Denuo Novo (only) New and existing products

[laellee]

Why would you think a company that imports many products from China would not be affected by tariffs? Of course the expenses will be higher, that is what tariffs do. Tariffs are either a way for the government to make money without it being a "tax" or it is meant to discourage importing those items from that country. Americans should expect most items to be more expensive. There are very few products that aren't imported or have parts that aren't imported.

For some companies, this could impact people outside of America because the company imports items into the US then sends the items to the customer outside the US. Some retail companies may be able to route imports directly to other countries where there is a smaller or no tariff, but not every company is set up to do that.

I didn't think trade tariffs wouldn't affect Chinese-made products. Tariffs will obviously always affect pricing and be passed to someone, and we have had not-insignificant tariffs with China for over a 100 years. Companies can also use the 'threat' of additional tariffs to set whatever additional fees they want.
Using Denuo Novo as a purely hypothetical, Their board can look at a threatened US tariff 'spike' of 100%, and tag a very substantial mark-up accordingly.... But those armors aren't coming over one at a time obviously, so I am pointing out that in 6 months when tariffs are possibly back to where they were pre-January, Those markups are still sitting on the customer for a boosted tariff rate that is no longer relevant.

I'm not argunig with anyone about the need for cost adjustment for tariffs, if it's what the increase eventually pays for.

 

[ggriffaw]

Or just having the logists at a Free-trade zone - Wikipedia would solve that, too since those are "outside" in terms of duties and only when stuff enters the country fully the tax happens. if the stuff leaves the country to other countries no import tax applies for the intermediate stop.

Edit: wikipedia translation linking trolled me

That may be possible, but it defeats the goals of the government making money from the tariffs or encouraging companies to not import from certain countries. I don't know if it would be possible for companies to essentially have their warehouse in a free trade zone and everything ships from there regardless of where the item will be shipped to. Sometimes companies like Denuo Novo have stock in their warehouse for a long time.

The hard part for the companies is the uncertainty of what the rules will be in the future. The companies and the consumers have no idea what the situation will be even a month from now.

 

[ggriffaw]

I didn't think trade tariffs wouldn't affect Chinese-made products. Tariffs will obviously always affect pricing and be passed to someone, and we have had not-insignificant tariffs with China for over a 100 years. Companies can also use the 'threat' of additional tariffs to set whatever additional fees they want.
Using Denuo Novo as a purely hypothetical, Their board can look at a threatened US tariff 'spike' of 100%, and tag a very substantial mark-up accordingly.... But those armors aren't coming over one at a time obviously, so I am pointing out that in 6 months when tariffs are possibly back to where they were pre-January, Those markups are still sitting on the customer for a boosted tariff rate that is no longer relevant.

I'm not argunig with anyone about the need for cost adjustment for tariffs, if it's what the increase eventually pays for.

Some companies like Sideshow are adding a "Tariff Impact Fee" when they collect the final payment for preorders. That may be a better way to adjust the fee based on what it is at the time, but the customers don't like being asked for more than what the price was when they placed the order. No one knows what the tariffs will be months from now.

The whole point of the increased tariffs is to either make money for the government or change trade between the countries. Until there is an agreement, we have no way of knowing what to expect. Even if there is an agreement, sometimes politicians decide they don 't like the agreement anymore and back out of it.

 

[masterX244]

That may be possible, but it defeats the goals of the government making money from the tariffs or encouraging companies to not import from certain countries. I don't know if it would be possible for companies to essentially have their warehouse in a free trade zone and everything ships from there regardless of where the item will be shipped to. Sometimes companies like Denuo Novo have stock in their warehouse for a long time.

The hard part for the companies is the uncertainty of what the rules will be in the future. The companies and the consumers have no idea what the situation will be even a month from now.

