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I picked up an anycubic kobra s1 combo about a month ago for $550 and a bambu lab a1 mini last week for $240. Those same printers are now $700 and $360. It's absolutely insane as there's no American made alternatives in the same price bracket. I may end up keeping my old enders these new printers replaced instead of selling them as I had planned
 
Please make it clear, it is only getting more expensive in the USA, due to your leaders tariffs, the rest of us will still be able to get cheap 3D printers.
I would imagine at some point a deal will be struck and you will get reasonable prices, but expect it will be more expensive that the rest of the world.
 
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btmedic04 said:
I picked up an anycubic kobra s1 combo about a month ago for $550 and a bambu lab a1 mini last week for $240. Those same printers are now $700 and $360. It's absolutely insane as there's no American made alternatives in the same price bracket. I may end up keeping my old enders these new printers replaced instead of selling them as I had planned
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In the west we can't get cheap home grown products, in Europe we have Prusa, home grown good quality, but far from cheap, that's why we buy from China
 
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Zerk2012 said:
It's in the first line of the article.

The era of cheap 3D printing appears to be coming to a screeching halt in the US
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Bro you assume any of these yahoos commenting actually bothered to read the article before coming down here to screech without any of the context.
 
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But the world has never gotten cheap 3D printers.... the expensive printers (except in a few wealthy bubbles) just get more expensive again.... the balance is restored.
 
I look forward to being able to buy more competitively priced US-made models, now that the playing field is being leveled.
 
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I look forward to being able to buy more competitively priced US-made models, now that the playing field is being leveled.
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It's so hard to tell when people are being serious these days. We will not be getting competitively priced "US Made" printers (or anything else). Our labor is too expensive. That's the whole reason jobs went overseas.

I suppose you could argue that automation will take care of that... but then people lose jobs...
 
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millermatic said:
It's so hard to tell when people are being serious these days. We will not be getting competitively priced "US Made" printers (or anything else). Our labor is too expensive. That's the whole reason jobs went overseas.

I suppose you could argue that automation will take care of that... but then people lose jobs...
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Seems to be that USA made would be about four times more expensive... So yeah...
 
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Well, you reap what you sow I guess...

rambo919 said:
But the world has never gotten cheap 3D printers.... the expensive printers (except in a few wealthy bubbles) just get more expensive again.... the balance is restored.
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So me buying an Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo for 170€ in 2023 was a fever dream, then? That is weird, because both my Amazon account, bank account, and my 3D printer agree that I indeed bought it for that price... btw. The upgraded model, the Kobra 3, is currently sitting at 260€ (which feels in line with the general price increases of the past few years, honestly), while the Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro costs 218€, which sounds fair honestly when considering inflation. Both prices include all taxes and are quite a bit cheaper than the new US prices listed above.

So, yes, the rest of the world does still have affordable options. And I only looked at Amazon here, which is by no means the cheapest seller. The Bamboo Lab A1 Mini mentioned above as costing $360 now costs 205€ here, btw. Though that price is admittedly taken from a price comparison website. Highest priced listed on that site is 239€, though, still a lot cheaper than the US price. Older models are also still on the market, a Kobra 2 Pro for 200€, for example. Which is a really good printer, and cost twice as much when it released.
 
Mate.... locally.... the cheapest model over here costs converted to EU 400.... and double that for a good average.

You might want to stop thinking about first world bubbles like Europe as comparative to most of the world.
 
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