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

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320 points goldenskye | 1 comments | 15 Nov 25 23:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.344s | source
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mrtksn ◴[16 Nov 25 00:56 UTC] No.45941839[source]▶
Ah this is just another step towards Turkification[0] of USA. This situation is just how it is in Erdogan's Turkey but you still have way to go if you are able to get your package out of the customs in less than a few weeks and no hustle.

When the trade deals and tariff conditions get sufficiently complex(it gets more complex every day as the president accommodates specific companies and personal favors), the bureaucracy also increases so at some point it becomes too much of a nuisance to bother with individual imports.

[0] https://www.theglobalist.com/the-turkification-of-america-tr...

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aranelsurion ◴[16 Nov 25 02:43 UTC] No.45942328[source]▶
It’s still a little hard to believe and terrifying how similar this particular title and the comments below are to what I would’ve read in Turkish forums circa 2010s.

For Turkey it only got worse from there.

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1. chrneu ◴[16 Nov 25 06:16 UTC] No.45943170[source]▶
yeah this is just a way for republicans to curry favors/influence from businesses they prefer.

they make everything as hard as possible, then create loopholes for their buddies.

this is what they've been claiming has been happening under democrats(projection), but in reality it's teh system they long for. Now that they're in power they can make it happen.