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Tariff Notice

That the USA is imposing tariffs on other countries will come as no surprise to anyone.

While we make everything in our own shop, we get our supplies from all over the world. Therefore, we are getting hit with tariffs. It doesn't affect us severely, but enough that we do have to pass along those increased costs.

You will see some very odd prices in the site right now. That is because we are passing, to the penny, only what it is costing us, not some quick mark-up that is completely unfair due to the fact it is just a "guesstimate".

If tariffs go back down to a normal level, we will reduce the pricing accordingly.

Except on a few items (most noticeably webbing, as there is so much of it in any webbing gear) the price increase is minimal.

We hope you understand that as a small house we can't just absorb these increases, but we will be watching for any chance to lower them back down.

If you are interested in reading further, below is an explanation of how this works. Otherwise you can close this tab/window to continue your visit.

Tariffs are a tax paid by the importer when goods arrive in this country.

Unfortunately, some people still believe that they are paid by the country on which they are assessed. This is completely untrue. If tariffs are good or bad for the USA is not the point of this discussion, that is a matter of your belief in world economics.

When we negotiate a price on a piece of hardware coming in from, say, China we agree on a price and quantity from the manufacturer.

Let's use an hypothetical example:

We agree to take in 500 of a buckle, and they sell them to us for $1.00 each. Then we get with the logistics (shipping) people and find out how much it will cost to get them from China on a boat, and then on a truck, and finally deliver them to us. Let's say this costs 10 cents a buckle.

Now we have our cost, $1.00, plus 10 cents for shipping. When they arrive we get a bill which is for the tariff on the goods (there have always been tariffs). That money is paid to the US government, just like all of us pay our taxes.

We are normally paying in the range of 10% (those rates are set and printed in this HUGE book of tariffs). The tariff is only on the merchandise, not the shipping. So now... $1.00 for the manufacturer, 10 cents to the shipper, 10 cents to the US government: $1.20 total.

We add the cost of that buckle into our cost of say, a bondage belt, and that is part of the price you pay.

As of this writing there is a proposal to increase the tariff on goods from China to 104% (I'll round it to 100% so the math is easier). That changes the cost to us from $1.20 to this: $1.00 for the manufacturer, 10 cents to the shipper, $1.00 to the US government: $2.10 total.

In that event we will have to add 90 cents onto the cost of that belt, as we are paying 90 cents more for the buckle which we use to make it for you. You will notice that in no event was the manufacturer's price changed in any way. They get the same amount we negotiated if the tariff is 100% or 0%. It is simply a tax levied by the US government. No matter what the tariff, the seller gets $1.00 per buckle.

We close this in the fervent hope that this will quiet down and we won't all be facing ever increasing prices increases, but at the same time we felt it necessary that we be open about the situation and provide as complete an explanation as we can.

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