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No, those questions are answered at point of sale in the US like when you click a Checkout button or you're at the cash register. Prices changing after a preor

No, those questions are answered at point of sale in the US like when you click a Checkout button or you're at the cash register. Prices changing after a preorder is completely different and not anything US specific.

nottorp 2y ago
Well in europe letting me know what the real price is only at the cash register and not when I check out the product in the store is as unusual as your problem with import duties :) I think it may even be illegal for consumer prices. What they display or list in the contract is what you pay. But on the other hand I'm used to paying import taxes separately when ordering something from outside the EU.
- hombre_fatal 2y ago
  Yes, Americans don't know the exact price of the products in their cart between the 10min they put the items in their cart and when they check out. They know it will be a little more and they mentally budget for it. But that doesn't have much to do with a price increasing weeks or months after paying for a preorder.
  - nottorp 2y ago
    So you can mentally separate the price the vendor charges from taxes imposed by the state when you pick up in the store but not when ordering internationally?
    - vel0city 2y ago
      Not with an administration levying 250% tariffs one day and cancelling them a few hours later. Tax policies change from the Truth Social post to the press conference.
    - Uvix 2y ago
      It’s not an international purchase, though. Core Devices is a US company.
      - nottorp 2y ago
        American components, russian components, all are made in Taiwan...
      - swiftcoder 2y ago
        Pretty much all tech purchases are implicitly international. During the last Trump administration we were madly spinning up additional manufacturing capacity in Vietnam, because the full tariffs on China, had they come into effect, would have doubled the retail price of an Oculus headset (which is a US corporation, just as in this scenario)

nottorp 2y ago

Well in europe letting me know what the real price is only at the cash register and not when I check out the product in the store is as unusual as your problem with import duties :) I think it may even be illegal for consumer prices. What they display or list in the contract is what you pay. But on the other hand I'm used to paying import taxes separately when ordering something from outside the EU.

hombre_fatal 2y ago
Yes, Americans don't know the exact price of the products in their cart between the 10min they put the items in their cart and when they check out. They know it will be a little more and they mentally budget for it. But that doesn't have much to do with a price increasing weeks or months after paying for a preorder.
- nottorp 2y ago
  So you can mentally separate the price the vendor charges from taxes imposed by the state when you pick up in the store but not when ordering internationally?
  - vel0city 2y ago
    Not with an administration levying 250% tariffs one day and cancelling them a few hours later. Tax policies change from the Truth Social post to the press conference.
  - Uvix 2y ago
    It’s not an international purchase, though. Core Devices is a US company.
    - nottorp 2y ago
      American components, russian components, all are made in Taiwan...
    - swiftcoder 2y ago
      Pretty much all tech purchases are implicitly international. During the last Trump administration we were madly spinning up additional manufacturing capacity in Vietnam, because the full tariffs on China, had they come into effect, would have doubled the retail price of an Oculus headset (which is a US corporation, just as in this scenario)