What the Chinese are doing isn't fair competition. It's a lie to offer PCBs for $ 6 that in the end cost about $ 50. It's a lie to call something a pulse oximeter that is not certified as a medical device. It's a lie to call something a FFP2 mask if the tissue has holes of 100 um or more. I think the deeper reason they are trying to do that to all others must be racism and/or nationalism. And people from the west are always so happy if they can save a dollar or two.
Sorry for the rant. For the time being i am still in business.
Regards, Dieter
You seem a little upset about the intrusion into your comfort zone.
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I do not know how Europe is free from low-quality and counterfeit goods, how much certification protects you.
You have a long culture of market consumption, and you should be immune in people. Doesn't that help? Maybe the European bureaucracy is no longer effective?
In any case, the price coordinate system of Europe and China is different. Partly because of the different standard of living, partly because of the different distribution of resources.
But I assure you the PCB is sold for $2. Before the transport system was destroyed by the sheep-virus, I could have a delivery by Russian post for $6. Agree, this is a good price for air travel from China to Russia.
There are 4 modern PCB production facilities in my city, some of them are closed and work for the army. There are several businesses in the neighboring town. I asked them: why do the Chinese offer me 24 hours to make a PCB that costs $2, and you need 2 weeks and the cost is 10-20 times more expensive. They tell me: the Chinese have a massive accumulation of orders, they have a continuous process, and we have overhead costs for individual production in any time. It turns out a vicious circle: local manufacturers can't collect many orders to share the overhead and so the price is expensive, but because of the expensive price, there are not many orders.
Chinese guys are great - they work hard and get recognition. And, please note, the Chinese do not act as is customary in the Western world: their price has not increased for many years. They do not engage in dumping to destroy competitors. They work conscientiously for the benefit of people. A Western monopolist would quickly crush competition with low prices, and then gradually start raising prices. Again, I don't know how it is in Europe, but we see it very well in Russia.
Moreover, modern sales management is so strong and has powerful tools, almost hypnosis, to sell anything.