Are the new Tariffs on Goods from China going to affect prices on Pool cues?

j2pac said:
The last cue price I was quoted was $312.00 before the increase, and roughly $387.00 after. You do the math.
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So who ate the rest?

Theoretically, the old $1000 cue will now cost $2450 or $2250? Either I pay it or "Seyberts" will have to, right? Seems like it is time to sell "Seyberts" if they are publicly held. So buy McDermott! Duh.
 
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Biloxi Boy said:
So who ate the rest?

Theoretically, the old $1000 cue will now cost $2450 or $2250? Either I pay it or "Seyberts" will have to, right? Seems like it is time to sell "Seyberts" if they are publicly held. So buy McDermott! Duh.
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If the Tarif taxes are going to remain that high, then you just will not see any Chinese made cues from any of the US Dealers anymore.

And, off topic, Mezz cues for example are out of stock everywhere, because Mezz only gives dealers like 15% off, so it is not worth it to them to stock Mezz cues anymore.

Even on Mezz USA, it seems that all Mezz cues are out of stock. Most of them anyways, I believe.

Point is, that if it is not worth it for these dealers to carry Asian made pool cues, then they will just stop carrying them. I mean, Jacoby, for example, gives their dealers like 50% off Retail, I believe. Viking gives their dealers a huge discount too. And, I bet Meucci, and most other US production cues give their biggest dealers a huge discount too.
 
vintagecollectibles831 said:
If the Tarif taxes are going to remain that high, then you just will not see any Chinese made cues from any of the US Dealers anymore.

And, off topic, Mezz cues for example are out of stock everywhere, because Mezz only gives dealers like 15% off, so it is not worth it to them to stock Mezz cues anymore.

Even on Mezz USA, it seems that all Mezz cues are out of stock. Most of them anyways, I believe.

Point is, that if it is not worth it for these dealers to carry Asian made pool cues, then they will just stop carrying them. I mean, Jacoby, for example, gives their dealers like 50% off Retail, I believe. Viking gives their dealers a huge discount too. And, I bet Meucci, and most other US production cues give their biggest dealers a huge discount too.
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I'm not really familiar with production cues except for Mezz because it's my daily player and I don't care for Predator. I was in the market for a break cue and someone actually convinced me to get a Chinese made carbon or wherever they are from. A break cue is something I can live without.

Are there any actual American brand production cues actually made in the USA?

I'm assuming McDermott, Schon, Viking, Meucci, and Jacoby. Which are all great shooters.
 
vintagecollectibles831 said:
If the Tarif taxes are going to remain that high, then you just will not see any Chinese made cues from any of the US Dealers anymore.

And, off topic, Mezz cues for example are out of stock everywhere, because Mezz only gives dealers like 15% off, so it is not worth it to them to stock Mezz cues anymore.

Even on Mezz USA, it seems that all Mezz cues are out of stock. Most of them anyways, I believe.

Point is, that if it is not worth it for these dealers to carry Asian made pool cues, then they will just stop carrying them. I mean, Jacoby, for example, gives their dealers like 50% off Retail, I believe. Viking gives their dealers a huge discount too. And, I bet Meucci, and most other US production cues give their biggest dealers a huge discount too.
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This big an interest in cues, and you just now found this forum?
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Tariff's are what everyone is talking about, worrying about, but the bad News is there is little good info how the Tariffs will affect everyone, everything, and last you personally.

Maybe we all need to hope, pray, and wish for our Government Officials, and the other Government officials in Our Little World quit playing games, to see who has the biggest set of, or largest tool.

Then maybe they will get down to business, and strike deals to make TRADE Fair, Equal, and Equatable for all parties on the Earth.

So the good NEWS is there is NO GOOD NEWS, just Rumors, BS, and Misinformation being spread by MSM, Right, Left, Progressives, the LBQT + Space Alien community.
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Thank you for calling out the Space Alien community. I'm probably not the only one who has gotten sick of their "interplanetary rights" narrative. We all know it's just a cover to exploit the citizens of Alpha Centauri A.

All joking aside, sincerely thank you. All of us are getting railed by both sides of the aisle. I work in manufacturing and the only thing I've seen so far out of these tariffs is an excuse for our suppliers to raise prices preemptively. Hopefully the powers that be can get all this worked out soon and we can get back to whatever "normal" is at least long enough for us to catch our breaths.
 
