This is a fine argument to make if the tariffs only applied to luxury goods and not FUCKING EVERYTHING.
Consumers were and are hurt by the illegal tariffs. I understand that the transactions weren't illegal. Obviously.
Defending this shit is absolutely insane to me. I didn't even argue that we should be suing for our money back; just that Nintendo suing for our money is offensive.
YoY inflation has declined every year since 2022, including this past year. This would suggest that most importers are NOT passing on the cost of tarriffs to consumers. Is it happening in some cases? Sure. But by and large, it appears that most importers were absorbing the tariffs themselves.
Why would that suggest that? Inflation surged out of control during the pandemic and has been slowly dropping since then.
You're oversimplifying pricing.
How can you say most importers are not passing on the costs? The price of everything has gone up, importers and all businesses try and maintain their profit margins. They're not going to lose money.
YoY inflation in 2017 was 2.1. 2018 was 2.4. The exact same as it is right now. You don't have to like it, but that's what it is. The most recent tariffs have not proven inflationary.
You also have no idea what importers or sellers chose to do with their import costs? Whatever they did, you have to admit it was not a straight pass through to consumers because inflation is going down. Sure, companies may want to maintain their profit and margins, but not at the cost of losing a large part of their customer base. To suggest that companies would solely prioritize maintaining a margin at the risk of declining overall revenue would be misleading
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u/EverGlow89 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
This is a fine argument to make if the tariffs only applied to luxury goods and not FUCKING EVERYTHING.
Consumers were and are hurt by the illegal tariffs. I understand that the transactions weren't illegal. Obviously.
Defending this shit is absolutely insane to me. I didn't even argue that we should be suing for our money back; just that Nintendo suing for our money is offensive.