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Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by Der_Einzige »

I hate the cheeto in chief, but I also really hate low quality Chinese shit. I'd love to see Timu and the myraid amounts of trash that Amazon sells finally die.

That said, China makes a lot of good quality things too and a whole lot of things that we have no hope of being competitive in producing.

Also, it's not like anything we bring back to the USA under the circumstances is going to be higher quality.

I was already buying a lot of clothes from brands that pride themselves on trying hard to do Made in America, like Schott Nyc. It'll be interesting to see how this impacts them or brands like Thursday.

I really want the impact of this to be to force Americans to buy fewer, higher quality things instead of bloat loads of cheap shit. I don't think that this will be the impact of the policy, unfortunately...

Also, given that Cheeto promised no more IRS, I shouldn't have to pay federal income taxes this year. Don't tread on me zion don.

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by Etheryte »

The Red Coalition ad under the article hits a very ironic note:

> You voted for American energy dominance—and the Trump Administration is delivering. From solar to oil & gas, they’re unleashing it all. More energy. More jobs. Higher wages. America is booming—because when we lead, we win.

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by Clubber »

robalpha wrote: post #7

Wouldn't this reveal their margins? If you see the tariff amount, you can then find the appropriate line in the policy and then calculate how much they paid for it at import.

Yes, good point. I suspect the numbers won't be precise. The objective is to qualify raising prices, not necessarily their own transparency. Of course this is signaling that Amazon is choosing to distribute the costs to customers rather than absorbing them in any way, so take that for what it is.

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Post by hypeatei »

I'm surprised they're able to calculate all of this properly in the first place. The U.S. doesn't have government personnel at the ports so the importer self reports. There isn't a central system to administer these tariffs either so during chaotic moments, you go based off the tweet of the hour I guess.

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by Loughla »

Etheryte wrote: post #13

The Red Coalition ad under the article hits a very ironic note: > You voted for American energy dominance—and the Trump Administration is delivering. From solar to oil & gas, they’re unleashing it all. More energy. More jobs. Higher wages. America is booming—because when we lead, we win.

Are we booming?
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