Get Ready to See Tariff Surcharges on Your Receipts

President Trump’s tariffs are already coming for your sex tech. That and everything else. Dame, a sex products company, shared a post on Instagram announcing that it would start implementing a “Trump Tariff Surcharge.” An extra $5 will be added to the purchase of certain products while the company “figure[s] out what to do next.” The line item on the checkout page is listed with an image of a golden wisp of a Trump-esque hairpiece. “It’s a little funny, it’s a little sad, but above all, we just want to be as transparent with you as possible,” reads the description in the post. Alexandra Fine, CEO of Dame Products, says the company knew tariffs were coming, though she did not think they would be quite so heavily levied against China as Trump’s current 125 percent rate imposed on goods imported from the country. The $5 fee will not actually be enough to offset the actual tariff increases if they do come, but the point of adding the line item was more to bring awareness. “We’ve been t ... Read full article.