Tariffs have come for another tech product. This time, it’s the company Wahoo, which makes bike computers and similar gadgets. The company’s first cycling radar has gotten a tariff-related price increase, but you won’t notice it until you hit the checkout page. That’s where Wahoo seems to have tacked the cost onto the shipping fee, and it’s a whopping $50.
According to cycling blog DC Rainmaker, Wahoo buried the tariff surcharge for the TRACKR Radar in the shipping options. The gadget costs $199.99, but when you go to the checkout page, the economy shipping fee now starts at $50 (it goes up to $75 for FedEx two-day shipping and $85 for next-day shipping). So for U.S. customers, the TRACKR Radar will cost you a minimum of $250, plus tax.
By comparison, the cost for shipping in Europe starts at zero euros for economy and ten euros for express shipping. That points to one very likely explanation: the Trump Administration’s 145 percent tariffs on exported goods from China has struck again. Mashable has previously reported on tariff-related tech price increases from Anker, Asus, Microsoft/Xbox, Wyze, and popular sex toy brands.
Ray Maker, the blogger and cyclist behind DC Rainmaker, shared these screenshots with Mashable:
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