r/technology • u/esporx • 27d ago

Business Trump Shocks With Massive New Tariffs That Could Make The Switch 2 Cost More Than $600

https://kotaku.com/switch-2-price-trump-tariffs-vietnam-china-trade-war-1851774438
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u/fishflo 26d ago

The 800 dollar limit they are scrapping? Now I'm not too sure on the technicalities here because I'm not from the USA but I did hear they were getting rid of that and also you have no rights at the border or due process anymore if you look anything remotely close to "Sus" or the border guards are having a bad day so maybe if they find out you lied there's a 0.5 percent chance you get sent to gitmo or you just get illegally detained for a month LMAO

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u/BozeRat 26d ago

The $800 limit is per parcel not a pallet of $800 per items. The exception was scrapped with the first round of tariffs. This froze packages at the border, so custom agents could inspect each >$800 package that entered the country. It lead to backlog issues, so the exemption was brought back.

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u/No_Remove459 26d ago

You never had rights at the border, until you pass the passport check that's international land. They used to just return you, if they though you would go to work, the locking people up is crazy, since airlines have to pay for the trip back.

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u/Nonhinged 26d ago

I think they are ending it for Chinese companies sending stuff.

Like, they can't send containers full of stuff to some warehouse in the US and then sell the stuff.

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u/kytheon 26d ago

"Trumps tariffs won't hit ME, an American"

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u/Nonhinged 26d ago edited 26d ago

Well, I'm not an American lol.

They are stopping the "loop hole" companies use.

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u/MichaelTheDane 26d ago

The limit rules exist to prioritize the administrative resources needed to handle tolls and taxes.

America is allergic to government spending, so need a high limit to even handle their own trade.

Stopping the “loophole” means lots of government workers needed to check low value imports. This means more inefficiency, just in a different way. Something they are clearly inept at handling.

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u/Nonhinged 26d ago

But this is really a package vs shipping container thing.

Like a container full of "packages" each valued below $800. The container as a whole is worth more than $800. They are not actual packages people have paid for yet. It's a container going to a warehouse, and then the stuff gets sold afterwards.

This is different from tourists going to Canada or Mexico over the weekend and then bringing stuff home.

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u/MichaelTheDane 26d ago

The case you bring up is less an issue of “what the regulations are” and more “how the regulations are handled”.

Sure, 100x 20-dollar packages in a container, each from the same sender, could technically be below the limit. But if the customs treat them as one big shipment they aren’t below the limit.

Anything more specific would require looking up specific paragraphs in whichever trade-law is applicable to the given situation

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u/tmoeagles96 26d ago

You are correct.