8BitDo Suspends US Shipments After Tariffs Cause Skyrocketing Prices

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After the infamous US trade war escalated tariffs on Chinese goods to as high as 145%, many PC hardware and peripherals vendors have felt the pressure, with hardware companies, like Framework, previously both increasing prices on certain products and suspending orders on others altogether. In the case of Framework, this was later overturned when the US administration announced an exemption for certain electronics, including smartphones and computers. 8BitDo, however, has not been so lucky, with Polygon recently discovering that items not currently in the US warehouse cannot be shipped to the US. We confirmed this with a brief test of our own and found the same warning that our order could not be shipped to the US.

Curiously, there are no warnings on individual product pages or anywhere else on the 8BitDo website that give any indication that 8BitDo will not be able to fulfil orders with US shipping addresses. It's only after the products are added to the cart and buyers head to check out that the warning appears. In the case of Polygon, the warning specified which items could not be fulfilled, indicating that US warehouses still had stock of certain items, but when we tested it, the warning was less specific, reading only "Shipping not available. Your order cannot be shipped to the selected address. Review your address to ensure it's correct and try again, or select a different address." Amazon, on the other hand, still seems to have stock for at least some of 8BitDo's items available. We tested the 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard C64 Edition, which is unavailable via the 8BitDo site but is still listed at $99.99 on Amazon. Recently, Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders were also suspended due to US tariffs on Chinese goods, and Gamers Nexus also recently published a deep dive detailing the sweeping effects of the increased pricing and uncertainty from the perspective of various US-based PC hardware vendors and system integrators.


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[Chaitanya]

I have seen a lot of brands suspending shipments to US.

 

[R-T-B]

I have seen a lot of brands suspending shipments to US.

Get ready for the age of isolation America voted for. Unfortunately, it's going to suck for tech types (and in general, tbf). Some of us knew this, but not enough.

 

[freeagent]

Get ready for the age of isolation America voted for. Unfortunately, it's going to suck for tech types (and in general, tbf). Some of us knew this, but not enough.

At least we have each other

 

[Steevo]

 

[Chaitanya]

Get ready for the age of isolation America voted for. Unfortunately, it's going to suck for tech types (and in general, tbf). Some of us knew this, but not enough.

Its not just the tech but all other sectors that are affected, I was shopping for some outdoor gear(headlamps, tent accessories, etc.) for my upcoming expedition to remote islands and generally like in tech segement those are much more readily available in US than in India but many of those brands are out of stock or they have stopped shipping to US.

 

[Icon Charlie]

Get ready for the age of isolation America voted for. Unfortunately, it's going to suck for tech types (and in general, tbf). Some of us knew this, but not enough.

I'm not too worried about this comment nor the market at this moment, because IMHO it is too early to make a comment like this. Around August/September I'll take an assessment and she what the economy is doing.

Data is a wonderful thing. As an investor into several different markets. given time you can get a certain idea on what's happening in that sector you are investing in.

 

[R-T-B]

At least we have each other

I love you too techbrother but you cannot have my gpu.

I'm not too worried about this comment nor the market at this moment, because IMHO it is too early to make a comment like this. Around August/September I'll take an assessment and she what the economy is doing.

It's not really a puzzle to analyze. If things don't change with regards to import tariffs things will get far worse. This is indeed just the beginning and the full forecast is indeed far worse. We should be feeling the full horror within a month, when the warehousing buffering gives.

There is pretty much no credible economist in the world disagreeing on this. And yeah you CAN make money in a bad economy but that's honestly not the point.

Its not just the tech but all other sectors that are affected, I was shopping for some outdoor gear(headlamps, tent accessories, etc.) for my upcoming expedition to remote islands and generally like in tech segement those are much more readily available in US than in India but many of those brands are out of stock or they have stopped shipping to US.

I'm most worried about various foodstuffs but I was keeping it ontopic.

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So you think not having access to popular tech products is... good?

 

[evernessince]

I'm not too worried about this comment nor the market at this moment, because IMHO it is too early to make a comment like this. Around August/September I'll take an assessment and she what the economy is doing.

Data is a wonderful thing. As an investor into several different markets. given time you can get a certain idea on what's happening in that sector you are investing in.

I'm not sure what data you are trying to gleam, factories are not going to all move to America by August / September. Either a deal is going to be made or the economy is going to take a huge hit, it's as simple as that. The impact of trade wars ins't an unknown and I don't see America with any leverage given it shafted all it's partners at once. Across the board tariffs against China would have been a massive undertaking unto itself but on everyone including allies? Yeah, that's just pure silliness.

 

[lexluthermiester]

What the hell is this crap? The US is one of 8-BitDo's biggest markets, there's got to be something else going on.

 

[Kaleid]

Nothing else other than Trump's Taxes
It's so so disappointing to see people not understanding who or what they voted for

 

[lexluthermiester]

Nothing else other than Trump's Taxes
It's so so disappointing to see people not understanding who or what they voted for

No one could have seen this level of crap coming, regardless of who they voted for. As political talk is not allowed, that's as far as I'm willing to go on the matter.

 

[Kaleid]

No one could have seen this level of crap coming, regardless of who they voted for. As political talk is not allowed, that's as far as I'm willing to go on the matter.

Not true, it was visible from the outer edges of the universe and we already have experience from his last 4 years..
Musk him too stated during the election that hard times are coming. But not for folks like him and Trump, for them it's a good time to buy when the market takes major blows.

