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So when is Sony going to drop all the prices they just raised due to tariffs?
- Thread starter JOrmsby
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What price rises?
All of these they just put into effect recently..
https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-usa-price-increased-now-official-on-adorama/
https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-usa-price-increased-now-official-on-adorama/
neuromantism
Well-known member
Well, are the tariffs gone? Cause from what I understood, you got 15% rate on products from Japan now instead of 10%. That's going an opposite direction
But is it made in Japan? Sony have shifted production to some other countries. Some are made in Thailand which has not done any deal with Trump.
Sony will have less idea about tariffs than Trump and l doubt he knows.
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that is just one retailer.
Tariffs have been reduced on some countries, hence less impact. But they can change at anytime, just look at recent rises on Canada and lndia. Trump is now rising tariffs on countries that import Russian oil.
Good luck forecasting anything. US prices are still lower than many other countries.
Is Sony raising prices, surely it is the price plus the tariff added on?
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Why would they lower prices when the tariffs go away? It’s just more money in their pockets.
They will lower prices when people stop buying.
LarryRC
Veteran Member
It does depend on what country one is in.
Quite so. This only applies to the US, afaik. Some prices have fallen in the UK, probably due to rates of exchange. It is not just tariffs but the US$ has also fallen against many currencies.
AlephNull
Veteran Member
They haven't raised prices in other countries.
dmanthree
Veteran Member
Don't hold your breath...
SmokeAndMirrorless
Forum Enthusiast
Actually, do hold your breath. After you pass out, things seem much less worse than they really are.
LarryRC
Veteran Member
Brilliant. And sometimes it is like that is all one can do.
Arcimboldo
Leading Member
You made my day
PWPhotography
Veteran Member
Indeed. US prices used to be much cheaper than EU's due to latter's VAT charge. But now the gap is much narrowed and could be at the similar prices ;-)
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Impulses
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Never I expect, which is very unfortunate for lenses like the 24/40/50 G that basically jumped from one whole price bracket to another... Other lenses saw much smaller $50-100 jumps even tho they already sat at higher price points, but those went up by like $200 and the current sale only discounted them by a measley $50 (leaving em at $750)... Way too much for that kinda lens.
I'm sure there's other egregious examples, heck my A7R IV is somehow now selling for $100-400 more than when I bought it almost exactly five years ago (and I got $300 back in Adorama rewards on top of that, after I spent that it ran me $2,700, vs $3,400 now!), that's just bonkers TBH. This is gonna have a long term impact on the industry, on the cadence of new releases, on R&D budgets, etc etc.
I'm sure there's other egregious examples, heck my A7R IV is somehow now selling for $100-400 more than when I bought it almost exactly five years ago (and I got $300 back in Adorama rewards on top of that, after I spent that it ran me $2,700, vs $3,400 now!), that's just bonkers TBH. This is gonna have a long term impact on the industry, on the cadence of new releases, on R&D budgets, etc etc.
Impulses
Veteran Member
That's not how it works, the tariffs aren't charged directly to consumers, they're charged at import so the manufacturers are indeed adjusting prices and that's being passed down to consumers. Sony has absolutely raised their MSRPs in the US, which unlike other parts of the world are absolutely enforceable, and nearly every other camera maker has done the same.
Lenses like 40/50G went from $600 (often on sale for $500-550) to $800 overnight. My A7R IV now sells for more than when I bought it in 2020. All the uncertainty created by the Cheeto in chief is having a huge impact and it's gonna have repercussions in other markets outside the US even if they don't immediately see any price increases like US consumers have, unfortunately.
It's still a global market despite their best efforts to screw it up...
RacingManiac
Leading Member
Kinda glad I am not really short on any particular glass right now, and can probably stick with A7IV for the foreseeable future. Maybe time to see MAP camera in Tokyo later this year to see if I can get the new 16mm or 14GM there.
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