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Aka the Chinese shit we make you overpay for is worth less than postage cost.

• nebula8804 4y ago
  Or the margin on them is so small that they take less loss letting you keep the item instead of paying shipping and adding to the loss of an item that may not be re-sellable.
  • willcipriano 4y ago
    I believe they have liquidators who will take returned items and sell them. I think it's more of a matter of expense of handling return > fee liquidator would pay, and that probably indicates it's cheap Chinese crap.
• twblalock 4y ago
  Postage is not the only cost. After receiving the return the retailer would also need to inspect and restock it, or dispose of it themselves. At some point the labor costs just aren't worth it.
• astrange 4y ago
  Mailing things from China to the US is cheaper than mailing inside the US because of strange consequences of postal treaties. This is one of the things Trump was right about and got partially fixed, possibly by accident. (though, it's naturally cheap to send things in bulk because sea shipping is very efficient.)