 

[Bwaze]

If anyone thinks that the rest of the world will somehow be unaffected by all this - a lot of companies are now postponing or cancelling releases of products they can’t ship to their biggest market - they clearly don’t believe they can somehow sell to the rest of the world and still make the profit they calculated before the tariff. And it doesn’t matter where the companies are from, only where their merchandise is being made.

 

[evernessince]

No one could have seen this level of crap coming, regardless of who they voted for. As political talk is not allowed, that's as far as I'm willing to go on the matter.

?? The man literally ran on massive tariffs during his 2024 campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign

He implemented tariffs and started a trade war with China in his first term, in which American farmers still have yet to recover despite being given subsidies.

He's been on, record dating all the way back to 2008, as being pro-tariffs.

A wise man learns from other's mistakes, a fool learns from their own, and an idiot not at all.

There is no getting around the impact politics has on tech right now, many companies has stopped shipments to the US.

 

[Steevo]

I love you too techbrother but you cannot have my gpu.


It's not really a puzzle to analyze. If things don't change with regards to import tariffs things will get far worse. This is indeed just the beginning and the full forecast is indeed far worse. We should be feeling the full horror within a month, when the warehousing buffering gives.

There is pretty much no credible economist in the world disagreeing on this. And yeah you CAN make money in a bad economy but that's honestly not the point.


I'm most worried about various foodstuffs but I was keeping it ontopic.


So you think not having access to popular tech products is... good?

As things go, if forcing the US to manufacture hardware in a better controlled way causes a year or a few of headache VS foxconn workers jumping to their death or attempted death in a China sweatshop.....

Not political to say that capitalist companies taking advantage of labor and environmental issues by using China or other countries is bad for the earth.

 

[Kaleid]

?? The man literally ran on massive tariffs during his 2024 campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign

He implemented tariffs and started a trade war with China in his first term, in which American farmers still have yet to recover despite being given subsidies.

He's been on record dating all the way back to 2008 as being pro-tariffs.

A wise man learns from other's mistakes, a fool learns from their own, and an idiot not at all.

There is no getting around the impact politics has on tech right now, many companies has stopped shipments to the US.

Trump has also many times called tariffs the most beautiful word there is.
But essentially people who disliked post-covid economy inflation (pretty much worldwide) decided to vote for TARIFFS. Not having a clue what they voted for. It's an embarrassing act of self-harm. Or rather, it harms others as well.
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And it's completely utterly not believable that all manufacturing would move back to USA. There are tons of analysis on this stuff too to read instead of listening to politicians who don't give any sort of damn about truth.

I don't buy the environmental angle either. The whole system is based on infinite growth from finite resources. As long as we bend over for the invisible hands of the market this isn't going to change.

 

[evernessince]

As things go, if forcing the US to manufacture hardware in a better controlled way causes a year or a few of headache VS foxconn workers jumping to their death or attempted death in a China sweatshop.....

Year or two? It takes 7-12 years to build factories, logistical networks, and training the workforce to imbue needed skills. Being competitive on the global stage takes even longer. Mind you, average Americans can't afford to pay a 145% tax on essential goods, toy, medicine, furniture and electronics for 2 years, let alone the actual time required to move production.

Mind you, tariffs don't guarantee you move production back to the US, companies will just move to the next cheapest labor market. If they had to produce in the US, it would be as automated as possible to reduce costs.

Just a heads up, the suicide rate in the US is 14.7 per 100,000, in china it's 9.7 per 100,000.

Not political to say that capitalist companies taking advantage of labor and environmental issues by using China or other countries is bad for the earth.

Chinese environmental laws are arguably more strict that the US's now. Environment and exploiting cheap labor markets are two entirely different things. That are not mutually inclusive.

The reason companies seek cheap labor markets is, aside from the cost reduction, US customers want cheap products. Production moved out of the US in the first place because customer demand shifted to cheaper products.

A lot of people like to virtue signal that they'd buy American if given the choice but that's nothing but a load of BS. If that were true production would have never moved out of the US in the first place. US customers have no one but themselves to blame for that, their money voted for cheap chinese goods and killed off all the quality American brands (well most of them, my I still have quite a few hand made American things around the house but I'm the exception).

Trump has also many times called tariffs the most beautiful word there is.
But essentially people who disliked post-covid economy inflation (pretty much worldwide) decided to vote for TARIFFS. Not having a clue what they voted for. It's an embarrassing act of self-harm. Or rather, it harms others as well.
____

Most people are too ignorant to attribute actual real world issues to why they voted. Most voters will attribute how they feel to how they vote. If someone doesn't feel they are doing good, they will vote for change.

And it's completely utterly not believable that all manufacturing would move back to USA. There are tons of analysis on this stuff too to read instead of listening to politicians who don't give any sort of damn about truth.

Yes, the supply chain for things like modern electronics is far too complicated to bring under one roof within just a couple of years. I'm not sure it would be worth it either economically. Sourcing everything in the US prevents you from looking at potentially more competitive offers worldwide. You'd not only need to bring the entire supply chain home, you'd have to make them competitive with the global market. If China or Japan are any example, that takes the correct regulatory framework and a good 15 - 20 years and even then that won't get you the entire supply chain of a given market, just a chunk of it.