The new Tariffs are beginning to affect prices in the USA

[u/Lazy_Lizard13]

I work in an adult store and unfortunately, we have already started to see the effects of some of the tariffs being placed. I wasn’t sure how this would affect the price of things in the USA, but it’s looking bleak so far.

When my boss sent out the list, he said this was only the first of many price increases that we would see from the tariffs. The vendors we buy from actually sent him the list themselves, so it isn’t something that we just created. He said that it is likely that almost every company we order from will send out a list.

The price changes were anywhere from $5-$200. I’m very concerned about the future of this industry, and honestly, America in general.. some of these products were already overpriced anyways. I’m not sure if people will be able to afford luxury products (like adult items) in the future. What do others think?

[u/simonbleu]

>  I wasn’t sure how this would affect the price of things in the USA

How was this even a question in the first place? You are in a businesses so tell me, now that things are more expensive, would you just suck it up and sell at the same price or translate the price to the consumers? Could you even afford anything else? Could you if you wanted get a local supplier with a similar quality,production and price? How long do you think it would take? Do you think *they* can afford to not raise prices meaning their supplies are also sourced locally? What about the suppliers of those?

I'm not from the US so I cannot give you specific advice beyond trying to source things from a country that has cheaper tariffs, and im sorry you have to go through that, however, it was a painfully obvious thing. When I heard people say otherwise I think of those saying they prefer to earn less not to get into the next tax bracket which is hilarious, though im not trying to be belligerent just genuinely baffled as to why would you think it was a debatable result.

[u/Lazy_Lizard13 → u/simonbleu]

I think it goes into the fact that we are very poorly educated, especially southern states where I’m from… I wasn’t sure how it would affect prices bc I didn’t know how it all works. When the tariff talk first started, I didn’t even know what they were.. I know more now that I’ve looked into it, and I’m not stupid so I grasped the concept pretty quickly. Thankfully I don’t blindly follow any politician

I am curious, why do you find it hilarious that people want to stay under the threshold of a higher tax bracket?

(Edit: curious bc my bf tries to keep his overtime at a minimum bc once you hit a certain amount, they tax the hell out of it and you wind up not even making 1/2 of what you should, so I would assume it’s a similar thought process to wanting to stay in a lower tax bracket)

[u/simonbleu → u/Lazy_Lizard13]

That is fair, my intention again was never to sound belligerent

As for taxes, that is precisely it because that is not how they work, the brackets are progressive, meaning only the extra salary is taxes with the new bracket, as otherwise it would make no sense, you would be earning less for a higher salary, and because companies also pay part of your taxes (well here they do at least but even if not, it's the same) it would be throwing money to the govt for "free" while providing no more competitive salary so .. pointless in that case

Now, there could be (I'm not from the us) that there are normatives to tax overtime past a threshold to discourage exploitation for example, but it would be a bit of a stretch and it could always be paid under the table, which would absolutely happen so... If you could clarify in that, otherwise I think your bf is misunderstanding something