I posted this above – but its relevant to your comment as well. Now with Automation of trucking – Local retails everywhere are looking to save over 200B$ a year in costs to provide you goods. With retailers needing people behind register less and less- that will save these retails over 100B$ a year in costs to provide you goods.
Now Amazon getting hit with the VAT is not going to suddenly surge in pricing – they need to stay competitive with local retailers. If suddenly it costs you 30$ more to purchase something that arrives tomorrow compared to driving […]
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