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There were three major reasons why the "Build Your Own" culture developed:
1. You had more control of parts selection
2. You wound up knowing more about and could add an aesthetic flair to your build
3. It was cheaper
Well make that 2 reasons.... with tariffs looming here in US, heres' what we are facing
A. Dell has a box built overseas at below living wage labor rates, imports it here .... a) they pay no tariff charge and b) their tax rate was just cut from 39.6 to 20%.
B. Mom and Pop shop builds to your specs, buys the parts individually and pays a 30 (or 35) % tariff on them ... far more than their typical 15% labor cost. Their tax rates are much higher % wise.
C. I buy the parts including the 30% tariff and build it myself. Despite my time investment, it's cheaper now to buy a Dell.
So how exactly is this tariff helping anyone here at home ? It basically insures that all assembly labor will be done overseas.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/280356-if-youre-planning-to-build-a-pc-youd-best-build-soon
1. You had more control of parts selection
2. You wound up knowing more about and could add an aesthetic flair to your build
3. It was cheaper
Well make that 2 reasons.... with tariffs looming here in US, heres' what we are facing
A. Dell has a box built overseas at below living wage labor rates, imports it here .... a) they pay no tariff charge and b) their tax rate was just cut from 39.6 to 20%.
B. Mom and Pop shop builds to your specs, buys the parts individually and pays a 30 (or 35) % tariff on them ... far more than their typical 15% labor cost. Their tax rates are much higher % wise.
C. I buy the parts including the 30% tariff and build it myself. Despite my time investment, it's cheaper now to buy a Dell.
So how exactly is this tariff helping anyone here at home ? It basically insures that all assembly labor will be done overseas.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/280356-if-youre-planning-to-build-a-pc-youd-best-build-soon