American consumers rush to buy large items

John Gutierrez was thinking of buying a new laptop in the past year. Austin’s resident, Texas, needed a computer with faster processing and an increase in storage for photography work and had views of a product from a Taiwanese brand.

Then president Donald Trump announcement New import rates Wednesday, including a 32% tax on imports from Taiwan. On the same day, Gutierrez ordered the laptop, with a basic price of $ 2,400, a retailer in New York specializing in photo and video equipment.

“I thought I bit the ball, buy it now, and then that way, I will have the latest technologies on my laptop and I don’t have to worry about prices,” he said.

Gutierrez was one of American consumers rushing to buy large tickets before the prices took effect. Economists say that prices should increase the prices of daily items, warning Potentially weakened American economic growth.

THE White House Hopes Prices are pushing countries to open their economies with more American exports, leading to negotiations that could reduce prices, or businesses increase their production in the United States to avoid higher import taxes.

Rob Blackwell and his wife needed a new car that could manage long journeys from Arlington, Virginia, in their son’s college. Their current electric vehicle is older with a limited scope, and it will soon be used by his daughter, who is about to obtain his driving license.

“I tell my wife that for some time, we were going to do it,” he said, “and I was looking at to see what the president did with prices.”

Blackwell wanted another EV, but said the rental made more economic sense because technology is constantly evolving. He had his eye on the new General Motors Optiq; It is an American car but made in Mexico, which could be subject to prices on the supply chains that could increase the cost.

After hearing that the prices would be announced, they made plans on weekends before renting the car. He said the concessionaire honored the agreement they concluded before the prices are finalized. And although he said that the sellers were a pleasure to manage, Blackwell felt a change of position.

“They know what we know, who is suddenly, he quickly goes from a buyer’s market to the market of a seller,” said Blackwell, adding that he was satisfied with his choice.

“It was just a simple rational decision,” he said. “If that’s what the government is going to do, I have to bring my act together.”

Lee Wochner, CEO of the marketing company and counter-intigation strategy based in Burbank, California, also needed a new vehicle. He wanted a more presentable car for business meetings, but continued to repel it due to his busy work schedule.

On March 27, on Thursday, he told broker by car from his business: “Ed, I need a pronotensive car and it should happen on Sunday.”

The broker gave him car and pricing options and rented an Audi Q3, which was delivered to his house on Sunday by a nearby dealer.

A rapid calculation of the background has shown how it was saved by the rental before the implementation of the prices. If he had waited, Wochner said, it would have cost about $ 4,300.

“One of the things that my automotive broker said was that the offers that were already written, some dealers were already tearing them away and renegotiated them because they were afraid that they were not going to be able to obtain enough new inventories at a price that someone would buy,” he said.

He thinks that prices will continue to increase because the United States has lost the Trust of the International Trade Market.

“If you need a new car, if you can still get this pre-tail agreement, you should go get it,” he said, “because who knows what could look like on Wednesday.”