Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anything

Post by toasterlovin » Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 2:53 AM UTC

542458 wrote: post #246

toasterlovin wrote: post #229

FWIW, we’ve been affected by the tariffs (10% for now; we import mainly from Vietnam and Thailand at this point). Did our second price increase a few weeks ago. We’ll probably test out how much the market will bear because operating in this market really demands a risk premium. So far it’s not as crazy as the pandemic supply chain crisis, but it’s close. The most insane ending to all of this that I can imagine is tha…

Super minor FYI, but on your website all the images in your portfolio show as broken to me.

Post by bongodongobob » Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 2:57 AM UTC

platevoltage wrote: post #111

haunter wrote: post #97

In the end it's the biggest leopard ate my face moment ever: China has very high growth momentum that surpasses American living standards soon, and not long before it will surpass American security standards too. China's purchasing power is probably more comfortable than most western countries, with extensive housing and high speed rail and electric cars etc. When a country becomes rich, inevitably other countries as…

See this is what I don't understand. Everything you just said about China is a positive. Everything you said about China is achievable in the USA, and we at least HAD a head start on soft-power influence. Instead we should just have tariffs instead of actually making the lives of Americans better while FIGHTING affordable housing, high speed rail, and EVs. We've got an entire team of goons who would rather rack up pe…

Post by bongodongobob » Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 2:58 AM UTC

ronsor wrote: post #41

ashton314 wrote: post #17

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Looks like there's a year at the end; might be to facilitate suckurity requirements such as yearly password rotation.

Some places do 3 months! It's amazing

Post by jandrewrogers » Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 3:01 AM UTC

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #203

imglorp wrote: post #94

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China may elect not to replace the whole shortfall. They may value the message it sends more.

80% of soy is destined for animal feed. While there is undoubtedly some reason why chicken and pigs have historically been fed soy meal ($/kg, nutritional profile, speed of animal growth, etc) -animal feed seems very fungible. If there is a soybean deficit, seems plausible to swap to some other abundant crop.

Post by bobsomers » Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 3:02 AM UTC

monero-xmr wrote: post #204

Refreeze5224 wrote: post #200

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That’s fine if you accept that you can’t force the rich at gunpoint to stay, or seize their wealth upon exit. But if they do choose to leave, or at least stop expanding their businesses, you can’t deny the rational self interest