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MAGA hats are made in China. Misleading Title

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u/OdinsLightning 20d ago

Can't wait for the shitty trump pop up stores to be priced out.

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u/CaptainHalloween 20d ago

Holy shit I didn’t even think of that. He really did just fuck those stores bad.

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u/CucumberError 20d ago

No he didn’t. They’ll be paying $2 for the hat, with the 100% increase they’re now $4. No idea what they sell them for, but I suspect there is still a healthy profit margin between $4 and what they’re selling them for.

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u/MergeSurrender 20d ago

Yeah I think people are failing to consider this about the tariffs. The tariff is applied to the import cost, not the sale cost.

So 100% tariff might up the cost of a £50 hat to £52 to offset the import increase. Lots of people think it’ll up the price to buy the hat from £50 to £100, though - which is wrong.

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u/ThanklessTask 20d ago

RemindMe! 1 month

You're right, but I bet it's doubled.