Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

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• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not only will there by dramatic inflation, but capitalism will use every manufactured to crisis price gouge the fuck out of everyone, for everyone.

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  • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Been a very noticeable trend since COVID. Oh the supply, oh the inflation, oh the tariffs …

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    capitalism will use every manufactured crisis to price gouge the fuck out of everyone

    The situation here is that the government is imposing a tax and that it’s getting passed on to consumers. I’m not sure why you’re complaining about “capitalism”. If Acer were part of the government, they’d be charging more too.

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    • bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s similar to how “Covid caused us to raise prices!” Sure, initially it would have, but then they saw that watermark and kept bumping it higher, all the while blaming supply chains.

      Fast forward to now: Covid is “over,” yet somehow all my groceries still cost much more.

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• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Duplicate of feddit.nl/post/28948680

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• InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The only saving grace is how good our second hand market is. We Americans are quite spoiled by it. Tho I expect the price increase to follow there too.

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