Prices Going Up

[sherbs]

Harley Designs posted on "After News Delight" That prices are going up effective the 20th due to Inflation and Tariffs . I wonder how many $$'s a RTR or Kit will go up. And of course all the import electronics. Sorry, that was from a email sent by Horizon.

 

[themountain]

Finally Eurofolks have an advantage ...yeay

 

[smog]

Prices here north of the 49th are already insanely high on this stuff. For me this simply translates to buying less. High prices have already pushed me in that direction as our dollar has weakened.

Perhaps I will buy more stuff direct from China.

It's a mad world. Good thing we have all these smart politicians looking out for us

 

[ferp420]

im not seeing much of a increase maybe a doller or so atleast on escs and servos and motors from alliX

 

[Greatscott]

In shopping for just leaf spring suspension on Amazon, I have noticed that prices are up about 50%. It sucks, but not unexpected.

 

[ferp420]

dosent look like much has changed on ebay leaf spring kits are still cheap that might change quick though

i remeber these parts costing a arm and a leg and its still about 1/2 the cost compaired to 5-10 years ago
my first set of aluminum wheels before i joined this site was well over $40 now there 25-30 for a set of 4
even it they went up 50% that same set of wheels for $30 would now be $45 if 25% that would be what 7.50more so even at 37.50 thats still damb cheap

not that i want to pay more just sayin

high dollor stuff its gonna make a huge difference but i havent seen that yet personally but im sure its a coming

 

[MAGNUMB]

Luckly i just purchased all my must have RCs in the last 3 years! All i need to buy are about 10 ESCs and motors.
Just dropped almost 2k on lighting yesterday! I haven't noticed any price increases as of yet, but guessing they'll be coming soon

 

[89Industries]

You won't see increase on any of the stuff sold on eBay or Amazon that ships directly to a consumer in the USA, unless you are buying over $800 of stuff.

There is a de minimus rule that allows shipments under $800 to come in without inspection, tariffs or duties. For a split second the oversize oompah loompah did the right thing and suspended this rule but then changed it back a day later.

This just means that USA based companies lose out on selling anything less than $800. It has killed accessory and parts sales at bike shops for many years (it used to be a $200 limit back in the oughts).

So VP, Traxxas, Axial, et al will have to pay more tariffs since they are both a company and import more than $800 from Asia in one shipment.

So if you like just giving your money all straight to foreign businesses (speaking just to the USA folks obviously), getting no money for roads, schools, fire departments, police departments, parks, public spaces all via a sales tax, or supporting anybody having a job of any sort in the USA since there's not even a sales person for most of those Chinese factories in the USA, this will be your shining moment.

And if you think making this stuff in the USA is the solution, just wait to see how much the price goes up then. It will make the VP h10 Origin seem like a much more normal price. The bike industry has been in this "made in the USA" mode over and over for the last 30 years. Thankfully I stopped working for the suspension company before they shipped all the bicycle product manufacturing overseas, not that many parts weren't machined in foreign countries already.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Oh here we go. Yeah prices increase yearly. "Shocking".

I don't know how Horizon is going to justify any price increases when those buffoons can't even ship product.

 

[smog]

Oh here we go. Yeah prices increase yearly. "Shocking".

I don't know how Horizon is going to justify any price increases when those buffoons can't even ship product.

Yeah. After tax that's currently a $900 toy up here. Its a good thing I shit out that kinda bread for my morning constitutional.

The RC is fine enough. Fairly typical of a 2.2 Axial RTR. We have been watching these come out for many years now.

 

[89Industries]

I get everything I order from horizon in 3-4 days. Except the tires that were out of stock when I ordered them on sale, but I knew they weren't in stock and for 75% off normal price for tires on a truck that gets driven one or two times a year, I was willing to wait.

But yeah, even before the pandemic caused inflation there was always inflation because the opposite leads to financial disaster on a much larger scale. But I think this thread is more of a reference to the current tariff situation.

Remember when these ridiculous, not thought out tariffs were implemented 6 or 7 years ago and the only senator to applaud the move was Sharod Brown, a liberal, anti-free trade Democrat?

 

[nightcrawler48]

Prices here north of the 49th are already insanely high on this stuff. For me this simply translates to buying less. High prices have already pushed me in that direction as our dollar has weakened.

Perhaps I will buy more stuff direct from China.

