White House calls Amazon ‘hostile’ for reportedly planning to list tariff costs
White House calls Amazon ‘hostile’ for reportedly planning to list tariff costs
I do so wish they would. Certain they won't.
Bezos bent knee & kissed the ring. Chances he'll grow a spine? 1 in a few million.
Bezos backing down while at the same time owning a newspaper is pretty pretty pretty shite.
“Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” Leavitt asked during a press briefing.
Because Biden didn't start a trade war?
Because “inflation” isn’t a percentage number a president can just impose at will lol.
Spoken like a Republican that doesn't understand inflation and price gouging vs tariffs.
“The team that runs our ultra-low-cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products. This was never approved and is not going to happen,” said Tim Doyle, Amazon spokesperson.
Lmao some poor team gets thrown under the bus
Tronald Dump only wants one thing, unquestioning loyalty. Thinking for yourself is treason
exists in reality, logically examines reality, does rational thing
HOW DARE YOU
These snowflakes are offended by their shadow being black. Bunch of fucking idiots.
How dare you try to hide that shit, drumpf you cancerous toad! If Amazon has any balls, which it doesn't and has proved so, it would not back down. I wanna know why my shit is more expensive and I wanna be able to point my fucking finger.
Anybody want to bet Bazos backs down?
He backed down before Trump even yelled at him, this was never going to actually happen.
According to the article they already did
Annnnnd he did. You called it.
Pathetic boot licker bezos
What a little fucking bitch baby.
Bingo!
Yeah, no shit it's hostile. This Administration is being hostile to their business! What in the fuck did they expect to happen?
Cool! Send Bezos to El Salvador.
Trump: “We’re increasing foreign prices because we want consumers to prefer buying American.”
Retailers: “These foreign goods are more expensive than American-made ones.”
Trump: “How dare you tell them that!”
Cause we're too stupid to already know...
I want to punch that bitch in the face every time I see a pic of her.
Gold-digging whore.
🤣😂😂😂 frrr
Super punchable face
Yes, keep making enemies of the billionaires that got this administration into office and spent millions of dollars to do so. I'd very much love that for you.
Insane that the rich hate taxes so much, that they're willing to put literal narcissist criminal idiots in charge thinking "I can definitely control and predict this guy's behavior and surely that will be good for my business rather than just not having a 37th yacht and paying taxes and making the world an objectively better place not only for the other 7 billion inhabitants but probably more stable for my own interests as well."
If we weren't all being tossed into the furnace with them, it would be something I'd never stop laughing at.
In the article, Amazon already back peddled and said it was just in the idea phase and they never really planned on implementing it.
The billionaires have thus far been too cheap to amass private armies to directly enforce their own will. Why, when you can lobby Congress for the price of a used Hyundai Sonata to get the Army to do what you want?
The government holds the power of violence and Trump holds the power of the government. The billionaires will be reminded of that if they get out of line. Coincidentally, this is the arrangement of modern Russia.
That's the thing that was always gonna happen. They were always gonna bring themselves and subsequently society down. It's just the crit multi of Donald Trump a lot of people seemed not prepared for.
I mean, I thought Jeff was being charitable during the inauguration.
That’ll get the people grumbling.
Walmart should also do this.
Grocery stores too.
Well, it’s never going to happen in the first place
«Amazon moved to distance itself from the report, saying the idea had been considered by Amazon Haul, the company’s recently launched low-cost shopping hub, but had been rejected.
“The team that runs our ultra-low-cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products. This was never approved and is not going to happen,” said Tim Doyle, Amazon spokesperson."
Thoughts on how to make this happen:
I get that you want to aggrieve the owners but that last • tactic feeds into Reichwingers absolving Trump. Asking in person, where they have a chance to say, "yes, see this here is the tariffs amount" puts the blame where it belongs (and can also bring price-gouging into the light, because for sure some will happen).
would be a great add-on for firefox, though
Incredibly hard to source that data from the outside. Even if you can identify the suppliers, different parts of an assembly may be classified differently, even between different importers who may have partial exemptions.
Not that they’ll do this, but Amazon should maliciously comply and hide the tariff metadata in the HTML for the browser extensions.
either way it would be free speech if an add-on or a website did it.
but those days are over.
how dare you make people realize that tariffs hurt them and not companies!!!???111
Like we wouldn't notice the higher prices and empty store shelves.
But these tariff costs are going to be paid by China just like you promised, right Don ? RIGHT ????
Just like how Mexico paid for that wall the first time. Zzzzzz
Amazon .com denied a report on Tuesday that it planned to disclose the cost that U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump were adding to its products, after the White House blasted the initial story.
Bezos is a sniveling coward.
Maybe this will show him that you can't buy Trumps loyalty because he has no loyalty. However, I have my doubts that even Trump going from going from "My good buddy Bezos" to "Amazon is the enemy" in the course of a day will be enough of a object lesson for Bozos.
