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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · 3d

MORBO CONGRATULATES YOU ON BREAKING FREE OF THE CLUTCHES OF JEFF BEZOS

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · 5d

“INCORRECT” TARIFF CHARGES? MWAHAHAHAHA

PATHETIC AMERICAN SHOPPERS, YOUR PAIN HAS BARELY BEGUN

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 5d

this is like half of r/ups now

Hi Andrew,

You have a new invoice for $63,755.71

Tariff Fee on T Shirt

Total Due: $83.27

Government Charges: $59.27
Brokerage Charges: $24.00

How to go about disputing an incorrect tariff charge?

Total Due: $82.92

Government Charges: $68.92
UPS Brokerage fees: $14.00

I’ve received 15 different duties and tariff charges for items I didn’t order.
Customer Seeking Help
The title is the crux of the issue. Over the past 3 weeks I’ve received numerous brown envelopes all charging me for duty and tariff fees associated with items that I never ordered.

The seller is somebody I’ve bought from before, but the last time I purchased from them was several months ago and my name is on the sold to slot. The “shipped to” person is someone I don’t know and the address and tracking address are both unrelated to me.

I’ve sent emails to an address given to my by the one time I was able to get through the phone number listed on the paper bill. They said the invoices will be removed in 4-6 weeks but now I’ve started receiving late fee bills on top. I’ve tried to call in again once a day, but I either get hung up on or my call drops once the wait lasts over an hour.

Any advice? I just don’t want this to go to collections or affect my credit for something I didn’t order or have any relation to besides my name being on something it shouldn’t have.

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · 5d

“INCORRECT” TARIFF CHARGES? MWAHAHAHAHA

PATHETIC AMERICAN SHOPPERS, YOUR PAIN HAS BARELY BEGUN

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 5d

this is like half of r/ups now

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · 5d

TARIFFS PAYABLE ON DELIVERY

I WILL FEED SCOTT BESSENT TO MORBO’S GOOD FRIEND GODZILLA

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 5d

How bad are tariffs going?

I paid for $32 of shaving cream from Canada. Unique stuff I’ve used for years, nothing like it in US. Small family business.

UPS guy came to my door today with box and said I have to pay additional $120 before he can hand it to me.

That makes it 5x more expensive!!! 🤯

Screenshot of message from UPS:

Hi Adam,
All import fees must be paid prior to delivery.
Save time - prepay online for your FREIGHTCOM shipment. If import fees are not paid before delivery, an additional surcharge will be applied.
Total Amount Due
119.20 USD
Additional charges may have been applied based on recent tariff policy changes.
Pay Now ›

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · 5d

TARIFFS PAYABLE ON DELIVERY

I WILL FEED SCOTT BESSENT TO MORBO’S GOOD FRIEND GODZILLA

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 5d

How bad are tariffs going?

I paid for $32 of shaving cream from Canada. Unique stuff I’ve used for years, nothing like it in US. Small family business.

UPS guy came to my door today with box and said I have to pay additional $120 before he can hand it to me.

That makes it 5x more expensive!!! 🤯

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · 19d

PATHETIC XENOPHOBIC HUMAN ECONOMIST

I WILL DESTROY YOU

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 19d

FED'S MIRAN: REMOVAL OF MIGRANTS WILL HAVE DISINFLATIONARY IMPACT

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · 29d

THE TARIFF THREAD AWAKENS

MORBO MUST HAVE HIS SWEETS

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Tero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 29d

26% Kit Kat price increase ahead of Halloween?? Lord have mercy

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Aug 29

MORBO STIRS

THE RETURN OF TARIFF LINES ON TEMU RECEIPTS APPROACHES

PATHETIC HUMANS! FEAST ON THE FRUITS OF YOUR MISGUIDED VOTING DECISIONS! MWAHAHAHAHA

Forbes @forbes.com · Aug 28

The de minimis exemption, which allowed imported packages worth less than $800 to enter the U.S. without facing any duties, will end for all countries on August 29.

