Afina founder Ramon van Meer wanted to see if people would buy a Made-in-USA version of his specialty shower head.
He found it would cost three times as much to produce — and raised the sale price by 85%.
After several days of testing, a total of zero customers bought the USA model.
As a small business owner, Ramon van Meer said he's used to hearing people say they'd be willing to pay more for products made in America.
When President Donald Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese imports by an additional 145%, van Meer decided to see if shoppers would put their money where their mouth is.
"I wanted to know the answer and then use it for my own company," the Afina founder told Business Insider.
HERE IS ANOTHER BUSINESS OWNER AND HIS TAKE ON TARIFFS.....WHAT U R SEEING IS A "I TOLD U SO".....CONSUMERS WILL
SUFFER ,IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.....U WERE WARNED
OH MY.....MY HOBBIES R MANY...GARDENING IS THE BEST EVERY, IN WINTER I ASSEMBLE COLLAGES...NOT ON CANVAS (NO WALL SPACE FOR THAT)....COOL COLLECTIONS OF SAYINGS,SCENES AND PEOPLE....ALL IN A ARTIST'S DRAWING BOOK.
''STAGING ''FRIENDS HOUSES,'CAUSE THEY THINK I HAVE GOOD TASTE....I ALSO DO THAT FOR
NON PROFIT THRIFT STORES.... MY LIFE IS MORE THAN LOVELY, IT IS EXACTLY THE WAY I
INTENDED TO BE.
JUST BECAUSE I AM VOCAL AND DO RESEARCH, U THINK MY WORLD IS ONE DIMENSIONAL,
SUCH A SORRY ASSUMPTION. ....TSK.TSK,TSK: HOW WRONG U R.
Remember all the retail businesses who went bankrupt during the Biden Regime?
Any economic decisions made will benefit some businesses and hurt others.
Washington State just raised gas taxes. This will hurt RV dealerships. Think it was a bad call to raise taxes?
California and Colorado are banning the new sale of ICE vehicles in their states in 2030. Why are they punishing the Working Poor who can't afford EV's?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Obama was a big talker and your media loved him. People only know what their media decides to tell them. Despite Obama’s complete lack of accomplishments (he didn’t do a thing to address problems in the black community), the media never said a bad word about him. That was back when your media had some credibility… it’s mostly gone now, which is why your sources are dying. They lied to you about Biden’s cognitive issues until the debate when they all had to act like they were surprised.
The media made Obama’s presidency possible… he had no experience that would make him a good president, yet he was lifted up as some sort of messiah. He got a Nobel Peace Prize for words, then decided to take out the leader of another country. He was only popular because of his personality, nothing more.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.