Starting August 26th, new regulations have come into effect in Switzerland. Much like the rest of the world, we are temporarily suspending all Hotspot shipments to the USA.
The issue is that with the removal of the de minimis provision for international packages, we are now required to collect all taxes and tariffs on U.S. shipments
The last I read, de minimis still applied. I didn’t know until now that was done with.
As an avid collector of vinyl records: FUCK! I’ve got no problem sending $50 to a European artist who’s selling a limited run of records out of their living room. Hell, if it’s an artist I really like, I’ll spend $70. I’m not about to spend $70 and the artist get half of it.
Spending ludicrous amounts of cash of 12-inch pieces of plastic is totally fine with me, but I want my money going to the artist who’s making the music I love, not a government I voted against.
No more Lego pick a brick! Way more money for temu bullshit, if they even still ship here! Etc
This is where American consumerism will really start to feel the squeeze. The prices of all that stuff had gone up because of tariffs related to manufacturing costs but now direct tariffs on shipments will either block it or cost consumers.
The last I read, de minimis still applied. I didn’t know until now that was done with.
As an avid collector of vinyl records: FUCK! I’ve got no problem sending $50 to a European artist who’s selling a limited run of records out of their living room. Hell, if it’s an artist I really like, I’ll spend $70. I’m not about to spend $70 and the artist get half of it.
Spending ludicrous amounts of cash of 12-inch pieces of plastic is totally fine with me, but I want my money going to the artist who’s making the music I love, not a government I voted against.
It ended 8/29
No more Lego pick a brick! Way more money for temu bullshit, if they even still ship here! Etc
This is where American consumerism will really start to feel the squeeze. The prices of all that stuff had gone up because of tariffs related to manufacturing costs but now direct tariffs on shipments will either block it or cost consumers.