Comment on Nintendo ‘warned to expect 145% tariff on Nintendo Switch 2’

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• NewNewAccount@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wondering how this is going to play out. A Switch for $600+ is borderline insane.

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  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hopefully gamers get together and protest Trump out of office for artificially bumping up the costs of goods.

    Tarrifs = Tax

    A tax that working people pay, in the country that set the tarriff.

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    • riodoro1@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Out of all the people it’s gamers that will put trump out of office.

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      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Probably gamers put him in office in the first place. Steve Bannon capitalized on Gamergate and started latching on to it to recruit young white male gamers to the far right. Then these GamerGate proponents became manosphere followers.

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      • madjo@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I love your optimism, I wish I could share it.

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      • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ya? While sitting on your ass? Doubt.

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  • mostNONheinous@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    145% of 450 is 652, you add those together and it’s essentially 1100$. And that’s before tax at the register in the US.

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    • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Its insane that a tax is also charged on top of the already applied tariff.

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      • Paradachshund@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Don’t forget to tip the self checkout.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Technically it isn’t.

        The company has a price for the product, importers import the product at that price (sometimes the importer will also be the manufacturer, but that doesn’t actually make a difference as far as the calculation is concerned), then some official shows up and demands an import tariff, the important pays the tariff.

        The shelf price is calculated as the total cost to the importer + a profit margin + sales tax. The tariff just gets lumped into the cost for the importer. Sales tax doesn’t make a distinction about how the price is arrived at.

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  • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol. That 600+ is JUST the extra tax. That’s on top of the base price

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They will just put the games at 100 each, not including DLC

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  • Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t even want to imagine what is going to be the price for it here in Brazil. After the ps4 launched for nearly $2000 I haven’t even looked at any console retail prices here again.

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  • billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah I didn’t wanna pay that for a PS5. And the PS5 GPU alone is likely 5 times more power then what’s rumored to be in the switch 2… no way I’m paying that for a switch.

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  • suite403@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They already crossed the border!

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• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thanks Trump for adding a 145% “tax” on my electronics. How am I supposed to afford anything now!?

  Guess I may as well just go protest instead.

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  • callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks half the voting country too. You got neighbors who asked for this.

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• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wasn’t going to get one even if it was £20, but how? Trump set the tariffs. Obviously it’s going to cost a shitload more if there is a 145% tariff in the US.

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