jeffersonpowers
It sucks because it’s all just the actions of a bully who wants to throw his weight around, without any regard to the consequences. He’s fixated on the tariffs because that’s something he can make unilateral decisions about without needing approval from congress. The worst part is the continued false narrative that he’s somehow “won” and the foreign sellers are paying, when in reality it is the end user (in this case, the American consumer) that ultimately pays the bulk of the cost. At this point I think he believes his own bullshit.
However, once the dust settles and people know which form they have to fill out and who to mail the check to, I think it will be fine. Sellers will pass the cost on to their US customers and absorb the extra admin time into their day-to-day business (if they think it’s worth it to keep selling to the US — some may not, and that is their choice). As a US resident I don’t have a problem paying an extra 10% for my miniatures if it means I can still get them — it means a model that used to cost $10 will now cost $11, not really a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
One silver lining at least: in anticipation of a lot of “we’re suspending orders until we figure this out,” I did a flurry of orders last week for a ton of stuff that’s been on my “I’ll get around to ordering that sometime” list, so I’ll have a ton of new miniatures soon. Not that I need them, but “need” is a strong word…
