Playing Cards from China

Why you don't want to order cards from Bicycle Playing Card Company? their cards are USA No.1

as I know, several factors:
1. paper material
2. Size
3 Quantity,
4. Shipment by sea is better, as paper's weight is really high.



Yesterday, I asked one printing company for some catalogues for me, 18 pages, A4.
The cost for 500 pcs is similar as 1000pcs.
As 1.6usd/pc for 500pcs, 0.9usd/pc for 1000pcs.

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You need to be sure who you are dealing with. Make sure you contact the actual manufacturer of the cards. If you deal with the manufacturer the price will be very far below what you have been quoted locally, but not if you buy from a wholesaler or agent. Printing in China is very low cost.

If you try to get general printers to quote you it will be a very frustrating job for you. I suggest instead that you look for a company that specializes in playing cards. I know there are some, and their prices would be better than general printers. There are specialist playing card producers in Taiwan as well as in mainland China and Hong Kong.

In my book on how to import from China I teach how to arrange with suppliers to get the best price and for them to handle the shipping of small quantities. 500 decks of cards will be heavy, but it will still most likely be cost effective to use air couriers with door to door delivery. I would not try to arrange the freight at your end because it will cost you too much. The suppliers will have negotiated the best rates because they are continually shipping goods out.

chenyanroger has made a good point also. Sometimes it will cost you almost exactly the same amount to buy 500 as it would cost you to buy 1,000. That often applies in the printing business because a large part of the cost is the setting up process, which can cost more than the paper or card and ink.

You wrote: "I know the laws and the costs for shipping are different.", but in fact in international trade there is a large part of it that is universal. I have importers using my guide to import into Germany, Belgium, USA, UK, Norway, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand..

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