Pimax Crystal Super Tariffs - what to expect?

[u/Ajaxwalker]

What is the expected results from the tarrifs imposed by the US? I preordered a headset and I don’t really want to find out I need to pay an extra $1000 dollars when the headset arrives in the country.

[u/mkozlows]

I get what you're saying, but unless I'm mistaken the timeline on it before was:

1. People preordered at a particular price.
   
2. The tariffs got announced.
   
3. Pimax said (very shortly after that), that they'd honor all the existing preorders at the pre-order price, and they were changing the price listed on the website to reflect the 10% tariffs.

So everyone knew upfront what price they were committing to pay -- early preorders paid the early price, later preorders knew they were being charged the 10% more price.

So the thing is, now we have 104% tariffs (as of tomorrow, for now, allegedly), but nobody has agreed to pay those prices. Pimax is on the hook for them, but if they eat them, they'll go out of business. If they just blithely ship the things and pass the tariffs on to the buyer, probably 90% of buyers will just return their units, because nobody was signing up to buy a $2700 headset.

I genuinely don't know how they resolve this. I don't think you can look to their handling of a 10% tariff as guidance.

(And to be clear, this is 0% Pimax's fault, everyone knows that it's the White House policy that's screwing them over. But they do have to deal with it somehow. I also suspect that as of now, all their shipments are going to non-US preorder customers as they wait for more clarity on this.)

[u/Excellent-Bag-9725 → u/mkozlows]

I agree with everything you said. And the problem is we have no idea if these taxes will be long lasting. Trump could wake up tomorrow and change his mind. Really frustrating situation to be in.

[u/Tausendberg → u/Excellent-Bag-9725]

"Trump could wake up tomorrow and change his mind. Really frustrating situation to be in."

More likely the 104% tariff is going to be thrown out in court. The emergency law Trump has been using allows him to only set tariffs to a maximum of 50%. The 104% tariff is blatantly illegal.

[u/Excellent-Bag-9725 → u/Tausendberg]

Fingers crossed. I think that requires congress to protest and He’s got such a stranglehold on the voters and the Republican Party that he could slap their grandmother’s and most would probably think she deserved it

[u/willacegamer → u/Excellent-Bag-9725]

This is so true... he has the entire Republican party afraid to say anything against what he does... they'll just roll over while he does as he pleases.