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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by mcv on Monday June 29, 2020 @06:25AM (#23676170)
If you want cheaper products with lower shipment costs, why not subsidise them locally? Why pay to make buying abroad cheaper while making your local products more expensive?
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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by megous on Monday June 29, 2020 @07:36AM (#23676602)
If you're creative, you can have free local shipping too, or just pay $2-4 to get shipped pretty much anything. It's just sligtly more expensive than standard aliexpress shipping, which is $1.5 or so.

The major thing compared to local stuff is lack of VAT on cheap foregin goods. Noone locally can compete with that.

Also most of the stuff I buy on Aliexpress (electronic components, SBCs, ...) simply isn't available locally, or is simply bought there and resold locally (because the manufacturer's main shop is Aliexpress).

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