Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Curious. How much can a retailer say is a tariff versus how much they are tacking on for themselves? Like shipping sometimes.
Some retailers grind the shipping costs into the price and some charge extra for shipping. If Amazon wants to indicate what is added on for the tariff that is good for the consumers to understand.
Anonymous wrote:This is a breaking story. The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
“This is hostile and political act by Amazon,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing.
As an aside, I was recently adding groceries to my Wegmans app list and a notice popped up on the app after I added one item telling me that it will cost 10% more due to tariffs. This is a great idea and all retail companies should follow suit so that consumers can know what the real impact of the tariffs is.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/white-house-blasts-amazon-over-tariff-cost-report-hostile-and-political-act.html
Anonymous wrote:I came across a video on TikTok last night of a small body shop owner with tears in his eyes.
"President Trump said the other countries would pay the tariffs, but guys, I...I...it's not how it's working out. It's not, and I don't know what to do." Basically, several cars he's repairing have incoming parts that now have tariffs attached to them. He must eat the cost of these tariffs because the jobs are insurance repairs and he's already been paid by the insurance companies.
"I'm losing money. It's going to cost me to repair these vehicles. How am I going to survive? I can't survive paying to fix other people's cars."
I did feel bad for him because he 100% believed Trump that others would pay those tariffs. He claims to understand how import fees work but kept saying over and over "Trump said they'd pay not us" "Trump said" "Trump said".
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Amazon is encouraging people to spend more now before prices assumedly jump. It's good for their business. They are acting on their own self interest, not yours.
No doubt. displaying the tariff cost might be good for their business.
Anonymous wrote:Amazon is encouraging people to spend more now before prices assumedly jump. It's good for their business. They are acting on their own self interest, not yours.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Amazon has already capitulated.
Link?
Anonymous wrote:Was it even real news? The only source is punchbowl.news, a politics website that can’t even keep the site up.
Anonymous wrote:Amazon has already capitulated.
Anonymous wrote:Amazon has already capitulated.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Curious. How much can a retailer say is a tariff versus how much they are tacking on for themselves? Like shipping sometimes.
Some retailers grind the shipping costs into the price and some charge extra for shipping. If Amazon wants to indicate what is added on for the tariff that is good for the consumers to understand.