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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

TL;DR I didn't make it in time. Fuck you Trump!

Edit: For those asking, this was https://www.irvwpc.com/ Please support them if you can.

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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 307 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Honestly; I'm impressed they both messaged you and gave you options.

Usually you wouldn't find out until the mailman is demanding payment for the package he's holding hostage in front of you.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 160 points 1 month ago

I was surprised too! I guess Canadians hold up to their reputation 🙂👍

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago

Yeah, Canadians are good people. I like them a lot.

[-] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 38 points 1 month ago

Canada has all sorts of people, like every other country. Canadian mining companies are awful in Mexico, negotiating draconian concessions from corrupt governments, which allows them to extract minerals very cheap while ignoring environmental laws.

I understand that corrupt politicians are to blame, but Canadian businessmen can be surprisingly impolite and exploitative.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I heard of how nice Canadians are, but where I live, all the Canadians I met so far are a bit of douche. Maybe it is just coincidence on my part, or the nice ones stay in their country.

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[-] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 167 points 1 month ago

Tariffs? Oh right, import taxes. Fuck Trump.

[-] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 30 points 1 month ago

And most of the media went right along with wording such as “tariffs on China” rather than than “tariffs on US buyers”

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

They should just call them import or sales taxes, the average person doesn't get tariffs.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Ew......I don't even want to know what cheeto based sexual diseases you'd get from fucking trump.....

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I worry it's a lot, and many different varieties. They may be thunder-doming in his body as we speak, with only the injections from the pre-teen blood banks he has trapped in the basement keeping everything at bay.

[-] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Fun fact: he’s powered by syphilis - keeps him crazy but it keeps him going.

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[-] vrojak@feddit.org 120 points 1 month ago

Hey, at least the company seems decent and understanding. I just hope stuff getting more expensive will change the minds of some Trump supporters that aren't completely braindead yet.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

Both of them?

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[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 105 points 1 month ago

Props to whoever this company is. This is one of the best bits of customer service I've seen in years.

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[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 55 points 1 month ago

Wish the company name was included. They seem to have their shit together.

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 month ago

Me too. I'm on the right side of the border and would happily order from this company if they sell something I need.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Soooooo, what happens if you drive to Canada, buy something, and then drive home?

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago

You'd have to declare it and pay any import taxes on it, same as you would have had to do before the tariffs.

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

Your butt will be probed for illegal immigrants, drugs or car parts

[-] errer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

They don’t even bother with your car trunk anymore, that’s too obvious. Straight into the anus they search.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago
[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

CBP website still says personal exemptions of $200 per person exist if you've been out of the USA for 48 hours or more, but who knows if that still applies with the trump bull in the international trade china shop.

"You may still bring back $200 worth of items free of duty and tax. As discussed earlier, these items must be for your personal or household use."

source

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

"Additionally, the $800 exemption for low-value goods has been removed."

I didn't even know such a thing existed, it's not something reported on the news.

So every product will be hit with the tariff raising prices, and not just expensive products getting the tariffs. Yikes!

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[-] Quik@infosec.pub 37 points 1 month ago

This is what allowed Temu and Alibaba and Wish and the like to happen (their business model was to send every single product as a single package worth under 800$, leading to enormous shipping times and waste etc., but they don't have to pay import taxes).

[-] A_norny_mousse@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

damn!

And it's not even this government's first big unambiguous fuck you to the common people.

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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

After the November election we bought a fridge early we were mildly interested in that is manufactured in Mexico. It seemed conspiratorial to consider possible tariffs in the purchase equation considering decades of free trade with NAFTA and later USMCA.

Yet here we are and we're very glad we bought the multi-thousand dollar fridge pre-trump-tarrifs.

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, my car shit the bed right before the election and I had to get a new one.

Looking back, I’m glad I got it when I did. It was manufactured in Mexico, like most cars in America. If my old car had lasted 6 more months, I might have ended up paying 25% more for what I’m driving now.

[-] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

In November, the boyfriend and I went ahead and pulled the trigger on replacing both of our aging laptops (even though it was a bit earlier than I'd like- I just play a lot of Stardew Valley, I don't really need anything fancy).

Thank goodness for that. I'm sad other people won't have been as fortunate.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Our fridge is 12 years old and we’re just hoping it keeps chugging on 🥲 Four more years!

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

Good thing there isn't hundreds is miles of unprotected border to snuggle across.

[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

Hmmm… sounds like I need to be spending more time at the border. Question: do we get to choose who we snuggle with or is it like a first come first served situation

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

You get to pick, but of course it needs to be consensual. But Canadians are very friendly and free with their hugs.

[-] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 22 points 1 month ago
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[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

It is inane that one of the options is "just hold on for a few days and see what happens" and that it is a viable option at all. Government is in shambles.

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[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

But this will make the cost of eggs go down!/s

[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago

Crash the market hard enough and people won't be able to afford them....

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[-] SaltAndSoda@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This will definitely affect every American, every Canadian, and all citizens and residents of any country targeted by a trade war.

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Not sure how much it will affect China tbh, they can self sustain. The manufacturers and exporters though, they won't be happy about it.

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago

Does anyone actually know why we are putting tariffs on Canadian goods?

[-] legion02@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

Because Trump thinks he's Putin and wants to annex Canada.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago

My theory is that they want to control the North-West Passage, which due to climate change will become a high traffic trade route. Something currently dominated by Panama (which he also wants). So they're putting pressure on Canada now.

Greenland is in a similar situation but I think there may also be oil and such there as well.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Trump says it's because China, Canada, and Mexico are bringing fentanyl in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfUew8_XrJo

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[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Because Trump is a Russian asset intent on causing as much destruction to the USA as he can.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Because Trump has a toddler's level of understanding of how international trade works, along with a toddler's tendency to throw tantrums when challenged.

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[-] fubarx@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

#trumptarrifs

C'mon, it writes itself.

Edit: OK, #trumptariffs. Don't try to drink and spell kids.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

It writes itself? Is that why it has a spelling error?

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