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To: SatinDoll

I’m curious why China suddenly put the brakes on mailing goods, for many months it has taken weeks for goods to leave China.

We thought it had to do with lithium batteries, but it is way beyond that, order something from China, and it just sits, and sits, and sits, literally for weeks, before they let it go.

Little things are taking 45 and 55 days to get here.


2 posted on 03/07/2014 10:37:43 PM PST by ansel12
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To: ansel12
Little things are taking 45 and 55 days to get here.

Can you imagine Chinese Chicken taking 45 or 55 days to get here?

In the meantime everyone 'sign' this, please:

https://www.change.org/petitions/congress-keep-chinese-chicken-out-of-our-schools-and-supermarkets

6 posted on 03/07/2014 10:42:44 PM PST by Captainpaintball
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To: ansel12

Are you talking about ebay? I have ordered and received little $2-10 items that come direct from China or Hong Kong with no problem. Stuff like battery chargers, LED flashlight that was $3 and very good ran on 2 AA batteries, LCD thermometers etc minor computer parts/// etc


7 posted on 03/07/2014 10:43:40 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: ansel12

the problem with China’s economy is that they’re devaluing their currency by pegging it to USD. Noticed that devaluing their currency didn’t lead to export growth that some ppl still stubbornly believe in. If their currency was allowed to rise, they will be able to enjoy the fruit of the labor


24 posted on 03/07/2014 11:16:04 PM PST by 4rcane
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To: ansel12

Drop shipping from suppliers. They hold your money in hopes that prices from the supplier will drop due to low demand. Looks like the case maybe.


32 posted on 03/07/2014 11:40:55 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: ansel12
I’m curious why China suddenly put the brakes on mailing goods, for many months it has taken weeks for goods to leave China. We thought it had to do with lithium batteries, but it is way beyond that, order something from China, and it just sits, and sits, and sits, literally for weeks, before they let it go. Little things are taking 45 and 55 days to get here.

Perhaps they are having cash-flow problems, needing to have an increasing amount of payment "float" so they can buy the supplies to make what was ordered.

62 posted on 03/08/2014 7:33:36 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: ansel12

are you talking about orders on Ebay and Alibaba?


64 posted on 03/08/2014 9:13:41 AM PST by ncfool (Obama's aMeriKa 2012 The land of entitlement for the 51% crowd.)
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To: ansel12

I ordered from Amazon: not receive product. Emailed the company via Amazon. They emailed me back and said product was coming from China, but it would get here soon. It is still not here.


66 posted on 03/08/2014 9:31:27 AM PST by ncpatriot
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