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0 pointspravda8y ago0 comments

>about 1 in 4 of my purchases from China will never arrive.

What country you in? For me (in USA), the non-arrival rate is well under 1%.

>Canada and USA postal systems bear the brunt of the costs of "free" delivery.

That makes no sense. You have either been infected by propaganda, or are a propagandist yourself.

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nimblegorilla8y ago· 4 in thread

The US postal system does bear much of the cost: https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/11/05/how-the-...

orbitingpluto8y ago

And for Canada:

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/canada-post-reveals-it-is-the-rea...

As for the propaganda comment, isn't it a bit on the nose for someone to make that comment with a username Правда? Please let me now if you are having problem with colloquialism, comrade. да?

pravdaOP8y ago

I have some troubles with colloquialisms.

I was abroad in the UK, and I need a bag to go around my waist. So I asked for a fanny pack at the local Tesco.

The saleslady started giggling. This is joke?

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pravdaOP8y ago

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.

orbitingpluto8y ago

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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