▲ 366 ▼ Trump slapped with major lawsuit as Costco demands refund on his tariffs (www.rawstory.com) submitted 8 months ago by just_another_person@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments Costco is pretty much the only "good" giant conglomerated multinational corporation it seems.
[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 25 points 8 months ago (3 children) Sweet. And then Costco will give us that money since we covered that cost. Start checking the mailboxes :) /s permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 40 points 8 months ago (1 child) They actually may. They keep records tied to membership number and already have a system set up for yearly rebates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Archer@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 child) It would be funny if only Costco members got tariff refund checks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 2piradians@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago It would be a big positive news story for them as well. Might even pull some customers away from Sam's. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 35 points 8 months ago If anyplace would they might. They got a notable boost in traffic just by explicitly saying they wouldn't drop their DEI policy when that was his favorite tantrum. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 points 8 months ago Investors are already gambling with this money. Companies sold their rights to refunds to other companies for fraction of the value. Banks bought it and are now waiting for Trump to pay them. One of investors is the son of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. https://www.wired.com/story/cantor-fitzgerald-trump-tariff-refunds/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 40 points 8 months ago (1 child) They actually may. They keep records tied to membership number and already have a system set up for yearly rebates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Archer@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 child) It would be funny if only Costco members got tariff refund checks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 2piradians@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago It would be a big positive news story for them as well. Might even pull some customers away from Sam's. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Archer@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 child) It would be funny if only Costco members got tariff refund checks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 2piradians@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago It would be a big positive news story for them as well. Might even pull some customers away from Sam's. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 2piradians@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago It would be a big positive news story for them as well. Might even pull some customers away from Sam's. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 35 points 8 months ago If anyplace would they might. They got a notable boost in traffic just by explicitly saying they wouldn't drop their DEI policy when that was his favorite tantrum. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 points 8 months ago Investors are already gambling with this money. Companies sold their rights to refunds to other companies for fraction of the value. Banks bought it and are now waiting for Trump to pay them. One of investors is the son of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. https://www.wired.com/story/cantor-fitzgerald-trump-tariff-refunds/ permalink fedilink source parent