I really try to keep politics well away from my businesses, but with the events in the US in the last 2 weeks, I need to clarify something. The Trump administration polices of hurting our trade relations, undermining trust with our closest allies for nonexistent or fabricated disputes, and in general isolating the US from the rest of the world community… will harm small businesses more than anyone else.

He does this while also enriching the already rich and large businesses that can sidestep or even profit off these manufactured crises. I fear for what it is going to look like for my business which primarily sells internationally (about 60% of my sales are to other countries), and across the entire supply chain, and other businesses across the country.

Filament, replacement parts, hardware, labels, shipping material, tools… all have some ties to sources outside of the US. This sucks. It was bad enough seeing the administration target and harming US citizens and the poor out of spite, and now seeing this broad attack on small businesses is just his expanding attack on anyone and everyone who is not one of his billionaire friends.

The world and the victims of Trumps policies in the US need to stick together and support each other as much as we can to hopefully survive until logic and reason return to US policy making. I am especially sorry for our Canadian and Mexican friends who are going to bear the brunt of this outside of the US immediately it seems.

Hey everyone! Happy 2025!- Since the majority of what I sell is going overseas, and international shipping prices are at an all-time high, I did some work to help control import/VAT fees you may see. After going over the customs rules, codes, etc… I have updated the products I sell with a set of product codes and values that will lower or potentially eliminate VAT import fees in your country. (These changes have been in place the last month or more already)

Every country is different in how they handle this, but for small, inexpensive items like this there were some classifications I can ship under that can remove/reduce that liability.

This could/should reduce your total costs by 10-15% depending on your country VAT structure.

As always – You pay for shipping exactly what I pay to ship these items to the .01$. I make ZERO profit on shipping internationally and have worked hard to find any loophole or way I can ship for cheaper. With that said, I hope this helps and I truly appreciate all the business from all of you!