Found this notification while looking at grills on the BBQ Guys site: "The new 2019 Genesis ll models have arrived! Save now on Weber Genesis II before January 1st, as tariffs are causing prices to increase nationwide as much as $50."
It's just a statement of fact--no political comment intended.
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Tariffs are hitting tons of manufacturers, not just grills. Price increases are but a fact of life! Unfortunately... Wouldn't it be nice to see prices on things dropping year after year?
EdF I don't like my words being taken out of context is all. Price increases are the result of many things and are inevitable, the subject is tariffs yes, but my comment is not that tariffs are a fact of life. I want to clarify.
Huskee I don't think I took your comments out of context. Yes, price increases do seem to be inevitable. But to make like the tariffs have nothing to do with it is a bit what?
Yes, It would be nice to see prices drop instead of what seems like that they go up in too large a percentage whenever there is a perceived reason, real or not.
Tell me about it! I'm part owner of a steel service center and the prices of certain commodities have gone through the roof. Just one example, aluminum sheet, plate and bar had a base price of about 1.80 per pound as little as six months ago. Today it's up to 2.25 and rising every month. To date not much of it has been passed down to everyday consumers.
It's going to hit the consumer market soon though and it's going to hit hard. Watch for 30 to 40% increases on household appliances, recreational goods, etc., anything that has metal of any kind as a component. Sooner rather than later it's going to get ugly.
A Chinese owned and American run company I work with has been struggling to move manufacturing from the mainland to Taiwan. It has been and continues to be a struggle for them.
Tarriffs are, according to the class I got a C in 16 years ago, basically dead weight loss to the market as a whole. We will all likely suffer. Some a lot more than others and some will be able to float the pain a without noticing. But, tarriffs are, like price increases, a fact of life for the present. Glad I got my Grilla last year and don't have the deck space for serious MCS.
Looking over BBQ Guys again today, Napoleon grills will go up as much as $150 soon due to tariffs.While businesses in general are actually reluctant to raise prices, they are equally reluctant to drop them when costs become lower--absent competitive pressures.
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