Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade

It does not work like that normally in the UK unless Linn has some special way of loading the price for US consumers to compare the real cost “back home”

Linn over here would normally quote a retail price inclusive of 20% VAT. Linn may prepay the tariff this end so your shipment will sail quickly through your customs at your cost over here….. Now it makes sense.

Some tariff’s could change (but unlikely with the US/UK trading agreement) before a product even arrives. Some norms we are sure of like death and taxes, but since January 2025 we are not now living in “normal times” 

All prices on the Linn website reflect the new, post tariff pricing.  Those are retails to you.  Only added costs would be US sales tax and shipping if applicable. I am a Linn dealer.  If you see deviations it is because we haven’t had a chance to update our sites yet.  Linn’s site is accurate.  

In the US, the term "VAT" as it is used in the UK and in many other countries, has never been used, and I don’t see it being applied now that the orange one has declared the new much higher tariffs.  The added cost is kept under the table where the consumer never sees it as such.  Instead, the retail price just goes up enough to compensate the importer/distributor for the cost of the tariff. A big difference is that if I shop in the UK, and if I produce my passport or other proof of US citizenship, then I would not have to pay the VAT.  (At least that is the way it works in Tokyo; Japan also has a VAT. That charge is deducted when I produce my passport.) The same does not apply here for a tariff.  Anyone purchasing goods in the US, regardless of citizenship, would be per se paying any added cost related to a tariff. The VAT is a tax levied only at the time of purchase.  The tariff is a tax paid at the point of importation into the market where the item will be sold.

A Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board that is the dimension the Linn Blank  is to be produced at will cost approx' £300 if it is one of multiple cuts from a whole from a whole Board.

The Board will then be CNC Routed and aesthetically finished, I will be surprised if both additional treatments surpass £300.

The rest of the math will be for others, as I don't know the ins and outs of Linn's Overhead and Profit, but it does seen in the UK, there is £7000+ yet to be added. 

@pindac 

That’s great news. I look forward to being able to buy a Bedrok clone for a small fraction of Linn’s price.