Several Countries Suspend Postal Shipments To The US—Here’s Why

The de minimis exemption, which allowed imported packages worth less than $800 to enter the U.S. without facing any duties, will end for all countries on August 29.

www.forbes.com

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jul 14

PRESIDENT TRUMP LEARNED EVERYTHING HE KNOWS ABOUT NEGOTIATION FROM THE HEROIC DEALMAKER ZAPP BRANNIGAN

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Jul 14

I'd love to know the tariff strategy tbh. You can't secure a single deal with 90 days, so instead, you blow up any negotiations you had with a new random tariff rate, but this time, you only have two weeks to negotiate.

Like I'd sincerely love to know what the advice about this is right now.

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jul 13

EVEN THE MIGHTY MORBO CANNOT DESTROY THE POWER OF A CFO’S DISCOUNT RATE

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · Jul 13

i know this makes me a curmudgeon but i wish more progressives understood more about the price of money

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jul 12

PLANET EXPRESS WOULD NEVER

TRANSMIT YOUR TARIFF INVOICES TO MORBO FOR INCLUSION IN THE TARIFF MEGATHREAD

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · Jul 11

happened to a friend of mine too, got a bill from fedex for the tariff that they paid when they imported the furniture

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jul 11

MORBO OFFERS UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT TO CANADIANS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO ROAST PATHETIC AMERICANS… OVER OPEN FLAMES! MWAHAHAHAHA

Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · Jul 11

Regrettably for the serious people who have followed me, its about to be a lot of canadian politics

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jul 10

PUNY BOER CONMAN! MORBO CELEBRATES THE ONE TRUE MOTHER OF ROBOTS: MOM futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Carol_M...

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jul 10

MORBO WILL BE CHEERING ON THE BOND VIGILANTES IN THEIR CRUSADE AGAINST THE BOER MENACE

Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · Jul 10

A colleague pointed out that as of 2 weeks ago there is now a publicly traded (well, if you're an institution) XAI/X security, their 5 year general corporate bond. It's already lost 5% of its value and now has about a 13.5% yield.

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jul 9

MORBO WOULD PREFER TO IGNORE THE ZITRONIAN MENACE, BUT HE CONTINUES TO PITCH MY PRODUCERS ON DOING SEGMENTS WITH CLIENTS OF HIS PR AGENCY, AND THOSE CLIENTS INCLUDE ARTIFICALLY INTELLIGENT ALIEN WIFE APPLICATIONS

MORBO WISHES THE ZITRON WAS MERELY STUPID, BUT HIS HYPOCRISY SUGGESTS MALICIOUS INTENT

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · Jul 9

people get mad at me when I say ed zitron is an absolute moron that does not know more than a wikipedia-skim worth about the topic he writes about, and yet.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 30m
every SaaS company on earth was valued at 30x in 2021. if they start missing revenue targets it'll be a different story, but for a company tripling revenue year over year this is par for the course.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 25m

how are the valuations on those Saas companies doing today?

OpenAI burning $10bn+ a year AFTER REVENUE is bubble-esque

Nothing about this is par for the course, it does not reflect any period — not dot com, not optical/fibre
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 25m
I really do recommend you read up on a single thing here before you start throwing around accusations of "people on the left not understanding business"
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Purple Rock John @theonlyjohn.bsky.social · 12m
Ed, I think you are an excellent writer and I enjoy your articles. But just as one example, Adobe had P/E ratios in the 40s and 50s (and even higher in the past) before they came back down. It can definitely be a warning sign, but it is not enough data to signal that a company is doomed.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11m
what do you think the "P" in p/e means?
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Purple Rock John @theonlyjohn.bsky.social · 6m
Price.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 3m
Right. So share price. OpenAI is not a public company, and thus p/e is irrelevant. we cannot know their share price because they do not have one.
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social
The "price" in "price to earnings" refers to equity valuation, not share price. You calculate P/E or P/S ratios by dividing the total valuation by total net income or total revenue, this is a pretty embarrassing attempt at a gotcha.

