Tariff BS costing us money.

I bought a new car battery this week. I bought the same exact battery back in December. The new battery this week was $74 more than the one I bought just a few months ago. When I asked the guy at the parts store why the price went up so much he told me it was because of the tariffs. When I pointed out that the battery had a 1/25 sticker on it, well before tariffs were implemented he had nothing to say other than the computer tells the price. Do you think corporate America is taking advantage of the tariff issue?

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MarbleMarvel

Anyone who can capitalize this mess, will. The company I work for raised prices and is about to sell out because of conflicts in getting supplies. Meanwhile I don't see them building factories in the US to make these supplies.

I keep waiting for these changes to make sense and help people like we are being told is the point... But I think we're just screwed.

Sevendays · M

@MarbleMarvel agreed

NerdyPotato · M

@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.

MarbleMarvel

@NerdyPotato it's all lies and games