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I just realized there is a 10% tariffs on Nicaragua. I definitely don't like this. Oh and my 401k is more bruised than Tina Turner after she gave Ike a cold dinner.
 

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I just realized there is a 10% tariffs on Nicaragua. I definitely don't like this. Oh and my 401k is more bruised than Tina Turner after she gave Ike a cold dinner.
Most people do not realize there is a 10% reciprocal tariff in place on virtually all countries right now. This took effect for all products that left the foreign port as of April 2nd. ALL imported products (cigars or otherwise) are affected by this.

The products I sell are manufactured in Italy and I am in the process of giving my customers a 10% price increase. In speaking with my customers, I am certainly not the only one doing this so I can only speculate this will ultimately cause more inflation. These increases are just hitting the wholesale market now so I think things may get real interesting over the next couple of months.

Regarding my 401K, I did see this coming and moved much of my investments around before this hit. Thankfully I'm only down 1.55% as of Friday.
 
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Most people do not realize there is a 10% reciprocal tariff in place on virtually all countries right now. This took effect for all products that left the foreign port as of April 2nd. ALL imported products (cigars or otherwise) are affected by this.

The products I sell are manufactured in Italy and I am in the process of giving my customers a 10% price increase. In speaking with my customers, I am certainly not the only one doing this so I can only speculate this will ultimately cause more inflation. These increases are just hitting the wholesale market now so I think things may get real interesting over the next couple of months.

Regarding my 401K, I did see this coming and moved much of my investments around before this hit. Thankfully I'm only down 1.55% as of Friday.
I knew there was a 10% tariff across the board. Like, I heard it, but it kind of got lost in the crazy shit like 100% tariffs. Plus, I hadn't been buying a lot besides groceries and gas lately. Then I went and looked at cigar prices. That is when it kind of sunk in.
 
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