April 17, 2025Apr 17 1 hour ago, Paul852 said:Dis u screeching last year? Sorry you were suffering.Nice post.In fact I was. It was a sufferable four years. I'm all good now. Thanks for your concern. 🫶
April 17, 2025Apr 17 Just now, lynched1 said:Nice post.In fact I was. It was a sufferable four years. I'm all good now. Thanks for your concern. 🫶I'm sad the economy was causing you to suffer. Glad you recovered.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 2 hours ago, The Norseman said:They ship direct from China to avoid the tarriffs, which is what makes them uber cheap. Now that they can't avoid the tariff anymore, and they tariffs are astronomical, the question is why wouldn't you just buy the same cheap goods from Amazon.Wait, how exactly do you think Amazon gets those cheap goods? You think they're being made here?
April 17, 2025Apr 17 2 hours ago, The Norseman said:The change was that Trump closed the loophole that allowed companies like Temu to avoid tariffs by shipping small value orders direct from China.This affects Amazon too. Any site with third party marketplaces all had goods sourced from China that used this same de minimus exemption.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 2 hours ago, lynched1 said:Xi says the peasants will suffer. I can only assume those screeching are suffering.It'll get better.Vacation was last week.I have toawait a few weeks now. 😒I know what you mean, sloth, toawaiting is the worst
April 17, 2025Apr 17 5 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:Wait, how exactly do you think Amazon gets those cheap goods? You think they're being made here? 1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said:This affects Amazon too. Any site with party marketplaces all had goods sourced from China that used this same de minimus exemption.I thought I was on the same page as him but he has informed me that I, in fact, do not get it.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 1 hour ago, Paul852 said:What? He's referring to the de minimis tariff exemption that existed and was just closed by Trump. All goods under $800 were exempt from tariffs. So Temu sold cheap crap direct from China and it had no tariffs since they shipped one product to a consumer directly. If Amazon is buying in bulk and warehousing in the US, they were already paying tariffs. This is how Temu could undercut pricing. It's also why you started seeing more 3rd party Chinese sellers on Amazon playing the same game.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 Just now, vikas83 said:He's referring to the de minimis tariff exemption that existed and was just closed by Trump. All goods under $800 were exempt from tariffs. So Temu sold cheap crap direct from China and it had no tariffs since they shipped one product to a consumer directly. If Amazon is buying in bulk and warehousing in the US, they were already paying tariffs. This is how Temu could undercut pricing. It's also why you started seeing more 3rd party Chinese sellers on Amazon playing the same game.Sure, but why are we acting like Amazon's prices aren't going to skyrocket for "like products" too?
April 17, 2025Apr 17 2 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:This affects Amazon too. Any site with party marketplaces all had goods sourced from China that used this same de minimus exemption.It worked for the 3rd party sellers on Amazon for sure. If Amazon itself was buying large quantities, then they got hit with tariffs. It's why Amazon moved to so many 3rd party sellers in the marketplace (who were horribly unreliable).
April 17, 2025Apr 17 Just now, Paul852 said:Sure, but why are we acting like Amazon's prices aren't going to skyrocket to "like products" too?Oh, they definitely will
April 17, 2025Apr 17 Just now, vikas83 said:It worked for the 3rd party sellers on Amazon for sure. If Amazon itself was buying large quantities, then they got hit with tariffs. It's why Amazon moved to so many 3rd party sellers in the marketplace (who were horribly unreliable).Yep, that's when their counterfeit problem got really bad. And I think also when Nike stopped allowing Amazon to list their shoes as a first-party sale.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 31 minutes ago, Paul852 said:Sure, but why are we acting like Amazon's prices aren't going to skyrocket for "like products" too?I very clearly said that they would.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 4 minutes ago, The Norseman said:I very clearly said that they would.Ok, so we are on the same page?
April 17, 2025Apr 17 3 minutes ago, Paul852 said:That's not really a surprise.If he actually tries to do it, the markets will implode.
April 17, 2025Apr 17 1 minute ago, vikas83 said:If he actually tries to do it, the markets will implode.So is this the exit ramp?
April 17, 2025Apr 17 3 hours ago, Alpha_TATEr said:a guy i know who flips houses said lumber is up 50% thanks to the tariffs which is getting passed on the eventual buyer.is this the america is getting rich off of the tariffs part that trump was bragging about?Yeah helped my dad build a detached garage last summer. Pretty much every piece of lumber had "Made in Canada" stamped on the side of it. IIRC the shingles were Canadian, too. All of the material we sourced from a local lumber yard that caters to contractors. As if the housing demand wasn't bad, before...
April 17, 2025Apr 17 Author 27 minutes ago, vikas83 said:If he actually tries to do it, the markets will implode.Trump was asked about Powell by a reporter today and Trump answered "if I want him out he'll be out real fast".
April 17, 2025Apr 17 4 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said:I know what you mean, sloth, toawaiting is the worstIt is
April 18, 2025Apr 18 Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would payApr. 16, 2025, 3:12 p.m.Nicholas Gilbert, who tends 1,400 cows at his dairy farm in Potsdam, close to the Canada border, told The Atlantic that a recent order of livestock feed cost him $2,200 extra due to tariffs. The feed came from Ontario, and he mistakenly believed his supplier at the Canadian mill would cover the differencehttps://www.syracuse.com/state/2025/04/upstate-ny-farmer-shocked-by-trump-tariffs-mistakenly-thought-canada-would-pay.html
April 18, 2025Apr 18 2 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:Upstate NY farmer shocked by Trump tariffs, mistakenly thought Canada would payApr. 16, 2025, 3:12 p.m.Nicholas Gilbert, who tends 1,400 cows at his dairy farm in Potsdam, close to the Canada border, told The Atlantic that a recent order of livestock feed cost him $2,200 extra due to tariffs. The feed came from Ontario, and he mistakenly believed his supplier at the Canadian mill would cover the differencehttps://www.syracuse.com/state/2025/04/upstate-ny-farmer-shocked-by-trump-tariffs-mistakenly-thought-canada-would-pay.htmlAn IQ lower than the livestock he's feeding.
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