When you buy from ebay, and purchase from China, they send many things "epacket".

WAY much cheaper than our mail, yet USPS takes over at the border and delivers it.

I wonder how much the Post office gets for doing this last yet likely most expensive leg?

Saw this comparison the other day...

50 Gram ( 2 oz)
China - U.S: 0.967 USD (6 CNY)
U.S - China = 3.78 USD

100 Gram ( 4 oz)
China - U.S: 1.93 USD (12 CNY)
U.S - China = 5.34 USD

500 Gram (18 oz)
China - U.S: 9.67 USD (60 CNY)
U.S - China = 13.17 USD

I wonder if the Chinese govt subsidizes it? If they do and we don't that is a huge competitive advantage we are missing.