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I would not usually try and end run around someone selling a product, however he is sold out at the moment so I don't feel bad. These Lishi picks can be had on

I would not usually try and end run around someone selling a product, however he is sold out at the moment so I don't feel bad. These Lishi picks can be had on alibaba and aliexpress for about 1/3 to 1/2 the price he is selling them at https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/lishi-pick-set.html https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/lishi-pick-set.html https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20210503091118&SearchText=lishi https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=S...

sneak 5y ago
TFA is an ad. Linking to places with better prices isn't an "end run".
sumnole 5y ago
Ali has been hit or miss for me. The deals are great, but sometimes products are not as described, the wrong product is shipped, or nothing gets delivered at all, and reaching customer service is not made easy.
userbinator 5y ago
The name alone should be enough to convince anyone that these picks are from a Chinese company anyway (does anyone happen to know their official site?) Of course, there are likely to be clones.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
  I'll have to consider the ethics that it's OKAY to steal from a Chinese company if the knockoffs are also Chinese. You do you. I have a product I designed, and produce, knocked off by a Chinese company and sold on Alibaba. Super Cool.
- pmarreck 5y ago
  While not judging anyone, buying cheaper from a country that does not have labor laws protecting its workers is IMHO tantamount to buying cheap cotton from southern landowners before Lincoln did his thing.
  - asddubs 5y ago
    it's literally the same product
    - pmarreck 5y ago
      wait, how do we know it isn't a knockoff?
      - asddubs 5y ago
        I guess it's possible that it could be a knockoff, but in any case it would be made in china either way, since the original is also made there, so it doesn't really change anything in relation to the point being made by the parent comment
  - me_me_me 5y ago
    but buying from the middleman who is "buying cheaper from a country that does not have labor laws protecting its workers" is ok?
    - pmarreck 5y ago
      Evidence that this isn't a knockoff please. But also... rarely have I seen both a pro-Communist argument and an anti-Communist argument in the same sentence lol
      - me_me_me 5y ago
        Its a idea and product by a chinese guy China is as communist as north korea is democratic republic. Just because they call themselves something it doesnt mean they are it.
- z2 5y ago
  Looks like this one, at least this could be their official storefront: https://www.lishigongju.com/ https://www.lishigongju.com/ The inventor is Li ZhiQin and the brand is now called Li shi (meaning Mr. Li)
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sneak 5y ago

TFA is an ad. Linking to places with better prices isn't an "end run".

sumnole 5y ago

Ali has been hit or miss for me. The deals are great, but sometimes products are not as described, the wrong product is shipped, or nothing gets delivered at all, and reaching customer service is not made easy.

userbinator 5y ago

The name alone should be enough to convince anyone that these picks are from a Chinese company anyway (does anyone happen to know their official site?) Of course, there are likely to be clones.

SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
I'll have to consider the ethics that it's OKAY to steal from a Chinese company if the knockoffs are also Chinese. You do you. I have a product I designed, and produce, knocked off by a Chinese company and sold on Alibaba. Super Cool.
pmarreck 5y ago
While not judging anyone, buying cheaper from a country that does not have labor laws protecting its workers is IMHO tantamount to buying cheap cotton from southern landowners before Lincoln did his thing.
- asddubs 5y ago
  it's literally the same product
  - pmarreck 5y ago
    wait, how do we know it isn't a knockoff?
    - asddubs 5y ago
      I guess it's possible that it could be a knockoff, but in any case it would be made in china either way, since the original is also made there, so it doesn't really change anything in relation to the point being made by the parent comment
- me_me_me 5y ago
  but buying from the middleman who is "buying cheaper from a country that does not have labor laws protecting its workers" is ok?
  - pmarreck 5y ago
    Evidence that this isn't a knockoff please. But also... rarely have I seen both a pro-Communist argument and an anti-Communist argument in the same sentence lol
    - me_me_me 5y ago
      Its a idea and product by a chinese guy China is as communist as north korea is democratic republic. Just because they call themselves something it doesnt mean they are it.
z2 5y ago
Looks like this one, at least this could be their official storefront: https://www.lishigongju.com/ https://www.lishigongju.com/ The inventor is Li ZhiQin and the brand is now called Li shi (meaning Mr. Li)

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