Battery Prices Going Up on Sunday

[f355spider]

What batteries come from Canada or Mexico.

Like gas in a hurricane. Gas in the tank bought before the hurricane, sold at post hurricane prices = margin improvement.

Clarios AGMs are coming from Mexico and China. You will find them at Costco stores and WalMart (west coast). What is interesting is it is hit and miss, based on sizes and shipments. Sometimes you see them with Korea or Germany stickers...sometimes no sticker, which presumably would be USA production?

 

[4WD]

I stopped at ‘I’m not sure how much’ … but, carry on

 

[Geekhead]

People are getting what they asked for. The grammar salad included in that notice is hilarious.

It really is a federal tax increase by another name

 

[dogememe]

Funny, like a month ago oreilly lowered some battery prices. It's ever changing in a complex world and industry.

 

[bdcardinal]

What batteries come from Canada or Mexico.

Like gas in a hurricane. Gas in the tank bought before the hurricane, sold at post hurricane prices = margin improvement.

The Motorcraft AGM batteries come from Mexico, China, and Germany. They are made by Clarios so all of their other brands are similar.

 

[bdcardinal]

Also, we usually get told by either Ford or our Motorcraft distributor that there will be price increased the following month. We haven't received any for tomorrow, but I would not be surprised in the least if the prices go up.

 

[4WD]

Do we know how much this increase is … ?
The averages in my area have been going up a good while just based on the percentage of AGM’s and other factors… in the last 2 years, I have paid $190-$200 for both types in H7 at Walmart - and a Diehard at Pep’s for $220 a month ago …

 

[wavinwayne]

Clarios AGMs are coming from Mexico and China. You will find them at Costco stores and WalMart (west coast). What is interesting is it is hit and miss, based on sizes and shipments. Sometimes you see them with Korea or Germany stickers...sometimes no sticker, which presumably would be USA production?

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Yep. The Interstate AGM battery in my son's Jeep Renegade is Chinese made, from Costco.

 

[loneryder]

It will take time for the market to adjust (if the tarrif stays). Over time it will 1) raise the value of US dollar, making all imports cheaper, and b) drive production here, making more US jobs. and c) the importers / sellers may absorb some of the tariff, or risk losing sales - either lower purchases or loss to other countries who are not under tariff.

There is always a pain period. There is no free lunch.

Still, raising prices for goods on a shelf at retail today that came in pre- tariff is simple price gouging.

Don't believe everything the talking heads tell you.

Try to remember the previous 4 yrs with tariffs. If you can remember, prices did not go up.

 

[loneryder]

Gas has really gone up lately in my area.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Try to remember the previous 4 yrs with tariffs. If you can remember, prices did not go up.

Yet you probably haven't wondered why cheap EV's are not for sale in the US.

 

[CKN]

Clarios recycles lead in Mexico, in Monterrey and Torreon.

You charge what it would cost to replace something in your pipeline. If you know it's a sure thing it's going up, you have no obligation to sell at today's lower price.

It's called everything having the same SKU new/old prices.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

It will take time for the market to adjust (if the tarrif stays). Over time it will 1) raise the value of US dollar, making all imports cheaper, and b) drive production here, making more US jobs. and c) the importers / sellers may absorb some of the tariff, or risk losing sales - either lower purchases or loss to other countries who are not under tariff.

There is always a pain period. There is no free lunch.

Still, raising prices for goods on a shelf at retail today that came in pre- tariff is simple price gouging.

Don't believe everything the talking heads tell you.

Yes the market will adjust. Prices will rise (regardless of whether manufacturing is re-imported into the US) OR a good no longer be imported at all.

Tariffs raise the value of a domestic currency by reducing the value of other currencies. Imports don't magically become cheaper because retaliatory tariffs attempt to swing the strength of the currency the other direction. Everyone ends up a net loser even the "protected industries".

The last thing you want is US manufacturing lower ordered goods anyways.

 

[M56959]

Some of the posts were on topic.