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You use the term predatory, and while I don't fully disagree, id argue the correct term would be preemptive.
Sure, the goods they have weren't taxed with the new tarrifs. But any sound bussiness manager or even just inventory manager can understand the concept of "once we sell out of these the next shipment will cost X more so in reality we can just preemptively start to raise our costs" (either to cover anticipated costs increases, or to slowly ramp up prices rather than 1 all at once X sized jump)
Comment by breakermw at 03/02/2025 at 15:20 UTC
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Yep you see this all the time with gas prices.
The second a refinery is having issues? Gas prices jump even if the gas was onsite over a week before.
And once the issue is resolved? Prices take weeks to slip down a teeny bit.