Stuck in parcel shipments from China, due to excessive shipping costs.

In recent days, many of the well-known Chinese stores have been confronted with one sudden increase in the cost of sending parcels to Europe from the companies and the post offices - Courier with which they cooperate.

Αthis sudden change in prices, has resulted in many cases in stores to contact directly those who had already placed orders (mainly by email), giving them the option of either depositing the difference in the price range from $ 6 - $ 12 (in some cases larger depending on the type and size of the item) - or Refound and cancellation of order their.

This, of course, complicates matters considerably in relation to purchases from China, creating new data that is negative in that it has to do with the final cost of orders placed from China.

In fact, for this reason some of the stores have already temporarily canceled them air parcels (Air Parcel) - free and charge-free shipping (Standard Shipping) but also part of the shipments through PDM (Netherlands Registered PDM for example).

In cases where the items you order are of cheap value, there are cases where depending on the price they have, their shipping cost may cost more than buying the product itself.

In products whose value is quite high, stores from China either choose to absorb part of the difference in their shipping value via PDM for example, or to integrate it in full on the form you fill out when ordering, but uploading as is natural enough the final price you will have to pay.

However, serious problems have arisen at the moment, and stores in China are trying to find ways to sort out the extra costs involved in sending the parcels.

It may be easier for stores to absorb price increases on products with sufficient purchase costs, but it is almost impossible to do so on low priced products, as they will have to sell at a loss.

Please note that parcels are not involved in the increase in parcel shipping prices ELTA - Greek Customs or the Greek companies Courier, but it is a problem that the stores themselves have with the companies they work with.

We will let you know again if there are any new ones in our new post.