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Hm, I've ordered loads of inexpensive stuff on AliExpress as well, probably around 30 orders. The only problem I've ever had was that I received the wrong item
by lorenzhs 10y ago
Hm, I've ordered loads of inexpensive stuff on AliExpress as well, probably around 30 orders. The only problem I've ever had was that I received the wrong item once (DHT11 instead of DHT22), and the seller promptly refunded it. I mostly buy electronics components. It does require a bit of careful reading to know what exactly you're buying, though.
- tyingq 10y agoIt does depend on the item. More consumer oriented things tend to have more fraud, because they know there's a more gullible, and larger audience. Things like guitar effect pedals. I ordered one where the plastic molded casing design was such that it would never click the switch underneath, and never could have :) Most of the orders I do are basically trying to find new sources for things we sell, so I have a larger sample size...more than a thousand orders over the years.
- lorenzhs 10y agoAh yes, that does make sense. I guess it wouldn't be very lucrative to sell non-working electronics components. But consumer things that are just way worse quality than expected (or just not caring about manufacturing defects) could probably turn a nice profit :(
- tyingq 10y agoThere is bait-and-switch in the electronics arena. Ordered an FTDI usb-to-serial adapter, got a counterfeit Prolific adapter. Wrong chipset, and not even a genuine wrong chipset.
- coldpie 10y ago> Things like guitar effect pedals. I ordered one where the plastic molded casing design was such that it would never click the switch underneath, and never could have :) I hate this so much from a moral perspective. It's someone's job to move resources and labor straight from the factory into a landfill. Great.