CNN: Wal-Mart, Lowe's and several other retailers have issued statements that

[mobeau69]

prices "might" rise when traitor tariffs go into effect.

Oh my, weren't the trump fuckers warned?

[onecaliberal]

1. Nazis price gougers said what. Prices Never came down after covid. Across the board.

[kacekwl]

13. Read today that Wal Mart

recorded record profits in their 3rd quarter. Never let a crisis stop you from gouging your customers.

[Attilatheblond]

16. Prices started steep increases BEFORE covid. People just weren't paying attention

When asked about rather large increases at Lowes, employees had a scripted response, always the same, mumbling about 'supply chain problems'. Was noticing this BEFORE covid and even before that huge ship got stuck and blocked the Suez Canal, backing up shipping for weeks.

It has been one excuse after another to justify unjustifiable jumps in costs to consumers. People just don't pay attention and seem to have galloping amnesia about everything. The corporations are making consumers into indentured servants and damned few people seem to notice.

There will be no actual nations soon, only Corporate Princes and War Lords. Hello Dark Ages Part Deux.

[VMA131Marine]

2. There's no "might" about it ...

Wal-mart and Lowe’s buy huge amounts of stuff from China and there is no way they are just going to absorb the costs of a 60% import tariff.

[Bettie]

24. And they will raise prices

FAR above the tariff amount.

[live love laugh]

3. What is funny about a hotbed of collusion and greed?

[mobeau69]

4. How stupid people that elected traitor are.

[live love laugh]

7. It's not funny when everyone suffers.

[Happy Hoosier]

8. It'll suck But nothing wrong with a little Schadenfruede for those who thought Trump would lower prices.

It's dark humor for sure, but I'll take what I can get.

[mobeau69]

9. I agree. See my previous reply to you.

[patricia92243]

5. You have to be really, really stupid to be a MAGA.

[Delphinus]

6. They don't listen

unless it's on Faux, OAN, Newsmax, etc., they will not hear anything.

[mopinko]

10. and they'll put a little gravy on that, just like they did during the plague.

[GusBob]

11. So, shop now right?

The corporate overlords got us by the shorts now dont they?

[Raven123]

15. Yep. That is the message. Shop now, so their earnings report will be great

[MontanaMama]

21. I'm shopping a new gas range now.

What I want is difficult to source and it may be that I won’t be able to get it before Jan. 20. Not the end of the world, I have a good stove now. But MAGAts sure are a stupid bunch. Orange jeebus is coming for them too.

[bronxiteforever]

22. Yup. With my SS on the chopping block

my spending is now on foreign products but I have already cut my domestic spending and starting inaugural day the foreign stuff is shut off too.

Trumpflation here we come.

[rurallib]

12. Of course Trump will blame it on Biden and the media will carry that story

morning, noon and night. Soon everyone will know that it is Biden's fault.

[NEOH]

19. THIS!!!

[orangecrush]

14. Surprise, you stupid fucking MAGATs!

[TBF]

17. FAFO ... of course dems will be blamed as they always are. nt

[FakeNoose]

18. Uuhhh, isn't Chump giving them permission to raise their prices?

This ruse of "tariffs" means inflation is unstoppable, so everybody jump in. The greed-flation water is fine!

[kimbutgar]

20. I was holding off buying a new refrigerator because my Samsung was garbage, noisy and the ice maker no longer

Works. The refrigerator is only 6 years old. But this weekend I ordered a new one from Costco. I didn’t want to buy because it was so close to Xmas but this knowing the tariffs are going to make prices go up when the dumpy gets back in I made the purchase. Plus I brought a new laptop for my son to have on hand just in case. He goes through them every year and a half.

And the best part I went to a major retailer and the refrigerator was $1700 plus set up and haul away of the old one which was going to cost me $300. I wrote down the model number to do research and check the ratings and was going back to buy it the next day. I came home and in my mail found a mailer from Costco about a sale on appliances. So I looked up on their website and the same refrigerator was $1000 that included delivery, installation and haul away. At the end, I also brought three water filters and the final price was $1250!

Don’t wait buy now those big ticket items you need.

[FakeNoose]

23. When my old fridge finally dies, I'll probably buy a second-hand one

Not that I want to buy another person's problems, but I'll never be able to afford "new" again.

[Blue Owl]

25. Some billboards I saw in Wisconsin....

“Want Lower Prices? Vote Trump” is what they said.

How does it feel to be hoodwinked by the world’s most notorious con man, suckers?

[Skittles]

27. imagine how fucking stupid you'd have to be

to think that corporate whores like Trump and Musk give a FUCK about "lower prices"

[usonian]

26. Well, eggs might drop, and even turkeys

from helicopters.

[fairfaxvadem]

28. Doing same as others posted...

Last big planned project is new flooring. Hope to get it done by early January for same reasons. Hopefully nothing else major crops up, but we all know it does, so I’ll deal with that then and not borrow trouble.

And yes, price gouging. When I got my siding redone in 2022, my contractor told me there was no issue getting products but that prices were not nearly coming down like he thought it would by then. He was shocked.

[GusBob]

29. The big box retailers will come out ahead in the long run

This is the corporate overlords plan

Small family owned mom and pop shops can in no way compete with the big guns. The tarriffs will kill them and out they go.

The big guys ride it out and survive. Even with tarriffs their prices will be lower

Corporate Darwinism

Soon you will be buying everything from dentures to your kids braces from big corporations

That’s what Musk and his pals want