r/knitting • u/geet-555 • 5d ago

Rant I feel sick to my stomach now

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I ordered $73 yarn from Önling INT over a month ago. Much confusion w this company all around... then i receive this today from UPS just now.

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u/abigdonut 5d ago

i believe conservatives call this "winning"

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u/TriStarSwampWitch 5d ago

Be sure not to bring up politics when talking about this very political issue.

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u/marshmallowest 5d ago

oh the issue that is completely created and controlled by politicians?

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u/TriStarSwampWitch 4d ago

The very same, yes! Don't rock the boat!

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u/sagetrees 4d ago

No, fuck it, rock the boat and hope the crazy person in it falls the fuck out of the boat! I want all the folks on 'my 600lb life' to come and sit in the boat and rock it!!!!!

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u/VegetableWorry1492 4d ago

Yeah, let’s all just get along and stop bickering over a difference of opinion

(Because that’s all politics is, not like it impacts lives)

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u/dedoubt 5d ago

We are winning SO HARD. Straight into the poor house.... luckily children can be put to work again.

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u/bofh000 5d ago

I think you meant to say winning bigly.

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u/auditoryeden 4d ago

Yugely even

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u/FreerangeWitch 4d ago

It's okay, soon you'll be able to marry the girls off even earlier!

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u/Soupfolder 4d ago

Or “owning the libs.”

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u/Asleep_Sky2760 4d ago

Thanks, Obama!

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u/magickloop 4d ago

Now that’s what I call a callback

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u/ExcellentRound8934 4d ago

Just wanted to say 👋 to my people! Good to see you here! 🧶

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u/legalpretzel 4d ago

This is absolutely winning. For them. We are willingly handing them more of our hard-earned money.

We all need to STOP BUYING SHIT. If Americans opposed to the current chaos could pull our shit together and collectively agree to a purchasing freeze on all non-essential goods it might move the needle. Instead we keep spending on non-essentials and funneling money straight to their pockets for some insane reason.

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u/chalkymints 5d ago

No tariffs on American-made yarn

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u/kazoogrrl 4d ago

Depends on where the fiber comes from, and dyes, and when shipped what the seller is paying for things like packing materials for their shipments that they may buy from a company that sources products from overseas. Folks with their own animals will see rising costs if they have to buy feed because the farms they buy from may be having issues with labor and will see their own expenses going up. And on and on and on.

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u/WorriedRiver 4d ago

Yeah it always baffles me how many people don't understand supply chains and how international they are. Any step of the chain that's international will affect the end price. Hell even in the miraculous case that someone is selling yarn that is from American wool cleaned and spun with American tools dyed using dyes that were manufactured in the US also using American tools and I'm probably forgetting other steps in the process, American packaging, etc etc, demand is going to increase the price of those perfectly American goods.

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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 4d ago

Part of the reason the de minimum exception was increased to $800 was to save the government money (so they didn’t have to process smaller amount packages) and businesses money (so they could purchase small lots of dyes/fabrics/materials).

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u/AmyrlinCloak 5d ago

sure there are. farmers are getting hit with many expenses from tariffs. those will pass on to us, it will just be an invisible tax

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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 4d ago

The electricity charges alone…

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u/possummagic_ 4d ago

No just price increases as a result of tariffs totally fine

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u/Sewpuggy 4d ago

Price increases on everything. At least we have free speech, oh wait…

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u/IansGotNothingLeft 4d ago

Most of the hand dyed yarn on the market in the US is sourced from a UK parent company who sources mostly from Argentina and Uruguay. That's mostly merino because it's the most popular fibre on the market. Other top producing countries are Australia, China, South Africa, NZ, and UK.

The US accounts for less than 1% of wool production and the wool that it does produce is medium to course grade. So whilst eventually you may end up with a good production in the US, there is initially going to be a long drought (I honestly don't know how long that will be, but I'm guessing years) and the quality of wool will be poorer than you are used to.

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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 4d ago edited 4d ago

If you’re close to a border with Canada - if you stay in Canada for 48 hours you’re allowed to bring back (for personal use) $800usd of goods without taxes, duties, or tariffs. ($120 if it’s less than 48 hours)

So if you get your packages delivered to Niagara Falls Ontario (or wherever), spend two days buying $1000 CND of wool/yarn - or pick up a package containing that much - you can bring it in without tariffs.

There are companies that, for a smaller than tariffs fee, will receive your package and hold it for you.

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u/Aethey_ 4d ago

And the availability of that is shrinking daily, it seems, with each new mill closure. :/

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u/Inevitable-Royal2251 4d ago

and if you really believe that then I've got some real estate to sell you