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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by dis-sys on Sunday June 28, 2020 @11:40PM (#23674138)
just checked taobao.com, the cheapest phone case was 5 RMB or $0.7 USD including shipping. so it is actually cheaper to buy the same stuff from the US and get it shipped half of the world.
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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by kevindong on Sunday June 28, 2020 @11:44PM (#23674150)
If you want it, you can buy a $0.50 iPhone 5 case with free shipping from Aliexpress right now: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001089727974.html

Alternatively, you could buy a $0.06 phone stand with free shipping: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001172525823.html

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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by rahimnathwani on Sunday June 28, 2020 @11:58PM (#23674211)
Cheapest I saw on taobao just now was 3 RMB including shipping:

https://m.tb.cn/h.VpeyELi?sm=ddc20e

Opened the taobao android app, searched for 手机套, filtered by 包邮 (shipping included) and sorted by price.

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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by balola on Monday June 29, 2020 @12:19PM (#23678992)
In the case of phone cases, you can get Chinese domestic shipping costs as low as $0.2 if your daily volume is high enough. It's a special offer tho, since it's light weight and compact.

And yes, shipping companies can still make normal profit on these.

From this standpoint, your example isn't nearly the cheapest it can get. Sellers regularly offer entirely free ones in exchange for reviews.

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