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It's mostly militaries and NGOs like the Red Cross that handle rapid disaster response, so I think clarifying that NGOs don't buy random stuff off AliExpress is
by AlotOfReading 3y ago
It's mostly militaries and NGOs like the Red Cross that handle rapid disaster response, so I think clarifying that NGOs don't buy random stuff off AliExpress is a valid response to someone asking why they're paying more than AliExpress prices.
- semiquaver 3y agoThe AliExpress comment is meant to be indicative of the approximate global wholesale price for the type of product being compared against. The article claims it’s as much as $200 at quantities of 1000, which simply is not true in the real world, where it is more like $10-20. If it’s an innovation to be able to provide a cardboard bed at a production cost of $17 each, then surely it would also be worthwhile in some cases for NGOs to consider cutting their cost base even lower for a more reusable product.