Updated 2025-04-09 10:02 PDT to reflect new tariff rates and add a note about de minimis rates for HK Post. Updated 2025-04-09 20:02 PDT to reflect the new 125% tariff rate. To our US customers: A few days ago, the Trump Administration announced that they will be ending the de minimis exemption for all shipments from H
If Americans didn’t make their problems everyone else’s we wouldn’t care about or comment on your politics.
For sure, participate but it’s valid to call out US company’s behavior here. The US and their companies can burn, I have no love for either. Why are you coming to their defense?
I don’t love exploitative companies either (this one seems to be on the smaller side and exploring all avenues) but why would they willingly lose income that they probably rely on to live for some sort of greater good when they can just advertise in different markets especially when they’ve already done the legwork of setting up production in China. Even the most ideologically comitted business owners wouldn’t willingly lose money unless they were doing it for PR (We’re not just talking about losing out on profit at a 104% tariff rate)
Sure that’s pure business logic. I want nothing to do with it and reject their attempt to boost sales by hiding a marketing stunt within a empathetic-sounding letter. If that’s your speed, do it. Scoop up a key board. I, however, will not be buying their shit.
We’re in a fight. There are only allies and enemies.
Yeah, it is a fight but I think you’re misunderstanding the sides involved. A small company with like 5-15 employees (just an example) also has mouths to feed. Larger multinational corporations can and have passed American tariffs costs along to buyers from other countries to “soften the blow” for American buyers and are usually better equipped to weather the storm by taking a hit to profits over the medium term than small businesses. At the end of the day, only business logic applies because the unfortunate reality is that no one cares if you can’t afford food or housing in most countries so benevolence is not an option for most.
I appreciate the conversation. We have different beliefs but you make solid arguments I enjoyed reading.
Big-time “I don’t want facts, I want to be angry” energy here.