Comment on Framework temporarily pausing some laptop sales in the US due to tariffs
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoI will assume that if you are a salesperson you have a pipeline and that mean there is a pause for the 3month timeline. Sure for this case the day to day they don’t pause but all in all every business is adapting with the everyday news coming up. Crazy time to run a business in the states.
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Well, my original question stands. Is it really a better business decision to choose not to sell at all vs raising prices.
I run a US business where the cost of materials has always been volatile and the cost of the end product follows that. 40% swings aren’t uncommon and just get passed onto the end user; my profit stays relatively the same. So I can’t fathom just locking the doors when things get expensive (and people are still willing to pay it).
I could understand it if they were doing it as some form of protest, but then it doesn’t make sense to only stop selling the low priced options. That’s just hurting the people furthest removed from what you are protesting.
Vanth@reddthat.com 1 week ago
This is a hardware startup trying to attract customers away from the likes of Lenova, who has simpler products, a more mature supply chain, and economy-of-scale to their advantage. No way are they pricing to absorb 40%+ with day-to-day swings.
0x0@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
I prefer second-hand Lenovos to any new Lenova.
Vanth@reddthat.com 6 days ago
Making it even tougher for Frameworks to win a customer like you over, even without 40%+ fuckery in pricing.
QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
They have no idea how much more the trade war will escalate between the purchase and the item getting imported. If their laptops take several months to ship and their margins are lower than the increase in tariffs after the sale was made, then they lose money on the sale.
cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Agree with you it is a business decision and as of every business seems to be doing its things. I think they do that as mitigation but will need to rise.
If you don’t mind me asking, what type of business/product do you run with such price volatility?