Chinese sellers price increases
So today I was doing my walkabout checking out sellers and possible purchases and one Chinese seller had his items at triple the normal prices. Also I noticed the shipping for an item as tiny as a kit kat bar was $1000. I thought this was an error. However when I checked his other listings, all the items were three times the prices of American sellers and the shipping for bigger items were $1500. I actually feel bad for him even though he is a competitor, because at those prices, he is not going to sell anything. I am guessing playing around is over. Here comes the pain.
18 comments
simba6
·1 year agoSeeing that in a lot of listings from China. They may not want to end the listings so they did that.
lawnmowerpartsstore2
·1 year agoThere are a lot of China sweat shops closed at the moment until they get these tariffs worked out. No matter what the news says, China is felling the pain also....
luckythewinner
·1 year agoIf he ended his listings, they would go away after a couple months. Perhaps he is doing this to 'archive' his listings until someone stops the orange-haired insanity.
reallynicestamps
·1 year agoIf he ended his listings, they would go away after a couple months.
Just as other sellers do with extended vacations, the listings can be put on their Unsold List, and revived for an hour a couple of months down the road, then closed again.
tarotfindsandmore
·1 year agoSince when do we care about the success of Chinese sellers? Do you honestly believe they're interested in our wellbeing?? Lets hope this trend continues. Let China take care of the Chinese, that's what communism is supposed to be about. What we've seen over the past two decades is a parasitic form of pseudo capitalism from the CCP that has wrecked our economy, while none of China's citizens have seen any benefit.
asset_liquidators
·1 year agoAre we supposed to feel sorry for sellers who have been able to drastically undercut U.S. sellers and flooded the market with cheap knock-offs and who also get subsidized shipping enabling them to ship an item from China to the U.S. cheaper then a U.S. seller can ship the same item one town over?
movieman630
·1 year agoWelcome it with open arms. When those sellers exit the scene we will prosper.
double2trouble
·1 year agoThe deminimis exemption has changed. It was no duties on packages under $800. They did this originally because it cost more to collect the duties than they received. Thanks to king orange, it is now 145%, or $200 per item, whichever is higher. So, if you want to order five 50 cent items, it will be $1000 to get it out of customs. While they claim this is to help US manufacturing, none of the crap is made here anyways, and they just want to make you have to go through monopoly retailers and pay outrageous markups for the same crappy items, because those people give money to politicians. The other claim is drugs, but most of that comes over the southern border. Enjoy the inflation.
redlinear
·1 year agoAnd there's a reason it's not made here.
I sure hope this puts a damper on all the little overseas cheap junk auto parts
double2trouble
·1 year agoIt really depends what it is. Yes, that system has needed reform for years. The lopsided shipping costs are due to terminal dues agreements. USPS is absorbing those losses, doing the last mile deliveries on those items for pennies. Shipping from China to here is heavily subsidized by the CCP. There is a ton of counterfeit and knock off that comes out of China. But that is only a small portion of what comes out of there. Having been there to have something manufactured, I can tell you it is like nothing you have ever seen. Entire supply chains can be had in the same province. You can go from concept to production in under two weeks. You can have products made to whatever quality level you are willing to pay for. If you want to form a good business relationship, you are going to have to learn at least enough Mandarin to communicate, and you are going to be doing a whole lot of drinking. Japan level drinking. You are also going to have to stand over production. While I believe critical manufacturing needs to come back, I can say for a fact, you don't want many of those jobs. Many of those things that are made need to be sold on the global market to be competitive, and unless you can find people here willing to punt in 16 hour days for $4 an hour and live in a shipping container, it ain't gonna happen.
stephenmorgan
·1 year agoWhat would be the purpose of rasing the prices to extordanary prices that no one would pay? I thought tariffs get paid to the government by the person receiving the item? Maybe their prices are in the Chinese currency? Can you post an item number for one of their items?
slati_2013
OP1 year agoOkay, so this is not a one seller. I have seen it with several Chinese seller with varying prices.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/127082348657?itmmeta=01JT14FAKBEK63FX48VYVBPRW8&hash=item1d96b2c071:g:rP4AAOSwLKRoELJe
or second seller whose prices are more reasonable but still high:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/135688247192?itmmeta=01JT153D24WT4Q818J5AFVGJTX&hash=item1f97a65798:g:CWcAAOSwTSZn94wq
It seems to me they are trying to make up the tariffs with shipping. Exactly the reason why eBay has fees on shipping.
stephenmorgan
·1 year agoI do not understand the goal of why they are doing this. I thought tariffs are paid by the receiver of the product to their country?
reallynicestamps
·1 year ago@stephenmorgan
I've never understood the concept of 'placeholder pricing'. It's like telling your potential buyer, "I've got it but you can't have it." Or, "I am putting a ridiculous price on this to laugh at you, poor person."
It's one reason why we need a Blocked Sellers List.
You are right. The importer/buyer pays the tariff.
Tariffs are a federal sales tax on imported goods.
Coming soon, federal sales taxes on domestic goods.
Followed by federal sales taxes on services.
doc-holmes
·1 year agoI like Kit-Kat, unless I'm with four or more people.
itsjustasprain
·1 year agoThose sound like placeholder prices. They are intended to keep the listings live but not sell anything until the seller has a chance to restock.
slati_2013
OP1 year agoN
No, no, no. This is a regular seller. His items are up and running and in stock. Some with multiple in stock. Maybe a placeholder until the tariff issue is settled, but the prices are for all his items and the shipping are for all the items. Placeholders are for one or two items. Not all your items.
meme6253
·1 year agoI Love kit kat bars, But not that much!