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There is still some Lenovos on sale at bestbuy and it's a little bit tempting to buy one due to FOMO if the prices might suddenly go up. I considered it earlier in the year, but moved my stuff to an old Thinkpad T520 instead and am using that right now. I think I can stay with the T520 for now.
Prices are absolutely going to go up. If you think you'll want to buy in the next year or two, do it now.
buy everything you need to stock up quickly. You can resell it for profit after tariffs hit. it is a good business opportunity.
Many buyers expect importers to stock up and sell them later for higher price anyway, why let Trump take the tariff tax money from Americans when you can take it for yourself.
Products from some countries hit with high tariffs can net you a lot of profits. You can use the money to send your children through college and help the hungry poor people everywhere in America during the upcoming depression. Trump would have just used that money on his miles long parade.
Yeah I'm not mercantile enough to go around doing stuff like that, but I understand the thought. I don't NEED another laptop. It was tempting, but I can keep making do with what I have now.
Added: I probably should buy a new SSD if there are still some affordable ones out there. I could use it, will probably need it, and prices have been going up since even before the tariffs.
Apparently samsung made a lot of money due to the tariff and people stockpiling chips. https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/samsung-profits-rise-chip-stockpiling-before-trump-us-tariffs-125040800850_1.html