtual Console et al. (although I personally agree with you on most things), so they wanted to teach you a lesson, lol.
You know Reggie and NoA read GAF... perhaps they didn't like you being negative about Virtual Console et al. (although I personally agree with you on most things), so they wanted to teach you a lesson, lol.
I dunno what to tell you. He likes buying the game getting the surveys as I understand it. He ends up with more coins than he knows what to do with, and I think this really has nothing to do with the automated program he discussed, which seems like a more complex thing than just boredom, but again that's neither here nor there. As far as I can tell he rarely sells rewards and just as often gives them away, if not more often.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Is bartering rewards okay?
Yep. The removed games were those given as rewards since they had no way of knowing which were acquired through registering multiple accounts and redeeming the rewards for himself.
People in the past that went through similar situations got their stuff restored, but the accounts are monitored more closely (or so the rep said).
As mentioned in the other thread, OP might need to ship physical rewards to his address instead of others and not redeem digital rewards acquired on alt-accounts...on his personal account.
CaptainGyro
Banned
Ehh I don't see it really except for maybe the avoidance of responsibility part. Sulking in passive aggressiveness is like pouting and giving a silent treatment when asked what's wrong and denying that they are mad. I think the OP made it pretty clear he was angry at the way he was treated by some posters about the whole thing
What indirect expression? Like when they say passive aggressiveness is indirect expression, it means you express anger in an indirect way, Where did the OP do that?
Not to pile on, because I agree with you, but I think any opposing statement that can remotely be construed as argumentative is often mistaken on the internet as being "passive aggressive" simply because the reader infers tone based on the worst possible way something *could* be read. You see this in OT a lot with various "defense forces" as well. (There are a lot of people who are very reasonable, too, and as with any community there are always going to be people who take things in all kinds of different ways.)
I just read my post over, and it was very harsh and yeah, a bit smug. I'm sorry, Team Top Hat. Haven't been feeling the greatest, so I think I took it out on you!
Also, to the person who quoted my avatar, I don't think judging people's biases or potential biases by their avatar is a good or smart thing. Otherwise I'd be labeled an Xbox zealot because I had my Xbox 360 avatar on another forum! It's a pitiful way of dismissing someone's opinion because of the GAF avatar they sport.
bobawesome
Member
Sorry you got your feelings hurt.
Sorry you feel the need to be a jerk hiding behind anonymity to do so.
edit: And not really understanding the feelings hurt part. Maybe you're just trying to egg me on? Well, looking at your post history, I won't be missing much by ignoring you.
flatearthpandas
Member
He's clearly resentful.
Many people (that I know, at least) would consider saying something like "Sorry to disappoint everyone who wanted me banned" as more passive aggressive, opposed to something like "Fuck all the haters, I'm reinstated."
I think that making statements contradictory to behavior, even sarcasm, are often considered signs of passive aggressiveness. It seems the OP's behavior fits there. Because his displeasure is obvious doesn't make it direct.
Sulking was definitely wrong. My bad there.
If not, I don't know what you would call that type of behavior. Not super interested in bumping this thread any more or bringing it off topic but don't mind PMing. The results on Google don't seem very conclusive but I'm working off what I'm seeing at med.nyu.edu right now. Pleased to be corrected and informed by those who are in fact informed.
Or maybe it means all of us who purchase a lot of games do have a hoarding disorder!
