I imagine the Kirkland signature lawyers have an airtight case. This administration would be foolish to take on Costco while drowning on the issue of affordability.
ifjake on
They could actually return tariffs to customers since it’s a membership.
Smithy2232 on
Good for Costco! Hopefully, many others will do the same!
PatSajaksDick on
Please let this spur a MAGA Costco boycott, I swear it’s the only place I still see the red hats
Ok-disaster2022 on
Let’s go Costco!!
irishyardball on
And then do we sue Costco for our money back? Or should we be the ones suing the Trump admin?
TheDwellingHeart on
If there were a Costco around me, they would have my business. They stood up to the DEI changes, and they are now doing this.
I realize that all corporations truly care about is money. But the ones that begin to harm society via ideology should be punished by losing business. The opposite should be true as well.
DramaticWesley on
And is Costco then going to refund all its customers for passing the cost down to them? Oh, they are just going to keep record profits to jack up their stock price.
Pretend_Pea4636 on
It’s awesome that they are doing this. The irony is that the tariffs are a tax being applied by one man and there is no recourse. It’s little different from the motivations behind the Boston Tea Party. This is taxation without representation because it comes from an Executive instead of the Legislative. It’s a stolen tax happening right before our eyes.
CivilWay1444 on
Thanks Costco
doomeddeath on
Is this what winning looks like?
DylansDeadlyTwo on
So if they win and get their tariffs refunds, how do we get our tariff refunds?
the0riginalp0ster on
Good luck, they will never pay you and this will just happen again.
zombiebabou on
So if businesses can get a refund on tariffs then customers are just screwed on the extra cost they paid in increased prices? I know it would be a crazy mess and not really feasible to actually make customers whole but businesses get to double dip on this? They raised prices to cover the cost of tariffs and then they get a refund on them later possibly with interest. Then the national debt goes even higher because Trump used tariff revenue to pay for all kinds of stuff and these tariff refunds would have to come out of federal coffers. I’m not arguing that the tariffs should stay but Americans are just getting screwed both ways on this.
Buck_Thorn on
Has Costco not passed along the tariffs of to their customers, then?
mvallas1073 on
Resubbing today
dclxvi616 on
Double-dipping. They have us pay the cost of their tariffs only to seek reimbursement from the taxpayers for the tariffs taxpayers already compensated them for.
And the sleaziest thing is people think this makes them look good.
Robofetus-5000 on
Someone said Costco’s legal team is almost Disney legal of “doesn’t fuck around” and that if theyre doing this, the writing is on the wall for the tariffs future.
Flat-Emergency4891 on
Why should the companies get the refunds when the it was us who bought the tariff products from them? They built it into their pricing when we bought the stuff. The refund should be ours.
morbob on
Taxation without representation.
svrtngr on
Needed a reminder to renew my membership, thanks Costco.
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I wonder if members get their 2% bonus on this?
I’ll be getting a Costco membership soon.
I imagine the Kirkland signature lawyers have an airtight case. This administration would be foolish to take on Costco while drowning on the issue of affordability.
They could actually return tariffs to customers since it’s a membership.
Good for Costco! Hopefully, many others will do the same!
Please let this spur a MAGA Costco boycott, I swear it’s the only place I still see the red hats
Let’s go Costco!!
And then do we sue Costco for our money back? Or should we be the ones suing the Trump admin?
If there were a Costco around me, they would have my business. They stood up to the DEI changes, and they are now doing this.
I realize that all corporations truly care about is money. But the ones that begin to harm society via ideology should be punished by losing business. The opposite should be true as well.
And is Costco then going to refund all its customers for passing the cost down to them? Oh, they are just going to keep record profits to jack up their stock price.
It’s awesome that they are doing this. The irony is that the tariffs are a tax being applied by one man and there is no recourse. It’s little different from the motivations behind the Boston Tea Party. This is taxation without representation because it comes from an Executive instead of the Legislative. It’s a stolen tax happening right before our eyes.
Thanks Costco
Is this what winning looks like?
So if they win and get their tariffs refunds, how do we get our tariff refunds?
Good luck, they will never pay you and this will just happen again.
So if businesses can get a refund on tariffs then customers are just screwed on the extra cost they paid in increased prices? I know it would be a crazy mess and not really feasible to actually make customers whole but businesses get to double dip on this? They raised prices to cover the cost of tariffs and then they get a refund on them later possibly with interest. Then the national debt goes even higher because Trump used tariff revenue to pay for all kinds of stuff and these tariff refunds would have to come out of federal coffers. I’m not arguing that the tariffs should stay but Americans are just getting screwed both ways on this.
Has Costco not passed along the tariffs of to their customers, then?
Resubbing today
Double-dipping. They have us pay the cost of their tariffs only to seek reimbursement from the taxpayers for the tariffs taxpayers already compensated them for.
And the sleaziest thing is people think this makes them look good.
Someone said Costco’s legal team is almost Disney legal of “doesn’t fuck around” and that if theyre doing this, the writing is on the wall for the tariffs future.
Why should the companies get the refunds when the it was us who bought the tariff products from them? They built it into their pricing when we bought the stuff. The refund should be ours.
Taxation without representation.
Needed a reminder to renew my membership, thanks Costco.