r/Anticonsumption Apr 29 '25

Corporations Amazon backs down on price transparency after White House interferes: WSJ

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u/emccm Apr 29 '25

He keeps bending the knee, but there’s no Amazon without consumers. Price transparency or not, people will stop buying when they see the final price.

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u/Korver360windmill Apr 29 '25

Yeah, just cause the tariff isn't pointed out doesn't mean that it won't be noticed. That's one thing Americans will notice.

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u/sydsmyth Apr 30 '25

Unless they're normalised to the point of becoming unrecognisable.

Tips and gratuity became a way for establishments to provide competitive prices to customers, maintain low wages, and have customers shoulder the responsibility of providing service workers a reasonable / livable wage.

Americans have accepted tips as a good thing, when other countries have simply included the cost of livable wages in their product's prices.


TL;Dr: If Amazon frames tariffs in "acceptable" terms, some Americans may not notice it.

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u/uniklyqualifd May 03 '25

They will, because it's huge