[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] FW: Solar Penny - Hareon Stock

[Don Lewis]

I am forwarding this email to the Club feeling  a bit of disappointment about my portable setup.  For the time being, there will be no more cheap imported solar panels in the near future.  This will immediately hit the ham community concerned with portable operations the hardest, we are the guys with limited resources.  Although the aim of tariffs is to give US companies a fairer shot in the global solar panel marketplace, the practical effect will be to slow down use of relatively inexpensive panels.  For example, I was waiting for the next shipment to arrive this week to buy two more panels and I received the note below.  Obviously, I won’t be adding any more panels soon.

 

Don, KI4D    

 

From: sales at solarpenny.com 

Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 1:44 PM
To: sales at solarpenny.com
Subject: Solar Penny - Hareon Stock

 

Hello All to all of our loyal customers.

 

This email is written in the deepest sadness.

 

Regrettably we will not be receiving any future stock of Hareon Solar Panels.  We where expecting 50 watt and 100 watt panels.  The department of commerce applied a tariff structure on solar panels imported from China.  Although our order was placed long before this decision on May 20th the tariff was applied to this order.  

 

Since we cannot afford the 249.98% tariff on our order we will not be able to retrieve it from the Los Angeles Port.

 

To give you an insight our incoming order was in the tune of $18,000 in merchandise.  Thus the tariff alone totals $44,820.00.  At this sum as a small business we could never come up with that much money for the tariff. 

 

After seven great years my business has hit a brick wall.  I feel like I have been pushed off a cliff.

 

At this time we do not know the future of Solar Penny.  We will be closing our warehouse within the next week thus only leaving our retail store.  

 

Thank you to all of those who have purchased panels and equipment from us over the past seven years.

 

Aaron Flygare..

 

Sales & Technical Support



sales at solarpenny.com
www.SolarPenny.com

www.SolarShopMesa.com
Solar Penny
6247 East Main Street

Suite 5

Mesa, AZ 85205
P: 480-374-3230

F: 888-416-0944

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