Quote from: joker_josue on Today at 06:33:28 AM

Quote from: philipma1957 on Today at 12:41:29 AM

well I have been buying from a usa based seller.

altairtech.io

https://altairtech.io/product/bitmain-antminer-s21-xp/. went from 7200 to 8000

I rounded numbers

Was this increase made right after the announcements?

Do they ever have units in stock? (Pretty sure they stock some units.)

So, this already seems like a lot of traders are taking advantage of it. The increase should only be felt in the next batches of equipment arriving. The tariffs may be inadequate, but it is shameful that traders start taking advantage of them before they are even affected.

Well his replacement pieces will cost him more.

Ie say a 7200 unit cost him 6000

It will cost him 6700 now

He does not mark up much on them.

So if he sells them at 7200 he won't easily buy replacements.

Also back in the day a lot of bitmain secondary sellers are contracted to buy 10 pieces a month .

I DO NOT KNOW IF HE HAS A CONTRACT LIKE THAT. But if he does 10 x 6200 is 62000 now it is 10 x 6700 or 67000

So he is pretty much forced on the high-end gear to raise prices.

These unit are sold as a commodity so markups are always low.

The trader seller altairtech.io is not gaining with these tariffs.