• @djsaskdja@reddthat.com
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    311 month ago

    Is there any chance that companies are using the tariffs as an excuse to raise prices when they wanted to anyway? Like a lot of these companies have more money than God already. They could eat the extra cost and be fine. Seems like they’re just being greedy to me.

    • @inverted_deflector@startrek.website
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      131 month ago

      Of course some could, but if everyone is impacted then why would they eat the cost? Also they can add a few percentages and blame it on tarrif.

      Like how the messaging from covid immediately shifted once the media started using the “i” word.

      “We understand the blocked canal, shuttered factories, and overall stagnant supply chain is a problem but we will work together in this crisis”

      To

      “Sorry inflation. Record profits? No inflation”

  • @Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca
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    231 month ago

    Oh no the thing they voted for is happening. “Why are the leopards raising the price of my laptop”

  • @rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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    131 month ago

    lol, assholes. Tariffs are paid on wholesale price, but Acer is going to raise the retail price the same percentage?

    • @dan1101@lemm.ee
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      71 month ago

      And this should only apply to things Acer sells directly. If Amazon or Target import Acer products they are the ones that pay the tariff, not Acer.

      • Ulrich
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        51 month ago

        The fact tariffs are doing what tariffs do is not news.