Bike industry tariffs

[frorider]

Interesting article: https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opin...lculated-bikes

[singlesline]

Is anyone surprised it is a cluster fuck that even businesses and their lawyers can't figure out how to navigate?

[toast2266]

Maybe if the price of new bikes becomes fully astronomical, my used bikes will be worth more than the pennies that I can currently sell them for.

(but this whole trade war is dumb and we're all fucked from like a hundred different directions)

[XXX-er]

Might be a good time to buy a used bike ? Trumps tarrifs are a moving target, so nobody knows

repeat after me " I love muh president " kinda mumble it like you got a mouth full of soy beans ya can't sell ... its the price of freedom lol !

edit: I got my E-bike shipment to tenesse held at the border even tho it was the buyers problem I worked on it cuz the $$$$ was still in paypal, fortunalety I got patched thru twice to a UPS guy in new yawk who released it, I thanked him profusely and his partings word were " oh yeah no problem as long as its not an E-bike "

I just hit disconnect

I wouldn't buy or sell anything to USA right now

[Andeh]

Back in early August, I bought a part for my Bosch ebike from a shop in Germany because I couldn't find it anywhere in the US, and even so, the price plus shipping to the US was cheaper (~$260) than any US stores were listing if they actually had any in stock (~$320-350 + tax). Keep in mind this was before the "de minimus tariff exemption" was rescinded. It was shipped UPS, and their idiot customs broker turned around and hit me with a bill for $150 plus a $20 service fee that I had to pay to get it released. I had to call / email 4 different departments at UPS to try and lodge an appeal, and when it finally made it to apparently the correct department, I got an automated response that said they had a multi-month backlog and were currently processing claims from May. I received the package a week before the exemption ended, and it was under $800, so it should never have had a tariff applied (regardless of whether it counted as coming from Germany or China). This whole thing is such a clusterfuck.

I just ordered $290 worth of parts from Germany that simply aren't available in the US right now, and am really curious to see what happens when they land in the US (this time shipped by FedEx).

[Dantheman]

I just ordered $290 worth of parts from Germany that simply aren't available in the US right now, and am really curious to see what happens when they land in the US (this time shipped by FedEx).

Some stories here: https://forums.tetongravity.com/home...e-with-tariffs

[jackstraw]

So much winning! Are we great again yet?

[fastfred]

you gotta understand white trash is just buying shit at wallmart that falls apart within months of purchase they don't give to fucks about your special little parts for your high end toy that brings you great pleasure

[Andeh]

you gotta understand white trash is just buying shit at wallmart that falls apart within months of purchase they don't give to fucks about your special little parts for your high end toy that brings you great pleasure

The same ones who were buying knock-off shit off Temu, while complaining how Chiner was taking all their jerbs.

[XXX-er]

I am pretty sure the same thing ^^ is playing out every where with any product you care to highlight

I am reading that Subaru is importing cars into Canada from Japan instead fuckin around with Lafeyette , so much winning America !

[Andeh]

By some miracle, I didn't get hit with any tariffs on my package from Germany. FedEx delivery email said my shipment was delivered by Jesus, so maybe it was divine intervention. ?

[XXX-er]

suggest you buy a lottery ticket !

[Marshal Olson]

By some miracle, I didn't get hit with any tariffs on my package from Germany. FedEx delivery email said my shipment was delivered by Jesus, so maybe it was divine intervention. ?

With FedEx, I tend to receive an invoice in the mail 5-7 days after delivery for the tariff balance, and a call from collections on the same day. Please share your experience, curious to hear if it is similar!