That’s assuming importers and middle men don’t add on additional fees and I doubt they’re going to be nice enough and only pass on the tariff percentage.
That’s not really up to them being nice though. If you sell something of value X for a margin of 10%, and the price increases to 1.5X, then the margins must apply to 1.5X.
It’s compounding for each element of the chain, so a 10% tariff would very much increase the price way beyond 10%, without anyone needing to be greedy about it.
I thought that was only the rumored price. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a price revision before release up to $500, unless they had already priced tarrifs in.
The Switch2 was supposed to be $399 but now we’ll pay a $50 Trump Tax on every one.
That’s assuming importers and middle men don’t add on additional fees and I doubt they’re going to be nice enough and only pass on the tariff percentage.
I remember the COVID-era supply line disruptions and the greed they brought. It never went away.
Greedflation! And economists finally agreed a couple years ago that the data proves it’s a real thing that happened/is happening.
That’s not really up to them being nice though. If you sell something of value X for a margin of 10%, and the price increases to 1.5X, then the margins must apply to 1.5X.
It’s compounding for each element of the chain, so a 10% tariff would very much increase the price way beyond 10%, without anyone needing to be greedy about it.
Then, if you take greed into account… good luck
Wait until they see the game cards price now. Those are made in Japan.
Considering they’re charging 80 bucks for mario kart world for a physical copy, well that’s not going to be great either.
I thought that was only the rumored price. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a price revision before release up to $500, unless they had already priced tarrifs in.
24% of $399 is more like $95
The tariffs would be on the wholesale price for retailers/distributors, not MSRP, unless a consumer is buying directly from a foreign retailer.