This seems pretty important to crowdsource and talk about, so I’m gonna go ahead and risk violating the no politics rule from a few days ago, because I don’t see a better community to ask this. My defense for it not “being politics” is, I’m asking you to keep it to purchasing decisions and how the details of how the tariffs are likely to work, as opposed to who did what. This thread has the potential to save people lots of money if it gets big!
Tariffs are gonna make things more expensive for Americans; what are you planning on buying now instead of later, or stockpiling a little of?
Panic buying like this only leads to more price increases. I just buy the minimum, like usual.
The real question is does panic buying now make goods cost more than a 100% tariff will?
In the short-term, absolutely. Look what happened when panic buying happened during the start of COVID.