We are still looking to add an insert and have pretty much settled on the Lopi Medium flush insert but now with the tax credit gone will the prices start dropping? Curious about waiting this out until summer.
Tax Credit Gone, now what?
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Credit gone, but tariffs remain. Prices are unlikely to drop, but watch for end of heating season sales and ask about buying a floor model.
In the meantime, put more wood up. You’ll need dry wood in your insert. Drying takes time.
I am optimistic that prices will drop for any stove company wishing to stay in business. Less subsidies mean less buyers so more competition due to decreased demand. None of us have crystal balls though.
I also see the low price offerings from companies like SBI getting better with sufficient utility.
I also see the low price offerings from companies like SBI getting better with sufficient utility.
With my business acumen, the way I would do it if I were a wood stove company: Lose money on every stove, but make up for it in volume.
As someone who sells sbi no their prices went up significantly with the tariffs.
Just a tidbit that just popped up today. AI summary, yeah I know but I couldn't find the arrival I read earlier so searched it
U.S. steel production has surpassed Japan's for the first time in 26 years, making the U.S. the third-largest steel producer globally, following China and India. This increase is attributed to factors like tariffs and a boom in artificial intelligence data center construction
U.S. steel production has surpassed Japan's for the first time in 26 years, making the U.S. the third-largest steel producer globally, following China and India. This increase is attributed to factors like tariffs and a boom in artificial intelligence data center construction
Across the board these build outs cost us from commodity prices to the energy to run them.
We surpassed Japan because they cut production we only increased by 4.6% and that was before the clearance cliffs plant closed down in steelton on Jan 1st 2026. Our production has now dropped again.
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Decent report on things
From our POV as a buyer of raw steel shapes supply has smoothed out from where it was. I'll check prices when I run into our guy that quotes the jobs
Temu plan.
They have no interest in making money for 20 years. The plan is to long term eliminate Amazon.
You can do that if you're state backed by China....
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Steel will scale with energy prices to some degree. We know where those are going. Tax credit disappearing has moved EV prices down. EV inventory is different than wood stoves. I don’t expect prices to come down. Labor is expensive and only going up. Tariffs are volatile but manufacturers are trying not to change prices. If tariffs drop they probably will keep the money to make up for losses or future increases.
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