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Bet you played a victim under the last president instead of just saying ‘figure it the ef out’.
The helmet isn't made in the EU though..
That’s like the supply chain bs they made up 4-5 yrs ago . The highest ever rates where at that time , historic rates. Feb 2021 they crashed & fuel skyrocketed. A crazy Serbian co said .90 co trk I get there & it’s hey buda we hv no co trk but we hv these 4 lease options. I signed a walk away lease trk, trl. Trk # 5 they wanted 3k a week I said I,m out . I,ll switch to co or I,m gone . Co trk pay dp to .80 but I made money then . The 1st 4 trks broke down every week its stress I lost 2 2 1/2 days in shops every week . You can gross 18k yet after fixed expenses, high checks of 1,800 , 2,300 & low -288.00. Trks got 3.7 mpg junk tolls 1k + a day I ran the ne if a winter storm was coming I,d get a ld not to get stuck sitting to a area not getting hit. My window was 3.80 to 5.80 cpm . Fuel skyrocketed to 6.89 in Md. There safety rating was 98 yeah scary . They lost there authority. Same time they had drivers that did i10,20 to stay out of winter for 1.30 cpm. Pussies afraid of snow & cold. The last 3 yrs Massive bankruptcies every week . It’s actually cheaper now to operate a small cargo plane . Fuel went wayy up after I walked from the lease . My dispatcher living in Serbia 1 of my best friends I ever had . Said how did you know rate where crashing & fuel going up ? Sucks because we had a extensive plan to use another co.s authority with a good safety rating to get a much higher rate . I had to pay this co & dispatch of course. Yeah it’s illegal so what it’s done every day . The co was total chaos they wouldn’t know if I did loads for a another co with there equipment. Haha All kinds of 1099 drivers do this , crafty bunch. We hv to sign a contract stating we will not do this , that how common it is. I sign my name as Terry to void the contract. Haha funny I,ve been caught doing it , they give me a funny look & smile & say sign your real name on this 1. Haha What’s better a ld that pays 10k or 5k I get 88% .
You know the tariff money goes to the government right ? Drive just out of DC and you will see mansions all ovr MD. . That are easily 10 times the richest entertainer .
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Serious question how do you think this will effect sponsorship? When you send your resume out in sept . Instead of 2 free sets of gear & 50% off. You get no free gear & 30% off. And oil , etc co.s
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it sounds like you're part owner of a business that doesn't import very much. So, not your problem = no one else should have a problem, right? If I'm wrong, what percentage of your product is imported, how have the tariffs affected your pricing, and what are you going to/have you done about it?
I'll start:
The vast majority of our product input is made in USA. But USA made aluminum (a big chunk of that) has gone up in price because of tariffs. When the price of aluminum goes up somewhere, it goes up everywhere!
Some of what we buy is imported and there's nothing we can do about it. Bearings, seals, etc. So those prices all go up whatever percentage it is depending on what day it is and Trump's mood that day. More expensive and no stability to plan and make buying decisions. We're not bringing manufacturing of those products in-house, that would cost millions of dollars and never pay itself off at our volumes.
So what do we do about all that? Nothing! We either suck it up, pay more, and make less money or pass it on to the consumer. Remember, we're in an industry that's tough to make money in in the first place! That's pretty shitty, don't you think? And there are 1000's of businesses in the same boat.
On top of that, we have reciprocal tariffs to deal with all over the world. Our product now typically costs the end international customer more and that money goes straight to their government, not us (it's a tax, remember?). So we make fewer international sales now.
Higher cost of goods and fewer sales. I guess that's making America great somehow?
Correct about Deere. They have an interesting history. I personally felt the pain of Deere hiring around 6,000 workers over about two years. Then, just as everyone went out and purchased a house and the associated debt, they laid all 6,000 workers off in about two months. Fortunately, a town like Waterloo is radically more diversified than in the 1980's, plus there are a biblical number of manufacturing jobs available in America. Meaning there are at least options.
