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When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer parts

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320 points goldenskye | 2 comments | 15 Nov 25 23:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.423s | source
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JSR_FDED ◴[16 Nov 25 00:41 UTC] No.45941785[source]▶
Tariffs are great. They protect the struggling domestic IT industry and gives it time to ramp up its production of vintage computer parts.
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oarla ◴[16 Nov 25 00:50 UTC] No.45941811[source]▶
True, but does not help in this case with vintage parts.
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1. glitchc ◴[16 Nov 25 00:52 UTC] No.45941816[source]▶
I believe the OP was attempting humour.
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2. oarla ◴[16 Nov 25 01:28 UTC] No.45941976[source]▶
Yes. Pitfall of not reading the entire comment before responding.