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Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 3 days ago by yarr@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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IT'S OFFICIAL, FOLKS! Trump thinks he can just slap tariffs on our friends abroad and watch us 'compete' again? Newsflash: this only hurts the little guy (and the planet). Just got word from Acer CEO that those tariffs have already led to a 10% price hike for laptops in the US. That's right, we're paying more for the very devices that are supposed to help us succeed in an era of 'American greatness'. Meanwhile, Trump is too busy coddling his corporate pals to care about the real American people. Wake up, sheeple! It's time to stop voting for politicians who only look out for their buddies on Wall Street.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I'm not totally sure how those lease programs to companies work. Once the laptops are replaced, I know some of them will obviously be unusable and have to be destroyed. But there should be laptops that are in perfectly fine condition. And what happens to those if they get put on the second hand market you could buy them from their and the company paid the "new" tax. Now to make up for that, the company could either raise their prices on their items or if they don't want to lose sales, they could eat it.

Edit: A price rise will cause a demand drop. If the upgrade was not essential, it won't be done. And if it was essential, it will be done whether the price has risen or not.

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

i work in refurbishment of the leased devices. basically laptops are either bought, or returned to a 3rd party business, to be processed and resold to a business who resells, or to another business that wants cheap devices .

these are businesses, there wont be a demand drop because business' do not behave like consumers. a good chunk of them will at times, buy things they might not need.

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 2 points 3 days ago

A lot of those lease programs also re-lease used stock. Also yes, often you can buy previously leased machines second hand from them.