Thats exactly the purpose for those warehouses. They defer the border crossing to the time when it happens. If it goes to domestic then the import duties are triggered. And if the 100something% duties return it has a high chance to turn off international buyers since they get double whammied. Import tax on the duties and it might push them into more complicated rule territory. Germany and over 1k euros gets funky for private buyers

 

[Synz314]

I'm not in the US, I still ge the U.S. Import Tariff Surcharge fee. If I decline it empties my cart.
My cart already shows my address, so they know I'm not in the US.
Are they manufacturing oversees, shipping to the US, and then shipping to the customer from there? Making it needlessly expensive for everyone?
I'm not spending more because of politic tomfoolery, so I guess I won't be buying helmets for a while.

Yep, all their items come to the US by freight and then shipped to customers. I'm not aware of any US company that ships direct from China to costumers.

 

[sparkmatter]

Yep, all their items come to the US by freight and then shipped to customers. I'm not aware of any US company that ships direct from China to costumers.

Printing helmets is more fun anyway?
whyyyyyy

 

[Ares X]

As I mentioned the other day I ended up adding a helmet to my cart and then rejected the 10% tariff charge and DN removed the item from my cart and took me out of the check out process. I wasn't planning to order anything, but just wanted to see what the reward brackets were. Since then I received a couple emails reminding me about my cart even though they emptied it. I just now received another email from DN offering 10% off to complete my purchase. So if you're looking to get a helmet and don't want to pay the tariff charge, just leave it in your cart for a day or two and you may not have to.

 

[Synz314]

I also got the 10% off code in my email. Unfortunately it cannot be combined with your rewards points as the points are already applied as a coupon code.

You're better off waiting until the next sale like Black Friday. Their sales can be combined with coupons as those are price changes upfront.

 

[KaanE]

You better have used those cupons by now or someone could use/stole them from you as you posted both codes.

 

[Synz314]

You better have used those cupons by now or someone could use/stole them from you as you posted both codes.

If someone wants the 10% code by all means they can have it. I can't even use it as shown in the screenshot.

The $90 code is auto generated so that's not an issue. If I remove the code from my cart and try to reapply the rewards it creates a brand new code. It's not valid for anyone else to use if you don't actually have your own reward points. It can't be stolen.

 

[Ares X]

Here's another 10% discount code if anyone needs it as I have no plans to use it: ACS9VKQBK9

 

[Ares X]

Denuo Novo is teasing about new reveals at SDCC...

 

[darthjones]

Still no Kylo Premiere costume. They say that they cannot find anyone to make it haha. Obviously pay whoever more but that never happens.

There's just nothing for which I want to use store credit!

And yes, I'm still here.

Super duper hoping something "new" will appeal to me with these jokers.

 

[darthjones]

If anyone here is attending Comicon by the way, ask them about the Kylo costumes and their agreement to produce them.

Their official line is that they "cannot find someone who will consent to make them."

I don't believe that but their lawyer tells them to say it I bet.


If only they produced something new and cool. I'll take a Tusken Raider costume for instance. A good one.

Greedo is good.

Even the elephant trunk spy guy from New Hope is barely acceptable with some store credit left over.


Krennic don't cut it.

 

[ggriffaw]

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I think efx will have more info about their ROTJ Vader helmet at SDCC.

 

[Detaleader]

Looks surprisingly different from the old Anovos one, especially the "reveal" section on the face plate.

 

[ggriffaw]

Looks surprisingly different from the old Anovos one, especially the "reveal" section on the face plate.

I think they designed a new one. I'm not a Vader expert, but this one looks better to me. The Anovos didn't look quite right to me.

 

[Ares X]

I think this Vader looks great. The proportions look really good. I just picked up a Jazwares helmet because I wanted something that looked correct proportionately and it seemed to be one of the best ones at a low price point. This one looks to exceed that one by a lot being fiberglass and lined. Unfortunately it's 10 times the price too.

 

[Synz314]

They've added more reveal details compared to the Anovos one. Anovos really half assed it. The mesh screen on the vents also looks better here, but that could easily be replaced anyway.

 

[janglesworthy]

Looks like it could be the best idealized version of the helmet.

• This helmet was meticulously recreated using details referenced from STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK including archival helmets and photography, which were then 3D scanned.