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> and hopefully some additional QA Very unlikely. For this sort of thing it’s always been safe to assume that Amazon or EBay are AliExpress with faster domesti

> and hopefully some additional QA Very unlikely. For this sort of thing it’s always been safe to assume that Amazon or EBay are AliExpress with faster domestic shipping and better customer service - that is what the premium is buying you. USB hubs are only one of many items that are sold rebadged or not on both Amazon and Ali.

arbitrage 4y ago
> one of many items that are sold rebadged or not way to narrow it down, there
- donthellbanme 4y ago
  I can add this. A lot of specialized tools like watch tools, like high priced Bergeon/Horia, are found much cheaper on Alibaba with generic names. Vector watch lathes are Sincere lathes but cleaned up machinist wize, and put in a fancy wood laser etched box. Basically you are paying 2-3x for packaging, and minor fine tuning. I was once for tartifs. I wish we could go back to products being made in certain European countries, and the USA, but that ship has sailed. (Meaning countries that paid a living wage, and offered social services to their poor. USA is sadily not even trying to help its poorest citizens.) I still buy overpriced tooling/products on Amazon/ebay with jacked up prices because I just can't be sure on my intuition, and hate giving the Chinese my debt card. I should just buy prepaid cards, but they are another added expense, and very scammy. (There are no laws stating Prepaid cards need to tell you how much you have left on their cards. In most cases you need to talk to a representative of the company. And yes--the amount of money consumers forget they have on their prepaid cards is staggering. (A simple fix would be a federal law stating that any money left on prepaid card is returned to buyer, or at least email them of their balance.) If the Chinese government guaranteed they would go after any merchant that was fraudulent; I would buy most products from China. Why? Because buying American does not seem to filter down to the employees, or in taxes. The CEO's just get richer?
MonaroVXR 4y ago
Not sure, about the only items, my Lenovo soundbar is actually not a Lenovo one, it's printed on it, but they didn't assemble it, but a lot of producrs do this.
- O_H_E 4y ago
  > only one of many items

arbitrage 4y ago

> one of many items that are sold rebadged or not way to narrow it down, there

donthellbanme 4y ago
I can add this. A lot of specialized tools like watch tools, like high priced Bergeon/Horia, are found much cheaper on Alibaba with generic names. Vector watch lathes are Sincere lathes but cleaned up machinist wize, and put in a fancy wood laser etched box. Basically you are paying 2-3x for packaging, and minor fine tuning. I was once for tartifs. I wish we could go back to products being made in certain European countries, and the USA, but that ship has sailed. (Meaning countries that paid a living wage, and offered social services to their poor. USA is sadily not even trying to help its poorest citizens.) I still buy overpriced tooling/products on Amazon/ebay with jacked up prices because I just can't be sure on my intuition, and hate giving the Chinese my debt card. I should just buy prepaid cards, but they are another added expense, and very scammy. (There are no laws stating Prepaid cards need to tell you how much you have left on their cards. In most cases you need to talk to a representative of the company. And yes--the amount of money consumers forget they have on their prepaid cards is staggering. (A simple fix would be a federal law stating that any money left on prepaid card is returned to buyer, or at least email them of their balance.) If the Chinese government guaranteed they would go after any merchant that was fraudulent; I would buy most products from China. Why? Because buying American does not seem to filter down to the employees, or in taxes. The CEO's just get richer?

MonaroVXR 4y ago

Not sure, about the only items, my Lenovo soundbar is actually not a Lenovo one, it's printed on it, but they didn't assemble it, but a lot of producrs do this.

O_H_E 4y ago
> only one of many items