Price Increases Coming From Canon USA

On the contrary, I succeeded in giving a ridiculous post the ridicule it necessitated.

That you thought it was ridiculous is a sad reflection of yourself. I may post like an idiot but I'd far prefer to post idiotic comments than to feel that I needed to write like you do. I truely feel sorry for you, especially that you feel like you need to continually justify yourself. You do know that your posts where you're rude and insulting benefit one and only one person, don't you?

Find yourself a good psychologist and make an appointment. For the sake of your own mental health.
 
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Rational, reasonable posts engender replies in kind, and honest questions are always welcome…and answered as best I can. But I have no compunctions or remorse about calling out asinine posts, misinformation, and obvious trolling with the disdain such drivel deserves.

If you don't understand what's wrong with this comment then you seriously need to speak with people who are better at explaining social issues to you. Maybe book some time with those at HR where you work. I won't attempt to explain what's wrong about your comments because you'll just dismiss it.

Whether or not you realise it, you are the stereotypical internet bully. I hate to think that this is a reflection of how you conduct yourself at home and at work.

Suffice to say, there is never, ever, any justification for personal attacks against other people that make seemingly silly or idiotic comments. Never. If you think there is then there's a serious problem inside your head. I can't fix it and I doubt you can either - or at least not without help. Get the help you need because neither I nor anyone else on this website are your personal punching bag.

Cue the rejoinder about idiots.
 
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No. Grey markets exist because there is differential pricing in different countries, not tariffs. Canon, for example, has lower pre-tax prices in the Far East than in Europe or the USA and goods may be legally imported directly from those countries avoiding Canon USA or Canon EU. They are called “grey” because they are not through Canon and Canon does not provide its warranty.
With the tariffs, there will still be a 10% tax imposed because of the country of origin, regardless of the path taken. Thus avoiding the tariff won't be possible but it may still be possible to get goods at a better price than MSRP.
 
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That could be tricky, being an idiot and all.
It's difficult for me, too.

Doesn't work like that. Humans have rights, goods don't.
You misunderstand. The key phrase for this thread is not about the specific decision, but "signaling potential judicial resistance despite conservative majority." Before, most people thought the Supreme Court would go with whatever Trump wants, but now we're beginning to see that's not completely true after all.
 
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Doesn't work like that. Humans have rights, goods don't.
The arguments before the various courts that are reasonably likely to reach the Supreme Court have nothing to do with the rights of humans or goods. Rather, they are about powers afforded to the Executive vs. the Legislative branches of government regarding the implementation of tariffs.

The other asinine drivel you spewed out isn’t worth a response, except to say that putting a wig and a mask on a personal attack doesn’t make you any less a hypocrite.

You keep on demonstrating that you have no idea how anything works. Not that I expect anything else.
 
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Seems this is the way it will play out. I've heard of multiple businesses raising prices globally to "protect the US market".
Here is one report, but there are more.
"Rather than simply increase prices there, it's possible the likes of PlayStation could increase pricing globally in an effort to protect, as best they can, the US market."
Sounds more like corporate greed and subsidising the US market, than protection of market share.
Yes and no…. There has also been threats of retaliatory tariffs from Europe for for other country’s products. From where, which HTS and what % is the question
 
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Somewhat off topic:
NEWSWEEK (in bias, often described as centrist) has an article, "Supreme Court halted Trump's Alien Enemies Act deportations, signaling potential judicial resistance despite conservative majority." Maybe they will approach the Tariffs this way, too.
I believe that the biggest issue is of compliance to a court order. Especially after the partisan stacking of key roles. If it is ignored then the Marshals aren’t going to frogmarch trump out of the White House.

Once the courts are irrelevant then another leap towards the inevitable conclusion… Turkey v2.0
 
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Definitely check the fine print…. My home/contents instance only covers Australia and NZ ie isn’t global. Jewelry stays home but the camera gear goes to lots of places!
Good point! Mine is worldwide, but policies are all about the fine print. Personally, the bigger risk for me isn't travel because I typically only bring a small subset of my gear on trips and that subset usually includes the R8 and smaller lenses. The point of scheduling items separately is that most policies have limits on the value of content categories, so if you have lots of camera gear (or jewelry, fine art, etc.) and that exceeds the standard limits they won't be covered unless you let your insurance provider know.
 
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Good point! Mine is worldwide, but policies are all about the fine print. Personally, the bigger risk for me isn't travel because I typically only bring a small subset of my gear on trips and that subset usually includes the R8 and smaller lenses. The point of scheduling items separately is that most policies have limits on the value of content categories, so if you have lots of camera gear (or jewelry, fine art, etc.) and that exceeds the standard limits they won't be covered unless you let your insurance provider know.
>30kgs of gear joined me on my current Palau trip :)
Only 4 lenses though
 
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I don't think insurance coverage is based on weight. ;)

A typical trip for me in terms of camera gear where it's just me traveling would be the R8, RF 10-20/4L, RF 24-105/4L, RF 100-500, and TS-E 17/4L, about $10K worth of gear (a small fraction of my total kit).
It can be if you are obese (the health insurance part).
 
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DHL has temporarily suspended shipping international packages with a value greater than 800$ to US consumers due to additional US Customs processsing: “The suspension is explicitly limited to international B2C shipments, packages sent from businesses abroad to individual customers in the US, with a declared value over $800. ”

To quote: “The future is so bright I gotta wear shades”.

See: https://www.dpreview.com/news/6369938983/dhl-suspends-international-shipments-over-800-to-the-us
 
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DPR adds, “For example, consumers ordering camera gear from Sony or drones from DJI could face significant delays.” Seems like FUD to me, or typical DPR cluelessness.

If you order a camera from Sony or a drone from DJI, do they ship directly to you from Japan or China? Somehow I doubt it. This affects B2C shipments, not B2B shipments. This would affect shipments from Apple where you order Mac with a custom configuration (CTO), e.g., extra RAM or a larger SSD – those are made to order in China and shipped directly to the consumer. Personally, I’ve had them use either DHL or UPS as the carrier, so unless UPS follows suit this won’t have a big effect anyway.
 
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I believe that the biggest issue is of compliance to a court order. Especially after the partisan stacking of key roles. If it is ignored then the Marshals aren’t going to frogmarch trump out of the White House.

Once the courts are irrelevant then another leap towards the inevitable conclusion… Turkey v2.0
Your "Turkey v2.0." is in no way inevitable because in the current political climate, an attempted coup d'état would be met with state secessions and possibly a second American Civil War (incidentally, besides the well-known disagreements regarding slavery famously involved, there was also the 1861 Morrill Tariff, which was also favored by Republicans and had a similar reception).
 
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