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Llynnfredricks replied to the thread How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?.I suspect that for many of those critical minerals, something is in the works. We have become critically reliant on China and that's got...
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Llynnfredricks replied to the thread How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?.That's true, but it is an issue when items get drop shipped directly from China to an end buyer.
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No. Illegal dyes and lead poisoning. Nothing to do with de minimis. That's an entirely different problem. -
Llynnfredricks replied to the thread How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?.Unfortunately, the port situation is its own sort of mini-problem (as we found out in the Portland area when a small dispute between...
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Llynnfredricks reacted to dragoner's post in the thread How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices? with Like.
Some observations from someone with a degree in business management. How much are these inspections costing? Usually the reason things...
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Llynnfredricks reacted to pablomaz's post in the thread Tariffs: 'De Minimis' Exemption Ended, Affects Individual Game Orders Entering US with Like.
"Things have been relatively quiet on the tariff front recently" Unless you're Brazilian.😅
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Llynnfredricks replied to the thread How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?.The out of balance shipping rate and the import scheme? If so, the former enabled the latter. Without ultra, ultra cheap rates, those...
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Llynnfredricks replied to the thread How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?.The de minimis problem was a major exploit that needed closing. Shipping by mail China -> USA is ultra cheap because China was / is...
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Llynnfredricks replied to the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED].Yes, it makes a lot of sense, but it doesn't serve the customer when they are paying full cover price and the shipping costs are...
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Llynnfredricks reacted to JLowder's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
A fair number of publishers were already increasing efforts to sell direct to customers because of various long-standing and systemic...
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Llynnfredricks reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
I suspect it depends on your social circle. No one in my circle works in retail. May also be because all the shops have closed.
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Llynnfredricks replied to the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED].I agree. And there are significant shifts happening already. As a parallel to this, when we changed from floppies to CDROM, the CDROM...
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Llynnfredricks reacted to Jd Smith1's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
I think the next decade is going to see a revolution in the creative fields, as AI pushes into art, writing, and music in a very big way.
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Llynnfredricks replied to the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED].That's possible, but I think there are other complicating factors as well. In the lifetime of 5th edition, we've seen prices get kicked...
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Llynnfredricks reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
A lot of it is that companies are finally starting to try to pay their creators properly. Even so, the industry is nowhere close to that...