The dude looks like he keeps a half billion in cash on him at all times to try and buy his way out of the angry mob(s) that will eventually come for him... Because he's that much of a doucher.
What's really insane is that even with all his money, the best he can do for a wife is some kind of plastic surgery experiment that looks like it came out of the Tool Prison Sex music video.
Just so afraid of losing a small amount of the fortune he can't spend in his lifetime, that he's given up the true power that comes with that type of wealth. The power to help
You see Jeff, once you start groveling to the autocrat you are not allowed to stop.
It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say:–
"We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."
And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld
And then you'll get rid of the Dane!
It is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say:–
"Though we know we should defeat you,
we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away."
And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say:–
"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost!"
Rudyard Kipling
"but all I wanted was an even more negative tax rate and to be able to fire workers for getting hurt on the job! I didn't want the dictator to threaten me with the window treatment"
Seemingly because their stock price started to fall due to the Trump admin's reaction. Which, what? Why would that negatively impact their stock?
Fucking pussy.
"How dare you offer clarity about what we've done!"
Wonder if Bezos will ask for his money back
He gets credits on Prime streaming.
I’m sure there is a newer version available; probably an Amazon off-brand even.
AmazonBezics
It seems he's amping up his language. I think he recently said a former associate was guilty of treason.
Scary how that’s plausible, drowned out in the noise, and totally accepted as normal (or even cheered) by the public.
The truth is usually hostile to this administration.
Why anounce this? Just do it.
Try realistic
As a European, I must thank the US for making my pet products cheaper. Way cheaper. Way cheaper than I could ever expect.
I just wish I could buy these products, these same products, without ruining the world and my morality as well.
But what am I talking about… my cats deserve litter robots at 90 % discount.
I know it's not the takeaway from your post, but if you're actually getting one please test the litter robot throughly before allowing your cat to use it unsupervised. I've seen videos of horrible designs that have killed pets before and when word gets out, they just re-brand them.
Be wary of giving the robot your WiFi password though
I set up a guest network called "Chinese Spy Devices" that is behind a VPN and all my electronics that need an internet connection go there. Have fun talking to each other guys!
I was wondering when retailers would do this. American retailers do this with all other large taxes and fees. Why would this be any different?
American retailers don't tell you anything. They just randomly charge you more at the till.
What are you talking about? American businesses are famous for breaking out sales tax, regulatory fees, tips, and bullshit “service” fees to make their product appear cheaper than it is.
Example: DoorDash
Some great timing happened, my Prime membership auto renewal coincided with the inauguration and public display of facism - so I ceased all purchases and didn’t re-up for prime.
I’m doing my part!
I would call this move by Amazon honest.
I thought the same but apparently Amazon back-tracked like the wimps they are. It would have been the right thing to do but the fact they gave up on it makes a lot more sense.
Nah, it's pragmatic. This way Amazon can go, 'see we didn't raise OUR prices, the extra cost is from the tarrifs'.
If they wanted to be honest they would also mention that Bezos and Amazon donated millions (that we know of) to Trump's campaign AND inauguration fund, and Trump is why we have the tariffs in the first place.
If you literally GIVE someone a gun, and bullets, knowing full well that they aren't mentally stable, and they kill someone, you ARE responsible. At the very least, an accessory. In this case, co-conspirator is the more appropriate term.
Every single retailer needs to start displaying two prices on products. "Price w/o Tariff: $6.99 / Your Price: $18.99"
We could help with those “I did this” stickers - do a little homework ahead of time and calculate certain items X% lower. At this point it just needs to be reasonable; that side has no quarter to call US out for bending the truth.
Isn't customary in the US to publish the prices before taxes and then ar last moment add all the local and state taxes?
Yea
MAGAts are the ones that are hostile to our pocketbooks.
"free speech"
Never ever take fascists at their word, they're all bullshitting you always.
Amazon had already listed import and duty fee way before this. These fees are just now a lot larger and more "visible".
Tarrifs = Tax
The tax is paid by local business and then passed onto consumers in higher cost of goods.
FYI, generally when you buy items on Amazon and the goods are not locally stocked in Amazon's warehouse for same day delivery, Amazon acts like a broker for you helping facilitate the import of goods. The import fee is then passed onto you as the "importer" directly. Things that Amazon stocks locally but imported themselves will just increase in price and a label may not show the import fee paid for by amazon at the time they imported the product or item.
The import fee is then passed onto you as the “importer” directly.
Amazon has basically been a massive drop shipping scheme for the past five years or so. Basically everything is stuff that’s on AliExpress, just doubled in price and relisted on Amazon.
It’s not even a good place for books anymore.
While it sounds like Amazon already capitulated, I'm guessing they'll switch gears when their customers start complaining about the rise in prices.
Ahahahahahahahahahah
its the greatest witch hunt, its election interferance, its terrorism, its weaponizing yada yada yada...........
