Free shipping mystery from third world solved.

[jmc]

So, a guy in New Jersey makes a widget and the third-world knockoff industry adopts it. He knows they can make stuff cheap over there but how can they ship it here for free? It costs him $6 just to SHIP his across the street and they are selling theirs, DELIVERED, for less than his shipping cost alone. He investigates:

4 minute audio- Unraveling The Mystery Behind International Shipping Rates : NPR

 

[Diggin It]

Nothing to investigate. It's all subsidized by either their government or ours.