Here's a worrying thought, with all these tariffs from the US I wonder how it will impact the online retailers we get our spare pinball parts from? A lot of the parts come from the US, everything is Imperial as opposed to metric, and probably they will have little choice but to pass these costs onto the customers? What do you think?
Trump tariffs - related to pinball spares
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neo-geo-mvs
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It's amazing how one country can cause all of these problems. Shame that everybody/businesses can't just stop buying/selling to USA and leave them to it
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It’s not going to stop supply on parts but they will certainly cost at least that much more …. We already pay Royal Mail customs importing charges on pinball parts from USA
The manufacturers in America will still want to make the equipment and the back up on going service parts , else they would suffer the reduced output sales worldwide.
It’s just sad the end user like members on here bear the extra cost through the nose with no recourse - it just has to be absorbed as the price of a select hobby!
There will be suppliers in UK & Europe but American parts will cost more and it might make obsolete parts less available if there’s little demand at high import costs?
Just a late edit … as the above move while I typed……. it will affect video game cabs and spare parts just the same as it’s all termed ‘export/import.’ at point of sale or purchase ! Or When crossing customs , unless you can get a contact who will trade it at the source country and ship it as a gift within family or similar? I am told ? That’s a bit hit and miss dodgy and the charge may still be applied?
The manufacturers in America will still want to make the equipment and the back up on going service parts , else they would suffer the reduced output sales worldwide.
It’s just sad the end user like members on here bear the extra cost through the nose with no recourse - it just has to be absorbed as the price of a select hobby!
There will be suppliers in UK & Europe but American parts will cost more and it might make obsolete parts less available if there’s little demand at high import costs?
Just a late edit … as the above move while I typed……. it will affect video game cabs and spare parts just the same as it’s all termed ‘export/import.’ at point of sale or purchase ! Or When crossing customs , unless you can get a contact who will trade it at the source country and ship it as a gift within family or similar? I am told ? That’s a bit hit and miss dodgy and the charge may still be applied?
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kingtreelo
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are that many parts actually manufactured in the states?
import taxes into the states he has introduced, but everyone else who doesnt rely on the states for sales may benefit, i it will go one way or the other
the big problem will be with companies passing on the levy to customers if they want to continue to do trades with America
import taxes into the states he has introduced, but everyone else who doesnt rely on the states for sales may benefit, i it will go one way or the other
the big problem will be with companies passing on the levy to customers if they want to continue to do trades with America
John Bennett
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Crikey, 20% tariffs for you then.
I'd give it a week and see the state of things. Sadly I can't see him doing a Liz Truss because of this but it's just the usual trick of creating chaos to then claim he's negotiated better deals because of it.
John Bennett
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Well that didn't even take a week 😬.
So I think the EU were going to impose 25% on exports from the US, but they're not anymore.... today anyway.
Oops, that's 20% for selling to the US. Or it would have been.
So I think the EU were going to impose 25% on exports from the US, but they're not anymore.... today anyway.
kingtreelo
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cant of just been me who started yodeling in their heads thinking of the price is right
kingtreelo
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well that was quick, a proper "what did the romans ever do for us" moment
the orange idiot has now said it wont affect certain things, for example, he has said it wont affect a lot of electronics from China...well that is pretty much everything i imagine
the orange idiot has now said it wont affect certain things, for example, he has said it wont affect a lot of electronics from China...well that is pretty much everything i imagine
John Bennett
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All part of the plan, of course.
I like this:
I like this:
kingtreelo
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i fear that Musk may be the next idiot to take over from him
kingtreelo
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and the tarrifs are back on
People like Trump and Johnson don't/didn't make any of the big decisions, they're told what to do and when to do it. It's comical that most Americans think that Trump is the man with all the power. And it's not Musk either!