I figure people here are smart enough to not fall for this, but a company called Njordspil is selling fake NES Classics and just being super weird in general. I definitely recommend not buying anything from them, and to that extent I will not link to their site. They seem to operate/advertise in Nordic countries under this name, but maybe in other countries under other names?
I ended up on the site via a Facebook ad as they were advertising the console for a low price. At a quick glance the site seems legit (weird logo aside), but there are small things that make the entire site seem like a scam.
Let's start with the Finnish site, which states (first in Finnish, then translated to English):
Okay, let's dig deeper. Here's equivalent the text from their Danish site:
Let's check the Swedish branch then:
Now onto the products they're selling. They're listing some controllers as well as the SNES Classic and NES Classic. The SNES Classic is apparently "out of stock". Ok, nothing weird about that, what about the NES Classic? Looks like that one's out of stock too, shame. But what's this, they're advertising a "2018 edition"? What's that about? It has over 600 games? Well now we're getting somewhere. They even have the list of games, here's a short snippet:
Ah yes, Mario 16. Finally I'll get to relive my fond memories of playing that as a kid.
Initially I thought they were selling hacked NES Classics, but that would be a weird business, especially considering the price it's being sold for. So I dug further. Here's a photo of the console they're selling:
Notice the front panel of the console not having the red logo/name and the Mario sprite placed exactly where the Nintendo logo would be on the controller.. They call the console NES Classic Mini or NES Classic Edition, never actually mentioning Nintendo.
I proceeded to dig up their FAQ, which from the Finnish site directed to the Danish site. Not good, but I can find my way around it. And this is where everything becomes clear:
Other gems I found on the FAQ are shipping taking up to 45 days (from Shanghai) customers possibly having to pay taxes on the consoles and dubious stuff about returns:
So basically it seems to be a Chinese company pretending to be a Nordic company selling Chinese counterfeit NES Classics.
TL;DR If you end up on this site, I definitely recommend not buying anything from them. Maybe tell people you know not to buy anything from them either. They seem to be advertising at least on Facebook.
I ended up on the site via a Facebook ad as they were advertising the console for a low price. At a quick glance the site seems legit (weird logo aside), but there are small things that make the entire site seem like a scam.
Let's start with the Finnish site, which states (first in Finnish, then translated to English):
Okay, so they're an official distributor for Nintendo in Finland? I thought that was Bergsala? Let's see what Bergsala has to say:
Well that looks familiar.. the text on Njordspil's site is a direct copy of Bergsala's text.
Okay, let's dig deeper. Here's equivalent the text from their Danish site:
Ok, here they are not claiming to be an official distributor of Nintendo consoles, just an official distributor of... game consoles? What? But ok, now we know they're a subsidiary of the Swedish branch.
Let's check the Swedish branch then:
Again with the "official distributor of game consoles" spiel. But what's this? The Swedish branch is a subsidiary of the Danish one? That's odd...
Now onto the products they're selling. They're listing some controllers as well as the SNES Classic and NES Classic. The SNES Classic is apparently "out of stock". Ok, nothing weird about that, what about the NES Classic? Looks like that one's out of stock too, shame. But what's this, they're advertising a "2018 edition"? What's that about? It has over 600 games? Well now we're getting somewhere. They even have the list of games, here's a short snippet:
Ah yes, Mario 16. Finally I'll get to relive my fond memories of playing that as a kid.
Initially I thought they were selling hacked NES Classics, but that would be a weird business, especially considering the price it's being sold for. So I dug further. Here's a photo of the console they're selling:
Notice the front panel of the console not having the red logo/name and the Mario sprite placed exactly where the Nintendo logo would be on the controller.. They call the console NES Classic Mini or NES Classic Edition, never actually mentioning Nintendo.
I proceeded to dig up their FAQ, which from the Finnish site directed to the Danish site. Not good, but I can find my way around it. And this is where everything becomes clear:
I, uh, appreciate the honesty I guess?
Other gems I found on the FAQ are shipping taking up to 45 days (from Shanghai) customers possibly having to pay taxes on the consoles and dubious stuff about returns:
So basically it seems to be a Chinese company pretending to be a Nordic company selling Chinese counterfeit NES Classics.
TL;DR If you end up on this site, I definitely recommend not buying anything from them. Maybe tell people you know not to buy anything from them either. They seem to be advertising at least on Facebook.
