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Framework “temporarily pausing” some laptop sales because of new tariffs (arstechnica.com)
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[–] merc 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The tariff on goods from China is more than 100% now. Why do you think the price would only go up by 10-20%?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

When I posted, I was under the impression tariffs were ~35%. Retail tends to be around 50% markup over BOM, so that should mean only a 10-20% price increase to keep the same profit per unit, depending on how much of it is sourced from China.

With 100% tariffs, that's more like a 50% markup, not 3x.