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🕑 Added 2018-11-12 19:59:19 +0000 UTC Heads up, the insane Trump tariffs that have killed so many jobs already and raised the cost of living so much are getting a wave 2 in January that will increase electronics (almost all PC parts) will go up in price again from 10% increase which already hurts a lot to 25% which unfortunately means companies can no longer absorb these costs by narrowing their margins and still survive.This means all these companies including NZXT, NewEgg, etc will be forced to increase prices across the board for everything by 25% effective January 2019. This means something that costs $100 now will be $125 after the tariff increase and a $1000 computer build will go up to $250 which is absolutely insane.
This is probably going to have a huge negative impact on the stock market unfortunately so be prepared to weather one hell of a storm. We just have to hold out until 2020 when we can get someone in office that understands basic economics that can rectify the situation and get rid of the tariffs so businesses can thrive here in the United States again and we can focus on an actual plan to bring more manufacturing to the United States instead of trying to force investment which clearly hasn't worked at all.
It's so unfortunately that so much misinformation is going around and people are eating it up because you can easily do research and see exactly what is happening for real and many companies are even being very transparent about the real results of the tariffs. It's not what Trump is telling us it is and unfortunately is having a very negative impact across the board and is really hurting our farmers that don't have the margins in the first place to survive stuff like this well.
Please stay diligent in this new era of misinformation and don't let these tariffs become the new #NetNeutrality discussion where the government in bed with the telecom companies makes everyone believe it going away is a good thing while we're all ending up on throttled internet connections and with extreme buffering on NetFlix, etc.
Fight for your rights and let's weather this storm! Thank you.
Jerry (aka. Barnacules)
Comments
Yup, there is no way to win.
Probably not, if anything it may raise prices elsewhere because of supply/demand being upset from Americans buying far less.
DOSGamerMan
Is this going to drive down prices in the rest of the world ?
Ron Floyd
Tariffs are for second and third world countries that are trying to bring major corporations into their countries. Like Thailand's 300% tariffs. Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc. have all built plants there - vastly expanding their job market. I believe that even Harley is building a plant there. Tariff wars between first world countries are the very definition of economic insanity. Everybody loses eventually.
