"Hey, Maybe don’t come at game industry people demanding education about tariffs RIGHT NOW."
For once, there is something I can agree with. I wouldn't go to game industry people for education on ANYTHING, including game industry and its products - let alone a topic of significance.
Meredith Placko at SJG was just comaining about this.
"There is no national plan in place to support manufacturing for the types of products we make"
The plan is making it competitive to manufacture in the US instead of with China. It won't happen overnight, just like destroying manufacturing in the US didn't happen overnight.
Spinning up US print shops, printing of game pieces, and shipping companies will be faster than things like steel. I suspect that many printing companies can handle some of this work today.
Make some calls and stop your piss-and-moan, Lang.
There are already US companies that print and ship small volume board and card games. Lang is just angry that he or his company didn’t foresee this. Maximizing profits without concern to risks will put your where he is now.
He could have had part of the games printed in the US and part in China, but now he gets to pay the 34% tariff on all of the games he had done there.
"Hey, Maybe don’t come at game industry people demanding education about tariffs RIGHT NOW."
For once, there is something I can agree with. I wouldn't go to game industry people for education on ANYTHING, including game industry and its products - let alone a topic of significance.
Meredith Placko at SJG was just comaining about this.
"There is no national plan in place to support manufacturing for the types of products we make"
The plan is making it competitive to manufacture in the US instead of with China. It won't happen overnight, just like destroying manufacturing in the US didn't happen overnight.
Spinning up US print shops, printing of game pieces, and shipping companies will be faster than things like steel. I suspect that many printing companies can handle some of this work today.
Make some calls and stop your piss-and-moan, Lang.
There are already US companies that print and ship small volume board and card games. Lang is just angry that he or his company didn’t foresee this. Maximizing profits without concern to risks will put your where he is now.
He could have had part of the games printed in the US and part in China, but now he gets to pay the 34% tariff on all of the games he had done there.
You'd be surprised what is possible and quickly, if you are willing to shoulder the expense.
As to crying about consequences of tariffs, well, all decisions have consequences. Even those that seemed like a good idea at the time.
This is bad problem for sure but Burke is right. It's so cheap to make and the well runs dry eventually.
Chickens coming home to roost for nearly all manufacturers that moved outside of the US.
What a girl. Truth hurts. ;)