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Of course there are subsidies and complex discount + partnership relations involved, but in the end the question is simply: WHO is paying for this?
by fiatjaf 11y ago
Of course there are subsidies and complex discount + partnership relations involved, but in the end the question is simply: WHO is paying for this?
- fiatjaf 11y agoThis article[1] linked somewhere in this thread explains part of the problem. But why not just the US, but many other countries, including Brazil, the most international shipping unfriendly country in the world [2], are getting free shipping on DX and AliExpress packages. [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/09/12/the-postal-service-is-losing-millions-a-year-to-help-you-buy-cheap-stuff-from-china/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/09/12/... [2]: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-International-Trading/Problems-shipping-to-Brazil/qaq-p/3128783 https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-International-Trading/...