Biloxi Boy said:
So who ate the rest?

Theoretically, the old $1000 cue will now cost $2450 or $2250? Either I pay it or "Seyberts" will have to, right? Seems like it is time to sell "Seyberts" if they are publicly held. So buy McDermott! Duh.
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Buying a McDermott, Viking, etc should take some of the bite out of it. But I'd bet those companies use components that are either from China or made with components from China. So there's still going to be some ripple effect.
 
Jimmy_Betmore said:
Buying a McDermott, Viking, etc should take some of the bite out of it. But I'd bet those companies use components that are either from China or made with components from China. So there's still going to be some ripple effect.
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Well where does wood come from, do they make own pins, or the cutting tool to cut wood?

If so where does the raw metals, and tooling grade metals come from.

Good News is Egg prices down. One less thing to cry about.
 
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You guys will be the envy of all. You won't have to worry about the guy with the same P3 as yours or the same sneaky Predator Road Line.
 
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vintagecollectibles831 said:
So, in theory, if I order a used US Made pool cue from a seller from China, then I should not have to pay the new Tarif tax? Or, does that not matter? And, what is the new Tarif tax on pool cues from China, being imported to the US? Can't figure that one out. Thanks.
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if a cue is coming from China, new or used, no matter where it was made, you pay the tariff/tax.
 
putting tariffs on goods forces them to negotiate with their tariffs and regulations on your goods.
those high ones wont last and will be fixed at some point.
there are many other and better options to buy the things we need not just want.
 
Biloxi Boy said:
So who ate the rest?

Theoretically, the old $1000 cue will now cost $2450 or $2250? Either I pay it or "Seyberts" will have to, right? Seems like it is time to sell "Seyberts" if they are publicly held. So buy McDermott! Duh.
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Yes, if Seyberts is publicly traded ( it's not) , it's a sell, and so are millions of other companies that get goods from China, such as Adidas, Costco, Target, Walmart etc., and almost every store in an outlet mall. You get the idea. If the tariffs really go through, which is doubtful, you are looking at a depression.
 
lakeman77 said:
Yes, if Seyberts is publicly traded ( it's not) , it's a sell, and so are millions of other companies that get goods from China, such as Adidas, Costco, Target, Walmart etc., and almost every store in an outlet mall. You get the idea. If the tariffs really go through, which is doubtful, you are looking at a depression.
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Well Amazon sells a lot of stuff made in China, maybe people will stop buying what they really don't need from Amazon.
 
billiards_watch said:
Doesn't affect me. I buy American and already having something being built.

Perhaps the moral of this whole entire tariff thing is for you guys to stop buying those rebranded Chinese cues and perhaps support the domestic cue makers. Word has it the cue builders here are the best in the world. It's actually a known fact.

Plenty of nice stuff on the used market too even though I suggest buying from the cue builder. Lets say because of the tariffs you are force to buy an American cue then its not bad at all.

Then some of you guys can appreciate what Made in USA is all about when you see these cues.
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I'm not saying it will happen, but it's not out of the realm of reality that American makers will also raise their prices 15%, because why not? It's free money. I understand that the tariffs are supposed to help domestic manufacturers compete or make it more appealing to buy domestically, but if the normal trend of corporate greed continues, it will just mean they raise their prices by the same percentage as their overseas competition.

The consumer has no protection in this case. Some cuemakers will surely keep prices normal, but it's almost a certainty that larger outfits will gouge as much as the market will allow. Constant exponential growth of shareholder value isn't sustainable long term. This allows big companies to gouge the consumer with the effect of basically free added shareholder value.

A $17 cheeseburger with fries would have been considered insanity 10 years ago. Now that's basically the default price. You can't go from global manufacturing to domestic without huge inflation, which is paid directly by the consumer. I hope I'm wrong, but I have a hunch the tariffs are too little, too late. If they had been implemented 30 years ago before global manufacturing became the norm, it may have worked. Tariffs still may work, but it's going to take decades to unravel the dependency we have on overseas sources.
 
Last week on aliexpress, when I went to the checkout my total jumped from 175 to like 375. There was an explicit note and line item stating about 2 blue notes for the disrespect
 
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