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> Thanks. I guess I realize I'm talking about items that people are actually buying -- those show 1, 0, and 2 reviews. IIRC, AliExpress lists items by "shop,"
by tivert 3y ago
> Thanks. I guess I realize I'm talking about items that people are actually buying -- those show 1, 0, and 2 reviews.
IIRC, AliExpress lists items by "shop," and it honestly it doesn't seem like the listings last very long for stuff like this. I have no reason to believe any one of them are "better," so I just buy from the cheapest one.
Even for Amazon listings for stuff like this, the listing come and go. For that AA power bank, this is the one I got initially (7 years ago), but the listing is no longer active: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HCBHZV2/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HCBHZV2/. It had 97 reviews.
However, in this category, I tend to ignore reviews. None of the products are high quality or objectively good, but they're cheap enough (especially on AliExpress) that I'm fine taking the risk.
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Here's another comparison for something else I know about
$13.79 for 1x: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013FANC9W/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013FANC9W/
$1.88 + $2.44 shipping ($4.36) for 1x https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832834613884.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.ad0826acV63xQz&algo_pvid=58e33d73-804d-4360-a754-a9ac58c9ecb8&algo_exp_id=58e33d73-804d-4360-a754-a9ac58c9ecb8-0&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%212.35%211.88%21%21%212.35%21%21%402101f49b16959310634861587e0661%2110000002787234803%21sea%21US%210%21AB&curPageLogUid=TiBaYBz6Hgno https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832834613884.html?spm=a2g...
- crazygringo 3y agoOh interesting. And thanks so much, now I see what you mean -- yeah that's a very popular Amazon product so it's definitely a "real price". I'll have to keep an eye out now -- maybe it's more about cheap electronics? The products I've usually been comparing have usually been more home/office/kitchen type stuff. Thanks again!