@butterflybaby75 I did question him but then he switched his answer to saying he just charges what comes up on the computer. I needed the battery then.

@Sevendays Ok. guess most shop people won't be in a position to query pricing policies.

@NerdyPotato do you mean to keep the rich white men in power?

@Sevendays yep, being rich isn't an advantage if everyone else is too. The goal of capitalism is to create distance between the "successful" and the rest, and keeping it that way. That's why it not only includes mechanism to make the rich richer, but also to make the poor poorer.

@Sevendays
Oh it can get even worse, how about record profits when so many are struggling, AND tax dollars are subsidizing the company money to (in theory) keep their prices low, while they're making those records profits.

Welcome to the US gas/oil business.


Normally you only subsidize companies that are struggling or new areas that you want to grow (like in theory they tried with electric cars).

But, the US taxes are subsidizing both US has/oil that are making record profits too.

Also, I believe the US college and universities as well, now not all of them are making great profits, but a lot of the most famous ones are making records profits and the US government is helping to subsidize their customers, er, I mean their students.

So not only are they making record profits while charging more, but they're also getting tax dollars to help while doing it, so the American tax paying citizens are paying twice.

@MarbleMarvel agreed

@MarbleMarvel it would take years to move production to the USA, and markets don't like uncertainty so lowering and reinstating the tariffs weekly doesn't help either.

@NerdyPotato it's all lies and games

@Teslin 'hopefully' carries a great deal of weight in this sentence.

@carpediem think positive

@nudistsueaz I am a positive person but not in the same way as I have seen others be positive. Example....typical leftist positivity "I am POSITIVE the world will end and democracy destroyed forever under Trump". Of course, they've been wrong about everything LOL

@carpediem They certainly have been wrong. We are so glad someone stopped the invasion.

@nudistsueaz I didn't realize paying higher prices is funny ?

@MasterLee you’re skeptical? Haha, that’s hilarious

@MasterLee I think your skepticism stems from your thought that I am anti-tariff, which I’m not. I am, however, against corporations taking advantage of consumers especially when the product was made in the USA with materials sourced on the USA.

@ron122 adding a second battery to a pickup

@Like2play can you explain what you just said?

@Baremine they mine lead in the USA

@Sevendays where?. They closed all the ones in Missouri for environmental concerns.

@Baremine

@Fukfacewillie but was delivered to the store in January of 2025, before the tariffs.

@Sevendays There is a lot out there about the rising cost of car batteries. I’m guessing the dude who sold it to you wasn’t aware.

@Fukfacewillie you’re probably right

@graphite Exactly

@JackHoff no. I added a second battery.

@Sevendays but are the resources mined in the USA as well? If those are imported, the manufacturer still has to pay tariffs.

@NerdyPotato I’ll look that up.

@Sevendays Interesting ... products made in the US will see elbow room for a price increase if their foreign competition raises their prices :)

In a previous life I spent a few years working back room for a fairly large electronics distributor and retailer, also for a few years for an IBM value added dealer. I think I'm starting t see familiar patterns with this tariff thing :)