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Promoting Aliexpress as an alternative in the first paragraph is a bit inconsistent with the j’accuse on disregard for intellectual property laws on Amazon. Th
by krrrh 8y ago
Promoting Aliexpress as an alternative in the first paragraph is a bit inconsistent with the j’accuse on disregard for intellectual property laws on Amazon.
The Aliexpress deals are likely over, since they were being subsidized by the US postal service who have pulled out of the treaty that encouraged it.
https://hackaday.com/2018/10/17/us-announces-withdraw-from-postal-treaty-international-shipping-prices-expected-to-rise/ https://hackaday.com/2018/10/17/us-announces-withdraw-from-p...
- adetrest 8y agoIn my opinion, it's not as underhanded on aliexpress as it is on amazon: when I buy the brand name on amazon I never know whether I'm getting the real deal, a hastily repackaged used item sold as new, or a knock off. Aliexpress is only knockoffs, and they are marked as such so I know what I'm getting: I'm paying the price of a knockoff, not retail for the genuine item. If I want the real deal, then I'm getting it from a physical store that doesn't have a tainted supply chain.