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I might be old fashioned, but if your contribution to a product is so little that you just take it from a factory in China, stamp your company's name and hand i
by belval 5y ago
I might be old fashioned, but if your contribution to a product is so little that you just take it from a factory in China, stamp your company's name and hand it to an Amazon warehouse, giving yourself a healthy cut in the process, then I really don't mind if Amazon steps in and pass a portion of those savings to me.
- tweedledee 5y agoIt gets even better when the Chinese have their own online stores so you can then bypass Amazon as well.
- belval 5y agoYes! I tinker a lot (3D printing, home automation, drones, etc...) and AliExpress is such an amazing place to buy components for 10% of the price I'd see in hobby shops or Amazon.
- judge2020 5y agoShipping is often 1-2 months out, though, and you often don't get refunds without a return shipping cost (as in, FBA has free returns). It's useful to think that the cost of shipping is built into the price on Amazon.com and not on AliExpress.
- belval 5y agoTrue but even then for $2 shipped I get an ESP8266. On top of that most sellers are really accommodating if the package is lost and will send you another (sure that means in total it takes 5 months for the chip to get to you).
- dazc 5y agoThis could backfire on amazon though since many of these products are very low quality and this reflects on them rather than the third party seller. I used to specifically buy AmazonBasics thinking there would be a higher quality threshold. Now I know this not the case why bother?