If you have been following the events surrounding Chinese marketplaces, such as AliExpress and others, in recent days, you have certainly noticed some (for us) rather negative news. Until now, we did not have to pay VAT for packages from Chinese marketplaces, that is, if their price did not exceed 22 euro. This is set to change soon (specifically from July 1.7st next year), as due to the amendment to the law, customers will have to pay VAT even for the smallest packages. However, we will not deal with this controversial topic in this article. Let's take a look together at how it is possible that shipments from China are so cheap, and how selling incredibly cheap products can pay off for sellers.
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At the outset, it can be said that products are manufactured in China at the expense of quality. A total of six European consumer organizations drew attention to the poor quality of products from China at the beginning of the year. Over a period of time, these organizations purchased a total of 250 different products, 165 of which were found to simply not meet European standards. The selected products were supposed to contain, for example, a power bank with a battery that exploded, children's clothing that was at risk of suffocation, USB charging adapters that could cause a fire, and more. In short and simply put, everything you buy cheaply on AliExpress (etc.) was dangerous according to the organizations.
However, before you start telling Chinese manufacturers that they don't produce quality products, you need to think about this whole situation. These are the customers who buy cheap and low-quality products from China. Imagine, for example, that you produce two types of ice cream - the first is not so good, but it is cheap, the second is of high quality, but several times more expensive. Would you continue to make the second quality and expensive ice cream if you only sold one scoop in a day, while you would sell a hundred scoops of the cheap ice cream? Probably not. And Chinese manufacturers of various products are in the same situation. Their low-quality products simply have a huge market, mainly because of the price, when the customer does not look at the quality. Even in China, just like in the Czech Republic and anywhere else in the world, it is necessary to pay bills and fees, so people here have to make a living somehow. It can be said that as long as Europeans and the rest of the world use cheap and low-quality products, they will be made in China. Customers would have to think twice and start buying the expensive stuff so that China stops making the cheap stuff.
Of course, I don't mean that China can only produce cheap "scumbags" that necessarily make your life uncomfortable. Nowadays, practically everything is made in China, including really high-quality products. So it's completely up to you whether you decide to buy ten charging adapters for $1/piece, with which you risk things like fire and the fact that they will only last you a few days before they break, or whether you decide to buy one quality adapter for 15 dollars, which has protection against short circuits, overheating, etc., and which will last you, for example, a year. Of course, the majority of the population will choose the $XNUMX adapter, since it's less than fifteen dollars. Therefore, cheap products are not tested in any way, they use low-quality materials and their development is not complicated at all - this is precisely why cheap products can be created in China.
Do you shop on AliExpress, Ebay and similar marketplaces?
Another reason why goods from China are cheap is that sellers sell them directly from their warehouses. There is no classic resale, where a seller buys something, then someone else buys it, and thenonec another, when the price increases with each sale so that "every seller gets something from it". Cheap products are simply manufactured in a factory, stored in a warehouse and sent to you from there. In addition, it is necessary to note that the Chinese government supports all efforts of entrepreneurs to export their products (cheap postage). As for the amendment mentioned in the introduction, sellers are also trying to fight it. In European countries, various domestic warehouses are being created - this does not mean that the end customer will not pay VAT, but will be exempt from customs duties and other fees. In addition, packages will be delivered to them much faster, since they will not have to travel halfway around the world.
I would like to point out that the date has been changed to July 1.7.2021, XNUMX, see EK link: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/modernising-vat-cross-border-ecommerce_en
Thanks, fixed.
For now, it is only a proposal from the Commission. The question is whether it will pass.
Now tell me WHERE do the dealers who bring IDENTICAL goods here that are 5x or more expensive buy them????
This is the "lobby" of local sellers who overprice it here....
and what do they have to do when I shop where you do, just that it's in large quantities. Will it be as expensive for them as it is for you? Loby 😂😂
Chinese websites now offer a lot of goods from warehouses within the EU, while the price is the same as when they ship from a warehouse in China, personally, due to fast shipping, I use real sellers who offer shipping in 3-5 working days
Do you use the filter primo na ali? Or another website?
aliex, banggood, gearbest - these are probably the most frequently used, I don't use filters, I rather search manually
I wouldn't even buy Chinese junk there... first of all, you don't even know if it will arrive, and secondly, how they write here, for example, about the charging cable. You never know when it's going to catch on, and a burned-out shack because of a $1 cable is a bit of a pain. You better think about it, people, and buy goods with a certificate and possibly a certificate... and not second-rate things. And they'd rather grow coca than cables
Tuzex
I agree with you. Unfortunately, there are a lot of android scumbags who will argue that if the cable costs more than $1 on Ali, then it is overpriced. Hell, you can't negotiate with idiots who own anything with Android.
Tvl, have you ever tried shopping there? And why buy $1 chargers there too? There are chargers for about 80 CZK and they tend to be of good quality. The item always arrives, if it doesn't work, send them a photo and they will refund the money. So I don't know where the problem is.
And where do you think you got yours from? iPhone?
I don't know if the author has ever bought from AliExpress. I highly doubt it. Of course, I will not buy dubious electronics, but there is a lot of other goods that are simply not worse than here in Europe.
How to compare ebay and aliexpress is quite off…
That is a fact. I ordered something on ebay and received something different. You were still joking. No one will allow that on wish or ali.
Sunshade for NIKON lens. The price of the shade in the Czech Republic is from 600 CZK upwards. On Ali 1,58 USD. I have held the original, original NIKON shade in my hand countless times. The cheap one from China not only fits 100% the same, but it is also made of the same, identical and specific plastic. Only, 15 times cheaper. So that's why, sometimes and gladly Ali :)
If there is a demand, there will be an offer, that's business. law!
Alas, it applies worldwide, even in pr. demented and idiotic demands for srackoid products, which is why companies like Apple and the company that produces in China, because they still don't have enough of themoney for themselves! And then they are surprised that China was declared an economic tiger and that it sets its own conditions, etc.!
A truly demented world!
If you don't buy the cheapest things on ali, you will be surprised by the quality. You can often buy identical goods from us many times more expensive because they are not even produced here, but only imported... Don't write posts if you don't have experience.
It would still need more info and additional details regarding the possibility of paying VAT directly at e-shops or paying yourself without the extortionate Czech Post, https://www.zive.cz/clanky/je-to-dobre-cetky-z-aliexpressu-budou-nejspise-relativne-levne-iv-roce-2021/sc-3-a-203855/default.aspx?fbclid=IwAR31vlKt5bSqI10ylxgyoCgaDanJ3gFn6K1Or8YyPsDeELlE-UxMVECtRsk
I wonder if VAT will be charged on shipments that nestneedles to be delivered by December 30, 2020.