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That's easy. The same device in China costs $250. Those profits make up the losses in the US. Since China is a closed market, you aren't going to be undercut by some other nation's products at $225. It's called "dumping".
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Some of those sets are made in Thailand and Indonesia.