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Isn't customary in the US to publish the prices before taxes and then ar last moment add all the local and state taxes?
its the greatest witch hunt, its election interferance, its terrorism, its weaponizing yada yada yada...........
Trump: “We’re increasing foreign prices because we want consumers to prefer buying American.”
Retailers: “These foreign goods are more expensive than American-made ones.”
Trump: “How dare you tell them that!”
"free speech"
Never ever take fascists at their word, they're all bullshitting you always.
Amazon had already listed import and duty fee way before this. These fees are just now a lot larger and more "visible".
Tarrifs = Tax
The tax is paid by local business and then passed onto consumers in higher cost of goods.
FYI, generally when you buy items on Amazon and the goods are not locally stocked in Amazon's warehouse for same day delivery, Amazon acts like a broker for you helping facilitate the import of goods. The import fee is then passed onto you as the "importer" directly. Things that Amazon stocks locally but imported themselves will just increase in price and a label may not show the import fee paid for by amazon at the time they imported the product or item.
I was wondering when retailers would do this. American retailers do this with all other large taxes and fees. Why would this be any different?
While it sounds like Amazon already capitulated, I'm guessing they'll switch gears when their customers start complaining about the rise in prices.
The truth is usually hostile to this administration.
As a European, I must thank the US for making my pet products cheaper. Way cheaper. Way cheaper than I could ever expect.
I just wish I could buy these products, these same products, without ruining the world and my morality as well.
But what am I talking about… my cats deserve litter robots at 90 % discount. (Edit: obviously sarcasm)
I would call this move by Amazon honest.
Nah, it's pragmatic. This way Amazon can go, 'see we didn't raise OUR prices, the extra cost is from the tarrifs'.
If they wanted to be honest they would also mention that Bezos and Amazon donated millions (that we know of) to Trump's campaign AND inauguration fund, and Trump is why we have the tariffs in the first place.
If you literally GIVE someone a gun, and bullets, knowing full well that they aren't mentally stable, and they kill someone, you ARE responsible. At the very least, an accessory. In this case, co-conspirator is the more appropriate term.
I thought the same but apparently Amazon back-tracked like the wimps they are. It would have been the right thing to do but the fact they gave up on it makes a lot more sense.
Amazon .com denied a report on Tuesday that it planned to disclose the cost that U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump were adding to its products, after the White House blasted the initial story.
Fucking pussy.
You see Jeff, once you start groveling to the autocrat you are not allowed to stop.
"but all I wanted was an even more negative tax rate and to be able to fire workers for getting hurt on the job! I didn't want the dictator to threaten me with the window treatment"
Bezos is a sniveling coward.
Maybe this will show him that you can't buy Trumps loyalty because he has no loyalty. However, I have my doubts that even Trump going from going from "My good buddy Bezos" to "Amazon is the enemy" in the course of a day will be enough of a object lesson for Bozos.
The dude looks like he keeps a half billion in cash on him at all times to try and buy his way out of the angry mob(s) that will eventually come for him... Because he's that much of a doucher.
What's really insane is that even with all his money, the best he can do for a wife is some kind of plastic surgery experiment that looks like it came out of the Tool Prison Sex music video.
Just so afraid of losing a small amount of the fortune he can't spend in his lifetime, that he's given up the true power that comes with that type of wealth. The power to help
Hey, talk for yourself, there are a lot of us who would love to be married to anything from a Tool video, and we don't like being insulted
MAGAts are the ones that are hostile to our pocketbooks.
It seems he's amping up his language. I think he recently said a former associate was guilty of treason.
Scary how that’s plausible, drowned out in the noise, and totally accepted as normal (or even cheered) by the public.
Wonder if Bezos will ask for his money back
I’m sure there is a newer version available; probably an Amazon off-brand even.
"How dare you offer clarity about what we've done!"
Yes, keep making enemies of the billionaires that got this administration into office and spent millions of dollars to do so. I'd very much love that for you.
The billionaires have thus far been too cheap to amass private armies to directly enforce their own will. Why, when you can lobby Congress for the price of a used Hyundai Sonata to get the Army to do what you want?
The government holds the power of violence and Trump holds the power of the government. The billionaires will be reminded of that if they get out of line. Coincidentally, this is the arrangement of modern Russia.
they have been too cheap thus far.
I'm pretty sure that Bezos had enough money to bribe moderate chunks of the army.
Good thing this isn't a country that came about because a bunch of rich white dudes got tired of being taxed and started a revolution.
That's possibly reframing "no taxation without representation" a bit but I don't entirely disagree with the sentiment.
That’ll get the people grumbling.
Walmart should also do this.
Grocery stores too.
would be a great add-on for firefox, though
Incredibly hard to source that data from the outside. Even if you can identify the suppliers, different parts of an assembly may be classified differently, even between different importers who may have partial exemptions.
Try realistic