After 7-minute hearing, US Marshals raid a CES booth

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7 pointsfinnn2 comments

Why is it that Chinese 'knock-offs' can always cut so much from the price? Is it just material choices?

- Little R&D cost: steal everything not bolted down

- Cheaper overhead: the company is run in China, not the US

- No middleman: ship from China to customer, not from China to US to customer

That's all I can think of. Maybe they sell their products at lower profit margins since they know they will get more wholesale orders.