Why is shipping so expensive?

lemon lady

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Every vendor I've investigated and brought from (that ships to Australia) has shipping rates of ~$60USD.. over $100 in AUD$.. is there a reason it's so high? It's not express post either because it arrives though the regular AusPost. Other non-peppy stuff I buy from China is $0-$10.. so what gives? no tariffs here btw.
 
My guess: the vendors you're ordering from are shipping from US-based stock. You couldn't be any further, geographically speaking. On top of that there's your customs to contend with so perhaps they're also building in a little insurance in case of seizure & reshipment situations since it's more risky than USPS shipments within the US.
 
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Most of these vendors are using a variety of logistics/shipping providers (kind of 3PL, but not exactly) that specialize in getting gray and black market products "under the fence" into the destination country.

These services aren't free, and for many destinations they probably are charged a much higher price than a shipment to the US.

As the saying goes, sometimes you have to pay to play.
 
The package definitely comes from China. The "under the fence" hypothesis sounds about right but still.. damn. To be fair my packages have never been seized and I've had about 4 deliveries. I'm just annoyed because I forgot something in my last order and had to take another $100 hit on shipping 😩
 
Also they have to compensate the split shippers who are maintaining a space and breaking down drops to repack for individual orders.

How much would you charge to turn your garage/shed/basement into a "warehouse" hub for drug distribution?
 
lemon lady said:
Every vendor I've investigated and brought from (that ships to Australia) has shipping rates of ~$60USD.. over $100 in AUD$.. is there a reason it's so high? It's not express post either because it arrives though the regular AusPost. Other non-peppy stuff I buy from China is $0-$10.. so what gives? no tariffs here btw.
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To encourage you to make a bigger purchase or to make more profit from a small purchase.
 
So you buy the minimum to get free shipping.

The peptides cost 10% at most to make.
 
juGGaKNot said:
So you buy the minimum to get free shipping.

The peptides cost 10% at most to make.
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A month of retail semaglutide costs about $2-$5 to make. Most of that cost is the packaging. Ozempic packaging is cheaper because its just one pen. The drug itself costs pennies. Yes, the vials and the box they are shipped in probably costs more than the peptide itself.

Like I said before, there is a whole lot of money to be made in the peptide market even with the low prices when buying from China. This is why I don't have faith in the government being able to stop us from accessing it.

(Does it show that I have a background in accounting?)
 
MsGizmo said:
A month of retail semaglutide costs about $2-$5 to make. Most of that cost is the packaging. Ozempic packaging is cheaper because its just one pen.
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It’s much more expensive to manufacture a pen than it is a vial.
 
I can say for Germany that articles like these are shipped using the triangle procedure. They arrive somewhere in Belgium or the Netherlands first, and from there they are shipped to Germany. Because noone care this much whats shipped inside the EU. That's why the shipping price is justified. I prefer it that way, as long as I don't have any trouble with customs 🙂
And there are a lot of vendors saying order over 300$ are free shipped.
 
byefatlicia said:
Some vendors' MOQ for free shipping is 2-3 hundred🙂
So it would make sense to order a bit more to save $100
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He's stated a few times that shipping is $20...but free shipping after $1000! lol

MsGizmo said:
Meh, I appreciate the English language names. I can pronounce them and more importantly for someone in sales ... remember them.
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I think he's saying that because we're still not certain that it's the real Tracy.
 
I believe I read that Australia has/had a wildly high Customs seizure rate. Certainly if the vendor offers a free/discounted reshipment, that factors in.
 
IshimaruKenta said:
He's stated a few times that shipping is $20...but free shipping after $1000! lol


I think he's saying that because we're still not certain that it's the real Tracy.
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No way it's the real Tracy. OG Tracy misspelled certain words that New Tracy is getting right, the overall language is a bit different, and the sales pitches are different.
 
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