I would be willing to bet that the bros crying over "tariffs" did not make a peep during the rampant inflation years....
It's so nice to see someone who actually knows what they are talking about here! Cheers to you for coming on and giving real examples of the impact these tariffs have on companies.
I'll add this - Large companies that own most of the MX Industry, are not willing to take less margin. They have a board or private equity that they need to answer to. When cost goes up, they can't lose margin % or $'s and therefore the cost increase is passed onto the consumer. A 20% tariff on a $20 product doesn't mean a $4 increase. Once you add in distributors and retailers, your $20 product just went from $100 MSRP to $120 MSRP.
Enjoy the ride, it's going to get bumpy.
AND WHOS FAULT IS THAT?
You do realize rampant inflation years were global and not just in the US?
Also, my money spends the same as everyone’s in the United States. We are all suffering from a weaker dollar and greedy people stepping on us. We need to find common ground and see the humility in each other.
Broker pal called me and said 1 of the og,s a 70 yr old co . Just shutdown Carrol fuller a LTL co. Pam Transport a large co with a division hauling entertainers concert equipment is shutdown . Not reported publicly yet. The paranoia from price hike from tariffs has alot to do with it. And a Mega dead economy.
So you guys are saying tariffs are the primary cause in the rise of cost to consumers or in other words “inflation” but the orgy and glut of money printing by the government the the past 4 years didn’t have anything to do with it… huh… interesting 🤔
Another thing to think about is it’s not just the cost of goods for the manufacturer that is going up. Take astars for example, say they are buying ez-ups for racer support and those have gone up. Staff shirts have gone up. The cost of the product they give away for sponsorships have gone up. That’s why the retail prices aren’t necessarily just going to get the bump from the tariff alone, but also to absorb their increased costs of operating the business.
We should isolate American consumer demand only to products made on US territory? Yeah that's not how the economy works.
If people listened to economists they'd already know this outcome would happen.
The imposition of tariffs usually stifles innovation as local companies have less competition. Witness what happened to US car manufactures following tariffs on Japanese car imports.
What's your connection here? Oh, there isn't one.
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It's no one's fault, it's simply that American companies are not able to compete with other overseas companies. That's free market capitalism.
Just want to mention that Renen and Canvas both make their gear in the USA in case anyone is looking to support gear brands making an effort to manufacture at home.
https://renenusa.com
https://canvasmx.com
Will be interesting to see how their prices develop going forward. Because they can manufacture in the US but they're still likely getting 80+% of raw material from other countries and pay tariffs on those.
AM Gear does as well.
https://www.ammotocross.com/
https://youtu.be/DddM5fkz3mA?si=pgXGKCSshmCgqrUl
Good point. Renen is made in the racing capital of the world - Indianapolis (actually the suburb of Brownsburg that contain most of the racing subcontractors).
They are supposed to eat it 🤷♂️
Greedy CEOs that used to make 5x the workers but now make over 100x the workers and even if the suck they still get a big payout to leave
Got that done today, I do my site myself and didn’t even realize I was able to add a pop up to do that, thanks!
This helmet did not go up $100 due to tariffs….The cost to manufacture this helmet overseas is probably ~$50. They are using this as an excuse to gouge consumers.
Inflation is down to 2.7% (from 7-9%) under the last administration. Tariffs are not raising prices like being claimed in this thread..
If prices were as rising due to tariffs inflation would be going up…
American manufacturing shouldn’t have sold out but the federal government shouldn’t have waged war against manufacturing via the EPA, either. Manufacturing needs to come back to this Country.
The tariffs are just now starting to hit. Hold on to your butts. Or maybe we will just TACO our way out of them again.
The tariffs are changing constantly. The whole industry is in this together, we've been through this before, and not that long ago... everyone is doing their best. Alpinestars didn't do a reactionary blanket increase on prices like most companies. They waited and went line by line, product by product to decide what they absolutely had to increase. It's all a matter of perspective on the issue.
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