Nicole Lappin

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Find a co-host at airbnb.com slash host. I'm Nicole Lappin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand. It's time for some money rehab. So I saw something on X yesterday that stopped me scrolling in my tracks. Here's a little bit of it.

Find a co-host at airbnb.com slash host. I'm Nicole Lappin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand. It's time for some money rehab. So I saw something on X yesterday that stopped me scrolling in my tracks. Here's a little bit of it.

Find a co-host at airbnb.com slash host. I'm Nicole Lappin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand. It's time for some money rehab. So I saw something on X yesterday that stopped me scrolling in my tracks. Here's a little bit of it.

If you haven't seen this or similar videos going around X or TikTok, there's a ton of viral videos taken by people claiming to be factory workers in China, saying that they're the ones who really make your Hulu lemon leggings or your Birkin bag. And they'll send them to you directly for a fraction of the price. Here's another clip from the video.

If you haven't seen this or similar videos going around X or TikTok, there's a ton of viral videos taken by people claiming to be factory workers in China, saying that they're the ones who really make your Hulu lemon leggings or your Birkin bag. And they'll send them to you directly for a fraction of the price. Here's another clip from the video.

If you haven't seen this or similar videos going around X or TikTok, there's a ton of viral videos taken by people claiming to be factory workers in China, saying that they're the ones who really make your Hulu lemon leggings or your Birkin bag. And they'll send them to you directly for a fraction of the price. Here's another clip from the video.

so this guy is offering a broken bag for less than 1400 bucks but there are some others throwing out numbers as low as 50 bucks for designer handbags and five dollars for sweatpants these videos are essentially making the pitch to consumers to skip the store skip the markup go straight to the source and that is a compelling pitch especially when it comes to luxury goods where markups are absolutely insane

so this guy is offering a broken bag for less than 1400 bucks but there are some others throwing out numbers as low as 50 bucks for designer handbags and five dollars for sweatpants these videos are essentially making the pitch to consumers to skip the store skip the markup go straight to the source and that is a compelling pitch especially when it comes to luxury goods where markups are absolutely insane

so this guy is offering a broken bag for less than 1400 bucks but there are some others throwing out numbers as low as 50 bucks for designer handbags and five dollars for sweatpants these videos are essentially making the pitch to consumers to skip the store skip the markup go straight to the source and that is a compelling pitch especially when it comes to luxury goods where markups are absolutely insane

In the comments to these videos, I'm seeing a lot of questions like, can you actually buy direct from manufacturers? Is it even legal? So I'm going to answer those questions today, and I'll also talk big picture about what this trend could be revealing about the future of manufacturing and how that will affect us as consumers and investors.

In the comments to these videos, I'm seeing a lot of questions like, can you actually buy direct from manufacturers? Is it even legal? So I'm going to answer those questions today, and I'll also talk big picture about what this trend could be revealing about the future of manufacturing and how that will affect us as consumers and investors.

In the comments to these videos, I'm seeing a lot of questions like, can you actually buy direct from manufacturers? Is it even legal? So I'm going to answer those questions today, and I'll also talk big picture about what this trend could be revealing about the future of manufacturing and how that will affect us as consumers and investors.

So this wave of viral videos is, of course, in response to the US-China trade war. Where we're at now in terms of rates, although it could change in a minute, is 145% on Chinese goods, meaning American companies have to pay an additional 145% tax on all goods coming from China.

So this wave of viral videos is, of course, in response to the US-China trade war. Where we're at now in terms of rates, although it could change in a minute, is 145% on Chinese goods, meaning American companies have to pay an additional 145% tax on all goods coming from China.

So this wave of viral videos is, of course, in response to the US-China trade war. Where we're at now in terms of rates, although it could change in a minute, is 145% on Chinese goods, meaning American companies have to pay an additional 145% tax on all goods coming from China.

Then China responded with a 125% tariff on US imports, meaning Chinese companies will have to pay an additional 125% on all goods coming from the US. What these videos seem to show is manufacturing getting very creative. They're actually using X and TikTok to reach US consumers directly, bypassing both American retailers and, crucially, those new tariffs.

Then China responded with a 125% tariff on US imports, meaning Chinese companies will have to pay an additional 125% on all goods coming from the US. What these videos seem to show is manufacturing getting very creative. They're actually using X and TikTok to reach US consumers directly, bypassing both American retailers and, crucially, those new tariffs.

Then China responded with a 125% tariff on US imports, meaning Chinese companies will have to pay an additional 125% on all goods coming from the US. What these videos seem to show is manufacturing getting very creative. They're actually using X and TikTok to reach US consumers directly, bypassing both American retailers and, crucially, those new tariffs.