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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: 0.194s | 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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Terr_ ◴[16 Nov 25 03:59 UTC] No.45942639[source]▶
The best time to manufacture vintage computer parts is 28 years ago, but the second-best time is today! :p
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aleph_minus_one ◴[16 Nov 25 13:20 UTC] No.45944938[source]▶
> The best time to manufacture vintage computer parts is 28 years ago, but the second-best time is today! :p

What was so special about 1997?

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1. Terr_ ◴[17 Nov 25 03:09 UTC] No.45950547[source]▶
The author mentions needing the parts for Apple Network Servers, so I went and checked when those stopped being sold, which was ~1997.