On 02/01/2016 12:44 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: > Hi Jon, > I can buy 100 pieces at $8.622 each in Cdn. which is about $6.15US or > $862.20 Cdn total ($615.00 US). > http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/DSPIC30F5011-20I%2FPT/DSPIC30F5011-2 > 0I%2FPT-ND/691581 > > The US site lists 100 pieces at $5.67 US or $567; a difference of $48. > http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/DSPIC30F5011-20I%2FPT/DSPIC30F5011- > 20I%2FPT-ND/691581 > > So in essence although I'm getting 'free' shipping I'm charged an extra $48 > for the part which includes that shipping cost and the Harmonized Tariff > document preparation which is used to create a disadvantage for Canadian > companies. OK, I'll keep on paying my shipping! > > An author named Tom Peters, decades ago, wrote a book called "In Search of > Excellence". He proposed that the reason American Industry had been so > successful after WW-2 was because Europe was rebuilding itself; not because > it was better at it so it was an easy battle to win. He stated once Europe > was on its feet American companies would start to become less competitive. > Apple Computer was a single shining example of how to do things right. Yes, I've always thought this was the case. WW-II wrecked all developed and partly developed countries, and they had to rebuild infrastructure, capital systems and industry. A HARD job, for sure. The US was the ONLY developed country that was not left in total ruin in 1945. (Well, Britain wasn't all that bad.) So, we ended up selling a huge amount of things, from cars to washing machines to airplanes to all the rest of the world. And, of course, the foolish shangri-la of communism perpetuated this in a number of large countries, until they finally realized "it isn't working!" From the late 40's to the 70's, we were accumulating all the capital of the whole world. Eventually, it all had to turn around and start evening out. > > And if I order a USB Gender Changer from China I pay $6 for the item with > free shipping. I weighed the package that arrived a few weeks later and > found it would cost me more than $6 to ship that same package from Victoria > (on Vancouver Island) to Vancouver BC (on the mainland). And that's within > Canada. So the deck is stacked against Canadian companies in all sorts of > directions. > > The Chinese government is subsidizing all this. They allow free shipping so they can get foreign currency. Overseas shipping is a gentleman's agreement. You pay a fee in your country, get the parcel to our customs dock, and we will get it sent out to the recipient. No money changes hands between countries. So, if the Chinese government wants to let their shippers send stuff to us with no mailing fee, we have to accept that. And, of course, with China it DOESN'T balance out, a lot more comes INTO the US than goes back there. (And, probably the same for Canada, too.)
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