RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 9 days agoTemu and Shein will raise prices for US customers due to Trump's tariffsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down13
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-linkTemu and Shein will raise prices for US customers due to Trump's tariffsapnews.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareEatspancakes84@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoTariffs are at 245 percent. I doubt they can do much in terms of adding their own surcharges.
minus-squareExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 days agoBut when trump next folds like the wet blanket he is and arbitrarily drops it back to 145% next week, they can “lower” their prices to be 185% above the baseline and pocket the difference with fewer people noticing.
minus-squareMarafon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoJust wait until the tarrifs are eleventy-billion percent!
Tariffs are at 245 percent. I doubt they can do much in terms of adding their own surcharges.
But when trump next folds like the wet blanket he is and arbitrarily drops it back to 145% next week, they can “lower” their prices to be 185% above the baseline and pocket the difference with fewer people noticing.
Just wait until the tarrifs are eleventy-billion percent!