I like to package my high performance and LED signal bulb kits in the little 5 compartment plastic boxes that all of us fishermen are familiar with. I just bought 48 of them and you might find the purchases interesting.

Purchase #1 - Container Store (comparable pricing at Amazon)
24 @ $3.49 each = $83.76 with free shipping

Purchase #2 - Ali Express
24 @ $0.15 each (!) = $3.60 with free shipping

The entire order of 24 boxes from Ali Express costs 11 cents more than one box from the poor Container Store.

It takes longer to get things from China but the Ali Express order came in today. To my eye the containers from the two sources look identical. How can anyone make money at Ali Express pricing? And how can anyone compete?

Cheers,
John