C25K Pots

This was the Shipping option I was sent on my last Pedal I was wanting to Purchase for $85.00 USD
This is why this never came to be, $254.40 Australian Dollars
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Robert said:
My last few AliExpress orders have been delivered by USPS Priority Mail for the last mile....

I have no idea how they're doing that for $2 shipped from China.
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I hate the “last mile” delivery, why I can’t use UPS, usps doesn’t deliver to my address so when ups hands it off to the post office it gets sent back as “address doesn’t exist” but it’s been the same address for over 100years and we pay property taxes 🤷🏻
 
Nothing makes sense. Having the SAME PACKAGE sent from China to Canada by UPS costs 3 to 4 times more if I order the shipment from UPS Canada vs. if the Chinese company arranges it with UPS at their end. I'm not talking retail counter prices here. I opened a UPS business account to try this. Closed it a few days later, after I got that quote
 
I've always heard the shipping from China is because they are developing country and international postal service is regulated in the United Nations.
 
^This is true about the postal service. It's regulated by an ancient postal convention. But this doesn't apply to couriers like UPS.
 
I don't understand how the global economy works these days. International shipping is so unnecessarily expensive IMO. I spent $17 to ship $1.30 worth of switches to @Feral Feline via USPS. I could ship the same package from the east coast of the US to the west coast for less than $1.00, but if it crosses the border between the US and Canada... At the same time, I can get a shipment from China that weighs five times as much for just a few dollars. I just don't understand how any of this works.
 
chris.knudson said:
I don't understand how the global economy works these days. International shipping is so unnecessarily expensive IMO. I spent $17 to ship $1.30 worth of switches to @Feral Feline via USPS. I could ship the same package from the east coast of the US to the west coast for less than $1.00, but if it crosses the border between the US and Canada... At the same time, I can get a shipment from China that weighs five times as much for just a few dollars. I just don't understand how any of this works.
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Have a look at the "Terminal Dues" section.

Universal Postal Union - Wikipedia

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spi said:
It seems weird that all these Chinese companies on aliexpress can ship to the US for cheap or free (and labor costs don't explain it, as they get delivered by a US carrier at the end of the route), yet the opposite route isn't possible. How can they do it without taking a loss on the sale?
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I know at least that China subsidizes postage for their sellers, so that might explain part of it.
 
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Add to the weirdness that it's cheaper for me to send a parcel via Canada Post to the US than it is to send it to Canada. How the fork?
 
Aentons said:
How do you know that?
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Because I read it somewhere once, but looking it up right now it seems I was wrong and China doesn't directly subsidize shipping (or at least not generally, might be some limited campaigns). The UPU thing mentioned before was the biggest factor there, although I did find something about how China indirectly subsidizes shipping (by supplying cheaper electricity and steel and what not to related industries). But yeah, I thought I had read that they literally pay part of the shipping costs for domestic sellers, but that apparently is not true (and possibly never was).
 
I buy C25K pots from Mouser. If I spend more that Aust$60 shipping is free and they get here within the week usually. For Australia they come from Hong Kong. Yes they cost a bit more than if I bought from Tayda but what am I gonna do? I use a lot of C25K pots. I'll get some other parts I can't get from Tayda while I'm at it.

FWIW the C25K Alpha pots I get from Mouser seem to be a higher quality than those I get from Tayda. They have a stainless steel shaft rather than pot metal.
 
HamishR said:
I buy C25K pots from Mouser. If I spend more that Aust$60 shipping is free and they get here within the week usually. For Australia they come from Hong Kong. Yes they cost a bit more than if I bought from Tayda but what am I gonna do? I use a lot of C25K pots. I'll get some other parts I can't get from Tayda while I'm at it.

FWIW the C25K Alpha pots I get from Mouser seem to be a higher quality than those I get from Tayda. They have a stainless steel shaft rather than pot metal.
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how dare you be reasonable
 
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