March 4th Tariffs and Commerce Department Freeze

saskdude99 said:
I disagree with raising prices based on future replacement cost. As new stock comes in yes. Most sales software averages the cost of goods.
When new stock comes in you increase the sales price. Yes, the dealer can increase their margin short term at the expense of the customer but most customers would frown at the gouging.
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I understand both sides…as a customer, I appreciate finding stores with ‘old stock’ pricing (prices can really vary depending on where a person finds stuff and when store had to restock), as well as other contributing costs (restocking/inflation/exchange rate etc, taxes, heating, employee wages, etc, etc) that are always increasing….heck I’ve even seen some stores having different prices on same items on their shelf because of stock arriving and at different pricing. As a seller I like it when I bought stuff (reloading components, rifles, optics, etc) go up over time and things in my possession gain value. It’s somewhat a dual edge, but far from cut and dry imo.
 
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Anyone know ?

I orderd some dies and brass from Midwest which I haven't brought into Canada yet..
If the order was shipped but hasn't crossed the border yet is it liable to the tariff?
 
Dreaded Platypus said:
Anyone know ?

I orderd some dies and brass from Midwest which I haven't brought into Canada yet..
If the order was shipped but hasn't crossed the border yet is it liable to the tariff?
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You're talking about Canadian tariffs, which are usually collected when the item crosses the border, irrespective of when the item is sent by the seller. However, this issue depends on the specific wording of the tariff implementing order, which sometimes exempts items already sent.
 
Does anyone know if gun stuff is some of the initial $30B that goes into effect right away, or the additional $125B that won't come into effect for 21 days?
 
Yes this was discu
Suther said:
Does anyone know if gun stuff is some of the initial $30B that goes into effect right away, or the additional $125B that won't come into effect for 21 days?
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Yes this was discussed a month ago. Guns and ammo are included in the first tranche today. Parts and magazines are included in the second to come into effect in 21 days
 
Dreaded Platypus said:
Anyone know ?

I orderd some dies and brass from Midwest which I haven't brought into Canada yet..
If the order was shipped but hasn't crossed the border yet is it liable to the tariff
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“In transit” is misleading. It doesn’t have anything to do with the order date. When commercial goods are shipped across the border the exporting company files the export paperwork and shipping manifest online with cbsa, usually 12-24 hours before the truck crosses the border and emails it to the driver so he can present it to the cbsa officer, if it wasn’t ready in hard copy when he left the us facility.

My guess is if it isn’t in a truck yet it will be a victim of the orange man tax. There haven’t been any details yet how it will be collected but with the previous system, you pay a small deposit with your order then the remainder when you pick it up at the post office
 
ashwood said:
You're talking about Canadian tariffs, which are usually collected when the item crosses the border, irrespective of when the item is sent by the seller. However, this issue depends on the specific wording of the tariff implementing order, which sometimes exempts items already sent.
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This is right from the governments website:

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I stockpiled ammo for a couple of years and stopped buying firearms until the laws were in our favor. However, I'm doomed to buy Eotech stuff anyway as I must keep supplying Ukrainian SOF.
 
DerWeißeWolf said:
Don’t worry, tariffs will be reduced or removed. Just wait for it. It’s a negotiation tactic to let Canada sweat and bring a better deal to Trump. Less than a week and tariffs will be gone is my guess.
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In fact, its only been one day and Lutnick is already talking about pulling back. What a bunch of bozos.
 
ashwood said:
In fact, its only been one day and Lutnick is already talking about pulling back. What a bunch of bozos.
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Pulling back is not a removal of tariffs. You can bet that if there is a compromise, the LPC will remove tariffs on firearms and ammo last as it is to their benefit to punish our community. I doubt there will be a full removal of tariffs. They talk about a softening and will likely target the auto sector.
 
saskdude99 said:
I disagree with raising prices based on future replacement cost. As new stock comes in yes. Most sales software averages the cost of goods.
When new stock comes in you increase the sales price. Yes, the dealer can increase their margin short term at the expense of the customer but most customers would frown at the gouging.
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You clearly don't understand what dealers deal with in terms of costs.... what about when the currency in the past 5 months has played see-saw with dealers' import costs?? Should they have raised their prices every week when they bought new product at an increasing landed cost while the global spot currency rate kept increasing from $1.34 in Sept to $1.48 in early Feb - a direct 10% increase in purchase cost...? How do you generalize and call dealers "gougers"? Most all dealers just ATE the cost of imports over the past 4 months, just as an example. There are MANY more examples.
 
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