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jul 7

HOW DARE THE TARIFF MONSTERS ENLIST INNOCENT DELIVERY BOYS IN THEIR SCHEMES

GOING FORWARD, I WILL BE SMUGGLING EXCLUSIVELY WITH PLANET EXPRESS

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · Jul 7

Doorbell just rang, it was the UPS guy...looking dejected. Had a package for me which is not unusual, but said he needed a *check or money order for $41.* Said that the tariffs were being passed along directly and I needed to write UPS a check (no Apple Pay or CC) today www.ups.com/us/en/shippi...

www.ups.com

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jul 2

SON OF ERICK, REPENT AND ACCEPT YOUR PUNISHMENT

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Jul 2

Great job, MAGA

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jun 28

CORRECT

Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · Jun 28

Inflation is good and you should be deeply suspicious of people who try to pitch you an inflation free monetary system

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jun 26

I AM PROUD TO INVITE ZOHRAN TO JOIN ME ON MY MONTHLY VISIT TO THE OMICRON PERSEI VIII GAME PRESERVE, WHICH IS WELL-STOCKED WITH ABUSIVE LANDLORDS AND PATHETIC HUMAN CAR DEALERS

gzt aka zoidberg @giziti.bsky.social · Jun 26

So You're saying he'll hunt small business owners for sport?

MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jun 26

PUBLICLY-OWNED GROCERY STORES ARE NOT CENTRALLY-PLANNED SUPPLY CHAINS. THEY ARE SUBSIDIZED DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS.

WHEN A ZOHDEGA HAS A STOCKOUT, THEY WILL JUST ORDER MORE OF WHAT THEY NEED FROM THEIR SUPPLIERS, WHO REMAIN APPROPRIATELY INCENTIVIZED BY THE MARKET TO MEET DEMAND.

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jun 26

PUBLICLY-OWNED GROCERY STORES ARE NOT CENTRALLY-PLANNED SUPPLY CHAINS. THEY ARE SUBSIDIZED DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS.

WHEN A ZOHDEGA HAS A STOCKOUT, THEY WILL JUST ORDER MORE OF WHAT THEY NEED FROM THEIR SUPPLIERS, WHO REMAIN APPROPRIATELY INCENTIVIZED BY THE MARKET TO MEET DEMAND.

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · Jun 26

they are really acting like he's going to close every business or something

Billy binion: Show this video to Zohran. A Cuban seeing Costco for the first time gets emotional witnessing the sheer abundance. People who’ve actually lived under socialism are often the most moved by what markets can create. Capitalism is a miracle, actually.

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jun 23

I WILL DESTROY ALL CRYPTOCURRENCY SHILLS

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · Jun 23

This must go so hard if you’re stupid

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jun 11

THIS DEAL IS STRICTLY WORSE THAN THE STATUS QUO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · Jun 11

Full magnets which is a great deal because we weren't getting the magnets before

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · Jun 4

INDEPENDENCE DAY... OF DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Joe Brusuelas @joebrusuelas.bsky.social · Jun 4

Good morning. Based on discussions with those in our professional network & a visit to the Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach, we expect that the plunge in imports will be most visible starting in the first two weeks of July. #Econ #EconSky

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Market Minute: Empty containers are piling up at LA ports. They are a red flag for the economy.

Based on discussions with those in our professional network and a visit to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, we expect that the plunge in imports will begin showing up in the real economy…

realeconomy.rsmus.com

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · May 30

MORBO CAN DO BASIC ARITHMETIC AND CAN SEE YOU ARE STARTING FROM LESS THAN 0% GROWTH IN Q1 2025. THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE IS BEING GENEROUS.

TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · May 30

(2/3) recently released is even more absurd and indefensible. I predict we will do 3, 4, or even 5 times the amount they purposefully “allotted” to us (1.8%) and, with just our minimum expected 3% Growth, we will more than offset our Tax Cuts (which will, in actuality, cost us no

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MORBO THE BUSINESS ANNIHILATOR @morbo.business · May 28

MORBO HAS ALREADY RETAINED LEGAL COUNSEL, GOOD LUCK IN COURT

MATCLUCK THE HYPERCHICKEN, BIRD ATTORNEY AT LAW

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