Guitar Industry and the Teriffs

HooRU

there are many angles to this, USA based manufacturing is more competitive EXCEPT they have to pay the teriffs too, the part, and tooling, the light in the building, everyone is affected.

There is already a guitar apocalypse.

Andyross

Who are the Terrifs?? Are they a good band? 😁

Somewhat-Reticent

Andyross The Terrifics were - in 1958

Splitpair

HooRU there are many angles to this, USA based manufacturing is more competitive EXCEPT they have to pay the teriffs too, the part, and tooling, the light in the building, everyone is affected.

Except for the fact it is untrue and not happening.

HooRU

The affects are obvious to us guitarists. Deny all you want till yer blue in the face.

Somewhat-Reticent

One product sold at $1.50, with tariff rose to $1.95

Splitpair

HooRU Deny all you want till yer blue in the face.

I am not denying anything you just don’t seem to understand what is happening.

China has been getting away with placing Tariff’s on products made in America to be sold in China the end result being American companies are priced (tariff-ed) out of selling their products in China, at the same time China is selling made in China products at prices below the cost of manufacturing the product, a practice known as dumping.

The end goal is to drive American companies out of business.

As a result of that the tables where turned by placing a 51% tariff on products made in China to be sold in America, that forced China to return to the bargaining table and lower their tariff’s and cease dumping.

And it worked, while the tariff’s where in place shipments of China made products to the US ceased, as a result shipping containers of products where backing up in China’s ports and workers in China where not getting paid resulting in large scale protests happening.

As for guitarists, yes some products will rise in price but that increase is nothing compared to what would have happened had China’s dumping succeeded as planned.

Had they succeeded the increase would have been well over 100% versus the current 25%. to 30% increase, I’m not the brightest person around but I will gladly take a 30% increase over a 130% increase any day.

Personally I would prefer to buy American made products, however some “American” companies like Milwaukee Tools are obtaining the core of their products from China then completing the final assembly (model number label) and packaging in America allowing them to claim the product is made in America when in fact it is a low grade product made in China.,

At one time Milwaukee made some of the best power tools one could find, nowadays they are junk.

Splitpair

HooRU The affects are obvious to us guitarists. Deny all you want till yer blue in the face.

Now as for this lets set the record stright.

You commented the following.

@“HooRU” USA based manufacturing is more competitive EXCEPT they have to pay the teriffs too, the part, and tooling, the light in the building, everyone is affected.

That is not true, US manufacturers do not pay tariff’s on products sold in the USA, they may have to pay extra due to tariff’s on tooling if imported, if not imported there are no tariff’s applied.

As for the light in the building that is not tariff ed, the fixtures maybe but not the power that makes them work.

As for everyone not true, some may see price increases many will not, also keep in mind many companies knowing too many people do not understand how tariff’s work have increased their prices using tariff’s as the reason for the increase in price, they know that is false but don’t care