alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 days agoBoth Microsoft and Sony say they're under no obligation to pass tariff refunds on to customerswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down14
arrow-up1494arrow-down1external-linkBoth Microsoft and Sony say they're under no obligation to pass tariff refunds on to customerswww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square86linkfedilink
minus-squareinclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 days agoNot surprising considering most companies have no plans to refund the consumer for the tariff costs they passed on because there’s no regulation forcing them to do so.
minus-squareWilly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 days agodid most companies pass it on though? some didnt and in those cases why should they?
minus-squareinclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoSigh… https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/06/are-businesses-absorbing-the-tariffs-or-passing-them-on-to-their-customers/ And did you have a point on the cases of companies that didn’t? The answer to that is blatantly obvious and not that deep.
Not surprising considering most companies have no plans to refund the consumer for the tariff costs they passed on because there’s no regulation forcing them to do so.
did most companies pass it on though? some didnt and in those cases why should they?
Sigh…
https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/06/are-businesses-absorbing-the-tariffs-or-passing-them-on-to-their-customers/
And did you have a point on the cases of companies that didn’t? The answer to that is blatantly obvious and not that deep.