Comment by potato3732842

>If you’re a consumer, I’m not sure why you’re not singing praises of this arrangement. If someone in China can sell me exactly the same stuff for 1/4 the price you’re charging, shipping included,

Because those low shipping prices are being subsidized by taxes and the rates other shippers pay which make their way back to him because he shares an economy with them.

Just because the specific source of the subsidy is complex and can't be accounted for by the consumer doesn't mean it's not paid.