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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sstronaut

Absolutely, corporate take advantage in all ways that they can get away with it.

And to them, you might not be buying that battery, but the replacement for them to restock that battery, which they don't know if there will or won't be tariffs, so they had it on just in case so it comes out of your pocket and not there.

So if there are tariffs, they break even.

If there isn't tariffs, then they make a bigger profit margin.

Either way, they don't lose.