1p. Free Post From China.???

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by 900streetfighter, Mar 7, 2017.

  1. I just bought a phone case from china for 1p with free postage. Hows that work? Is it government subsidy perhaps.
     
    #1 900streetfighter, Mar 7, 2017
  2. Don't know - I got a few key rings at about £0.05 to £0.10 from China and they all arrived. Costs a fortune to post to China for us :mad:
     
    #2 Exige, Mar 7, 2017
  3. Maybe standby for a world of spam and an email telling you that you need to reset your passwords
     
    #3 johnny, Mar 7, 2017
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  4. I won a bluetooth elm327 for 1p. It srrived 3 weeks later.
     
    #4 chrisw, Mar 7, 2017
  5. I just used Google and Facebook, and it cost me 0p. How does that work?
    The answer is that I am not the buyer of what Google/Facebook are selling; I am what is being sold.
     
    #5 Pete1950, Mar 7, 2017
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  6. google and facebook make money from advertising.
    This is a business that buys stock, lists it on ebay, packages it and takes it to a post office or gets it collected for one penny (minus ebay and paypal fees).
     
    #6 900streetfighter, Mar 7, 2017
  7. I've had a lot from China over the years and always suspected that postage was state sponsored.
    Steve
     
    #7 Birdie, Mar 7, 2017
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  8. But what about the Royal mail end?
     
    #8 Exige, Mar 7, 2017
  9. I haven't a clue!!
    Steve
     
    #9 Birdie, Mar 7, 2017
  10. I imagine there must be some kind of reciprocal agreement whereby they are obliged to deliver it once it arrives.
    I can't help wondering if it's all part of some huge plot to undermine manufacturing outside China...
     
    #10 Old rider, Mar 7, 2017
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  11. So if we all ordered a 1p item every day the Royal Mail would clog up and go bust :) The Royal Mail have deals with all countries main mail services - but I didn't think it would be free one way and extortionate the other :mad:
     
    #11 Exige, Mar 7, 2017
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  12. I'm sure that's not the plan...
     
    #12 Old rider, Mar 7, 2017
  13. I bought a £2 mist mask from China inc postage and never got any spam. But then I may have given them my spam email address which I never check and which isn't on my mail client programme...
     
    #13 gliddofglood, Mar 7, 2017
  14. Soufflés one day, mist masks the next... Come on glid reveal your true self ! :)
     
    #14 Carr01, Mar 7, 2017
  15. No idea how their reciprocal trading arrangements work.

    It may be, so that RM take all the profits out, and Chinese RM take profits back. Except there aren't any. :fearscream:
     
    #15 bradders, Mar 7, 2017
  16. I've been to China...
     
    #16 chizel, Mar 7, 2017
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  17. were you posted?
     
    #17 bradders, Mar 7, 2017
  18. pisseded... For 2 weeks... Had to be.. Food not good
     
    #18 chizel, Mar 7, 2017
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