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Mulebuy Spreadsheet Was-Now

Mulebuy Spreadsheet Was-Now: what the line through a number is meant to mean

Search the catalogue for a find, then judge its reduced price the way the rules do: against the lowest price the same shop charged in the days before the sale began.

Line chart of eight recorded prices with a seven-day low line, a thirty-day low line and a dashed crossed-out figure above them

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These photographs identify the product type, not guaranteed stock, quality or a live price. Open a category, then check the individual seller listing and your chosen agent’s restrictions.

Two lightweight zip jackets hanging side by side, one charcoal and one pale grey with blue panelsOuterwear A single grey trail running shoe with a black sole, seen from the sideSneakers Three pairs of flared jeans laid flat in light blue, black and washed greyJeans Hoodies in brown, dark green, mint, cream and blue hanging on a clothes railHoodies Fitted slip dresses in brown, white, mint, pink, wine, grey, blue, olive and blackWomenswear A grid of straight-leg sweatpants in black, grey, light blue, pink, yellow and greenSweatpants A black short-sleeve tee with a blurred chest graphic, laid flat on a green surfaceT-shirts Three washed baseball caps in navy, black and grey with small embroidered initialsHats Football kits with shirts and shorts in red, blue, white, yellow and green laid out in a gridJerseys Two canvas tote bags, one black and one beige with a paper tagBags Leather belts with large metal buckles laid out beside red gift boxesBelts Square aviator-style sunglasses with grey lenses and a silver frameEyewear Two fine gold chain necklaces, one draped over a white cone standJewelry A pile of steel-bracelet wristwatches with green, blue, black and pink dialsWatches A collage of perfume bottles and boxes in several sizesPerfume Wireless earbuds in a white charging case with panda stickers, resting on their boxesElectronics

The Spreadsheet is the starting price check

A Spreadsheet collects seller links and product information so that you can shortlist finds. It does not reserve a sale price or complete a purchase. An agent buys the chosen item from the seller, receives it in China and later ships your parcel abroad. The product price, domestic delivery, agent services and international freight belong to different stages of that process.

Was-Now helps you compare the same item, variant and quantity over time. The look-back chart records prices you enter; it is not a live price feed or evidence that every buyer received that price. Our detailed pages explain comparison figures, while the buying guide keeps the final payable total in view.

Read the full illustrated buying guide →

Historical Mulebuy warehouse and QC photo screens
Warehouse inspection is a separate stage from purchase. Open the full-size image.

Look-back chart: plot the prices you saw

A crossed-out figure is a claim about the past. The only way to test it from outside China is to keep your own record: the date you looked, the price shown for one option of one listing, and the figure that was struck through. The Look-back chart turns that record into a line and lays two references over it: the lowest price in the seven days before the sale started, which is the yardstick in China’s promotion rule, and the lowest in the thirty days before, which is the European one.

It runs in your browser and keeps nothing. Load the practice record to see how it reads a sale that was preceded by a one-week price rise, then type in your own dates and yuan prices.

Open the Look-back chart

Line chart of eight recorded prices with a seven-day low line, a thirty-day low line and a dashed crossed-out figure above them
The practice record in the chart: invented prices, drawn by this site. The shaded strips are the 7 and 30 days before the sale.

A lower sticker can still produce a higher parcel total

Compare like with like: the selected size, quantity, seller delivery charge and any conditions on a discount. Then leave space for the separate international quote. A bulky low-price item can cost more to forward than a compact higher-price alternative.

A clear next step

Need to resolve a variant, cost or photo question? The detailed guide explains what to check at each stage and what to keep as evidence. You can browse the catalogue before committing to an order.

Images: catalogue photographs are category examples, not this site’s purchases or verified Mulebuy orders. Drawn material, dimension and lettering examples explain a concept; they do not certify the depicted product.