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Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by sebstefan »

glimshe wrote: post #73
sebstefan wrote: post #58

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A trade deficit is not inherently unhealthy Then even without that, your 6 biggest companies are Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta. Then the seventh is private equity. Then it's back to Alphabet again, and Broadcom. The trade deficit calculation excludes services, including but not limited to: software So even with countries where you supposedly have trade deficits you're not even sure that you really…

I don't think our middle class can survive if all we make is software. Europe and others maintained its industrial base through heavy protectionism and tax manipulation. We can do that too. Feel free to use the tariff information differently or not at all. I also want to buy more American products and this information may help with that too. Even if they are more expensive and their quality is inferior. You can choos…

That's not what you said

You said: "This will help me select products from nations that have a healthier and more sustainable commercial relationship with the US."

It's not going to help you with that

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by Upvoter33 »

unwind wrote: post #48
maxvisser wrote: post #38

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Some Amazon programmer tomorrow priceIncrease := (newPrice - oldPrice) / oldPrice var trump_tariff bool if priceIncrease > 1.0 { trump_tariff = true }

Please don't use if:s to assign boolean literals, just do it: const trump_tariff = priceIncrease > 1.0 also saves you from not initializing the variable in the default/other case. :)

This was just someone showing you what the "Amazon programmer" was doing, and hence a deep cut reference to the likelihood of it being poor quality code :)

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by Someone »

unwind wrote: post #48
maxvisser wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some Amazon programmer tomorrow priceIncrease := (newPrice - oldPrice) / oldPrice var trump_tariff bool if priceIncrease > 1.0 { trump_tariff = true }

Please don't use if:s to assign boolean literals, just do it: const trump_tariff = priceIncrease > 1.0 also saves you from not initializing the variable in the default/other case. :)

In the original code, trump_tariff is a sticky value. If that’s intended/not intended, the above introduces/fixes a bug.

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by scotty79 »

jl6 wrote: post #4

Presumably they can determine this for items directly imported, but for all other cases (such as a made-in-the-USA product that is built using made-in-China tools, or from made-in-China components), surely the cost impact on the final product could be extremely complex to work out, if they even have access to that level of supply chain detail?

They can put up "up to x" for products which provenience in not known. And if you want to bring it down you need to present 3rd party audit result about how much of your price comes from US.

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by throwaway519 »

unwind wrote: post #48
maxvisser wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some Amazon programmer tomorrow priceIncrease := (newPrice - oldPrice) / oldPrice var trump_tariff bool if priceIncrease > 1.0 { trump_tariff = true }

Please don't use if:s to assign boolean literals, just do it: const trump_tariff = priceIncrease > 1.0 also saves you from not initializing the variable in the default/other case. :)

    const
I feel you may underestimate how often they change.

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by paulcole »

jll29 wrote: post #95

I hope amazon.com will call them "Trump tariffs" to make sure who is to blame.

You can blame Trump but in the US, we’re all to blame here. Blaming somebody who’s not me just make it easier to feel good about myself and like I’m less of the problem.

I mean call them the Democrats tariffs. 2024 was a gift-wrapped election victory and the Democrats (shockingly) bungled it in staggeringly impressive fashion.

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by djoldman »

It would be amazing if there was regulation requiring the display of a "total tariff" line item to every product and service offered or listed for sale. Perhaps subject to a minimum total price, so that buying an apple didn't require such a burden on retailers.

The idea being that folks would pay attention to this stuff. There are a zillion tariffs affecting prices and they just sit there for decades.

Re: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

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Post by grokkedit »

unwind wrote: post #48
maxvisser wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some Amazon programmer tomorrow priceIncrease := (newPrice - oldPrice) / oldPrice var trump_tariff bool if priceIncrease > 1.0 { trump_tariff = true }

Please don't use if:s to assign boolean literals, just do it: const trump_tariff = priceIncrease > 1.0 also saves you from not initializing the variable in the default/other case. :)

not to mention the mix of snake_case & camelCase
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