TL;DR I didn’t make it in time. Fuck you Trump!

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    57·
    22 hours ago

    After the November election we bought a fridge early we were mildly interested in that is manufactured in Mexico. It seemed conspiratorial to consider possible tariffs in the purchase equation considering decades of free trade with NAFTA and later USMCA.

    Yet here we are and we’re very glad we bought the multi-thousand dollar fridge pre-trump-tarrifs.

    • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      16 hours ago

      In November, the boyfriend and I went ahead and pulled the trigger on replacing both of our aging laptops (even though it was a bit earlier than I’d like- I just play a lot of Stardew Valley, I don’t really need anything fancy).

      Thank goodness for that. I’m sad other people won’t have been as fortunate.

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      20 hours ago

      Yeah, my car shit the bed right before the election and I had to get a new one.

      Looking back, I’m glad I got it when I did. It was manufactured in Mexico, like most cars in America. If my old car had lasted 6 more months, I might have ended up paying 25% more for what I’m driving now.