02-28-2026, 12:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-28-2026, 01:24 AM by Durian Fiend.)
In the article Will said that the tariff rate applicable to his shipment was 30%.
According to the internet, an applicable section 301 tariff with China was in effect since 2018 when DJT initiated it.
We're not sure what the rate was at the time they bought their pre fab home. It looks to me like the rate was either 20 or 25%.
So, a relatively modest increase to 30% would only add hundreds of dollars to their final bill, not ten thousand! Even if the tariff rate with China at the time was zero, which of course it wasn't, zero to 30% would add 6K to their final bill.
Clearly it's the other fees that really whacked them. Those would be the port storage and clearance fees, targeting ships made in China and operated by the Chinese. Again, the brainchild of DJT but NOT considered illegal at this time.
Poor choice of words on my part. Quite possibly not built into the price given by the seller, but by all means built into into their budget for the final price upon delivery in the US. Or at least it should have been. Otherwise it'd be gross negligence on their part.
According to the internet, an applicable section 301 tariff with China was in effect since 2018 when DJT initiated it.
We're not sure what the rate was at the time they bought their pre fab home. It looks to me like the rate was either 20 or 25%.
So, a relatively modest increase to 30% would only add hundreds of dollars to their final bill, not ten thousand! Even if the tariff rate with China at the time was zero, which of course it wasn't, zero to 30% would add 6K to their final bill.
Clearly it's the other fees that really whacked them. Those would be the port storage and clearance fees, targeting ships made in China and operated by the Chinese. Again, the brainchild of DJT but NOT considered illegal at this time.
(02-27-2026, 04:43 PM)HiloJulie Wrote: Sorry, DF, the comparison is exactly the same thing, just expressed in a different way. It's the un-stability of the financial markets being "yanked around like a yo-yo" that is the issue...OK, guess I see what you're saying now. Still, it seems highly improbable that anyone entering in an construction agreement with a local contractor has seen their bill jump by 50% in the matter of less than a year, either recently or at any time in the past.
(02-27-2026, 09:11 PM)Punatang Wrote: ETA: Given that the 20% rate was a known quantity at the time of purchase, that number would have been built into the price, right? - Durian Fiend
No Sir I do not believe that is "right". It could be right but that depends on the contract - a complex legal device that importers of expensive stuff who know what they are getting into, and what risks they are willing to take, enter into...
Poor choice of words on my part. Quite possibly not built into the price given by the seller, but by all means built into into their budget for the final price upon delivery in the US. Or at least it should have been. Otherwise it'd be gross negligence on their part.