"I applaud Scott's efforts at keeping the customer's increase at only 6 - 10%, in the face of a possible 25% tariff. That means that he is eating the balance of this tax (tariff). This can't be an easy thing to do when running a small business."
Remember that the 25% applies to the manufactured cost of the item, NOT the retail price later on. I certainly don't know 3rd Rail's cost structure, but if we hypothetically assume the item cost is 60% of the MSRP, a 25% tariff amounts to 15% of MSRP. Unless 3rd Rail's cost is much lower than this, they are definitely sharing some of the pain but not as much as JD-TRAIN's post would imply.
