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(20,868 posts) Sat Aug 31, 2019, 02:16 AM Aug 2019

Seems those tariffs on shoes from China is in full swing already

I went to buy myself a new pair of cheap-o slippers.

Usually they are $15-$20 a pair but not any more!

You can now buy these same cheap-o slippers for $30+ shipping now.

What a deal!

I am stocking up and buying an extra pair just in case they turn into a $100 item soon!

Anyone else notice tariffs on Chinese goods when the *tariffs* have not gone in yet?

Also, btw, 5% of $20 is $1, not $10+.

Is this the trickle-down we've been waiting for just another gouge?