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> In particular, they take a retail price for fast shipping with tracking and compare to a wholesale price for slow shipping without tracking. While I agree ab
by tverbeure 7y ago
> In particular, they take a retail price for fast shipping with tracking and compare to a wholesale price for slow shipping without tracking.
While I agree about the fast shipping part, many of my slow shipping AliExpress packages from China had tracking included.
- ikeboy 7y agoThen they're most likely using ePacket, which is more expensive than UPU rates and is profitable for the USPS, and is not subsidized.
- tverbeure 7y agoYou're right that not all of them have tracking. The ones with full tracking are AliExpress Standard Shipping and ePacket. Not that there's a noticeable difference in shipping cost: in some ePacket cases, the shipping cost was $0, even when the product itself was a $2.50 microcontroller board.
- ikeboy 7y agoThey may not be charging you for shipping but they're definitely paying for it. I'm not sure exactly what program AliExpress Standard Shipping is sent through. It seems like it's slower but it's hard to get information. How does the shipping label look?
- tverbeure 7y ago> How does the shipping label look? No clue. It's been a while.