Bezos backs down

[senseandsensibility]

Color me not shocked. Now says he never had plans to post tariff add-ons on main site.

Just heard on MSNBC.

[Walleye]

1. What is wrong with the men in this country that they are acting like such babies?

[senseandsensibility]

3. They literally have everything you could want in this world

and it is not enough. They must bow down to whoever they think can help them get more for themselves.

[rzemanfl]

5. "[B]abies" was a good word choice.

[Give Peace A Chance]

35. He's a pussy

I quit amazon prime this morning.

[byronius]

48. It's been awhile for me. Won't touch it.

Used to buy everything there.

[WSHazel]

10. Because Trump will just take it from them

We are going down a road where eventually Trump will own everything, and the rest of us will own nothing. They know that Trump can destroy their company with a tweet. There are no laws anymore, just decrees.

[CareyOn]

20. I cringe every time that Liberty mutual add appears.

You know the one where the father is arguing with his two year old. I find it so absurd. But maybe it is unintentionally
speaking a certain truth. In upcoming airings I will simple insert the man on the bench as a facsimile of Bezos and it
will suddenly make sense.

[vapor2]

28. It's all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[newdeal2]

2. Unless this was bad reporting

He is lying. They must have already written the code and got their systems ready to launch this feature.

[nilram]

51. Likely to be existing code that handles taxes based on a set of configurations.

There can be lots of different rules about calculating and displaying taxes based on a language/country/market and they could adapt it for this purpose.

In any case, probably a minor amount of development relative to Amazon's regular workflow.

[Ocelot II]

4. Not that people won't wonder why an item that once cost $5 now costs $10.

Of course Bezos folded. We saw that coming, didn't we? But Amazon posts state sales taxes on an item separately; so why not tariffs, which are also sales taxes?

[senseandsensibility]

8. I immediately told my hubby that Bezos would fold

And he did it even quicker than I thought. As far as the reporting goes, his statement said something about the tariffs being added only to some segment of his warehouse. Didn't get the details completely, but to be honest, I don't believe whatever PR backtracking he's doing now anyway. The point is, he folded.

[modrepub]

25. Call Tariffs What They Are

A national sales tax. The largest tax increase ever! (Don’t care if it isn’t the largest ever, let the M$M prove otherwise).

The Republicans are trying to cover Trump’s tax increase with a fig leaf.

[spanone]

6. So...where did the White House get that idea? trmp just make it up?

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that would not surprise anyone.

Bezos has a spine of overcooked spaghetti.

[yardwork]

7. He got a deal from Trump.

[underpants]

9. Weak. People will still see the price change

Whether they spell it out or not.

[madville]

11. They probably realized it would expose

What they’re paying for a lot of that imported junk. Say they pay $2 each for a Chinese toaster when ordering 100,000 units which they then sell on Amazon for $19.99. So a 145% tariff would add $2.90 to the $2 price Amazon pays. So say Amazon raises their price to $22.99 to cover that tariff.

Do they really want people to realize they’re charging consumers 10x their cost for this cheap stuff?

[David__77]

29. That's an interesting point. I like the idea of transparency in supply chain costs

[UTUSN]

12. Lessee: He owns the WaPo about being against "dying in darkness" and he

supports the regime that claimed to be about "transparency" so he should be committed to showing the effects of KRASNOV's policies on prices.

[Blue Owl]

13. Fuck him

[Rebl2]

14. I looked

a little while ago and saw some things with the amount the tariffs added to a product. One thing I looked at the tariff added 8 cents, another added 18 cents. What I looked at was makeup remover wipes.

[andym]

15. The billionaires so often described as corrupt actors are actually acting out of FEAR of Trump

Trump could destroy their businesses as well as potentially even go after them with his partisan justice department.

[Coventina]

16. FUCK THE BILLIONAIRES!

That is all.

[uponit7771]

17. That Epstein file is HUGE !!!

[rurallib]

26. This needs lots of recs - it explains so much!

[barbtries]

18. i don't think it will work out for him the way he expects it to.

the winds are shifting, the people are rising, and it isn't going to stop.

marshall law? all the more reason to hit the streets.
I'm prepared for it all. If they start shooting their own citizens I only hope I'm on the front line. I'm old, I've lived, and i cannot live with seeing upcoming generations forced to live in an authoritarian dystopia.