It's a mad world. Good thing we have all these smart politicians looking out for us

Everything we buy outside of Canada is usually priced in $US so right now we're paying almost 50% more with the exchange. Add shipping costs to Canada and it's crazy expensive.

I'm retired (fixed income) and I try to to keep my monthly RC purchases under CDN$ 100. If I don't spend the $100 one month, I try to put the remaining aside to add to the next month's budget. Can't buy much for CDN$ 100 now adays. Example, I'm looking at doing some up-grades to a SCX24 (100% stock) that has been sitting on a shelf for about 4 years. I figure with my monthly budget, it'll take something like 6 months to get the up-grades done, if I'm lucky.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Yeah. After tax that's currently a $900 toy up here. Its a good thing I shit out that kinda bread for my morning constitutional.

The RC is fine enough. Fairly typical of a 2.2 Axial RTR. We have been watching these come out for many years now.

That's insane!

I get everything I order from horizon in 3-4 days. Except the tires that were out of stock when I ordered them on sale, but I knew they weren't in stock and for 75% off normal price for tires on a truck that gets driven one or two times a year, I was willing to wait.

But yeah, even before the pandemic caused inflation there was always inflation because the opposite leads to financial disaster on a much larger scale. But I think this thread is more of a reference to the current tariff situation.

Remember when these ridiculous, not thought out tariffs were implemented 6 or 7 years ago and the only senator to applaud the move was Sharod Brown, a liberal, anti-free trade Democrat?

Play the lottery. I think you are alone with having good experiences with Horizon these days.

Tariffs are great in theory, but in the end consumers wind up being the losers in the deal.

 

[Col_Sanders]

Ive placed a handful of orders from Horizon over the past year and they have all been here in a couple days.

We need to make more things here in the US. The Gov is going to have to make it easier for these companies to do it though.

 

[89Industries]

That's insane!


Play the lottery. I think you are alone with having good experiences with Horizon these days.

Tariffs are great in theory, but in the end consumers wind up being the losers in the deal.

Well in this case it's not only the consumer being the loser. Since every country that got tariffs, put reciprocal tariffs in place, that means this country could export even less and cost additional jobs. It's almost as if the person in charge doesn't really understand basic economics and has run his own company into bankruptcy multiple times. Oh wait...

 

[durok]

I KNEW I should have placed my order yesterday at AMain for some Optic trans and diff upgrades - they had a 10% off almost everything Vanquish sale - 24 hours only, unfortunately...

I decided to wait and then saw this post. Vanquish parts are pricey enough already, in my opinion. This kinda sucks...

 

[hnoroian]

I KNEW I should have placed my order yesterday at AMain for some Optic trans and diff upgrades - they had a 10% off almost everything Vanquish sale - 24 hours only, unfortunately...

I saw this, this morning too. I was “shopping” yesterday and didn’t even seen it listed or flashed.

 

[themountain]

Tariffs are great in theory...

Really ? How can that be good even in theory,genius?

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Ive placed a handful of orders from Horizon over the past year and they have all been here in a couple days.

We need to make more things here in the US. The Gov is going to have to make it easier for these companies to do it though.

Crazy. You guys are the only ones I've heard say anything good about Horizon in the last few years.

Why does the government need to make it easier? Outsourcing is done purely for profits. I mean we could make it easier by killing unions, but then lots of people would cry about that.

Well in this case it's not only the consumer being the loser. Since every country that got tariffs, put reciprocal tariffs in place, that means this country could export even less and cost additional jobs. It's almost as if the person in charge doesn't really understand basic economics and has run his own company into bankruptcy multiple times. Oh wait...

So all those tariffs cancel each other out. It's all smoke and mirrors.

Really ? How can that be good even in theory,genius?

You're starting to work on my nerves. You are either terrible with the English language or you're just a dick. In the event of the second example, I'm likely to just boot your ass off this site. Seriously, what the fuck is your problem?

 

[Col_Sanders]

Crazy. You guys are the only ones I've heard say anything good about Horizon in the last few years.

Why does the government need to make it easier? Outsourcing is done purely for profits. I mean we could make it easier by killing unions, but then lots of people would cry about that.


So all those tariffs cancel each other out. It's all smoke and mirrors.


You're starting to work on my nerves. You are either terrible with the English language or you're just a dick. In the event of the second example, I'm likely to just boot your ass off this site. Seriously, what the fuck is your problem?

I dont know if something gets lost in translation or if he is just an ass. I see the same screen name pop up sometimes on RC related youtube videos and he has the same attitude there.