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<blockquote data-quote="Koloth" data-source="post: 9627739" data-attributes="member: 6706231"><p>A quote from the Steve Jackson posting on tariffs: "Here are the numbers: A product we might have manufactured in China for $3.00 last year could now cost $4.62 before we even ship it across the ocean. Add freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution margins, and that once-$25 game quickly becomes a $40 product. That's not a luxury upcharge; it's survival math." Keep in mind that it isn't just tariffs. Shipping costs are increasing as well. USPS, UPS, and FedEx are all raising prices and UPS has announced a withdrawal from many delivery areas. Less competition will likely allow shipping prices to climb more. </p><p></p><p>This isn't going to be a quick fix. If the US stays on this path(seems likely to some extent, Pres Biden largely kept the Trump 1 tariffs in place), it could take a couple of decades to fix. A Wall Street Journal article, March 31, Section B, Page 1, talks about tariffs on screws, nuts and bolts. The US can't even make enough fasteners that are needed to build factories. So the US will have to build factories that build the parts needed to build factories. And the estimated time to get a factory up and running is 3~5 years. That assumes you can find enough folks willing to work in factories. A lot of US schools dropped shop classes in favor of Tech, Science and Computer stuff. A few are being added back but that also will take time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Koloth, post: 9627739, member: 6706231"] A quote from the Steve Jackson posting on tariffs: "Here are the numbers: A product we might have manufactured in China for $3.00 last year could now cost $4.62 before we even ship it across the ocean. Add freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution margins, and that once-$25 game quickly becomes a $40 product. That's not a luxury upcharge; it's survival math." Keep in mind that it isn't just tariffs. Shipping costs are increasing as well. USPS, UPS, and FedEx are all raising prices and UPS has announced a withdrawal from many delivery areas. Less competition will likely allow shipping prices to climb more. This isn't going to be a quick fix. If the US stays on this path(seems likely to some extent, Pres Biden largely kept the Trump 1 tariffs in place), it could take a couple of decades to fix. A Wall Street Journal article, March 31, Section B, Page 1, talks about tariffs on screws, nuts and bolts. The US can't even make enough fasteners that are needed to build factories. So the US will have to build factories that build the parts needed to build factories. And the estimated time to get a factory up and running is 3~5 years. That assumes you can find enough folks willing to work in factories. A lot of US schools dropped shop classes in favor of Tech, Science and Computer stuff. A few are being added back but that also will take time. [/QUOTE]
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