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Framework “temporarily pausing” some laptop sales because of new tariffs (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why not add the tariff to the price? If someone in the US still wants it, they can buy it and pay the tariff.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I assume they will. The problem right now is how volatile and abrupt these policies are. If they make an adjustment now, sell a laptop at that price, and then tomorrow additional tariffs are implemented they may well end up with a loss on that sale to you. The pause is likely just to see where things will stabilize to.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    They presumably assume they'd be selling so little that it wouldn't be worth the trouble.

    They'll probably wait out this situation for a while and see what the competition does..

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