No you drop the price. If you can increase it you can drop it. The tarrifs arent going away but pre-charging on product you got pre tarrif is scummy as heck.
They literally just have to change the price in their system with a click. Its not rocket science dude its just them being a tad greedy. Not ultra greedy but a little.
Just to make sure I understand, here is your plan:
If the tariffs go up we keep the price the same until weāve sold off all of the pre-tariff unit. Then we raise the price. So now the consumer is paying exactly what we paid for them with just our normal markup.
If the tariffs go down, instead of waiting for the high-tariff priced ones on the salesfloor to sell out, we immediately drop the prices on them.
Right?
Yes. Its really up to bambu because they sell the units to microcenter.
My idea was to keep microcenters profit the same and not screw over the consumer.
And even if the tarrifs go away the price aint gonna drop unless no one buys a printer which is not going to be the case
I think this is the whole point. Decrease everybodies profit and screw over consumers so consumers finally buy America made 3D printers at the premium they otherwise wouldnāt have spent if it was up to them. So I think raising the prices directly is even a positive thing?
But back to how the world works. If the price of a barrel of crude oil goes up all petrol prices go up simultaniously, even though the oil in the pump is still ācheapā. And when the barrel price goes down the price at the pump goes down, even though this was bought at a higher price.
Same goes for supermarkets. If the price of rice goes up every walmart raises their prices, even though some might still have the rice from last week in stock. That is normal as well right? I was in the supermarket yesterday and they were changing out the price tags (mostly for more expensive ones) but the products were still the same as 5min beforeā¦
We use the the same methods for fuel here in AUā¦
Be it a long weekend, holidays or just other things that make lots of people travel.
And in a way it goes like the Microcentre problem >
There is price cycles they announce anywhere between hours and days prior.
Means every 8 to 10 weeks our average fuel price changes as sheduled.
For the rest it clearly is a planned rip off because the fuel depots are being filled when the price is low, not just when the fuel runs low.
And seeing pump price difference of 40 cents or more makes no sense either, especially if petrol station in really rural areas constantly have lower prices despite the longer delivery and all.
What Microcentre does is neither unlawful nor bad business practice - it is normal these days.
The issue is Bambu and their inconsistent pricing and what rates these reseller really get - we donāt know because neither side will disclose the margins.
What I noticed though is that the US tariffs are imploding prices even where they donāt apply.
Or how can be explained that those outside the US experience the same price hikes and that the excuse is the US tariffs ?
Both sides here have arguments that makes sense - it just depends on how you look at it.
Yes it is true that new stock would come with the increased tariff prices.
It is also true that no shop would suck these extra costs up.
But whether the existing stock should be sold at the old price or the new price ???
One can say the printers were ordered and paid, so a further increase is a rip off.
One can also say that the increase is used to order new stock - if they keep lets say 20 units at all times then there isnāt really any difference.
At least until the prices go down again.
And well, of course we will see how the old stock is then still sold at the higher price by some resellersā¦
That happens everywhere these days, not just for Bambu and printers.
We just usually donāt care to check why prices go up and how much stock might be affected 
Yes but the difference is Walmart isnt changing prices because of tarrifs. Again, why does microcenter need to raise the price of the product they got pre tarrifs? Unless bambu is billing them again for the difference there is no reason to raise the price on old product outside of pure greed
Ah. So donāt raise prices on present stock to cover replacement costs. And immediately lower prices to well below cost when the tariffs go away so vendors lose money on both ends?
Got it. 
Freedom of prices. Seller can sell at whatever price it feels itās right for it tariff or no tariff. Stop complaining; either the price is right for you and you buy or itās not and you wait (how long?). It could be price gouging but thereās no law to prevent it so just accept it.
Yeah, has been something Iāve been frustrated seeing, too. Iām not saying there arenāt companies who wonāt scalp consumers, but itās not that easy to parseā¦
Bambu may be front-loading SOME price increase on stock thatās here, so that they can have a slower ramp on price increases as this continues on. So basically. Itās just trying to forecast and adapt in a way that will be the smoothest transition most likely. But yeah, every single person thatās got a keyboard is all of a sudden a product/business expert.
Pipeline logistics of physical goods is super complex and precarious and thatās the whole reason this checkers level tariff stuff is stupid. He is tweaking one variable like a single neuron moron thinking thatās gonna be a magical forcing function when in reality the entire framework needs to be reconsidered and changed deliberately over the next decade if weāre going to really do it right and not destroy half the worlds economy while weāre at it.
Heres a little bit of interesting info: Tarrifs wouldnt apply as long as the ships left china before april 10th yet Bambu was already jacking up prices before hand not to mention there was a ton of stock already here.
Have you read anything in this thread?
Yes and I am adding to it this shows prices increasing in February months before the cutoff are a little fishy
So the graph this whole thread has been discussing is wrong? The first post tarrif prices are listed in February
Yes, there was about a 5% increase in prices on 2/4 in response to the 10% tariff increase. What is fishy about increasing the prices for things you need to pay more for to replace?
Look at this post and tell us what your plan is:
Microcenter already bought units and has hundreds in stock across various stores. Unless they get billed otherwise its scummy.
Your increasing product that is already here. Ive said this before. Once it crosses the tarrif doesnt apply so product sitting in a warehouse doesnt apply.
Now yes they definitely got more product after the February cut off date but using the wayback machine on Microcenters website shows they only made 2 jumps with the tarrifs and not incrementally.
This shows that they either absorbed the cost or received the product pre tarrif.
Every box also says the date its shipped which is a super simple way of distinguishing when the product left china and entered by a port in cali. Everything is tracked
OK, so you are saying the price on the shelf should reflect the price actually paid to import that single unit.
What happens to the price of units on the shelf when tariffs go down? They just stay the same, right? The price to import that single unit on the shelf didnāt go down just because the tariff went down, so it needs to stay the same price.
Right?
Then they decrease the priceā¦
I used to work in a grocery store whenever a price changed we changed it and tried to keep 24% margin.
What would microcenter benefit from charging more than bambu?
So they delay raising the prices on units they didnāt have increased importation costs for, but they instantly drop the price on things they did have increased importation costs for.
So if something was imported for $1000 and they add 24% they should sell if for $1240.
But if something was imported for $2500 they should also sell it for $1240.
That seems feasible to you?
No sell it for what you receive it for. Again prices fluctuate. Thats it.
I received it for $2500, so I should charge $3100, right? Even though the tariffs went back down, since I paid $2500 for that individual unit, I should āsell it for what you receive it forā, or 2500+24% = $3100.
So a great business for a new company would be to import new ones for $1000 and sell them for $1240, right? Since Microcenter has to sell off all of the ones they paid $2500 before before they can lower the price since you want them to āsell it for what you receive it forā. No competition from Microcenter at $3100!