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Probably. But then there is shipping. If I may stray a bit. The price to ship a small package from Adafruit to a place less than 10 miles cost me around $10.00
by iask 10y ago
Probably. But then there is shipping. If I may stray a bit. The price to ship a small package from Adafruit to a place less than 10 miles cost me around $10.00 - 4 days tops. I can make a similar purchase for a Chinese spoofed version and have it in 7 days, free shipping. I don't know how the heck the shipping from China is so cheap. While to ship anything inside the us is frigging expensive...to ship outside the us is worse. And we invented modern day shipping.
- TylerE 10y agoLocate somewhere near the population centroid, like, say, Oklahoma City and your avg shipping costs probably go down.
- dahdum 10y agoIt's because the USPS is subsidizing the cost of that shipment. "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/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/...
- kbart 10y agoSlightly off-topic, but that's the real problem. How the hell are we (West) going to compete with China if shipping a small item in the same city, for example where I live now, cost 2-3 €, meanwhile the same item from China cost less and shipping fee to my door is 0! Ordering inside EU is even worse, it's common that shipping costs more than the item itself. Sure, it takes a while for order to arrive from China, but if I'm not in a rush, I don't mind that. I order a lot of mundane things from eBay/Aliexpress just because: a) no/small shipping fee b) it's faster and easier than to look for alternatives in physical shops. Postal system is what really needs an overhaul imho.
- ThisIs_MyName 10y agoYep, ePacket is amazing.