Jlcpcb and tariffs

Shipment arrived in Cincinnati on the 15th
Left to, and arrived at, Denver yesterday
...but then also left and arrived at Salt Lake yesterday
Marked as "on hold" with no contact from anyone

🤞that it will actually get to me



Okay, just me being a worrywart again. Arrived at my door no problem and haven't received any notices on additional duties, etc. Bullet dodged, it seems
 
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Well, my order from Tayda is set for delivery tomorrow. No unexpected fees, yet. It did take an unusual route this time, it went through Anchorage Alaska, then to TN then to Sacramento. Usually all my stuff goes through LA first
 
Well, my order from Tayda is set for delivery tomorrow. No unexpected fees, yet. It did take an unusual route this time, it went through Anchorage Alaska, then to TN then to Sacramento. Usually all my stuff goes through LA first
You probably don’t use fed ex regularly. Thats the route my fed ex packages take to portland, oregon area
 
DHL for me at least is ussually the cheaper tayda option when I don’t order a bunch of enclosures (not common lately.). But fed ex and ups always seem to take longer for me at least so i choose dhl if its within a couple bucks.
 
I got an email from DigiKey this morning promoting their DKRed service. My head doesn't feel like mathing but 1.50 / sq in, minimum 1 sq inch, minimum 4 boards. Any color you like, as long as it is red.
 
I got an email from DigiKey this morning promoting their DKRed service. My head doesn't feel like mathing but 1.50 / sq in, minimum 1 sq inch, minimum 4 boards. Any color you like, as long as it is red.
So i just had 30 faceplates and 30 pcbs delivered in march slow shipping. I thinj it was about. 40$.

One of those pcbs would cost 9.85 and have to be red. 😂
 
I don't know how much "not worrying" is worth to you.
At a 1000% increase in price and then still having to decide on what to do for graphics, its probably just not worth making them anymore. I sell 1-2 a week probably at a price that doesnt make the labor make sense beyond i like doing it. Not sure howd they move for 15-20$ . Hopefully trump and the chinese president put the rulers away, zip up their pants. And we can all move past this non sense since we obviously cant compete with a zerd world country for labor prices
 
I got an email from DigiKey this morning promoting their DKRed service. My head doesn't feel like mathing but 1.50 / sq in, minimum 1 sq inch, minimum 4 boards. Any color you like, as long as it is red.
This really isn’t comparable with JLCPCB or any of the other Chinese PCB fabricators. A few months ago I decided to build a clone of the Mountainking Megalith, so I whipped up a PCB and had JLCPCB fabricate it, which cost $3.71 including shipping. The entire build cost just under $30, including a UV printed enclosure. If I was stuck having to use DKRed, it would have cost me $42 for the PCBs alone. It would turn a $30 project into a $70 project, which for me would mean that there would be no project.
 
JLCPCB is going to be worth it for most of us established using it, regardless of tariffs.

As @vigilante398 pointed out earlier, even a tariff heavy pick and place order is gonna be cheaper than stateside fab houses.
I think at this point its just wait and see what the deliveries charge for brokerage. Paying double for boards isnt too bad honestly compared to alternatives.

Anyone gotten a quote from tayda yet?
 
I got an email from DigiKey this morning promoting their DKRed service. My head doesn't feel like mathing but 1.50 / sq in, minimum 1 sq inch, minimum 4 boards. Any color you like, as long as it is red.
I use DK Red quite a bit, for my typically very small boards the only major drawback is the non support for plated slots, but there’s always OSH for that. I tried going direct to their primary fabricator in California for a quote once, DKR is actually a huge bargain in comparison!
 
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