{"id":1,"date":"2017-01-20T15:42:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T15:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/?p=1"},"modified":"2017-01-29T03:00:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T03:00:12","slug":"chinese_parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Unbelievably inexpensive parts from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do Chinese manufacturers sell things on EBay so cheaply? Take for example this DC-DC LM2596 Step Down Adjustable Converter Power Supply Module 1.3V-35V:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/172126352927\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13 size-medium\" title=\"DC-DC LM2596 Step Down Adjustable Converter Power Supply Module 1.3V-35V\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/99c_power-e1485613531922-300x188.jpg?resize=300%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DC-DC LM2596 Step Down Adjustable Converter Power Supply Module 1.3V-35V\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/99c_power-e1485613531922.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/99c_power-e1485613531922.jpg?resize=768%2C481&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/99c_power-e1485613531922.jpg?w=959&amp;ssl=1 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DC-DC LM2596 Step Down Adjustable Converter Power Supply Module 1.3V-35V<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For $0.99 this includes EBay and PayPal charges, <span id=\"fshippingCost\" class=\"notranslate sh-fr-cst \">FREE <\/span> <span id=\"fShippingSvc\"> Economy Shipping from<\/span> Hong Kong, handling, packaging, labeling, and all above the cost of the item (you can&#8217;t even buy the parts for that price! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mouser.com\/ProductDetail\/Texas-Instruments\/LM2596SX-ADJ-NOPB\/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtitjHzVIkrqaeIqJaO9bXJC5TTYIoeguU%3d\">$2.25 each@1500 quantity+S&amp;H from Mouser just for the LM2596<\/a>). And, this is a good quality item. Furthermore, there must also be design and production costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do Chinese manufacturers sell things on EBay so cheaply? Take for example this DC-DC LM2596 Step Down Adjustable Converter Power Supply Module 1.3V-35V: For $0.99 this includes EBay and PayPal charges, FREE Economy Shipping from Hong Kong, handling, packaging, labeling, and all above the cost of the item (you can&#8217;t even buy the parts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/?p=1\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unbelievably inexpensive parts from China&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,5],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronic-components","tag-chinese-parts","tag-power-supplies"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}