xlowes
Sr Member
I'd stick to that story !
The Wand Company TOS Tricorder is coming!
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asalaw
Sr Member
Hah! Silly me. Missed this before. I found another mode on the tricorder where the classic scanning sound is accessible--the prop display mode! When you have it set to the gray screen and the blue lights, you can toggle the scanning sound on and off with the middle button.
So that makes two modes where you can get the scanning sound--the Radiation mode and Prop mode. Nifty!
So that makes two modes where you can get the scanning sound--the Radiation mode and Prop mode. Nifty!
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FANATICO
Sr Member
Hah! Silly me. Missed this before. I found another mode on the tricorder where the classic scanning sound is accessible--the prop display mode! When you have it set to the gray screen and the blue lights, you can toggle the scanning sound on and off with the middle button.
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So that makes two modes where you can get the scanning sound--the Radiation mode and Prop mode. Nifty!
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PicasoX
Sr Member
I can't find mine either so I used the contact form on their website
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Thanks for checking in.
I have just checked our system and I can confirm that you are registered and have been since 2020. You will be sent an email with details on how to order once the Tricorder is available to purchase.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
Kindest
Charlotte
asalaw
Sr Member
Yeah, Charlotte's great.
asalaw
Sr Member
Sorry for the double post, but something came up today that will have an effect on the price we pay for the tricorder, but possibly not for a while yet. I'm talking, of course, about the 10% base tariff that goes into effect today. But fear not, the sky's not falling.
Yet.
Under existing law, there's a de minimis exemption for purchases under $800. However, today's executive order has started the process of killing it.
The good news is, it's being killed... with a Zamboni.
I had to go down a little bit of a rabbit hole, and trade law is not my area, so it took a little longer to get a handle on it. But the main point is this: the de minimis exemption for certain goods (like the tricorder) has not been rolled back, yet. Here's the relevant snippet of the Executive Order imposing the tariffs:
Section (a)(2)(C) creates the de minimis exemption of $800 for goods "imported by one person on one day," so things like small online purchases are covered.
What the Executive Order says, then, is that the de minimis exemption for these goods still applies for now, until the Secretary of Commerce puts together a system for processing and collecting tariffs on these goods. When that happens, the $800 de minimis exemption goes away and the tariffs will be collected.
How long will that take? No idea. On the one hand, government moves slowly. On the other hand, Secretary Lutnick has no doubt been expecting this, so the effort must be well under way. So there's a decent chance that at least the early purchasers of single tricorders will get theirs duty-free. A few months down the road, though, it'll probably cost another $35.
Look at it this way--after 5 years of waiting, another $35 isn't that much in the scheme of things. So I won't take my wife to McDonald's this month. She'll be heartbroken, but she'll get over it when I show her how cool the tricorder is...
Right?
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1138sw
Sr Member
Yeah but I wanted to buy two!Sorry for the double post, but something came up today that will have an effect on the price we pay for the tricorder, but possibly not for a while yet. I'm talking, of course, about the 10% base tariff that goes into effect today. But fear not, the sky's not falling.
Yet.
Under existing law, there's a de minimis exemption for purchases under $800. However, today's executive order has started the process of killing it.
The good news is, it's being killed... with a Zamboni.
View attachment 1919880
I had to go down a little bit of a rabbit hole, and trade law is not my area, so it took a little longer to get a handle on it. But the main point is this: the de minimis exemption for certain goods (like the tricorder) has not been rolled back, yet. Here's the relevant snippet of the Executive Order imposing the tariffs:
Section (a)(2)(C) creates the de minimis exemption of $800 for goods "imported by one person on one day," so things like small online purchases are covered.
What the Executive Order says, then, is that the de minimis exemption for these goods still applies for now, until the Secretary of Commerce puts together a system for processing and collecting tariffs on these goods. When that happens, the $800 de minimis exemption goes away and the tariffs will be collected.
How long will that take? No idea. On the one hand, government moves slowly. On the other hand, Secretary Lutnick has no doubt been expecting this, so the effort must be well under way. So there's a decent chance that at least the early purchasers of single tricorders will get theirs duty-free. A few months down the road, though, it'll probably cost another $35.
Look at it this way--after 5 years of waiting, another $35 isn't that much in the scheme of things. So I won't take my wife to McDonald's this month. She'll be heartbroken, but she'll get over it when I show her how cool the tricorder is...
Right?
asalaw
Sr Member
The key is "imported by one person on one day." Buy one, then wait a day and buy the other one.Yeah but I wanted to buy two!
1138sw
Sr Member
Me too though we really shouldn't have too!
asalaw
Sr Member
If that happens, believe you me, they'll make more.The next day? My friend they will all be gone!
1138sw
Sr Member
Oh sure and in the mean time I will be scanning everyone I know and bugging the hell out of them!
asalaw
Sr Member
Here's part of the tariff table from Newsweek that I was able to screen cap, after all the popup ads got done popping up and I closed them. Damn things are everywhere, and my popup blocker didn't block squat. Isn't there a way to fumigate for those things? Can't I spray my screen with DDT or something?
Anyway, the UK is at the bottom of this snippet. As it happens, they have the lowest tariffs on us of just about any country--10%--so we're only hitting them with 10%. Looks like the UK has a business opportunity to ramp up their exports to us--Yorkshire pudding and spotted dick for breakfast! Um... yay?
Good thing the tricorders aren't coming directly here from China--if you add the 20% we already have on them, the China tariff is now 54%. That would have shot the price up to $539 before sales tax and shipping! Holy trade envoy, Batman!
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to make tea and jammy dodgers...
Oh, and BTW--when I was doing my legal research for the de minimis exemption, I thought I'd start with Grok. It gave me an answer, but when I looked up the statute independently, I discovered that Grok's answer was wildly, hilariously wrong. So when you use Grok and you get that disclaimer at the end, "Grok is not a lawyer," "Grok is not a doctor," etc., believe it.
Anyway, the UK is at the bottom of this snippet. As it happens, they have the lowest tariffs on us of just about any country--10%--so we're only hitting them with 10%. Looks like the UK has a business opportunity to ramp up their exports to us--Yorkshire pudding and spotted dick for breakfast! Um... yay?
Good thing the tricorders aren't coming directly here from China--if you add the 20% we already have on them, the China tariff is now 54%. That would have shot the price up to $539 before sales tax and shipping! Holy trade envoy, Batman!
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to make tea and jammy dodgers...
Oh, and BTW--when I was doing my legal research for the de minimis exemption, I thought I'd start with Grok. It gave me an answer, but when I looked up the statute independently, I discovered that Grok's answer was wildly, hilariously wrong. So when you use Grok and you get that disclaimer at the end, "Grok is not a lawyer," "Grok is not a doctor," etc., believe it.
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JiminSTLouis
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You might. At 37892, you have less than 4,000 people ahead of you.
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