3 ms·
That might be possible with tomatoes, that you buy in stores. Frustratingly it's basically impossible with everything bought online these days. Trying to figure
by gpm 6y ago
That might be possible with tomatoes, that you buy in stores. Frustratingly it's basically impossible with everything bought online these days. Trying to figure out whether, say, a hdmi cord sold on Amazon came from Taiwan or China is practically impossible.
- maxwell 6y agoHence the need for the U.S. to adopt country of origin requirements for ecommerce like India. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/e-commerce-sites-must-state-country-of-origin-says-centre/article32166176.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/e-commerce-sites-must...
- actuator 6y agoCertainly seems like a pro consumer move but has there been any impact of this on sales of these products. Consumers will buy something that gives them good value at a cheap price. For a lot of products it is not even the cost factor, like mechanical keyboards. Somehow the best ones are either brands from there itself like Varmilo or made there like Leopold.
- gpm 6y agoI certainly know people who buy based on location, but I don't know if it's a large enough portion of the market to matter.