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Originally Posted by leee
Shipping, is certainly a factor to be considered - from any place - to anyplace.
So- how is it that, many items I have ordered - coming out of China - include free shipping?
The cost of the item, is always less - than what the shipping charge should be. (If for example, I were to ship the same item back to China.) The shipping would be considerably more than the items originally cost - Including shipping.
There is something we are not knowing concerning shipping 'arraignments' with China and other countries.  |
Hi Thomas,
In a nutshell, they are being dumped.
If the pricing seems impossible, that is because it is impossible.
I've seen packages shipped from China delivered by Australia Post
that are franked with ¥0.00
Now if one went to an Australia Post office and tried to convince them
to ship an item from Australia to China for $0.00, how far up the ladder
would one have to go to get authority? The local postmaster would
not have authority nor even the head of Australia Post.
It would have to be ordained at a government level.
So why does China do this? Whenever you buy a plastic hose fitting,
a cable, a remote control or a UV filter, it is China's way of saying to
other countries, "Don't ever think of making anything like this ever again".
More importantly, it isn't the specific items but the means of manufacture
they are protecting, be it plastic injection molding, automated assembly,
glass shaping machinery, and so on.
So what they are really saying is, "Forget about bothering building up any
means of production of your own".
Those trivial items that only cost a few dollars each with "free delivery"
have a hidden price tag.