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xnx 30 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers

> It’s kind of petty to list tariffs as a separate line item and not all the other costs that contribute to the final price

I can see that, but these tariffs seem unique in that they are 1) sudden 2) significant 3) broad 4) totally unmotivated

ceejayoz 30 days ago [–]

And 5) change unpredictably and rapidly.

Rates that change from day to day is a serious problem when shipping containers on a boat takes weeks or months.

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