Please note that due to the ongoing trade war between the US and China, items expected from November 1st onwards may be subject to increased tariffs above and beyond what was originally indicated. Therefore we will not guarantee the pricing of these items until we know — with certainty — what our costs will be based upon what our distributor/manufacturer charges us at the time the item is ready for shipment to us. If the price of an item increases, we will contact each customer and ask if they still want the item at the revised price. If they do not want the item, we will cancel their order and refund any pre-payment they may have sent us.
We are sorry to have to take this extraordinary step, but we are not here to sell products at a loss based upon a trade war between the US and China and the resultant whims of our executive branch. We hope you understand but no retailer can survive this situation which seems to change on an almost daily basis.
Naturally, we’re not sure where all of these tit-for-tat measures will lead now or in the future. Take this video, for instance. The host discusses a number of issues that are coming to the fore for both the US and the PRC, not to mention the rest of the world. If China is attempting to clamp down on the export of refined rare earth metals then a number of countries are affected, not just the US. In response, the Trump Administration is supposedly considering a 500% tariff against the PRC. If true, then all bets are off concerning any present and future shipments from China to the US, both in terms of rare earth metals as well as a wide assortment of finished goods that China manufactures. Short of a kinetic war, which many believe is coming in 2027 over Taiwan, then this pre-emptive economic strike clearly indicates that at least a trade war is brewing between the US and the PRC, much like the stance the US took against Imperial Japan in the lead up to war in the Pacific.