• @Nogami@lemmy.world
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    710 months ago

    And yet I can get stuff shipped to me free or nearly free from china while it costs me $25 to get the same size box half way across Canada.

      • pipsqueak1984
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        610 months ago

        This and the Chinese government subsidises their postal service.

        Another example of the Chinese undercutting the true cost of products in order to destroy markets abroad, just like they are trying with EVs.

        • @Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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          110 months ago

          Or, hear me out, some services don’t have to be profitable, like sending put parcels and letters within a country, healthcare or public transportation. Essential services you know.

          Instead of giving money to mega corpos for them to pocket it, we could pay for services that benefit the citizens, just like China is doing for postal services.

          • pipsqueak1984
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            110 months ago

            Yeah, and look at how China treats their citizens to be able to do that.

            • @Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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              110 months ago

              My point is that postal service shouldn’t be run as a private company that absolutely needs to turn a profit, just like healthcare for example.

              Conservatives love to treat Canada Post as a private company because they can then tell everyone how unprofitable it is and must be dismantled and sold off to private interests. And then, it will cost even more for less services

    • Nik282000
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      710 months ago

      That shipping isn’t free, dumbass. It’s subsidized to undercut non-chinese suppliers in a (successful) attempt to put them out of business.

    • @BCsven@lemmy.ca
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      710 months ago

      It’s an agreement countries have that when mail reaches them internationally they will bring to destination. The China to Canada/USA is absorbed by the Candian or USA postal service.