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Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by wraptile on Monday July 21, 2025 @12:27AM (#44631803)
So what's the moat here? I can start a business and sell the same scooter for 1000euros and undercut everyone. I wonder what is preventing competition here from solving this issue organically
Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by jbverschoor on Monday July 21, 2025 @01:34AM (#44632073)
That’s where tariffs and VAT, and some warranty legislation comes into play
Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by Incipient on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:31AM (#44633291)
I think it's a numbers game. Sell random popular product X at a huge margin, and you'll get some people that don't shop around that will buy it.

Will you be the next bezos? No. Will you make a living with little effort and little smarts? Probably.

Re:EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by ... by numpad0 on Monday July 21, 2025 @11:09AM (#44636070)
Totally speculating but, the moat must be Chinese speaking employees with enough engineering background at company office. Chinese factories look open to any reasonable businesses so long both are pragmatic and both talks the same language anyhow, but East Asian languages and cultures are related or connected to nothing else so just maintaining good mutual understanding can be hard(and I don't think LLMs help that much).