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stabbyabi What?! You mean to say Americans were paying the trump tariffs the whole time?! I thought They™ were paying the backdoor taxes. If only we had examples from the last 100 years of US history to tell us that broad trade protectionism is a losing strategy. Reply
bill001g They should have immediately reversed the prices when the court ruled they were invalid in february and the government stopped collecting them. In addition they like apple have sued to get the money they paid back. Just another example of greed by businesses. They put in "temporary" increases for covid or fuel shortages but never decease the price. I doubt ddr5 memory will ever get close to what it was even if every AI data center shuts down. Reply
toffty bill001g said: They should have immediately reversed the prices when the court ruled they were invalid in february and the government stopped collecting them. In addition they like apple have sued to get the money they paid back. Just another example of greed by businesses. They put in "temporary" increases for covid or fuel shortages but never decease the price. I doubt ddr5 memory will ever get close to what it was even if every AI data center shuts down. I'm going to assume you're not aware that it was not guaranteed that any company would receive any payback. It makes complete sense for Arctic to wait until they had received the refund. Reply
bill001g toffty said: I'm going to assume you're not aware that it was not guaranteed that any company would receive any payback. It makes complete sense for Arctic to wait until they had received the refund. To a point that is true….for the money they paid before feburary 2026. It has been 5 or 6 months that they kept the price higher even though they no longer pay the tariff Reply
obvious oscar I'm not going to get into the stupidness of Tariffs, we all know the deal who pays them etc. But the Freezer 3 Pro, I have it and think it's great. Reply
theverge Admin said: The company says it is honoring its earlier promise to reverse tariff-driven price increases, becoming one of the first PC hardware vendors to publicly roll back pricing after a major court ruling. PC cooling outfit Arctic reverses tariff-era price hikes after US government refund — lowers prices across lineup, including coolers and case fans : Read more So the government refunds the tariffs that the consumers paid, and the company keeps all the money. Never ordering from them. Reply
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