[Hekate]

33. Martial law is for military. Marshall law is for sheriffs.

Marital law relates to marriage.

[kimbutgar]

19. Another reason to NEVER buy items from Amazon again!

[flashman13]

21. Don't worry Jeff. The Donald will be back for another pound of your flesh soon enough.

[Johnny2X2X]

22. Garbage

I need this information to make buying decisions. Temu has them no?

[NotHardly]

23. Bezos is a feckless coward, so much for Repug masculinity

[republianmushroom]

24. Lack of balls.

[Liberal In Texas]

27. Keep bending the knee, Jeff.

One day you'll end up wondering where all your assets disappeared to.

[BoRaGard]

30. Brown Noser

[Give Peace A Chance]

38. The difference between a brown-noser & a shit-head??

Depth perception.

[superpatriotman]

31. Any and every company that has to raise prices due to tariffs should make it fully known

I don't know why Bezos backed down, he's much more powerful than the orange menace, but that doesn't make it right.

[Attilatheblond]

32. Been debating with myself re renewing my Amazon Prime

Move here from a place where ALL shopping beyond groceries had to be done online. Now, this place is becoming a 'retail desert' so some items I need must be purchased online.

But Bezos just put the last straw on my camel's back.

[Hekate]

39. They are my bookstore, plus a few other things I can't readily find around here. But never, never Prime...

Nearly every item I buy goes towards that “free shipping” pot and I wait till it’s full. Amazon keeps reminding me that over the past year I have spent $15 for shipping and why not sign up for Prime so my shipping will be free. Except Prime would be what? Almost $200 over that same 12 months? Pfft.

I’m really sorry you are in a retail desert — what a pain. Have you ever been to Costco at some point? You might check their online catalog to see what’s there and if it fits your needs, because they also deliver to card-holding customers. Just a thought.

[Attilatheblond]

42. Where I used to live (Montana's most remote town), COSTCO was 3 hours away, each way, and only possible in good weather

Now it's an hour and a half each way, risky during monsoon season, and means death defying traffic. I order what I can get from COSTCO online, but much of what I need they won't ship anymore.

[Hekate]

47. I figured you must be quite out of the way, but not that Costco wouldn't deliver. Rats.

You must really love where you live.

An old high school classmate of mine ended up in Washington state at the end of all creation — for a brief time my alumni group had a listserve, and when she passed away a group traveled out to her memorial. IIRC, at the end of the freeway they took a highway, at the end of the highway they got on a boat to proceed more hours by river and ultimately docked where visitors only went in summer with only a few year-round residents … The photos posted on the listserve were absolutely glorious.

[Attilatheblond]

50. COSTCO will deliver, just not ALL basic pantry items

[GoodRaisin]

34. Krasnov doesn't want to share any facts.

Facts conflict with his lies.

[highplainsdem]

36. Coward.

[liberalla]

37. Of course he does!

I was surprised when I read he was going to show the tariffs, cuz we knew felon45 would not like it! I actually thought he was willing to go against chump on this...

What a weasel.

[hay rick]

40. Gee, that was suspenseful.

Not.

[ToxMarz]

43. I think the Democrats should back a bill mandating what portion of the price is a 'tarrif tax' be clearly disclosed.

Just like receipts with itemized sales tax, nutritional labels on food, epa safety sheets, alocohol content in booze, etc... Not that it would go anywhere with this congress/president but get the focus out there.

[Ollie Garkie]

44. But...but....but

Telling a private business what to do? I thought only those mean big government socialist demoncrats diiiiiid thaaaaat!

[Dem4life1970]

45. What a strong, inspiring "Alpha" male 😂😂🤗

[poli-junkie]

46. Can't individual states require an itemized tariff tax for online shopping?

[senseandsensibility]

49. Interesting

I can see my state (CA) doing that.

[Kid Berwyn]

52. Who wants to marry a trillionaire?

Embalmed orange traitor asks a Ms. Melanie from Epstein Island.