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I bought an espresso machine via Taobao last year and had to jump through SO many hoops to get it. But even with the hoops it ended up being an absolute steal -
by nlh 4y ago
I bought an espresso machine via Taobao last year and had to jump through SO many hoops to get it. But even with the hoops it ended up being an absolute steal - 1/10 the price of a US-based purchase.
Any idea why Taobao goes through such great effort to prevent American buyers from using the platform? (Or was I doing it wrong…? I used one of the Taobao forwarding services)
- OJFord 4y agoSomething 'generic' anyway, or is it something 'branded' as it were but sold unbadged/not through the intended channels? Just curious because I've never had any luck finding something specific, just slightly different knock-offs. Which can be fine of course, it's just less obvious to me that should exist than under-the-table selling of extra output, or rogue employees/company or whatever. Higher effort and more enterprising.
- alvah 4y agoSlightly OT but that espresso machine will use high-pressure steam. Not the type of thing I'd want to buy from MOFFBUZW!