Houndpup Rc
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Well I find myself having to order from Amazon right now...😒
General Comment on Rc Equipment and Tariffs
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This is good, or bad?
Houndpup Rc
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Bad....Amazon runs other businesses into the ground and i like supporting the little guy...But when little guy rises his prices 100%....what am I supposed to do?
Houndpup Rc
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If I bought stuff right now that was tariffed I would say $25-75 for what little I buy and other people buy a lot more expensive stuff than I do.
Houndpup Rc
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yeah nothing so far....I would have had to though if I didn't have some spare stuff on the shelf because I prepped before the tariffs hit.
Just remember the tariffs are to influence other countries to reduce their high tariffs on US goods and create more fair trade between us. We've had tariffs for decades, and when other countries don't play fair, this happens until they get their heads out of their dark and smellies. 
and now, the current admin is removing the tariff free small shipments that so many products come here under.
as the man of gilded luxury said, 'you don't need more than 5 pencils or 2 dolls.
as for fair trade, the jury will be out, but some people have already cast their vote: https://apple.news/ASfIttoGBQC2ZoHrBUYWECA
as the man of gilded luxury said, 'you don't need more than 5 pencils or 2 dolls.
as for fair trade, the jury will be out, but some people have already cast their vote: https://apple.news/ASfIttoGBQC2ZoHrBUYWECA
Houndpup Rc
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Yeah i think it will be good in the long run. 👍
you can't change minds and hearts. the proof will be in the pudding.
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FishbonesAir
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(Some of) my formerly inexpensive & easy to find ELRS receivers for my Zorro are now quite pricey. However I have found some inexpensive alternatives that I haven't tried yet, which go up to 6 channels. That's enough for most of my aircraft. When it gets ugly is when I need more than 6... 8+ channels are $46 or more.Man! I don't know if anyone has noticed but the prices of Rc stuff is sky rocketing! I know speedyfpv has increased their prices site wide 100%! GetFPV has increased their prices site wide about 75%, Hobby King hasn't seemed to go up nearly as much though maybe a little, I haven't noticed any difference in Flite Test's prices either.....Whats your guys opinion on the feature of this? My thought is that prices will be higher for a while but in the end they will go back down and we will have higher quality components.
PS. Lets keep politicians and other politics out of this. As this is strictly on Rc stuff...
I'm on Disability, and coming out to Flitefest this year is my one big vacation. We (wife and I) spend the money because we honestly don't know if I'll be able to travel out "next year" whenever I do something. I've been very lucky that my condition hasn't progressed much.
That said, I don't foresee prices getting back to "normal," until we get a Democrat in the White House. That's as "political" as I'll go. I shall make do in the meantime, as I'm not gonna sit on my hands, waiting. Rx for my old FlySky are cheap, even for a 10 channel; I can get one of those for $26 still, and currently have one that isn't in an airplane. I'm just spoiled by the Zorro.
Houndpup Rc
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Time will show.....
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I think it will be good for other countries to not have China being the world supply house....I think its good to have multiple counties being able to do a share of the manufacturing instead of it done by one country because if it goes bad with one country, all other countries aren't in a bind.
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Guess we will find out won't we! 😂
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