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<blockquote data-quote="GillEagan" data-source="post: 1953421" data-attributes="member: 56154"><p>Usually when I buy cheap items like that, it is shipped through the post office as it's the cheapest shipping method. Here's my take on what they are probably doing. They ship via the cheapest shipping method possible. Then they take the shipping charges and pad some of the purchasing price with it. Then they take the rest of the shipping and are probably padding it into the purchase price of some of their more expensive items.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That could be correct. It doesn't cost much to mass produce a cable that's made in China and then ship it here via China Post that the Chinese government is subsidizing. Then the seller marks it up significantly for a profit. That's how retail works more or less.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That too is probably a part of the whole answer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GillEagan, post: 1953421, member: 56154"] Usually when I buy cheap items like that, it is shipped through the post office as it's the cheapest shipping method. Here's my take on what they are probably doing. They ship via the cheapest shipping method possible. Then they take the shipping charges and pad some of the purchasing price with it. Then they take the rest of the shipping and are probably padding it into the purchase price of some of their more expensive items. That could be correct. It doesn't cost much to mass produce a cable that's made in China and then ship it here via China Post that the Chinese government is subsidizing. Then the seller marks it up significantly for a profit. That's how retail works more or less. That too is probably a part of the whole answer. [/QUOTE]
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