The issue isn't who's doing the shipping. The issue is that Amazon is, for most product categories, 90% a front for Alibaba resellers. Nothing against Alibaba/A

The issue isn't who's doing the shipping. The issue is that Amazon is, for most product categories, 90% a front for Alibaba resellers. Nothing against Alibaba/Aliexpress, I get stuff from them all the time, but there are times when I specifically don't want those products. If you're willing to wait a month Aliexpress is all the same stuff for 1/10 the price.