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Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs

Date	2025-08-13 02:49 -0400
Subject	Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design
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From	bitrex <user@example.net>
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On 8/12/2025 9:30 PM, Don Y wrote:
> On 8/12/2025 5:21 PM, bitrex wrote:
>> On 8/12/2025 4:09 AM, Don Y wrote:
>>> On 8/11/2025 8:03 AM, John S wrote:
>>>> Who is your go-to PCB manufacturing house?
>>>> We need to settle on a domestic house because of the tariffs. (I 
>>>> guess that means the tariff is working.)
>>>
>>> Yes.  INCREASING your cost to do business (if the domestic house was
>>> cheaper, you would have already been using it, right?)
>>
>> Even most conservative economists seemed to more quantitatively math 
>> out a while back that some domestic manufacturers doing better at the 
>> expense of other domestic manufacturers getting kicked in the teeth 
>> doesn't tend to end up a net win..
> 
> Ah, but the EXPORTING COUNTRY was going to be paying the tariffs, right?
> Sure sounds like John (OP) is picking up the tab -- directly or indirectly.
> And, either cutting into his profit margin OR passing those costs along to
> his customers.
> 
> [It would have been a great exercise to take a snapshot of all domestic
> prices before and after tariffs were put in place to see how many
> domestic sources bumped up their prices to take advantage of the
> extra "margin" made available from importers]
> 
> Maybe they are all chinese??

Incidentally some buyers of Chinese PCBs on Reddit noticed that some US 
courier companies (ahem, UPS) are charging substantial additional fees 
on top of the tariffs to do the customs clearance paperwork, that the 
shippers aren't doing.

Probably not a big deal on large runs but a couple hundred extra in fees 
on small batches is galling. All US citizens are entitled to clear their 
own shipments but AFAIK it's not made obvious how to go about it.

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PCB mfrs & the tariffs John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> - 2025-08-11 10:03 -0500
  Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2025-08-11 15:49 +0000
    Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-12 15:11 -0400
  Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-12 03:09 +1000
  Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2025-08-11 11:18 -0700
  Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-08-12 01:09 -0700
    Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-12 20:21 -0400
      Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-08-12 18:30 -0700
        Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-13 02:49 -0400
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2025-08-13 11:49 +0000
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-13 11:27 -0400
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2025-08-22 16:23 +0200
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-08-13 05:03 -0700
      Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2025-08-13 10:24 +0200
        Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-14 00:27 +1000
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-08-13 12:13 -0400
        Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-13 07:56 -0700
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-14 01:40 +1000
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2025-08-13 17:59 +0200
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 17:22 +0100
        Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-13 20:03 -0700
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2025-08-14 09:05 +0200
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-08-14 00:52 -0700
              Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-14 08:03 -0700
                Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-15 02:22 +1000
            Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-14 07:59 -0700
              Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-15 02:49 +1000
              Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2025-08-14 21:21 +0200
                Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-08-14 12:37 -0700
                Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-15 23:08 +1000
          Re: PCB mfrs & the tariffs Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-08-15 02:12 +1000

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