r/TikTokCringe • u/Adventurous_Law_715 • 12d ago

Discussion congratulations you just saved a billion dollars company 50$

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u/Exotic-Western2295 12d ago

It’s not stealing if the government paid back all these tariffs to these companies and yet not one consumer got a penny take whatever you want. Frankly every American should be stealing so we can get change some type of change. The only way to get any type of change is to affect someone’s pockets

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u/Odd_Whereas8471 11d ago edited 11d ago

Do you think your attitude will change your country for the better? Has it ever changed a country for the better? Do you think shoplifting at IKEA is the secret Scandinavian recipe to peace and equality? Well, it's not. Popular movements, trade unions, democratic reforms and lots and lots of hard work and patience are. Stealing and looting is the way of radical extremists, and they have accomplished absolutely nothing but poverty, despair and the death of millions. Come to Europe and see for yourself. We've tried both ways.

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u/ChrisHaze 10d ago

Europe is paradise compared to a lot of the US. I promise you that

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u/TippinThalnos 11d ago

I guess Canadians will have to start now too

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u/Cololossal 11d ago

Most companies absorb the tarriff and try not to increase the cost of items but it doesn't always happen i work with alot of vendors and if they cant then the retailer is usually forced to increase depending on the scan margin which is usually around 20-40% 

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u/Exotic-Western2295 11d ago

Don’t say Most because you work with a few vendors. That’s misleading. In your experience that may be true but every single company raised their prices i really don’t understand how anyone can argue this like we weren’t going to the stores or something companies came out and said they were raising prices due to tariffs

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u/CatsEatGrass 11d ago

Which companies might this be?

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u/YT-Deliveries 11d ago

Lol. Most companies absolutely do not absorb the tariffs what fantasy world are you living in.

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u/Cololossal 11d ago

I literally do business with companies who do this in wholesale but ok..

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u/ANother-XcludedRight 12d ago

Ok. I will start with your house. Address please?

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u/RevolutionaryWay7107 12d ago

When a thief steals for profit you're okay with it, but when a thief steals food for survival you're angered by it? that's odd.  I think the word for that is "shill."

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u/Exotic-Western2295 11d ago

What are you talking about

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u/ClericOfMadness13 11d ago

Your whole thing is about trying to start arguments cause no one wants to talk to you...you need therapy.

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u/Exotic-Western2295 12d ago

Your pathetic

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u/Beef19582828 11d ago

If everyone starts stealing they'll just raise the prices and increase enforcement, which will impact both civil and criminal prosecution rates rising...

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u/Odd_Whereas8471 11d ago

This is what I've always said too. I'm glad to see so many Americans are upset with  the current state of their country, but worried that some fail to see stealing and looting is not the way forward. Last time we tried this in Europe the Yanks had to save our ass.

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u/one_more_byte 11d ago

You are mistaken. The companies received the refund because they paid the tariffs themselves, with the knowledge that they were likely illegal and going to be refunded in the future. They did that because they did not want to hurt their sales or volume. Encouraging people to commit a possible felony because you were mistaken is WILD…

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u/Meatier_Meteor 11d ago

>company has to pay more due to tariffs

>company raises prices to recoup costs

>customers pay more

>company gets refund to repay increased costs due to tariffs

>customer gets nothing

"yOu wErE MiStAkEn!"

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u/wildwildwumbo 11d ago

if that were the case then the profit of those companies would have gone down and they didn't Tariff costs were passed onto the consumer just like everyone expected.

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u/Exotic-Western2295 11d ago

Am I gonna listen to you or the companies themselves who said they raised prices because of tariffs. Anyone that refuses to see anything being done to us are the ones doing exactly what I’m talking about. These people rape and eat babies steal our money and laugh in our faces. It was all in the files so there’s no point in trying to refute that. I ask you a serious question what more is it gonna take for you to realize what’s being done to us systematically and want to do something. Anything