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This also surprised me: I ordered stuff on AliExpress that I wouldn't ship back to China for € 0,70, even if the item was free (which electronics aren't). I as
by PanMan 11y ago
This also surprised me: I ordered stuff on AliExpress that I wouldn't ship back to China for € 0,70, even if the item was free (which electronics aren't).
I asked around and it turns out that postal services in rich (EU) countries have a special, heavily sponsored rate for 3th world nations. This wasn't a problem with the occasional letter from Afrika, but the post services didn't really saw this coming: Mass free shipping from china. Apparently the EU wanted to get out of this, but china refuses (and seems to be able to, for now).
Enjoy it while it lasts :)
- 3princip 11y agoI've ordered lot's of packages from AliExpress, mainly low value items (<10$) and shipping ranges between 0 and 2$. We're not in the EU (Serbia) and not too rich either. Maybe there's an old agreement we inherited from Yugoslavia but I doubt it. In fact, I ordered a USB lamp worth 2$ with free shipping just to verify it was possible. It arrived 3 weeks later (btw 3 weeks is the travel time China-Serbia for all packages so far, give or take a couple of days). It boggled my mind that someone is building these things (the connector, wires, led's, plastic and metal alone is worth that money surely), packaging them and sending for such a small amount (not as crazy as the example in the article, but pretty crazy for me).
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