“You’re going to see a big nose dive of all these Amazon [and] Shopify sellers … a lot of those micro entrepreneurs with just one single source of supply, one single source of customer, are going to be in deep trouble,” said Yinglan Tan, founding managing partner at Insignia Ventures Partners. …

I dislike this trade war but I like this… Sadly, theft isn’t affected by tariffs so that supply chain will continue and perhaps increase.

[image] ASV_Vites: I dislike this trade war but I like this… I agree. The $800 loophole has been abused for too long and put way to many honest American distributors/retailers out of business. These business’ carried domestic insurance policies, were sueable if you got electrocuted or your ho…

[image] ASV_Vites: I dislike this trade war but I like this… Same. It’s the “broken clock” principle. The clock was only accidentally helpful.

Like much in life this tariff based trade war has its good points as well as its bad points. Often, the current situation hastens the inevitable results of serious flawed business models. Keeping score isn’t easy unless it is your business which is being affected.

[image] ASV_Vites: I dislike this trade war but I like this… Exactly my thoughts.

[image] lake: Like much in life this tariff based trade war has its good points as well as its bad points. Ya, one way of looking at things is that I am sure the Japanese were glad we tempered the remaining windows in Hiroshima for them in 1945.

[image] VTR: I am sure the Japanese were glad we tempered the remaining windows in Hiroshima for them in 1945. Their opinion was not considered before we dropped the bomb. Their behavior in previous battles was considered in making the decision. Truman wanted the war to be over sooner rather …

Remember that a vast amount of items already came in duty free, so the de minus was a non issue for a very long time, hence the increase from $300 to $800. It was the cheap delivery that was the KEY to sales, and the fact that coupled with the de minimus, a whole variety of products could come in t…

[image] lake: Like much in life this tariff based trade war has its good points as well as its bad points. I don’t know boss, getting my :eggplant: cut down, doesn’t have any upside - I’m not hanging too much here

[image] lake: Like I said “Keeping score isn’t easy unless it is your business which is being affected.” You can’t keep score when there are no rules or points and the game is simply an ever shifting sludge of baseball, soccer and hockey played on the same field. You can’t know if your busine…

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