US tariffs on imported Items  

RE: US tariffs on imported Items

Sure, sounds like a similar rate to what I paid several years ago when I got an SL1S.  This is not the "new" tariff, but many people don't generally experience it when ordering because there has been an exception to anything below $800 in value (I'm assuming you are in the US).  As of this point "new" tariffs have not been specified, and will likely be significantly more than the approx 4% you've spoken of.

There is a note on the shipping info page warning about it.  

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Yup the tariff is not new.  This has nothing to do with all the tariff business going on now.  This one was always there. 

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I believe the current tariff for 3D printers is 3.1% but there's also the de minimis threshold of $800, so if anything imported is worth less than that, no tariff is being levied. 

Any future tariff will be significantly higher. There's also talk of dropping the de minimis exemption but it's highly unlikely that border control would be able to deal with the volume of bills. What I don't know is whether any new tariffs apply to everything imported after they're put in place even if you ordered and paid before, or only to stuff purchased (and imported) later. I suspect it's the former, so buying quickly now is probably not going to help you avoid higher tariffs. 

Where it's probably going to hurt me most is filament cost, as I assume that will go up also

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My C1 is in Batch 8, and rumblings seem to be that new rates may come as soon as April 2.  Supposed to start shipping Mar 18th, and I'm crossing various appendages hoping it actually ships by then 😓  Unless you are ordering something listed as in stock right now I doubt it would matter much if they come that early.  

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Thanks for the info. My previous two printers we kits so they were around $800 US, so i guess i was not expecting any tariff / surcharge. Anyways I am glad i went with the already assembled Core One started using it right out of the box and printed a Super Tucano airplane from Plane Print and it came out perfect.

Thanks Again

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https://blog.prusa3d.com/the-great-recap-of-2024-in-prusa-research_110103/ Prusa recently said they've set up a local factory in the US, so hopefully there will be no US tariffs on Prusa hardware soon (I assume).

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Posted by: @ujindesign

https://blog.prusa3d.com/the-great-recap-of-2024-in-prusa-research_110103/ Prusa recently said they've set up a local factory in the US, so hopefully there will be no US tariffs on Prusa hardware soon (I assume).

Yup, but don't forget that now you have to pay sales tax (unless you live in a select few states), which I didn't pay when ordering from EU.  In my state at least 3-4% of the current rate is lower than the 8.25% sales tax.   

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And hopefully PrintedSolid does not set the direction for a possible Prusa factory. I think we all hoped that when Prusa bought PrintedSolid it would result in easiest and cheaper access to Prusa printers and parts. In the end it turned out to be just a play to get access to government and education contracts.

I'm not holding my breath for a Prusa factory. At this point I can order stuff from Prague and once it ships it's usually here in Massachusetts in 3 days. Takes me as long or longer to receive my order from PrinterSolid, and their markup wipes out all savings from free shipping and then some. 

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Posted by: @foxrun3d

And hopefully PrintedSolid does not set the direction for a possible Prusa factory. I think we all hoped that when Prusa bought PrintedSolid it would result in easiest and cheaper access to Prusa printers and parts. In the end it turned out to be just a play to get access to government and education contracts.

I'm not holding my breath for a Prusa factory. At this point I can order stuff from Prague and once it ships it's usually here in Massachusetts in 3 days. Takes me as long or longer to receive my order from PrinterSolid, and their markup wipes out all savings from free shipping and then some. 

PrintedSolid charges $18 to ship a GPIO board within the states. lol

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Shipping in the US feels like a racket. I run a small Etsy store, and many of my items cost less than the shipping I have to charge for them (and that's Etsy's discounted rates). I know nothing about how it works but free shipping on Amazon makes everything else look super expensive. And I can order stuff on Aliexpress to be shipped from China to the US for half of what I have to charge a customer for shipping from Massachusetts to New Jersey. Even Prusa's overseas Fedex charges look very reasonable compared to shipping costs here.

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Totally random - but have you checked out PirateShip? Not shilling and I don't work for them- I've been using them for a few years and I'm able to get really good rates on a lot of stuff. Might be worth checking out for your stuff.

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I have. Use them to send stuff not sold through Etsy. 99% the same pricing as Etsy, really no difference.

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I run a small Etsy store, and many of my items cost less than the shipping I have to charge for them

You're probably losing money on every Etsy order you get. Say you sell a $5 item to a customer with 8.25% sales tax, and you charge $4.50 for shipping. You turn around and spend $4.50 on the postage for the shipping. Some time later, Etsy pays you $2.19 for that order. From that $2.19 you now need to cover the cost of the item, the cost of the packing materials, and the time it takes to pack it up. 

Or, a more surprising case: you sell an item for $5 and let the buyer choose expedited or international shipping for $30. You charge the calculated cost, figuring it's up to them how they want it shipped and you're not trying to make profit on the shipping. You owe Etsy $3.65 for the order. 

What's going on here? Well, the total for the first order is $10.28 ($5 + $4.50 + 8.25% tax). From that, Etsy takes their fees:

• Listing fee for the item: $0.20
• 6.5% Etsy transaction fee (based on the total): $0.62
• 3% + $0.25 processing fee (based on the total): $0.56
• 15% offsite fee* (based on the total): $1.43
• 8.25% tax (based on the subtotal): $0.78
• Shipping fee: $4.50

Net payout: $10.28 (total) - $3.59 (Etsy fees) - $4.50 (shipping) =  $2.19

The issue is that Etsy’s percentage-based fees are all relative to the total including shipping and sales tax. That means the cost of shipping cuts into your net profit even if you are charging for it, which is why the $5 item + $30 shipping winds up in the negative. 

*You might also be surprised by the offsite fee. I've seen a lot of sellers caught out by this. In short, it's a fee Etsy charges when they drive a purchase using ads they run elsewhere that contain your listing. If someone clicks on that ad, then purchases the item within 30 days, you pay Etsy 15% of the total. Depending on what you're selling and how much it costs, your percentage of sales that come from offsite ads will vary. I've seen some months where ~80% of my sales were offsite, and I've seen months where only ~20% did. You cannot turn it off if you've grossed over $10k in sales, so it's best to just bake it into your cost calculations.