I still can't find evidence of anyone that has actually paid tariffs - nothing seems to be 3x more expensive compared to before the tariffs supposedly kicked in.
But it was only ever a short term strategy; if they had persisted they would have had to reconsider.
Not the highest tariffs since it wasn’t from China.
And a 170% tariff bill.
https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/05/08/high-tariffs-become-rea...
Some of these items are now completely out of stock, even after the prices went up x3 or x7.
Wyze importing electronics: https://9to5google.com/2025/05/01/wyze-floodlight-shipment-c...
Various accounts of individuals getting tariffs tacked on for wedding dresses: https://old.reddit.com/r/weddingplanning/comments/1kdirg4/wi...
Prices are definitely higher for products that didn't have a lot of inventory already in warehouses (mostly new models of higher priced goods, DJI, Lenovo, etc.) - that is when they're being sold at all. Quite a few products are simply out of stock now.
For cheaper things where there's still warehouses full of them, prices remain the same.
(I've been away for a while, and I'm not in the US so no "feel" for it.)
You must not have looked hard.
Merchants have paid tariffs.
Albeit only for a short period of time.
And even if margin was 0, almost nothing would 3x, since the the tariffs were not (quite) that high.