> some quirk with US postage where it is cheaper to buy foreign goods than it is to purchase outgoing postage. International rates (or the system that runs it)

> some quirk with US postage where it is cheaper to buy foreign goods than it is to purchase outgoing postage. International rates (or the system that runs it) were decided a long time ago. The international postal system was set up so that all developing countries (which still includes China) are subsidized by developed countries.