This comes up all the time on the US boards and most of them are absolutely convinced that their government has a special deal with Chinese sellers and allow them not to pay to have their mail delivered by USPS.

It matters not that US postage is cheaper than ours, so the same could be said of them, but they are adamant that their liberal government is to blame.

IT NOT THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT THE MONEY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO FAIR PLAYING FIELD ON EBAY AT ALL 

CHINA CAN SEND ANY THING TO PEOPLE DOOR CHEAPER THAN WE CAN WITH  AUSTRALIA POST I GOT A CONTACT WITH THE POST AND IT STILL WILL NO COME CLOSE TOO CHINA POSTAGE WHAT SO EVER.

EBAY IS JUST KILLING AUSTRALIA SELLERS

CHINA SELLING PRODUCT THAT CHEAPER  AUSTRALIA SELLER THAT GET THERE PRODUCT MADE UP OS STILL CANNOT KEEP UP THEM  BECAUSE THEY COME STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY FLOOR

THAT WHY PEOPLE ARE SMART BUYER IF YOU CAN GET IT CHEAP WHY NOT

THERE WILL ONLY BE LARGE COMPANIES AND CHINA COMPANIES SELLING ON EBAY VERY SOON NO SMALL SELLER

FROM AUSTRALIA

The problem would be solved if parcels were automatically sent back if they did not show a postage paid amount clearly printed on the outside that reflected the true cost of delivery in Australia. Only then would the overseas people have to pay the true cost of delivery no matter where it came from. Sometimes I think Australians can be very stupid literally bending over backwards and taking it without doing one thing about being totally screwed. The bottom line is, it is totally unacceptable to be delivering items for less than a realistic cost across the country without something done about it - government needs a proper agreement or automatically SEND IT BACK ! What happens when we don't pay enough? The receiver is charged more. Then maybe that has to happen then people won't buy again!

It is not just China

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Look at the booksellers in the UK who can send a book here for $8-10, yet for us to send the same book to the UK would cost $35-40

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So not only are Australia Post losing money delivering UK mail, but so is the Australian economy with people buying from OS as opposed to keeping the money here

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@transoceania wrote:
Find something that is not made in China and sell it on ebay australia.

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Good luck with that!!

It takes 30-45 days for a standard letter from Australia to arrive in China,I don't think Aust Post are stuffing a container,just the usual inefficiant sub service on both sides.

Too bad Ebay couldn't cut the mustard in China,we'd all be flogging milk powder and baby formular to them, Try getting a Taobao account,no way if you're not living in China,yet the Chinese can flood our Australian Ebay,