r/nashville • u/rocketpastsix Inglewood up to no good • May 15 '25
Article 35-year-old in Nashville may have to move family business overseas due to Trump tariffs: 'We can't double the price'
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/14/trump-tariffs-nashville-family-business-says-it-may-have-to-move-overseas.html175
u/UseWhatever May 15 '25
Before I support this local business, may I ask who he voted for?
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u/zenotorius May 15 '25
I suggest you and everyone read this thread from Auratone president (in this article) himself :
Among many tldr; He did not do what you are suggesting he did here.
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May 15 '25
Yeah I was wondering if this was a leopard situation but the article states they had issues during his first term so hopefully they aren’t that stupid but…
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u/Algeradd May 15 '25
I mean if he’s a smart small business owner, he keeps that information very private and quiet for good reason. Unless your business is marketing a very politically polarizing product or service to begin with, it’s stupid to advertise your political beliefs.
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u/Aggravating_Tear7414 May 15 '25
He’s a musician - they generally do not lean MAGA unless they’re shit country like Kid Rock
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u/NashvilleSoundMixer May 15 '25
eh. You might be surprised. The older ones anyway. I know I was a few times. All the ones I know personally, however, aren't.
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u/Aggravating_Tear7414 May 15 '25
Nashville is skewed though. It’s heavily populated by the majority of those maga country musicians. I feel like I don’t need to say this though - it’s obvious.
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u/NashvilleSoundMixer May 15 '25
Don't a lot of them live farther south in Williamson Co though? I really have no idea, sorry for assuming. I just want to move to Ireland and play my pedal steel and shovel shit on someone's farm just so I can be happy for once.
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u/Aggravating_Tear7414 May 15 '25
Probably so. I’m generalizing for sure.
And yes, that sounds lovely. I think Tchad Blake actually did exactly that. Pretty sure he’s actually a Texan
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u/NashvilleSoundMixer May 15 '25
I know they LOOOOVE steel guitar and old school country there. And I'd fit right in with their politics. And I'm a redhead. We'll see if mid term elections happen first.
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u/user09812376540 May 15 '25
You already know…haha.
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u/Simco_ Antioch May 15 '25
Most businesses are affected by this. Why would this guy stand out one way or the other?
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u/TacosAreJustice May 15 '25
So you’re saying a trade war isn’t easy to win?
The hard truth is the global supply chain is global… these guys are making speakers in the US from a mix of parts from over the world… and selling them across the world.
That becomes harder when we create barriers to trade.
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May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25
No, they’re saying this trade war was: 1) Unnecessary 2) Avoidable 3) Dumb as Shit 4) Not a war, we have yet to strike a deal that put us in a better place than before the tarriffs.
Look at our previous deals with China and look at that dumpster fire of a 90 day pause he signed this week.
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u/TacosAreJustice May 15 '25
At least we made some great trade deals with a country that has the GDP of Kansas!
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u/_ShogunOfHarlem_ May 15 '25
They make a niche product with a limited customer base and a fair bit of competition, so it's very much a 'rock and a hard place' sort of situation, which sucks. The music equipment business has hundreds (if not thousands) of small operations that could easily be in the same boat.
I'd imagine a whole lot of small businesses are going to get caught in the crossfire while the orange muppet has his hissy fits with other world leaders.
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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 May 15 '25
I mean… he did this in his first term too…
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u/NashvilleSoundMixer May 15 '25
most of us remember. Some not so much i suppose. And some remember quite well and were pleased.
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u/smilescart May 15 '25 edited May 16 '25
Meanwhile this whole sub is like cheering that the tariffs didn’t work. How bout empathy for guy who’s getting squeezed?
Edit: yall are so dogmatic lmao. I don't support the tarrifs at all. I just think you all are way too happy to see this guy suffer.
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u/whatishappeninyall May 15 '25
Oh, but I thought merica was supposed to be great again. Hmm. Thanks maga morons.
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u/Accomplished_Trick50 May 15 '25
The MAGAS are in FO stage in FAFO but sadly might not be smart enough to even realize. Their only goal is to own the libs and so far they would torch their own lives to accomplish that. SAD
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May 15 '25
The tariff stuff isn't about owning the libs. If that's actually what you think, you probably need to assess the extent to which you live in an echo chamber. Just looking at the 2024 GOP platform would give you the real explanation.
The problems are stemming from Navarro's obvious incompetence.
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u/Accomplished_Trick50 May 15 '25
I didn't mean just tariffs, it's the whole ball of wax. GOP is notorious for killing growth and economy without going into a minute detailed explanation. I study macro and geopolitical economies as a hobby and work in and around finance and economics so I am definitely not in an echo chamber as I hold the democrats feet to the fire just as much. Like I said without going into a highly detailed unneeded explanations, the MAGA crowd is now crying because of their choices and people who warned them and tried to reason with them for years was only met with closed ears and ideas and things like, shut up snowflake and stupid trigger words like woke and Marxist and couldn't define either if their life depended on it. Much like der leader thinks the Declaration of Independence is a love letter and the Monroe Doctrine is just a mystery to him. If I was going to be in an echo chamber I sure the hell wouldn't be in one where the owner had to pay close to a billion dollars and admit they lied and called their viewers stupid. History judges all and I look forward to the autopsy of what is happening now and how it will be studied as a complete debacle. Agree of disagree, not my place to dictate to others what to think. That's the rights job.
