I am assuming you don’t know how tariffs work. If not, here is a simple explanation:
Tariffs are paid by the US company that imports the goods. In this case it is the US side of Bambu Labs that is paying the taxes. Because of the fact that 10% of their profits are now gone, the company is going to charge the consumer more so they can still have the same profits. Why do you expect the companies to take a hit for us?
That is not a fair statement, this is how a democracy works. If most of the country votes for an orange ruler you have to accept the new overlord, it’s just a functioning democracy
But yeah, back on topic, tariffs are paid by the consumer. The idea is that imported goods get more expensive so you are more inclined to buy a locally produced high end 3D printer. And if they don’t exist startups have a better chance to produce a competitive machine at a competitive price.
This is how it should work at least. From what I can tell from the other side of the pond is that your chosen leader uses it more like a threat to extort other countries, which for now got him some empty promises from your neighbours but it could backfire in a big way.
And I think @krellboy must have been sarcastic because everybody could have seen this from miles away. It is just an extra tax paid inside America making stuff more expensive by said percentage. And it can work, Norway has high import tax and it’s citizens pay a lot more for their stuff but they also buy more locally produced keeping the economy circling.
But it will make life more expensive, just wait until those 25’s for the neighbours will hit.
It actually can be and is the tariffs. Assuming you are serious, you don’t understand how this works. Unfortunately it’s government leaders spreading misinformation.
I’m part of a group who preordered some electronics equipment from a different foreign company. We all paid for it months ago and are just waiting on delivery.
The country where they are coming from is subject to tariffs. As the units are hitting US borders, recipients are getting notices to pay up. Don’t pay up? Shipment gets refused by Customs. The addressees pay the tariffs.
In Bambu’s case, the shipments are headed to Bambu warehouses. They get the tariff notices. We don’t see them in this case. Bambu is having to pay to get the stuff into the country so are passing the costs on to us.
Regular folks are the ones who pay tariffs - whether we see the tariff payment demands or not.
You need to understand that USA already Loses hundreds of billion$ and thousand$ of jobs the other way due to closed foreign markets via Tariff / VAT taxes on US products. The relatively cheap products on Ali Express are example of small profit margin but market share domination. These Non US producers have Mountains of products to sell and absolutely cannot afford to NOT sell them quickly so in many cases the tariff cost will NOT directly charge back to you to avoid loss of sales velocity. The US market is MASSIVE in comparison and finally businessmen are in office willing to leverage that to get a fairer deal for US and US workers. Even if you pay a bit more on some things there’s a better chance a factory will open domestically and US labor will keep or get better opportunities ++.
It’s not up to them. Where do you people arguing tariffs don’t matter get your information because there is a lot of misinformation in your post.
When packages arrive from foreign countries they go through customs. Customs and Border Patrol inventory shipments and check value against regulations.
The reason so many could buy from Chinese companies like Ali or whatever without understanding these things is there was a limit on value that if you were below, there was no tariff.
But don’t take my word for it. Just watch what happens if the current administration doesn’t back down on tariffs with China just like it did with Canada and Mexico.
When shipments are subject to tariffs, the receiver of the shipment gets the notice of tax due and packages aren’t released until the tax is paid. Best get used to it.
Tariffs 101 The USA Government collects tariffs, not from the sellers in country of origin by from the USA vendors who are doing the importing. The USA vendor who pays for the USA-Government imposed tariff, either takes a loss or passes on the cost of the tariff to the consumer by raising the price.
China is also planning to introduce tariffs to the US.
Large companies could set up a US factory, but I expect the cost per printer will be similar to those with taffifs added.
Cheaper Chinese Labor and regulations vs US Labor & Regs just make it harder (but the cost of living in the US is far far higher)
The idea of promoting US companies is good IF they are able to offer comparable quality at the same price point.
You cannot get US made iPhones for the same reason. It would be about twice the price.
Tariffs are paid on import by the importer. If you were personally buying direct from Bambu, you would need to pay the Tarrif.
If there was a US based intermediary, they would pay the Tariff and to maintain any profit, would pass that onto the consumer.
I am not trying to start an argument, but I wouldn’t say you have to accept and love everything a leader does, especially when it involves ethnic cleansing.
Please you all, understand that all taxes a business (who you buy from) pays is almost always passed on to the consumer along with the labor and material costs of the product they are selling. So you do end up paying for any increase in taxes (tariffs).
I’m fully with you on that, and the are many countries with leaders that do whatever the f they want that could do with a revolution. But in a democratic country, your time to speak is before the election. Especially if it involves just financial stuff like tariffs, those topics is what elections are for.
But you are right, if it involves ethnic cleansing, going against human rights, national law and international law (again, not naming names) the people should have their voices be heard.
This topic is on tariffs though, something disclosed beforehand and voted for en masse and I believe in a democracy, stuff like that, if it doesn’t suit you but a majority of your peers want it, you just have to accept it. Even though your peers can be wrong to want it.
Here in the Netherlands, “we” voted against a bright future in exchange for slightly more wealth in the short run. And we have to accept this until the next election
And back on topic, taxes are going back to the country and are invested back into the community to make your life better (infrastructure, education, healthcare, security, first responders). They are just shifted in a way to make some things cheaper and others more expensive to steer your consumerism. Just like we have high tax on cigarettes and low tax on food.
I just had to chime in on this… I really don’t understand why the U.S. has such intense political hostility toward China. At the end of the day, they’re just like any other country—trying to grow, succeed, and stay competitive. Sure, there are issues, like worker treatment in some industries, but let’s be real—the same can be said about plenty of places, even within the U.S.
What really gets me is how governments drag everyday people into their political games. Walk into almost any store in America, and you’ll see shelves stocked with products made in China. If they’re supposedly such a huge problem, why do we keep buying from them? It just proves how much nonsense is fed to us to keep us aligned with whatever narrative suits those in power.
In reality, we’re all just people trying to make a living and enjoy life. Every Chinese person I’ve met has been kind, polite, and just trying to carve out their own path—no different from the rest of us. Tariffs and trade wars? Just another excuse to raise prices and squeeze more money out of us. At the end of the day, it’s all politics, and we’re the ones stuck paying the price.
If you look at polls, ~22.5% will believe or say anything, even if it’s quite obviously wrong or ridiculous. It doesn’t even matter what the topic is or what side of the over-simplified 2D “political spectrum” you’re talking about.
The question could be “Would it be good to completely eliminate acts of violence?” and you will get some people saying no!
When you can’t even buy bubbles for your child in America that are made in USA then you have a real problem. We can’t even make soap and water in America and it’s somehow cheaper to ship it from China?? It make zero sense from a financial aspect or an environmental one either.
