The price premium comes from shipping and the cost of time.
MOST suppliers and even stateside vendors are trying to use Fedex, UPS, DHL. Many profiteers/altruists have already seen the possibilities here, and it is crowded but has irreconcilable limitations. You need your own cargo planes, shutting out most of the market. Plenty of other pitfalls too. With the risk involved, the "public health" ethical debate around pricing now falls flat, there is fortune involved in overcoming these hurdles.
People IN THE US want supplies IN THE US, not 10-15 days later with threat of seizure by CCP, by Customs in China, by Customs in US, by Federal Government and questionable product validity. So there is still actual, irreconcilable scarcity, because even the fastest trendiest entreprenuers just really cannot tell and operate on assurances, whereas the people that can have a limited supply that is bought instantly in a constant bidding war.
MOST suppliers and even stateside vendors are trying to use Fedex, UPS, DHL. Many profiteers/altruists have already seen the possibilities here, and it is crowded but has irreconcilable limitations. You need your own cargo planes, shutting out most of the market. Plenty of other pitfalls too. With the risk involved, the "public health" ethical debate around pricing now falls flat, there is fortune involved in overcoming these hurdles.
People IN THE US want supplies IN THE US, not 10-15 days later with threat of seizure by CCP, by Customs in China, by Customs in US, by Federal Government and questionable product validity. So there is still actual, irreconcilable scarcity, because even the fastest trendiest entreprenuers just really cannot tell and operate on assurances, whereas the people that can have a limited supply that is bought instantly in a constant bidding war.