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Originally Posted by xisled
The reason why everything is cheap in America is the cost of living is very different. A person can be paid $3 an hour in the USA, where our minium wage is something like $15.00.
Also the cost to import to our country is huge.
I am looking to import around 80 rims from China, the cost for me to do this is around $2000 just for shipping, but if I only look to import 4 rims the cost is around the same. But Basically to get things to Aus it cost a huge amount. So the seller puts the cost of getting the item to Aus onto the price.
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If the local company here imports the same items, the cost of manufacture doesn't change.
Companies can buy in bulk and save on shipping, they also get wholesale prices. Average Joe doesn't get those benefits and yet still ends up a country mile in front.