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I still can't find evidence of anyone that has actually paid tariffs - nothing seems to be 3x more expensive compared to before the tariffs supposedly kicked in

I still can't find evidence of anyone that has actually paid tariffs - nothing seems to be 3x more expensive compared to before the tariffs supposedly kicked in.

flowerthoughts 1y ago
Weren't most of them suspended, and the Chinese ones lowered? (I've been away for a while, and I'm not in the US so no "feel" for it.)
ViewTrick1002 1y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/1k0zsrx/1000_duty_on_xl_ordered_before_tariffs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/1k0zsrx/1000_duty_... Not the highest tariffs since it wasn’t from China. And a 170% tariff bill. https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/05/08/high-tariffs-become-real-with-our-first-36k-bill/ https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/05/08/high-tariffs-become-rea...
TwoNineFive 1y ago
A ton of Walmart's "Mainstay" brand items from China got price-jacked even before their earnings call. Items which were $0.99 before went to $3 or even $7. I have a price tracker that watches a bunch of this stuff. Some of these items are now completely out of stock, even after the prices went up x3 or x7.
trog 1y ago
I work for a freight forwarder. We have some customers that exported to the US and were hit with the boosted tariffs. Only a few smaller air freight shipments, so not container loads full - they decided to eat the extra cost to try to keep momentum, just on those shipments. But it was only ever a short term strategy; if they had persisted they would have had to reconsider.
iamtheworstdev 1y ago
You might just be fortunate enough to have not purchased the items that went up. A simple Internet search and you'll find a bunch that did. There were also a lot of goods that ended up in bonded warehouses to wait out the eventual "TACO" (Trump Always Chickens Out) reduction of the tariffs.
paulddraper 1y ago
?!?? You must not have looked hard. Merchants have paid tariffs. Albeit only for a short period of time. And even if margin was 0, almost nothing would 3x, since the the tariffs were not (quite) that high.
Marsymars 1y ago
There are any number of examples: Wyze importing electronics: https://9to5google.com/2025/05/01/wyze-floodlight-shipment-cost-255k-in-tariffs/ https://9to5google.com/2025/05/01/wyze-floodlight-shipment-c... Various accounts of individuals getting tariffs tacked on for wedding dresses: https://old.reddit.com/r/weddingplanning/comments/1kdirg4/with_these_tariffs_i_wish_i_was_a_2024_bride/ https://old.reddit.com/r/weddingplanning/comments/1kdirg4/wi...
Aloisius 1y ago
Why would retail prices triple? Tariffs are on wholesale price. Prices are definitely higher for products that didn't have a lot of inventory already in warehouses (mostly new models of higher priced goods, DJI, Lenovo, etc.) - that is when they're being sold at all. Quite a few products are simply out of stock now. For cheaper things where there's still warehouses full of them, prices remain the same.

I still can't find evidence of anyone that has actually paid tariffs - nothing seems to be 3x more expensive compared to before the tariffs supposedly kicked in.

flowerthoughts 1y ago

Weren't most of them suspended, and the Chinese ones lowered? (I've been away for a while, and I'm not in the US so no "feel" for it.)

ViewTrick1002 1y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/1k0zsrx/1000_duty_on_xl_ordered_before_tariffs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/1k0zsrx/1000_duty_... Not the highest tariffs since it wasn’t from China. And a 170% tariff bill. https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/05/08/high-tariffs-become-real-with-our-first-36k-bill/ https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/05/08/high-tariffs-become-rea...

TwoNineFive 1y ago

A ton of Walmart's "Mainstay" brand items from China got price-jacked even before their earnings call. Items which were $0.99 before went to $3 or even $7. I have a price tracker that watches a bunch of this stuff. Some of these items are now completely out of stock, even after the prices went up x3 or x7.

trog 1y ago

I work for a freight forwarder. We have some customers that exported to the US and were hit with the boosted tariffs. Only a few smaller air freight shipments, so not container loads full - they decided to eat the extra cost to try to keep momentum, just on those shipments. But it was only ever a short term strategy; if they had persisted they would have had to reconsider.

iamtheworstdev 1y ago

You might just be fortunate enough to have not purchased the items that went up. A simple Internet search and you'll find a bunch that did. There were also a lot of goods that ended up in bonded warehouses to wait out the eventual "TACO" (Trump Always Chickens Out) reduction of the tariffs.

paulddraper 1y ago

?!?? You must not have looked hard. Merchants have paid tariffs. Albeit only for a short period of time. And even if margin was 0, almost nothing would 3x, since the the tariffs were not (quite) that high.

Marsymars 1y ago

There are any number of examples: Wyze importing electronics: https://9to5google.com/2025/05/01/wyze-floodlight-shipment-cost-255k-in-tariffs/ https://9to5google.com/2025/05/01/wyze-floodlight-shipment-c... Various accounts of individuals getting tariffs tacked on for wedding dresses: https://old.reddit.com/r/weddingplanning/comments/1kdirg4/with_these_tariffs_i_wish_i_was_a_2024_bride/ https://old.reddit.com/r/weddingplanning/comments/1kdirg4/wi...

Aloisius 1y ago

Why would retail prices triple? Tariffs are on wholesale price. Prices are definitely higher for products that didn't have a lot of inventory already in warehouses (mostly new models of higher priced goods, DJI, Lenovo, etc.) - that is when they're being sold at all. Quite a few products are simply out of stock now. For cheaper things where there's still warehouses full of them, prices remain the same.