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Just buy them from Aliexpress. All those noname Chinese products on Amazon are available on Aliexpress for somewhere between a significant discount and a fracti

Just buy them from Aliexpress. All those noname Chinese products on Amazon are available on Aliexpress for somewhere between a significant discount and a fraction of the price. Buying Chinese electronics on Amazon is a complete ripoff.

google234123 5y ago
Aliexpress is definitly not as cheap as it used to be. Also, expect to wait many weeks for shipping and returns are trivial at all.
benbristow 5y ago
The difference is that whilst you're paying the 'drop-shipping fee' you get the product within days (next-day delivery in the UK on Amazon) rather than waiting for the item to make its way from China which can be flaky at the best of times. Time is money.
- killingtime74 5y ago
  Aliexpress delivery has not been faster than a month for me ever
  - aembleton 5y ago
    Look for products that advertise 10 day delivery. I usually get them around 1 week after ordering.
  - mPReDiToR 5y ago
    10 and 7 day listings, with full refund if they're over. That's to England, and it does work. I've used it a lot since the flu made it essential.
- willis936 5y ago
  Time is money, which is why I'll be saving both by not using amazon anymore. A week and a half ago I bought a small item I need soon. I found a listing which was clearly a no-name Chinese seller but the listing was prime. Today I checked on why the package hadn't arrived yet. It turns out it shipped from China a few days ago and was expected to show up sometime in a month. I got a refund and ordered from Home Depot. Amazon is good for nothing right now.
- bserge 5y ago
  Many Chinese sellers now actually have warehouses in the EU. So you buy from AliExpress and it's shipped from Poland or even Germany with DHL/Hermes/etc. Which I guess might not help British buyers anymore, but look for "UK fulfillment/warehouse", maybe some will have them.

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Just buy them from Aliexpress. All those noname Chinese products on Amazon are available on Aliexpress for somewhere between a significant discount and a fracti

by ubercow13 5y ago

google234123 5y ago
Aliexpress is definitly not as cheap as it used to be. Also, expect to wait many weeks for shipping and returns are trivial at all.
benbristow 5y ago
The difference is that whilst you're paying the 'drop-shipping fee' you get the product within days (next-day delivery in the UK on Amazon) rather than waiting for the item to make its way from China which can be flaky at the best of times. Time is money.
- killingtime74 5y ago
  Aliexpress delivery has not been faster than a month for me ever
  - aembleton 5y ago
    Look for products that advertise 10 day delivery. I usually get them around 1 week after ordering.
  - mPReDiToR 5y ago
    10 and 7 day listings, with full refund if they're over. That's to England, and it does work. I've used it a lot since the flu made it essential.
- willis936 5y ago
  Time is money, which is why I'll be saving both by not using amazon anymore. A week and a half ago I bought a small item I need soon. I found a listing which was clearly a no-name Chinese seller but the listing was prime. Today I checked on why the package hadn't arrived yet. It turns out it shipped from China a few days ago and was expected to show up sometime in a month. I got a refund and ordered from Home Depot. Amazon is good for nothing right now.
- bserge 5y ago
  Many Chinese sellers now actually have warehouses in the EU. So you buy from AliExpress and it's shipped from Poland or even Germany with DHL/Hermes/etc. Which I guess might not help British buyers anymore, but look for "UK fulfillment/warehouse", maybe some will have them.