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Oh, I'm not saying Amazon is a paragon of virtue...although

Posted on: April 29, 2025 at 11:21:40 CT

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it was quite humorous they were considering transparency in this case. What's likely here is that the tariffs amount would have displayed Amazon's markup, so they scrapped the idea.

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Amazon declared war on Trump lol - Bosalphus KC - 4/29 11:05:12

can't have folks figuring out how tariffs work (nm) - Seagull MU - 4/29 11:41:59

tariffs aren't a new thing though - Bosalphus KC - 4/29 12:44:46

the significant increase in prices is, though - Seagull MU - 4/29 15:31:03

Don't worry, that's not going to happen. If folks figured - MU Diaspora MU

- 4/29 11:45:37

Tariffs are a tax. Amazon already displays taxes when - TigerMatt STL - 4/29 11:35:50

TEMU--$1.00 for a piece of sh*t, $5.00 in tariffs. (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU

- 4/29 11:40:48

They've never had a separate line for tariffs (nm) - Bosalphus KC - 4/29 11:37:26

So far nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:40:12

Why are you watching a soap opera? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/29 11:34:30

Amazon being transparent...Trump can't handle it nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:16:01

When Mr. Trump said Amazon had a real antitrust - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 4/29 11:22:24

They didn't have a line item for 9% inflation - Bosalphus KC - 4/29 11:21:33

Well, inflation is an average of the increase in price level - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:24:14

Why haven't they wanted to display the tariff cost - Bosalphus KC - 4/29 11:33:02

because existing Tariffs were in the price already, and - tman MU - 4/29 14:07:06

No one has to my knowledge, but now would be a good time to - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:39:47

Especially since.. - sks MU - 4/29 12:06:36

of course you would post that - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/29 12:09:09

they weren't this transparent when inflation was afffecting - CulturedDan MU

- 4/29 11:19:25

Oh, I'm not saying Amazon is a paragon of virtue...although - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:21:40

Yes, price increases are typically how price - Bosalphus KC - 4/29 11:28:25

more of the same - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/29 11:24:19

it played out just the opposite - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/29 11:17:10

Hardly surprising Amazon decided to not be transparent nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:19:06

Hardly surprising you jumped offside - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/29 11:19:49

Hardly surprising you can't see that both Trump - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:26:26

oh now you've meat'd it - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/29 11:27:17

I just thought that transparency would have been refreshing - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:32:28

Were Biden's tariffs zero on China before Trump? (nm) - Bosalphus KC - 4/29 11:33:38

What does Biden have to do with Amazon? Nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:40:57

I'm just wondering why Amazon didn't have a line - Bosalphus KC - 4/29 12:44:25

Nothing and same with Trump. - GODZILLA MU - 4/29 11:42:19

Then why would Trump argue against what a private business - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:44:10

and yet that private business immediately pulled back - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/29 12:09:47

no you didn't - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/29 11:33:05

No, actually, that line item would be awesome on all - SparkyStalcup MU - 4/29 11:42:40

sure and you only now found it - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/29 11:56:59

Left Borg reflex - Wildcat KSU - 4/29 11:21:20

What would you call it.........nm - tigertix MU - 4/29 11:10:55

and already backed down - FootballRefugee MU

- 4/29 11:10:05

just a rumor...90Tiger(nm) - meatiger MU - 4/29 11:07:42

? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 4/29 11:35:42

The other side did something bad too...meat(nm) - GODZILLA MU - 4/29 11:09:02

LOL(nm) - Wildcat KSU - 4/29 11:21:41