News American 3D Printer filament companies raise the flag, not the price

[Admin]

Polymaker announces prices will increase starting May 1st.

American 3D Printer filament companies raise the flag, not the price : Read more

 

[Findecanor]

The flag should have a banana printed on it.

 

[-Fran-]

Chicken and egg: at least for the "enthusiast" side, if the cost of buying and maintaining a 3D printer sky-rockets, my initial soft conclusion is that people buying these would also decrease. EDIT: Point here is that less people getting into the hobby and, even perhaps exiting it, would mean lower volume sales which in turn will make you increase prices anyway?

I wonder if that simplistic analysis applies to bigger companies using 3D Printers in a bigger scale? Their cost of maintenance will go up as well, so even if this specific material will go up, their costs (corpo using the 3D Printers) will definitely go up in one way or another. Warranties is the obvious one to me which will still impact and be passed downstream to consumers in one way or another.

Regards.

 

[TechieTwo]

What I find unacceptable is when U.S. companies raise their prices after tariffs are applied to imported competitiors "dumping" in the U.S. market. A tariff is generally intended to raise imported prices to be competitive with U.S. produced goods, not to allow greater profits and prices for U.S. produced goods. Exploiting consumers can prove costly to those who price gouge.

 

[Hooda Thunkett]

What I find unacceptable is when U.S. companies raise their prices after tariffs are applied to imported competitiors "dumping" in the U.S. market. A tariff is generally intended to raise imported prices to be competitive with U.S. produced goods, not to allow greater profits and prices for U.S. produced goods. Exploiting consumers can prove costly to those who price gouge.

For the last 50 years or so, the prevailing business theory is that an executive of a publicly traded company's only fiduciary duty is to maximize shareholder value. You can make a strong argument that by not increasing prices to match the prices of their foreign competitors they are not meeting their fiduciary duties.

TLDR: There's no way in the modern U.S. that tariffs will reduce prices. Period.

 

[LordVile]

Aside from it will go up because the surrounding infrastructure costs will also increase, also the cost of cheaper material from china etc going up means the better quality material which is now cheaper will go up to increase profit. Rising tide lifts all boats etc etc

 

[RadioStar Prints]

That's all well and good... Except I'm paying about $8/kg right now for imported petg. Even if they double the price over the tariffs, I'm still better off (fiscally) keeping my suppliers than I would be if I were to switch over to American made/US supply chain filaments. And yes, I'll pass the increases on to my customers since I already keep my prices low for prototyping and small batch runs for other businesses.

 

[USAFRet]

Except I'm paying about $8/kg right now for imported petg.

Link, please...😉

 

[RadioStar Prints]

https://www.sunlu.com/?utm_source=g...KQq_eIQB-ndOFRATzszoVKLypMtbEqexoCQNcQAvD_BwE

I buy in units of 10 to get a better price, but even single rolls are only 11.99

 

[USAFRet]

https://www.sunlu.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PMax-us-无feed-0303&utm_term=kathy&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwn6LABhBSEiwAsNJrjjgHvHoV61xZdoNvpkC4uIKQq_eIQB-ndOFRATzszoVKLypMtbEqexoCQNcQAvD_BwE

I buy in units of 10 to get a better price, but even single rolls are only 11.99

Thanks.

I've had great results using Sunlu in my Bambu.
Apart from direct from Bambu, Sunlu is my second choice.

Never thought of buying direct from them.

 

[Eximo]

Might be worth looking into Massdrop like bulk purchasing or something for 3D printing enthusiasts.

 

[Setnev]

I buy imported filament around $8-11/kg for basic PLA and $10-17/kg for PETG. I am not going to switch to an American company that is over 250% higher, even with the 100%+ tariff rates. That just means I pass that cost to my customers. My costs aren't going to increase a lot but it'll be noticeable.

 

[drivinfast247]

How will these poor makers earn a living selling Oni masks and flexi rexis?

 

[j_123]

Tariffs may have us paying a bit more for a little while, as the US builds up it's manufacturing prowess again. But undoing decades and decades of bad decisions can't be easy. In the end, we'll be much stronger as a nation.