PJPower05 Posted July 18 Posted July 18 I am a bit perplexed,... Went to the WW US site and saw the Viper ICP + MFD combo for $561... Then I saw the 55% tax rate. Total nearly $1k. I have nothing but good things to say about WW, and even had to get spare parts from them. Curiously Amazon still has the ICP for $212.
speed-of-heat Posted July 18 Posted July 18 (edited) This is the impact of Tariffs on US consumers of goods from China. It’s possible Amazon already has stock that was imported prior to tariffs going into effect. Edited July 18 by speed-of-heat 4 SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware AMD 9800X3D, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat
Dragon1-1 Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Yup, this is the new reality for everything Chinese in the US. Tariffs are ultimately paid by the consumer, this is what you're seeing. 3
Mr_sukebe Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Maybe the next time you see someone with a MAGA hat on, you can ask them to pay the tax. They voted for it. 5 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
Darth Holliday Posted July 18 Posted July 18 7 hours ago, Dragon1-1 said: Yup, this is the new reality for everything Chinese in the US. Tariffs are ultimately paid by the consumer, this is what you're seeing. 6 hours ago, Mr_sukebe said: Maybe the next time you see someone with a MAGA hat on, you can ask them to pay the tax. They voted for it. The idea is for American Consumers NOT to buy it.... 1
Mr_sukebe Posted July 18 Posted July 18 4 minutes ago, Darth Holliday said: The idea is for American Consumers NOT to buy it.... The American made equivalent being? 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
mkel2010 Posted July 18 Posted July 18 (edited) 11 hours ago, PJPower05 said: I am a bit perplexed,... Went to the WW US site and saw the Viper ICP + MFD combo for $561... Then I saw the 55% tax rate. Total nearly $1k. I have nothing but good things to say about WW, and even had to get spare parts from them. Curiously Amazon still has the ICP for $212. I just placed an order through the Winwing USA web site. The order had no added Tax. Are you sure you're not on the Global shipping site? Edited July 18 by mkel2010
Darth Holliday Posted July 18 Posted July 18 1 hour ago, Mr_sukebe said: The American made equivalent being? Now you get the idea.....
Cgjunk2 Posted Thursday at 08:15 PM Posted Thursday at 08:15 PM If this is due to the tarriffs, would they actually be listing it under taxes on the customer's bill? I would think if winwing is paying the tarrif tax upon importing the inventory, they would increase the sale price of the product to compensate....not seperate it out as a tax owed by the customer. I'm not saying the price would be any different, but I find it odd that they would itemize the tarrif under "taxes due by the customer"
Cgjunk2 Posted Thursday at 08:26 PM Posted Thursday at 08:26 PM On 7/18/2025 at 11:50 AM, Darth Holliday said: Now you get the idea..... You could argue that the market is so small for high-end Flight Sim peripherals, that even Winwing's business case was already marginal in pre-tarrif conditions. I'm not going to hold my breath for any US made products within this niche market. And if there were to be any, I'd have to imagine it would be using nearly 100 percent imported components. And on that note, it wouldn't surprise me if it's more likely for winwing to look into hiring a few people to do final assembly of the peripherals in the US in order to get the "Made in US" sticker. I doubt it would change the pricing much, since I imagine the taxes on importing their components will still add up. 1
rob10 Posted Thursday at 09:03 PM Posted Thursday at 09:03 PM 47 minutes ago, Cgjunk2 said: If this is due to the tarriffs, would they actually be listing it under taxes on the customer's bill? I would think if winwing is paying the tarrif tax upon importing the inventory, they would increase the sale price of the product to compensate....not seperate it out as a tax owed by the customer. I'm not saying the price would be any different, but I find it odd that they would itemize the tarrif under "taxes due by the customer" Not really odd. Saves customers freaking out when they look at the European or other sites and wonder why the base retail price in the US is sooo much higher.
Cgjunk2 Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago 4 hours ago, rob10 said: Not really odd. Saves customers freaking out when they look at the European or other sites and wonder why the base retail price in the US is sooo much higher. Seeing a 55 percent tax would make a customer freak out just the same. I just wonder if it's legal to claim they are collecting a tax that is not actually directly payable by the customer to begin with. Again, I'm not saying wingwing wouldn't increase the price by just as much across the board to cover the tariff they already payed to import it, because I'd expect they would.
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