A tale of two sales

[Anonymous]

An American business man attempted to see if Americans would walk the talk -- buy Made in USA at the higher price.

Long story short: he got zero hits. All of his sales were from items he got from China.

"I wanted to really test what [customers will] do if it comes down to it. How would they vote with their wallets?" he said, adding that he anticipated customers would gravitate toward the cheaper option, but not as dramatically as they did. "I was not expecting basically 100% and 0%."

The landing page garnered nearly 26,000 visits over multiple days. Sometimes the U.S. version was the top, pre-selected option, and other times the Asian version was, van Meer said.

It didn't matter. The cheaper option was purchased 584 times compared to zero purchases of the "Made in USA" version.

Van Meer told Fox News Digital the Asian-made shower head price is still at its pre-tariff level because Afina has six months of surplus inventory. Once that's used up, he said the price will increase but will still be "significantly" cheaper than that of an American-manufactured shower head.

"Some of us cannot even pay the new tariff bills, let alone build our own manufacturing plants," he said.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/small-business/business-owner-facing-steep-tariffs-tests-people-pay-made-usa

MAGA were complaining about inflation during the Biden years, but when faced with more expensive Made in USA, will they be happy to pay the more expensive Made in USA products?

Obviously, we don't know what the political leanings of those consumers were, but I doubt they are all liberals, who actually advocate for buying local, which is more expensive, at least in my area.

[Anonymous]

Why is he subsidizing the Chinese manufacturers?
He's supposed to raise the price of the Chinese option to make the American option more attractive, and keep the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is he subsidizing the Chinese manufacturers?
He's supposed to raise the price of the Chinese option to make the American option more attractive, and keep the difference.

Obviously he’ll start doing that tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An American business man attempted to see if Americans would walk the talk -- buy Made in USA at the higher price.

Long story short: he got zero hits. All of his sales were from items he got from China.

"I wanted to really test what [customers will] do if it comes down to it. How would they vote with their wallets?" he said, adding that he anticipated customers would gravitate toward the cheaper option, but not as dramatically as they did. "I was not expecting basically 100% and 0%."

The landing page garnered nearly 26,000 visits over multiple days. Sometimes the U.S. version was the top, pre-selected option, and other times the Asian version was, van Meer said.

It didn't matter. The cheaper option was purchased 584 times compared to zero purchases of the "Made in USA" version.

Van Meer told Fox News Digital the Asian-made shower head price is still at its pre-tariff level because Afina has six months of surplus inventory. Once that's used up, he said the price will increase but will still be "significantly" cheaper than that of an American-manufactured shower head.

"Some of us cannot even pay the new tariff bills, let alone build our own manufacturing plants," he said.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/small-business/business-owner-facing-steep-tariffs-tests-people-pay-made-usa

MAGA were complaining about inflation during the Biden years, but when faced with more expensive Made in USA, will they be happy to pay the more expensive Made in USA products?

Obviously, we don't know what the political leanings of those consumers were, but I doubt they are all liberals, who actually advocate for buying local, which is more expensive, at least in my area.

Isn't Trump notorious for using Chinese products in his merch lines?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An American business man attempted to see if Americans would walk the talk -- buy Made in USA at the higher price.

Long story short: he got zero hits. All of his sales were from items he got from China.

"I wanted to really test what [customers will] do if it comes down to it. How would they vote with their wallets?" he said, adding that he anticipated customers would gravitate toward the cheaper option, but not as dramatically as they did. "I was not expecting basically 100% and 0%."

The landing page garnered nearly 26,000 visits over multiple days. Sometimes the U.S. version was the top, pre-selected option, and other times the Asian version was, van Meer said.

It didn't matter. The cheaper option was purchased 584 times compared to zero purchases of the "Made in USA" version.

Van Meer told Fox News Digital the Asian-made shower head price is still at its pre-tariff level because Afina has six months of surplus inventory. Once that's used up, he said the price will increase but will still be "significantly" cheaper than that of an American-manufactured shower head.

"Some of us cannot even pay the new tariff bills, let alone build our own manufacturing plants," he said.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/small-business/business-owner-facing-steep-tariffs-tests-people-pay-made-usa

MAGA were complaining about inflation during the Biden years, but when faced with more expensive Made in USA, will they be happy to pay the more expensive Made in USA products?

Obviously, we don't know what the political leanings of those consumers were, but I doubt they are all liberals, who actually advocate for buying local, which is more expensive, at least in my area.

Isn't Trump notorious for using Chinese products in his merch lines?

Indeed, and he didn't complain about tariffs and Chinese business practices then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is he subsidizing the Chinese manufacturers?
He's supposed to raise the price of the Chinese option to make the American option more attractive, and keep the difference.

Are you a business owner? Clearly, you aren't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is he subsidizing the Chinese manufacturers?
He's supposed to raise the price of the Chinese option to make the American option more attractive, and keep the difference.

Are you a business owner? Clearly, you aren't.

Are you a sarcasm recognizer? Because…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is he subsidizing the Chinese manufacturers?
He's supposed to raise the price of the Chinese option to make the American option more attractive, and keep the difference.

Are you a business owner? Clearly, you aren't.

Are you a sarcasm recognizer? Because…

I bet a MAGA actually thinks that.. that the business owner should've raised the made in China prices to equal made in USA prices so that Americans would buy more Made in USA.