Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at eBay

Re:Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at... by pravda on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:04PM (#17393450)

Well, you've found some propaganda!

Here's a great quote: “It just adds insult to injury to watch our postal rates continue to climb while China is being given a free ride to siphon all this money out of our economy,”

Lemme get this straight, China is siphoning money out of our economy by selling us products at a fraction of the cost of local retail monopolies?

China is keeping money in my pocket! Money that I can invest and create jobs with. China creates jobs.

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Re:Want to Understand What Ails the Modern Internet? Look at... by orbitingpluto on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:33PM (#17393680)

I've made a 1 cent purchase including shipping from Shenzhen.

China is not "siphoning money out of our economy". Chinese companies are passing their logistics costs to Western postal systems. There is a difference.

We honour the postage on packages from other countries. China's "One Belt, One Road" is being paid for by other countries' postal systems. Chinese companies need only get their products out of port.

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