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$5 WiFi6 Router? Um, Thank You, D-Link
- rektide 4y ago$13 shipping but ok edit: not trying to be super critical. in my head it was just notably old world, was what buying stuff online used to be like.
- skyyler 4y agoCan you ship a router for cheaper? I'd be interested in hearing about your logistics setup.
- burnished 4y agoI suspect the more salient point is that a 5$ router that you can't get for less than 18$ is not a 5$ router.
- Mo3 4y agoWell that's not a valid point. The router is $5. The shipping is $13.
- asdajksah2123 4y agoYou're an eBay seller's dream customer.
- Mo3 4y agoNo, I'm aware it's still going to be $18. But you wouldn't try to argue about the point if you ordered on Amazon or whatever and picked multiple items and the shipping was still $13 lol.
- jjoonathan 4y agoWell I have a router for sale that costs only $2! * shipping is $20
- hiq 4y agoHow much is the VAT?
- quantified 4y agoIn the US, VAT doesn't happen
- iso1631 4y agoIn the US many people evade paying sales tax
- natch 4y agoTCO is a thing.
- iso1631 4y agoI've got a brand new Tesla for sale for $50, would you like it? Shipping is $600k
- skyyler 4y agoI get that, but moving an object from a warehouse to your home isn't free. The router itself costs $5. I added another product to my cart and the shipping charge went away; the line price for this router is still $5. So, yes, it is a $5 router.
- iforgotpassword 4y agoWait, is shipping that expensive in the US? As an individual in Germany I pay 5,50€ for DHL (2kg, tracking, insurance up to 500€). As a business customer it's even cheaper.
- 16890c 4y agoCould it be the case that the US is ~30x larger than Germany?
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- Sparkle-san 4y agoBased on some reviews, this is a sub-par router, especially in terms of reliability and 2.4GHz performance. Perhaps they're just trying to liquidate their stock of it and make a few bucks while they're at it.
- Mo3 4y agoI suspect so too, but I'm not too sure they're really making any buck at all on it. Sounds like they're selling it for the cost of production
- Graziano_M 4y agoIt's a sunk cost if it's in their warehouse, and it costs to store. Every dollar they make on the sale is an earned dollar.
- nyolfen 4y agocan you run openwrt on these?
- irq-1 4y agoNo. The hardware database doesn't have AX1500 or similar.
- dubyabee2 4y agoI just added the USB adapter for over $30 orders get free shipping...Least good for gifting...
- otterpro 4y agoI was going to buy 6 of these just to get free shipping, and use it as mesh wifi AP, but it turns out it there is a limit of one per order.
- swagasaurus-rex 4y agoDo they want these sold or not?
- vruppert 4y agoWould this be an improvement over an old Netgear R7000?
- rolph 4y agolook here first, pay close attention to HW version and oem FW revision https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r7000 https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r7000 https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DD-WRT_on_R7000 https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DD-WRT_on_R7000 im running 2 R7000 with openwrt, and DD-WRT
- irq-1 4y agoFirmware is automatically updated/managed. Not sure I would trust that. What are the odds they're monitoring usage to improve the system?
- srvmshr 4y agoApparently, the reviews in Amazon tells AX1500 is a lemon. AX1800 probably fixes a few things but still problematic: https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-802-11AX-Wireless-Internet-R15 https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-802-11AX-Wireless-Internet-R15...
- tmaly 4y agoI just tried ordering, it is sold out.
- dubyabee2 4y agoSold Out.... :(