[herbst]

I avoid dropshippers and dislike the business model from both sides. (it's horrible as a seller too as you have no real control)

However dropshipping has positives for the customer. Within Europe they suddenly are protected with our customer protection laws which they wouldn't buying from Asia. They can just return and get their money back. Or be certain that a broken item could be returned.

Same reason people buy their phones locally with a huge markup instead of buying the 2sim version directly in Asia for 100$ less.

That said most dropshipping goes far above a fair markup these days