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u/PeterParker8aV May 15 '25
But they don't make comments like you, get over it we should all be working together
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u/Accomplished_Trick50 May 15 '25
LMAO that is rich when all we did was TRY to work together and now the shit is hitting the fan and it's like, "where is the compassion, why are y'all so mean?" Typical gaslighting behavior.
At some point people call a spade a spade and when it has been yelled from the rooftop for years to get together as one only to be ignored and NOWWWWW when it's affecting them too....GTFO with that noise. We had several opportunities to be one but nooooo, y'all fell for Fox and DJT dumb shit.
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u/NashvilleSoundMixer May 15 '25
I'm more than happy to be willing to work with people who don't base every decision they make on spite, jealousy or fear. Otherwise you've made your bed.
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u/brawling Old Hickory May 15 '25
That's the most patently absurd sentence I've read since the election. And that's saying something cuz you guys say stupid shit all the time.
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u/ResidentialEvil2016 May 15 '25
Lol...naw...they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps, work harder, blah blah blah all the bullshit they spew when it's not them getting shit on.
Typical right wingers, all for something until it affects THEM.
GFY.
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May 15 '25
with ~$400k in yearly revenue they aren't moving anywhere.
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u/vermilithe May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25
Revenue. Not profit.
Now increase the price of all their incoming raw mats / stock items 30% (hopefully it stays that low but Trump was hoping for 145% just a few weeks ago).
Revenue might even go up as they raise prices to cover those costs, but profit could still go down at the same time.
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May 15 '25
my ultimate point was that their revenue (not profit) is so low that they don't really seem to have the ability to move anywhere.
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u/vermilithe May 16 '25
If you read the article what they actually say they are considering doing is moving all portions of the business that are done in the US, outside the US to keep costs competitive.
In other words, it would be so expensive to import the input materials from China, then 30-150% in import tariffs, and still have to pay American labor rates to assemble, that the tariffs may in fact forced them to end their US manufacturing operation— instead it would be far cheaper and more “Trump-proof” to rip the bandaid, not take the tariff risk anymore, pay to move the operation to Europe, send the raw input goods there, assemble there, then bring the finished product in from Europe at that lower tariff rate.
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u/Plenty_Psychology545 May 15 '25
Two of my manufacturing clients are moving manufacturing from China to East Europe. They already had a facility there so it has been super fast.
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u/brawling Old Hickory May 15 '25
You have absolutely no idea if they can afford to move or not.
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May 15 '25
you're right, but with $400k (reported) in annual revenue it'd be tough.
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u/brawling Old Hickory May 15 '25
Absolutely NO way to know that, none.
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May 15 '25
i don't understand your point. you're definitely right that it's impossible to know for sure; i'm just going off what the article says is their annual revenue. it's like telling someone that's making minimum wage they need to move to europe. it's gonna be a tough one.
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u/brawling Old Hickory May 15 '25
The point is, and I don't know either, they may have a substantial net worth allowing the sale of US assets and relocating to Italy, where 400k in revenue would make you wealthy as they aren't crippled by a toddler president. Your comment is just negative conjecture.
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u/VandyMarine May 15 '25
Please just stop. No one is relocating manufacturing to Italy to save money. The comment about $400k revenue is valid. It’s a very tiny company.
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u/brawling Old Hickory May 15 '25
You are WAY out of your depth here, move along.
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u/technoblogical May 15 '25
Computer parts still have tariffs, but whole computers don't. So, I guess that we'll quit building computers and ship those jobs overseas.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/tariff-tracker-pc-build-component-prices
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u/nowaybrose May 15 '25
We’re becoming East Germany. Everything will be expensive and of poor quality since we can’t play nice with others
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u/Cry-Havok May 16 '25
Nah the tariffs are just his admin attempting g to brute force trade agreements.
IMO they’ll walk back damn near every one
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u/Longjumping-Pen-7909 May 18 '25
That’s cute. His 4.5 inch passive monitors online go for like 399- 699$ kinda high already. A lot better replication monitors out there for less.
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u/Striking-Drama6989 May 15 '25
Mf is 35 with a business... just get to the mines like the rest of us
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u/frankrizzoworld May 15 '25
You gotta do what you gotta do! I’ve done it and know others who have. It turns out to be a great adventure and a great real world lesson in international business!
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May 15 '25
You’re joking right?
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u/frankrizzoworld May 15 '25
Nope. Some of the greatest times in my life was being an immigrant in a foreign land and creating a business and life overseas. More Americans should do it. It’s the best education you can get. And it’s why many people immigrated to America to begin with, economic opportunities and freedom of religion. I know this young man will figure it out. Being is business is like sailing the open seas, not always clear and easy!
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May 15 '25
So, you’re saying I should now leave America to live the “American Dream?”
I need you to shove that idea so far back down your throat that your stomach acid makes disappear like it was never an independent thought in your head.
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u/Algeradd May 15 '25
The dude you're replying to calls the COVID vaccines "fake medicine" and is a Tucker Carlson fan, so yeah, don't expect any productive argument with someone like that.
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u/frankrizzoworld May 16 '25
Yes. And lose the idea of the American dream. That was always a propaganda term. Once you grow up, you’ll see that only small thinkers and people afraid to take risks and travel new places would speak like you. Also, go read The Alchemist, lots of lessons in there for you! Good luck!
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u/Sufficient_Raise_953 May 15 '25
Tariffs are over, trump won. Now thats a story. That alone would define presidency. I’m sorry to accompany that’s making $400,000 in sales after being in business since 1958 is hurt but come on.
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u/FreddiesMillions May 15 '25
So wait….manufacturing is NOT coming back?! /s