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JCMach1

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7. Its the same stuff people buy from Target, Walmart, Amazon

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 07:10 PM

Apr 3

Et al. Just at more appropriate price levels .

The markup on Chinese manufacturing in the US has horrified me for years.

I learned that lesson when i lived in UAE where we had a retail outlet with direct import (completely free at the time) and the prices would be 1/4 to 1/10 the pricing of US retailers for Chinese goods.

Consumers will just be at the mercy of retail monopolies again.

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The "runs" on items may start but scarcity in some things [View all] moniss Apr 3 OP

Trump just put a $25 per package fee on small packages coming from China: Temu and Shein will be hit hard. Demovictory9 Apr 3 #1

people need to stop buying that throwaway crap Skittles Apr 3 #3

Its the same stuff people buy from Target, Walmart, Amazon JCMach1 Apr 3 #7

they need stop buying it from EVERYWHERE Skittles Apr 3 #11

I generally agree and have no qualms about Thrift Storing JCMach1 Apr 3 #12

Yes indeed and smaller specialty moniss Apr 3 #4

The way kids grow and the way their feet grow, t is not going to be easy to predict what size they'll need some months tblue37 Apr 3 #2

I mean it in this manner that moniss Apr 3 #5

+1. tblue37 Apr 3 #6

Yep, I buy and sell practice cleats at least for my son JCMach1 Apr 3 #13

Great post. Thanks for the insight into the current predicament. Mike 03 Apr 3 #8

I remember when moniss Apr 3 #10

Kicking and bookmarking. Mike 03 Apr 3 #9