Back in my first installment of the blog in February 2025 about tariff and shades, I mentioned how important working with a custom blinds provider with good choice of brands and products helps you overcome some of the price hikes. 

 

This broad product selection also prevents you from getting cheap and poor quality products which you will regret - remember blinds and shades are a long-term investment.

 

Now us blinds dealers have official information from our manufacturers about tariffs.  In April, many have introduced either temporary or permanent price increases and surcharges, ranging from anywhere between 0% to 15% impact on MSRP. 

 

We cannot tell you which brands have levied these charges one by one as we need to uphold our confidentiality agreement with manufacturing partners.  However, Budget Blinds franchise owners have collectively committed to making sure these tariff surcharges are communicated in a transparent way to the customer. 

 

Showing breakdown of cost has its advantages and disadvantages.  The disadvantage is that it makes the price more difficult to understand.  However, we think the advantages of this transparency outweighs the inconvenience.

 

It has always been easy for blinds dealers to say "free shipping" or "free installation", even though we all know there is no such thing.  The cost is just hidden inside the product you bought, thereby inflating that cost of product paid by the customer.

 

Clearly showing the tariff, installation and shipping means that the customer knows how we are spending our money to get the product to the customer.  It also makes sure customers are not charged "junk fees" which could just be dealer mark-ups.  The auto industry has been in trouble by FCC in the past, and we don't want to be doing the same thing.

 

So in short, choose Budget Blinds.  You will:

  • Get the best quality products at industry-leading prices, because we buy the most amount of shades than anyone in US for resale
  • Have transparent pricing, no hidden fees
  • Have to choice to buy American, with 0% tariff
  • Be able to minimize tariffs you pay, because you can shop across brands with varying tariff charges

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