• TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip
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      8 days ago

      If you’re in the US… wait till you find out what a tariff is. You’ll get a letter saying the switch you paid $450 for can be picked up for an additional $300 bucks. TACO Tax.

      Your choice is to pay $750 for a Switch2 OR abandon your $450 and your order will be destroyed.

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          Smuggling implies you’re already paying a tariff, just not a government sanctioned one. Like drugs, you’re not getting Colombian prices on that Switch2. You’re paying for every border, agent, and politician along the way. Hiding lithium batteries in mass is almost as impossible as hiding precursor in air soft rounds. It just doesn’t happen anymore.

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            Smuggling implies you’re already paying a tariff, just not a government sanctioned one. Like drugs, you’re not getting Colombian prices on that Switch2. You’re paying for every border, agent, and politician along the way.

            That’s called a markup.

            Both taxes and tarrifs are legal definitions.

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      7 days ago

      The problem with that is, while it’s nice to have a replaceable battery, the fact that it comes with a Switch 2 attached makes it much less appealing.